Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2011-01-13
Date: Jan 13 14:12:04 2011
From: Michael Hobbs - BirdMarymoor at frontier.com


Tweets - It rained hard at times this morning, and water levels are pretty
high (5' reading at the gauge). There were some gusts of wind too. But it
was in the upper 40's, and we had some pretty long stretches without rain
and even a touch of sun. So the weather wasn't nearly as bad as it could
have been.

Highlights:

Northern Shoveler 4-5 in flood puddles
Northern Pintail Flock of ~15 flew south
GREEN HERON Back at Rowing Club pond
Peregrine Falcon Repeated attacks on Red-tail
Barn Owl Several early sightings
Hairy Woodpecker One at S. end of East Meadow
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike Juvenile at N. end of E. Meadow
Purple Finch Several sightings

We had singing Black-capped Chickadee, Bewick's Wren, Red-winged Blackbird,
and House Finch.

I got some reports from last Saturday, January 8, which included:

Snow Goose ~200 overhead
California Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon ~6
Great Horned Owl Near east kiosk
Varied Thrush
Swamp Sparrow Recent spot along slough
Pine Siskin

So, for the day, 54 species. For the week, 61.

For 2011, adding Snow Goose, Northern Shoveler, Green Heron, Cooper's Hawk,
Peregrine Falcon, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Rock Pigeon,
Band-tailed Pigeon, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker,
Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Shrike, Varied Thrush, and Purple Finch, the
park list is up to 72 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== http://www.marymoor.org/BirdBlog.htm
== birdmarymoor at frontier.com