Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2017-12-28
Date: Dec 28 16:24:37 2017
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at frontier.com


Tweets ? it was warm and damp, but we didn?t get more than a little mizzle today, despite a threatening overcast. There was a bit of breeze that cleared the fog. It was not very birdy, and I felt quite a sense of accomplishment that we found as many species as we did.

Highlights:
a.. Greater White-fronted Goose ? our lone adult seems to show up every week
b.. Cackling Goose ? maybe 800, seemingly all ?minimas?
c.. Greater Scaup ? a handful, maybe with a Lesser or two
d.. Killdeer ? around 25 ? unusual for Marymoor this time of year
e.. Green Heron ? found on the beaver lodge AGAIN
f.. Hairy Woodpecker ? female across from Rowing Club dock
g.. CEDAR WAXWING ? seven near East Kiosk ? uncommon at best in Dec. at Marymoor
h.. Pine Siskin ? three at Rowing Club; only 2nd sighting in the last 5 weeks
Matt heard NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL and WESTERN SCREECH-OWL predawn, and saw a GREAT HORNED OWL as well. BARN OWL (2?) were seen from the Viewing Mound after 7am

For they day, on our last regular visit of 2017, we had 55 species.

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