[Tweeters] Clark's Nutcracker, Discovery Park, Seattle

[Matt Dufort]

Both species have a handful of records from
Discovery Park. I’m aware of 5 Northern Mockingbirds and 3 previous Clark’s
Nutcrackers. Nutcracker was seen in the park as recently as 2019. West
Point in particular seems to attract corvids, with Steller’s Jays often
massing there, Scrub-Jays occasionally joining them, and a Black-billed
Magpie in 2013.

In thinking about this, I realized that Discovery Park has records of all
corvid species that regularly occur in Washington (not accidental Pinyon
Jay or Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay). I know that’s also true of Neah Bay. Is
there anywhere else in the state where all of the regular corvids have been
found?

Good birding,
Matt Dufort

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:16 THOMAS BENEDICT <benedict.t at comcast.net>
wrote:


> Any chance it could have been a Northern Mockingbird? I only ask because

> Clark's Nutcracker is so out of habitat and NOMO has been reported at

> Discovery Park in the past.

>

> They have similar shape and color.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

>

> On 04/12/2021 10:10 AM John Puschock <g_g_allin at hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>

> A single Clark's Nutcracker was flying around the West Point area of

> Discovery Park and 10 AM. Last seen flying around the eastern part of the

> point. Not sure if it's still here or not.

>

> John Puschock

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