Hi Tweets,

today the weather looked for hours as if rain would soon start to pour. It
didn't, and when I saw a Bald Eagle circling even from my lab window, I
had to go for a walk down to the Museum of Anthropology.
Highlights: An accipiter, probably a Sharp-shinned Hawk; a Peregrine;
my first sighting of some of the winter guests; and lots of Ruby- and
Golden-crowned Kinglets.

Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (landing ina maple, then riding E along Pt.Grey)
Peregrine 1
Glaucous-winged Gull +
Band-tailed Pigeon +
Northern Flicker 1
Steller's Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee ++
Chestnut-backed Chickadee +
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet ++ (many juv.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet ++
Hermit Thrush 3
Am. Robin +
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Rufous-sided Towhee +
Fox Sparrow +
Song Sparrow +
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco ++
House Finch 2
= 21 species

Reto Riesen
Dept. Chem., UBC
Vancouver, B.C.
riesenr at chem.ubc.ca