Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-04-10
Date: Apr 10 12:01:42 2012
From: Michael Hobbs - BirdMarymoor at frontier.com


Tweets - I know it's not Thursday, but it's Spring, and I reserve the right
to make extra visits to Marymoor. I didn't get down there today until about
7:45, and I left at 11:00 because I'd neglected to make lunch. There was
high overcast, but the temps were mostly in the 50's, with no wind and no
rain. And there were birds>

Highlights:

GREEN HERON Lake platform - First Of Spring
AMERICAN KESTREL Female at model airplane field - FOS
CASPIAN TERN 1 flew north over the slough - FOS
Rufous Hummingbird Maybe 6 males - more than Anna's
R.-breasted Sapsucker Great looks, maybe 4 birds
Bushtit Scattered pairs all over, 1 nest noted
Pacific Wren 1 singing at east end of boardwalk
Varied Thrush 1 singing in Snag Row
BOHEMIAN WAXWING Once more, in with Cedars, East Meadow
C. YELLOWTHROAT 2 seen, more heard singing - FOS
Y.-rumped Warbler Many, both Audubon's and Myrtle's
Savannah Sparrow Huge numbers - 60+ noted
Lincoln's Sparrow One in East Meadow
Western Meadowlark One north of fields 7-8-9

Geese and ducks getting much less numerous, with fewer species.
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and FOX SPARROW numbers down significantly, and neither
was heard singing.

For the day, on which I skipped the Rowing Club entirely, 62 species.

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