Date: 5/28/26 2:09 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-05-28
Tweets - A gorgeous day at the park today. Again, actual sightings of birds were sometimes hard to come by, but we had a very good time, and had some very good birds.
Highlights: Blue-winged Teal - Two males and a female across from the Lake Platform; 2nd week in a row for this species Gadwall - Only one male, seen late, after weeks of 5+ pairs. Perhaps females are finally on nests Mallard - Many clutches of ducklings Ring-necked Duck - Pair at the lake Spotted Sandpiper - Two seen flying down the slough - First of Year (FOY) Pied-billed Grebe - One seen and heard "singing" across from the Lake Platform. Our first since mid-April Red-breasted Sapsucker - Notably many sightings Five Woodpecker Day - Though Downy and Hairy were heard-only Bullock's Oriole - One female seen AMERICAN REDSTART - First-year male seen singing just east of the NW end of the boardwalk (FOY)
Today's sighting of RING-NECKED DUCKS ties for the latest spring sighting ever noted at Marymoor. I can find no June records; we'll see if we can notch one next week
The AMERICAN REDSTART seemed pretty attached to the small trees just a bit east of the start of the boardwalk. It was occasionally singing it's song, which sounds like the start of a Northern Yellow Warbler song. First-year males are quite drab, but the patches of yellow were easy enough to see on our glimpses of this very active bird. This is the 6th record for Marymoor Park, and the first for the month of May. Other sightings have been in very late June through mid-September.
Misses today included Glaucous-winged Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Cliff Swallow, Wilson's Warbler, and Western Tanager.
For the day, 62 species. The two new birds for the year push our 2026 survey total to 112 species.
