Tweets - we had a great day at Marymoor today. The weather was delightful,
starting out just above the freeze and warming, no wind, quite a bit of sun.
Really very pleasant. It was pretty birdy too. Water levels were back up -
you need tall boots again to get to the boardwalk. Humor levels were
somewhat below usual, as Matt Bartels is working a temp job and missed
Marymoor today.

Highlights:

Wigeon Had a flyby that *might* have been Eurasian
Hairy Woodpecker Great looks in the Cottonwood Forest
Brown Creeper 5-6 total, at 4 different locations
Northern Shrike Atop tall cottonwood well south of East Meadow
Dark-eyed Junco We had a nice Slate-colored along the slough
Western Meadowlark 3 in East Meadow, one SINGING

There was lots of singing - American Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, Marsh Wren,
Bewick's Wren, Black-capped Chickadee, and the Meadowlark, plus maybe some
others.

We had birds making weird sounds - a robin making repetative noises a la a
mockingbird, and a Song Sparrow making strange noises I'd never heard
before.

We had a lot of tussles between male robins, and an apparent display between
a male and a female junco.

Maybe it was all Valentine's Day stuff...

Anyway, for the day we had 56 species, which is really good for Marymoor in
February. Hairy Woodpecker was new for the year. Oh, and Ollie and Scott
reported seeing a BEAVER in the slough. It was a good day.

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