Tweets - seven of us were very disappointed this morning to find Marymoor
(and pretty much only Marymoor) enveloped in fog. We had dense, cold fog
for the first 2.5 hours. Not many birds about in it, especially as they
could easily see sunshine and fly there. We were stuck walking. We
finished the main loop with only 35 species - pathetic. But the fog cleared
up, and we started to see more and more birds. By the time we'd finished at
the Rowing Club, we were respectably above the 50 mark. As we left, I
noticed that it was still only 11:15, so I did the main loop *again*, adding
seven more species for the day.

Highlights:

Wood Duck Three at Rowing Club pond
BLUE-WINGED TEAL Pair at Rowing Club pond
Hooded Merganser Pair at Rowing Club ponds
MERLIN Immature flew north from Snag Row
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 sightings
Hairy Woodpecker 1 saw a pair(?) on my second loop
N. R.-winged Swallow 1 from lake platform on my 2nd loop
Hermit Thrush? 1 quick look; presumed HETH from dates
Orange-crowned Warbler At least 3 total
Yellow-rumped Warbler Males and females, Aud. & Myrt
Common Yellowthroat Males and females
Lincoln's Sparrow I had one in the Pea Patch on 2nd loop

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER numbers seemed to peak on Monday, when the trees were
full of them, mostly male Audubon's. By today, there were fewer total
birds, and the mix was much more balanced between races and genders.

Winter birds are moving out. Monday, I had two COMMON GOLDEYE, the latest
spring sighting I've ever had of that species. We did not see any today,
nor did we see/hear Fox Sparrows at all today, and had only 2 RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLETS (1 early, 1 late - singing)

We missed BUSHTIT entirely on our first go-round; I had two on the second
pass. I would bet they are on eggs now (there was still some active nest
building last week). I would also bet that both adults were keeping the
eggs warm in the cold fog this morning.

We found 3 pairs of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE excavating nest holes; one was a
known location that they have been working on for at least 3 weeks. The
other two were new to us.

On Monday, I also saw two COMMON LOON at the northeast corner of the lake,
and I had two NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS. Tuesday, I had the first
MALLARD DUCKLING of the season at the Rowing Club pond (not seen today).

The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD nest at the Rowing Club has 2 babies (as far as we
can see).

For the day, 60 species. For the year, adding Blue-winged Teal, Common
Loon, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow, we're up to 101 species for the
year.

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