[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-01-08

[Matt Bartels via Tweeters]

Tweets -
It was a clear, crisp day at Marymoor Park today. 4 of us filled in for a traveling Michael. 

We enjoyed the clear weather, but the day was peppered with long stretches where the birds seemed to disappear. Nevertheless, several good highlights for the relatively new year:
Trumpeter Swans - 14 flew overhead
Barn Owl - 2 before dawn in the East Meadow/Model Airplane Field
Northern Shrike - 1 in the east meadow
Varied Thrush - we speculated the snow in the mountains would bring us one today, and sure enough one obliged
Western Meadowlark - our wintering flock of ~14 made another appearance

Notable misses today included: Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, Anna’s Hummingbird, Rock Pigeon, Killdeer, Bushtit, Purple Finch and American Goldfinch.

For the day, we came up with 48 species, about 7 of which look like new Marymoor walk year birds, bringing the year total to about 59.

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA
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