[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-08-21

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - It felt downright cold (at 51 degrees) this morning at 5:30 a.m.
but I didn't care since I was viewing Jupiter, Venus, a sliver of a moon,
and MERCURY!  Life planet!  Thanks to Mason on the heads up on that one.

By our start time of 6:30, the sun was up and it was a delightful crystal
clear day with perfect temperature, perfect light, no breeze and (after a
bit) many birds.  I am declaring The Doldrums officially over.

We also had a trio of young birding brothers with us today who were engaged
and engaging, and were excellent at spotting birds.

Highlights:
     Green Heron - Many sightings, often of two birds at a time.  Pretty
sure we had three or possibly more
     Belted Kingfisher - At least 3 different birds
     Red-breasted Sapsucker - One well west of the slough, south of the Dog
Area.  First of Fall (FOF)
     Pileated Woodpecker - Pair near Dog Central
     Willow Flycatcher - Many sightings, despite most of them being silent
     Warbling Vireo - At least two
     Common Raven - One flew over the boardwalk.  First of Year (FOY) for
the survey
     Black-capped Chickadee - Notably many
     Swainson's Thrush - Many whitting predawn, at least two seen during
the walk
     Purple Finch - Dozens!  Some singing scraps of song interspersed in
the constant popping calls
     Red-winged Blackbird - At least one flyby male, and maybe a flock
behind him (FOF)
     Black-throated Gray Warbler - Many (5+) seen in willows (FOF)
     Western Tanager - At least one adult male and 1-2 females/juveniles.
Maybe more heard (FOF)
     Black-headed Grosbeak - Maybe 3, none being adult males

Misses today included Vaux's Swift, Killdeer, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed
Hawk, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Wilson's Warbler

For the day, 53 species.  Adding Common Raven, we're up to 124 species for
the survey in 2025.

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