BTW I hope I don't look like I'm correcting Michael. I'm the one who gave
him the planetary info. I'm correcting myself. :)
Nadine

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 6:54 AM Nadine Drisseq <drisseq.n at gmail.com> wrote:


> That's Jupiter just above Mars (this morning) rising in the east, followed

> by Saturn to the left, followed by Mercury in pre-dawn. If you use a scope

> to look at Saturn you can see the rings, and Jupiter's moons. :)

>

> OK back to birds.

>

> Nadine

>

> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 7:40 PM <birdmarymoor at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Tweets -; It was sunny but cold this morning, with fog enough to create a

>> problem or two, but mostly a nice morning. We were only 4 people for the

>> bulk of the walk, though there were a couple of others for owling only.

>> Even with the small group, we attempted to hold to the 6-foot rule. It

>> did eventually warm up, but spring always seems so slow to arrive.

>>

>> Highlights:

>>

>> - Cackling Goose -; only about 30, in a single flyover flock after the

>> walk

>> - Anna's Hummingbird -; Kazuto showed me an occupied nest near the

>> start of the boardwalk

>> - Rufous Hummingbird -; we found a female at a nest a the Rowing Club

>> - TURKEY VULTURE -; two over the mansion heading north -; First of Year

>> - Barn Owl -; saw a couple of times as late as about 7am, from the

>> Viewing Mound

>> - Western Screech-Owl -; Kazuto waited near the nest box (east end of

>> the boardwalk) and saw one after 6:30 a.m.

>> - MERLIN -; quick flyby south of the Pea Patch -; First of Year

>> - American Crow -; much gathering of nesting materials

>> - Hermit Thrush -; one at the Rowing Club

>> - Varied Thrush -; at least one heard singing over at the Rowing Club,

>> but heard from across the slough

>> - European Starling -; seen copulating

>> - Western Meadowlark -; three in East Meadow

>>

>> Pre-dawn was gorgeous, with Saturn, Mars, and we think Mercury, then a

>> really bright shooting star, and then the crescent moon rising.

>>

>> Turns out we should not have been surprised to see TURKEY VULTURE, as

>> this week ties Week 39 (end of September) for most sightings for any week

>> of the year.

>>

>> Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Mew Gull, Ring-billed Gull,

>> Northern Shike, Violet-green Swallow, Marsh Wren, American Goldfinch,

>> Savannah Sparrow, and White-crowned Sparrow.

>>

>> I hope to get Say's Phoebe, Mountain Bluebird, and Savannah Sparrow later

>> this week.

>>

>> For the day, even with the long list of "misses", we still managed 60

>> species.

>>

>> = Michael Hobbs

>> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm

>> = BirdMarymoor at gmail.com

>>

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