Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2020-08-20
Date: Thu Aug 20 14:32:26 PDT 2020
From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com - birdmarymoor at gmail.com

Tweets -; it was dark and wet to start, but the clouds cleared and we had some sun later. Our biggest problem was that we dressed for rain but we were beset by humidity and heat. It was a very muggy morning. Birds were occasionally active, but mostly pretty thin. There were definitely some things to see though.

Highlights:
a.. Common Merganser -; four at the weir; first in 5 weeks
b.. Anna's Hummingbird -; seemed notably abundant
c.. American Coot -; lone bird still; more should be arriving in the coming few weeks
d.. Caspian Tern -; two flying north separately. We've only ever had a couple of sightings later than this
e.. Great Blue Heron -; heard a couple of grum-grum-grum calls, so we deduce there is at least one baby still on the nests. Otherwise, quiet
f.. Green Heron -; two
g.. Accipiter sp. -; Probable Cooper's Hawk, Fields 7-8-9
h.. Barn Owl -; one glimpsed around 6 a.m.
i.. Western Screech-Owl -; at least two birds, predawn. Last was heard after 6 a.m.
j.. Belted Kingfisher -; MANY sightings of two birds chasing each other. Probably just 2 total
k.. MERLIN -; Saw at least twice; being chased by Purple Martins who were not amused
l.. BANK SWALLOW -; 99 percent sure I'm right; flying with Barn Swallows near Viewing Mound. Might have been two
m.. Pine Siskin -; a few in a couple of places. Our first ever for Week 34
n.. CHIPPING SPARROW -; one adult in Pea Patch
o.. Black-throated Gray Warbler -; 2-3 along edge of Dog Meadow
p.. Wilson's Warbler -; two north of weir along slough, near the Madrone tree
q.. Black-headed Grosbeak -; one
The probable BANK SWALLOW was a brown-backed, white-bellied swallow with a white chin and some darkness in a collar across the upper breast. I never got a perfect look. Some Tree Swallows can show something similar, but this looked more like Bank to me. Also, we've never had Tree Swallow at Marymoor after the 11th of August, and only a dozen August sightings total, whereas we've had Bank Swallow 8/4/11, 8/8/09, 8/18/15, and 9/9/16.

For animals, we had RIVER OTTERS below the weir and a DEER at the Rowing Club

Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit, Red-winged Blackbird, and Yellow Warbler.

For the day, 56 species.

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