[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-01-23

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - Our 24 degree starting temperature was by far the coldest this
winter, but the skies were clear, the sun was shining (and warming), and
there was no wind.   Some water is frozen now, including the Rowing Club
ponds, and that probably explains why we had many more ducks in the slough
this week.  Even away from the slough, it was a really good day.

Highlights:
     Greater White-fronted Goose - Seven below the weir, with Cacklers and
Canadas
     Wood Duck - Pair from the Lake Platform.  First of Year (FOY)
     Northern Pintail - Two males below the weir.  First since September,
so obviously (FOY)
     Green-winged Teal - Notably many, include a "Eurasian" male.  We have
previously had a total of 10 sightings of 4 "Eurasian" subspecies birds.
     American Coot - One in slough, seen from Lake Platform (FOY)
     Wilson's Snipe - More than ten below the weir, mostly on the far shore
     Hermit Thrush - One at the Rowing Club (FOY)
     Purple Finch - At least one seen calling near Dog Meadow (FOY)
     AM. TREE SPARROW - One continuing, west edge of East Meadow
     Yellow-rumped Warbler - One near the windmill (FOY)

Matt and I also found a day-roosting NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, the first time
we've ever done so at Marymoor.   All other times we've had them have been
in full-dark, either calling unseen, or calling and glimpsed.

A late scan of the lake confirmed the HORNED GREBE and RING-NECKED DUCK we
were fairly sure we'd seen from the Lake Platform.

Misses today included Greater Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Virginia Rail,
Short-billed Gull, and Ring-billed Gull.  I should have mentioned that in
missing American Coot the first 3 weeks of the year, we'd NEVER missed them
before.  All three weeks had been 30 of 30 years.

For the day, 59 species (!), with SEVEN new for the year, to get us to 67
species in 2025.  It was a good day.

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