[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-10-03

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - Last week it was 49 degrees when we started.  Today it was 37
degrees!  Very nice weather; nice stars before sunrise, only a little fog,
and sunshine.  The sun and the lack of wind meant we didn't suffer too
badly from the cold, and that things warmed up pretty well.  It was 54
degrees by 11:45 when we were done.

Highlights:
     Falcon sp. - Probably a Peregrine, but it passed right overhead so
fast that we couldn't be sure
     Common Raven - Never an expected bird at the park.  One flew overhead
at the East Meadow.  First of Fall (FOF)
     Pacific Wren - One singing just east of the weir (FOF)
     Lincoln's Sparrow - One, in an odd location for Lincoln's: the start
of the boardwalk
     Western Meadowlark - Three in the grass/gravel parking triangle in the
NE part of the park
     Townsend's Warbler - At least one just NE of the mansion (FOF)

Misses today included American Coot, Wilson's Snipe, gulls other than
Glaucous-winged, Green Heron, Bushtit, Cedar Waxwing, American Pipit, and
Common Yellowthroat.

The day not only had some unexpected misses, it also was short on
surprises.  Except for the Raven and Townsend's Warbler, pretty much
everything we saw was predictable and expected.

Still a nice day, though.

For today, 49 species plus the falcon.

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