Date: 8/27/26 3:25 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-08-27
Tweets - A very, very quiet overcast morning, with some breeziness at times. Temps in the mid-to-upper 60's.
Highlights: Gadwall - Female at the weir; first since early July American Kestrel - Female at Viewing Mound and heading to Model Airplane Field. First of Year (FOY) for the survey Merlin - Made several passes over the Dog Meadow; last one featured high-speed moves in pursuit of goldfinch Western Wood-Pewee - Heard a couple; may have seen one, or that could have been a dark Willow Flycatcher Barn Swallow - 3 or 4 at the East Meadow were our only swallows Red Crossbill - One flyover near Dog Central Northern Yellow Warbler - One below weir Western Tanager - One near Windmill
There were several "common" birds with very low numbers today. CANADA GOOSE, heard only, and maybe just a couple; GREAT BLUE HERON, only 2?; AMERICAN ROBIN, perhaps fewer than the number of SWAINSON'S THRUSH we heard (both less than 10); PURPLE FINCH, fewer than 5 perhaps; DARK-EYED JUNCO, I only saw/heard one; SONG SPARROW, certainly less than 15.
Misses were very numerous today: Hooded Merganser, Band-tailed Pigeon, Vaux's Swift, Killdeer, Green Heron, Cooper's Hawk, American Barn Owl, Willow Flycatcher (??? see above), Western Warbling Vireo, Marsh Wren, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak. These have all been recorded in at least 16 or the previous 32 years for this week.
With that large number of misses, we were left with just 46 species for the day.
Adding AMERICAN KESTREL, we're at 118 species for the survey in 2026.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
