Date: 2/26/26 4:37 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-02-26
Tweets - We were blown away by all the little birds at Marymoor today. Wait, that's not quite right. *We* were at Marymoor Park today, where *all the little birds* were blown away.
Well, it wasn't quite that windy, but it was blowing strong enough that birds were hard to hear and harder to see if they were smaller than a robin. Temps were in the high 40's though, and it was only partly overcast, so not too bad for walking. Just hard to keep your hat on.
Highlights: Cackling Goose - Two with a few Canadas - our first in six weeks Northern Pintail - Drake with Green-winged Teal below the weir - First of Year (FOY) Great Blue Heron - Now at about 100 birds at the nests, with active nest building Cooper's Hawk - One chasing a Red-tailed Hawk Red-breasted Sapsucker - One seen calling in the Big Cottonwood Forest - only our second for the year Merlin - Landed across the slough from the Dog Area. First since Jan. 1 for us California Scrub-Jay - One calling at about 6:40 a.m. from NE of the East Maintenance Facility (FOY) Purple Finch - One singing male was OUR ONLY FINCH White-throated Sparrow - Two at the south end of the Dog Meadow "Eastern" Song Sparrow - Glimpsed in its usual location NW of the East Meadow sheds Western Meadowlark - Several singing north of Fields 7-8-9
Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Wilson's Snipe, Ring-billed Gull, Marsh Wren (may have heard), House Finch, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.
For the day, at least 52 species. For the year, we're at an even 75 species.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
