Hi Tweets

Eight of us, minus Michael who is uncharacteristically ill, were at Marymoor this morning. It was a late winter day - cool (37F to start), overcast but no rain or wind. The birds were moderately active, but we still had to work to pull some of them out.

Highlights included:

The Barn Owl was in the East Meadow early
A good flock of Cackling Geese today - about 300
Several Red-tailed Hawks
A nice flock of Pine Siskins actively feeding in a cedar tree, but no redpolls with them
A couple of Townsend's Warblers
Nice looks at a Brown Creeper
Wilson's Snipe early and at the rowing club
A Bald Eagle at the lake
A male Hooded Merganser on the river
Five swans (silent) flying overhead
Several Purple Finch, including one gorgeous male
A Cooper's Hawk in the cottonwood forest
Two male Common Mergansers on the lake
A very distant Horned Grebe on the lake

A chilly, but very good day - 53 species

Brian H. Bell
Woodinville WA
mail to bell asoc at isomedia dot com

----- Original Message -----
From: B & P Bell
To: Matt Bartels
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:42 PM
Subject: Marymoor 17 Jan


Hi Matt

Here are the birds I have down that we saw today. How does this match up with you? I will do a Tweeters report, unless you want to do one.

Oh yes, I called and Michael was home ill in bed today.

Brian

53 species

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan sp.
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Wilson's Snipe
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Barn Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Townsend's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Snag row: Great Blue Heron, American Crow, White-crowned Sparrow, American Robin, European Starling, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Bewick's Wren

Bunny, Eastern Gray Squirrel

Brian Bell, Matt Bartels, Ollie Oliver, Hugh Jennings, Sharon Aagard, Scott Ramos, Marvin Hoekstra, Eldon McKinney