Date: 11/6/25 5:04 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-11-06
Tweets - Startlingly, we had very nice weather pre-dawn, and for the first TWO HOURS of our survey today. The weather then slid into drizzle and rain, but still without high winds nor fog nor cold. It really wasn't a bad morning to be out.
The birds, though, were somewhat few. Nothing much unexpected at all. We did have a few mixed flocks, though none of them yielded a surprise.
Highlights: Gadwall - EIGHTEEN in the slough above the weir, with a few additional sightings. More than usual for Marymoor Bufflehead - A handful visible from the Lake Platform. The only previous fall sighting, back in mid-October, was one far out on the lake Great Blue Heron - We've never missed GBHE in Week 45 during the 31 years of the survey, but today we hung on to that string by finding ONE, below the weir\ Pileated Woodpecker - Female being very obvious again this morning Northern Shrike - East of the East Meadow Western Meadowlark - Five on the grass/gravel parking lot with starlings
Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Anna's Hummingbird, Killdeer, Western Grebe, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Cedar Waxwing, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
We managed just 49 species.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
