Subject: [Tweeters] King/Sno birding
Date: Apr 8 20:28:59 2011
From: Tim Brennan - tsbrennan at hotmail.com



Hey Tweets,

Made a run up on Wednesday looking for a Mountain Bluebird at Marymoor (missed it), hoping for Ruffed Grouse at Carnation Marsh (none that I heard) and just wondering if there was still a Sandhill Crane south of Monroe (if there is, I didn't see it). Had an American Kestrel, Ring-necked Pheasant, and first of year Savannah Sparrows at Marymoor during a short stop to the Remote-controlled Aircraft Field. My stop at Carnation Marsh was a bit longer - there were Purple Finches and Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing, and lots of heard-only Rufous Hummingbirds and Virginia Rails. There was a lot of woodpecker activity along the road - Hairy, Downy, Pileated and Red-breasted Sapsucker were all busy in plain view - and at the end of the marsh a house with a feeder had