Hello Tweets,

On Sunday Carol Ray and I found a very nice selection of birds around South King County. The Wilson's Snipe at M Street NW behind Emerald Downs was a treat. M St NW can be accessed off 15th Ave NW just after exiting I-5. Here is a summary of our birding trip.



In Pacific:



American Crow

American Robin

Dark-eyed Junco

Glaucous-winged Gull

Eurasian Starling



At the trail behind the Seventh Day Adventist School in Auburn:



Yellow-rumped Warbler

Steller's Jay

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Bushtit

Bald Eagle

Eurasian Starling

Brown Creeper



In downtown Auburn:



Western Scrub Jay



At M Street NW behind Emerald Downs:



American Wigeon

Green-winged Teal

Northern Pintail

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Greater White-fronted Goose

Dunlin

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe - in the southern-most part of the wet grassy area

Killdeer

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Brewer's Blackbird

Black-capped Chickadee

Rock Pigeon



At Boeing Ponds:



American Coot

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

American Wigeon

Common Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Bufflehead

Ruddy Duck

Peregrine Falcon



At Green River Natural Resources Area at 64th Avenue Berm, Kent:



Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Gadwall

Northern Shoveler

Spotted Towhee

Swainson's Thrush

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Red-tailed Hawk

Bald Eagle



At Green River Natural Resources Area East Tower, Kent:



American Kestrel

Great Blue Heron

Double-crested Cormorant

Canada Goose

American Coot

similar ducks as at 64th Ave.



Along West Valley Highway through drizzle and snow flurries at 200 yards



Unidentified swans (2) - They were large enough to be Trumpeter Swans.



Total: 44 species

Discover something new about a bird today,

Andy McCormick