Date: 10/31/24 4:52 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-10-31
Tweets - The Halloween/Samhain edition of the survey definitely showed things moving more into winter mode, though we are still waiting for our winter diving ducks. The temps were in the 40's, and felt colder for the first couple of hours, but things cleared to a really nice morning. It was birdy most of the time.
Highlights: Greater White-fronted Goose - Eight Cackling Goose - At least 2000 Trumpeter Swan - A flyby of 7, with a flyby of 4 later, both heading towards the lake. First of Fall (FOF). One or two swans looked smaller ?!? Red-breasted Sapsucker - One at the Rowing Club; first in 6 weeks, and only our 4th since July Cedar Waxwing - Good-sized flock(s) Pine Siskin - Good-sized flocks White-throated Sparrow - One near the Dog Area portapotties with WCSPs and GCSPs for the 2nd straight week Western Meadowlark - At least one on the grass & gravel lot in the NE
We had some duck flybys early on, when the light was terrible; we may have had Northern Shoveler. Possibly there were Northern Pintail or Green-winged Teal from the Lake Platform, and there was also a very distant line of birds that may have been diving ducks. But none of these could be confirmed.
Misses today included Bufflehead, Northern Shrike, Bushtit, and Red-winged Blackbird.
For the day, 61 species.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
