[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-05-30

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - The rain eased up right around the official start time (5:30
a.m.), and we did the survey without getting more than a few drops on us.
We even saw our shadows late in the morning.  But it wasn't warm (44-53),
and the birds could have been a little more cooperative.  Still, it was a
good morning.

Highlights:
     Wood Duck - Two (maybe three) clutches of ducklings
     Blue-winged Teal - Male, seen best at Lake Platform
     Common Merganser - Female with around 8 ducklings on her back, seen
from the Rowing Club dock
     Spotted Sandpiper - Downstream flyby from the Rowing Club dock
     Downy Woodpecker - Nest exchange near the start of the boardwalk
     Bullock's Oriole - Silent female a little north of the heronry.  First
of Year (FOY)
     MacGillivray's Warbler - One singing and glimpsed SW of the concert
stage; may have heard another earlier (FOY)

The heronry has many large juveniles stuffing the nests.  There were baby
birds of several species.

Misses today included Rock Pigeon, Glaucous-winged Gull, Green Heron, Cliff
Swallow, Wilson's Warbler, and Western Tanager.

For the day, 61 species.  I believe we're now at 123 species for the year.

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