[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-08-04

[Michael Hobbs]

Tweets - The weather was gray and unsettled, but the rain held off all
morning.  Breeding is mostly done at Marymoor, with only the Osprey still
visibly feeding unfledged young.  For a while it seemed like we were only
on the losing end of Post-breeding Dispersal, but by the end of the day,
we'd had a few post-breeding visitors ourselves.

Highlights:

   - Hooded Merganser - One a Rowing Club was the first since May
   - RED-NECKED GREBE - One on the lake, our earliest fall sighting ever
   for this species
   - American Coot - A late scan of the lake turned up one, first since
   early May
   - Spotted Sandpiper - Two unspotted birds on the weir
   - California Gull - About 10 on the lake, many of them juveniles
   - Caspian Tern - At least 4 over the lake
   - Green Heron - One juvenile on the old Beaver lodge opposite Dog Central
   - Cooper's Hawk - I had one after the survey
   - Barn Owl - Matt had one pre-dawn from the Lake Platform (!)
   - Western Screech-Owl - Matt heard one pre-dawn
   - Cliff Swallow - Two in SE part of the park; first in 5 weeks
   - Orange-crowned Warbler - One in nice mixed flock south of East Meadow
   - Black-throated Gray Warbler - At least one in the same mixed flock
   - Wilson's Warbler - At least one in the same mixed flock as well

Misses today included Killdeer, Warbling Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Brown-headed Cowbird, and Black-headed Grosbeak.

We also missed Tree Swallows for the first time since early March, as
expected.  We've only had about a dozen Tree Swallow sightings ever after
the end of July.

For the day, counting three species I added late, 59 species.

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