On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM Ronda Stark via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> 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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