Tweets - despite the weather, we had a very nice and birdy morning. It was
admittedly cloudy most of the morning, with quite a lot of drizzle and a
moment of light rain, but also some sunshine. Not too cold nor too windy,
but quite damp.

Matt had an amazing-sounding show in the East Meadow early, which I've asked
him to report to Tweeters separately. I'll just say that it was part of his
7-raptor day. Even for those who didn't see the early morning owl show,
though, the day was quite good. The most amazing thing was the complete and
TOTAL ABSENCE OF GEESE. Nary a one.

Highlights:

Western Grebe At least 25 on the lake
Bald Eagle 1 well out on the lakeshore
Sharp-shinned Hawk At least 2 immatures
Cooper's Hawk Adult & Immature
Red-tailed Hawk At least 3
PEREGRINE FALCON 1 flying north along slough at 8:00
WILSON'S SNIPE Many (8-12) in East Meadow - great looks
Mew Gull 1+, First of Fall
Barn Owl East Meadow, as late as 7:00 a.m.
SHORT-EARED OWL East Meadow, early
Pacific-slope Flycather Uncertain ID - 1 at the south end of the Dog
Meadow
Violet-green Swallow 20-30. Getting late for them
Barn Swallow Only 1
American Pipit Two at East Meadow, more overhead
Orange-crowned Warbler Maybe 6
Yellow Warbler One immature male near weir
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dozens
Common Yellowthroat One still around

We had good numbers of sparrows of all eight of the common species at this
time of year (actually, only one DARK-EYED JUNCO, but lots of the others).

For the day, 62 species. For the year, Short-eared Owl brings us to 151
species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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