[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-08-05

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Another too-nice morning at Marymoor; the doldrums continue.  Still waiting for a drenching rain that is so desperately needed.  Pre-dawn, Jupiter and the crescent moon were deep orange, as was the sun when it rose, indicative of the smoke to the east.  The early sun was a scary color.

Highlights:
  a.. Pied-billed Grebe – first for the survey proper since early April; one on the lake 
  b.. LEAST SANDPIPER – just after 5 a.m., Matt and I heard one from the Lake Platform, and even saw it briefly as it checked us out! 
  c.. Caspian Tern – one, again.  Ninth straight week, and 11th of the last 12 weeks 
  d.. Green Heron – juvenile along the slough 
  e.. Cooper’s Hawk – several glimpses of a juvenile 
  f.. Hairy Woodpecker – one across the slough from the Lake Platform 
  g.. Pileated Woodpecker – probable juvenile along the slough, across from the Rowing Club dock 
  h.. Merlin – brief glimpse of one being pursued by a Purple Martin or two 
  i.. Western Wood-Pewee – adult feeding begging young at the Rowing Club ponds 
  j.. Willow Flycatcher – SO MANY – including three young on a branch, begging.  We’re thinking hatch-year birds sing, too, based on the plethora of “Fitz-Bew”s 
  k.. Purple Martin – three babies sticking their heads out of one gourd, at least one in the 2nd gourd.  So cute! 
  l.. Yellow Warbler – two heard singing
Lowlights:
  a.. Great Blue Heron – if I counted correctly, there were ONLY TWO! 
  b.. Barn Swallow – one over the Pea Patch was the only swallow besides the martins! 
  c.. Savannah Sparrow – only one 
  d.. Black-headed Grosbeak – like last week, only one, this time at the Rowing Club 
  e.. SIXTEEN species were represented by a single bird only.  EIGHT more were heard-only.  The only gulls we had were far too far away for ID.  
Misses included Rock Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon, Spotted Sandpiper, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Warbling Vireo, Violet-green Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Bushtit, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Wilson’s Warbler.

QUIET.

For the day, we eked out 53 species.

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