Date: 4/2/26 2:16 pm From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-04-02
Tweets - We had such high hopes for this mornings' survey, but the day was Dark, Drippy, and Dull. Overcast, with mizzle, and mid-40's temps that felt colder.
Highlights: Band-tailed Pigeon - Finally got good looks at two flying birds. First of Year (FOY) for the survey Virginia Rail - None seen, of course, but many "singing" the "Kiddick-kiddick" Double-crested Cormorant - A flock of ~40 a little before 7:00 was just about all that we found Merlin - A quick view of a bird in full attack mode on some poor bird, Dog Meadow Tree Swallow - Had only 1-2 we could identify Violet-green Swallow - Huge numbers high, later over the lake low, and still later low over the slough Northern Rough-winged Swallow - One spotted over the slough below the weir around 10:30 Barn Swallow - One over the lake, one over the slough below the weir later (FOY) Bushtit - Seen building nest(s) Western Meadowlark - Five, including some song, on the grass/gravel lot near the Climbing Rock Common Yellowthroat - One song heard once from the boardwalk, a little more pre-dawn (FOY) Yellow-rumped Warbler - Both "Audubon's" and "Myrtle" males looking pretty sharp
We also had a deer in the SE part of the park.
Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser, American Coot, Wilson's Snipe, Osprey (though there have been several reports other days), Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, Lincoln's Sparrow, and Brown-headed Cowbird.
For the day, 58 species. Adding Band-tailed Pigeon, Barn Swallow, and Common Yellowthroat, we're up to 87 species for the survey this year.
= Michael Hobbs = <BirdMarymoor...> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
