Tweets - It was a bit chilly, but the threatened showers didn't happen, and
the fog burned off fairly quickly. It turned out to be a nice morning to be
out, even if the birds were a bit quiet.

We had four species of goose from the parking lot before we even got
started. There were 300-500 CACKLING, at least one GREATER WHITE-FRONTED,
and then in a flyby of CANADAs, we had a lone juvenile SNOW GOOSE. The
juvenile Tundra Swan, present the last two visits, was not seen, but a dog
person said it had been there yesterday.

Besides the 4 geese, it was a good day for ducks, with 8 species, including
14 NORTHERN SHOVELER at the Rowing Club, at least 6 HOODED MERGANSER, a lone
LESSER SCAUP, and a GADWALL. For some reason, Gadwall have become quite
uncommon at Marymoor.

The best bird of the day was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW with juncos at the Art
Barn and maintenance building northeast of the mansion. That was our first
WTSP of 2007, and one of the rare times we've seen one that wasn't with
Golden-crowned Sparrows.

Other Highlights:

Cooper's Hawk Both and adult and a juvenile
Merlin Brief view of bird flying north chased by a
crow
Hairy Woodpecker One on the far side of the slough at the lake platform
Fox Sparrow Several nice looks
Townsend's Warbler One NE of mansion
Pine Siskin 100+

For the day, 55 species.

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