Date: 10/16/25 4:42 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-10-16
Tweets - My car reported 34 degrees pre-dawn, but in patches it was below freezing. There was frost on the boardwalk railings and on the grass in the East Meadow. Once the sun rose it did warm up well (20 degree shift by noon). It was a really beautiful day, though it did slowly cloud up. Birdy at times. Several First of Fall (FOF) birds.
Highlights: Green-winged Teal - 3+ in the slough (FOF) American Coot - 2 in the slough near the lake (FOF) Double-crested Cormorant - About 20 flew up the slough towards the lake (FOF) Sharp-shinned Hawk - Juvenile near the start of the boardwalk Cooper's Hawk - One juvenile harassing (and harassed by) crows. We also had 1-2 accipidrine hawks we could not get to species Pileated Woodpecker - Heard several times, seen both at the beginning and towards the end of the walk Bushtit - Flock of ~50 near the mansion. It can be hard to count that long a stream of tiny birds White-throated Sparrow - One in blackberries and alders near Dog Area portapotties. First of Year (FOY) Western Meadowlark - Several in the NE part of the park, including some vocalizing Orange-crowned Warbler - One near southernmost dog swim beach - Quite bright
A late scan of the lake turned up a single male BUFFLEHEAD (FOF).
Misses today included Hooded Merganser, California Gull, Western Grebe, Merlin, and Cedar Waxwing.
For the day, 58 species. For the year, adding White-throated Sparrow, we're at 131 species for the survey