Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor 22 Dec 2011
Date: Dec 23 20:08:13 2011
From: B&PBell - bellasoc at isomedia.com


Hi Tweets

A delayed report on yesterdays Marymoor walk (Michael is in Florida) - delayed by a quick trip to Palmer Lake to see the Ross's Gull. Yea!!

Marymoor started out cold (26F) and foggy, but quickly burned off and the rest of the day was quite nice and sunny. The best bird of the day was a Western Scrub-jay - the second record for the park (Michael didn't see the first one either). This could have been better as only two of our group saw the bird.

Birds of the day:
Western Scrub-jay
Greater White-fronted Goose (1) with 600 Cackling Geese
4 Brown Creepers
7 Purple Finch (including 4 bright males)
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike (in East Meadow for a change)
4 or 5 Red-tailed Hawks

We wound up with 55 species, nice for a cold December day.

Brian H. Bell
Woodinville Wa
mail to bell asoc at iso media dot com