Date: 5/4/26 12:26 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-04-30
Tweets - I didn't get a chance to write a Tweeters report for last Thursday, as I was racing down to scout for the upcoming WOS conference in Asotin.
Thursday, it was sunny, and mostly not too hot. Windless too. And we were just before Beltane, the spring cross quarter, which in some ways marks the actual start of summer. It was amazingly not super-birdy, yet we ended up finding a good list of birds.
Highlights: Cinnamon Teal - Three males, seen a couple of times. First of Year (FOY) for the survey Green-winged Teal - Two, probably our last until fall Killdeer - Adults with chicks, on the grass/gravel parking area Green Heron - One flying down the slough fairly high (thanks, Karen). (FOY) Barred Owl - Matt got serenaded along the boardwalk, pre-dawn Pileated Woodpecker - Observed what appeared to be a nest exchange in a dead cottonwood a little before the start of the boardwalk Hutton's Vireo - One singing, south of the windmill White-throated Sparrow - One SINGING in the middle of the Dog Meadow. 3rd latest spring sighting ever, and only the 4th time we've heard one sing at the park NASHVILLE WARBLER - One seen through the willows from the boardwalk (FOY) Wilson's Warbler - One singing, unseen, at the Rowing Club (FOY) Western Tanager - One high atop a fir ENE of the mansion (FOY) Black-headed Grosbeak - One seen singing (FOY)
Misses included Hooded Merganser, Vaux's Swift, Pied-billed Grebe, Cooper's Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, Western Warbling Vireo, Barn Swallow, and Pine Siskin
For the day, 64 species (best yet for the year). Adding six new species, we're at 101 for the survey this year.
