Tweets - dark drizzle turned into dark rain as the day progressed. Not
quite miserable, but not very nice out there. At least there was no wind,
nor was it freezing, nor was it raining hard. Still, we were pretty wet by
the end. I think we spent less than 4.5 hours there this morning - a
rather short day. Even with the nasty weather, we had something like 14
people. And, despite not having many birds to see, we ended up with a
pretty good species total.

Highlights:

Wood Duck Three males - first since Week 1
Red-tailed Hawk Sitting? on odd-snag nest
Cooper's Hawk One cruised the Dog Meadow
Rufous Hummingbird Male at same spot as yesterday
Barn Owl May be nesting near concert stage
Violet-green Swallow About a dozen seen once
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Almost a bazillion, singing
American Robin A bazillion, all singing
Purple Finch Much song

We had 55 species for the day, and visits Tuesday and Wednesday yielded
another 5 species.

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