Tweets ? the first walk of my 21st year was rather ordinary. Overcast, with long stretches of mist, mizzle, and (according to Matt, who is a wimp) drizzle. Lots of birds, but no surprises really, no new species for the year, and only a moderate species list. But it was otherwise a fine day of early spring birding.

Highlights:

Cackling Goose Getting late ? flock of 55 flyby
Common Merganser Lots of sightings
Great Blue Heron Making their pigeon-like cooing again
Virginia Rail Singing east of East Meadow, calling from boardwalk
Wilson?s Snipe 1 whinny heard pre-dawn (rare display at Marymoor)
Anna?s Hummingbird Two active nests
Rufous Hummingbird Female chased off by female Anna?s near nest
Red-breasted Sapsucker Two pairs ? great looks
Merlin Streaked to the east past heronry
Fox Sparrow Great looks, quiet singing
White-crowned Sparrow Singing pugetensis birds
American Goldfinch Two, including breeding-plumage male

For the day, just 54 species.

== Michael Hobbs
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== BirdMarymoor at frontier.com