[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor.  Though a bit nippy (49
degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless.  Fairly birdy too.

Highlights:
     Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird.  We get
fairly few sightings after mid-September
     Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the
slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches.  Great looks, unusual location
     Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty.  We are unlikely
to get another sighting this year
     American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow
     Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a
two falcon day
     Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog
Central, never seen.  First of Fall (FOF)
     Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen (FOF)
     Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the year
     Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF)

We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks
flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but
hard to be sure.

Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California
Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some
yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have
heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler.

Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species
(not counting the mystery ducks).  Not a bad day.

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