[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-12-04

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - It was dark and wet today, with mizzle, drizzle, and rain.
And except for Short-billed Gulls (~250), American Robins, and
Dark-eyed Juncos, it wasn't very birdy at all.  My fingers are still
cold from the combination of temps in the low 40's and wet, wet, wet.

Highlights:
     Greater White-fronted Goose - Eight out near the Model Airplane Field
     Common Goldeneye - Quick flyby, with three heading up the slough.
First of Winter (FOW)
     Common Merganser - 5-6 drakes seen from the Lake Platform.  We've
had very few this fall
     California Gull - Amongst the hordes of Short-billed, we found
2-3 California, just our 17th December record for this species
     White-throated Sparrow - Two with a flock of juncos in the Dog Area
     Western Meadowlark - Remain active on the grass/gravel parking
area in the NE part of the park

We also had a COYOTE trot across the grass fields while we were still
in the parking lot, and an AMERICAN BEAVER swimming in the slough.

Misses today were numerous:  American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal,
Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Anna's Hummingbird, Killdeer,
Wilson's Snipe, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Shrike, Chestnut-backed
Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Marsh Wren, Pine Siskin, and
American Goldfinch.

For the day, just 44 species.

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