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<DIV>Tweets – A beautiful day, not too cold or windy, partly sunny,
spring-like. And there were plenty of birds. They just weren’t
cooperative.</DIV>
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<DIV>How uncooperative? Well, there were SEVEN new birds for the year
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>), but here’s the rundown:</DIV>
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<LI>Red-necked Grebe – I had one on a late solo scan of the lake
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Eurasian Collared-Dove – One seen by a few of us very distantly
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Greater Yellowlegs – One seen by Eric on the grass fields just a little
after 7 a.m. Eric was alone (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Turkey Vulture – I had one over the East Meadow after the walk on a solo
jaunt (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>American Kestrel – I had a female at the model airplane field just before
7 a.m. on a solo jaunt (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Orange-crowned Warbler – One singing, heard-only, east of the East
Footbridge. Several of us heard this bird (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Common Yellowthroat – One sang 2-3 times, far east of the Viewing Mound,
and barely heard by about 3 of us (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)</LI></UL>
<DIV>That’s about 2 people per FOY species today...</DIV>
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<DIV>The Greater Yellowlegs was the earliest spring sighting ever.</DIV>
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<DIV>Other highlights:</DIV>
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<LI>Canada Goose – seem to be intent on nesting on the western Osprey platform
<LI>Anna’s Hummingbird – active nest near start of boardwalk
<LI>Violet-green and Tree Swallows – hundreds
<LI>Ruby-crowned Kinglet – MUCH singing
<LI>Cedar Waxwing – flock of around 20
<LI>Yellow-rumped Warbler – dozens of “Audubon’s”, with much singing</LI></UL>
<DIV>Misses today included Cooper’s Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker,
Northern Shrike, and Pine Siskin</DIV>
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<DIV>For the day, 67 species, of which about 10 (!) were reported only by single
observers. We’re at 94 species for 2022 for the survey.</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>