Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2007-11-01
Date: Nov 1 17:00:42 2007
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Tweets - I wasn't expecting such nice weather. It was very pleasant - 41
degrees and windless when we began, and warming. It got a bit breezy once
we got past the lake platform, but really not too bad. Lots of puffy
clouds, but no threat of precipitation, and quite a bit of sun. It was
birdy too, though no surprises. There were about a dozen birders all told.

Highlights:

Cackling Goose 250, maybe, mixed with Canadas, on grass fields
Bufflehead First of Fall - pair at lake, male at RC pond
Northern Harrier East Meadow, early
Cooper's Hawk Adult in Dog Meadow, juvie at East Meadow
Red-tailed Hawk Adult caught prey north of fields 7-8-9
Bald Eagle Pair at "new nest" in deep cottonwood forest
Mew Gull 1000+ on soccer fields
Barn Owl East Meadow, around 7:25
Or.-crowned Warbler 1 near first benches
Y.-rumped Warbler More than a dozen
Townsend's Warbler 1 NE of mansion
Purple Finch GREAT looks, edges of Dog Meadow
Pine Siskin Flock of 25 on west side of slough

The BALD EAGLES were calling together, and generally seemed to be in and
about the "new nest", which was built starting about this time last year.
We'd thought we'd have front row seats for breeding season, as this nest is
very visible when the trees are leafless. With leaves on the trees,
however, this nest is next-to-invisible. We never saw anything indicating
nesting there this year, but visibility limited our ability to know. The
nest is only just now becoming visible again, as the leaves fall off the
trees.

The CANADA and CACKLING geese were mixed together, though in flight the
Cacklers were often in their own flocks. On the fields, it was a great
comparison of size and proportion, as the birds were so close.

For the day, 56 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net