Hi Tweets,

Barbara and I birded the Carnation Valley yesterday. We visited the fields near Carnation, finding Steller's Jays that mimicked Red-tailed Hawks. In Duvall's McCormick Park we clapped our hands and were answered by two Virginia Rails. We also visited the natural area at Moss Lake and the Carnation Marsh. At the Starbucks in Carnation the car thermometer read 71 degrees, a glorious mid-winter day for birding! 33 total species seen:

Great Blue Heron
Pied-billed Grebe
Trumpeter Swan [several near Carnation]
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Mallard
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail [2 heard in McCormick Park]
American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker [1 at Moss Lake NA]
Hairy Woodpecker [2 at Carnation Marsh]
Northern Flicker
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Steller's Jay
American Crow
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler [1 by Snoqualmie River near Carnation]
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird

Paul Webster
Seattle
paul.websterATcomcast.net