Tweets - we had a really good day at Marymoor, under mostly cloudless skies,
and with no wind and not too cold. The water levels were just below where
there would be flooding on the trail. All day long, there were good birds
to look at.

Highlights:

BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Male at lake platform
Northern Harrier One flew across n. end of lake
Barn Owl 5 birds sighted
Hairy Woodpecker 1 near east end of boardwalk
Pileated Woodpecker 1 west of the weir
Northern Shrike As usual, north of fields 7-8-9
Brown Creeper 4+, scattered
CEDAR WAXWING 20 near Dog Central, + at Rowing Club
Yellow-rumped Warbler Myrtle's-type at Rowing Club
SAVANNAH SPARROW One at Compost Piles
Lincoln's Sparrow One at RC parking lot

This was just our 10th sighting of BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. He was right next to
the platform when we arrived.

My visit began with a BARN OWL flying across the road towards the windmill
at 6:30.

There appears to be a new active RED-TAILED HAWK nest in a cottonwood far to
the west of the slough out near the lake. A CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE was
excavating a hole in a snag near the mansion. We heard a MARSH WREN singing
for the first time this spring.

Brian and I saw a MUSKRAT in the slough.

For the day, 57 species. For the year, adding Barrow's Goldeneye, Northern
Harrier, Pileated Woodpecker, Cedar Waxwing, and Savannah Sparrow, we're up
to 81 species.

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