Date: 8/4/22 3:58 pm From: Michael Hobbs <birdmarymoor...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-08-04
Tweets - The weather was gray and unsettled, but the rain held off all morning. Breeding is mostly done at Marymoor, with only the Osprey still visibly feeding unfledged young. For a while it seemed like we were only on the losing end of Post-breeding Dispersal, but by the end of the day, we'd had a few post-breeding visitors ourselves.
Highlights:
- Hooded Merganser - One a Rowing Club was the first since May - RED-NECKED GREBE - One on the lake, our earliest fall sighting ever for this species - American Coot - A late scan of the lake turned up one, first since early May - Spotted Sandpiper - Two unspotted birds on the weir - California Gull - About 10 on the lake, many of them juveniles - Caspian Tern - At least 4 over the lake - Green Heron - One juvenile on the old Beaver lodge opposite Dog Central - Cooper's Hawk - I had one after the survey - Barn Owl - Matt had one pre-dawn from the Lake Platform (!) - Western Screech-Owl - Matt heard one pre-dawn - Cliff Swallow - Two in SE part of the park; first in 5 weeks - Orange-crowned Warbler - One in nice mixed flock south of East Meadow - Black-throated Gray Warbler - At least one in the same mixed flock - Wilson's Warbler - At least one in the same mixed flock as well
Misses today included Killdeer, Warbling Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Black-headed Grosbeak.
We also missed Tree Swallows for the first time since early March, as expected. We've only had about a dozen Tree Swallow sightings ever after the end of July.
For the day, counting three species I added late, 59 species.
= Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = <BirdMarymoor...>