Tweets - it was quite a nice day today - thin high overcast, but some sun.
Frosty to start, but it warmed well enough. Birdy enough, especially the
beginning and the end. The downer was that Scott's car got broken into
between 6:30 and 7:00. Having to call the sherriff is no way to start a
morning.

The AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was again seen around the Compost Piles. We
missed it, but Jeff went back and found it, so after the Rowing Club, I went
over and we found it again. This is the 5th week for this individual.

Highlights:

Cackling Goose Big flock flew over around 8:00
California Quail Heard again this week, SW of the mansion
Western Grebe Two out on the lake
BARN OWL Roosting in cedar near windmill - seen at 11am
Short-eared Owl Matt and Scott - East Meadow early
R.-br.Sapsucker At the Rowing Club - not the hybrid
N. SHRIKE Two individuals - one much browner

Lots of singing birds, including Black-capped Chickadee, Brown Creeper,
Bewick's Wren, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco,
House Finch, and Purple Finch. Mallards were copulatiing. A Red-tailed
Hawk was atop the odd snag nest for a while.

After the Tree Sparrow, I went over to the 187th Ave. access off East Lake
Samm Parkway and walked a bit of the East Lake Samm Trail back towards
Marymoor. New birds for the day were:

Lesser (?) Scaup 20 at the north end of the lake
Wood Duck Six in the NE corner of the lake
Winter Wren
House Sparrow

So for the day, 59 species. For the year, still at 79 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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