<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 - The weather wasn't very pleasant this morning; yesterday's weather would have been much better. Cold, breezy, biting, dark, and sometimes wet. But it was quite a good day of birding. Go figure.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Highlights:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Wood Duck - Two males with a female in the slough near the start of the boardwalk<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> American Wigeon - One female with about 70 Mallards on the grass soccer fields<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Red-breasted Sapsucker - One near the mansion area restrooms - First of Year (FOY) and first since August<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Merlin - One caught and killed an American Robin at the very start of our walk. Flew off with it to eat<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> HUTTON'S VIREO - One singing and calling, but not seen, west of the mansion (FOY) - our first since 2021!<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Purple Finch - One near the last Dog Swim Beach (FOY) - our first in two months<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> White-throated Sparrow - One with Golden-crowned Sparrows next to the Dog Area portapotties<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Yellow-rumped Warbler - A few "Myrtle"-type birds near the Lake Platform<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Townsend's Warbler - West of the mansion in a great mixed flock (FOY) - our first since October<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, and House Finch.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">For the day, a year's best 56 species. For the year, we're at 71 species.</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></body></html>