[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-09-26

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - Yesterday started a bit cold, but warmed quickly.  Our first
survey after the Fall equinox was decidedly tilted away from summer birds,
but many winter species have yet to arrive.  So things were pretty quiet
for much of the walk.

Highlights:
     Greater White-fronted Goose - Like in many places in King County,
yesterday's skies were filled with flocks of GWFG.  We had several,
totalling a couple of dozen birds.  Some landed in the park
     Cackling Goose - We also had flocks of Cacklers, with about 100
landing in the park, First of Fall (FOF)
     Hutton's Vireo - One was calling, and I was able to track it down near
the windmill.  I think this counts as (FOF), since there seems to be
seasonality of HUVI at the park
     Violet-green Swallow - Maybe 50 today, our first VGSW since July!
Does that make this (FOF)???  Probably Last of Fall too.
     Barn Swallow - A few mixed in with the VGSW, also possibly Last of Fall
     Red-winged Blackbird - Three or four, after a four week absence (FOF?)
     Orange-crowned Warbler - One in the Dog Meadow
     Common Yellowthroat - Numbers way down, maybe 3 detected.  Both OCWA
and COYE will likely be mostly disappearing in the next week
     Yellow-rumped Warbler - Several scattered birds (FOF).  All those seen
well were Myrtle-type

A late scan of the lake confirmed CALIFORNIA GULL, and added our only
OSPREY and BELTED KINGFISHER.

Misses yesterday included Hooded Merganser, Rock Pigeon, American Coot,
Green Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Bald Eagle, Cedar Waxwing, and American Pipit.

For Week 38 (last week), we've had a cumulative 132 species over the last
30 years.  For Week 40 (next week), we've had a cumulative 123 species.
The current Week 39 has had only 116 species, so it's not much of a
surprise that yesterday we managed only 51 species.

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