[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-01-12

[Michael Hobbs]

Tweets - I tried sending this twice yesterday, but it was returned as
probable spam ???  This is yesterday's report:

Tweets - Yet again, the forecast was far worse than conditions on the
ground.  We had, at worst, a little mizzle this morning, with only 5
minutes of light rain at 10:45 and again at the end of the walk while we
were at the Rowing Club.  Matt did report that it was both windy and rainy
pre-dawn, but that had let up by 7:15.  It was even pretty birdy for the
first hour-and-a-half, before reverting back to the vacant birdlessness
we've had for much of the last several weeks.

Highlights:

   - Ring-necked Duck - Pair just off the Lake Platform.  First of Year
   (FOY)
   - Anna's Hummingbird - Several, including males singing, posing
   dramatically, and chasing each other
   - Wilson's Snipe - One east of the East Meadow (FOY)
   - Cooper's Hawk - Definite looks at one below the weir (FOY)
   - Downy Woodpecker - One just south of the heronry, obscurely hidden
   near the top of a cottonwood (FOY)
   - Northern Shrike - One in the East Meadow, and later north of Fields
   7,8,9.  (FOY)
   - Bushtit - Flock that seemed to follow us up the slough (FOY)
   - Purple Finch - Matt and I had one bird, singing a vireo-like song,
   southeast of the mansion.  It was our ONLY FINCH today (FOY)
   - White-crowned Sparrow - One gambelii singing in the Pea Patch, a few
   more seen

We also had RIVER OTTERS in the slough again.

Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Short-billed and Ring-billed Gulls
(but we did have a flock of flying black wing-tipped gulls that were almost
certainly some mix of these), Red-tailed Hawk, and HOUSE FINCH.

For the day, 47 species plus "black wing-tipped gull(s)".

= Michael Hobbs
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