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

[Steve Loitz]

Matt,

Black-billed Magpie recorded in Discovery Park? When did that happen?

Steve Loitz
Ellensburg, WA



On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 3:46 PM Matt Dufort <matt.dufort at gmail.com> wrote:


> 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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