Hi Tweeters,

I would not be surprised that a Broad-winged Hawk was spotted in West Seattle. I volunteer with Rocky Point Bird Observatory, which is between Victoria and Sooke and juts out into the strait of Juan de Fuca. We get a lot of raptors migrating over Rocky Point and in the two weeks that I was up there (September 15-October 1), there were many Broad-winged Hawks among the Turkey Vultures, accipitors, and Red-tailed Hawks.

Megan Lyden
Bellevue

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Today's Topics:

1. Broad-winged hawk in West Seattle? (Jennifer Walsh Fisher)
2. Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-10-13 (Michael Hobbs)
3. Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 10/12/22
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At 12:40 today I watched two red tailed hawks soaring above my house. Another buteo looked different. It was smaller than the red tailed, short one white band on tail. Anyone else the broad-winged today in West Seattle or nearby? I live in West Seattle on the bluff overlooking Lincoln Park.


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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:42:42 -0700
From: Michael Hobbs <birdmarymoor at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-10-13
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Tweets - It was cold enough this morning that we lingered wherever we found sun to linger in. There weren't huge numbers of birds, and if we hadn't kept stopping to warm up we would have finished far too quickly. Long stretches of Not Much, but there were some birds including four species of goose, four species of woodpecker, and eight species of sparrow.

Highlights:

- Snow Goose - One juvenile in slough, with Canadas. Also there
yesterday. First of Fall (*FOF*)
- Greater White-fronted Goose - Two flew over the Viewing Mound just
before sunrise (*FOF*)
- American Wigeon - Small number heard flying overhead pre-dawn
- American Coot - Four in slough (*FOF*)
- American Pipit - Unknown number flying around Viewing Mound pre-dawn.
Caught sight of a few in flight
- White-throated Sparrow - One near the Dog Area porta-potties (*FOF*)

A late scan of the lake turned up a few RING-NECKED DUCKS in the NE corner of the the lake, and a WILSON' S SNIPE flying past the Lake Platform. Two other species were seen too far south for the Marymoor list: one Marsh Wren, and nine RUDDY DUCKS.

Misses today included Gadwall, Western Grebe, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Barn Owl, Chestnut-backed Chickadee*, Bushtit*, Marsh Wren*, Cedar Waxwing*, and Lincoln's Sparrow.

The ones above marked with an asterisk* were birds I did see yesterday.
Other birds I had 10/12 but not today included CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAY and WESTERN MEADOWLARK.

For the day, 51 species (and 57 for the week).

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