Tweets - it wasn't exactly spring out there - cold, damp (though with only a
trace of precip.), dark much of the time, and a bit breezy. But the leaves
are starting to come out, and some of the spring birds are arriving. It was
actually a really good day for birds.

Highlights:

Still 8 species of duck Mallard with 2 ducklings, Rowing Club
American Kestrel Male in East Meadow, gorgeous
Merlin Eating junco in Dog Area cottonwood
Wilson's Snipe Saw 4. Matt heard winnowing early
VAUX'S SWIFT Two with swallows over Dog Area
Black-capped Chickadee Nest hole just south of Dog Area
Brown Creeper Nest in snag near boardwalk
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD Female flew from Snag Row south
Hermit Thrush One in NW corner of Dog Area
Varied Thrush Several singing (unseen)
Orange-crowned Warbler Only 1, SE of mansion
Yellow-rumped Warbler Abundant, singing, Aud. & Myrt.
Lincoln's Sparrow Maybe 7 - migration pulse

For the day, 67 species. Vaux's Swift, Hermit Thrush, and Orange-crowned
Warbler were new for the year.

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