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

[Matt Hucke via Tweeters]

I saw an osprey at Marymoor last night. It was distant and the light was
poor, so the photo quality is rubbish, but here it is - hope this helps:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S275443696


On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM Ronda Stark via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> 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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