Tweets - The weather report sucked, but the day wasn't bad at all. We
essentially had no precipitation, and the heavy clouds of the early morning
gradually cleared to a bit of sunshine. Cold, but not too cold, and not too
windy either. Huge group of birders - 17 at least, and I could have missed
a few :)

Highlights:

Barrow's Goldeneye Same female as last week at the lake platform
Great Horned Owl In the Doug Firs NE of the mansion
Northern Shrike Adult in Dog and East Meadows, imm at RC
Varied Thrush South end of Dog Area
Townsend's Warbler 1-2 at RC parking lot
Dark-eyed Junco Many, incl. 1 Slate-colored at Dog Central

Ollie had seen 2 GREAT HORNED OWLS near the mansion on Monday morning, so we
were actively looking when we started walking through the Doug Firs
northeast of the mansion. Owls nested there 2 years ago. Matt very quickly
found a GHOW, but we could not find more than one.

We had a 5 WOODPECKER DAY, with a PILEATED flying south early, a HAIRY
WOODPECKER south of Dog Central, a DOWNY at the south end of the Dog Area, a
NORTHERN FLICKER at a possible nest hole near the park office (and a group
of 5-8 more at the Rowing Club), and a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER near the park
office.

We got many looks at the adult NORTHERN SHRIKE at several locations in the
Dog Meadow and East Meadow. Then, at the Rowing Club, we walked the new
trail back through the meadow there and had a brown-tinged shrike.

For the morning, 56 species, with the Great Horned Owl bringing the year
list up to 82.

I've got PHOTOS on the blog - see http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm and
click on the blog link.

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