• Common Goldeneye - One (maybe two) females.  Just our 10th COGO sighting ever for late-April and May
• Hooded Merganser - At least two, and shockingly only our second since late February
• Band-tailed Pigeon - Our second time this spring, but they should become regular starting next week, through at least July
• Vaux's Swift - A few amongst the horde of Tree/Violet-green Swallows.  First of Spring (FOS), and on the earlier side for first sighting
• Great Blue Heron - Young big enough to be visible on some of the nests
• Five Woodpecker Day - All seen
• Merlin - At least one, probably two.  Fourth week in a row
• Western Warbling Vireo - One heard singing, but not seen, at the Rowing Club.  (FOS), and tied for the earliest ever !!!
• Tree & Violet-green Swallows - Large numbers overhead just about everywhere
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Several over the slough below the weir, late
• American Robin - Adult sitting on a nest at the very south end of the Dog Meadow
• Brown-headed Cowbird - (FOS) and a very late return.  They're typically around all of April.  Many today, though
• Northern Yellow Warbler - One heard singing, but unseen, east from the SE part of the East Meadow (FOS).  2nd earliest return ever, and that by only one day !!!
• Yellow-rumped Warbler - Many, many, many, and all I was able to see well were "Audubon's", and virtually all male

• Cackling Goose - Eric had a small flock fly over before 6:30 - pretty late for Marymoor
• Wilson’s Snipe - still one around
• Great Blue Heron - this week several young birds were heard ‘grum grum-ing’ at the rookery
• Barn Owl - one seen right around sunrise
• All 5 regular woodpeckers eventually showed up, though Sapsucker managed to hide until the Rowing Club
• 5 swallow species, including our first Purple Martins of the year (FOY), with several inspecting the gourds at the lake platform
• Ruby-crowned Kinglets - still a couple around, singing
• Varied Thrush - one late, at the mansion area

• Greater White-fronted Goose - still a group hanging out at the weir - getting late for them here
• Eurasian Collared-Dove -  one flew in and perched by the east meadow viewing mound for nice looks.  First of Year (FOY)
• Wilson’s Snipe - just one still around
• Great Blue Heron - at the heronry we heard the ‘grum grum grum’ sounds of new borns - most of the nests appeared to have incubating adults on them
• Osprey - after a couple weeks of reports but nothing enduring, they are back repeated display flights, one at the nest and one perhaps building a new nest on the light poles.  For the survey, (FOY)
• Bushtit - nice views of a pair attending a nest
• Ruby-crowned Kinglets - still a few around, singing
• American Pipit - nice flock of 20+ flying around the gravel parking on the north lots (FOY)
• Fox Sparrow - several still singing
• Golden-crowned Sparrows - still quite a few around up in trees and singing
• Yellow-rumped Warblers - good looks at both Audubon’s and Myrtle

• Band-tailed Pigeon - Finally got good looks at two flying birds.  First of Year (FOY) for the survey
• Virginia Rail - None seen, of course, but many "singing" the "Kiddick-kiddick"
• Double-crested Cormorant - A flock of ~40 a little before 7:00 was just about all that we found
• Merlin - A quick view of a bird in full attack mode on some poor bird, Dog Meadow
• Tree Swallow - Had only 1-2 we could identify
• Violet-green Swallow - Huge numbers high, later over the lake low, and still later low over the slough
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow - One spotted over the slough below the weir around 10:30
• Barn Swallow - One over the lake, one over the slough below the weir later (FOY)
• Bushtit - Seen building nest(s)
• Western Meadowlark - Five, including some song, on the grass/gravel lot near the Climbing Rock
• Common Yellowthroat - One song heard once from the boardwalk, a little more pre-dawn (FOY)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler - Both "Audubon's" and "Myrtle" males looking pretty sharp

•      Common Goldeneye - A couple in the slough, but a very distant duck flock turned out to be 21 COGO
•      Great Blue Heron - Some appeared to be sitting on the nest, as if on eggs
•      American Barn Owl - Sightings have been scarce this year, but this morning there was at least one seen
•      Five Woodpecker Day - With looks at all of our regular species
•      Hutton's Vireo - Near the windmill
•      Northern Rough-winged Swallow - A late scan of the lake turned up one.  3rd earliest date ever for this species.  First of Year (FOY)
•      MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - We had a flyover flock of 5, but later one male was reported in the East Meadow.  (FOY), and first since 2024
•      American Goldfinch - South end of the East Meadow.  (FOY) for the survey
•      Savannah Sparrow - A few, including at least one singing.  (FOY) for the survey
•      Orange-crowned Warbler - Two bright birds, one singing.  (FOY) for the survey

Say's Phoebe at the Model Airplane Field, 2026-03-23; Photo by Michael Hobbs

Say's Phoebe is very distinctive when flying away; Photo by Michael Hobbs

• American Wigeon - One below the weir was first in 4 weeks
• Rufous Hummingbird - This time everyone got to see the male at the south end of the Dog Meadow
• Sharp-shinned Hawk - In large cottonwood a bit south of the East Meadow.  First of Year (FOY)
• Cooper's Hawk - One in the Pea Patch
• Merlin - One flew east of the East Meadow
• Northern Shrike - One between the East Meadow and the model airplane field
• Tree Swallow - Many
• Violet-green Swallow - Hundreds, (FOY)
• Varied Thrush - One singing immediately south of Fields 7-8-9 in Snag Row
• White-throated Sparrow - FOUR TOGETHER along slough trail near the south end of the Dog Area
• Western Meadowlark - At least one, singing, East Meadow