Tweets -; For a while this morning, we were calling today's walk the Marymoor No Birds Survey. It was cloudy, breezy, and dark. By the time we got to the Lake Platform, it was raining steadily and wetly. No mere drizzle. And the birds were very, very quiet and very hard to see.

Highlights:
a.. Vaux's Swift -; one of the few birds in the skies. At least a dozen
b.. American Coot -; lone bird continues
c.. Caspian Tern -; two over the lake
d.. Green Heron -; adult at Rowing Club pond
e.. Barn Owl -; probable juvenile flew the East Meadow periodically, with last sighting at 5:41 a.m.
f.. Western Screech-Owl -; Matt heard one very predawn
g.. Western Wood-Pewee -; family group(?) along slough trail
h.. Purple Martins -; two juveniles (at least) in each of 3 of the 4 gourds a the Lake Platform, plus several adults. Our only swallows
i.. Black-headed Grosbeak -; one seen distantly (not a breeding male)
Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Rock Pigeon (did have 2 "pigeon sp."), Spotted Sandpiper, any identifiable gull (had about 5 total, at least 1 with definite black wing tips -; California?), Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow, Marsh Wren, Swainson's Thrush (may have heard one, but it was not definitive), Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow Warbler (may have seen one), Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Wilson's Warbler.

We managed just 45 species, plus the pigeon sp. and the gull ssp. To make things worse, seven of the birds we did report were Heard Only, and another nine or ten were represented by single individuals.

All of which is to say that you're glad you stayed home.

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