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<DIV>Tweets – Our bad luck with the weather continues, as does Mayvember.
Not <EM>quite</EM> as cold nor as rainy as last Thursday, but not the nice sunny
weather of yesterday. Why can’t we get a break??? It was dark
for a long time after sunrise today, with mizzle and drizzle (but some breaks);
the rain didn’t set in until mostly after the walk. Since last week, many
winter birds have disappeared. A few summer birds filled in for them, but
as usual the species total today was lower than the totals at the beginning of
May.</DIV>
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<DIV>Highlights:</DIV>
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<LI>Canada Goose – shared clutch of ~20 goslings below the weir
<LI>Mallard – clutch of 10 ducklings at Rowing Club
<LI>Pied-billed Grebe – one on lake was our first in four weeks
<LI>BLACK SWIFT – maybe 8 over the Dog Meadow – our earliest spring sighting
for these ever. First of Year (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Vaux’ Swift – large count (50-75) over the slough late in the morning
<LI>WHIMBREL – flock of 14 spent quite a while circling low over the park
trying to find a place to land, East Meadow and Dog Meadow
(<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>DUSKY FLYCATCHER – one along east edge of Dog Meadow calling and twice did
complete songs
<LI>Warbling Vireo – maybe 5 (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)
<LI>Cedar Waxwing – small flock(s) – first in 6 weeks, probably returning
summer residents, right on schedule
<LI>Lazuli Bunting – two males at Pea Patch (<STRONG>FOY</STRONG>)</LI></UL>
<DIV>As far as I know, this is the 6th record of WHIMBREL at Marymoor. On
2000-05-14, Steve Pink reported a flock of 50. 2010-06-19, John Farley
reported 10. The Marymoor Survey had 2 on 2014-05-09. One was
reported on eBird 2015-05-09. Earlier this year, on 2022-04-22, Barry
Brugman photographed two. Jordan Roderick put a couple of great photos of
today’s flock on eBird.</DIV>
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<DIV>Despite the gloom, it seemed fairy birdy today, and it was nice to get
looks at BULLOCK’S ORIOLE, YELLOW WARBER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WILSON’S
WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER (at the Rowing Club), BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and INDIGO
BUNTING. But there were quite a few heard-only birds and several seen only
by one or a few of us.</DIV>
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<DIV>“Winter” birds seen last week but not today included Green-winged Teal,
Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, American Coot, Double-crested Cormorant, and
Ruby-crowned Kinglet.</DIV>
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<DIV>Misses today included Rock Pigeon, Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher,
Red-breasted Sapsucker (I may have heard one), Cliff Swallow, and Pine
Siskin.</DIV>
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<DIV>Despite the misses and the departures, we still managed 68 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>
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