Tweets - we had a really nice morning (especially the first part) to close
out a great week at Marymoor. It was a gorgeous morning until around 7:30
or 8:00, when it clouded over. The breeze really came up once we got to the
East Meadow. But the weather never got bad.

This has been a transition week, and I made several visits during the week,
trying to catch anything moving in, out, or through. Also, on Sunday,
Charlie Wright, Ryan Merrill, and Evan Houston made an epic visit to the
Rowing Club (55 species, just at Marymoor West!)

Highlights worth noting from the Wright/Merrill/Houston trip, 2010-04-11

Northern Harrier First of the year for the park list (FOY)
Merlin 1 calling, then seen
SANDHILL CRANE 2 flying over, one 'Lesser' and one 'Greater'
Barn Swallow 1 - FOY
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 - FOY
Evening Grosbeak 6 flying overhead - FOY

SANDHILL CRANE is new for the park list, but I had a belated report of 2 on
the grass soccer fields on Saturday, April 3, so Charlie et. al. didn't get
the Park First ones.

On Tuesday, 2010-04-13, I had the following:
Northern Shoveler 6 flying north - only the 2nd sighting for
2010
Northern Shrike Probably the last day it was here
American Pipit ~25 - FOY
Western Meadowlark 1 at model airplane field

On Wednesday, 2010-04-14, I added:
California Quail Heard at Rowing Club, FOY
Townsend's Warbler First since January 7

Finally, TODAY:
Common Goldeneye Down to 1 female remaining
Bald Eagle Usually high numbers - maybe 8+
Northern Harrier 2 sightings
Merlin 2 sightings
Orange-crowned Warbler Not many, just 1 or 2
Lincoln's Sparrow Just our 3rd for 2010
Brown-headed Cowbird ~6, FOY
Evening Grosbeak Maybe the same 6 from Sunday???

Lots of species were building nests or at least gathering nest materials,
including AMERICAN CROW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, BUSHTIT, AMERICAN ROBIN,
and PINE SISKIN.

For mammals, we had Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Eastern
Cottontail, and I saw one of the Beavers at the Rowing Club early.
Non-mammals: one of the garter snake species, Red-eared Slider and Painted
Turtles, Bullfrog, and Pacific Chorus Frog (yesterday).

For the day, 61 species. For the week, 77 SPECIES. For the year, 97
species.

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