Ugggh - it was wet today. Dark and wet and not terribly warm and wet and
fairly birdless and wet. Ten of us started out, with a few dripping by the
wayside after the main loop. There wasn't much to see, though we did have
a good little flock near the mansion, and a few birds at the Rowing Club.
Water levels are pretty high, especially for mid-November. We were grateful
for the new boardwalk extension, as there must have been at least 8" of
water under it that we'd otherwise have had to slog through.

Higlights:

Common Goldeneye Male at the lake, first of the winter
Barn Owl Matt & Scott had 2 sightings early
Varied Thrush Nice male singing at the Rowing Club
Townsend's Warbler Female in the firs NE of the mansion
Purple Finch One made the briefest visit to its usual tree

See, I told you there weren't many highlights.

The group total for the day was a whopping 49 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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