Hi Tweets

Today was a great day at Marymoor. Michael is still out of town so Matt and I substituted for him. We were joined by 10 other people. Good weather that got better during the day, nice temperatures and little wind. Bird activity was high early with lots of groups of birds. We had seen 45 species by the time we got to dog central (less than a quarter of the way around the walk).

Notable birds today:

Black-headed Grosbeak (imm. male)
Western Tanager (male) this may be the latest we have seen one
Barn Owl - flyby early in east meadow
Swainson's Thrush heard whitting early (usually mostly gone by now)
Purple Finch - good numbers with some really nice males
Evening Grosbeak flyover early
Warbling Vireo - several
Orange-crowned Warbler - probably 8-10
Wilson's Warbler - 3 males
Green Heron - 2 adults, 1 imm.

Starting to get some Canada Goose flocks back. Real reductions in some species, only a few Barn Swallows seen today, Willow Flycatcher only two seen, Marsh Wren.

All in all a really nice day, with 52 species.