Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2020-09-03
Date: Thu Sep 3 14:19:07 PDT 2020
From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com - birdmarymoor at gmail.com

Tweets -; an absolutely glorious day, weatherwise. Sunny, windless, temps rising from 53-73. Rather a quiet day for birding, though, with many of our summer birds gone, and only a couple of species to fill in the gaps.

Highlights:
a.. Ring-necked Duck -; concluded two dark birds at the lake were juveniles of this species, based on head shape, facial coloration, and bill size -; Early First of Fall
b.. Common Merganser -; one in the slough
c.. MOURNING DOVE -; quick flyby look -; First for 2020 for us. Lillian photographed one earlier this week at the park
d.. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD -; one at the Rowing Club -; our second latest fall sighting. Only 3 sightings ever after the Week 34
e.. Virginia Rail -; one responded to clapping from the far side of the slough
f.. Sharp-shinned Hawk -; two sightings (one that gave great view). Same bird???
g.. Barn Swallow -; three; our only swallows
h.. Lincoln's Sparrow -; One in Pea Patch -; right on time for our First of Fall. Also had one at the Redmond Retention Ponds on my way home
i.. Yellow Warbler -; one from the lake edge
j.. Black-throated Gray Warbler -; one along west edge of Dog Meadow
Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Vaux's Swift, Cooper's Hawk, Willow Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Red-winged Blackbird, and Orange-crowned Warbler. We would have missed Bald Eagle and Red-tailed Hawk, only I saw one of each as I left the park.

For the day, 55 species.

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