Tweets -
Biggest surprise of the weekly walk at Marymoor today was arriving
and finding no Michael & no Brian! Eight of us managed to persevere
without them. The weather wasn't bad -- drizzle early [during the
owling time], but only a couple drops of rain during the walk. Lots
of wind though, and that resulted in very low numbers of birds all
day.

Highlights:
Wood Duck - one male in the slough
Green Heron - 1 lurking around the rowing club dock
Barn Owl - 2 at model airplane field early
Rufous Hummingbird - only heard one - still waiting for them to get
into place properly
Bushtit - building nest at Rowing Club
Yellow-rumped Warbler - nice male in breeding plumage singing away at
the mansion area. Myrtles at Rowing club
Savannah Sparrow - heard a few singing in the east meadow before
dawn, and part of the group saw one later in the walk at the sparrow
piles - first of the year

Lots of singing , and several American Crows were carrying nesting materials.

For the day, I believe we had 56 species [including a few I had to go
back through the park to snag]. Barring any new arrivals during the
past week, I believe the Savannah Sparrows bring the year list to 91.


Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA