Tweets - it was as pretty a fall day as possible, with a crescent moon, a
few wisps of early fog, trees covered in yellow and orange, deep blue skies,
and a few high white clouds. There was a nip in the air early, but with the
sun shining bright, it warmed up quickly.

Birding was pretty slow, and the total number of birds was fairly low. We
ended up with a fairly good species count, but several of those were
heard-only and/or were represented by only a single individual.

The big surprise was a WESTERN TANAGER in the large cottonwoods south of Dog
Central. This is fully 5 weeks later than our previous latest sighting.
While it was up near the tops of the large trees, we got pretty good looks.

Highlights:

Lesser Scaup 1 male at lake - new for 2010
Green Heron 1 at Rowing Club pond
MERLIN 1 in cottonwoods near Dog Central
Northern Shrike 1 heard pre-dawn near Compost Piles
W. TANAGER See above
Evening Grosbeak 1 seen, maybe a few more heard

For the day, 57 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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