Date: 4/23/26 9:05 pm From: BRAD Liljequist via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Woodland Park Wonders including Chipping Sparrows
It was funny, last weekend Merlin popped up a Chipping Sparrow, and I smugly felt like I'd heard enough of them in Woodland Park over the last several years that I felt it was an accurate ID. We were on the move enough that I didn't have time to see it and so that was that. So it was interesting to see the flow of posts on the topic over the last week, including the note about four different sightings around Green Lake.
I had time at the end of the day today to go looking - I wanted to hear and see a Chipping Sparrow so I could report in. I heard what I thought was a Chipping Sparrow, but Merlin lit up with the trill as both Chipping and Junco! It also alternated between the two. I spent quite some time looking for it, but I never could see the bugger.
I got distracted by Black Throated Grey Warbler calls, and after a few minutes managed to get some great views of a couple. After a fly through by the Pileated Pair (which incidentally seem to be nesting mid park), a bird buzzed by close - sounded like a Junco. It landed 15 feet away on a branch, and lo and behold - a Chipper!!!
Woodland Park is a nice place to find these guys. They've been very present the last few years. I do feel like the bird diversity is improving in the park, I think helped by the maturing canopy and the native restoration underway.
