<html><head></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">Tweets - What a difference a week makes. Instead of me solo, there were ten of us today. And the weather was remarkably, notably, delightful with temps 43-50 degrees, no fog, little wind, and no precipitation after dawn; fabulous compared with the dismal weather on the 18th. It was birdy for a while too, though after the first 1.5 hours, it got notably quiet.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Highlights:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Scaup sp. - Pair WAY out on the lake, too far for ID. Our first scaup of the year, but leaving it as a slash</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Anna's Hummingbird - Several males perched up and singing today after 2 months of absence or near absence<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Four woodpecker day - Though both Hairy and Pileated were heard-only (PIWO *may* have been DISTANTLY seen)<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Black-capped Chickadee - Several singing<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Bewick's Wren - Several singing<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Varied Thrush - Heard one or two singing just after 8:00<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Song Sparrow - Also singing<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> House Finch - A few heard and a very few flying overhead were our only finches of any kind<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In contrast to last week's dozens of FOX SPARROWS, today there were probably less than 10.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I did a late scan of the lake, hoping to get a better look at the scaup. No dice there, but I did find at least two RUDDY DUCKS, First of Year (FOY). We did not have a Ruddy last year.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Virginia Rail, Ring-billed Gull (at least, none positively ID'd), Cooper's Hawk, Bushtit, and Marsh Wren.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">For the day, 51 species counting the scaup sp. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">= Michael Hobbs</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">= BirdMarymoor@gmail.com</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">= www.marymoor.org.birding.htm</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <br></div></div></body></html>