Date: 9/25/25 12:56 pm From: Ronda Stark via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25
Hi Michael,
I try to monitor our Osprey on the Seattle side of the lake and we still
have 2 juveniles that I know of-- could you determine whether the remaining
Osprey at Marymoor was an adult or a juvenile?
Thank you,
Ronda
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> 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.
>
> = Michael Hobbs
> = <BirdMarymoor...>
> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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