Tweets - It was a great pre-dawn at Marymoor today. Unfortunately, I wasn't
there for that. Matt & Scott had 3 species of owl - GREAT HORNED OWL near
the windmill, BARRED OWL at the Rowing Club, and BARN OWL near the Cavalia
tents. For the rest of us, the morning was merely a typical drizzly
February day.

Non-owl highlights:

8 species of duck
Sharp-shinned Hawk Very tough ID
California Gull Scott saw one early
Northern Shrike As usual, north of fields 7-8-9
American Goldfinch 30-35 in Snag Row

Last Thursday, Barry Brugman sent me photos of an adult accipiter that he'd
seen at Marymoor. That bird appears to be a Sharp-shinned Hawk, and it may
well be the "adult male Cooper's" we've seen for several weeks. We saw
probably the same bird again today, and in the field there was lots and lots
of discussion as to species. Wish these guys had bar codes...

For the day, 51 species. For the year, adding BARRED OWL and GREAT HORNED
OWL, 75 species.

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