I guess today I should have called this the Marymoor Parking Lot Report, as several thousand cars were being parked there, and 60 school busses were being used to take  people to Sahalee  golf course for the USGA Senior Tour tournament.   Except for having to park near the mansion, instead of our usual spot, we weren't too, too impacted by the traffic though.

The day was cool and gray, and we even had traces of mist late.  There were a few mosquitoes out still, but maybe a touch less bad than previous weeks (some people may disagree with me there...)  We're beginning to see the beginnings of post-breeding dispersal, which made things just a little more interesting than the doldrums last week.

Highlights started with a parade of birds all stopping at the dead elm tree west of the mansion.   We had 3 woodpecker species, at least 2 finch species, plus robin, oriole, and tanager.  Maybe more stuff.  It was fun.

Highlights:

Cooper's Hawk                    Matt had one early
MERLIN                              Landed in Snag Row
5 woodpecker day                R-b Sapsucker, Downy, Hairy, Pileated, Flicker
Purple Martins                      Using both gourd nests at lake
Baby swallows galore           Mostly Violet-green and Barn, but a few Cliff too
Orange-crowned Warbler     One in Dog Meadow edge
Western Tanager                   Nice male, and maybe 1 other
Bullock's Oriole                     As mentioned above, near mansion

For the day, 60 species.  We also had a mother and baby deer at the Rowing Club

== Michael

Male Pileated Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher