Tweets - we had a gorgeous day, with only about 1 minute of sprinkles around
8am, and then increasing sun and rising temps. It didn't quite feel like
spring, and the birds pretty much agreed with our assessment - not much in
the way of spring arrivals, but all of the rest of the birds seemed to be
taking advantage of the sunshine. It was birdy!

Highlights:

American Wigeon At least 16 in a puddle
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 mobbed by crows in Snag Row
Red-tailed Hawk 1 atop odd-snag nest site, others
MERLIN Landed near the mansion
Wilson's Snipe 8+ in wet area east of East Meadow
California Gull 2nd week in a row, 1 with other gulls
Barn Owl Matt heard 1 in windmill, saw others
SHORT-EARED OWL Matt had 1 over the East Meadow early
Red-breasted Sapsucker Drumming near mansion, 2nd near lake
Northern Shrike Dog Meadow and East Meadow
HUTTON'S VIREO 1 along SW edge of Dog Meadow
Tree Swallow Good numbers, copulation, box visits
Violet-green Swallow Only 1 seen, East Meadow
Varied Thrush Heard by Megan near mansion
Townsend's Warbler Male at SE corner of concert venue
Western Meadowlark 1 in East Meadow
Purple Finch Singing all over
House Finch 1 singing, maybe 1 more heard???

HUTTONS'S VIREO are rare at Marymoor. This is only our 6 or 7th sighting.
Unfortunately, it flew off before it could be studied.

For the day, 67 species. For the year, 88 species.


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