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<DIV>Tweets – It was a miserable Mayvember morning today, with temps dropping
from 50 to 47 degrees while the mizzle turned to drizzle and then steady
rain. The first-week-of-May survey is usually the best survey of the
entire year (at least, the one with the highest species count). And we
<EM><STRONG>did</STRONG></EM> have a lot species by the end, but sometimes we
weren’t having much fun. <IMG class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-sadsmile"
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<STRONG><EM>were</EM></STRONG> good birds and some surprises.</DIV>
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<DIV>Highlights:</DIV>
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<LI>SNOW GEESE – Distant flock of ~150 flying north. Our latest spring
sighting for Snow Geese ever, though we did have a large flock 2018-05-03
<LI>Cinnamon Teal – Male seen from the Lake Platform, and (probably the same)
one seen at the Rowing Club
<LI>Green-winged Teal – Getting late – maybe 5 at the mitigation ponds seen
from the Rowing Club
<LI>Ring-necked Duck – Getting late – pair seen from the Lake Platform
<LI>Eurasian Collared-Dove – One flew north from the East Meadow
<LI>Mourning Dove – Matt heard one singing pre-dawn. First of Year
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>LEAST SANDPIPER – Matt heard a few small flocks fly up the slough predawn
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Caspian Tern – Two over lake (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Hammond’s Flycatcher – One calling and posing, east edge of Dog Meadow
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Swainson’s Thrush – One calling unseen from the east edge of Dog
Meadow. Matt heard more “whit” calls predawn (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>American Pipit – 4-5 in the Dog Meadow
<LI>Lincoln’s Sparrow – One <STRONG>singing!</STRONG> predawn near the Viewing
Mound
<LI>Bullock’s Oriole – Male singing, calling, near weir
<LI>Yellow Warbler – Several heard singing, one seen (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Yellow-rumped Warbler – Many, many, many
<LI>Townsend’s Warbler – Surprised to see one in the cottonwoods near the east
end of the boardwalk
<LI>Western Tanager – Two silent males at the south end of the Dog Meadow
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Black-headed Grosbeak – Female with the tanagers, singing male from the
boardwalk (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)</LI></UL>
<DIV>Kazuto Shibata photographed a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at the park on Tuesday,
5/3.</DIV>
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<DIV>Misses today included Pied-billed Grebe, Rock Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon,
Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, and Warbling Vireo.</DIV>
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<DIV>A few winter birds were missed for the first time this spring, and have
probably moved on: Cackling Goose, Wilson’s Snipe, Fox Sparrow, and
Western Meadowlark (actually not seen last week either).</DIV>
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<DIV>Despite the misses and the weather, we managed 75 species today.</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>