[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-03-24

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Tweets – It was colder than we expected this morning (36-43 degrees), but it was neither rainy nor blowy.  Just a thin overcast most of the morning that kept things cold and not very spring-like.  It was fairly birdy and we did pretty well spotting far-away birds.

Highlights:
  a.. Band-tailed Pigeon – I spotted two flying away from the Rowing Club dock – First of Year (FOY) 
  b.. Rufous Hummingbird – 1 near East Footbridge, one at Rowing Club (FOY for the survey; I had one on Monday) 
  c.. California Gull – 1 with other gulls on grass/gravel parking lot 
  d.. Sharp-shinned Hawk – one south of the East Meadow; first in 7 weeks 
  e.. Barn Owl – 1 seen from the Viewing Mound not long before sunrise 
  f.. Pileated Woodpecker – Seen twice 
  g.. Cedar Waxwing – small flock north of Rowing Club 
  h.. Savannah Sparrow – 1 singing in East Meadow (FOY) 
  i.. Yellow-rumped Warbler – Many (20+), all “Audubon’s” among those seen well enough for ID 
  j.. Townsend’s Warbler – One west of mansion
Misses included Short-billed Gull, Cooper’s Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Shrike (seen Monday and Tuesday though), and American Goldfinch.

Disappointingly, we didn’t have a Say’s Phoebe (seen last Sunday) or Mountain Bluebird (seen Tuesday).

Still, we found 67 species, the first week of 2022 with 60+ species.

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