Tweets - Fifteen of us birded this morning under mostly cloudy skies. There
was even a bit of drizzle for a while, but mostly the morning was nice, if a
touch chilly. It was birdy too. We were done before noon, so I birded the
main areas a bit more, coming up with a couple more species.

Highlights:

Canada Goose Adult on nest at Rowing Club
California Quail Pair near east entrance late
Common Loon 1 at lake
Horned Grebe 3 in breeding plumage at lake
Western Grebe 2, distantly, at lake
Green Heron Several sightings, incl. 2 at lake
Red-tailed Hawk Hunkered down low on odd-snag nest
Red-breasted Sapsucker One near first footbridge
American Pipit 3+ in fenced-off part of Dog Meadow late
Yellow-rumped Warbler Many, mostly males, both races
Orange-crowned Warbler 2-3 NE of east end of boardwalk
Common Yellowthroat Many, some visible, all over
Fox Sparrow Still 1-2 around
Brown-headed Cowbird First females of the year
Purple Finch Many singing, one seen well

An AMERICAN ROBIN is now 4-weeks on the nest next to the Rowing Club
building.

A GREEN HERON was seen landing in the trees separating the Dog Meadow from
the East Meadow. They nested in that general area in previous years.

There was a male BUFFLEHEAD that must have been a 1st year male in the
slough with 2 females and an adult male. They young guy looked like a
female, only with more white on his sides and a larger white spot on the
face. He was trying desperately to catch the eye of the females, doing the
whole head bobbing thing, and the very s hort flight that ends with a
vertical belly rush and a flapping of the wings. The females seemed
unimpressed.

For the day, 65 species. For the year, we're up to 105 species, with
today's additions of CAQU, COLO, and WEGR.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net