[Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-08-29

[Michael Hobbs via Tweeters]

Tweets - I am sick with something starting yesterday, and since I was
possibly exposed to COVID on Sunday, I decided I should not join the rest
of the crew for today's survey.  It was ably handled by Mason, Jordan,
Sherrie, et. al.   Instead, I slept in, and then did the walk solo starting
at 9:00 a.m.  Made for an interesting comparison between the two lists.

The day was perfectly sunny, windless, and not too hot.  Birds were active,
but didn't make many calls or songs.  However, if you saw even a single
leaf twitch in a tree, you knew there was a bird there.  I spent a LOT of
time staring at each tree, waiting.  I then had only about a 60% chance of
identifying the bird that made the leaf move, and most of the time it would
turn out to be a chickadee or nuthatch.  But there were birds in those
trees, that's for sure.

Highlights:
     Western Grebe - I had one from the Lake Platform.  First of Fall (FOF)
and the 2nd earliest fall sighting for WEGR ever
     Wilson's Snipe - I had one below the weir (FOF), and tied for 2nd
earliest fall sighting
     Cooper's Hawk - The main survey group had a group of three juveniles;
I had one or two
     Five Woodpecker Day for the main survey group.  I missed Pileated
     Willow Flycatcher - I had notably many (7?) plus a few more brief
sightings of empid spp. that were probably Willow
     Western Flycatcher - I had one just past the boardwalk
     Pine Siskin - The main survey group had two (FOF, if that can apply to
finches)
     Lincoln's Sparrow - The main survey group had one near the Viewing
Mound (FOF)
     MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER - I had one in the willows below the weir (FOF
and almost certainly Last Of Fall too; not really expected in fall)
     Orange-crowned Warbler - One for them, one for me, 1-1
     Yellow Warbler -  3-1
     Black-throated Gray Warbler - 3-1 (maybe 3-2)
     Wilson's Warbler - 1-2 (FOF)
     Common Yellowthroats - 10-7, made for a 6 warbler day
     Western Tanager - One for the main survey

Misses on the combined checklist:  Vaux's Swift, Green Heron, Barn Owl,
Warbling Vireo, Red-winged Blackbird, and Black-headed Grosbeak.

For the day, 53 species for the main survey, 51 for me, for a combined 60
species.  We had 63 species last week, but seven First of Fall species this
week, so several species seen last week were not present today.  Birds are
moving.

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