Tweets ? we had a really nice day this morning at Marymoor. Sunrise was startlingly beautiful, due to a thin and rumpled layer of clouds, which slowly cleared throughout the morning. The clouds kept catching our eyes, which was a good thing, as there were many birds overhead that we might have missed otherwise. Chief among these were at least SEVENTEEN CASPIAN TERNS, all flying north, in groups of 1-6 birds at a time.

Highlights:

Wood Duck Several clutches of ducklings
Hooded Merganser Adult male and 3 others at lake
Sharp-shinned Hawk One flyover bird
Cooper?s Hawk Two sightings, two different birds
Spotted Sandpiper Two in slough below weir
Glaucous-winged Gull 3+ birds overhead
CASPIAN TERN 17, almost triple the previous high count
MOURNING DOVE Only our 6th June sighting ? 2 birds
BLACK SWIFT Two over Dog Meadow
R.-breasted Sapsucker Adults and juvenile
Or.-crowned Warbler Male seen singing, start of boardwalk
Lazuli Bunting 2+ males singing, East Meadow

Lots of babies, including a SONG SPARROW feeding a young BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD :( (We had at least 2 juvenile BHCOs today). We found a BUSHTIT nest near the east end of the boardwalk, and a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE nest just south of the Dog Meadow.

We had 61 species for the day (after Sharon found PURPLE MARTINS by driving over to scan the NE corner of the lake). Black Swifts were new for the year for our walk; our 2014 list is at 139, I believe.

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