Tweets - the weather was inauspicious, with dark clouds and mist most of the
morning, except when it was pouring rain. It wasn't terribly warm either,
mostly staying below 50 degrees. At least there wasn't wind. There were,
however, birds. Migration is in full swing, to say the least.

Highlights:

Common Loon One out on lake
Merlin One atop tall Doug Fir south of mansion
Mourning Dove 2 at Compost Piles
Barn Owl Matt & Scott had 3 at model airplane park,
5:30ish
Vaux's Swift At least 3, First of Spring - (FOS)
Hammond's Flycatcher One seen calling, maybe another, FOS
Cassin's Vireo Singing bird seen at Rowing Club - FOS
Warbling Vireo Singing bird seen across from RC dock - FOS
Hermit Thrush 2-3 birds, FOS
Or.-crowned Warbler A dozen or more, mostly dull green (celata?)
NASHVILLE WARBLER 3+ birds, including 2 at once - FOS
Y.-rumped Warbler More than 50, mostly Aud. with some Myrtle's
CHIPPING SPARROW Lillian had one near Lot D (dog area parking lot)

This is the earliest we've ever had WARBLING VIREO, tying a sighting from
2004, and the earliest we've ever had CASSIN'S VIREO tying a sighting from
2005 (2005-04-27, but 2005 was not a leap year).

Lillian's CHIPPING SPARROW comes on the heels of a report from Houston
Flores of a chipper last Friday, April 20.

For the day, 67 species. For the year, adding VAUX'S SWIFT, HAMMOND'S
FLYCATCHER, CASSIN'S VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, HERMIT THRUSH, NASHVILLE
WARBLER, and CHIPPING SPARROW - 119 species in 2012.

And I will also report (they way it would appear in a headline in The
Onion), "Seattle-area Man Shocked, Horrified to Receive Mosquito Bite"

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