April 2013 report summary for Lake Hills Greenbelt (LHG), Bellevue. This
is an easy flat 3.5 mile loop walk, between Phantom Lake and Larsen Lake,
156th & 148th Avenues SE and SE 24th to Main Streets, an interesting
'island' of mediocrity in the residential 'mediocrity' of southeast Bellevue. The
number following the species are the number of times (days/walks) that the
listed species was observed. I kind of outdid myself this month, 29 out
of 30 days. Don't expect same levels of intensity in May.






total days & walks -- 29
cumulative walk time -- 66.1 hrs
average walk time -- 2.3 hrs
cumulative species 'units' -- 1,409
average species / walk -- 48.6 (high: 57 on 28Apr, low: 41 on 16Apr)


total species = 92 (+3 known misses)



Canada Goose -- 29
Wood Duck -- 15
Gadwall -- 4
American Wigeon -- 23
Mallard -- 29
Green-winged Teal -- 1
Bufflehead -- 29
Ring-necked Duck -- 29
Greater Scaup -- 29
Lesser Scaup -- 28
Common Goldeneye -- 1
Hooded Merganser -- 2
Common Merganser -- 2
Ruddy Duck -- 11
California Quail -- 3
Common Loon -- 3
Pied-billed Grebe -- 12
Double-crested Cormorant -- 15
Great Blue Heron -- 11
Turkey Vulture -- 2 (singles flying north, 5 and 12Apr)
Bald Eagle -- 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk -- 6
Cooper's Hawk -- 14
Red-tailed Hawk -- 23
Peregrine Falcon -- 2
Virginia Rail -- 4
American Coot -- 23
Killdeer -- 29 (monitored two nests, 8 chicks total)
[Spotted Sandpiper] -- miss, 29Apr, Hugh Jennings
[Solitary Sandpiper] -- miss, 25Apr, ebird report, observer unknown
Least Sandpiper -- 1
Wilson's Snipe -- 5
Glaucous-winged Gull -- 24
Rock Pigeon -- 19
Band-tailed Pigeon -- 21
Barn Owl -- 17
Anna's Hummingbird -- 29
Rufous Hummingbird -- 25
Red-breasted Sapsucker -- 4
Downy Woodpecker -- 24
Northern (R-s) Flicker -- 29
Pileated Woodpecker -- 22
Hammond's Flycatcher -- 2
unid. Empidonax -- 2
WESTERN KINGBIRD -- 1 (flock, 3-5 on 27Apr, farm field SE 16th St)
Hutton's Vireo -- 12
Steller's Jay -- 26
American Crow -- 29
Tree Swallow -- 24
Violet-green Swallow -- 29
N. Rough-winged Swallow -- 3
Cliff Swallow -- 5
Barn Swallow -- 11
Black-capped Chickadee -- 29
Chestnut-backed Chickadee -- 23
Bushtit -- 21
Red-breasted Nuthatch -- 29
Brown Creeper -- 5
Bewick's Wren -- 29
Pacific Wren -- 10
Marsh Wren -- 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet -- 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- 25
TOWNSEND'S SOLITARE -- 1 (NE of Larsen Lake, 21Apr)
Swainson's Thrush -- 1
Hermit Thrush -- 6
American Robin -- 29
Varied Thrush -- 8
European Starling -- 29
American Pipit -- 8
Orange-crowned Warbler -- 12
Nashville Warbler -- 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 24 (incl. 'myrtle' on 5 days)
Townsend's Warbler -- 1
Wilson's Warbler -- 2
Common Yellowthroat -- 8
Spotted Towhee -- 29
[Chipping Sparrow] -- miss, 30Apr, Amit Kulkarni
Savannah Sparrow -- 12
Fox Sparrow -- 19
Song Sparrow -- 29
White-crowned Sparrow -- 29
Golden-crowned Sparrow -- 25
Dark-eyed Junco -- 27
Western Tanager -- 2
Black-headed Grosbeak -- 1
Red-winged Blackbird -- 29
Brewer's Blackbird -- 1
Brown-headed Cowbird -- 11
Purple Finch -- 29
House Finch -- 28
Red Crossbill -- 16
Pine Siskin -- 29 (unbroken streak continues, 171 for 171 since Oct 1)
American Goldfinch -- 20
Evening Grosbeak -- 1
House Sparrow -- 6



Richard Rowlett
Bellevue (Eastgate), WA
Pterodroma AT aol.com