Hi Tweets,

Stan and I were joined by two other birders at this monthly bird walk offered by Eastside Audubon at Lake Sammamish State Park from 8 am to noon . We were dressed in layers and mud boots for a weather forecast of 30% chance of rain, increasing winds and temps in the low 50's. We had not a drop of rain! Skys were a bit cloudy at first, and we enjoyed more and more sun breaks as the morning progressed. And, did I mention, no rain! Temps ranged from 53 to 58 degrees, winds were mild at about 6 mph, and the blue, sunny sky was shared with some patchy clouds. Highlights: flocks of both Canada and CACKLING GEESE flew over while vocalizing; 1 COMMON LOON; 3 RED-NECKED GREBES; 17 WESTERN GREBES; 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER; 1 RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, 1 immature NORTHERN SHRIKE perched up high in a small, bare deciduous tree in the south meadow just to the west of and right near Issaquah Creek; 3 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS (!); 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER; and 2 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS. 52 species for the day. Next bird walk is Monday, Nov 19. No pre-registration required....just show up. A Discover Pass is required since this is a state park.

Cackling Goose 20
Canada Goose 50
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 47
Northern Shoveler 10
Green-winged Teal 2
Common Merganser 3
Common Loon 1
Red-necked Grebe 3
Western Grebe 17
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 400
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 12
Glaucous-winged Gull 2
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Northern Shrike 1 immature
Steller's Jay 2
American Crow 100
Violet-green Swallow 3 All 3 had white undersides, including the throat and face. They had straight, not forked tails.
Black-capped Chickadee 40
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 20
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 2 heard only; one sang full song just once; the other was making call notes
Pacific Wren 4 one sang full song; others were heard only chip notes
Bewick's Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 25
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
American Robin 60 mostly flyovers
European Starling 5
American Pipit 1 over the parking lot -- heard only
Cedar Waxwing 20
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 80 roughly half were Audubon's and half were Myrtles
Townsend's Warbler 2
Spotted Towhee 7
Song Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 10
Red-winged Blackbird 2
House Finch 2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Sharon Aagaard
Bellevue WA
scormieraa001 at hotmail.com