Now that I have had a chance to compare this years results against past years.
I have listed species with significant changes. The weather difference from
last year, after the big snowstorm, to the nice weather of this year.

Bushtit 28 in 1997 (157-1996, 148-1996)
Bufflehead 164 (314, 235)
C-b Chickadee 17 (43,45)
B-h Cowbird 30 (0, 2)
Rock Dove 1279 (455,319)
L-b Dowitcher 2 (1st sighting in 14 years of CBC's)
R-n Duck 46 (92,128)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (1st sighting)
House Finch 78 (243, 197)
G-w Gull 96 (438, 458)
S-s Hawk 7 (4, 2)
D-e Junco 175 (392, 250)
Mallard 884 (2879, 1533)
No. Pintail 5 (146, 0)
No. Shoveler 90 (19, 5)
Pine Siskin 12 (180, 852)
Common Snipe 16 (11, 2)
G-w Teal 73 (23, 45)
Am. Wigeon 1354 (6552, 969)

Total species 82 (85, 87) -- Average no. of species over last 12 years - 78
Total no. of birds 17,487 (29,253, 17,900) -- Average over last 13 years -
14,871

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA