We had a really nice morning (especially the first part)
to close out a great week at Marymoor. It was a gorgeous morning until
around 7:30 or 8:00, when it clouded over. The breeze really came up
once we got to the East Meadow. But the weather never got bad.
Highlights:
Common Goldeneye Down to 1 female
remaining
Bald Eagle Usually high numbers - maybe
8+
Northern Harrier 2 sightings
Merlin 2 sightings
Orange-crowned Warbler Not many, just 1 or 2
Lincoln's Sparrow Just our 3rd for 2010
Brown-headed Cowbird ~6, FOY
Evening Grosbeak Maybe the same 6 from Sunday???
Lots of species were building nests or at least gathering nest
materials, including AMERICAN CROW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, BUSHTIT,
AMERICAN ROBIN, and PINE SISKIN.
For mammals, we had Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Eastern
Cottontail, and I saw one of the Beavers at the Rowing Club early.
Non-mammals: one of the garter snake species, Red-eared Slider and
Painted Turtles, Bullfrog, and Pacific Chorus Frog (yesterday).
For the day, 61 species. For the week, 77 SPECIES. For the year, 97
species.
== Michael
A great start to the morning
Hairy Woodpecker male just east of the weir
Male 'Audubon's' Yellow-rumped Warbler
Drake Wood Duck from the lake platform
Marsh Wren gathering fluff. Photo by Lillian Reis
Tree Swallow in the box, Savannah Sparrow on the box
Northern Harrier. Photo by Lillian Reis
Lillian's nice portrait of an apple blossom
It's a guy. No - it's a girl (look at the bill). The odd Mallard at the Rowing Club
Bushtit padding the nest. Photo by Lillian Reis at the Rowing Club
Possible nest location for Black-capped Chickadee. Photo by Lillian Reis at the RC