Tweets ? the fog that was forecast for this morning was all at Marymoor. We
could see sun shining all around the park, but we were in cold, clammy, gray
gloom until we got to the Rowing Club. I think some birds were avoiding the
park because of the fog. We *heard* geese (CANADA and CACKLING) fly by
unseen in the fog. Our sparrow count was probably low for a different
reason ? a very active COOPER?S HAWK working the Compost Piles seemingly all
day.

Highlights: FOF=First of Fall

Greater(?) Scaup FOF ? about 4 at lake
Common Goldeneye FOF
Northern Harrier Working the north end of the East Meadow
Merlin Sharon and Ollie both saw one
WILSON?S SNIPE GREAT LOOKS below weir, at least 8
Barn Owl Only owl, despite lots of searching for
others
Pileated Woodpecker Heard at both N & S ends of park
Common Raven Sharon saw one, harassed by crows
Varied Thrush Sharon heard one
OR.-CR. WARBLER One near Dog Central

This was just the 8th ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER sighting we?ve ever had for the
Nov.-Feb. timeframe, with the previous sightings on 01-Nov-07, 07-Nov-01,
21-Nov-01, 30-Nov-01, 19-Dec-01, 24-Dec-01, 09-Jan-02, and 19-Jan-95 (and
no sightings for February). Today's bird gave us some really nice looks.

For the day, we just eked out 60 species, but that included several species
seen/heard only by one or two people. Still, not bad for a foggy day in
November.

== Michael Hobbs
== www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== BirdMarymoor at frontier.com