Date: 9/25/25 12:51 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25
Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too.
Highlights: Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get fairly few sightings after mid-September Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely to get another sighting this year American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a two falcon day Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen (FOF) Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the year Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF)
We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but hard to be sure.
Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler.
Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species (not counting the mystery ducks). Not a bad day.
