[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-01-15

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - I was warm (49-52 degrees) with a high overcast and no
precipitation after some pre-dawn mist.  No fog, and only a little wind.
Except for waterfowl, it wasn't terribly birdy, but we did get sufficient
cameo appearances to make our species total okay.

Highlights:
     Trumpeter Swan - Five flew right over our heads calling!
     Eight species of duck - Green-winged Teal was our obvious miss
     Anna's Hummingbird - One displaying, a couple of others singing, and
by the end we'd seen ~10
     Virginia Rail - Matt heard them "singing" - Kiddick-kiddick - pre-dawn
     Killdeer - One heard calling pre-dawn was, I believe, our first since
early November
     Red-breasted Sapsucker - One incessantly calling (and finally seen)
near the concert venue restrooms.  Our first since September!
     Northern Shrike - Adult in the south end of the East Meadow
     Bewick's Wren - Much singing, few sightings
     House Finch - Maybe only two, but one was singing complete songs
     Song Sparrow - Much singing
     Lincoln's Sparrow - Two together in the SE part of the East Meadow
     Red-winged Blackbird - Only a couple, but they produced perhaps their
full repertoire of sounds

Sparrow numbers were low, with maybe just 1-2 FOX SPARROW, 1 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW and 5-6 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS.

Misses today included Green-winged Teal, Ring-billed Gull (though the flock
of 125-150 gulls was never observed on the ground), Hairy Woodpecker,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Purple Finch.

For the day, 52 species.

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