Date: 4/18/24 4:48 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-04-18
Tweets - It started out a frosty 32 degrees, but once the sun came up, so did the temperature. By the end, it was about 56 degrees, so a huge swing in a few hours. It was pretty birdy, though we haven't hit the big push of spring migration yet.
Highlights: Cackling Goose - One flock (maybe two) of about 50 Cinnamon Teal - Very nice looking drake just below the weir. First of Year (FOY) Eurasian Collared-Dove - One near the Pea Patch at 7:00 a.m. (FOY) Osprey - Either 2 or 4 birds. Geese are nesting on all of the old OSPR nests, so one pair is building a new nest in the NE Sharp-shinned Hawk - One seen from our cars at 6:30 a.m. Pileated Woodpecker - Pair at snag nest in Big Cottonwood Forest Hutton's Vireo - Singing away near the windmill Hermit Thrush - One heard on edge of Dog Meadow, unseen (FOY) Fox Sparrow - Only one, singing near the madrona along the slough Western Meadowlark - One in the East Meadow BREWER'S BLACKBIRD - One male near the Viewing Mound (FOY) Common Yellowthroat - Quite a few heard, a couple seen Orange-crowned Warbler - One, singing, heard-only Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dozens
Kathy Kuyper photographed two male and one female BREWER'S BLACKBIRD on Sunday. It was nice to get one on the survey today, as we only get about one report a year for them.
Misses today included Violet-green Swallow, Cliff Swallow, House Finch, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
For the day, 67 species. We're up to 100 species for the year.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
