[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-12-22

[Michael Hobbs]

Tweets - IT WAS COLD.  Temperatures, as measured, ranged from 18-23 degrees
F.  But there was often a breeze which just cut through us sometimes.  I'm
afraid there were times when we walked a little faster than normal.  It was
beautifully sunny for part of the morning, though.  The slough below the
weir was absolutely filled with geese, ducks, and snipe.  We had 12 species
of waterfowl, plus Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe, Double-crested Cormorant, and
American Coot, all in that zone below the weir!

Highlights:

   - Wood Duck - three or four
   - Northern Shoveler - at least one
   - Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, and Green-winged Teal - all very
   numerous below the weir
   - Hooded Merganser - at least two below the weir, and a flock of 15 in
   the slough above the weir
   - WILSON'S SNIPE - about 15 below the weir!  Way more than usual
   - MERLIN - two sightings, with great looks while we were counting the
   ducks below the weir
   - Northern Shrike - One briefly seen in the East Meadow
   - Varied Thrush - A half-dozen or more around the mansion

Last Saturday morning, I worked the Marymoor sector of the Eastside Audubon
CBC.  The weather was less cold, but also less pleasant than today.  It
definitely decreased numbers for the morning.  But we did have nine species
Saturday that we did not have today:  Rock Pigeon, Virginia Rail,
Ring-billed Gull, Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Pileated Woodpecker,
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, and just the eighth Savannah Sparrow
ever for December.

Misses for the week: Short-billed Gull, Hairy Woodpecker, Bushtit, Pine
Siskin, and Lincoln's Sparrow.

For the day, 49 species, the same number of species as on Saturday.  For
the week, though, 58 species.

= Michael Hobbs
= BirdMarymoor at gmail.com
= www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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