Tweets - A bit mizzly this morning, maybe even getting to drizzle for a
minute or two, though more often merely gray. Not too cold, with just a
touch of frost pre-dawn. Not tremendously birdy, but not bad.

Highlights:
Greater White-fronted Goose - Four with Cacklers, first in 6 weeks
Cackling Goose - After several weeks with few-to-none, a flock of
1000-1500 today
Wilson's Snipe - One posed quite patiently for us below the weir
Common Loon - First of Fall (FOF); we were loonless during
October/November, which is the peak time for fall/winter sightings
Northern Shrike - On the far side of the slough in a birch

Northeast of the mansion, there were large numbers of American Robin,
Dark-eyed Junco, and Golden-crowned Kinglets on the ground, as well as a
few chickadees. Alas, there was no repeat of the Mountain Chickadee which
was seen in a very similar flock two weeks ago.

Tony reported TEN (10) AMERICAN BEAVER from the Lake Platform pre-dawn!

Misses today included Green-winged Teal, Killdeer, Bushtit, Purple Finch,
American Goldfinch, Lincoln's Sparrow, and Red-winged Blackbird.

Despite those misses, we did manage to find 53 species today.

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