For the 2nd straight week, our Thursday walk landed during the worst 6 hours of weather for the week. We had drizzle, and rain, and diagonal drizzle, and more rain. The birds, sensibly, laid low and stayed quiet. We did manage to find very low numbers of birds from a fairly wide selection of species. Matt and I walked the regular route. Mark & Lee started at the Rowing Club, and then did the loop backwards.

Highlights:
a.. Pied-billed Grebe -; from Lake Platform, doing a strange call. First this month
b.. American Coot -; lone bird remains near Lake Platform
c.. Bald Eagle -; numbers remain very high, with probably 2 pairs plus several juveniles
d.. Hairy Woodpecker -; Mark & Lee had one
e.. Bullock's Orioles -; two males again, in trees south of the Pea Patch, looking very fine
f.. Black-throated Gray Warbler -; Mark & Lee had one at the Rowing Club parking lot, where it has been hanging out for three weeks
g.. Lazuli Bunting -; two males and a female near the Viewing Mound were the highlight of the day
Nothing new for the year.

Matt & I had 52 species. Mark & Lee had 52 species. Each group had 11 species that the other group missed, for a total of 63 species. Not bad, but group misses were notable: Rock Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Wilson's Warbler.

Let's hope Thursday morning next week has better weather!

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


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