Tweets - I knew as soon as I saw that there was no fog at Marymoor that
today would be a good day. I was proven correct almost as soon as I
started; one of our very first birds was a WESTERN KINGBIRD, between the
dog area parking lot and the slough. It was just the first of many
highlights. Weather: mostly cloudy, some wind, about 50 degrees to start.

Highlights:

Northern Harrier Seen twice, over dog meadow, RC
Sharp-shinned Hawk Attack pass at RC ponds, good look
MERLIN Attack pass at Compost Piles and Pea
Patch
Wilson's Snipe First of fall, 2 over Pea Patch
Violet-green Swallow 60+; greatly outnumbered Barns
Yellow-rumped Warbler First of fall
Western Tanager Several sightings of single birds
Savannah Sparrow Flock of about 100 in snag row
Golden-crowned Sparrow First of fall - maybe 5, 3 sites

We also had several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and YELLOW WARBLERS, one
WARBLING VIREO, both WILLOW FLYCATCHER and WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and a
SWAINSON'S THRUSH (seen well at the rowing club).

No Osprey for the first time in ages.

For weeks we've been having at most 1 or 2 Violet-green Swallows; today
they were everywhere, while Barn Swallows were scarce. Still quite a few
VAUX'S SWIFT though.

We also had 4 RIVER OTTERs at the weir; they played below the weir, ran
across it, then ran back. Great fun.

Last Wednesday, Houston Flores had a female HORNED LARK and 2 MOURNING
DOVES (the latter seen again by me on Thursday).

For the day, 63 species. For the year, the HOLA and the WEKI bring the
total to 124 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
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