Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-04-12
Date: Apr 12 22:40:35 2012
From: Ryan Merrill - rjm284 at gmail.com


And I forgot the Cowlitz Loggerhead as well...



> 2 Loggerhead Shrikes (Clark & King)
> 2 Sage Thrashers (Clark & King)
> 1 Sage Sparrow (Clark)
> 1 Brewer's Sparrow (King)
> 3 early Vesper Sparrows (Skagit & Snohomish)
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> It will be interesting to see what else this spring migration season brings.
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> Ryan Merrill
> Kirkland
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>> From: Randy Hill <re_hill at q.com>
>> Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:37 PM
>> Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-04-12
>> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>>
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>> Are there more eastside/shrub-steppe birds showing up on the west side this
>> spring or am I just noticing more posts?
>>
>> Randy Hill
>> Ridgefield
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
>> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Hobbs
>> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:37 PM
>> To: Tweeters
>> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-04-12
>>
>> Tweets - what a great week at Marymoor! ?This morning was gorgeous and
>> sunny, with a bit of ground fog early, but clearing to a sunny, WARM day.
>> The rain held off until after we all got home. ?It was fairly birdy, and we
>> had some great surprises!
>>
>> Highlights:
>>
>> Wood Duck ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Several nice looks
>> Pileated Woodpecker ? Near windmill - great look
>> SAGE THRASHER ? ? ? ? ?1 at Compost Piles
>> American Pipit ? ? ? ? ? ? ?25+ ?on the parking field in the NE
>> Or.-crowned Warbler ? ?Only 1 - quite yellow (lutescens?)
>> Y.-rumped Warbler ? ? ? 15+, mostly Myrtle's, singing
>> BREWER'S SPARROW ? 1 at Pea Patch
>> Lincoln's Sparrow ? ? ? ? At least 2
>> Wh.-cr. Sparrow ? ? ? ? ? Heard 1 gambelii, rest were pugetensis
>> Western Meadowlark ? 4+ in East Meadow
>> Evening Grosbeak ? ? ? ?Flock of ~6 flew west over Dog Meadow
>>
>> This was the 3rd record for SAGE THRASHER at Marymoor, the other two times
>> being 17-Apr-2002 and 03-May-2007. ?This was also the 3rd record for
>> BREWER'S SPARROW at Marymoor, the other two times being 30-Apr-2000 and
>> 09-Jun-2011.
>>
>> There were very few ducks and geese - maybe 30 birds total, comprising 7
>> species. ?Hummingbirds, on the other hand, were especially numerous, with
>> probably 8 or more of each of ANNA'S and RUFOUS.
>>
>> New for the year today were SAGE THRASHER, AMERICAN PIPIT, ORANGE-CROWNED
>> WARBLER, and BREWER'S SPARROW. ?Adding in the GREEN HERON, AMERICAN KESTREL,
>> CASPIAN TERN, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT from Tuesday, that's 8 new species for
>> the week, bringing the year list to 104.
>>
>> For the day, 65 species. ?We've had 84 species so far this April.
>>
>> == Michael Hobbs
>> == Kirkland, WA
>> == http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
>> == http://www.marymoor.org/BirdBlog.htm
>> == birdmarymoor at frontier.com