[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-12-19

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - Ridiculously nice weather today, with temps in the high 40's and
HITTING 50!  High overcast, and only a little mizzle now and then.  No wind
or fog.  How can this be the weather in late December?  It was a pleasant
day, with a couple of surprises.

Highlights:
     Canvasback - Male seen out from the Lake Platform; First in over two
years (FOY)
     Horned Grebe - Two seen from Lake Platform
     Four Woodpeckers - Including a heard-only Pileated Woodpecker at the
Rowing Club
     Northern Shrike - Seen at two different locations looking across the
slough
     MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE - Probably the same individual seen in November,
high in a tree west of the mansion

As I left the park, I saw our only RED-TAILED HAWK, and was able to locate
the two CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAYS that seem resident near the eastern
maintenance building near the park's east entrance.

Mammals were also around, including AMERICAN BEAVER and COYOTE pre-dawn,
and two RIVER OTTERS seen from the Lake Platform.

Misses today included Green-winged Teal, American Coot, Cooper's Hawk,
Purple Finch, American Goldfinch (might have heard), and Lincoln's Sparrow.

For the day, 57 species.

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