Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-02-02
Date: Feb 2 13:45:38 2012
From: Michael Hobbs - BirdMarymoor at frontier.com


Tweets - It was a rather typically quiet February visit to Marymoor today,
although the weather was atypically wonderful, with little wind and a good
deal of sunshine. American Robins, Bewick's Wrens, Black-capped Chickadees,
Song Sparrows, and House Finches were singing a real morning chorus. But
water levels were quite high (5' a the gauge), which meant few ducks and no
kingfisher. There were a few good sightings though:

Cooper's Hawk Small adult in Big Cottonwood Forest
Barn Owl Matt had one in the East Meadow
Anna's Hummingbird Displaying over Pea Patch
Hairy Woodpecker Two in Big Cottonwood Forest
Northern Shrike Several sightings
"Slate-colored" Junco 2-3 birds, Pea Patch and park office
Purple Finch Several great looks
Pine Siskin Many up close to search through for redpoll
American Goldfinch 1+ near in London Plane trees
Evening Grosbeak 6 in Snag Row - great looks

Our first NORTHERN SHRIKE sighting was a bird a the TOP of a cottonwood near
the slough at the west edge of the Dog Meadow. Later, we saw one on
goalposts on fields 7-8-9. Still later, we saw one in Snag Row. Probably
just one birds, but...

There was a very bright and contrasty SLATE-COLORED JUNCO near the feeders
at the far corner of the Pea Patch, and a second less-contrasty (female?)
there as well. Then, at the park office feeders, there was what appeared to
be a bird that might have been an intergrade between Slate-colored and
Oregon, in that the dark neck and breast extended well down to the lower
belly, but there was a *slight* difference in tone between the head and the
sides.

The EVENING GROSBEAKS were great - 2 males and 4 females eating maple seeds
and giving us very good looks. The vast majority of Evening Grosbeak
sightings at Marymoor have been flyovers, so it was very nice to get a
prolonged chance to examine them.

For the day, 52 species. Evening Grosbeak was new for the year list,
bringing the 2012 total to 73 species.

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