Tweets - I walked down to Marymoor this morning, where Brian Bell was
waiting having successfully driven over from Woodinville. Several hours
later, we were joined by Ollie Oliver, who also walked down. But it was
just us three and the snow and the birds. Precipitation all day long,
switching between rain, freezing rain, snizzle, drizzle, and turning to snow
before noon. We trudged through crusty snow, but with temps near the freeze
and no wind, our waterproof clothing made the day quite bearable. With the
thick snow clouds overhead, things never got terribly bright, and passerines
were mostly hard to come by. But it was a great day for seeing ducks and
such.

Highlights:

SNOW GOOSE Brian had one just before I arrived
There were also a couple of SNGO reports from 1/14
Wood Duck Male briefly seen along the slough
American Wigeon Several pairs along the slough
Northern Shoveler One flew south
Northern Pintail 6 flew north over the Pea Patch
Common Merganser Several males on the lake
Horned Grebe One barely visible far out on the lake
Cooper's Hawk Adult male in Big Cottonwood Forest
Killdeer Uncharacteristically, at the weir
Wilson's Snipe Uncharacteristically easy to see at the weir
Anna's Hummingbird At least 1 male at feeders at park office
Hairy Woodpecker Just south of dog area
Northern Shrike As usual, north of fields 7-8-9
Spotted Towhee Notably numerous
Fox Sparrow Notably numerous

Big misses for the day: Bald Eagle, Rock Pigeon, wrens other than Bewick's,
White-crowned Sparrow.

For the day, we managed 52 species. Grace & Ollie Oliver had several
species on Sunday that weren't around today, so the week's total is at least
57. For the year, adding several duck species, the Marymoor 2012 list is at
69 species.

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