[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-10-16

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - My car reported 34 degrees pre-dawn, but in patches it was
below freezing.  There was frost on the boardwalk railings and on the
grass in the East Meadow.  Once the sun rose it did warm up well (20
degree shift by noon).  It was a really beautiful day, though it did
slowly cloud up.  Birdy at times.  Several First of Fall (FOF) birds.

Highlights:
     Green-winged Teal - 3+ in the slough (FOF)
     American Coot - 2 in the slough near the lake (FOF)
     Double-crested Cormorant - About 20 flew up the slough towards
the lake (FOF)
     Sharp-shinned Hawk - Juvenile near the start of the boardwalk
     Cooper's Hawk - One juvenile harassing (and harassed by) crows.
We also had 1-2 accipidrine hawks we could not get to species
     Pileated Woodpecker - Heard several times, seen both at the
beginning and towards the end of the walk
     Bushtit - Flock of ~50 near the mansion.  It can be hard to count
that long a stream of tiny birds
     White-throated Sparrow - One in blackberries and alders near Dog
Area portapotties.  First of Year (FOY)
     Western Meadowlark - Several in the NE part of the park,
including some vocalizing
     Orange-crowned Warbler - One near southernmost dog swim beach -
Quite bright

A late scan of the lake turned up a single male BUFFLEHEAD (FOF).

Misses today included Hooded Merganser, California Gull, Western
Grebe, Merlin, and Cedar Waxwing.

For the day, 58 species.  For the year, adding White-throated Sparrow,
we're at 131 species for the survey

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