We had an unexpectedly good day at Marymoor. It was
overcast, but we didn't suffer from fog nor precipitation. Fall is
definitely here, though we did find one good flock, just south of the
Dog Area, of hangers-on from summer.
Highlights:
American Wigeon First of fall
Northern Harrier Several
looks
Barn Owl Early
over the East Meadow
Western Wood-Pewee One at the
Rowing Club
Warbling Vireo One
with "the flock"
Orange-crowned Warbler One with "the
flock"
Yellow Warbler One
with "the flock"
Yellow-rumped Warbler About 5 with
"the flock"
Black-throated Gray Warbler One with "the flock"
American Pipit
About 15 in grass soccer field lot
Fox Sparrow One
gave us great looks
We had a 5 woodpecker day (the expected 5: RBSA, DOWO, HAWO, NOFL, PIWO),
though the Hairy was barely seen, and the Pileated was heard to the west
of
the park.
And we had the 8 expected sparrows - Towhee, Savannah, Fox, Song,
Lincoln's, White-crowned, Golden-crowned, and Junco.
== Michael
We don't really think of small mammals moving around a lot through "unsuitable" habitat, but they must do some of that. We had our first ever DOUGLAS SQUIRREL, along the slough at the 2nd dog swim beach. It ran across the beach access and went into a small maple. There are no large conifers anywhere near that location, and very few cones on the very young planted Doug Firs in the riparian strip.
A terrible photo, but you can kind of make out that this is a Douglas Squirrel.
Fox Sparrow. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Wood Duck pair. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Northern Harrier. Photo by Ollie Oliver
American Pipit
American Pipit. Photo by Ollie Oliver
American Pipit. Photo by Ollie Oliver
Western Wood-Pewee at the Rowing Club
Common Yellowthroat in the Pea Patch. Photo 2009-09-27 by Lillian Reis
American Crow mobbing Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2009-09-27. Photo by Lillian Reis
Sharp-shinned Hawk getting a hold of a mobbing American Crow, 2009-09-27.
Photo by Lillian Reis