Greetings tweetsters,

Did my weekly Green Lake bird count this morning. Little later than usual
due to other commitments. 09:00 - 10:30. Overcast, 40F.
The water lilies have started poking their heads through the water surface.

Legend:
male, female
or
male, female, young (brood sizes)
or
adult, young (brood size)
or
number today (first date recorded this year)
asterisk indicates note at end

Pied-billed Grebe 6*
Western Grebe 1,1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Canada Goose 26ad., 4gosl (1 brood).
Domesticated Goose 5
Mallard 16,4,17 (2,12,3)
Gadwall 4,4
Common Goldeneye 1,0
Bufflehead 1,1
Domesticated Duck 7
Bald Eagle 1,1,?*
American Coot 93
Killdeer 2
Bonaparte's Gull 6
Glaucous-winged hybrid gulls 10
Glaucous-winged Gull 21
Caspian Tern 2 (4/23)
Rock Dove 24
Vaux' Swift 4 (4/24)
Belted Kingfisher 1,0
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker 2
Tree Swallow 50
Violet-green Swallow 250
Cliff Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 60
American/Northwestern Crow 17
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Bushtit 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 32
Song Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Brewer's Blackbird 23
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 36

Pied-billed Grebe: numbers are gradually going up. One pair started
construction of a small platform last Wednesday, but have abandoned that
site for now.

Bald Eagle: first egg hatched last Friday (4/23) after 37 days of incubation
(as reported at the time). Not known if there is more than one chick.
Patience. In two weeks when they're big enough to poke their heads over the
nest rim we'll know.