Date: 6/4/26 1:15 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-06-04
Tweets - It was okay this morning; temps in the high '50's, but overcast and rather breezy. Still, it wasn't too bad out there. Nothing new for the year, but some pretty good sightings anyway
Highlights: Canada Goose - OUR first goslings of the year, though we seem to have had fully fledged young from elsewhere already Wood Duck - A couple of small clutches of ducklings Blue-winged Teal - Male seen from the Lake Platform - 3rd straight week Mallard - Many clutches, of many ages Common Merganser - Female with 14 babies, one of which was clearly larger than the rest Band-tailed Pigeon - Notably many, seen several times. Possibly as many as 20 Green Heron - Two flushed from below the weir at the start of our walk Cooper's Hawk - Two seen Cedar Waxwing - Many. Too many to count well, but certainly a couple of dozen plus Dark-eyed Junco - Fledged young about Western Tanager - Nice male singing north of the heronry Lazuli Bunting - At least 5 males in/around the East Meadow
I forgot to mention the 2nd best "bird" from last week, after the American Redstart (that we did not find today): We had two LONG-TAILED WEASELS
I was interviewed last Thursday for a KUOW story on the Marymoor heronry. The story is set to air tomorrow morning a couple of times 6-9am, and then again in the afternoon 3-6pm. I have yet to hear it; I hope I sound okay...
Misses today included Red-tailed Hawk, Cliff Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Bullock's Oriole
