[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-11-18

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Tweeters – this morning was wonderful.  Not too cold, not breezy, no precipitation, not too dark, not too flooded.  We had a big group and we all really enjoyed the day, I think.  The birds were pretty cooperative, and though we didn’t have any particular rarities we did have some “less expected” birds.

Highlights:
  a.. Snow Goose – single bird just after 7:30 circled the flock of gulls that were sitting on the grass, seemingly disappointed that white birds with black wingtips weren’t other Snow Geese 
  b.. Wood Duck – pair near Rowing Club dock 
  c.. Green-winged Teal – three below weir 
  d.. Ring-necked Pheasant – heard “Lonesome George II” for the first time in seven weeks – he lives! 
  e.. Western Grebe – one on the lake 
  f.. Northern Harrier – adult male(!) in the East Meadow – we rarely get adult males at the park 
  g.. Great Horned Owl – Eric heard 1 or 2 very early 
  h.. Peregrine Falcon – adult perched east of the boardwalk.  At the park we’ve rarely seen perched PEFA and rarely definite adults.   The bird was buzzed by a COOPER’S HAWK 
  i.. Cedar Waxwing – quite a few, scattered, hanging with American Robins 
  j.. Savannah Sparrow – one still present, East Meadow 
  k.. White-throated Sparrow – one with other Zonos NE of the weir 
  l.. Western Meadowlark – two seen near model airplane field at 7:15 
  m.. Yellow-rumped Warbler – a few scattered sightings, maybe 4 birds in all, after three weeks of “misses”
A late scan of the lake turned up a HORNED GREBE, and a flock of about 20 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS perched in a tree which later flew towards the Lake Platform.  As I was leaving the park, I spotted the only definite ROCK PIGEONS of the day up near Hwy 520.  

I got word (and photos) that a LONG-EARED OWL was found dead in the park a couple of days ago  

Misses today were few: Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Northern Shrike, and Marsh Wren.  Hopefully, duck diversity will increase starting next week.

For the (very pleasant) day, 65 species!
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