Tweets - the skies couldn't decide what to do today, so we had overcast and
sun, clearing and drizzle, in alternation. It was a touch breezy at times,
though other times not bad at all. And the temps were mild; 45 degrees at
the coldest.

We're slowly losing winter birds - we had only Canada geese today, and only
1.5 species of gull (I.e. Glaucous-winged, plus one back-tipped gull not
identified to species). But there are signs of spring.

Highlights:

Mallard An unusually large flock of over 60
Ring-necked Pheasant Heard by the early crew at Compost Piles
Barn Owl 2 at windmill early, 3rd in nest box
Western Screech-Owl Matt & Scott got to see it this morning
Red-breasted Sapsucker One near first footbridge
Hairy Woodpecker 3-4 seen, at several locations
Northern Shrike East Meadow
American Crow Allopreening observed
TREE SWALLOW Several, flying overhead
Bushtit Several, incl. pair building a nest
Brown Creeper Several

Another sign of spring were several SALMONBERRY blossoms, at least 2 weeks
before the usual start of flowering for Marymoor.

We had a few notable misses: Cooper's Hawk, Wilson's Snipe, Mew Gull, Downy
Woodpecker, White-crowned Sparrow, and American Goldfinch.

Even so, we managed 55 species for the day, with the Pheasant and the Tree
Swallows new for the year.

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