Tweets - we had a very fine day today, with gorgeous weather (not too hot,
not too cold, sunny). And it was surprisingly birdy, especially after last
week's yawner.

Highlights:

Wood Duck We continue to see small ducklings
Common Merganser Mother w/7 ducklings at lake
Pied-billed Grebe 1 juvenile in slough above weir
Green Heron 1 seen at lake, maybe another heard
American Coot 1 at lake - only 2nd sighting since April
Barn Owl Matt had several near windmill EARLY
R.-breasted Sapsucker One near start of boardwalk
Pileated Woodpecker 1 heard several times
Western Wood-Pewee Adult visiting nest in Cottonwood Forest
Cassin's Vireo Nice looking bird singing at Dog Central
Purple Martin Male at gourd, later pair over east footbridge
Brown Creeper 4 sightings
Western Tanager Nice male near start of boardwalk
Lazuli Bunting Male near Pea Patch, chased by baby cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird Pair on grass soccer fields

Besides the LAZULI BUNTING interactions with a baby cowbird, we also saw a
YELLOW WARBLER feeding a cowbird, and saw several other begging babies where
we couldn't tell for sure who might be feeding them.

On a brighter breeding note, at least 2 of the TREE SWALLOW nest boxes in
the East Meadow had babies hanging out of the hole to be fed. We also found
a CEDAR WAXWING nest.

For the day, 62 species.

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