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<DIV>Tweets – Once again the weather forecasters failed us. The predicted
daily deluge failed to deliver. We had a pretty nice morning with only a
few minutes of mizzle; the rest of the morning was dry and quite
pleasant. Not that it wasn’t wet in the park, though.
Since last week the lake level is up about a foot-and-a-half, and the the
boardwalk and adjacent trail were under a few inches of water (6” or so at the
deepest). With American Robins singing their hearts out (ouch), it
really starts to feel like spring.</DIV>
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<DIV>Highlights:</DIV>
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<LI>Horned Grebe – one visible from the Lake Platform, though distant
<LI>Virginia Rail – an absolute chorus from east of the East Meadow before
dawn
<LI>California Gull – two adults on the grass fields – First of Year
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>HERRING GULL – nice adult on grass fields – (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Great Blue Heron – I counted at least 91 herons in the heronry. Many
sticks were being brought in. A least one heron was *sitting* on a nest,
not just standing
<LI>Barn Owl – one working the East Meadow and around to the model airplane
field, 6:00-6:15 a.m.
<LI>BARRED OWL – Matt heard one SW of the mansion very early
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Pileated Woodpecker – one near the heronry
<LI>Merlin – one landed NE of the Pea Patch (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>White-throated Sparrow – Brian had one at the Pea Patch
<LI>Western Meadowlark – at least one singing from the model airplane field
<LI>Yellow-rumped Warbler – three sightings, at least 2 birds (amazingly
<STRONG>FOS</STRONG>)</LI></UL>
<DIV>Still no actual spring arrivals – maybe next week.</DIV>
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<DIV>Predawn birds were hard to hear over the PACIFIC TREE FROGS in full
chorus.</DIV>
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<DIV>Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Short-billed and
Ring-billed Gulls, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Northern Shrike,
Purple Finch, and Pine Siskin</DIV>
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<DIV>Despite that long list of “misses” (birds seen at least 50% of previous
years), we still managed 57 species. The survey is at 78 species for the
year.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">= Michael
Hobbs<BR>= www.marymoor.org/birding.htm<BR>=
BirdMarymoor@gmail.com</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>