Date: 1/15/26 4:20 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-01-15
Tweets - I was warm (49-52 degrees) with a high overcast and no precipitation after some pre-dawn mist. No fog, and only a little wind. Except for waterfowl, it wasn't terribly birdy, but we did get sufficient cameo appearances to make our species total okay.
Highlights: Trumpeter Swan - Five flew right over our heads calling! Eight species of duck - Green-winged Teal was our obvious miss Anna's Hummingbird - One displaying, a couple of others singing, and by the end we'd seen ~10 Virginia Rail - Matt heard them "singing" - Kiddick-kiddick - pre-dawn Killdeer - One heard calling pre-dawn was, I believe, our first since early November Red-breasted Sapsucker - One incessantly calling (and finally seen) near the concert venue restrooms. Our first since September! Northern Shrike - Adult in the south end of the East Meadow Bewick's Wren - Much singing, few sightings House Finch - Maybe only two, but one was singing complete songs Song Sparrow - Much singing Lincoln's Sparrow - Two together in the SE part of the East Meadow Red-winged Blackbird - Only a couple, but they produced perhaps their full repertoire of sounds
Sparrow numbers were low, with maybe just 1-2 FOX SPARROW, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 5-6 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS.
Misses today included Green-winged Teal, Ring-billed Gull (though the flock of 125-150 gulls was never observed on the ground), Hairy Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Purple Finch.
For the day, 52 species.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
