Meet at the store at 8:15AM and the group will depart at 8:20AM
OR Meet at the Clark Lake Park Lot on SE 240th near 127th Ave SE in Kent @ 8:50AM
We return around Noon.
Please call 206-241-3201 and reserve a spot.
Highlights from our June 14th Bird Walk
There was a nice mix of older and younger birders on this bird walk. The earliest to arrive were treated to several close views of an Eastern Kingbird that was catching flies from various perches. They are wonderful birds to watch but are more often seen in Eastern Washington. Not long after that, an American Kestrel was spotted perched across the park. Later, this smallest member of the Falcon family flew into a Cottonwood grove where it could possibly be nesting.
All morning the male Lazuli Buntings were singing and one was finally seen, in some shrubbery, by a keen eyed birder from a viewing tower. A few birders were also able to find a Common Yellowthroat, with its crisp black mask, through a screen of tall meadow grass. Tree Swallows were flying to and from local nest boxes in the meadow East of the park. They were certainly feeding chicks inside.
At the end of the walk, five of the group caught sight of one of the resident Barn Owl pairs. It was an amazing day and over 45 species were seen and heard!
