Tweets - Another gorgeous, cold, sunny morning. The full moon had just set
when we met at 7:30, and everyone had a chance to see it on the drive to
Marymoor. Beautiful. The day was really nice, and moderately birdy. There
were 10 of us this morning, plus a cameo appearance from MaryFrances in her
blue slippers.

Highlights:

Lesser Scaup A handful in the slough; new for 2007
Horned Grebe Quite a few well out on the lake, seen late
MERLIN Almost certain of ID - flew swiftly to the NE
Wilson's Snipe A couple north of the weir
Anna's Hummingbird 2 near windmill, incl. displaying male
Hairy Woodpecker 1 just south of dog area again
Northern Shrike Adult east of the East Meadow
Western Meadowlark Around 4 at the model airplane field
Purple Finch ~10 seen well just south of Dog Central

The PURPLE FINCH were great, being fairly low and *mixed* in amongst HOUSE
FINCHES for comparison. Lots of stunning males.

The ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD male was doing his looping display complete with the
popping noise at the bottom of the loop. He seemed to be focussing on
something, perhaps a female. We later saw him zoom off after another
hummer.

The lake has been difficult lately, as the sun has been shining fully in our
faces. I've been viewing from the cabana at the end of the morning to see
what we missed.

For the day, 53 species (and we've been very consistant there, with all of
our 2007 counts ranging from 53-55 species)

For the year, though, we're up to 75 species.

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