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Report for August 13, 2009

It was a really weird day at Marymoor today. For weather, it misted a bit at the start, but was mostly just darkly cloudy. We kept joking about wanting to turn up the brightness (where's the remote???). It also wasn't very birdy - REALLY QUIET. Well, sort of...

You see, while there weren't that many birds, and while we never did find the mythical mixed flock of warblers, vireos, and tanagers that we felt Connie Sidles had all-but-promised us, we ended up with a really high species count. Lots of one-offs. And we did our best to scour the place.

Highlights:

Blue-winged Teal                           New for 2009,. 1 female at RC ponds
Green-winged Teal                        First of Fall, 2 at RC ponds
Green Heron                                  4+ juveniles, 1-2 adults
Glaucous-winged Gull                    First of Fall - a couple. Black tipped gulls too.
Barn Owl                                      Matt & Scott had 2-3 early
Rufous Hummingbird                     Still 1-2 at the Community Gardens
Pileated Woodpecker                   1 just south of the Dog Meadow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 from Lake Platform
Orange-crowned Warbler             2
Yellow Warbler                            2 males (singing), 1 female
Black-throated Gray Warbler       1 female at RC
Common Yellowthroat               Abundant
Wilson's Warbler                         1 male, 1 female
Western Tanager                         Heard near windmill, but never could find the bird
LAZULI BUNTING                   1 male NE corner of Dog Meadow

There were many GREEN HERON sightings, including 4 youngish juveniles (still with downy tufts here and there, though fledged) together along the southeast edge of the Dog Meadow. We had a beautiful adult at the Rowing Club ponds, and later a juvenile there. 5-8 birds total.

This is by far the latest we've ever had LAZULI BUNTING.

So for the day, an astounding 66 species! But that includes 3 heard-only birds (Killdeer, Swainson's Thrush, Western Tanager), and over 20 species represented by only 1 or 2 individuals

.== Michael

Band-tailed Pigeon. We were thinking it was a juvenile...

Male Belted Kingfisher

Fuzzy-headed juvenile Green Heron, one of four together
at the SE edge of the Dog Meadow
The new boardwalk extension, finished. Thanks, Eastside Audubon!
The trail is now at least crudely wheelchair accessible.

The Purple Martin family
Water Lily

Female Blue-winged Teal at the Rowing Club
Green Heron (top left), Blue-winged Teal (bottom left), Hooded Merganser (middle and right), and 2 Mallards (right), at the Rowing Club

Ollie Oliver's photos from the Rowing Club, 8/16/2009, showing a Green Heron..
...and Hooded Mergansers and turtles

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It was a really weird day at Marymoor today. For weather, it misted a bit at the start, but was mostly just darkly cloudy. We kept joking about wanting to turn up the brightness (where's the remote???). It also wasn't very birdy - REALLY QUIET. Well, sort of... You see, while there weren't that many birds, and while we never did find the mythical mixed flock of warblers, vireos, and tanagers that we felt Connie Sidles had all-but-promised us, we ended up with a really high species count. Lots of one-offs. And we did our best to scour the place. Highlights: Blue-winged Teal New for 2009,. 1 female at RC ponds Green-winged Teal First of Fall, 2 at RC ponds Green Heron 4+ juveniles, 1-2 adults Glaucous-winged Gull First of Fall - a couple. Black tipped gulls too. Barn Owl Matt & Scott had 2-3 early Rufous Hummingbird Still 1-2 at the Community Gardens Pileated Woodpecker 1 just south of the Dog Meadow Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 from Lake Platform Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 2 males (singing), 1 female Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 female at RC Common Yellowthroat Abundant Wilson's Warbler 1 male, 1 female Western Tanager Heard near windmill, but never could find the bird LAZULI BUNTING 1 male NE corner of Dog Meadow There were many GREEN HERON sightings, including 4 youngish juveniles (still with downy tufts here and there, though fledged) together along the southeast edge of the Dog Meadow. We had a beautiful adult at the Rowing Club ponds, and later a juvenile there. 5-8 birds total. This is by far the latest we've ever had LAZULI BUNTING. So for the day, an astounding 66 species! But that includes 3 heard-only birds (Killdeer, Swainson's Thrush, Western Tanager), and over 20 species represented by only 1 or 2 individuals .== Michael	Band-tailed Pigeon. We were thinking it was a juvenile... Male Belted Kingfisher
Fuzzy-headed juvenile Green Heron, one of four together at the SE edge of the Dog Meadow	The new boardwalk extension, finished. Thanks, Eastside Audubon! The trail is now at least crudely wheelchair accessible.
The Purple Martin family	Water Lily
Female Blue-winged Teal at the Rowing Club	Green Heron (top left), Blue-winged Teal (bottom left), Hooded Merganser (middle and right), and 2 Mallards (right), at the Rowing Club
Ollie Oliver's photos from the Rowing Club, 8/16/2009, showing a Green Heron..	...and Hooded Mergansers and turtles