Field Trip 2 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course Magnuson Park - Union Bay Natural Area

First time going to Bowman Bay and I was amazed at how many variety of birds we saw! Below is a list of just some of what we saw while walking the trails on a very cold, windy, and damp day.

• A coyote (within 10 feet of us)
• Robins
• Crows
• Anna's Hummingbirds
• Spotted Towhee
• Song Sparrows
• Several pairs of Goldfinches
• House Finch
• Three types of Swallows and a Swift
• A nesting Osprey
• An active Bushtit nest
• Several Killdears
• Canada Geese
• Half a dozen Bald Eagles (one juvenile)
• Pairs of Red-Winged Black Birds
• Great Blue Herons
• A male Shoveler and a single duckling (no sighting of female or other ducklings)
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Gadwells
• Downy Woodpeckers
• Black-capped and Chesnut-Backed Chickadees
• Bewicks Wrens
• Yellow-Throat Warbler