Got a confirmation on the group of 5 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS. Instead, I spotted
them in the open field north of the east meadow, just west of the baseball
field (GPS info in Flickr). I followed them around for a bit, laying on the
ground taking some pictures. They flew over to the soccer fields just when I
left. I also spotted around 8 KILLDEER in the same field doing lots of
calling.



Here's a picture of one of the Bluebirds:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanandjess/5592764139/in/photostream/



I also saw a Lincoln's Sparrow hopping around a log near the road around
that area.



Bryan and Jess



-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Hobbs [mailto:BirdMarymoor at frontier.com]

Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 12:17 PM

To: Tweeters

Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor spring arrivals



Tweets - I took advantage of a relatively nice morning, and headed down to
Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co., WA) to try and find some spring birds.

Water levels are unseasonably high - 5.26 feet at the gauge, or about 1.3
feet higher than average.



I'm still getting over the terrible cold that kept me in bed last Thursday -
one of the very few times I've not shown up at my own bird survey because of

sickness. It was especially unpleasant to have missed last week's trip,

since Thursday marked the 17th Anniversary of my weekly Marymoor surveys.

So I was really feeling the need, this morning, to get over there.



As it was, I missed the best birds of the morning. A photographer showed

me his photos of 5-6 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS that were at the north end of the
East Meadow. The bluebirds had moved on by the time I got over there. I
had to make do with more mundane spring arrivals.



The OSPREY are back - two were perched near their nest near the velodrome.

And I had a male BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.



Other highlights:



Wood Duck Pair in slough

American Wigeon About 8 in a seasonal puddle

Cooper's Hawk One adult

Red-br. Sapsucker 2 near start of boardwalk

Hairy Woodpecker 1 near Dog Central

Pacific Wren 1 singing. They tend to leave in early Apr.

Townsend's Warbler 2 NE of the mansion

Savannah Sparrow 1 singing, N end of the East Meadow



At the park office feeders, there was a DOUGLAS SQUIRREL. This is only the
2nd time, in over 1000 visits to Marymoor, that I have seen Douglas
Squirrel!



In less than 3 hours this morning, I found 55 species of bird (not counting
the Mountain Bluebirds which I didn't see). Adding Osprey, Mountain
Bluebird, and Brown-headed Cowbird, the park year list stands at 94 species.



== Michael Hobbs

== Kirkland, WA

== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm

== http://www.marymoor.org/BirdBlog.htm

== birdmarymoor at frontier.com
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