Hi Tweets,

Earlier today, Carl Haynie sent a Tweeters report immediately after spotting the EASTERN KINGBIRD (this morning around 9 am at the mouth of Issaquah Creek at Lake Sam). Here's my eBird report of the other birds we enjoyed there today.



Lake Sammamish State Park, King, US-WA
Jun 3, 2014 7:40 AM - 12:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Birding LSSP with Carl Haynie. Cloudy and cool (low 50s-60s), 3-7 mph winds. HIGHLIGHT: While scanning for birds at the mouth of Issaquah Creek, Carl called out "Eastern Kingbird"! I saw where he was looking, and both of us watched as it fluttered over the top of a small row of short willows on the west sandbar. It perched at the top for about 20+ seconds, then flew off, rising high to the northeast (towards the boat launch) and disappear.
63 species

Canada Goose 40
Gadwall 1 male in flight
Mallard 12
Common Merganser 12 2 f; 1 f with 9 juv
Great Blue Heron 12 birds in flight or in the water; didn't spend time looking at the herony
Osprey 1 perched on the large snag to the north of the boat launch (Carl says it's a favorite perch)
Bald Eagle 4 2 adults (likely a pair), 2 1st year birds
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 2
SPOTTED SANDPIPER 3 mouth of Issaquah Creek
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
BAND-TAILED PIGEON 10 about 6 were in a possible roosting spot in the trees just to the north of the on-site ranger's living quarters at the boat launch; several seen flying throughout the park
VAUX'S SWIFT 5
Anna's Hummingbird 2 at the feeder at the on-site ranger's living quarters at the boat launch
Rufous Hummingbird 12 all males....throughout the park
Belted Kingfisher 1 heard only on Issaquah Creek
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER 3 1 tending 4-5 tree sapwells on the eastside of the boardwalk going out to the mouth of Issaquah Creek; 2 adults feeding young in the nest tree on the southeast edge of the Sunset Beach parking lot
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2 heard only
PILEATED WOODPECKER 1 feeding on ripe salmon berries, low in a bush along the east side of boardwalk going out to the mouth of Issaquah Creek
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE 8
WILLOW FLYCATCHER 12
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER 1 still singing in the large cottonwood forest just south of the Sunset Beach parking lot
EASTERN KINGBIRD 1 Black head and dark back, white underbody and throat to under bill, big headed, white-tiped tail, robin-sized.
HUTTON'S VIREO 1 heard only, in the same area as a couple weeks ago (in the large cottonwood forest just south of the Sunset Beach parking lot)
WARBLING VIREO 11 heard only
Steller's Jay 2 heard both, saw one
American Crow 8
COMMON RAVEN 1 flying southwest towards Cougar Mtn
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Tree Swallow 10
Violet-green Swallow 40
Barn Swallow 20
Cliff Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5
Bushtit 1
Marsh Wren 8
Bewick's Wren 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8 2 groups of young with all gray caps being fed by adults
Swainson's Thrush 14
American Robin 16
European Starling 3
Cedar Waxwing 30
Orange-crowned Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow Warbler 8
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 8
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 12
White-crowned Sparrow (Puget Sound) 7
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 4
WESTERN TANAGER 3
Black-headed Grosbeak 6
LAZULI BUNTING 1 He was singing and perched at the top of blackberry bushes in the overgrown, former meadow. Directions: in the SE corner of the Sunset Beach parking lot, walk the wide trail through the large cottonwood forest, go left at the old apple orchard clearing, cross the footbridge in the left corner, continue walking south on the narrow, overgrown trail, keeping the creek on your left, listen and scan the tops of bushes throughout this area
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
BULLOCK'S ORIOLE 9 conservative estimate, both m and f, lots of vocalizations
House Finch 1 heard only
Purple Finch 6 heard only
American Goldfinch 20

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18673053

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



Sharon Aagaard

Bellevue WA

scormieraa001 at hotmail.com