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Gold Creek Park Field Trip (7/24/06) Highlights
Five birders ended up with 18 species for this Monday Morning Hotspots trip to Gold Creek Park on a sunny, very warm day in the mid-80s.
It was going to be a hot day, so we wanted to go somewhere that wouldn't be in the hot sun. We decided to go to Gold Creek Park just south of Woodinville because the trail is in the woods. Jim and Nancy Roberts and two people from out of state joined Hugh Jennings on this trip. Ruth Hopkinson was from MA and Mark Mahnke was from ME and is the past-president of the Merrymeeting Audubon Society. Their newsletter, The Call, can be viewed at:
We met at the Newport Hills P&R where a BALD EAGLE and a RED-TAILED HAWK were seen. When we got to the park, STELLER'S JAY, AMERICAN ROBIN, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE and were seen and a pair of ROCK PIGEONS and an AMERICAN CROW flew overhead. Because of the warm temperatures, the birds were not very vocal. But, we did hear RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, DARK-EYED JUNCO, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE. A few SPOTTED TOWHEE were heard and some were seen. Some CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE and a BUSHTIT were in the vicinity of bird feeders at a nearby house on the edge of the park. In this same area a juvenile ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was active in the area. Some birds moving high in the canopy of trees were finally identified as juvenile and female WESTERN TANAGERS. I believe the WETA, SPTO, CBCH, ANHU and WEWP were life birds for Ruth. A woodpecker was heard drumming on a dead tree and after searching we found a HAIRY WOODPECKER. Our last birds were a pair of BROWN CREEPERS that were climbing up a tree looking for insects.
