Tweets - another nice day for a walk at Marymoor - clear skies, except for
the weird clouds and the thunder(!) and a dozen or so raindrops. But we
were mostly in the sun, not too hot, not too cold, not too windy.
Unfortunately, we didn't have much birding excitement. It was pretty quiet,
though we worked hard to find a few things of interest.

Highlights:

Canada Goose Flock sizes increasing, 80+
Wood Duck 8 on a log with 1 Mallard in slough
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 adult
Cooper's Hawk Juvenile
Band-tailed Pigeon Few sightings recently, but saw several today
Vaux's Swift Just 1 seen, from Compost Piles
Pileated Woodpecker 1 on a snag far to the west
Western Wood-Pewee Only 1, south of mansion
Willow Flycatcher Only 2, west edge of Dog Meadow
Warbling Vireo A couple, 1 singing
Yellow Warbler Only 1
Bl.-throated Gray W. 3 or so
Common Yellowthroat Still abundant and widespread
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 south of Pea Patch
WESTERN TANAGER First of fall, 1
RED CROSSBILL Heard only, 6:45 a.m., near mansion
Evening Grosbeak Heard only, east of East Meadow, flying

For the day, 56 species. A bit disappointing, but birding can be very
hit-or-miss at this time of year.

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