Date: 2/19/26 7:14 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-02-19
Tweets - It was about as typical a February day as you could get this morning. Temps ranging from 32-38, cloudy, pretty quiet, few surprises. One of the biggest surprises was the lack of precipitation beyond a few snowflakes (not even Flurries, since we could actually have counted the number of flakes we saw).
Highlights: Horned Grebe - I was able to confirm that the tiny white dots on the lake were, in fact, Horned Grebe Barred Owl - Matt was accosted (but not hit) by one pre-dawn near the "Mysterious Thicket". First of Year (FOY) Pileated Woodpecker - Pair heard and glimpsed, and later seen up close Northern Shrike - East Meadow, seen from the Viewing Mound Varied Thrush - One heard singing across the slough from the Lake Platform. Only our 2nd of the winter! Western Meadowlarks - A dozen on the grass soccer fields
After hearing them often, we found the pair working a short snag near the South Picnic Shelter (due east of the concert stage). We were able to get within a few feet of them as they worked extensively on the trunk. They paid us no attention at all.
We had only nine species singing today, down significantly from last week. There also were just way fewer birds around.
Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, Cooper's Hawk, Bushtit, and Pine Siskin.
For the day, 52 species. Adding Barred Owl, we're up to 73 species for 2026.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
