Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2014-10-16
Date: Oct 16 16:02:45 2014
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at frontier.com


Despite recent wet weather, today was really nice. Pre-dawn, it was fogless, windless, light overcast and 50 degrees. By noon, it was sunny, windless, and 61 degrees. It wasn?t tremendously birdy, but there were a handful of surprises.

Highlights:

Cackling Goose 200+, early flyovers mostly. None landed.
TURKEY VULTURE Latest fall sightings ever ? 3 birds by the end
Ring-billed Gull First of Fall
Barn Owl Matt watched from before 5 a.m. Had one bird after 7 a.m.
Falcon Possibly a Peregrine, flying south over east edge of the park
American Pipits Several flyovers, none found on the ground though
C. YELLOWTHROAT Same bird as last week; only 4 records later
PINE SISKIN 20-30 birds. First for 2014, only 2nd sighting since July 2013

After the walk, I made a last look at lake birds from the northwest corner, and found FIVE additional species:

Canada Goose Eight. Might also have been some in the morning Cackler flocks.
SCAUP sp. Four birds ? First of Fall, early
RUDDY DUCK Three birds confirmed FOF, early? saw but could ID from lake platform
Horned Grebe 1
California Gull At least 1

For the walk, 55 species. Counting my final five: 60 species.

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