Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2014-06-05
Date: Jun 5 15:44:46 2014
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at frontier.com


Tweets ? it wasn?t exactly warm and toasty this morning, and there was enough overcast that we had unfulfilled hopes that we?d see Black Swifts today, but otherwise the birding was really quite pleasant. There are an increasing number of baby birds about, which is beginning to lead to confusion ? ?What?s making THAT call????, ?Is that an adult female or a juvie???? etc. It?s adds interest to the day :)

Highlights:

Wood Duck At least 3 clutches of ducklings
Red-tailed Hawk Begging, fledged juvenile near Rowing Club
Caspian Tern A couple of people saw one
Barn Owl Seen at 4:15 a.m. Not by me (#asleep)
Common Nighthawk Heard long before our 5:30 start (see above)
Belted Kingfisher Two spent an hour chasing each other high overhead
All 5 Woodpecker species
Pac.-slope Flycatcher Seen/heard by a few near start of boardwalk
EASTERN KINGBIRD One north of Viewing Mound
Purple Martin Another early bird
Y.-rumped Warbler One singing near mansion
Wilson?s Warbler One singing near rowing club
Lazuli Bunting Several singing males again
Bullock?s Oriole Some fledglings perhaps, plus adults

Good day for mammals too, with American Beaver, and Raccoon seen, as well as the usual suspects.

COMMON NIGHTHAWK has only very rarely been noted, though both in spring and fall migration.

We?ve had about a dozen records of EASTERN KINGBIRD, almost all from the first three weeks in June. This is probably the same bird reported by Matthew Pike from yesterday.

We were surprised to have both Yellow-rumped Warbler and Wilson?s Warbler at the park today. Both species typically clear out for the actual nesting season. We have only sporadic records of YRWA for June, July, and August. For WIWA, they?re usually gone for just June and July.

Misses today included Canada Goose, Rock Pigeon, and Cliff Swallow. We?re still waiting for our first Black Swifts and Red-eyed Vireo. We?ve only had one sighting of Green Heron all year, and no Pine Siskins at all.

Still, for the day, 63 species, and for the year (adding Common Nighthawk, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Eastern Kingbird) I think we?re at 139.

== Michael Hobbs
== www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== BirdMarymoor at frontier.com