Date: 3/6/25 4:50 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-03-06
Tweets - It was a flat morning, with a flat gray sky. We did more birding-by-ear than actually seeing birds, or at least so it felt. Not a bad day, not really. At this time of year, there is so much anticipation of new arrivals that it's easy to feel disappointed. It always *feels* like things are late, but so far nothing is late. If anything, birds are arriving towards the early end of things. So I try to remind myself, "patience". It doesn't help much.
Highlights: Greater White-fronted Goose - The flock of seven was again present below the weir Cackling Goose - One small, silent flock flew north. From now through the end of April, sightings become less and less likely Ten species of duck - Though wigeons were not seen until near the Windmill, and Ring-necked Duck and Green-winged Teal were only at the Rowing Club ponds Great Blue Heron - 100 birds were seen at the heronry at one time, with many others flying around grabbing sticks Northern Shrike - Chasing what may have been a Yellow-rumped Warbler in the East Meadow Violet-green Swallow - Two flying above the Tree Swallows over the East Meadow. First of Year (FOY) Varied Thrush - One heard from near the Rowing Club while we were on the other side of the slough Western Meadowlark - Three in the wetland north of Fields 7-8-9
Singing/displaying birds of note today: Red-breasted Sapsuckers were calling and drumming. Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, and Purple Finch were very noticeably singing today.
We had a nice-looking COYOTE looking at us from across the slough.
Misses today: Wilson's Snipe, Short-billed Gull, Ring-billed Gull, and White-crowned Sparrow were the only notable misses (species seen on at least half of previous years during Week 10). So we pretty much found what's supposed to be there.
For the day, 56 species. For the year, adding VGSW, we're at 76 species for the surveys.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
