Tweets - the most amazing thing about this morning was that after about
8:15, it essentially didn't rain at all. We even had sunshine for a few
moments. We were all prepared for and/or dreading the worst, and were very
pleasantly relieved. Given the hard rain all night, it was quite a
surprise.

There were a fair number o birds to look through today, too, but it was
mostly the birds we expect to see.

Highlights:

Wood Duck 1 male in slough
Northern Pintail 2 flocks overhead - first of 2010
Green Heron At Rowing Club pond
Bald Eagle 4 adults
Killdeer Not so common in December
Anna's Hummingbird At park office - first since October
Northern Shrike One east of East Meadow
Purple Finch Some good looks, heard more

We managed 57 species today, all together, though nobody saw them all...

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