Tweets - a very nice day at Marymoor, despite the heavy overcast. No
precipitation, and not very much wind. On the downside, sometimes a bit dim
for good viewing, way too many mosquitoes near the lake, and so much fresh
growth on the trees and shrubs that finding birds was somewhat tricky. It's
a jungle out there.

Highlights:

Green Heron A couple of looks
Caspian Tern 1 flew south towards the lake
Western Screech-Owl Matt heard 1 ridiculously early
Black Swift A dozen or two - 5th straight week
6 FLYCATCHER DAY See below
Purple Martins Looking to be taking over a gourd
Wilson's Warbler Heard one near windmill

No Canada Geese, no Red-tailed Hawks, and still no Red-eyed Vireo.

Flycatchers: WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE; WILLOW FLYCATCHER; LEAST FLYCATCHER seen
and heard just north of Dog Central, the dog swim area with the bulletin
board; PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER heard near south end of the Dog Area;
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found late at the north end of the East Meadow;
EASTERN KINGBIRD in the East Meadow - Gene Hunn found 2 there later.

Here are the Marymoor records of the 3 rare flycatchers of the day:

Least Flycatcher 05-Jun-1983
Ash-throated Flycatcher 07-Jun-2006 - 09-Jun-2006
Eastern Kingbird 07-Jun-2006 - 08-Jun-2006
Eastern Kingbird 11-Jun-1998
Eastern Kingbird 13-Jun-2001
Ash-throated Flycatcher 15-Jun-2005
Least Flycatcher 16-Jun-2010
Ash-throated Flycatcher 16-Jun-2010
Eastern Kingbird 16-Jun-2010
Eastern Kingbird 18-Jun-2007
Ash-throated Flycatcher 19-Jun-2007
Least Flycatcher 05-Jul-2007 - 19-Jul-2007 (sporatic)
Eastern Kingbird 26-Aug-2008

So it's not at all unprecedented for these species to show up at the same
time of year. This was essentially the 3rd LEFL sighting, the 4th ATFL
sighting, and the 6th EAKI sighting.

Quite a day. 66 species. Caspian Tern and the 3 flycatchers were new for
the year, which I believe brings our 2010 list up to 129 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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