Hi Tweeters,



Stan Wood and I led 3 other birders on this monthly bird walk for Eastside Audubon at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah, WA. We met at 8 am and walked 3-1/2 hours through the Park. Weather was cloudy and chilly (low 40's), with light wind, and a forecast for rain, but we lucked out with sun breaks and no rain!
Number of species: 44

Canada Goose 55
Mallard 24
Green-winged Teal (American) 5
Bufflehead 6
Hooded Merganser 2 Good scope views of a 1st spring male, swimming and feeding closeby to a female.
Common Merganser 7
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 2
Western Grebe 100 Two large groups in their usual spot offshore from Jensens Cove
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 50 About 40 were on the nest trees to the east of Issaquah Creek and south of the boat launch area. Another 10 were seen flying over the lake coming from the nest trees.
Bald Eagle 4 We watched two Bald Eagles flying & hunting together over Jensens Cove. Earlier we had seen about 30 American Coots huddled tightly together and very nervous. We knew why after seeing one of the Balds land in the water on top of a Coot, "paddle" to a log on the shoreline using its wings, adjust itself then fly off & over us with the Coot in its tallons, while the other Bald followed, both vocalizing.
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 1 Perched several trees from the nest tree.
Peregrine Falcon 1 Scope view of the bird flying over Jensens Cove with prey.
American Coot 40
Glaucous-winged Gull 3
gull sp. 3
Band-tailed Pigeon 1 Fly over.
Belted Kingfisher 2 Male was perched in a favorite snag near the beach; the other bird was seen flying and vocalizing about a mile away near Issaquah Creek on the southeast boundary of the Park.
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Steller's Jay 1
American Crow 25
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Bushtit (Pacific) 10
Brown Creeper 2 Both were checking out a possible nest site underneath a large piece of peeling bark on a snag in Tibbetts Creek. We'll keep a watch on future walks.
Bewick's Wren 6
Winter Wren (Western) 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14 Lots and lots of song!
American Robin 210
European Starling 6
Spotted Towhee (Pacific) 5
Fox Sparrow 6 A couple were singing their wonderful song.
Song Sparrow 30
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco 13
Purple Finch (Western) 1 Heard only
House Finch 6
Pine Siskin 11
American Goldfinch 3



Sharon Cormier-Aagaard

Bellevue, WA

scormieraa001 at hotmail.com

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