Date: 7/16/26 5:22 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-07-16
Tweets - It was a quiet day at the park today. Temps right around 60 degrees, and clear skies at first. But only at first. You could FEEL the barometric pressure dropping and see the clouds come in. By the time we'd made it around to the Viewing Mound we were watching lighting coming down to Lake Sammamish. Going around the mansion, we got a few drips, but at the Rowing Club, it was raining. Thankfully, the deluge waited another hour. Birds were mostly not singing, except for the Swainson's Thrushes.
Highlights: Canada Goose - Maybe 175 total, up from 22 last week Hooded Merganser - At least three; only our 3rd sighting since March Spotted Sandpiper - One spotless bird on the weir Green Heron - Two at the weir Great Blue Heron - I could only find one nest still active, with 3 squabbling young. And maybe only 10 herons seen total! Merlin - One flew south over the Dog Area Swainson's Thrush - Many sightings! Sometimes two birds at a time on the trail and fences
After last week's four dove day, we had no doves or pigeons at all today.
Misses included Rock Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon, Rufous Hummingbird, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Warbling Vireo, Violet-green and Cliff Swallows, and Brown-headed Cowbird.
We ended up at just 48 species, a full ten species lower than last week. Some of this was likely seasonal - No Gadwall today, for instance, but they clear out by late July. Most of the diminishment, though, was due to the weather. Birds disappear when the barometer plummets, in my experience.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
