<div dir="ltr">Tweets - We started out in the fog at 32 degrees. After a rather steady progression, it ended up mostly sunny and 42 degrees. Not a bad day. Birdwise, it was okay, certainly the best of 2023, though that's not saying much.<div><br></div><div>Highlights:</div><div><ul><li>Great Horned Owl - predawn, one called continually for more than half an hour from a cottonwood near the east end of the boardwalk, (FOY)</li><li>Hairy Woodpecker - probably two total, one at the east end of the boardwalk, one near the mansion. First of Year, (FOY)</li><li>Pileated Woodpecker - one flew along the far side of the slough near the weir, (FOY)</li><li>Lincoln's Sparrow - one posed nicely in the Pea Patch, (FOY)</li></ul><div>A late scan of the lake turned up two male WOOD DUCK (FOY) and two HORNED GREBE (FOY), as well as a RIVER OTTER.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Once again, finches were all but completely absent. Today, we had a few brief finch sounds now and then; pretty sure we heard a House Finch, maybe a Purple Finch at the Rowing Club, and I probably imagined the possible American Goldfinch. But on my eBird checklist, I just put an X for "Finch sp."</div><div><br></div><div>For the day, 53 species, plus the Finch sp. and the Ring-necked Pheasant.</div><div><br></div><div>= Michael Hobbs</div><div>= <a href="mailto:birdmarymoor@gmail.com">birdmarymoor@gmail.com</a></div><div>= <a href="http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm">www.marymoor.org/birding.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>