Montlake Fill (Union Bay Natural Area), Seattle: King Co.
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DESCRIPTION

East of the UW campus is a large field bordering Union Bay of Lake Washington. This area is the site of a former landfill, when garbage was dumped into the wetlands along Lake Washington.  Now, the Center for Urban Horticiulture (CUH) is actively managing the site to restablish native vegetation.  The CUH regularly mow meadows to keep down blackberrees & they have been replanting native trees & shrubs through ever larger sections of the habitat.  It is one of the few places with open fields and fresh water ponds in Seattle. These ponds attract many unusual migratory shore birds. This section of the bay is a great spot for viewing turtles.

Information

Directions & Map

Field Trip Summer 2016  
Field Trip Spring 2015 Field Trip Summer 2015
Field Trip Spring 2014 Field Trip Summer 2014
Field Trip Spring 2013 Field Trip Summer 2013
Field Trip April 21, 2012 & Field Trip April 29, 2012
 
Field Trip Spring 2008

 

SUMMER FIELD TRIP SPECIES LISTS FROM 2000 TO 2007

Non-avian Vertebrates
Jul 4, 00
Jul 4, 01
Jul 4, 02
Jul 4, 03
Jul 10, 04
Jul 4, 05
Jul 4, 06
Jul 4, 07
ACTINOPTERYGII . . . .        
Ictaluridae (catfish)
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.
heron prey
.
.
.
heron prey
.
Gasterosteidae (stickleback)
.
.
.
.
body parts
heron prey
  
?
Cyprinidae (minnow)
.
.
X
X
.
.
 
X
Cottidae (sculpin)          
X
Centrachidae (sunfish)
.
.
.
. X
X
.
.
X
AMPHIBIA                
Bullfrogs (introduced)
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
"REPTILIA"                
Painted Turtles
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Pond Slider (introduced)
.
.
.
.
.
.
 
X
Garter Snake
X
.
.
.
X
.
   
MAMMALIA                
Muskrat  
X
  
X
      
X
Nutria              
X
Beaver          
tree damage
tree damage
tree damage
Coyote              
scat
Racoon
.
.
.
tracks
 
Aves: Birds
Jul 4, 00
Jul 4, 01
Jul 4, 02
Jul 4, 03
Jul 10, 04
Jul 4, 05
Jul 4, 06
Jul 4, 07
Pied-billed Grebe
X + nest
X + nest + chick
X + nest + chick
X
X + nest
X + nest + chick
X
X
Double-crested Cormorant
X
X
Great Blue Heron
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Green Heron              
X
Canada Geese
X + gosling
X
X
X + gosling
X
X + gosling
X + gosling
X + gosling
Wood Duck
X
X
X
X
X
Gadwall
X
X + duckling
X + duckling
X + duckling
X
X + duckling
X + duckling
X + duckling
Mallard
X + duckling
X + duckling
X
X + duckling
X + duckling
X + duckling
X + duckling
X + duckling
Pintail-Mallard Hybrids
X
 
Blue-winged Teal
X + duckling
X
 
Cinnamon Teal
X
X
  
Lesser Scaup
X
X
 
Ruddy Duck
X
?
 
Hooded Merganser
X
 
Osprey
X
X (caught fish)
Bald Eagle
X
nest
X
X
X
Cooper's Hawk
X
X
  
American Coot
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Killdeer
X + chick
X
X
X
X
Long-billed Dowicher
X
?
  
Lesser Yellowlegs
X
 
Least Sandpiper
X
X
X
  
Spotted Sandpiper
X
X
  
Western Sandpiper
X
?
X
 
Caspian Tern
X
 
Glaucous Gull
X
  
Glaucous-winged Gull
X
X
X
X
X
X
Western Gull
X
 
Belted Kingfisher
X
  
Ring-necked Pheasant
feathers
X
call
X + chick
X
call
call
X
Anna's Hummingbird
X
X
X
Rufous Hummingbird
X
X
X
 
Downy Woodpecker
X
X
 
Northern Flicker
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Northern Shrike            
?
  
Violet Green Swallow
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Tree Swallow
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Barn Swallow
X
X
X
X
X
X
X + nest
X
Cliff Swallow
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
American Crow
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Black-capped Chickadee
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Chestnut-backed Chickadee              
X
Bushtit
X
X
call
call
call
X
X + nest
X
Marsh Wren
X
call
X
call?
call
Bewick's Wren
X
call
American Robin
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Cedar Waxwing
X
X
X
X
X
X
Common Yellowthroat
X
X
  
Song Sparrow
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
White-crowned Sparrow
X
X
X
X
X
X
Savanna Sparrow
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Red-winged Blackbird
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Brown-headed Cowbird
X
X
X
 
House Finch
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
American Goldfinch
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X