Tweets - A heavy overcast with mist turning to rain was our fate this
morning. By 9:00, it was clearing a bit, but we were almost done by then.
Pretty quiet, except for the incessant buzzing on mosquitoes. Repellant can
deter them from biting, but it doesn't keep them out of your eyes and ears.
Water levels are outrageously high - 4.8 feet at the gauge, which translates
into flooding over part of the trail as you approach the boardwalk, water
over the east side of the boardwalk, and water over the access to the Rowing
Club dock! This is approaching the high water levels of winter!

Highlights - well, not a lot:

Ring-necked Pheasant Poor Lonesome George struts well...
Black Swift 15-20 over the south Dog Meadow
Vaux's Swift Just a couple, but pretty good
looks
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 just south of Dog Meadow
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2+ heard, one seen at start of boardwalk
Swainson's Thrush Lots of nice singing
Dark-eyed Junco Many juveniles around the mansion

And did I mention mosquitoes and mist?

For the day, 58 species, but several of those were heard-only, and several
more were in the 1-seen, several heard category.

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