Tweets - About a dozen of us got off to a good start this morning, but the
dark overcast skies started releasing a steady light rain which seemed to
cut down on the birds. The rain lasted most of the morning. But the temps
in the high 40's, and light winds made the morning not too unpleasant to be
out in.

Best highlight was another sighting of the SWAMP SPARROW about 100 yards
downstream of the weir, the 4th time this winter that we've found it there.
A nice year bird!

Because this is the first trip of the year, I'll publish the complete list
here. (If I missed anything, please let me know):

Gr. White-fronted Goose 1 with Canadas
Cackling Goose Huge flocks
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail Flyover flock
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Barn Owl 2 seen early
SHORT-EARED OWL 2 seen early
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
SWAMP SPARROW
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Except for Northern Flicker (which we almost missed), we had NO WOODPECKERS,
except for an unidentified bird in flight.

For the day, and the year :), 56 species

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