[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-11-14

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - Our walk this morning was blissfully free of interruption by bird
sightings.  Except for Kinglets which were numerous and widespread.
Luckily, we were also almost completely free of precipitation, with only a
little mist and mizzle until about 10:30, when we had some drizzle.  The
real rains came on my way home.

Highlights:
     Peregrine Falcon - Quick flyby at the mansion - First of Year (FOY)
     California Scrub-Jay - Continue north of the maintenance facility near
the east entrance to the park
     Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Very common and widespread
     Golden-crowned Kinglet - At least twice as numerous as RCKI, and at
least as widespread

We did have SEVEN SPECIES OF DUCK, but that totaled a mere 25 birds, half
of which were MALLARDS.  There was a lone AMERICAN WIGEON, about 5-6
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, one RING-NECKED DUCK and two BUFFLEHEAD in the slough,
and two each of COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER.

Other highlights were some good conversations and temps right around 50 all
morning long, chilly with the breeze but not bad.

Misses today included:  Gadwall, American Coot, Killdeer, Cooper's Hawk,
Northern Shrike, Bushtit, Marsh Wren, American Goldfinch, and Lincoln's
Sparrow.  And super-surprising, we had only a tiny heard-only flock of
CACKLING GEESE at about 7:30, with none landing in the park.  This, after
~2000 on recent Thursdays.

For the day, we managed to eke out 51 species, and with notably low numbers
of almost all of those.  By my numbers, we had 26 species with fewer than 5
individuals, and another 10 with 6-10 individuals.  Only AMERICAN CROW (75)
and PINE SISKIN (100?) were over 50 individuals.  Median 5, mean of fewer
than 10.  Not a very exciting day.

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