Tweets -; Yesterday we faced only a little mizzle, which dampened down the bird activity for a touch, but mostly it was a really nice morning. Fairly birdy too.

Highlights:
a.. American Wigeon -; three below weir
b.. Red-breasted Sapsuckers drumming, excavating, flirting
c.. Anna's Hummingbird -; female on her nest along the slough near the start of the boardwalk
d.. Rufous Hummingbird -; still no blooming Salmonberry, but already there are several males, displaying
e.. Western Screech-Owl -; called from near the "Mysterious Thicket" sign about 6:15am
f.. Hutton's Vireo -; seen, heard again near windmill
g.. Savannah Sparrow -; first time we've heard them sing at Marymoor this year
h.. American Goldfinch -; 2 or 3 males, one singing -; First for 2018
i.. Western Meadowlark -; at least one singing
Wednesday, I did about a 2 1/4 hour walk at Marymoor and found 5 species we didn't have today: WESTERN GREBE, VIRGINIA RAIL (heard only), AMERICAN COOT, COOPER'S HAWK, and the first OSPREY of 2018.

For the day, we had 64 species, with 69 for the week. I think the addition of OSPREY and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH gets us to 91 species for 2018.

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