Tweets - We had good weather for our walk this morning, as the rain held off
until the afternoon. At times, it was even sunny, and it warmed from the
low 30's to the low 50's during our walk. Many of our regulars were out of
town today, but our group was supplemented by a large number of people who
had Veteran's Day off from work, and it was nice to see some of our
infrequent visitors, as well as a few new people.

The birds were fairly cooperative, so we had a pretty typical "good" winter
day.

Highlights:

Green-winged Teal Pair at Rowing Club - First of Fall
Bufflehead 15 or so at the lake - First of Fall
Green Heron Once again, at RC on beaver lodge
Northern Harrier Flying the lake edge
Sharp-shinned Hawk Great looks near Dog Central
Cooper's Hawk A couple of different birds
Virginia Rail Had many respond to clapping
Red-breasted Sapsucker Rowing Club
Pileated Woodpecker Nice flight views
Northern Shrike Distant views, northeast corner of park
Pine Siskin Flock of about 50

We had a big mixed flock of gulls on the grass fields at 7:30, comprising
the usuals - MEW GULL, with a few RING-BILLED GULL, a couple of CALIFORNIA
GULL, and some GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. The fog lifted just enough at sunrise
that things came in and landed. We also had a large flock of CACKLING GEESE
in the northeast corner of the park all morning.

Sparrow numbers seemed low. We missed Bald Eagle entirely, along with
Anna's Hummingbird. But we still managed 58 species for the day.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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