I also saw a sharp-shinned hawk in Marymoor park near the farm on Sunday
and Tuesday.Initially I thought it was a cooper's hawk, but when it flew
away, I could distinctly see the curve of the front edge of the wings and a
tail that was more rectangular than a cooper's hawk's.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Michael & Janka Hobbs <MJCT_Hobbs at msn.com>wrote:

> 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/birding.htm>
> == http://www.marymoor.org/**BirdBlog.htm<http://www.marymoor.org/BirdBlog.htm>
> == birdmarymoor at frontier.com
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