Date: 3/28/24 3:25 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-03-28
Tweets - We mostly dodged the rain this morning, though it was overcast, a touch breezy, and changeable, with temps spanning the 40's. Seemed pretty birdy, but the bird list was very similar to last week's. There was no sign of Say's Phoebe (seen 3/23-3/26) nor Black Phoebe (photographed 3/24).
Highlights: Greater White-fronted Goose - The two remain at the park. Seen on grass soccer fields, and later at the lake Anna's Hummingbird - Found a female on a nest above the Rowing Club parking lot Short-billed Gull - Adults and juveniles on grass soccer fields. First in 4 weeks. A few tend to turn up through April Great Horned Owl - Again heard calling just pre-dawn from the southeast. Tony saw a large owl from the boardwalk earlier, probably the same Merlin - Quick flyby - our 5th survey this year (5 of 13 weeks) Hutton's Vireo - Again, heard singing near the windmill Violet-Green/Tree Swallows - Very numerous, mostly VGSW White-crowned Sparrow - First singing of the year - Pugetensis song White-throated Sparrow - STILL near Dog Swim Beaches 2-3 Savannah Sparrow - First singing of the year Brown-headed Cowbird - Tony heard and photographed a male, First of Year (FOY)
I was at the park briefly yesterday, and had KILLDEER and WESTERN MEADOWLARK, both of which we missed today.
Missed both days: Common Goldeneye, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Purple Finch.
For the day, 62 species. Adding BHCO, we're at 86 species for the year.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
