Tweets - our last walk for 2010 was cold (27-34F), with crunchy snow pellets
on the ground. For the first couple of hours we were in fog, which impeded
viewing and kept the birds under cover. When the sun finally came out, we
were able to see more birds.

Highlights:

Swan sp. Mark saw two fly north
Bald Eagle 1 gave us great looks along the slough
Killdeer 15+ on grass fields, rare for late Dec.
Anna's Hummingbird Female at park office feeders
Hairy Woodpecker A couple of looks
Pileated Woodpecker Two looks, probably same bird
Northern Shrike Juvenile in East Meadow again
Varied Thrush At least 3
CEDAR WAXWING 4 in East Meadow
Townsend's Warbler Probably more than 1, NE of mansion

For the day, 57 species, despite having only 1 species of gull. Other
"misses" included Common Merganser, Belted Kingfisher, Bushtit, and
Red-winged Blackbird. And the Green Heron at the Rowing Club may have moved
on due to ice.


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