Hi Tweets,

Here's my monthly report for those interested in the birds being seen/heard at Lake Sammamish State Park.

Sharon Aagaard
Bellevue, WA
scormieraa001 at hotmail.com

Lake Sammamish State Park, King, US-WA
Oct 21, 2014 8:05 AM - 12:31 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: Sharon Aagaard and Stan Wood birded with 8 others at Eastside Audubon's monthly bird walk at Lake Sammamish State Park on Oct 21, 2014, from 8:00 am to 12:25 pm. We began with dark, threatening clouds and enjoyed sunny skies for the duration of the walk, 53-61F, 0-4 mph. HIGHLIGHTS : the CACKLING GEESE are back feeding on the grassy areas; a COOPER'S HAWK; 3 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS flew over; a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER was tending sapwells; a female HAIRY WOODPECKER; 11 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS over the east meadows; 21 AMERICAN PIPITS--a large group was feeding in the SW ball field and several flyovers were making contact calls; 22 CEDAR WAXWINGS; 3 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS in a mixed flock with YELLOW-RUMPS and chickadees; a flock of RED CROSSBILLS flew overhead making contact calls; and several flocks of PINE SISKINS totaling approximately 47 birds. 53 species for the day; and still at 129 species for the year. Critters: a bunny; a mother deer with two young; two tree frogs near puddles and others were chirping; and 5 wooly bear caterpillars (the orange and black ones). The next bird walk is NOVEMBER 18. No pre-registration, just show up depending on your mood or the weather. Since this is a state park, a Discover Pass is necessary to park ($10 daily, $30 annual). We meet in the large parking lot to the left just inside the main park entrance, now signed as the Costco Parking lot, but we meet at the far end towards the lake (not the boat launch entrance).Submitted from BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.
53 species (+3 other taxa)

> Cackling Goose 64
> Canada Goose 42
> Gadwall 11
> American Wigeon 8
> Mallard 96
> Northern Shoveler 1
> Green-winged Teal (American) 2
> Bufflehead 2
> Pied-billed Grebe 7
> Horned Grebe 1
> Western Grebe 17
> Double-crested Cormorant 9
> Great Blue Heron 5
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3
> American Coot 378
> Killdeer 1
> Mew Gull 1
> Ring-billed Gull 2
> California Gull 3
> Glaucous-winged Gull 15
> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
> Band-tailed Pigeon 3
> Anna's Hummingbird 3
> Belted Kingfisher 2 male
> Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
> Hairy Woodpecker 1 female
> Northern Flicker 3 heard only but likely red shafted
> Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 saw red undertail and red under wings
> American Crow 31
> Violet-green Swallow 11 white underside, dark above, white saddlebags
> Black-capped Chickadee 24
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
> Bushtit (Pacific) 14
> Brown Creeper 1
> Pacific Wren 2
> Bewick's Wren 4
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 25
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
> American Robin 55
> European Starling 2
> American Pipit 21 SW ball field and also heard/saw fly overs
> Cedar Waxwing 22
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 heard only
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 white throats and smile line
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 12 yellow throats
> Townsend's Warbler 3
> Spotted Towhee (Pacific) 6
> Song Sparrow 10
> Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 8
> Red-winged Blackbird 15
> House Finch 7
> Purple Finch (Western) 8 2 purplish makes
> Red Crossbill 10
> Pine Siskin 47
> American Goldfinch 4
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> View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20308710
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)