Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-06-14
Date: Jun 14 16:41:49 2012
From: Michael & Janka Hobbs - MJCT_Hobbs at msn.com


Tweets - the weather was much nicer today than last week - not too cold, not
windy, overcast. And it was birdy, though several species were heard-only.
Matt also had some great birds early (5 a.m.) that weren't seen later. The
bird list was NOT a typical list for June.

Highlights:

SWANS 5 swans flew by, presumably TRUMPETERs
Common Loon 1 far out on the lake
Great Blue Heron Many large juveniles on the nests
Cooper's Hawk? Accipiter briefly seen - first seen in weeks
Caspian Tern 5-6 overhead
Barn Owl Matt had a couple early, including juvenile
C. NIGHTHAWK Matt saw one early from the lake platform
Black Swift 5-6 overhead
Hairy Woodpecker Adult and juvenile near start of boardwalk
Pac.-slope Flycatcher One heard from across the slough
EASTERN KINGBIRD One moving around, East Meadow etc.
LAZULI BUNTING 3-5 males, singing, chasing each other
Western Meadowlark Three, Dog Meadow
Bullock's Oriole 2 males seen

This was our first summer sighting of SWANS ever, and except for one
sighting from May 1, 2008, all other sightings have been October-March.

Tony Ernst sent me a nice photo of a COMMON LOON that he'd taken on the 10th
while kayaking at the north end of the lake. I was pleased we were able to
see the loon too, though very distantly. There are two previous June
records for the park. We've had Common Loon sightings at Marymoor in all
months except July and September.

Matt's sighting of COMMON NIGHTHAWK was just the 6th for the park that I
know of. All of the other sightings were from mid-September.

This was our 11th EASTERN KINGBIRD sighting. Almost all sightings EAKI have
been from the middle two weeks of June.

Matt saw Mule Deer and Beaver early. We saw a Long-tailed Weasel, as well as
numerous Eastern Cottontails, and Eastern Gray Squirrel.

For the day, 68 species. For the year, adding COMMON NIGHTHAWK and EASTERN
KINGBIRD, I think we're up to 140 species.

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