Michael,

What's your high count for Marymoor Meadowlarks at one time? Nine?

I got organized last night for a quick departure this morning thinking you are probably starting at 7:00 am by now. Are you? Unfortunately, Melinda kept us both awake off and on all night as she seems to have a relapse of the flu. :-( I stayed home to try to get some sleep (didn't work) & to take care of Melinda (which I did do).

We will be in Phoenix the next two Wednesdays so missing today was particularly frustrating. But at least I'm not sick, knock on wood. I have a lunch meeting on the 23rd but I may come out for part of the morning and leave early.

Hope to see you soon.

Bruce

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> Tweets - we ran into a bit of light drizzle today, and late in the morning
> the wind picked up too, but we still had a pretty good morning birding.
>
> GREEN HERON 2 quick looks at a gorgeous adult along slough
> SWAN sp. One flying north a bit west of the slough
> Anna's Hummingbird 1 at the feeder on the park office
> Northern Shrike Adult in East Meadow
> Brown Creeper 2 southeast of mansion
> Wh.-throated Sparrow 1 with about 50 GCSP east of usual spot
> Fox Sparrow Many (12-15), all "sooty", 1-2 singing
> Western Meadowlark NINE in East Meadow, some singing
>
> LOTS of singing - just about every passerine species that we saw was singing
> at one point or another, especially Am. Robin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Song
> Sparrow, and House Finch.
>
> One American Crow was carrying a stick east of the mansion.
>
> The Indian Plum (Oso Berry) is in full bloom, as are more of the willow
> species, and several of the ornamental plants around the mansion (forsythia,
> flowering plums, daffodils, etc.) The Salmonberry is still a week or two
> off at least, though.
>
> At the Rowing Club, near the natural pond, we found more than a dozen
> PACIFIC TREEFROGS on the grass near the water. There was a wide range of
> sizes and colors.
>
> For the morning, 52 species. For the year, adding Green Heron, the swan,
> and Paula Flores' report of Yellow-rumped Warblers, we're now at 83 species
> in 2005.
>
> == Michael Hobbs
> == Kirkland, WA
> == http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
> == birdmarymoor at verizon.net
>
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