Date: 4/28/24 7:55 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-04-25
Tweets - I never posted about Marymoor last Thursday, since we left for the WOS Conference down in Long Beach immediately afterwards.
But last Thursday started gray and misty, and every hour the weather got worse. Darker, WETTER, windier. Matt & I even skipped the loop around the mansion, since we were pretty sure we'd add nothing new for the day. But the day was not a total waste.
Highlights: Common Goldeneye - Three females at the weir, after a two week absence. Getting late for them Vaux's Swift - One or two, First of Year (FOY) for us Common Loon - One on the lake (FOY); the first since January 2023! Five Woodpecker Day Warbling Vireo - One heard singing several times, Dog Meadow (FOY). Our second-earliest sighting ever (earliest 2015-04-23) Cliff Swallow - One from the Lake Platform (FOY) Hermit Thrush - One heard and glimpsed by Matt pre-dawn White-crowned Sparrow - Tight flock of 20 Gambeli-type across Marymoor Way from the Viewing Mound; also 5-10 Pugetensis scattered Lincoln's Sparrow - Two at the Viewing Mound, first since January Nashville Warbler - One seen briefly south of the East Meadow; (FOY) for us
Misses included Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Rock Pigeon, Double-crested Cormorant, Red-tailed Hawk, Barn Owl, Belted Kingfisher, and House Finch.
Despite those many misses, we managed 62 species for the day. We're up to 105 for the year.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
