Tweets -; our first group survey of the COVID-19 era, and it lands during the worst 6 hours of weather for the week. It wasn't horrible, just dark and mizzly, drizzly, and occasionally rainy. After 9:00, it was sometimes better. Rather quiet, but we got some good looks at birds.
Highlights:
a.. American Coot -; one from Lake Platform, unusual this time of year at Marymoor
b.. Caspian Tern -; one from Lake Platform, our First of Year (FOY)
c.. Barn Owl -; Matt saw one leave the windmill a little after 4:00 a.m.
d.. Willow Flycatcher -; one, NW corner of dog area; FOY
e.. Northern Rough-winged Swallow -; several seen
f.. Swainson's Thrush -; only 2-3, but one gave us some nice looks
g.. American Goldfinch -; pretty, and pretty numerous
h.. Bullock's Oriole -; at least 2 males and a female; they gave us multiple fabulous looks
i.. Black-throated Gray Warbler -; one heard at Rowing Club parking lot
We had an unusual sparrow at the north end of the East Meadow that escaped us before we could be positive of the ID. It may well have been a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW; certainly it had a bright and clean breast, and the correct coloration on the rest of the bird, though the face seemed less strongly marked than one would expect for CCSP.
We had an Empidonax sp. with a bold eye ring that disappeared before we could be satisfied with an identification.
There were a lot of birds that "got away" today.
Misses included Rock Pigeon, Green Heron, Brown Creeper, Marsh Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Orange-crowned Warbler.
Still, we managed 65 species, though several of those were heard-only (and distantly heard-only at that).
= Michael Hobbs
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BirdMarymoor at gmail.com
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