Date: 3/26/26 2:48 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-03-26
Tweets - The weather was MUCH better this Thursday than last, with temps in the 40's and partly cloudy skies. The birds sometimes seemed too busy to be showing themselves to us, but we managed to find quite a few, including some notable species.
Highlights: Common Goldeneye - A couple in the slough, but a very distant duck flock turned out to be 21 COGO Great Blue Heron - Some appeared to be sitting on the nest, as if on eggs American Barn Owl - Sightings have been scarce this year, but this morning there was at least one seen Five Woodpecker Day - With looks at all of our regular species Hutton's Vireo - Near the windmill Northern Rough-winged Swallow - A late scan of the lake turned up one. 3rd earliest date ever for this species. First of Year (FOY) MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - We had a flyover flock of 5, but later one male was reported in the East Meadow. (FOY), and first since 2024 American Goldfinch - South end of the East Meadow. (FOY) for the survey Savannah Sparrow - A few, including at least one singing. (FOY) for the survey Orange-crowned Warbler - Two bright birds, one singing. (FOY) for the survey
Other notable birds seen at Marymoor in the last few days include OSPREY (3/25), SAY'S PHOEBE (3/24 and 3/25), and LINCOLN'S SPARROW (3/24). None of these were seen today, and none have shown up on our 2026 surveys.
Misses today include Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, American Coot, Red-tailed Hawk (though I believe I glimpsed one), Northern Shrike, and Pine Siskin.
For today, 60 species, with FIVE new for the year, bringing us to 84 species for the survey this year.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
