Hi Michael,

Can you tell if the remaining Osprey are juveniles or adults? Last year an
adult male was still fishing in the lake on October 2,2022 when I went for
my last swim of the season.

Thanks,
Ronda



On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 7:01 PM birdmarymoor <birdmarymoor at frontier.com>
wrote:


> For a rainy day, we actually had some fairly nice weather at times this

> morning. And it was birdy, though the birds were often frustratingly hard

> to see.

>

> Highlights:

> Cackling Goose - Quite a number of smallish fly-over flocks

> Eurasian Collared-Dove - One flew down the Dog Meadow. Our 3rd

> sighting of the year

> Osprey - *STILL* activity at both nests

> Cooper's Hawk - Two juveniles chasing around the Pea Patch

> Merlin - One streaked across the East Meadow - 4th sighting in the

> last 7 weeks

> Violet-green Swallow - Maybe 20 total, in several sightings

> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Tony saw one, First of Fall (FOF)

> Varied Thrush - Two heard clearly, Dog Meadow. (FOF)

> Swainson's Thrush - Tony heard a couple pre-dawn. Almost certainly

> last for the year

> Hermit Thrush - One seen well, Dog Meadow (FOF)

> CHIPPING SPARROW - Juvenile in Pea Patch presumably the same bird as

> last week

> Fox Sparrow - Several, some singing (FOF)

> Orange-crowned Warbler - At least 5, and possibly several more

> Wilson's Warbler - One in large cotton woods SE of Dog Central

>

> We had salmon swimming up towards the weir. And in the slough out from

> the start of the boardwalk, we had great looks at a 6"-long crayfish! In

> the Pet Memorial Garden, a crow caught some mouse-like critter while we

> watched.

>

> A late scan of the lake turned up a couple more First of Fall birds (FOF)

> birds - AMERICAN WIGEON (1 or 2), and LESSER SCAUP (3) with another scaup

> that looked to be GREATER, though too far away to be sure.

>

> Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, Green Heron, Downy

> Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Bushtit, Marsh Wren, American Pipit (though might

> have heard), and Lincoln's Sparrow (also might have heard).

>

> For the day, counting the two lake ducks, 54 species.

>

> = Michael Hobbs

> = http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm

> = BirdMarymoor at gmail.com

>

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