Tweets - it was dark and rainy (fairly hard rain until we got to the lake
platform). We also faced an onslaught of mosquitoes, primarily south of the
Dog Area. It did begin to clear slowly, though, and the birds started
showing themselves.

Biggest highlight of the day was a LEWIS'S WOODPECKER, probably the same one
found May 30. It was hanging around in the London Plane trees as you enter
Lot G (the Interpretive Lot, or the eastern Dog Area lot). This was my
personal 200th species for Marymoor Park!

Other highlights:

Wood Duck Twice, females with ducklings
Green Heron About 3 sightings (slough, lake)
Gulls Large flock - maybe Ring-billed
Mourning Dove Houston Flores reported one
Barn Owl Matt had one early
BLACK SWIFT 1-2 over mansion
R.-breasted Sapsucker 2 seen
Willow Flycatcher One singing, East Meadow
Purple Martin Female in gourd at lake
CHIPPING SPARROW One in Pea Patch

Warbler numbers were down considerably, except for YELLOW WARBLER which
seemed pretty common.

For the day, 68 species. For the year, WILLOW FLYCATCHER and BLACK SWIFT
were new, and also added this week were the LEWIS'S WOODPECKER and LARK
SPARROW, both from May 30.

So not a bad day at all, despite the weather !

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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