[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-10-19

[Michael Hobbs]

Tweets - It was a gorgeous day.  The clear dawn, with Venus and Jupiter to
the East and West was gorgeous, if a touch foggy, and rather nippy at 46
degrees.  The mostly sunny morning took care of the chill quickly.  It
wasn't terribly birdy, but things popped up here and there.  That said,
quite a few species were heard-only.

Highlights:
     Cackling Goose - Perhaps 1200 in many small flocks flying past at
sunrise; a very few landed in the park
     Mourning Dove - Two near the start of the boardwalk
     American Coot - Some in the NW corner of the lake, First of Fall (FOF)
     Ring-billed Gull - At least one on the grass soccer field flock of
gulls at dawn (FOF)
     California Gull - Ditto, including the (FOF)
     Glaucous-winged Gull - Most of the flock was "Olympic" gulls, with a
few seemingly pure GWGU
     Double-crested Cormorant - Two flying down the slough (FOF)
     Cooper's Hawk - Several sightings.  Possible Sharp-shinned too
     Pacific Wren - Three, heard-only, as were all of our three species of
wren.  (FOF)
     Orange-crowned Warbler - One along the slough just downstream of the
boardwalk
     Yellow-rumped Warbler - Several
     Townsend's Warbler - One or two in the Dog Meadow, for a 3-warbler day
in late October

Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Western Grebe, Virginia Rail,
Merlin, Purple Finch, Savannah Sparrow, and Lincoln's Sparrow.

For the day, 55 species.

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