[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-08-03

[birdmarymoor]

Tweets - Another day of perfect weather after the pre-dawn 53 foggy degrees warmed up.  Not many surprises yet, but some pretty good birding none-the-less.

Highlights:
    Rufous Hummingbird - At least two remain, neither an adult male
    peep sp. - Single bird flying high down the river
    Great Blue Heron - Heronry empty, only about 2 birds seen in the park
    Green Heron - As numerous as Great Blue - 2 birds seen
    Cooper's Hawk - At least 2 seen, but only our 5th sighting since February
    Willow Flycatcher - About a dozen, including one feeding a baby Brown-headed Cowbird
    Purple Martin - Lots of activity at the gourds and across the slough from the Big Cottonwood Forest.  A dozen or more
    Tree Swallow - Still active at the other pair of gourds.  Tree Swallows have often left by this time of year
    Brown-headed Cowbird - Missed them last week, but several babies this week
    Black-throated Gray Warbler - One or two

We also had several looks at American Beaver in the slough, and there was a dead vole near the east end of the boardwalk

Misses today included Warbling Vireo, Cliff Swallow, and Wilson's Warbler.  

For the day, counting the peep sp., 58 species.

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