Hi Tweeters,

Today I did my non bird related pilgrimmage to the
Quad where the Yoshino cherry trees are in full bloom.
They are spectacular. If you happen to be in this
area over the weekend I would recommend a stop here.
The Quad is smack dab in the middle of the North
Central Campus map which can be brought up by entering
campus map into the home page search guide. Also
interesting info about the trees themselves by
entering Quad cherry trees into the search.

Back to birding, this week at the U along the Portage
Bay waterfront has been a bit slower. The waterfowl
are moving on. Some cool stuff to see though.
Bushtits are nest building at Sakuma Viewpoint Park.
Also Bushtits in a different spot with pollen on their
faces. One mature Bald Eagle flyover. Discovered
Bewick's Wren makes a high pitched almost baby-bird
like call. The crows seem to be getting territorial
but no obvious sign of nestbuilding yet. One crow was
pulling bark off a tree but just dropping it. Misses
were White-crowned Sparrow and Kingfisher, hmmm.

>From March 7 to today. From Sakuma Viewpoint Park
(near Agua Verde restaurant) to the Montlake bridge:

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup-hanging out in the cut
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
American Coot
Gull sp.
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird-singing and displaying
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren-singing and high pitched cry
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-singing loudly
American Robin-singing
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow-singing
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird-singing
House Finch-singing
American Goldfinch-singing
House Sparrow-singing

Kathy
Roosting in S King County



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