Tweets -; the weather wasn't too bad, without a drop for the first couple of hours and nothing worse than drizzle the rest of the morning. Not too cold either, though sometimes a bit dark with the overcast.

Highlights:
a.. Cackling Goose -; nice flock of 1000+ on grass soccer fields
b.. Trumpeter Swan -; two flew east over slough near lake, calling. First of 2018
c.. American Wigeon -; heard pre-dawn from Dog Meadow area
d.. Northern Pintail -; flyover flock, 5 birds with 2 other ducks -; First of 2018
e.. Green-winged Teal -; heard pre-dawn from east of East Meadow, 6+ at Rowing Club
f.. Western Grebe -; two well out on lake
g.. Great Blue Heron -; at least 18 on/near nests in heronry
h.. Green Heron -; one at Rowing Club
i.. Northern Harrier -; one flew north over Dog Meadow
j.. Sharp-shinned Hawk -; one near slough below weir -; tiny
k.. BARN OWL -; stood on Viewing Mound and watched it flying from ~7:00 til we left at 7:50. Later, saw roosting in willows east of East Meadow. One more seen
l.. DOWNY WOODPECKER -; two near Dog Central -; FIRST for 2018 finally!
m.. Hairy Woodpecker -; Near Downy
n.. Pileated Woodpecker -; across the slough from Big Cottonwood Forest
o.. Merlin -; nice looks, perched and flying, mansion area around 8:00 a.m.
p.. Cedar Waxwing -; again, 30+ birds near Dog Central
Misses included Hooded Merganser, Cooper's Hawk, Steller's Jay, Bushtit, and Pacific Wren, but we added 3 species to the 2018 list.

For the day, 56 species. For 2018, we're up to 70 species.

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