Date: 1/23/25 2:46 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-01-23
Tweets - Our 24 degree starting temperature was by far the coldest this winter, but the skies were clear, the sun was shining (and warming), and there was no wind. Some water is frozen now, including the Rowing Club ponds, and that probably explains why we had many more ducks in the slough this week. Even away from the slough, it was a really good day.
Highlights: Greater White-fronted Goose - Seven below the weir, with Cacklers and Canadas Wood Duck - Pair from the Lake Platform. First of Year (FOY) Northern Pintail - Two males below the weir. First since September, so obviously (FOY) Green-winged Teal - Notably many, include a "Eurasian" male. We have previously had a total of 10 sightings of 4 "Eurasian" subspecies birds. American Coot - One in slough, seen from Lake Platform (FOY) Wilson's Snipe - More than ten below the weir, mostly on the far shore Hermit Thrush - One at the Rowing Club (FOY) Purple Finch - At least one seen calling near Dog Meadow (FOY) AM. TREE SPARROW - One continuing, west edge of East Meadow Yellow-rumped Warbler - One near the windmill (FOY)
Matt and I also found a day-roosting NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, the first time we've ever done so at Marymoor. All other times we've had them have been in full-dark, either calling unseen, or calling and glimpsed.
A late scan of the lake confirmed the HORNED GREBE and RING-NECKED DUCK we were fairly sure we'd seen from the Lake Platform.
Misses today included Greater Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Virginia Rail, Short-billed Gull, and Ring-billed Gull. I should have mentioned that in missing American Coot the first 3 weeks of the year, we'd NEVER missed them before. All three weeks had been 30 of 30 years.
For the day, 59 species (!), with SEVEN new for the year, to get us to 67 species in 2025. It was a good day.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
