Date: 11/20/25 1:55 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-11-20
Tweets - The night's rain ended around 6:30 a.m., and the weather was somewhere between really nice and delightful the rest of the morning. Temps averaged about 50 degrees, no wind :) It was birdy too, making for a wonderful fall survey.
Highlights: Greater White-fronted Goose - Six below the weir Trumpeter Swan - Three flew south, calling, heading over the Viewing Mound. First of Fall (FOF) Green-winged Teal - Two drakes at the Rowing Club were our first since mid-October Scaup sp. - Several seen briefly from the Lake Platform. Jordan thought Lesser based on his photos Short-billed Gull - Only mentioning because there were so many today Horned Grebe - One or two visible from Lake Platform Common Loon - A late scan of the lake turned up one. Right when we got to the slough, though, we may also have heard one. (FOF) Double-crested Cormorant - Flock after flock flying towards the lake. 40+ Sharp-shinned Hawk - Adult, seen twice, caused consternation amongst a variety of birds Barn Owl - I saw one just after 6:30 at the model airplane field American Robin - Utterly ubiquitous. Impossible to count, but over 100, and probably over 200 Cedar Waxwing - Three near the Dog Area portapotties Western Meadowlark - Three or more, with one singing BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD - Male near the Dog Area portapotties. Only our 2nd ever for November, and only our 5th ever for Oct-Feb.
We had no White-throated Sparrows, despite having had 3-4 last week (which I forgot to mention in my Tweeters post - we had three at the same moment near the Dog Area portapotties with another sighting 100 yards+ further north).
Misses today included Common Merganser, American Coot, Killdeer, Cooper's Hawk, Pine Siskin, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
For the day, 60 species.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
