[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-01-05

[Michael Hobbs]

Tweets - The raging winds were supposed to subside, but they never really
did.  Otherwise, the weather was pretty nice, and it wasn't too
uncomfortable walking around.  It's just that it wasn't very birdy at all.
With strong gusts from the south, birds were hunkered down, hard to hear,
hard to see, hard to find.

Highlights:

   - Ring-necked Pheasant - Lonesome George II has made it to the New
   Year.  Heard him from the Compost Piles, our first detection since Dec. 1.
   - Crows chasing an accipiter in the Pea Patch.  The hawk was a juvenile,
   and we had trouble deciding if it were Sharpie or Cooper's.  I'm leaving it
   as Accipiter sp.

Except for the numerous geese, robins, starlings, coots, and crows, we did
have a bit of a sense of accomplishment every time we managed to track down
a bird.  Any bird.  For finches, we had a handful of flybys of 2-3 birds,
with occasional calls poorly heard, only good enough to barely get House
Finch on the list.  We only had one woodpecker - a single Northern Flicker.

Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Wilson's Snipe, Ring-billed Gull, a
definite Cooper's Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Bushtit, and Purple Finch.  We
have retained great opportunity for First of Year (FOY) birds in coming
weeks.

For the day, and the year, 46 species (including the accipiter), plus the
Pheasant.

Happy New Year everyone.

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