[Tweeters] Fwd: Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-10-27

[Michael Hobbs]

Tweets - It was a blustery fall day today, and the ari was so fresh and
clear!  So, so, so much more pleasant than last week's fog+SMOKE.  The
river is still very low, but it's at least 5 inches higher than last week
with a little water flowing over the weir for the first time in months.
Not tremendously birdy today, and the birds came in clusters.  But not bad
at all.

Highlights:

   - Common Loon - One seen on a late scan of the lake; First for 2022! (
   *FOY*)
   - Double-crested Cormorant - One from Lake Platform - First of Fall (
   *FOF*)
   - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Very active juvenile dancing with the crows near
   Pea Patch
   - Great Horned Owl - Matt had one near the start of the boardwalk
   pre-dawn (*FOF*)
   - Pileated Woodpecker - One across the slough in distant snags
   - Merlin - Nice looks at the beginning of our walk
   - American Crow - Very numerous and active
   - American Robin - Twice as many as there were crows!
   - Western Meadowlark - Three in the East Meadow, then over towards the
   model airplane field

In an abbreviated walk late yesterday afternoon I had:

   - Hermit Thrush - Two near the east end of the boardwalk (*FOF*)
   - European Starling - But none seen today
   - Lincoln's Sparrow - Two in East Meadow, one in Pea Patch

Misses for yesterday and today combined included Western Grebe,
Short-billed Gull, Ring-billed Gull, (though we did have a very few "Black
wing-tipped Gulls" today of uncertain species), Cooper's Hawk, Downy
Woodpecker, Northern Shrike, and Pine Siskin.

For the day, 55 species.  Adding yesterday's birds, 58 species.

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