<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Tweets -<div class="">Brian and I led the weekly Marymoor walk again this week, eager to find something to make Michael regret missing the day. Alas, the birds once again refused to cooperate. It was fairly birdy all day, but the birds were just the same regulars, with very little notable on the day</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">“Highlights” -</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Ring-necked Duck - one in the slough our FOF [first-of-fall]</li><li class="">Green Heron - one spotted by Warren, amazingly directly in front of us yet invisible, until he said something.</li><li class="">Swainson’s Thrush - none seen, once again, but still several calling before dawn</li><li class="">Fox Sparrow - they’ve been back for a couple weeks, but this week they were ready to come out and be more visible to us.</li><li class="">Golden-crowned Sparrow - growing numbers arriving in the park now</li><li class="">Yellow-rumped Warbler - not many seen well, but several small flocks flitting around</li></ul></div><div class="">Just not a ton to report</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Misses included</div><div class="">Golden-crowned Kinglet</div><div class="">American Pipit</div><div class="">European Starling</div><div class="">Barn Swallow</div><div class="">owls</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For the day 50 species — </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Matt Bartels</div><div class="">Seattle, WA</div></body></html>