[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-09-28
Ronda Stark
rondastark18 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 09:21:38 PDT 2023
Hi Michael,
Can you tell if the remaining Osprey are juveniles or adults? Last year an
adult male was still fishing in the lake on October 2,2022 when I went for
my last swim of the season.
Thanks,
Ronda
On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 7:01 PM birdmarymoor <birdmarymoor at frontier.com>
wrote:
> For a rainy day, we actually had some fairly nice weather at times this
> morning. And it was birdy, though the birds were often frustratingly hard
> to see.
>
> Highlights:
> Cackling Goose - Quite a number of smallish fly-over flocks
> Eurasian Collared-Dove - One flew down the Dog Meadow. Our 3rd
> sighting of the year
> Osprey - *STILL* activity at both nests
> Cooper's Hawk - Two juveniles chasing around the Pea Patch
> Merlin - One streaked across the East Meadow - 4th sighting in the
> last 7 weeks
> Violet-green Swallow - Maybe 20 total, in several sightings
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Tony saw one, First of Fall (FOF)
> Varied Thrush - Two heard clearly, Dog Meadow. (FOF)
> Swainson's Thrush - Tony heard a couple pre-dawn. Almost certainly
> last for the year
> Hermit Thrush - One seen well, Dog Meadow (FOF)
> CHIPPING SPARROW - Juvenile in Pea Patch presumably the same bird as
> last week
> Fox Sparrow - Several, some singing (FOF)
> Orange-crowned Warbler - At least 5, and possibly several more
> Wilson's Warbler - One in large cotton woods SE of Dog Central
>
> We had salmon swimming up towards the weir. And in the slough out from
> the start of the boardwalk, we had great looks at a 6"-long crayfish! In
> the Pet Memorial Garden, a crow caught some mouse-like critter while we
> watched.
>
> A late scan of the lake turned up a couple more First of Fall birds (FOF)
> birds - AMERICAN WIGEON (1 or 2), and LESSER SCAUP (3) with another scaup
> that looked to be GREATER, though too far away to be sure.
>
> Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, Green Heron, Downy
> Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Bushtit, Marsh Wren, American Pipit (though might
> have heard), and Lincoln's Sparrow (also might have heard).
>
> For the day, counting the two lake ducks, 54 species.
>
> = Michael Hobbs
> = http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
> = BirdMarymoor at gmail.com
>
>
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