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

[Ronda Stark via Tweeters]

Matt,

That is a very interesting photo-- is the Osprey carrying a large fish or
is that potentially new nesting material to round out the nest prior to
migration?

I swim at Lake Sammamish this time of year and, while I did not see any
Osprey fishing yesterday, I believe I have seen the male from the Marymoor
platform in the area as late as October 1st.

Thank you for the link to the photo.

Ronda

On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM Matt Hucke <hucke at cynico.net> wrote:


> 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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