Forgot to mention 2 things I meant to include:

We had only a single swallow, a lone BARN SWALLOW, so swallows may be done
for the year.

And we had one real surprise. We don't really think of small mammals moving
around a lot through "unsuitable" habitat, but they must do some of that.
We had our first ever DOUGLAS SQUIRREL, along the slough at the 2nd dog swim
beach. It ran across the beach access and went into a small maple. There
are no large conifers anywhere near that location, and very few cones on the
very young planted Doug Firs in the riparian strip. Now, is this
post-breeding dispersal, migration, or what??? :)

= Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hobbs" <birdmarymoor at verizon.net>
To: "Tweeters (E-mail)" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 12:44 PM
Subject: Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2009-09-24


> Tweets - we had an unexpectedly good day at Marymoor last Thursday. It
> was overcast, but we didn't suffer from fog nor precipitation. Fall is
> definitely here, though we did find one good flock, just south of the Dog
> Area, of hangers-on from summer.
>
> Highlights:
>
> American Wigeon First of fall
> Northern Harrier Several looks
> Barn Owl Early over the East Meadow
> Western Wood-Pewee One at the Rowing Club
> Warbling Vireo One with "the flock"
> Orange-crowned Warbler One with "the flock"
> Yellow Warbler One with "the flock"
> Yellow-rumped Warbler About 5 with "the flock"
> Black-throated Gray " One with "the flock"
> American Pipit About 15 in grass soccer field lot
> Fox Sparrow One gave us great looks
>
> We had a 5 woodpecker day (the expected 5: RBSA, DOWO, HAWO, NOFL, PIWO),
> though the Hairy was barely seen, and the Pileated was heard to the west
> of the park.
>
> And we had the 8 expected sparrows - Towhee, Savannah, Fox, Song,
> Lincoln's, White-crowned, Golden-crowned, and Junco.
>
> == Michael Hobbs
> == Kirkland, WA
> == http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
> == http://www.marymoor.org/BirdBlog.htm
> == birdmarymoor at verizon.net
>
>