June 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. An abbreviated month which didn't get started
until 11Jun so I probably missed a few, among the most likely,
Olive-sided Flycatcher which should have been around during last week or two of May /
first week of June. Any of you LHG "regulars" find Olive-sided Flycatcher
during either May or June??? Anything else missing not on this June list?





total days & walks -- 16 (11-30 June only)
cumulative walk time -- 30.3 hrs
average walk time -- 1.9 hrs
cumulative species 'units' -- 573
average species / walk -- 35.8 (high: 42 on 15Jun & 16Jun, low: 31 on
26Jun)


total species = 66 (+1 known miss)


Canada Goose -- 16
Wood Duck -- 11
Gadwall -- 1 (pair on Larsen Lake, 25Jun)
Mallard -- 16
[Blue-winged Teal] -- (miss, 2m on Larsen Lake 12Jun, Hugh Jennings)
Hooded Merganser -- 1 (female on Larsen Lake, 25Jun)
California Quail -- 3
Pied-billed Grebe -- 1 (one on Phantom Lake, 18Jun)
Great Blue Heron -- 8
OSPREY -- 1 (one bird Larsen Lake, 21Jun)
Bald Eagle -- 1
Cooper's Hawk -- 6
Red-tailed Hawk -- 16
MERLIN -- 2 (one bird east side Larsen Lake, 11 & 17Jun)
Spotted Sandpiper -- 1 (very noisy adult at Larsen Lake, 15Jun)
Ring-billed Gull -- 1 (one bird at Larsen Lake, 24Jun)
Glaucous-winged Gull -- 4
Rock Pigeon -- 3
Band-tailed Pigeon -- 16
BLACK SWIFT -- 2 (22 & 24 June, two birds each, Phantom & Larsen Lakes)
Vaux's Swift -- 2
Anna's Hummingbird -- 13
Rufous Hummingbird -- 3
Belted Kingfisher -- 1 (one bird at Larsen Lake, 17Jun and my first since
04Mar)
Red-breasted Sapsucker -- 4
Downy Woodpecker -- 3
Northern (R-s) Flicker -- 16
Pileated Woodpecker -- 1
Western Wood-Pewee -- 4
Willow Flycatcher -- 16
Pacific-slope Flycatcher -- 10
Hutton's Vireo -- 7
Warbling Vireo -- 10
RED-EYED VIREO -- 2 (singles 16 & 22 June, each at separate locations)
Steller's Jay -- 8
American Crow -- 16
Tree Swallow -- 16
Violet-green Swallow -- 16
Barn Swallow -- 16
Black-capped Chickadee -- 15
Chestnut-backed Chickadee -- 4
Bushtit -- 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch -- 8
Brown Creeper -- 1
Bewick's Wren -- 16
Pacific Wren -- 3 (probably nested along west side of 156th west of
Phantom Lake)
Golden-crowned Kinglet -- 2
Swainson's Thrush -- 16
American Robin -- 16
European Starling -- 16
Cedar Waxwing -- 16
Orange-crowned Warbler -- 5
Yellow Warbler -- 1 (only one once?!?, scheesch!)
Wilson's Warbler -- 3
Common Yellowthroat -- 16
Spotted Towhee -- 16
Song Sparrow -- 16
White-crowned Sparrow -- 11
Dark-eyed Junco -- 14
Black-headed Grosbeak -- 16
Red-winged Blackbird -- 16
Brown-headed Cowbird -- 16
Purple Finch -- 16
House Finch -- 16
Pine Siskin -- 4
American Goldfinch -- 16
House Sparrow -- 1


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