Tweets - the weather could have been way worse. By the time we started this
morning, it was over 40 degrees, and at least partly sunny (and getting
sunnier). The wind was dropping down to where it was only gusty, but
without much sustained wind, at least at times. We didn't get any rain.

There was still enough wind, though, to keep the little birds mostly hidden
away and quiet. But we did okay for a November day.

Highlights:

Northern Shoveler 2 in the slough - First of Fall (FOF)
Ring-necked Duck 5 at the Rowing Club pond - FOF
Common Goldeneye Male in slough - FOF
Merlin 1 at RC. Seen 15 of 46 weeks in 2011!
Great Horned Owl Matt & Scott had many looks before 6:30 am
Northern Shrike Seen both from Compost Piles + n. of 7-8-9

We also ended up with some pretty nice looks at various common birds, such
as GOLDEN-CROWNED and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and BROWN CREEPER.

For the day, 53 species.

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