[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-09-12

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - We had cool overcast today, a little dark for great viewing.  It
was birdy, then it wasn't, then it was, then it wasn't, then it was.  One
of those days.

Highlights:
     Green-winged Teal - Two females in the slough; still unexpected this
time of the year
     Double-crested Cormorant - One flew north up the slough - First of
Fall (FOF), and rather early
     Cooper's Hawk - Two juveniles seen together
     Western Screech-Owl - One heard pre-dawn - First of Year (FOY)
     American Kestrel - Adult male near NE ballfields, probably the same
individual as last week
     Warbling Vireo - One in a nice migrant flock near the first Dog Swim
Beach.  Getting late for vireos
     CHIPPING SPARROW - One just SW of the Pea Patch (FOY)
     Orange-crowned Warblers - Several to Quite a Few; a little hard to get
an accurate count with multiple birds seen simultaneously.  Maybe 7 total?
     Black-throated Gray Warblers - Two in that nice mixed flock with the
vireo and 2+ of the Orange-crowned Warblers
     Western Tanager - One heard, later an adult male at the Rowing Club

After dipping on them last week, today there were about 8 SAVANNAH SPARROWS
at the north end of the East Meadow.  These appeared to be larger, more
colorful, and more contrasty than the nesting birds; it is typical for us
to get birds with this appearance at Marymoor just after the last of "our"
Savannah's clear out.

The East Meadow was also really good for LINCOLN'S SPARROW today, with
perhaps 7 birds noted.

Misses today included Band-tailed Pigeon, Vaux's Swift, Virginia Rail,
Green Heron, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Willow Flycatcher, Marsh Wren,
American Pipit, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, and Yellow
Warbler.

Despite that long list of "misses", we managed 56 species (which includes
one non-GWGU larus)

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