Hi Michael,
I try to monitor our Osprey on the Seattle side of the lake and we still
have 2 juveniles that I know of-- could you determine whether the remaining
Osprey at Marymoor was an adult or a juvenile?
Thank you,
Ronda
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49
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degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too.
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Highlights:
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Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get
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fairly few sightings after mid-September
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Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the
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slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location
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Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely
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to get another sighting this year
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American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow
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Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a
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two falcon day
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog
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Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF)
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Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen
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(FOF)
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Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the year
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Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF)
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We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks
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flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but
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hard to be sure.
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Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California
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Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some
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yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have
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heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler.
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Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species
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(not counting the mystery ducks). Not a bad day.
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= Michael Hobbs
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= BirdMarymoor at gmail.com
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= www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
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