[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-11-30

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Tweets - Cloudy and windless, temps just above freezing to start.  The rain held off, but we often experience what we had today: forecast of an imminent big storm and the birding rather poor.  You'd think they'd be frantically active before the deluge, but no; maybe they're moving to better locations to weather the storm?  Some notable sightings today, but many of them extremely fleeting.

Highlights:
    Greater White-fronted Goose - Eric saw two with Cacklers, but an eagle flushed the geese before the rest of us got a look.  First of Year (FOY)
    Cackling Goose - Many, many large flocks, some landing for a while.  Maybe 2000?
    Ring-necked Duck - A late scan of the lake turned up a few, First of Fall (FOF)
    Hooded Merganser - Three males and two females at the Rowing Club, with the males doing lots of head-bobbing
    Northern Harrier - High flyover above the boardwalk (FOY)
    Peregrine Falcon - One glimpsed at grass soccer fields
    Varied Thrush - A couple near the mansion
    American Robin - Less than a third as many as last week; maybe less than a quarter...
    White-throated Sparrow - One with other zonos near 2nd Dog Swim Beach, probably the same bird from other recent weeks
    
Misses today included Common Goldeneye (though one may have sped by us headed to the lake), Rock Pigeon, Short-billed Gull, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, and Lincoln's Sparrow.

For the day, 51 species.

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