[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-09-07

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Tweets - It was as quiet as it's ever been at Marymoor.  A low overcast and heavy still air is never good for birding, but even so it was just D. E. A. D.

Highlights:
    Killdeer - Suddenly, about 35 total, up from 1-2
    Osprey - Still young on both nests, calling incessantly
    Barn Owl - Like last week, two in the East Meadow right after 6:00 a.m.
    Hairy Woodpecker - Several glimpses, plus one real sighting near the windmill
    Pileated Woodpecker - One just NW of the mansion
    Willow Flycatcher - One, SE of East Meadow
    AMERICAN PIPIT - Matt and Lee saw one, heard more, in Dog Meadow.  First of Fall (FOF)
    Western Tanager - Two, SE of East Meadow

The bigger highlight was a day with SIX MAMMAL SPECIES:  Eastern Gray Squirrel, DOUGLAS SQUIRREL (only our 6th sighing ever!), American Beaver, Eastern Cottontail, four River Otters on and above the weir, and three Mule Deer (Black-tailed).  

Misses were also notable:  Hooded Merganser, Vaux's Swift, Green Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Warbling Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Marsh Wren, HOUSE FINCH, Lincoln's Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird (may have seen some distantly), Orange-crowned, Yellow, and Black-throated Gray Warblers, and Black-headed Grosbeak.   My fingers are tired from typing them all.

For the day, a pathetically low count of 44 species.

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