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<DIV>Tweets – It was colder and darker that we would have hoped for this
morning, but the rain stopped at about 5:30 a.m. (before the walk), and we never
got more than a few drops after that. It was pretty birdy, with a good mix
of lingering winter birds and spring arrivals, but the birds were not always
terribly cooperative.</DIV>
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<DIV>Highlights: (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>) = First of Year <EM>for the
survey</EM>. Most of our FOY birds had been seen in the park already
before today</DIV>
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<LI>Cackling Goose – low flyover of a flock of 50+. We’ve only ever had
5 later sightings in April, and none in May
<LI>American Wigeon – several on grass soccier fields. Still 9 species
of wintering ducks total
<LI>Wilson’s Snipe – about 5 in the slough below the weir. These
<EM>might</EM> stick around 1-2 more weeks
<LI>Great Blue Herons – eggshells on the ground under the heronry, “grum grum
grum” baby noises from the nests
<LI>Northern Harrier – one over the East Meadow – (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Purple Martin – one in a gourd – (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Cliff Swallow – several over the lake, seen from the Lake Platform
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>American Pipit – eleven flew over the Viewing Mound and landed in the East
Meadow (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>GRASSHOPPER SPARROW – still returning to the mowed grass trail, NE part of
the East Meadow – New for the park Tuesday.
<LI>Fox Sparrow – down to just one, heard only
<LI>White-crowned Sparrow – quite numerous (25+), with all but one or two
being Gambelii
<LI>Lincoln’s Sparrow – one in the Pea Patch (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Western Meadowlark – two in the East Meadow
<LI>Brown-headed Cowbird – at least four or five (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Yellow-rumped Warbler - 50+, with about 1-in-8 being Myrtle, the rest
Audubon’s. They were everywhere
<LI>Black-throated Gray Warbler – one heard singing across the slough from the
windmill (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)</LI></UL>
<DIV>Misses today included Pied-billed Grebe, Hairy Woodpecker, Belted
Kingfisher, and Hermit Thrush. </DIV>
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<DIV>For the day, 69 species.</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>