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

[Ronda Stark via Tweeters]

Hi Michael,

I try to monitor our Osprey on the Seattle side of the lake and we still
have 2 juveniles that I know of-- could you determine whether the remaining
Osprey at Marymoor was an adult or a juvenile?

Thank you,
Ronda

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> 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

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