<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tweets - We had a great day at Marymoor yesterday, with ridiculously </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">good weather. Temps were in the high 40's, no wind, thin high </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">overcast, essentially no precipitation (about two dozen drops per </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">person, spread out over time). It was birdy too. Most of the birds </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">were the expected ones, but we did have some nice surprises too.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Highlights:</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Trumpeter Swan - Six silent swans over the start of the boardwalk. </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Neck extension appeared too long for Tundras (and Trumpeter area the </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">expected species at Marymoor) First of Year (FOY)</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Northern Pintail - One flyby female at the Lake Platform (FOY)</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Great Blue Heron - Quite a few on the nests, with one bird </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">adjusting some twigs. Nest rebuilding will begin in earnest soon.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Western Screech-Owl - One heard, seen predawn. Then during the </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">main walk, one sitting in the nest hole, nicely visible in daylight!</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Northern Flicker - Large amounts of calling, interacting, drumming, </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">etc. Quite a few birds total, I believe</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Marsh Wren - One sang a partial song predawn from along the boardwalk</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Varied Thrush - One, maybe two, at the start of the boardwalk</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Cedar Waxwing - Flock of eleven atop tall cottonwood at Dog Central (FOY)</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> NO FINCHES AGAIN</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-> Lincoln's Sparrow - One in Pea Patch</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We also had RIVER OTTER on the far side of the slough, and a RACCOON </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(FOY) high up in a cottonwood near the east end of the boardwalk</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For the day, 54 species.</span><font color="#888888" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br><br>= Michael Hobbs<br>= <a href="mailto:BirdMarymoor@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BirdMarymoor@gmail.com</a><br>= <a href="http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm&source=gmail&ust=1676131948104000&usg=AOvVaw2OXFkVz8BHSLc_0q2ioVle" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_6783588821">www.marymoor.org/birding.htm</a></font><div><br></div><div id="ydpb96a8ea9enhancr_card_6783588821" class="ydpb96a8ea9yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpb96a8ea9ymail-preserve-class ydpb96a8ea9ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important" class="ydpb96a8ea9yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpb96a8ea9card-wrapper ydpb96a8ea9yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydpb96a8ea9card ydpb96a8ea9yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="ydpb96a8ea9card-primary-image-cell" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/ugFW3StMYHXRJo7u46Up0Q--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/http://www.marymoor.org/images/Michael.jpg.cf.jpg" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" height="175" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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