Tweets -; with the weather a little better than last Thursday, I decided to do another walk at the park today. It was cloudy and it misted a lot, but no real drizzle except for maybe 5 minutes. Much birdier than Thursday.

Highlights:
a.. Green-winged Teal -; pair below weir; definitely the latest spring sighting ever!
b.. BLACK SWIFT -; two high overhead. First of Year (FOY)
c.. Virginia Rail -; heard doing ki-dick ki-dick incessantly from across the slough before the start of the boardwalk
d.. American Coot -; lone holdout remains near Lake Platform, hanging with the lone Pied-billed Grebe
e.. Osprey -; looks like females may be sitting on eggs on both nests
f.. Pileated Woodpecker -; one doing long slow call on far side of slough
g.. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER -; one in cedar next to windmill -; FOY
h.. EVENING GROSBEAK -; flyover of two birds -; FOY
i.. Orange-crowned Warbler -; one singing unseen in Snag Row near Pet Garden
j.. Black-throated Gray Warbler -; one singing unseen at Rowing Club
k.. Lazuli Bunting -; males singing in several dispersed locations. 3-4 birds, near as I can tell
Many baby birds, some still in the nest, others fledged: CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD, AMERICAN CROW, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE (nest with young), BUSHTIT (nest with young) AMERICAN ROBIN, SONG SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

Feeding on Yellow Flag iris, I saw a WHITE-LINED SPHINX MOTH, acting like a hummingbird. I don't recall seeing one of these at Marymoor before (maybe not even in Western Washington).

For the day, 71 species.

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