Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-08-16
Date: Aug 16 20:56:18 2012
From: Michael & Janka Hobbs - MJCT_Hobbs at msn.com


Tweets - we had a hot, odd day at Marymoor. It was incredibly quiet, but we
managed to piece together a fairly good bird list with some unusual items.
The day started cool, just 56 degrees, with very low ground fog, but heated
up to 82 by the time we left. Unrelentingly sunny, which made us seek shade
to bird from. Quite a few species were heard-only, or were seen by one
person only, or were represented by just a single individual.

Highlights:

Green Heron 2 visible from lake platform
Virginia Rail 1 at the retention pond near the event pad,
early
Matt & I had a brief look, then got it
to call for verification
LEAST SANDPIPER Matt had several flying around the lake platform early
Later, we heard one fly up the slough (2
calls)
Anna's Hummingbird Many seen
R.-br. Sapsucker 1 juvenile near 2nd dog swim beach
Purple Martin Heard overhead, unseen
Brown Creeper Many seen
Swainson's Thrush Only 1 seen, 1 heard on the walk; Matt heard dozens
predawn
Or.-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 3-4
Wilson's Warbler 1 male
Common Yellowthroat Many
Western Tanager 1 heard, glimpsed in flight
Evening Grosbeak Heard overhead, unseen

We also had 1 bird that we aren't yet 100% sure of, in terms of
identification. Photos were obtained, but I believe it was a juvenile
AMERICAN PIPIT, which would be an unusual sighting for this time of year at
Marymoor.

For the day, 55 species.

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