Tweets - we had a fabulous day at Marymoor today. Overcast, but not windy
and not too cold. And birds - lots of birds. Now, about a million of those
birds were YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, but even trying our best to ignore them
(which was difficult since there were many absolutely gorgeous ones that
kept demanding our attention), there were a lot of birds. And a lot of
"good" birds too.

Highlights:

Cinnamon Teal Pair at weir
California Quail Male calling (unseen) from Dog Central
Common Loon Flying south over Dog Meadow
AM. BITTERN Flying south over weir
Green Heron Two pair-flying all over the park
MERLIN Flew in from R/C field over East Meadow
Band-tailed Pigeon Several sightings
Vaux's Swift One over Fields 7-8-9
N. R.-w. Swallow Several at weir and at lake
Cliff Swallow One at lake
O.-c. Warbler Several heard, one seen
Brewer's Blackbird Male in Snag Row at 6:30
Br.-h. Cowbird Several, at least 1 female

We also had male WOOD DUCK; both immature and adult COOPER'S HAWK;
RED-TAILED HAWK including a couple of immatures, and of course a bird on the
odd-snag nest; baby BARN OWLS at the nest box; both male and female ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRD and RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, including a male Rufous that flew right
at my face (I *had* to duck); a pair of RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS at the
Rowing Club, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at the nest; a semi-cooperative COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT singing from a red elderberry in the Dog Meadow; singing FOX
SPARROW; singing gambeli WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW; gorgeous breeding-plumage
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS; a couple of LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, including one that
was caught in netting in the Pea Patch (it freed itself when Jim walked
towards it); and WESTERN MEADOWLARK at the Compost Piles.

The Cinnamon Teal, American Bittern, Green Heron, Merlin, Vaux's Swift, and
Cliff Swallow were all new for the year. I think we're up to 109 species
for 2008.

FOR THE DAY, 71 SPECIES. Not bad at all...

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