Nothing to get really jacked up about yet, but: I had a Rufous Hummingbird
here at Tiny's Land (our place in n. Lake Stevens) today, not early but
right in there for us and the repaired feeder that went up today also.
Yesterday I had a single Rough-legged Hawk and a Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
near Everett STP along northbound I-5, Rough-legs are usually scarce in this
area but the Harlan's I've seen several times over the winter, sometimes it
perches northward a bit up toward Biringer Farm. Perhaps most interesting
for the non-birding weekend was one more Turkey Vulture to add to the
regional March list, a northbound bird teetering in the winds just above a
downtown Seattle high-rise near 4th & Bell Friday eve, March 16. They seem
to be on the early side this year.

In the "odd individual" category is a belated report of a crow seen March 2.
Near the the Mountlake Terrace exit of I-5, I had a bird fly directly
overhead. It had very distinct matching elongate white underwing patches,
the pattern basically the same as for the underwing of an imm. Golden Eagle.
I wondered about some odd seasonal molt or another case of partial
albinism....Weird.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
email: scottratkinson at hotmail.com
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