Date: 6/25/26 4:08 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-06-25
Tweets - It was pleasantly cool today, with a thin overcast but a breeze that was annoying at times. We didn't have any surprising species of birds, but we did have a few interesting sightings:
Highlights: Common Merganser - One or more females flying around seemingly aimlessly. One female in the slough with one duckling Green Heron - One below the weir. With recent sightings about every other week, we figure it's likely there's a nest in or near the park Great Blue Heron - Fewer and fewer on nests, more and more juveniles along the slough, many birds flying every which way in/out of the park Cooper's Hawk - A couple of glimpses Downy Woodpecker - Many, including at least one juvenile Swainson's Thrush - Startlingly, we had ACTUAL VIEWS of at least FIVE birds, as well as hearing many more Black-headed Grosbeak - Newly fledged young seen; males still around singing
A good day for non-bird sightings, including MUSKRAT, two RIVER OTTERS, a small mammal that might have been a TOWNSEND'S VOLE, and a GARTER SNAKE at the Rowing Club. We have had very, very few snakes at Marymoor in the last few years.
Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Band-tailed Pigeon (never missed before during Week 26), Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Cliff Swallow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.
For the day, just 53 species.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
