Tweets,
I have about 5 sites for morning "Corona walks" in which the big thrill is to see a new or just-arrived species at the location. This morning's walk was at North Creek County Park near Mill Creek, a bit off Hwy 527. It has a mile-long out-and-back boardwalk, at the end of which is a large field. This field used to be muddy, great for shorebirds and pipits in late summer/early fall, but the county allowed it be drained and seeded a few years ago. It It is still sometimes wet from the neighboring wetlands, attracting feeding waterfowl. Today there was a flock of Canada Geese, at the edge of which was a lone Greater White-fronted Goose. And mixed in with the Canadas was a single Cackling Goose, maybe a Richardson's as it had a good ring around its neck and a brownish breast.

Mildly weird this morning was to see a young, male Common Yellowthroat in the same bin view as a Lincoln's Sparrow, both responding to pishing!
Am Wigeons in the field in good numbers and Fox Sparrow in the picnic area were other seasonal arrivals to the park.
Penny Koyama, Bothell
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