From cariddellwa at gmail.com Sun Aug 1 08:49:20 2021 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - June-July 2021 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, For the most part, they have been a quiet two months. That said, the White-rumped Sandpiper (code 5), 6-1-21, was the big news for June. It is the 278th species for the Edmonds city checklist and probably the best bird that has ever been seen in the Edmonds Marsh. We?re really glad that so many birders got to see it as it remained in the marsh all day and it was either a life bird or state bird for many, if not most. Other year birds include: Willow Flycatcher (code 3), 6-2-21, Edmonds marsh. Subsequent reports at this and a couple of other locations. Bullock?s Oriole (code 3), 6-7-21, Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood. We missed that species in 2020. Black Swift (code 4), 6-12-21, Edmonds marsh. Green Heron (code 3), 6-13-21, Edmonds marsh. Northern Harrier (code 3), 6-18-21, Haines Wharf Park. Ring-billed Gull (code 3), 7-9-21, Water Street public access. Baird?s Sandpiper (code 3), 7-30-21, Brackett?s Landing North beach. Semipalmated Sandpiper (code 3), 7-31-21, Edmonds marsh. On June 5th, a birder who was at Civic Field in the Edmonds Bowl reported a flyover of five swans. They were flying low and flew over twice. They were silent but he presumed they were Trumpeters. It is an unusual sighting for that time of year. I ran a species map in eBird to see if anyone had reported them there. I found nothing other than a few single swan reports for late May and early June in Western Washington. We had a report of a Great Horned Owl (code 4) hooting about 10:30 pm, July 28th, in the Soundview Place neighborhood north of downtown Edmonds. My thinking is that it is the same owl that is infrequently heard calling in the Seaview neighborhood and that it is either a lone bird or one of a pair that has a territory that includes these two neighborhoods and Southwest County Park. A couple of years ago, before we had birder reports of a Great Horned owl calling in these parts of north Edmonds, a homeowner at the north end of Soundview Place had told me they were frequently hearing an owl at night and they thought it was a Great Horned. None had been reported in the city for a number of years so I provided my email address and asked for a recording next time the owl was heard. The homeowner agreed but then never provided followup information. There were 28 Western Grebes on the waters off of Haines Wharf Park on July 31st. It is the only July report in eBird for this species in Edmonds or Snohomish County. The number seems to represent a first return of migrating Western Grebes to their usual wintering location between Edmonds and Whidbey Island. Our big misses of expected species for the year continue to be Eurasian Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal, American Coot, Surfbird, and Cassin?s Vireo. It is possible that we will pick up the wigeon when ducks return in the fall and the Surfbird in late fall or early winter. A couple of these species are in the eBird public data but we did not know the birders, other known birders were around and did not report them, and the reports contained no documentation. For these reasons, we opted not to add them to our year list. We have 170 species on our 2021 year list as of July 31st. I am always grateful to those of you who share your Edmonds sightings with me. It helps us keep an accurate track of our year birds and our rare birds. Thank you! If you would like a copy of our 2021 city checklist, please request it at checklistedmonds@gmail.com . 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I have read that Tree Swallows typically lay 4-7 eggs and Violet-green Swallows typically lay 4-6 eggs. Although it remains speculative, we could have lost a few eggs or chicks during the extreme heat. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From grevelas at integral-corp.com Sun Aug 1 11:21:04 2021 From: grevelas at integral-corp.com (Gene Revelas) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?windows-1252?q?Westport_Seabirds_Trip_Report_July_29?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_2021_=96_Short-tailed_Albatross=2C_Bar-tailed_Godwit?= =?windows-1252?q?=2C_and_Fog?= Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Captain Phil Anderson stood on the back deck of the Monte Carlo staring into the fog which had enshrouded us since leaving the Westport marina at 5:30 am, generally limiting visibility to no more than one quarter of a mile. It was about 11 am and we were about 35 nautical miles offshore. We had just left the chum spot at 125? W where we had gotten great looks at a number of Black-footed albatross and Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels, two Leach?s Storm-Petrels, a few Northern Fulmar, and a flyby Red Phalarope. As we had motored east from the chum spot, spotters Bill Shelmerdine and Scott Mills noted a larger, longer-necked, dark albatross sitting on the water just at the edge of the fog bank. It rose off the water and they briefly glimpsed its oversized, bubblegum pink bill, screaming out ?Short-tailed Albatross? as it disappeared into the mist. Only a handful of the 18 seabirders on board had glimpsed the backside of this bird as it faded away like the Black Sox players slipping into the cornfield in Field of Dreams. Phil immediately turned the boat into the direction of the bird?s disappearance, idled the engine, and now stood at the transom next to the chum buckets as everyone scanned in all directions hoping for a return appearance. A number of Black-foots moved in and out the fog line repeatedly raising and dashing our hopes. After a long ten minute wait with no bird, Phil and I (spotter Gene Revelas) discussed options: continue to motor in the direction of the bird?s disappearance; chum right here; or motor east towards home and the shrimp boats that we had passed earlier on the shelf edge. Phil grabbed the spoon from the beef suet bucket and tossed some into the sea, he then grabbed a herring from the other bucket and did the same. In less than a minute, Phil called out a larger albatross emerging from the mist. The large pink bill became obvious to all as the bird flew towards our wake, slowly circled the boat, and then landed on the water 30 yards away. By then, everybody was on deck and getting great looks and photographs of this juvenile Short-tailed Albatross (STAL) sitting cooperatively next to boat for the next 30 minutes in the company of a handful of Black-foots and Fulmar. Victory at sea! Three weeks ago, the July 10th Westport Seabirds trip had two STAL which were determined to be different individuals based on examination of the photographs. Incredibly, this July 29th bird also appears to be a different individual based on the photos. This means we have (at least) three STAL off the Washington coast this summer! As noted previously in these reports, the world population of STAL is less than 5000 birds. This globally vulnerable species, which nest on islands of Japan and ranges throughout the North Pacific, was thought to be extinct in the late 1940s. Three individuals off Washington is remarkable and hopefully a sign of improving numbers. Our cooperative STAL was the highlight of the day which was characterized by low visibility. While we often have patches of fog on summer Westport trips, especially early in the day and inshore, it is very unusual to be fogged-in all day as we were on Thursday. While these frustrating conditions reduced the total number of birds we recorded, with a few exceptions, our species list was typical for a July trip. In addition to the species noted above, we recorded Sooty and Pink-footed Shearwaters, Common Murres, Rhinoceros and Cassin?s Auklets, Tufted Puffins, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Glaucous-winged/Western Gull hybrids, California and Heerman?s Gulls, Brown Pelicans, all three cormorants, a jaeger sp. and tern sp. that were likely Long-tailed and Arctic, but too far away in the mist to call. We missed Sabine?s Gulls, Skua, and jaegers and marine mammals due very likely to the viewing conditions. But nice surprises (in addition to the STAL) were three flyby Surfbirds well offshore and a Bar-tailed Godwit resting in the flock of about 500 Marbled Godwits which are now roosting at high tide on the floating docks at the south end of the Westport Marina. This bird was seen in the bright sunshine that greeted us once we got back into the harbor around 3 pm. All in all, another very interesting day on the water. As always, the Monte Carlo was expertly crewed in challenging conditions by Phil and Chris Anderson. The spotters for this trip were Scott Mills, Bill Shelmerdine, and Gene Revelas. The Short-tailed Albatross was a lifer for everyone on board (except the crew/spotters) and the Bar-tailed Godwit was a new bird for many. Please explore eBird for the complete trip lists with photographs added, and visit the Westport Seabirds website for information about upcoming trips. Happy and Safe birding! Gene Revelas Olympia, WA Gene Revelas | Senior Consultant Tel: 360.939.9618 | Cell: 360.870.4950 1205 West Bay Drive NW | Olympia | WA 98502 grevelas@integral-corp.com | www.integral-corp.com [cid:Integral-Logo_9733dd41-3a5c-4af6-b821-47718bfb1269.jpg] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Sun Aug 1 13:41:52 2021 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: <68fb71c9-b6b3-6870-84c8-ed2f2d13bcb1@zipcon.net> HI ALL: This week's titles are: 1) Seabirds: The New Identification Guide 2) Mammals of Madagascar 3) Raptor Prey Remains (European species) 4) Shearwater (Manx) 5) NW Trees 6) Trees to Know in OR and WA https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2021/08/new-titles.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From stevechampton at gmail.com Sun Aug 1 14:16:51 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE @ Marrowstone Island In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: All, I've posted recordings and description here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92613736 I'll repeat my description: I was shocked to hear this bird as soon as I stepped out of my vehicle. It was singing from across the road SE of Morningtide about 100 yards down the driveway with the tiled entrance markers. At one point it moved east of the old basketball court. I spent several minutes making sure it was not some alternative call of OSFL or PSFL, of which there are several in the area. It sang at least 20 times over the course of 40 minutes (8am to 8:40am), usually giving two ?peeee-o-wee??s followed by a ?wee-o?. After this, it only vocalized once, around 10:30am. I observed it only once rather high in the dark canopy; no photos obtained. It was obviously a pewee, slightly slimmer and more petite than OSFL, with proportionately thinner bill and longer tail than OSFL. The bird sang repeatedly from 8am (when I arrived) to about 8:45am, during which time the gaps between songs grew progressively longer. My suggestion would be tomorrow morning early. My understanding is this is the first record for western Washington and the 2nd or 3rd for the state. good birding, On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 11:30 AM Xander Sowers wrote: > Hey tweets, > > Just passing on word from Steve Hampton via Facebook that (as of two hours > ago) he was listening to a possible Eastern Wood-Pewee on Marrowstone > Island. > > ?I am listening to an Eastern Wood-Pewee on Marrowstone Island across the > road from Morningtide land trust. Many recordings obtained and will be > posted to eBird. (48.0703959, -122.6906669)? > > Would love confirmation if anyone heads out that direction! > > Good birding, Alex Sowers > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From birder4184 at yahoo.com Sun Aug 1 16:57:09 2021 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Bar Tailed Godwit at Westport Marina References: <1522436268.1160503.1627862229174.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1522436268.1160503.1627862229174@mail.yahoo.com> The large flock of Marbled Godwits has returned to the barges near the entrance to the Westport Marina.? A single juvenile Bar Tailed Godwit has been among them at times. I first checked the flock (scope views from end of Float 21) this morning around 10:30.? At first scan of the 400+ Marbled Godwits, I did not see it.? A few birds flew in and some left although I did not notice a Bar Tailed.? Around 10:50 I saw the smaller grayer Bar Tailed in the flock.? Size and distinct supercilium were standouts. I left to look for a Wandering Tatler (unsuccessfully) at the gloins seen from observation platform.? Around 11:30 a group of 30+ godwits flew by.? One was the Bar Tailed.? They seemed to land on the inside of the marina on the invisible side of the jetty rocks.? It would have been possible to hike out and check but I did not do so. I returned to Float 21 and saw at most 150 godwits.? No Bar Tailed.? It moves around.? Probably best to check at or around high tide. It was very foggy/cloudy on open beach around Grayland.? Many fewer shorebirds than last week but I had at least 3 Snowy Plovers. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From binary_star85 at yahoo.com Tue Aug 3 11:43:26 2021 From: binary_star85 at yahoo.com (Gibbins/ Crockett) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Red-necked Phalaropes on Lake Joy References: Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Three Red-necked Phalaropes spent an hour or so on Lake Joy this morning, spinning as they foraged. Black eye patch, wide black crown stripe, clean white breast, and richly patterned black/rufous/white back, with bold white V in flight. The colors on the back indicate that they are immature birds (Sibley). Good scope views, but too far away for photos with my camera. Paula Crockett Lake Joy, Carnation, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Aug 3 15:18:37 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Wenatchee, WA-GIZMODO: Pacific Northwest Ground Temperatures Hit 145 Degrees Message-ID: <4B57B1BB-4F14-4ACF-86B5-EF71F63B29B4@gmail.com> Yikes!! Pacific Northwest Ground Temperatures Hit 145 Degrees Air temperatures during record-setting heat wave in the Pacific Northwest were bad enough. But the ground was on a whole other level. 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Bob Flores Ridgefield, WA From elc at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 4 12:27:36 2021 From: elc at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?2021_Beginners=E2=80=99_Banding_Course_with_?= =?utf-8?q?PSBO_-_one_opening_available_=28starts_August_20=29?= Message-ID: <56897E2D-758C-4351-A08B-0CD2008C3912@u.washington.edu> For anyone who may have been interested in this open slot but who encountered the PSBO website notice stating that the "Course is currently full" ... that one opening remains available. Please visit the PSBO website at www.pugetsoundbirds.org and disregard the ?full? note. To request further information, please feel free to direct your inquiries by email to Cindy Easterson at this address "eastersonfamily at msn.com? From: Christine Southwick ... Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2021 7:54 AM To: tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] bander's class opening 2021 Beginners? Banding Course with PSBO - one opening available Puget Sound Bird Observatory has one opening in our August 2021 "Beginning Bird Bander Workshop" due to a cancellation. Come learn bird-banding techniques in a 5-day course to be conducted August 20, 21, 22, 28 and 29 from early morning to mid-afternoon. This hands-on class has been presented since 2013, and will be held near Edmonds, Washington, taught by highly skilled instructors and Master Banders. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required to ensure the safety of all participants (all instructors and class assistants are already fully vaccinated). For additional information and images from prior years, or to register for the course, please visit the PSBO website at www.pugetsoundbirds.org . You may also request information or direct questions to contact@pugetsoundbirds.org . 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I have a lot of photos will post on ebird later. > > Bob Flores > Ridgefield, WA > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From rflores_2 at msn.com Thu Aug 5 09:11:14 2021 From: rflores_2 at msn.com (Bob Flores) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Black phobe at Washtucna sewer ponds first County record. In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: I just checked the sewer ponds and could not locate the black phoebe. Will check again later. Bob Flores Ridgefield, WA > On Aug 4, 2021, at 15:27, Bob Flores wrote: > > ?I drove by about 40 minutes ago and the phoebe was still in the same location. > > Bob Flores > Ridgefield, WA > >> On Aug 4, 2021, at 10:50, Bob Flores wrote: >> >> ?I just left it 3 minutes ago. Found on north pond eastside fence. I have a lot of photos will post on ebird later. >> >> Bob Flores >> Ridgefield, WA >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From rflores_2 at msn.com Thu Aug 5 11:55:08 2021 From: rflores_2 at msn.com (Bob Flores) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Black phobe at Washtucna sewer ponds first County record. In-Reply-To: References: , , Message-ID: No black phoebe just checked Bob Flores Ridgefield, WA > On Aug 5, 2021, at 09:12, Bob Flores wrote: > > ?I just checked the sewer ponds and could not locate the black phoebe. Will check again later. > > Bob Flores > Ridgefield, WA > >> On Aug 4, 2021, at 15:27, Bob Flores wrote: >> >> ?I drove by about 40 minutes ago and the phoebe was still in the same location. >> >> Bob Flores >> Ridgefield, WA >> >>>> On Aug 4, 2021, at 10:50, Bob Flores wrote: >>> >>> ?I just left it 3 minutes ago. Found on north pond eastside fence. I have a lot of photos will post on ebird later. >>> >>> Bob Flores >>> Ridgefield, WA >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tweeters mailing list >>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Aug 5 15:14:51 2021 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-08-05 Message-ID: <740B5BC5B080470DBA5C9DFB05EE45CF@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Another too-nice morning at Marymoor; the doldrums continue. Still waiting for a drenching rain that is so desperately needed. Pre-dawn, Jupiter and the crescent moon were deep orange, as was the sun when it rose, indicative of the smoke to the east. The early sun was a scary color. Highlights: a.. Pied-billed Grebe ? first for the survey proper since early April; one on the lake b.. LEAST SANDPIPER ? just after 5 a.m., Matt and I heard one from the Lake Platform, and even saw it briefly as it checked us out! c.. Caspian Tern ? one, again. Ninth straight week, and 11th of the last 12 weeks d.. Green Heron ? juvenile along the slough e.. Cooper?s Hawk ? several glimpses of a juvenile f.. Hairy Woodpecker ? one across the slough from the Lake Platform g.. Pileated Woodpecker ? probable juvenile along the slough, across from the Rowing Club dock h.. Merlin ? brief glimpse of one being pursued by a Purple Martin or two i.. Western Wood-Pewee ? adult feeding begging young at the Rowing Club ponds j.. Willow Flycatcher ? SO MANY ? including three young on a branch, begging. We?re thinking hatch-year birds sing, too, based on the plethora of ?Fitz-Bew?s k.. Purple Martin ? three babies sticking their heads out of one gourd, at least one in the 2nd gourd. So cute! l.. Yellow Warbler ? two heard singing Lowlights: a.. Great Blue Heron ? if I counted correctly, there were ONLY TWO! b.. Barn Swallow ? one over the Pea Patch was the only swallow besides the martins! c.. Savannah Sparrow ? only one d.. Black-headed Grosbeak ? like last week, only one, this time at the Rowing Club e.. SIXTEEN species were represented by a single bird only. EIGHT more were heard-only. The only gulls we had were far too far away for ID. Misses included Rock Pigeon, Band-tailed Pigeon, Spotted Sandpiper, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Warbling Vireo, Violet-green Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Bushtit, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Wilson?s Warbler. QUIET. For the day, we eked out 53 species. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pond at whidbey.com Sat Aug 7 09:17:06 2021 From: pond at whidbey.com (Sego Jackson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Green Heron behavior Message-ID: Southend, Whidbey Island. There is a Green Heron on our pond this morning with interesting behavior/interactions. It landed 20 feet up on a cedar branch, jumped from branch to branch then assumed a hunting stance, and in fact jabbed something in the air. Over the course of half an hour, it repeatedly followed behind a kingfisher hunting the pond, following its flight pattern and landing near it or replacing it on its perch. Several times the heron flew across pond to swoop close to and around a Great Blue Heron and then return to opposite side of pond. I then heard it squawking and looked up to realize the area it had been frequenting on the cedar was now occupied by a Great Horned Owl. After 10 minutes or so, the owl flew back into the alder forest. As I began typing this, the heron squawked again, this time seemingly in response to a young osprey who just arrived and started calling. It seemed attentive to the osprey as long as it was calling and when it stopped (or left, not sure which) the heron assumed what I would characterize as a ?relaxed? position. It is now hanging out at the base of cattails at the pond?s edge. The pond is teaming with small trout, lots of aquatic insects, etc. but I have yet to see it hunting the water. This was all between 7-9 am August 7. Has anyone else seen similar green heron behavior, especially with kingfishers? Any thoughts are welcome. Dang, was just ready to click send and more is happening. The Great Blue flew from its rock and the Green swooped over and followed the Great Blue as it left the pond area. The Green then returned to the pond, landed on the rock where the Great Blue had been, and then flew circles around the pond three times, again landing where the Blue had been. 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There is a Green Heron on our pond this > morning with interesting behavior/interactions. It landed 20 feet up > on a cedar branch, jumped from branch to branch then assumed a hunting > stance, and in fact jabbed something in the air. Over the course of > half an hour, it repeatedly followed behind a kingfisher hunting the > pond, following its flight pattern and landing near it or replacing it > on its perch. Several times the heron flew across pond to swoop close > to and around a Great Blue Heron and then return to opposite side of > pond. I then heard it squawking and looked up to realize the area it > had been frequenting on the cedar was now occupied by a Great Horned > Owl. After 10 minutes or so, the owl flew back into the alder forest. > As I began typing this, the heron squawked again, this time seemingly > in response to a young osprey who just arrived and started calling. It > seemed attentive to the osprey as long as it was calling and when it > stopped (or left, not sure which) the heron assumed what I would > characterize as a ?relaxed? position. It is now hanging out at the > base of cattails at the pond?s edge. The pond is teaming with small > trout, lots of aquatic insects, etc. but I have yet to see it hunting > the water. This was all between 7-9 am August 7. Has anyone else seen > similar green heron behavior, especially with kingfishers? Any > thoughts are welcome. Dang, was just ready to click send and more is > happening. The Great Blue flew from its rock and the Green swooped > over and followed the Great Blue as it left the pond area. The Green > then returned to the pond, landed on the rock where the Great Blue had > been, and then flew circles around the pond three times, again landing > where the Blue had been. Now it is calling occasionally while moving > from tree to tree: weeping willow, cedar, firs. Sego Jackson, Whidbey > Island > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dantonijohn at yahoo.com Sat Aug 7 11:35:07 2021 From: dantonijohn at yahoo.com (john dantoni) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] A BIG SHOUT OUT TO!!...the english sparrow. References: <423567114.143308.1628361307398.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <423567114.143308.1628361307398@mail.yahoo.com> Hi Tweeters,I had read that with patience plants that are overrun with aphids will eventually balance out as aphid eaters like ladybugs will move in and eat the pest so I withheld the spray bottle of soapy water this year.? That resulted in my 3 honeysuckle's buds all dying from the aphids and looking terrible.? I thought the few ladybugs I had seen would step up but it wasn't until families of English Sparrows swarmed in eating everyone of them in sight that my buds became blooms providing a source of nectar to the many hummers around here.? I'll still discourage the sparrows but sometimes you have to give credit where it's due...https://www.flickr.com/photos/131774887@N06/51363397443/in/datetaken/All the best,John D'AntoniWenatchee/Malaga -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kelliekvinne at hotmail.com Sat Aug 7 13:27:09 2021 From: kelliekvinne at hotmail.com (Kellie Sagen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Unexpected visitor at my feeder! Message-ID: A very striking, yellow and black bird showed up at my feeder yesterday afternoon and got me all in a tizzy. At first I thought it was some type of oriole but after seeing the red eyes I searched the internet and it looks to be a Village Weaver from Africa. 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Larry Schwitters Issaquah From rayleeholden at yahoo.com Sun Aug 8 22:25:59 2021 From: rayleeholden at yahoo.com (ray holden) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Swarovski Scope for sale References: <363647647.308150.1628486759498.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <363647647.308150.1628486759498@mail.yahoo.com> Swarovski 65mm with 20x60 eyepiece model ATS 65, Vortex tripod, metal case the and the box the scope came in.? The rig weighs 5 lbs or so which makes it very easy to carry.? Not the latest but in excellent condition and the while the latest is 5 times as expensive they aren't 5 times as good.? Have added lots of birds to my lists and room for lots more out of the scope.? ?$1,000 for the complete rig.?? See at Craig's List here:?Swaroski Birding/Spotting Scope - sporting goods - by owner - sale? | | | | | | | | | | | Swaroski Birding/Spotting Scope - sporting goods - by owner - sale ATS 65mm scope with standard 20-65mm eyepiece. This is the pre-ED model which is still sharper than anything you... | | | Ray Holden Olympia, WA Life is for the birds. ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gene.beall at gmail.com Sun Aug 8 22:42:22 2021 From: gene.beall at gmail.com (Gene Beall) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] request for ID confirmation on Solitary Sandpiper Message-ID: <90ef10b0-6bca-8d9a-468a-9655b42430db@gmail.com> I took some photos of a shorebird on one of the canals at Ocean Shores on August 2 that I believe is a Solitary Sandpiper.? I would appreciate some help confirming this ID.? Thank you!. Photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene-s_photos/albums/72157719659521276 Gene Beall Sammamish, WA gene.beall@gmail.com From constancesidles at gmail.com Mon Aug 9 04:13:55 2021 From: constancesidles at gmail.com (Constance Sidles) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Dead bird In-Reply-To: <023701d78cb1$caee8bd0$60cba370$@gmail.com> References: <023701d78cb1$caee8bd0$60cba370$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear Louise and Tweets in general, if you find a dead bird, you might also consider recording it at Seattle Audubon's new site, dBird. Seattle Audubon is trying to assemble data on dead birds and the cause of death (if known). dBird is a nationwide effort. Here is the link: https://dbird.org/ - Connie, Seattle constancesidles@gmail.com > On Aug 8, 2021, at 5:02 PM, Louise Rutter wrote: > > I once had instructions printed out for what to do with a dead bird to donate to the Burke Museum, and now I can?t find them. The museum website only says that I can donate dead birds and doesn?t give details. > > If I remember correctly, I label it with date, location and cause of death if known, wrap it in newspaper and then put it in a plastic bag to freeze it. Can anyone confirm this before I go ahead? > > Louise Rutter > Kirkland > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From byers345 at comcast.net Mon Aug 9 06:12:05 2021 From: byers345 at comcast.net (William Byers) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Shorebird heaven in Potholes Lake area Message-ID: <002801d78d20$2a556b70$7f004250$@comcast.net> Hello Tweeters, Yesterday Bill and I left Edmonds early for a lightning trip to the Potholes Lake area. Our first objective was to see the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper reported by Maxine Reid late last month and now seen by at least 30 other birders. This bird, unusually in alternate plumage, was in Lind Coulee maybe ? mile west of the boat launch across the bridge on M Street. We found that beautiful shorebird surrounded by lots of Least Sandpipers and several Pectoral Sandpipers. The wind was blowing when we arrived ruffling the feathers of the Sharp-tailed. The water levels in this whole area are low, but, in what water was left, there were many, many shorebirds?Western Sandpipers, both yellowlegs, stilts, etc. Pelicans and geese were flying over. After enjoying this scene for a while, we drove a mile or two to Perch Point. Here too the water was very low, but hundreds of shorebirds and many Cinnamon Teal were feeding in what water was left. Finally, we spent a while at Potholes State Park. We walked left from the boat launch in the park and found well over 100 Forster?s Terns and one Black Tern, many pelicans, stilts, and Long-billed Dowitchers resting on the muddy shore. Later we found a number of Black-crowned Night-Herons roosting along the waterway north of the park. All of this and the rain west of us and wind had swept away the smoke and the daytime high was about 75 degrees. Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From samgterry at gmail.com Mon Aug 9 07:02:22 2021 From: samgterry at gmail.com (Samuel Terry) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Alki Wandering Tattler Message-ID: Hi tweeters, There is currently a juv Wandering Tattler on the south beach at Alki in West Seattle. Good birding, Sam Terry Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gene.beall at gmail.com Mon Aug 9 09:56:04 2021 From: gene.beall at gmail.com (Gene Beall) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] request for ID confirmation on Solitary Sandpiper - confirmed In-Reply-To: <90ef10b0-6bca-8d9a-468a-9655b42430db@gmail.com> References: <90ef10b0-6bca-8d9a-468a-9655b42430db@gmail.com> Message-ID: <9a6c4197-b5cf-91f8-7d31-4ce3b4b8f432@gmail.com> A hearty thank you to all who responded to my request for help in confirming the ID.? All ten folks who quickly responded confirmed the bird as a Solitary Sandpiper.? Thank you again! Gene Beall Sammamish, WA gene.beall@gmail.com On 8/8/21 10:42 PM, Gene Beall wrote: > I took some photos of a shorebird on one of the canals at Ocean Shores > on August 2 that I believe is a Solitary Sandpiper.? I would > appreciate some help confirming this ID.? Thank you!. Photos here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene-s_photos/albums/72157719659521276 > > Gene Beall > Sammamish, WA > gene.beall@gmail.com > From mombiwheeler at gmail.com Mon Aug 9 10:04:49 2021 From: mombiwheeler at gmail.com (Lonnie Somer) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] White-winged Crossbills in Kittitas County Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, While hiking with my wife Wendy yesterday (Sunday) along the Esmeralda Basin Trail (spelled 'Esmerelda' on eBird) we came across a small flock of White-winged Crossbills. As I noted on eBird, we were perhaps 2.5 miles from the trailhead a little beyond where the habitat opens up and the switchbacks become shorter, about 0.5 miles before the junction with the Lake Ann Trail (#1226).We also heard some calling along the Lake Ann Trail about a mile further along. This is my first sighting of this species in Washington during the summer. 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(Port Townsend, WA, up on Castle Hill area) From amk17 at earthlink.net Mon Aug 9 11:56:18 2021 From: amk17 at earthlink.net (AMK17) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Band tailed Pigeons Message-ID: I don't see many band tailed pigeons in Phinney but two just landed atop a conifer near N 63rd and Dayton Ave N. A male American goldfinch visited the yard as well. Are birds moving? Cheers, AKopitov Seattle AMK17 From laurie.c.beden at gmail.com Mon Aug 9 13:14:14 2021 From: laurie.c.beden at gmail.com (Laurie Beden) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Band tailed Pigeons In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2D3C300A-BD87-49FC-A0AB-CEC4C85028BC@gmail.com> I have had 10 or so cleaning out my feeders sporadically since spring. They brought their kids On Aug 9, 2021, at 12:16, AMK17 wrote: ?I don't see many band tailed pigeons in Phinney but two just landed atop a conifer near N 63rd and Dayton Ave N. A male American goldfinch visited the yard as well. Are birds moving? Cheers, AKopitov Seattle AMK17 _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From mch1096 at hotmail.com Mon Aug 9 14:27:55 2021 From: mch1096 at hotmail.com (mary hrudkaj) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Band tailed Pigeons In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Having had band-tailed pigeons out here near Belfair for the past many years, they don't usually migrate until later in September. Or whenever their food supply runs out. Since I feed them and all other local birds, they've been reluctant to leave until later in the year. At present many of my BT Pigs are dispersed for nesting and parenting duties. It was nice when the 97 from May reduced to 15-20 in mid-June. Most of my goldfinches are leaving too now that their little ones had fledged and fattened up. Six pair and assorted kids are down to one pair and a couple of noisy babies. Happy birding. Mary Hrudkaj Belfair/Tahuya ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of AMK17 Sent: Monday, August 9, 2021 11:56 AM To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Band tailed Pigeons I don't see many band tailed pigeons in Phinney but two just landed atop a conifer near N 63rd and Dayton Ave N. A male American goldfinch visited the yard as well. Are birds moving? 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URL: From osdlm1945 at gmail.com Mon Aug 9 17:08:54 2021 From: osdlm1945 at gmail.com (Dianna Moore) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Green Heron behavior In-Reply-To: <8b696798d8fdbfa6159cd8503d9e118d@birdsbydave.com> References: <202108071617.177GHEHH003496@mxout21.s.uw.edu> <4a64f097239e5774f9ce4bc5b5f3b342@birdsbydave.com> <8b696798d8fdbfa6159cd8503d9e118d@birdsbydave.com> Message-ID: I had the same thought. Dianna Moore Ocean Shores On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 11:07 AM wrote: > > A wild speculation on my part: could this be recently fledged youngster > who has been cut loose from food source parents for the first time, and > is franticly looking for any bird that might respond to the "feed me, > feed me" squawking and flutter? > > > On 2021-08-07 09:17, Sego Jackson wrote: > > Southend, Whidbey Island. There is a Green Heron on our pond this > > morning with interesting behavior/interactions. It landed 20 feet up > > on a cedar branch, jumped from branch to branch then assumed a hunting > > stance, and in fact jabbed something in the air. Over the course of > > half an hour, it repeatedly followed behind a kingfisher hunting the > > pond, following its flight pattern and landing near it or replacing it > > on its perch. Several times the heron flew across pond to swoop close > > to and around a Great Blue Heron and then return to opposite side of > > pond. I then heard it squawking and looked up to realize the area it > > had been frequenting on the cedar was now occupied by a Great Horned > > Owl. After 10 minutes or so, the owl flew back into the alder forest. > > As I began typing this, the heron squawked again, this time seemingly > > in response to a young osprey who just arrived and started calling. It > > seemed attentive to the osprey as long as it was calling and when it > > stopped (or left, not sure which) the heron assumed what I would > > characterize as a ?relaxed? position. It is now hanging out at the > > base of cattails at the pond?s edge. The pond is teaming with small > > trout, lots of aquatic insects, etc. but I have yet to see it hunting > > the water. This was all between 7-9 am August 7. Has anyone else seen > > similar green heron behavior, especially with kingfishers? Any > > thoughts are welcome. Dang, was just ready to click send and more is > > happening. The Great Blue flew from its rock and the Green swooped > > over and followed the Great Blue as it left the pond area. The Green > > then returned to the pond, landed on the rock where the Great Blue had > > been, and then flew circles around the pond three times, again landing > > where the Blue had been. Now it is calling occasionally while moving > > from tree to tree: weeping willow, cedar, firs. Sego Jackson, Whidbey > > Island > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phwimberger at pugetsound.edu Mon Aug 9 21:10:07 2021 From: phwimberger at pugetsound.edu (Peter H Wimberger) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] White-winged Crossbills (WWCR) Message-ID: <353a6b2168404edda61e2cda3091bbae@wnmbs02.pugetsound.edu> Dear Tweets, I should have posted this sooner, but Lonnie's post about WWCR in Esmeralda Basin prompted me to write. Last month on a backpacking trip down the Middle Fork of the Pasayten River (trail starts just below Slate Peak and heads north) we saw WWCR on 4/5 days we were out. They were in the basin below Slate Pass, and up by Ferguson, Fred and Doris Lakes. The spruce cones are masting this year so there is plenty of food for them. I had only seen WWCR once before during the summer in the North Cascades, but this year they seem to be wherever the spruce cones are abundant! Our first night out was the lightning storm that ignited the Cedar Creek and Delancey Fires nearby (I think July 11). Good birding, Peter Wimberger Tacoma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Checked Lyon's Ferry and Windust Parks as well - didn't find anything unusual - Olive-sided Flycatcher calling at Windust. Later, ML -- Mike & MerryLynn Denny Birding the Beautiful Walla Walla Valley "If you haven't gone birding, you haven't lived" _______________________________________________ Inland-nw-birders mailing list send email to: Inland-nw-birders@uidaho.edu manage subscription: https://lists.uidaho.edu/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birder4184 at yahoo.com Tue Aug 10 10:30:39 2021 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Wandering Tattler References: <1362802511.596817.1628616639076.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1362802511.596817.1628616639076@mail.yahoo.com> For the past 15 minutes it has been foraging around pilings supporting the large condo complex jutting out over water. 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It also appears to be a good year for them in the mountains. - 2 female Lazuli Buntings also seen with a group of young Chipping Sparrows, this was in a burn about 10 miles south of Gov Meadows. - A seemingly out of place Anna?s Hummingbird a couple miles S of Government Meadows. They have always seemed rare at this elevation - but ever since Sawmill Burn starting getting birded, it?s seems that they?re actually a lot more numerous than I expected. Good birding, Alex Sowers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmborre1 at gmail.com Wed Aug 11 07:01:18 2021 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Seabirds Trip Report August 7, 2021 Message-ID: Despite a day of on and off drizzle, Westport Seabirds had another successful outing on Saturday, August 7th with a whopping nine Long-tailed Jaegers as a highlight. As we departed the harbor into the awaiting adventures beyond, we looked behind us to view a blow from a surfacing Gray Whale. Gray Whales have a unique feeding strategy which ties them to coastal waters. Unlike the dramatic lunge feeding of Humpback Whales and other rorquals, Gray Whale filter bottom dwelling crustaceans through their proportionally smaller baleen plates. In addition to this single Gray Whale, our trip included excellent looks at 12 Humpback Whales, including a pair breaching together and several surfacing multiple times before showing us a giant fluke proceeding their departure dive. Other mammal highlights for the day included a small group of Pacific White-sided Dolphin which joined us briefly for underwater and porpoising views and a single Northern Fur Seal. Bird numbers were low on the way out, though we had all the expected species including tubenoses Sooty Shearwater, Pink-footed Shearwater, Northern Fulmar, Black-footed Albatross and Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel. Alcids included Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot (near shore), Tufted Puffin, Rhinoceros Auklet, and Cassin?s Auklet. Once off the continental shelf into deeper waters, we added Leach?s Storm-Petrel, South Polar Skua, Sabine?s Gull, Arctic Tern, and Pomarine Jaeger. This is where a clown car full of Long-tailed Jaegers began to unload with 6 of the birds seen within 40 minutes of each other. At least 4 of our total 9 Long-tailed Jaegers were adults with ?textbook? tails, not the frustratingly difficult to ID juvenile birds in various plumages. Speaking of ?textbook? tails, our lone Pomarine Jaeger was also an adult with trailing ?full spoons?. Cruising back over the continental shelf we spotted several birds on a log. Approaching, we discovered 2 logs. One supporting 3 Arctic Terns, the other with an Arctic Tern and Sabine?s Gull. It was interesting to note the ?smaller? size of Arctic Tern compared to Sabine?s Gull. Sibley lists length and wingspan nearly identical for these two species, but the gull weighs almost twice as much as the tern which really increased it?s apparent size. Continuing east we were fortunate to encounter increased bird activity near several shrimp boats. Here we were able to get the group their best looks at Sooty vs Pink-footed Shearwater as we added our own fishy offerings thrown from the stern of the Monte Carlo. The Sootys were diving after the fish and it was exciting, and surprising at times, to watch them surface from below. You can see them just below the surface swimming, then up they pop like corks to the surface. Equally fun at these feeding opportunities, particularly if Phil cuts the engine, are some of the sounds of the scene. The characteristic "baby wah" call of Pink-footed Shearwater and the surface paddling of the shearwater feet as they run during take off from the water. Albatross do a similar run for take off, but it?s a splashing, pounding sound rather than a petite paddle. While watching the birds behind the boats, we noticed a crew member working to free a tangle from the end of one of the large trolling booms. Another crew member carefully walked out on the boom to assist. We felt we were watching an episode of ?Deadliest Catch? live. Our journey ended as it began, in Westport, in drizzle, but in the company of some 1000+ Marbled Godwits and one Black Turnstone. We have to remember that these birds, as well as the Wandering Tattlers we saw on the jetty, are also highly sought after by non-west coast birders. My fellow spotters were Bill Tweit and Scott Mills. Captain Phil Anderson piloted the Monte Carlo which was crewed by Todd Sawin filling in for standing first mate Chris Anderson. Though our season has yet to reach its peak, thanks to enthusiastic seabirders we find most of our remaining trips are already full. You can check availability by using the contact methods under the Reservations section of our website westportseabirds.com Hope to sea you out there! Cara Borre Gig Harbor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Wed Aug 11 07:42:51 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] migrant songbirds Skagit References: <1018019663.880226.1628692971890.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1018019663.880226.1628692971890@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, Yesterday, the tenth, a female MacGillivray's Warbler made her way through the brush along my north fence line. That was the first one I'd ever seen in my yard, long overdue and species number 165 on the yard list. I would not have seen her if she had not alerted me with her call notes. Today, in the early morning, two other migrants showed up. A juvenile Eastern Kingbird perched in the brush near my barn. Soon it started calling. This might have been one of the birds that fledged from a nest in Hamilton, about two miles east of my place.? A few minutes later, a Red-eyed Vireo flew into my birch tree, which is always the center of attention for insectivorous birds here in August and September.? Soon I expect this trickle of migrants to swell. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From russkope at gmail.com Wed Aug 11 07:51:23 2021 From: russkope at gmail.com (Russ Koppendrayer) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI - Sandy Point Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The very point at Sandy Point in Whatcom Co. has changed since I was last here a couple years ago with private property and no trespassing signs etc. I see recent eBird posts from here. Is there a way to get permission? 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Past excursions have also spotted marine mammals and enjoyed spectacular views of Mt. Baker, the Chuckanut Mountains, the Nooksack River estuary, Rosario Strait and San Juan Islands from our unique water-level perspective. Our Naturalist, Amanda Colbert, will help us identify and share the natural history of the bird species we encounter along the way. Rain or shine, all levels of birders welcome! Class will meet at Squalicum Harbor in Bellingham at 8:30 am on September 25th. We?ll begin with introductions and a safety orientation aboard the vessel. With binoculars and field guides in hand, we?ll depart for our day?s adventure in search of all the avifauna we can find. Participants provide their own lunches. Sign up today at?https://ncascades.org?or by calling (360) 854-2599. Participants are required to be fully vaccinated in order to participate in this Field Excursion. 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URL: From greenfant at hotmail.com Wed Aug 11 18:47:04 2021 From: greenfant at hotmail.com (Stefan Schlick) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] South Prairie Red-shouldered Hawk (Skamania Co) Message-ID: White netting darners at South Prairie, a Red-shouldered Hawk started calling. He called for quite a while. This is a highly unlikely location for a Red-shouldered Hawk, so much so that I personally would doubt sightings from a spot like this. South Prairie is a combination of bog/lake, but also - by now - dry prairie. It is however 20mi north of the Columbia River in sea of woods. A male Red Crossbill was baffled when he landed a mere 8ft away and noticed that I was also present. Subarctic Darner and Brush-tipped Emerald were nice! So were many Sweetflag Forktails, a species considered mega rare in the area until folks started looking a little harder. I may also have netted a Black-tipped Darner. The bog also had lots of Great Sundew. Stefan Schlick Hillsboro, OR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greenfant at hotmail.com Wed Aug 11 19:50:37 2021 From: greenfant at hotmail.com (Stefan Schlick) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] South Prairie Red-shouldered Hawk (Skamania Co) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is no Sweetflag Folktail (even though I want there to be one!). It is Sweetflag Spreadwing. Western Forktail was present, but this is "spreadwing time". On the high Cascades Lakes lakes in OR and WA, about 5 or so species of spreadwings can now been seen. They are easy to observe as they perch nicely and are damselflies, but they don't hold their wings above the abdomen, yet spread them out like an airplane. Thanks, Dennis! Stefan Schlick Hillsboro, OR ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Stefan Schlick Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 6:47 PM To: TWEETERS TWEETERS Subject: [Tweeters] South Prairie Red-shouldered Hawk (Skamania Co) White netting darners at South Prairie, a Red-shouldered Hawk started calling. He called for quite a while. This is a highly unlikely location for a Red-shouldered Hawk, so much so that I personally would doubt sightings from a spot like this. South Prairie is a combination of bog/lake, but also - by now - dry prairie. It is however 20mi north of the Columbia River in sea of woods. A male Red Crossbill was baffled when he landed a mere 8ft away and noticed that I was also present. Subarctic Darner and Brush-tipped Emerald were nice! So were many Sweetflag Forktails, a species considered mega rare in the area until folks started looking a little harder. I may also have netted a Black-tipped Darner. The bog also had lots of Great Sundew. Stefan Schlick Hillsboro, OR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mattxyz at earthlink.net Thu Aug 12 06:55:00 2021 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Northern waterthrush and black Phoebe at Marymoor park ( king county) Message-ID: <5B3B4AD2-ABF3-4FFF-9A52-0E2343E9B2A1@earthlink.net> Hi tweeters ? ? This morning at Marymoor Park in Redmond are group is enjoying the parks first black phoebe and a northern waterthrush only the second for the park. Both birds are about 100 feet north of the weir along the slough? in line with the dead tree often used by blackbirds and raptors Both calling periodically Though we are deep in the doldrums we had high hopes because Michael is out of town Matt bartels Seattle wa Sent from my iPhone From cariddellwa at gmail.com Thu Aug 12 11:08:32 2021 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Planned Spraying in Edmonds Marsh Message-ID: <467AE202-9979-4FAA-8359-4EC639163B19@gmail.com> Hi Tweets, I recently read in the on line My Edmonds News that the county and city were planning to spray two stands of common reed (phragmites) in the Edmonds marsh. They have grown up quickly near three of the five swallow nest boxes. I got in touch with the county noxious weeds agent to let her know about my concern that no chemical residue get on the boxes. She provided me with the spray date so we will have plenty of time to detach the three boxes from their mounting posts to get them out of the way. The spray apparently will have a coloring agent so they can see what has been sprayed. In case any marsh birders are concerned about being down there when the spraying takes place, it is scheduled to happen on September 3rd from 7-9 a.m. If I hear of any change in that date, I will re-post. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From dantonijohn at yahoo.com Thu Aug 12 11:29:52 2021 From: dantonijohn at yahoo.com (john dantoni) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] How to determine how many hummingbirds are coming to your feeder... References: <887493405.1184390.1628792992143.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <887493405.1184390.1628792992143@mail.yahoo.com> Hi Tweeters,I came across this question and answer page the other day and thought it was interesting...? https://watchingbackyardbirds.com/wbbsite/article/how-many-hummingbirds-at-feeder.phpAll the best,John D'AntoniMalaga, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mattxyz at earthlink.net Thu Aug 12 13:01:32 2021 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-08-12 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters - Not a bad ?doldrums? day at Marymoor?? As mentioned in an earlier message, the highlights of the day came in the first hour, when Sandi, first-time Marymoor-walk participant, picked out the first-ever BLACK PHOEBE for the park. It gave brief glimpses then disappeared for a bit, then started sticking around on visible perches for nice looks. While we were watching, we began hearing a second ?different? chip note - after a bit of searching, up popped a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH! 2nd ever for the park, and first for the Marymoor survey. Like the Black Phoebe, after a bit of waiting, the Waterthrush eventually popped up for great views for all. We eventually continued with rest of the walk ? it was not bad for a mid-august day at the park - lots of weird signing presumably from young birds. Highlights: Pied-billed Grebe - adult & imm close to the viewing platform - after being only far far away or absent all summer, nice to have closer looks. Eurasian Collared-Dove - 1 fly-by from East Meadow viewing mound Mourning Dove - 1 fly-by in dog area Caspian Tern - one, again. Tenth straight week, and 12th of last 13 weeks Green Heron - one imm at Rowing Club Osprey - still have 2 active nests Willow Flycatcher - still many fitz-bew-ing families around Black Phoebe - park first Warbling Vireo - 3 together at Rowing Club, after missing all day earlier and last week Northern Waterthrush - park 2nd, first for survey Yellow Warbler - none seen, but still a couple singing Lowlights: Vaux?s Swift - only got them from the Rowing Club, near the end of the walk Great Blue Heron - did we really only see one all day? I think so Purple Martin - overhead we heard a few , but none at the gourds after having 4 in a gourd last week. Swainson?s Thrush - only heard them at Rowing Club- none earlier Black-headed Grosbeak - only one found Misses included: Band-tailed Pigeon [tho we had 3 species of pigeon/dove]; most woodpeckers [only had Downy and N. Flicker], swallows [only had Purple Martin]; Brown-headed Cowbird [we really haven?t had many this summer. Overall though, can?t complain after an outing like this. For the day, 56 species [including gull sp.] Matt Bartels [substituting for Michael today] Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bellasoc at isomedia.com Fri Aug 13 10:26:33 2021 From: bellasoc at isomedia.com (B P Bell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Northrn Waterthrush at Marymoor Message-ID: <001801d79068$5d0b9e40$1722dac0$@isomedia.com> Hi Tweets We saw the Northern Waterthrush this morning at Marymoor Park in Redmond Wa. After looking since 6:30 this morning, several birders relocated the waterthrush at 9:00 am. It was about 50 yards north and west of where it was seen yesterday and was working along the ground and in the grass at the edge of a clump of willows. We had minimal, but adequate, views by patiently watching as the bird moved thru the area. It will take some patience, but keep looking. Good Birding Brian H. 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URL: From g.cummins40 at gmail.com Fri Aug 13 13:56:36 2021 From: g.cummins40 at gmail.com (Gary Cummins) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Water feature brings in a variety of birds Message-ID: <8B8E733F-50C9-4BFF-BBA7-08705CFE8719@gmail.com> During the late morning today we were treated to a parade of birds hitting our small water feature. 3 Western tanagers (1 male, 2 females), 1 young Swainson?s thrush, 3 Wilson?s warblers (2 males, 1 female, a Black and White warbler (lifer for me), 1 female black-headed grosbeak, 1 female Robin, 3 Mourning doves, 1 Dark-eyed junco, 1 female Anna?s hummingbird, 1 Song Sparrow, and a good number of American goldfinches. All of these in less than a hour. They seemed frantic to get into the water. 7 miles SEif Port Townsend. Gary Cummins Sent from my iPhone From g.cummins40 at gmail.com Fri Aug 13 21:37:29 2021 From: g.cummins40 at gmail.com (Gary Cummins) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Black and white warbler (not). Message-ID: Yesterday I reported a Black and white warbler at our water feature on Thursday. After a question from another Port Townsend birder, we double checked our references and have concluded it was a Black-throated gray warbler. Very sorry for the error. Gary Cummins Port Townsend Sent from my iPhone From ellenblackstone at gmail.com Sat Aug 14 12:03:55 2021 From: ellenblackstone at gmail.com (Ellen Blackstone) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] BirdNote, last week and the week of August 15, 2021 Message-ID: <4088ce3e-6eb3-c90d-5ad7-3629cb86f345@gmail.com> Hello, Tweeters, Last week on BirdNote: * Amazing Aquatic American Dipper https://bit.ly/1sv9Qql * Fort Benning?s Woodpecker Sanctuary https://bit.ly/2UgmB1p * Flying and Molting - A Tricky Balance https://bit.ly/1DSUgiZ * Brooklyn's Blue Jays https://bit.ly/3m3SAxu * Vermilion Flycatcher https://bit.ly/2Ozor5P * Sprinting with Cooper's Hawks https://bit.ly/3g1tk74 * Marsh Voices at Sunrise https://bit.ly/2uN39JA ========================= Next week on BirdNote: How Toucans Stay Cool, The Bizarre Beaks of Estrildid Finch Babies, Birdsong as Therapy -- and more! https://bit.ly/3AMfBcr -------------------------------------- Did you have a favorite story this week? 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At the Fir Island Game Range, AKA Wylie Slough, the Stilt Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper gave great views for quite a few birders who were present. At Fir Island Farm Reserve, formerly called Hayton, there was the usual good show as the tide came in, including some Black-bellied Plovers, Semipalmated Plovers, lots of Killdeer, both species of Yellowlegs, one Long-billed Dowitcher, lots of Western and Least Sandpipers, a Semipalmated Sandpiper, and two Pectoral Sandpipers. For the day, I saw 16 species of shorebirds. I think that was only the second time I'd seen that many in one day here. The best bird of the day was a BLACK TERN there at Fir Island Farm Reserve, only the second one I've ever seen in Skagit County. It flew around the tidal basin for quite a while. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Sun Aug 15 13:58:46 2021 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: <5f12c4a-53d4-6397-df1-b059ddf12dde@zipcon.net> HI ALL: This week's The Birdbooker Report can be found here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2021/08/new-titles_15.html This week's titles are: 1) Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests 2) Bird Families of North America 3) Loon Lessons 4) Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia (2nd edition) 5) A Country No More (relates to John James Audubon), 6) Peterson Field Guide to Weather 7) How to Survive in Medieval England. PLEASE NOTE: The two Peterson field guides listed above will be the LAST new/revised Peterson Guides to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt! sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From xjoshx at gmail.com Sun Aug 15 16:02:38 2021 From: xjoshx at gmail.com (Josh Adams) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] More White-Winged Crossbills (Snohomish Co.) Message-ID: Hi Tweets, I hiked to Lake Janus, north of Stevens Pass, this morning. About 1/3mi before the lake I heard a faint, intriguing song coming from well off the trail so I bushwhacked a bit and found a male White-Winged Crossbill singing from the top of a spruce tree. Later at the far end of the lake I had another singing male and later flushed a male and female from the ground for fantastic looks and photos. I've had my ears open for this species on every hike I've taken in the last decade, but this is the first time I've actually come across them (and only the second time I've actually seen this species). Red Crossbills were incredibly abundant with small flocks flying over almost constantly with lots of singing. I got brief looks at an American Three-Toed Woodpecker before it retreated to the inaccessible woods to frustrate me with occasional drums. There were tons of migrants feeding in the willows around the lake, but the only species of (possible) note were two empids that I haven't come to a certain ID on. Here's the eBird list for the day, with some photos: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93285026 Josh Adams Cathcart, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Mon Aug 16 04:50:57 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?SLATE=3A_The_Surprise_Hit_Board_Game_That?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=99s_Transforming_an_=2411_Billion_Industry?= Message-ID: The Surprise Hit Board Game That?s Transforming an $11 Billion Industry Elizabeth Hargrave?s Wingspan might also transform the way you think about games?and art. Read in Slate: https://apple.news/Aee1QUu_tQxG8JZFocrQwqg Shared from Apple News Sent from my iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Mon Aug 16 09:17:42 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] last chance for Northwestern Crows! References: <706812363.613856.1629130662192.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <706812363.613856.1629130662192@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, If I am not mistaken, a taxonomic update on eBird will take place starting tomorrow. Many if not most birders will pick up a few armchair lifers, although I don't think there will be as many splits as there were last year. We will have to put up with a ridiculous new name for the Mew Gull, but if we've birded in Eurasia, we'll pick up a species with that split. If we've seen a Sedge Wren down in South America, assuming that we've seen one in the USA, we'll pick up a species there, too, since those Sedge Wrens down in Ecuador will now be Grass Wrens.? The taxonomists have also decided, among other things, that the Northwestern Crow must be lumped with the American Crow. This is a section of our lists where we'll lose a species, but the lumps are far outnumbered by the splits, so almost everyone's life list will have a net gain after the update. Here is a fun exercise that one may do with a computer. Go to eBird, then Explore, then Species Maps. Type in Northwestern Crow for the species, and voila! You get a nice map of the species distribution. If you click the little box on the right, "Show Points Sooner," that will give you a more precise map that shows each spot where the Northwestern Crow has been reported. At this point, I'd take a screen shot and save it. Now you will be able to look back at this map sometime in the future. In a day or two, if you were to go on eBird and try the same thing, you will presumably have a different-looking map, since the two species will have been lumped.? There are all sorts of interesting details in the map for the Northwestern Crow. For example, zooming in to our part of the world, Western Washington, you will see that there are zero pinpoints for this species in Skagit County, Snohomish County, or King County. I think the same can be said for Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Thurston, Cowlitz, Clark, Wahkiakum, Lewis, and Skamania. It would be absurd to expect any bird, even as smart a bird as a crow, to understand county boundaries. The lack of Northwestern Crow? sightings in those counties has nothing to do with the birds themselves, and everything to do with decisions made by birders, and especially by the eBird editors, as to where one should count Northwestern Crows, and where one should count American Crows. This leads to oddities, such as the Northwestern Crow making it all the way across Island County's Camano Island, to the western end of the Mark Clark Bridge--actually, to the western end of the new bridge that has replaced the Mark Clark Bridge, the name of which escapes me. Crows are free to fly eastwards across the narrow waterway here, taking them to Leque Island, Eide Road, and Stanwood. However, once the birds make this journey, their name changes to American Crow! The same thing happens at such places as Guemes Island, Larrabee State Park, and Leadbetter Point.? Another fun exercise that one can do right now is to call up the same map, only for the American Crow. If one zooms in to the boundary of Whatcom County and British Columbia, the same oddity arises. There are all sorts of colorful little dots on the Washington side of the line, but just a plain, birdless map on the Canadian side. Nary an American Crow does one see north of that international border! Of course, this is just another artifact of the human constructs involved. The eBird editors up there decided quite a while back that all of their crows are Northwesterns.? Caw, caw, caw...I for one am looking forward to this particular lump!? Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From ucd880 at comcast.net Mon Aug 16 18:12:05 2021 From: ucd880 at comcast.net (HAL MICHAEL) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Song sparrows with almost no tail In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <131543414.242447.1629162725456@connect.xfinity.com> Sometimes, absence of a tail is the result of escape from a cat. But, I have seen a number of Song Sparrows here, while banding, and the newly fledged birds seem to have no tail. But, they do grow back fast as I have seen one with a growing stub. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 08/16/2021 5:46 PM DONNA POOLE wrote: > > > > Molting? > > > > > > > On Aug 16, 2021 at 5:44 PM, wrote: > > > > Hi Tweets, > > > > I have two song sparrows in my yard that have almost no tail feathers, just little stubby feathers. Has anyone else seen something like this? I recall in past years I have seen one like this, and figured it had escaped some kind of predator. But with two now, it must be genetic. They seem healthy otherwise and can fly. Thoughts? > > > > Joan Miller > > West Seattle > > jemskink at gmail dot com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Mon Aug 16 19:02:10 2021 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM August Eagles Pride Birdwalk Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for this coming Thursday, August 19. The JBLM Eagles Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM. Starting point is Bldg # 1514, Driving Range Tee, Eagles Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. JBLM has the following Covid-19 guidelines: Masks are optional for fully vaccinated personnel (who are at least two weeks beyond their final dose) for outdoor recreation at JBLM. Masks are required indoors at all JBLM facilities, whether you're vaccinated or not. I'm not going to be checking vaccination status and will be trusting you that attend the birdwalk to follow the Army's guidelines. If you haven't yet been fully vaccinated, please do wear a mask. Also, to remind folks that haven't been here before, you don't need any ID to attend these birdwalks. Hope you're able to make it! May all your birds be identified, Denis DeSilvis avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tsbrennan at hotmail.com Mon Aug 16 21:27:39 2021 From: tsbrennan at hotmail.com (Tim Brennan) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Waterville STP Shorebirds Message-ID: Hello! I'm in Douglas County for a few days, and was able to get to the Waterville STP while there was still a little light. Peeps challenge me, in all honesty, so there's going to be some time spent squinting at pictures and double-checking, but I did have: Long-billed Dowitcher (5) Stilt Sandpiper (1) Baird's Sandpiper (um... at least a few) Red-necked Phalarope (3) Least and Western Sandpipers (30-40) Wilson's Snipe (1) Killdeer (many) Spotted Sandpiper (3) Solitary Sandpiper (1 or 2) Again, there's a dozen or two pictures I need to sift through. Light was getting short, so there were some birds where I just got pictures and moved along. 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I do not open them, but I look in junk mail for real tweeters postings. The emails to Tweeters by BB, Ellen, Gary, and several others go directly to Junk mail and I value and don?t want to miss- the information they share. Each time I look for their emails to Tweeters, I find another 5-6 unwanted sexually oriented ?offers?. I would value any guidance anyone can offer me so that I can block them. Receiving them is very annoying! How have others dealt with this Tweeters breach? Thank you, Dan Reiff MI Sent from my iPhone From teresa at avocetconsulting.com Tue Aug 17 07:39:24 2021 From: teresa at avocetconsulting.com (Teresa Michelsen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If they have a consistent subject line or certain words or phrases that would not be in normal e-mail, you can block them using the subject line instead of the e-mail address - at least most blockers allow this. Or you may need to install a more sophisticated spam blocker that can use AI to identify spam. In the meantime, put the people who are going into your spam on your "whitelist" and they will get through in the future. You may still have to check for a while. I can tell you that I have never seen one of these, because Microsoft's 365 default spam blocker is catching them. Occasionally I do still have to rescue someone from the spam folder. If you are not using 365 (and there are lots of good reasons not to) I would recommend SpamBully. It can take a few adjustments but will take a lot of the pain out of your life! Teresa Michelsen Hoodsport -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Dan Reiff Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:31 AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. Hello Tweeters, I had never experienced receiving sexually-oriented email until the Tweeters breach. At first I received them as a response to sending any email to Tweeters. Others reported the same. I kept deleting them or sending them to junk mail, hoping I would stop receiving them. Almost all of the 500+ I have received are now going directly to junk mail. Often 5-6 a day. I do not open them, but I look in junk mail for real tweeters postings. The emails to Tweeters by BB, Ellen, Gary, and several others go directly to Junk mail and I value and don?t want to miss- the information they share. Each time I look for their emails to Tweeters, I find another 5-6 unwanted sexually oriented ?offers?. I would value any guidance anyone can offer me so that I can block them. Receiving them is very annoying! How have others dealt with this Tweeters breach? Thank you, Dan Reiff MI Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From karen.w.mobile at gmail.com Tue Aug 17 08:25:58 2021 From: karen.w.mobile at gmail.com (Karen Wosilait) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <031B9C9C-CAA7-4CEB-A7A1-73E9D98078EE@gmail.com> I?m not sure what is meant by ?whitelist? in this context. I haven?t been having the issue with explicit emails, but I hadn?t noticed anything from Blair. He was in my contacts, but there were a number of emails from him in my junk folder. I added him to VIPs?maybe that will help? Karen Wosilait Seattle, WA karen.w.mobile@gmail.com > On Aug 17, 2021, at 7:39 AM, Teresa Michelsen wrote: > > ?If they have a consistent subject line or certain words or phrases that would not be in normal e-mail, you can block them using the subject line instead of the e-mail address - at least most blockers allow this. Or you may need to install a more sophisticated spam blocker that can use AI to identify spam. In the meantime, put the people who are going into your spam on your "whitelist" and they will get through in the future. You may still have to check for a while. > > I can tell you that I have never seen one of these, because Microsoft's 365 default spam blocker is catching them. Occasionally I do still have to rescue someone from the spam folder. If you are not using 365 (and there are lots of good reasons not to) I would recommend SpamBully. It can take a few adjustments but will take a lot of the pain out of your life! > > Teresa Michelsen > Hoodsport > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Dan Reiff > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:31 AM > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. > > Hello Tweeters, > > I had never experienced receiving sexually-oriented email until the Tweeters breach. At first I received them as a response to sending any email to Tweeters. Others reported the same. > > I kept deleting them or sending them to junk mail, hoping I would stop receiving them. Almost all of the 500+ I have received are now going directly to junk mail. > Often 5-6 a day. > I do not open them, but I look in junk mail for real tweeters postings. > > The emails to Tweeters by BB, Ellen, Gary, and several others go directly to Junk mail and I value and don?t want to miss- the information they share. > > Each time I look for their emails to Tweeters, I find another 5-6 unwanted sexually oriented ?offers?. > > I would value any guidance anyone can offer me so that I can block them. Receiving them is very annoying! How have others dealt with this Tweeters breach? > > Thank you, > Dan Reiff > MI > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From teresa at avocetconsulting.com Tue Aug 17 08:36:44 2021 From: teresa at avocetconsulting.com (Teresa Michelsen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. In-Reply-To: <031B9C9C-CAA7-4CEB-A7A1-73E9D98078EE@gmail.com> References: <031B9C9C-CAA7-4CEB-A7A1-73E9D98078EE@gmail.com> Message-ID: <27ba74d76ae04caa85aabd0adebbb2aa@avocetconsulting.com> Most spamblockers or junk folders have a way to mark a certain person as allowed through - called a whitelist (as opposed to a blacklist). Yours may be called something different but it essentially bypasses the spam evaluation that sends it to that folder. Teresa Michelsen Hoodsport -----Original Message----- From: Karen Wosilait Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 8:26 AM To: Teresa Michelsen Cc: Dan Reiff ; tweeters@uw.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. I?m not sure what is meant by ?whitelist? in this context. I haven?t been having the issue with explicit emails, but I hadn?t noticed anything from Blair. He was in my contacts, but there were a number of emails from him in my junk folder. I added him to VIPs?maybe that will help? Karen Wosilait Seattle, WA karen.w.mobile@gmail.com > On Aug 17, 2021, at 7:39 AM, Teresa Michelsen wrote: > > ?If they have a consistent subject line or certain words or phrases that would not be in normal e-mail, you can block them using the subject line instead of the e-mail address - at least most blockers allow this. Or you may need to install a more sophisticated spam blocker that can use AI to identify spam. In the meantime, put the people who are going into your spam on your "whitelist" and they will get through in the future. You may still have to check for a while. > > I can tell you that I have never seen one of these, because Microsoft's 365 default spam blocker is catching them. Occasionally I do still have to rescue someone from the spam folder. If you are not using 365 (and there are lots of good reasons not to) I would recommend SpamBully. It can take a few adjustments but will take a lot of the pain out of your life! > > Teresa Michelsen > Hoodsport > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Dan Reiff > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:31 AM > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. > > Hello Tweeters, > > I had never experienced receiving sexually-oriented email until the Tweeters breach. At first I received them as a response to sending any email to Tweeters. Others reported the same. > > I kept deleting them or sending them to junk mail, hoping I would stop receiving them. Almost all of the 500+ I have received are now going directly to junk mail. > Often 5-6 a day. > I do not open them, but I look in junk mail for real tweeters postings. > > The emails to Tweeters by BB, Ellen, Gary, and several others go directly to Junk mail and I value and don?t want to miss- the information they share. > > Each time I look for their emails to Tweeters, I find another 5-6 unwanted sexually oriented ?offers?. > > I would value any guidance anyone can offer me so that I can block them. Receiving them is very annoying! How have others dealt with this Tweeters breach? > > Thank you, > Dan Reiff > MI > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Tue Aug 17 09:03:03 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. In-Reply-To: <27ba74d76ae04caa85aabd0adebbb2aa@avocetconsulting.com> References: <031B9C9C-CAA7-4CEB-A7A1-73E9D98078EE@gmail.com> <27ba74d76ae04caa85aabd0adebbb2aa@avocetconsulting.com> Message-ID: <2bc56ed448cd62fb864c9268fbfabdd3@birdsbydave.com> Please review my comments on this topic: (The bottom line is that you need a robust spam blocker and to get away from "free" email providers.) From: dgrainger@birdsbydave.com Subject: Re: [Tweeters] spam Date: February 2, 2021 at 11:40:52 AM PST To: Ellen Cohen Unfortunately, you are not. I have done a lot of investigation and analysis of the spam that has been afflicting Tweeters members, and have given ELC a lot of information and suggestions on how to reduce it, but there is no 100% way to stop it. My examination of the "source headers" on fifty of these massages reveals a couple of common threads between them. First, nearly all of the originating addresses are spoofed GMail accounts taken from stolen address books at Google. The second thing is that a percentage of these are related either in content or the way they are constructed to adult social media sites. Third is that most are constructed in such a way as to evade detection by anti-spam software, hence they have to be directly added to spam filters at the consumer level, where possible. Many have a lot of apparently blank space in the body of the message; that usually isn't really blank, as the perpetrators have created HTML with the same color for text as for background (white on white) so that it cannot be seen. That may also include a PDF file which itself has a Javascript embedded which cannot be seen, but is where the payload of malicious code is enclosed. Here is a link to Google's fraud office which will give you a way to report to them. https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse?hl=en I have provided them with a list 150 addresses long that were originators of some of this spam, being careful not to point to a victim of spoofing / faked use of an address. One of the other problems with attempting to stop this stuff is that spammers open GMail addresses full of random letters and numbers, use that address as sender for a short time, then abandon it. Thus, using a spam filter that looks only for sender address would not be able to keep up. I would consider switching away from GMail, Hotmail, AOL, or any of those free e-mail providers because they are targeted by hackers, have had massive thefts of address books. If your address is in someone else's address book at GMail, and that address book is stolen, you are right back into the spammer's clutches. Small ISP's tend to have much more successful spam blocker software at the server side. I have three email addresses, only one of which has been getting this stuff; that address is hosted at the ISP that alsp hosts my website, and does not have the robust filtration as does my other two accounts. On 2021-01-14 10:26, Ellen Cohen wrote: problem with spam replies. Am I the only one? _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters FYI . . . . . From: Elaine Chuang Subject: Fwd: Spam received (Tweeters) Date: January 27, 2021 at 8:28:53 AM PST To: Ellen Cohen Cc: "tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu" Reply-To: "tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu" We are continuing to work with UW-IT to sheer up the barricades as best as is possible, but this unfortunate situation is a sad and pitiful sign of the times. Thank you for this useful report, and please get in touch if you need help blocking or setting up spam filters. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Elaine Chuang List Administrator ... along with Hal Opperman and Dan Victor, the original masterminds (est. 1992) On 2021-08-17 08:36, Teresa Michelsen wrote: > Most spamblockers or junk folders have a way to mark a certain person > as allowed through - called a whitelist (as opposed to a blacklist). > Yours may be called something different but it essentially bypasses > the spam evaluation that sends it to that folder. > > Teresa Michelsen > Hoodsport > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Wosilait > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 8:26 AM > To: Teresa Michelsen > Cc: Dan Reiff ; tweeters@uw.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing > problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. > > I?m not sure what is meant by ?whitelist? in this context. I haven?t > been having the issue with explicit emails, but I hadn?t noticed > anything from Blair. He was in my contacts, but there were a number of > emails from him in my junk folder. I added him to VIPs?maybe that will > help? > > Karen Wosilait > Seattle, WA > karen.w.mobile@gmail.com > >> On Aug 17, 2021, at 7:39 AM, Teresa Michelsen >> wrote: >> >> ?If they have a consistent subject line or certain words or phrases >> that would not be in normal e-mail, you can block them using the >> subject line instead of the e-mail address - at least most blockers >> allow this. Or you may need to install a more sophisticated spam >> blocker that can use AI to identify spam. In the meantime, put the >> people who are going into your spam on your "whitelist" and they will >> get through in the future. You may still have to check for a while. >> >> I can tell you that I have never seen one of these, because >> Microsoft's 365 default spam blocker is catching them. Occasionally I >> do still have to rescue someone from the spam folder. If you are not >> using 365 (and there are lots of good reasons not to) I would >> recommend SpamBully. It can take a few adjustments but will take a lot >> of the pain out of your life! >> >> Teresa Michelsen >> Hoodsport >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tweeters On Behalf >> Of Dan Reiff >> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:31 AM >> To: Tweeters >> Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing >> problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. >> >> Hello Tweeters, >> >> I had never experienced receiving sexually-oriented email until the >> Tweeters breach. At first I received them as a response to sending any >> email to Tweeters. Others reported the same. >> >> I kept deleting them or sending them to junk mail, hoping I would stop >> receiving them. Almost all of the 500+ I have received are now going >> directly to junk mail. >> Often 5-6 a day. >> I do not open them, but I look in junk mail for real tweeters >> postings. >> >> The emails to Tweeters by BB, Ellen, Gary, and several others go >> directly to Junk mail and I value and don?t want to miss- the >> information they share. >> >> Each time I look for their emails to Tweeters, I find another 5-6 >> unwanted sexually oriented ?offers?. >> >> I would value any guidance anyone can offer me so that I can block >> them. Receiving them is very annoying! How have others dealt with this >> Tweeters breach? >> >> Thank you, >> Dan Reiff >> MI >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Tue Aug 17 09:43:30 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. In-Reply-To: <27ba74d76ae04caa85aabd0adebbb2aa@avocetconsulting.com> References: <031B9C9C-CAA7-4CEB-A7A1-73E9D98078EE@gmail.com> <27ba74d76ae04caa85aabd0adebbb2aa@avocetconsulting.com> Message-ID: <74fea9c2a51485e24504856409a8fa0c@birdsbydave.com> Please review my comments, copied below, on this topic. The bottom line is that there is very little that can be done about it other than getting a robust Spam blocker such as Spam Assassin, and most importantly, stop using the "free" email providers such as Gmail.. Here are my comments; they were written after a dialogue with ELC and a lot of analysis of the sources of the offensive spam: From: dgrainger@birdsbydave.com Subject: Re: [Tweeters] spam Date: February 2, 2021 at 11:40:52 AM PST To: [blanked out in this copy] Unfortunately, you are not [the only one]. I have done a lot of investigation and analysis of the spam that has been afflicting Tweeters members, and have given ELC a lot of information and suggestions on how to reduce it, but there is no 100% way to stop it. My examination of the "source headers" on fifty of these massages reveals a couple of common threads between them. First, nearly all of the originating addresses are spoofed GMail accounts taken from stolen address books at Google. The second thing is that a percentage of these are related either in content or the way they are constructed to adult social media sites. Third is that most are constructed in such a way as to evade detection by anti-spam software, hence they have to be directly added to spam filters at the consumer level, where possible. Many have a lot of apparently blank space in the body of the message; that usually isn't really blank, as the perpetrators have created HTML with the same color for text as for background (white on white) so that it cannot be seen. That may also include a PDF file which itself has a Javascript embedded which cannot be seen, but is where the payload of malicious code is enclosed. Here is a link to Google's fraud office which will give you a way to report to them. https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse?hl=en I have provided them with a list 150 addresses long that were originators of some of this spam, being careful not to point to a victim of spoofing / faked use of an address. One of the other problems with attempting to stop this stuff is that spammers open GMail addresses full of random letters and numbers, use that address as sender for a short time, then abandon it. Thus, using a spam filter that looks only for sender address would not be able to keep up. I would consider switching away from GMail, Hotmail, AOL, or any of those free e-mail providers because they are targeted by hackers, have had massive thefts of address books. If your address is in someone else's address book at GMail, and that address book is stolen, you are right back into the spammer's clutches. Small ISP's tend to have much more successful spam blocker software at the server side. I have three email addresses, only one of which has been getting this stuff; that address is hosted at the ISP that also hosts my website, and does not have the robust filtration as does my other two accounts. [the above response was originally sent in January to the sender of the following Tweeters posting:] On 2021-01-14 10:26, [name blanked out] wrote: problem with spam replies. Am I the only one? _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters On 2021-08-17 08:36, Teresa Michelsen wrote: > Most spamblockers or junk folders have a way to mark a certain person > as allowed through - called a whitelist (as opposed to a blacklist). > Yours may be called something different but it essentially bypasses > the spam evaluation that sends it to that folder. > > Teresa Michelsen > Hoodsport > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Wosilait > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 8:26 AM > To: Teresa Michelsen > Cc: Dan Reiff ; tweeters@uw.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing > problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. > > I?m not sure what is meant by ?whitelist? in this context. I haven?t > been having the issue with explicit emails, but I hadn?t noticed > anything from Blair. He was in my contacts, but there were a number of > emails from him in my junk folder. I added him to VIPs?maybe that will > help? > > Karen Wosilait > Seattle, WA > karen.w.mobile@gmail.com > >> On Aug 17, 2021, at 7:39 AM, Teresa Michelsen >> wrote: >> >> ?If they have a consistent subject line or certain words or phrases >> that would not be in normal e-mail, you can block them using the >> subject line instead of the e-mail address - at least most blockers >> allow this. Or you may need to install a more sophisticated spam >> blocker that can use AI to identify spam. In the meantime, put the >> people who are going into your spam on your "whitelist" and they will >> get through in the future. You may still have to check for a while. >> >> I can tell you that I have never seen one of these, because >> Microsoft's 365 default spam blocker is catching them. Occasionally I >> do still have to rescue someone from the spam folder. If you are not >> using 365 (and there are lots of good reasons not to) I would >> recommend SpamBully. It can take a few adjustments but will take a lot >> of the pain out of your life! >> >> Teresa Michelsen >> Hoodsport >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tweeters On Behalf >> Of Dan Reiff >> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 1:31 AM >> To: Tweeters >> Subject: [Tweeters] Requesting guidance regarding the continuing >> problem with sex oriented emails that began with the Tweeters Breach. >> >> Hello Tweeters, >> >> I had never experienced receiving sexually-oriented email until the >> Tweeters breach. At first I received them as a response to sending any >> email to Tweeters. Others reported the same. >> >> I kept deleting them or sending them to junk mail, hoping I would stop >> receiving them. Almost all of the 500+ I have received are now going >> directly to junk mail. >> Often 5-6 a day. >> I do not open them, but I look in junk mail for real tweeters >> postings. >> >> The emails to Tweeters by BB, Ellen, Gary, and several others go >> directly to Junk mail and I value and don?t want to miss- the >> information they share. >> >> Each time I look for their emails to Tweeters, I find another 5-6 >> unwanted sexually oriented ?offers?. >> >> I would value any guidance anyone can offer me so that I can block >> them. Receiving them is very annoying! How have others dealt with this >> Tweeters breach? >> >> Thank you, >> Dan Reiff >> MI >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From stevechampton at gmail.com Tue Aug 17 10:06:42 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] eBird guidance on Common vs Short-billed Gull; loss of NW Crow Message-ID: eBird's taxonomic updates finally rolled out this morning. Two things: 1) Mew Gull is now split into Short-billed Gull (North America) and Common Gull (Eurasia). 99.999% of the time, the correct entry will be Short-billed Gull. I assume county reviewers will be removing Common Gull if there are no prior records in their area (such as for "Kamchatka" Common Gull, the most likely Common Gull to reach the PNW). 2) Northwestern Crow is no more; it was lumped with American Crow last summer after a study showed a vast intragration zone between the two. Note the splitting and lumping is done by the American Ornithological Society each summer. It takes eBird a while to update their software. -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Tue Aug 17 10:43:06 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening Message-ID: <6EB836AB-1D51-4B75-83FA-B003DED1E0FA@me.com> 3-4 hundred Vaux?s Swifts in the Monroe Wagner roost. They?ve been in there for at least 17 hours. The outside cam caught a Merlin perched on top. Probably asking them if they wanted to come out and play. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From 1northraven at gmail.com Tue Aug 17 10:43:20 2021 From: 1northraven at gmail.com (J Christian Kessler) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] eBird guidance on Common vs Short-billed Gull; loss of NW Crow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: have to wonder what was wrong with the name "Mew" that neither side of the split continues with that name. Chris Kessler Seattle On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:07 AM Steve Hampton wrote: > eBird's taxonomic updates finally rolled out this morning. Two things: > > 1) Mew Gull is now split into Short-billed Gull (North America) and Common > Gull (Eurasia). 99.999% of the time, the correct entry will be Short-billed > Gull. I assume county reviewers will be removing Common Gull if there are > no prior records in their area (such as for "Kamchatka" Common Gull, the > most likely Common Gull to reach the PNW). > > 2) Northwestern Crow is no more; it was lumped with American Crow last > summer after a study showed a vast intragration zone between the two. > > Note the splitting and lumping is done by the American Ornithological > Society each summer. It takes eBird a while to update their software. > > -- > Steve Hampton > Port Townsend, WA > *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- "moderation in everything, including moderation" Rustin Thompson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucd880 at comcast.net Tue Aug 17 10:51:50 2021 From: ucd880 at comcast.net (HAL MICHAEL) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] eBird guidance on Common vs Short-billed Gull; loss of NW Crow Message-ID: <1877047781.281848.1629222711032@connect.xfinity.com> One question I have is about the Crows. I presume that at one time they were "good" species with breeding barriers (habitat) in place. At some point, these broke down due to settlement . But, at one time in the not too distant past they were 2 species. Consequently, any sighting pre-(some date) could be presumed to be Northwestern Crow and should be retained on life-lists. They just became extinct, in some ways similar to what the swamping by Barred Owls is doing to Spotteds. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 08/17/2021 10:43 AM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: > > > have to wonder what was wrong with the name "Mew" that neither side of the split continues with that name. > > Chris Kessler > Seattle > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:07 AM Steve Hampton wrote: > > > > eBird's taxonomic updates finally rolled out this morning. Two things: > > > > 1) Mew Gull is now split into Short-billed Gull (North America) and Common Gull (Eurasia). 99.999% of the time, the correct entry will be Short-billed Gull. I assume county reviewers will be removing Common Gull if there are no prior records in their area (such as for "Kamchatka" Common Gull, the most likely Common Gull to reach the PNW). > > > > 2) Northwestern Crow is no more; it was lumped with American Crow last summer after a study showed a vast intragration zone between the two. > > > > Note the splitting and lumping is done by the American Ornithological Society each summer. It takes eBird a while to update their software. > > > > -- > > Steve Hampton > > Port Townsend, WA > > Qatay, S'Klallam territory > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > > > > -- > "moderation in everything, including moderation" > Rustin Thompson > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Tue Aug 17 13:02:09 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] eBird guidance on Common vs Short-billed Gull; loss of NW Crow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Chris, I think that's a good question. Short-billed was it's historic name and also it's Latin name (brachyrhynchus = short bill). It was also called Short-billed Mew Gull at one point. The AOS guidelines for English bird names are here: https://americanornithology.org/nacc/guidelines-for-english-bird-names/ You'll see this fits under C.1., splits, where the preference is for new names to avoid confusion with old names (e.g. are we referring to the new Winter Wren or the old Winter Wren?). There are some exceptions, including this: "1.1.b. Differential usage. In some cases, a name is much more associated with one daughter species regardless of relative range size." That was certainly the case here, where gull enthusiasts for decades have referred to brachyrhynchus as "Mew" and canus as "Common" (and also kamchatkensis as "Kamchatka"), and Common Gull is widely used in Europe for this species (the Brits only use Mew for our form), so leaving just the North American form as Mew would have been fine. I assume they debated this point, but in the end decided to revert back to Short-billed. On a related front, I see that the ghosts in eBird's machine have reverted some of my past Mew Gulls to Short-billed and some (even here in Washington) to Common! I assume they'll be correcting this. On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:43 AM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: > have to wonder what was wrong with the name "Mew" that neither side of the > split continues with that name. > > Chris Kessler > Seattle > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:07 AM Steve Hampton > wrote: > >> eBird's taxonomic updates finally rolled out this morning. Two things: >> >> 1) Mew Gull is now split into Short-billed Gull (North America) and >> Common Gull (Eurasia). 99.999% of the time, the correct entry will be >> Short-billed Gull. I assume county reviewers will be removing Common Gull >> if there are no prior records in their area (such as for "Kamchatka" Common >> Gull, the most likely Common Gull to reach the PNW). >> >> 2) Northwestern Crow is no more; it was lumped with American Crow last >> summer after a study showed a vast intragration zone between the two. >> >> Note the splitting and lumping is done by the American Ornithological >> Society each summer. It takes eBird a while to update their software. >> >> -- >> Steve Hampton >> Port Townsend, WA >> *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > > > -- > "moderation in everything, including moderation" > Rustin Thompson > -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This coincides with the arrival of many Surfbirds (someone had 18 today) and Black Turnstones (now over 100) at Point Hudson, Port Townsend. Full eBird list at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93372833 good birding, -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marvbreece at q.com Tue Aug 17 13:55:29 2021 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit Shorebirding 8.16.21 Message-ID: <1814597140.8852275.1629233729225.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Yesterday (8.16.21) was an outstanding day for shorebirding in Skagit County. I visited 3 Skagit locations as follows: CD - Channel Drive GR- Skagit Game Range aka Wylie Slough on Fir Island HR - Hayton Reserve on Fir Island Please excuse the older taxonomic order. American Golden-Plover - adult molting into basic plumage at HR Black-bellied Plover - 40 or so at HR Semipalmated Plover - many adults & juvs at HR Killdeer - all 3 locations; leucistic Killdeer at HR; different bird than the one I saw there last September Wilson's Snipe - 1 at GR Short-billed Dowitcher - juveniles at GR & molting adults at HR Long-billed Dowitcher - adults at GR & HR Greater Yellowlegs - did not see at GR!; seen at CD & HR Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 juv at GR; more at HR Solitary Sandpiper - 1 at GR Spotted Sandpiper - 1 at CD Black Turnstone - super spot of 1 by Gary Bletsch at HR Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 juv & likely more at GR Western Sandpiper - some at GR & massive quantities at HR Least Sandpiper - GR & HR Baird's Sandpiper - a few seen & heard at HR Pectoral Sandpiper - a few seen & heard at HR Stilt Sandpiper - 2 juvs at GR Also: Franklin's Gull - 1 juv at HR Peregrine Falcon - 2 juvs hunting shorebirds at HR Videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com Pbase Images : https://www.pbase.com/marvbreece Flickr Videos : https://www.flickr.com/photos/138163614@N02/ Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbkNzr4TaZ6ZBWfoJNvavw/featured -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Tue Aug 17 14:49:29 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] testing Message-ID: <32af614142f6e6a6819cef9339259580@birdsbydave.com> I replied to a poster and to Tweeters in general today regarding a question on unwanted e-mail but my reply apparently got blocked. From mattxyz at earthlink.net Tue Aug 17 17:27:05 2021 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] loss of NW Crow In-Reply-To: <1877047781.281848.1629222711032@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1877047781.281848.1629222711032@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Hi Hal - I believe the thinking now is that NW Crow was headed towards becoming a distinct species, but never made it. So, there was no point in which it was actually a good specie ? it was working its ways towards that, but didn?t get there. So nope, no earlier date where NW Crow would be a good species on any life lists. That?s my understanding of the situation, at least. Best Matt Bartels Seattle, WA > On Aug 17, 2021, at 10:51 AM, HAL MICHAEL wrote: > > One question I have is about the Crows. I presume that at one time they were "good" species with breeding barriers (habitat) in place. At some point, these broke down due to settlement . But, at one time in the not too distant past they were 2 species. Consequently, any sighting pre-(some date) could be presumed to be Northwestern Crow and should be retained on life-lists. They just became extinct, in some ways similar to what the swamping by Barred Owls is doing to Spotteds. > > Hal Michael > Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > > >> On 08/17/2021 10:43 AM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> have to wonder what was wrong with the name "Mew" that neither side of the split continues with that name. >> >> Chris Kessler >> Seattle >> >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:07 AM Steve Hampton > wrote: >> eBird's taxonomic updates finally rolled out this morning. Two things: >> >> 1) Mew Gull is now split into Short-billed Gull (North America) and Common Gull (Eurasia). 99.999% of the time, the correct entry will be Short-billed Gull. I assume county reviewers will be removing Common Gull if there are no prior records in their area (such as for "Kamchatka" Common Gull, the most likely Common Gull to reach the PNW). >> >> 2) Northwestern Crow is no more; it was lumped with American Crow last summer after a study showed a vast intragration zone between the two. >> >> Note the splitting and lumping is done by the American Ornithological Society each summer. 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Heermann's Gulls, Brown Pelicans, Pigeon Guillemots (6), Common Murres (1027 with at least ten chicks), and Rhinoceros Auklets (395) among other species escorted us through the harbor and out between the jetties toward the anticipated pelagic species that are regularly encountered on Westport Seabirds trips. After crossing the bar, we soon located the first of many Sooty Shearwaters (2408) as well as several flocks of feeding Red-necked Phalaropes (55 - from the Arctic tundra). Later, diminutive Cassin's Auklets (30 - breeders from Alaska through California)) allowed decent views. Its always good to see this species (especially full auklets bouncing over the water) since it gives a good sense of the amount of krill and other small crustaceans that are readily available for a quick meal. Tubenose variety started to pick up and Pink-footed Shearwaters (924 - from Chile) and Northern Fulmars (40 - from Alaska) joined the Sooty Shearwaters (from New Zealand) for a comparison of flight behavior, profiles, and plumage. As we neared the shrimp boats that regularly fish the waters several miles from the edge of the continental shelf, we could see throngs of birds vying for optimal position in anticipation of nets being raised and an abundance of food brought to the marine table. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels (43 - from the coasts of Alaska through Washington) and Black-footed Albatrosses (51 - from Hawaii) were joined by Sabine's Gulls (26 - from Alaska) and the first of a surprising number of cooperative Short-tailed Shearwaters (25 - from New Zealand). It was great to be able to compare Short-tailed and Sooty Shearwaters - a difficult identification for many. Everyone on board marveled at this variety of seabirds that actively fed not far from the *Monte Carlo *on a virtually flat sea. A few Pomarine Jaegers (4 - from the Arctic tundra) cruised through but didn't stay long. We then ventured to Grays Harbor Canyon for some deep sea birding and our efforts were rewarded with Leach's Storm-Petrels (16 - breeders from the coast of Alaska through Oregon) accompanying the Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels for a perfect companions on flight behavior, shape, and plumage. Leach's Storm-Petrels will continue to push further away from land as the season progresses so we were glad to see this many still within a day's pelagic range. A few mega migrating Arctic Terns (8) were encountered too. It's hard to believe that such a small and delicate looking species can migrate from the high Arctic to the edge of the Antarctic pack ice and return in the span of a year! We wanted to leave some time for checking the birds around the shrimp boats again so we headed back towards the fleet. The same variety of seabirds were still there with the addition of several more full tailed (maximum spoonage) Pomarine Jaegers and a single flyby South Polar Skua (breeder from the Antarctic). A single Common Tern perched on a log was a last addition to the offshore bird list. A few additional species fell into the agonizing category of single observer sightings which is always unfortunate but it happens! We recorded Humpback Whales (10) and a pod of Pacific White-sided Dolphins (20) as well as Harbor Porpoises (2) on the way too. 8 Mola Molas (Ocean Sunfish) and 6 Blue Sharks were also observed. California and Steller's Sea Lions rounded out the mammal (and other) show. It's always great to see such a variety of non-avian species! No Westport Seabirds trip is over until we've checked out the shorebirds along the south jetty and we were rewarded with Surfbirds (16), Wandering Tattlers (6), and a Ruddy Turnstone. The Marbled Godwit flock (1000+) in the inner harbor held two (!) Bar-tailed Godwits (including an alternate plumaged bird) which have both been hanging with the flock for at least a week. Whimbrel (8), and a Black Turnstone brought the trip to a close which was under the watchful eyes of half submerged Harbor Seals. I thank all the participants for your boundless enthusiasm which keeps the boat crew and guides energetic and clambering for more. Today's trip was captained by Chris Sawin (yes, you read that correctly, no Phil today) and assisted by Chris Anderson. Guides were Scott Mills, Bruce LaBar and Jim Danzenbaker. Even though this year's schedule is full (except a few spaces on the October 16 trip), it's always worth visiting the Westport Seabirds website for updates (https://westportseabirds.com/2021-schedule-new/). I hope to see you on a future Westport Seabirds trip! Jim Danzenbaker for Westport Seabirds. -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Wed Aug 18 13:45:26 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] About that Merlin Message-ID: <08C86844-3350-4B7F-8C83-CF3F9F0F3A53@me.com> Posted about my seeing a Merlin on top the Monroe Wagner crow barrier. Didn?t think Merlins did that. Finally got around to checking the quick screen shot I got off. Ha! That?s not a Merlin. That?s a Flicker. I feel better as well as stupid. 2384 Vaux?s left their Wagner Roost at 8:33 this morning. 1317 plus 2 released by PAWS used the Village of Selleck's Old School House chimney. 1000 plus at the John Day Elks. Observer parking was difficult due to it being Taco Tuesday. Vaux?s Happening played a small part in keeping this roost available for the wee birds. Credit the John Day Birding Club for the heavy lifting. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From cariddellwa at gmail.com Wed Aug 18 14:03:51 2021 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hayton Reserve Am Avocets Message-ID: Two right now. Many scopes on them. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From avosetta at hotmail.com Wed Aug 18 14:08:58 2021 From: avosetta at hotmail.com (Diane Yorgason-Quinn) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] About that Merlin In-Reply-To: <08C86844-3350-4B7F-8C83-CF3F9F0F3A53@me.com> References: <08C86844-3350-4B7F-8C83-CF3F9F0F3A53@me.com> Message-ID: Wow! Things are really happening now! Glad to hear about the baby swifts being adopted by the flock again at Selleck! And about that Flicker -- I'm surprised it could sit on top of that crow barrier very well. I wonder whether the swifts knew it wasn't a threat? Diane Y-Q ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Larry Schwitters Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 1:45 PM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] About that Merlin Posted about my seeing a Merlin on top the Monroe Wagner crow barrier. Didn?t think Merlins did that. Finally got around to checking the quick screen shot I got off. Ha! That?s not a Merlin. That?s a Flicker. I feel better as well as stupid. 2384 Vaux?s left their Wagner Roost at 8:33 this morning. 1317 plus 2 released by PAWS used the Village of Selleck's Old School House chimney. 1000 plus at the John Day Elks. Observer parking was difficult due to it being Taco Tuesday. Vaux?s Happening played a small part in keeping this roost available for the wee birds. Credit the John Day Birding Club for the heavy lifting. 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At the Game Range on Fir Island, AKA Wylie Slough or the Headquarters Unit, where I birded twice today, there were these shorebirds: KilldeerGreater YellowlegsLesser YellowlegsWilson's SnipeLB DowitcherSB DowitcherWestern SandpipersLeast Sandpipersone Semipalmated Sandpiper that gave only a brief view2 Stilt Sandpipers2 Pectoral Sandpipers. I could not find any Solitary Sandpipers at the Game Range; I suspect they've moved on. At Fir Island Farm Reserve (FIFR), formerly called Hayton Reserve, there were these shorebirds: BB Ploverone American Golden Plover (qv)Semipalmated PloverKilldeer2 American Avocets (good spot by Bob Kuntz)2 Red-necked Phalaropes1 Stilt Sandpiper1 Baird's Sandpiper1 Pectoral Sandpiperabout 1000 Western SandpipersLeast SandpipersLB DowitchersSB DowitchersGreater YellowlegsLesser Yellowlegs The bird that I am calling an American Golden Plover was definitely the same bird that I saw at FIFR on Monday the 16th with Marv and a few other birders. It is an adult just starting to moult out of breeding plumage, with a big white supercilium. I saw it in the scope today, as it was standing on the same algal mat where it had been foraging on Monday, and later it flew right past me, calling. The call matched the recording of AMGP that I played moments later. Everyone birding near me agreed that the call did not sound like a Pacific Golden Plover call. Later in the day, some other birders saw a Pacific Golden Plover there at FIFR. I wish I'd been there to see that one as well, but omnipresence is hard for mortals to achieve. The Avocets stayed all afternoon and remained into the evening, as I later learned. What a great bird to see on the West Side! After leaving FIFR, I determined that I needed to find one more species of shorebird to reach 18, so I went back to the Game Range. There were no Solitary Sandpipers, no other new shorebirds to see, but there were two Stilt Sandpipers instead of just one, and they were riding around on their "naumachia" logs, giving great views. I would never have even gone birding today, except I had heard that Wilson's Phalaropes had been reported. I keep missing them! Mrs. Bletsch said, "Go find those phalaropes!" So off I went. After seeing 17 species of shorebirds, I betook myself to Channel Drive, where the Spotted Sandpipers were bobbing in their usual spot. Eighteen species! There were also hundreds of Western Sandpipers there, a Semipalmated Sandpiper, a couple of Pectorals, a few Leasts, and both Yellowlegs. Plus, the Mariners won again today! Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But *no*t to include Pacific vs. Cordillera Flycatcher, which cannot be identified at all. Bob OBrien Portland On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 12:40 AM Rachel Lawson wrote: > The Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Day for August 10 was oscines, n. > From Roman History. Birds from whose song or call (rather than flight) > auguries were taken, as ravens, owls, etc. > > Rachel Lawson > rwlawson@q.com > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rwlawson5593 at outlook.com Thu Aug 19 11:37:37 2021 From: rwlawson5593 at outlook.com (Rachel Lawson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Interesting etymology of the word oscine In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sadly true about those flycatchers. It's also interesting that the current ornithological taxonomic use of the word oscine excludes many of the very birds (i.e. owls) the word originally was meant to describe. Sorry, cuckoos... Rachel Lawson rwlawson@q.com ________________________________ From: Robert O'Brien Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 9:39 AM To: Rachel Lawson Cc: Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Interesting etymology of the word oscine Very interesting. Thanks for posting. In modern times we could infer ocines to be birds which are best identified by voice/call. Take, Buff-collared Nightjar, as one. Or Alder vs. Willow Flycatchers. But not to include Pacific vs. Cordillera Flycatcher, which cannot be identified at all. Bob OBrien Portland On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 12:40 AM Rachel Lawson > wrote: The Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Day for August 10 was oscines, n. From Roman History. Birds from whose song or call (rather than flight) auguries were taken, as ravens, owls, etc. Rachel Lawson rwlawson@q.com _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From calliopehb at comcast.net Thu Aug 19 14:14:02 2021 From: calliopehb at comcast.net (Beth Thompson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Spring time in Nebraska Message-ID: <1991834537.474770.1629407642892@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Aug 19 15:09:37 2021 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-08-19 Message-ID: Tweets ? A little early overcast cleared to hazy skies, especially to the east. A quiet day. Highlights: a.. NORTHERN SHOVELER ? one female-type at the weir. Our earliest fall sighting by 3 days (if you don?t count a very out-of-season bird on 2017-07-25, photographed by Kazuto Shibata) b.. Common Merganser ? seven at the weir, our first after a 6-week absence c.. Vaux?s Swift ? several sightings of multiple birds, after a summer of sparse sightings d.. Western Screech-Owl ? heard predawn e.. Great Horned Owl ? Matt saw one predawn along road f.. Pacific-slope Flycatcher ? one south of the East Meadow ? First of Year for the survey ! g.. Purple Martin ? still several flying around calling h.. Swallow spp. ? white-breasted swallows without noticeable saddlebags over Dog Meadow. Another bird at the lake. Thinking Tree and Northern Rough-winged respectively, but listing as spp. i.. Cliff Swallow ? one near Viewing Mound j.. Barn Swallow ? several k.. Cedar Waxwing ? our most numerous passerine l.. Yellow Warbler ? one heard singing, East Meadow. Our only warbler besides Common Yellowthroat m.. Western Tanager ? three near weir, additional sightings near mansion. First sightings after 6-week absence n.. Black-headed Grosbeak ? one below the weir in large dead tree >From the Lake Platform we could see many distant swallows and about 10 scattered, distant gulls. But the haze prevented any IDs. A late scan of the lake confirmed California Gull and Glaucous-winged (or maybe Olympic) gulls, and several more that remained unidentified due to distance. I might have glimpsed a Caspian Tern, but couldn?t verify. Misses included Spotted Sandpiper, Green Heron, Cooper?s Hawk, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Wilson?s Warbler. Quite a few birds barely made it on to the list, based on being heard distantly, or being barely glimpsed. We did manage to identify 54 species. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tsbrennan at hotmail.com Thu Aug 19 22:42:34 2021 From: tsbrennan at hotmail.com (Tim Brennan) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] August updates to Douglas County Birding Message-ID: Hey birders, I was able to get three posts up from my August trip to Douglas County: https://douglascountybirding.blogspot.com/2021/08/august-16th-hazy-orange-and-dusky-blue.html is the first of the three. Thanks to those who helped with the shorebird pics, and especially to the person who shared the lovely advice: "The key to finding Semipalmated Sandpipers in Washington is to bird alone and take no pictures." This... defines my anxiety for trying to ID those suckers, and I delve into that anxiety a little in the posts. If poring through tons of shorebirds looking for "the different one" stresses you out, enjoy the read. If you just think it's funny when people get confused with shorebirds, and want to enjoy a little schadenfreude, it may serve that purpose as well. [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EMzfTQ2RMq0/YR613XiCW7I/AAAAAAAAECQ/Xo61OlopECM1Ewmqld-IH5Th1cx1PJ6ZACLcBGAsYHQ/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/DSC_0725%2B%25282%2529.JPG] August 16th - Hazy Orange and Dusky Blue The World was Orange The Columbia River... or perhaps Mars A fire roared south of Ellensburg as I made the trip from Renton towards Douglas ... douglascountybirding.blogspot.com I put in a lot of work trying to find Sharp-tailed Grouse, and very little work trying to find a pelican - that all went about as well as any birder would expect. The year list sits at 199, and September's coming. I do need to know what 200 will be, and have thrown out the offer of a coffee mug from Lone Pine Fruit and Espresso if you can just tell me in advance. For reference: https://douglascountybirding.blogspot.com/p/running-tally-and-needs-list.html [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xjsvY69b4WQ/YMQDyyO9bHI/AAAAAAAAD5c/nxCfHGvjmNI8m09CnW6D6y5t44C9sfJkACLcBGAsYHQ/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Douglas%2Bchecklist.PNG] Douglas County Birding: Running Tally and Needs List A dozen or so birding trips to Douglas County in Washington State in 2021, featuring stunning landscapes, decent pictures of food, and forgettable images of birds. douglascountybirding.blogspot.com Thanks to all who have helped along the way, especially the generous local birders who have shared ideas and information about sites and birds. Cheers, Tim Brennan Renton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was a nice find and we thank her and Antonio Montanana for telling us about it. Andy McCormick Bellevue, WA From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Andy McCormick Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 9:31 AM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Sora at Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland Hello Tweets, For the past two evenings a Sora has been out feeding on the lily pads at the end of the first boardwalk west of the old road (The long one that begins opposite the restrooms). We saw it last night at 7:30 p.m. We had good views as it foraged for 10-15 minutes. Andy McCormick Bellevue, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Fri Aug 20 12:35:57 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Now do you want to see a Black Swift? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <53DDDD2C-BE40-4CAD-9732-8BE9634438C8@me.com> I?m posting this again for Oregon?s Eric Horvath who has now photographed 26 WA sites (all waterfalls) that show a bird on a nest. Here he gives you directions to an easy one. Hi Tweeters. As part of a search for Black Swifts nesting in Washington state, I have found a new site that is easily accessible and easily seen from a gravel road. There is only one Black Swift nest here at this waterfall, and the chick is getting near to fledging age; it will probably fledge about 10 September, guesstimate. If you visit here, please be on your best American Birding Association code of ethics and do not disturb the bird with sounds, or camera flash, or climbing around on the cliffs to get closer! Location: Lennox Ridge Falls, near to Skykomish, King County, WA. Directions: Turn off Hwy 2 onto the Old Cascades Hwy at signs pointing to Money Creek Campground, which is just under three miles west of Skykomish and about ten miles east of Index. After a mile turn right onto Miller River Road, then in another 300 feet turn right again onto Money Creek Road, and follow it for 4.6 miles to where the falls are visible to the left. A small pullout on the opposite side of the road provides room for 2 cars, and there is further parking 300 feet up the road. Money Creek Road is known for washouts, but current conditions are good for low clearance cars if you drive with care. When you are standing on the road looking across Money Creek at the waterfall, you may find a cairn. At this point you can see the falling water of Lennox Ridge Falls, and the black swift can be plainly seen with 10 x binoculars. That is, I can see the bird but I have a refined search image. You should bring your spotting scope and come in morning light on a sunny day if you want photos and digiscoping. Forget about your SLR camera for this site, it is just too far away. digiscoping is the only option. To find the nest, you will have to look carefully, as these birds are well hidden even if in the open. The chick is dark gray with white feather edgings, and the wingtips look like little white chevrons cause of the edging. So to the details?you?re there on the road with your tripod and scope, looking at the falling water. Look along the cliff left of the falling water, just a little bit above eye level from where you stand on the road. The nest is right below a maidenhair fern clump, under a rock roof that forms and upward pointing V shape?.Any more directions would take the fun of the search away and the thrill of victory when you see it. I can email a photo with the location circled if necessary. Please remember, do not cross money creek and get closer?the viewing angle gets worse and we cant have disturbance that close to the nest. Thanks. Please let me know what you see, I would like to keep track of the fledging date. I was there 28 Aug 2018.?Eric Horvath, horvath@pioneer.net A fat chick was seen on the nest a couple das ago. Larry Schwitters Issaquah -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Fri Aug 20 19:15:56 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe Message-ID: Thousands of Vaux?s Swifts in the Monroe Wagner roost now. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Aug 20 23:50:50 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?VOX=3A_The_West=E2=80=99s_megadrought_is_so_?= =?utf-8?q?bad=2C_authorities_are_airlifting_water_for_animals?= Message-ID: <2680500F-881E-45D7-8128-01BFBC8A890F@gmail.com> The West?s megadrought is so bad, authorities are airlifting water for animals What do we owe animals suffering under climate-fueled drought? Read in Vox: https://apple.news/A2eOVh7DGTPCa-6hqM6m0qg Shared from Apple News Sent from my iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jfsgiles01 at gmail.com Sat Aug 21 10:09:59 2021 From: jfsgiles01 at gmail.com (Steve Giles) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Snohomish Co Stilt Sandpiper Message-ID: This morning at 10 there is a Stilt Sandpiper in the shallow pond just East of the Davis Slough parking area for Leque Island. 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BELTED KINGFISHER - flying over the maintenance pond area and our starting point at the driving range. 2. WOOD DUCKS - 11 at the 9th-hole pond and three more at Hodge Lake. (We have no idea why the 9th-hole pond attracts this many Wood Ducks - we had 27 once here earlier in the year. 3. BROWN CREEPER bathing in a pool of water in the cart path at the 13th tee-box. 4. CASSIN'S VIREO, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, VAUX'S SWIFT, and HUTTON'S VIREO were also all found on or around the 13th tee-box. 5. COOPER'S HAWK also on the 13th hole, but about 125 yards away from the 13th tee-box. 6. 10 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS at the 9th hole and the maintenance ponds. 7. A definitive ID of a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, seen by most of us. Pale white eye-ring, feeding pattern (tips of branches of Douglas-firs), wing bar, with what appeared to be grayish coloration overall. No eye-stripe (ruled out Golden-crowned Kinglet.) Mammals included 5 black-tailed deer, one Douglas squirrel, and one Townsend's chipmunk. (Same species and numbers as last month!) One disconcerting occurrence: While we were on the dirt road that runs between the Dupont housing area and above Hodge Lake, an SUV towing a small trailer passed us by and all of us smelled skunk. Further down the road, we found the vehicle parked and it was pretty obvious that the two folks there had released a skunk from the live trap they had there onto the JBLM Eagles Pride property. I alerted one of the course workers, who told me that it was likely (name withheld here) had released a skunk he had trapped in a housing area where he lives. I just hope the skunk smell stays with these folks' vehicles for as long as they continue to own them! The JBLM Eagles Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM. Starting point is Bldg # 1514, Driving Range Tee, Eagles Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. Upcoming walks include the following: * September 16 * October 21 * November 18 Anyone is welcome to join us! >From the eBirdPNW posting: 42 species Canada Goose 5 In addition, we had a flyby of possibly 10 or more (from calling sounds) CAGO that were below the tree line that we couldn't actually count. Wood Duck 14 11 at the 9th hole pond and 3 at Hodge Lake Mallard 1 Pied-billed Grebe 4 One adult on nest (see photo) in center of Hodge Lake; two other adults and one juvenile also on lake. Band-tailed Pigeon 10 Vaux's Swift 1 Anna's Hummingbird 5 Spotted Sandpiper 1 A first for this birdwalk. Seen by all flying back-and-forth across the 12th hole pond. Definitive flight (rapid wing beat, shallow, seeming to be horizontal and below), white wing stripe, white underside, upperside gray or brown-gray. All the usual identification features matched this species. Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 9 Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 One was "pip-pipping" one one side of the road, and another was responding (?) with a "quick-three-beers" on the other side of the road. Western Wood-Pewee 10 Willow Flycatcher 2 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 Hutton's Vireo 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 Steller's Jay 11 California Scrub-Jay 1 American Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 28 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 37 Barn Swallow 35 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 A definitive ID of a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, seen by most of us. Pale white eye-ring, feeding pattern (fluttering at tips of branches of Douglas-firs), wing bar, with what appeared to be grayish coloration overall. No eye-stripe (ruled out Golden-crowned Kinglet.) Red-breasted Nuthatch 19 Brown Creeper 3 Two were at the 13th hole tee-box and at least one of those bathed in a pool of water on the cart-path next to the tee. Bewick's Wren 1 European Starling 27 American Robin 82 House Finch 24 American Goldfinch 6 Dark-eyed Junco 22 White-crowned Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 13 Spotted Towhee 5 Common Yellowthroat 11 Yellow Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS93546661&data=04%7C01%7C%7C18b504897ce44d92d77608d964dee1e0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637651730698064083%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=N5xTaAky0x6HCdGc5%2BxqqnH3j58z69DkmAdLxmJkgXw%3D&reserved=0 May all your birds be identified, Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Akopitov Seattle From leschwitters at me.com Sun Aug 22 09:03:27 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe Message-ID: <8D8E8F37-328C-473A-841E-41AA5A8C007B@me.com> Ten thousand or so Vaux?s Swifts in the Monroe Wagner Roost. They have been coming out and going back in all morning. You do know that to witness this wildlife spectacle it doesn?t have to be on Swift Night Out. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From mj.cygnus at gmail.com Sun Aug 22 16:00:51 2021 From: mj.cygnus at gmail.com (Martha Jordan) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Trumpeter Swans- update Message-ID: It appears that the 3 Trumpeter Swan juveniles that decided to stay most of the summer on the JBLM wetlands (east side area) have now molted and are again moving about. They were reported at Hart Lake (SE of JBLM two days ago. Please keep an eye out for them in the general vicinity. 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AKopitov Seattle AMK17 From josh.hayes at q.com Sun Aug 22 18:42:45 2021 From: josh.hayes at q.com (Joshua Hayes) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] N Seattle scrub jay Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Sun Aug 22 18:53:08 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Phinney (Seattle) Empid In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Your main options here are probably Pacific-slope and Willow. Both have two wingbars (as do all Empids) and both have yellow lower mandibles. The big difference is the eye-ring-- prominent, with a teardrop at the rear for Pac-slope; pretty much no eye-ring for Willow. On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 6:13 PM AMK17 wrote: > Had my first empid in the yard today. We stared each other down as I > dared not move. > Finally it flew into shrub so I could run in for my camera but alas it > stayed hidden. > > Quick study: Dark upper bill, yellow/orange lower, 2 wing bars, flicked > tail methodically, > No call, olive overall. > > If anyone can id please let me know. Poor Photo here: > > https://flic.kr/p/2miHTtr > > Happy birds. > AKopitov > Seattle > > AMK17 > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Quick study: Dark upper bill, yellow/orange lower, 2 wing bars, flicked tail methodically, No call, olive overall. If anyone can id please let me know. Poor Photo here: https://flic.kr/p/2miHTtr Happy birds. AKopitov Seattle AMK17 _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA Qatay, S'Klallam territory AMK17 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From conniebearshellhouse at gmail.com Mon Aug 23 01:47:26 2021 From: conniebearshellhouse at gmail.com (Conniebear Shellhouse) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Boeing Ponds permanently closed? Message-ID: Hi folks, Up until today, Boeing ponds on maps.google.com had a notice saying Permanently Closed in very, big red lettering. Some of you may have noticed this recently? https://goo.gl/maps/jEPZ8fDG3u5prByo9 Therefore, I posted on Washington Birders FB group to ask if anyone knew about this apparent closure. I have also done a fair bit of googling about it, and nothing has come up at all, so I presumed this notice was erroneous. Several of our birder friends physically visited Boeing Ponds and thoroughly checked it out. There were no signs, and RF said it looked like nothing had changed much, but someone did note that there was some construction that looked like it was about to start, but this wasn't noted by other birders and I have no idea what conclusions to draw. The ***reports are transcribed below this message. There were no barricades up, and no visible signs of closure anywhere on the site. Note; the water level is lower in some parts though which may interest some birders looking for certain birds. Most Notably: there were no signs of Land Use Action but these only go up after permits are approved, so if there is anything about to happen best to find out ASAP. Back home on Maps.Google.com, I submitted a change back to 'Open' and submitted to remove the 'Permanently Closed' sign for now, which in hindsight was perhaps what I should have waited on (so all tweeters could have seen the notice. However I didn't expect the submission to work but instead it was immediate, and a snap to do. I found it kind of odd that anyone can make that change on Google maps. Boeing Ponds is owned by the City of Kent. If anyone feels compelled to call the city for an official statement regarding the plot, please let us all know what you were able to discover. See the links below for some numbers and info. I already checked into the Light Rail plans and they don't come anywhere near the site but they could also be why the property value rose too. I also looked at the property records and noted that the property's total appraised value jumped between 2013 and 2017 from $106, 500 to $665,700. As it is considered Vacant Land, I assume the plot is considered valuable industrial land of the kind that Kent has been selling vociferously in the past 10 years. https://blue.kingcounty.com/Assessor/eRealProperty/Dashboard.aspx?ParcelNbr=6600210340 https://www5.kingcounty.gov/kcgisreports/dd_report.aspx?PIN=6600210340 At this point I presume that the 'permanently closed' sign in big red letters on the google maps page for Boeing Ponds AKA "Pacific Gateway Business Park" is old info that has been left up from previous construction, or something else, but I'd really like it if we could double check... perhaps someone with more knowledge and experience and time could take this further? Perhaps post here with any discoveries. All help is gratefully appreciated. Nadine D Here are the reports from the birders who visited, one thorough visit from yesterday, and another a month ago ***"I went there today, again; nothing new - it is as they describe: overgrown, lots of trash, not a ton of birds, and it?s drying up right now to a level I haven?t seen (I am able to walk out now onto previously-submerged areas). I did not see any signage or anything that would indicate that it?s ?closed?, though. Today?s highlights were a Green Heron and 3 Wilson?s Snipes that I watched put down into the ponds as I was there (joining two others I saw in the ponds). I?ve seen shorebirds drop down into Boeing Ponds from the sky before, but once they?re in the ponds, it is *very* tough to get eyes on them due to how overgrown it is?[image: ?]. Not too stellar for birding, currently, but great if you like blackberries! "Was there about 1 month ago One end was barricaded off. Much evidence of human detritus. Even less evidence of birds. *"*It has been used as a truck stop for the past few years on one side, and a dump on the other. It is very sad, but also looks like some construction is about to happen. 2 years ago, I think, there was a Long-tailed Duck there, and every winter I have seen Ruddy Ducks. Will miss this spot, but maybe it will re-open eventually if the mis-use is corrected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?But the plans were on display???On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.? ?That?s the display department.? ?With a flashlight.? ?Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.? ?So had the stairs.? ?But look, you found the notice, didn?t you?? ?Yes,? said Arthur, ?yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ?Beware of the Leopard.?? 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Red-necked Grebes, Common Loons, Surf Scoters, Common Murres, and Red-necked Phalaropes, largely absent all summer, have been increasing in the waters around Port Townsend. good birding, -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA *Qatay, S'Klallam territory* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From plkoyama at comcast.net Mon Aug 23 13:34:37 2021 From: plkoyama at comcast.net (plkoyama@comcast.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Sora at Jaunita Bay Park in KIrkland Message-ID: <88911149427E4048BD71EF82FB92E699@KoyamaHP> Tweets, At 9:30 this morning, the Sora reported earlier by Andy McCormick was still out and about at Juanita Bay Park. I spotted it with my scope from the east platform (the one closest to the road) but it was close to the west platform, feeding at the edge of the water between the lily pads and the taller plants. After watching it for a while, I walked over to the west platform, but didn?t see it again. It was pretty quiet at the park, and only 4 species of waterfowl?Canada Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck, and PB Grebe?a new low for me on the lake! Not even a cormorant and no raptors. But then, there was that Sora!! Penny Koyama, Bothell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From florafaunabooks at hotmail.com Mon Aug 23 15:47:39 2021 From: florafaunabooks at hotmail.com (David Hutchinson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] A Great New Book About Falcons Message-ID: Don't know if you have come across this new book or not, but it certainly slipped past me. In case you have missed it,here are the details: Kate Davis, Falcons of North America, 2nd edtn, 2021, with terrific color photos by Kate Davis, Nick Dunlop and Rob Palmer. This is a much expanded version of the original edtn. The photos are just full of interest. The books production values are of high quality and the text has lots of science and interesting info. I highly recommend it and I am sure you can get it from the Rocket Ship Book Co, if not elsewhere. It's quite affordable and if that is not enough, on page 83 there is a nice photo of one, Clifford "Bud" Anderson, looking intelligent, perhaps slightly wind-blown and tanned in the Chilean sunshine. He is joined by other folks from the Falcon Research Group who shared fascinating work together on long-distance Peregrine migration. Highly recommended by David Hutchinson of F & F. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From EdSwan2 at Comcast.net Mon Aug 23 22:18:41 2021 From: EdSwan2 at Comcast.net (EdSwan2@Comcast.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] House Finches like Lacinato Kale Message-ID: <015301d798a7$8132cef0$83986cd0$@Comcast.net> This summer we've had a heck of a time with our Lacinato Kale. Something was putting tons of holes in the leaves. I suspected slugs, bugs, and/or cabbage moths. I finally have seen repeatedly that it is the House Finches that have also been coming into the garden to feast on the seeds of our Arugula that as gone to seed. The other day I observed three at a time perched on a kale each clinging to the stem and pecking at the leaves. Something else got our sunflowers. While birds might have got some of them when they first sprouted, I think it was bunnies that got them later. The ones that survived to having any leaves were all bitten off at the stem. I have to send a photo of the accipiter that came into our garden today to Ed Deal. I'm pretty sure it's a Cooper's Hawk. It flew in and almost got the immature Steller's Jay which crashed into a fence trying to escape. Somehow it got around the edge of the fence and into the bushes before the adult accipiter got it. The accipiter perched on a different part of the fence and then hopped on to the ground and walked along looking into the blackberry bramble where the House Finches, jay and Song Sparrows fled. Eventually it gave up and flew off into the Fairmont Ravine. Late last week we heard possible calls of immature accipiters. One clumsily flew into one of our trees Sunday. It might be Cooper's Hawks that evaded Ed Deal's nest search survey this spring. The other interesting thing lately is fall migration with a Semipalmated Plover new yard bird flying overhead with three clear calls. Good birding, Ed Ed Swan Nature writer and guide www.theswancompany.com edswan2@comcast.net 206.949.3545 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From leschwitters at me.com Tue Aug 24 11:02:07 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening again Message-ID: It was down to 46 degrees in Monroe at sunrise this morning. https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KWAMONRO11 The wee birds had this figured out and had another major sleep in at the Wagner roost with Betsy Parrott documenting 8,000 entering last night. Our project also had 3000 at Selleck and pushing a thousand at JBLM. This has been Vaux?s Happening's best August in the last 14 years. Last year was the worst with Wagner down to zero by September 4 and ending up with only 7444 for the entire migration. Don?t know why, didn?t like it, but didn?t know what to do about it. It seems Mother Nature took care of what ever it was. Am still worried about things drying up come September. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From xjoshx at gmail.com Tue Aug 24 16:15:19 2021 From: xjoshx at gmail.com (Josh Adams) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] PCT/Glacier Peak Birding (Snohomish/Chelan Counties) Message-ID: Hello Tweets, I spent a few days up at the Cascade crest this weekend. It was definitely a mixed bag weekend, but it did have some good bird highlights to share. I initially planned on taking the N. Fork Sauk trail up to the PCT near Darrington, but I found they'd closed FS49 because of a nearby fire when I arrived on Thursday. I made a try to use the old Kennedy Hot Springs trail, which was mostly washed out in 2003, but (eventually) found it impassable. After regrouping at home I ended up driving to eastern Washington and hiking in on the Little Wenatchee trail to the PCT and then taking that PCT another ~9 miles north to my original destination. The weather was cool and cloudy on Friday morning, but by the time I reached White Pass (the one by Glacier Peak, not the better known highway pass) the mountains were covered by clouds reducing visibility to a few feet. Once I arrived in the rocky basin south of Glacier Peak I was using GPS for navigation. There were occasional small clearings, but for the most part this weather continued for the next 36 hours making birding challenging if not impossible. The weather finally cleared a bit as I was on my return trip on Sunday and provided many of the birding highlights for the weekend. Bird highlights: Brewer's sparrow - Meander Meadows, just below the PCT. Not particularly exciting for Chelan county, but notable for being without a fraction of a mile of Snohomish County where it would be a very good bird indeed. White-Winged Crossbills - Good size flock where the Little Wenatchee trail meets the PCT, moving back and forth between Snohomish and Chelan counties. Another single bird was seen in Chelan County below Kodak Peak. Red Crossbills - The most numerous bird of the trip by far. Much more so than previous years. Pine Siskins, typically the most common bird in other years, were much less numerous. Golden Eagle - Several throughout the trip, including three seen simultaneously in Snohomish county at the west end of Indian Head Peak. Cassin's Vireo and Lazuli Bunting - With a mixed flock along the PCT near Indian Head Peak, both species I've never encountered at these elevations. Horned Larks - Small flock in the basin below Glacier Peak, in almost the same spot I've found them the last three years. Baird's Sandpiper - A nice surprise along a lake below the White Chuck Glacier. The fog made it very difficult to get an accurate count, but there were definitely at least 10 Baird's. There were other Sandpipers moving around which I never got a good look or photos of, some of which seemed much smaller. White-Tailed Ptarmigan - I scoured the usual habitat for most of a day trying to find this species, only to give up and head towards my next camp about the time I found the sandpipers. As I was trying to get photos of said sandpipers I stumbled, almost literally, on a female and three babies in the wet area right next to the lake. Not at all the habitat I've found this species in before. Sooty Grouse - Still many males booming, and several females with chicks encountered. Northern Goshawk - Juvenile dogfighting with a Cooper's Hawk on the west side of Indian Head Peak. There's a few videos from my trip here, for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZUwNIBP_pajUSmLI6Iyz0gmHgT21eZ0u Josh Adams Cathcart, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We hope to reattach them to the metal fence posts no later than April 1st?earlier in March for the chickadee box. The county informed me that they were going to back off the September 3rd spray date for the common reed (phragmites) when they learned that the water levels in the marsh are not on the same schedule as the waterfront tides. After a little further research, they have decided to stick with September 3rd but start the spray project at a later hour. They did not provide the time. After walking around the largest of the two common reed stands today, I can?t fathom how they plan to spray both within a two hour period. But I don?t know the details of the project. If it bothers you to be around chemical sprays, I recommend that you not bird Edmonds marsh on Friday, September 3rd. I plan to be elsewhere. Good birding, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From Jon.Houghton at hartcrowser.com Tue Aug 24 20:52:38 2021 From: Jon.Houghton at hartcrowser.com (Houghton, Jon) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Money Creek Black Swift Message-ID: Hi Tweeterdom - Yesterday (8/23) Ann Marie Wood and I decided to head up Money Creek to seek the Black Swift nest site so intriguingly described by Eric Horvath in Larry Schwitter's Tweet of 8/20. It was a fine cool morning with the sun chasing away the clouds and enough precip last evening to quell the dust on Money Creek Rd. Eric's description of the road, the falls (4.6 mi in) and the cliff face were right on. Our initial problem was in looking at too many small, inverted V clefts (1 to 2-ft scale) to the left of the falls instead of the one dominant one (5 to 10-ft scale), about 10 to 12 feet to the left of the falling water. We focused our scopes at the darkness under the top of the cleft and under the described maidenhair fern clump for about 10 minutes before I finally detected some movement as the chick shifted in the nest and stretched its wings briefly. After it settled back into the nest all we could see (at 20-60X in the scope!) were the incomplete pale arcs around the eyes. No adults showed in the 45 minutes we were there. If you're going to try for it, as Eric sez, mortals will need a scope. We built a rock cairn at the best viewing spot, up the road about 40 feet from the limited parking pullout. Also, under the large green clump of maidenhair fern at the top of the inverted V are 4 finger like fronds of much smaller, dead, maidenhair spleenwort (google it). From the cairn viewing point, the nest is just inches behind the tips of those fronds. Remember, you're looking for a black bird (ok, with minimal white or silver highlights), in a poorly-lit black nest, on a black (wet, dark moss) cliff!! 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Hermit Thrushes 2-6 Pine Grosbeaks a couple dozen Cassin's Finches 2-4 Red Crossbills 2-4 White-winged Crossbills (!, one a few feet from my face) Fox Sparrows 1 Brown-headed Cowbird Orange-crowned Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Western Tanagers Not as many huckleberries as usual, but still some (and pickers). This is all along a short stretch of road. I limped my old car up there, but it would be easier in something younger and with a bit more clearance. If you're going, I'm still accepting rides through snow (a couple months, one hopes), thanks. of 24 August, 2021, Alan Grenon Seattle panmail AT mailfence.com -- Mailfence.com Private and secure email From mch1096 at hotmail.com Wed Aug 25 06:47:46 2021 From: mch1096 at hotmail.com (mary hrudkaj) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Nighthawk migration Message-ID: Last evening around 7:40 a friend stopped by to pick up something he left after visiting earlier in the day. I couldn't help but notice three Nighthawks foraging around my house and yard. In the next 10 minutes or so several more came in, checked out the insects and headed on south. By the time they disappeared we counted 12 Nighthawks. I haven't seen that many feeding in my yard in over a decade. It was a short look into their migration but a very memorable one. All summer there's been a lone Nighthawk here on the ridge, calling almost every evening. 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I haven't seen that many feeding in my yard in over a decade. It was a short look into their migration but a very memorable one. > > All summer there's been a lone Nighthawk here on the ridge, calling almost every evening. Between that and the sounds of crickets and katydids at night what better music can one hope for to fall asleep with. > > Mary Hrudkaj > Belfair/Tahuya > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From willbrooks.0 at gmail.com Wed Aug 25 07:59:13 2021 From: willbrooks.0 at gmail.com (William Brooks) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Juvenile Ruff at Bos Lake Message-ID: <1FFD8D34-8B1A-4364-9DE4-39135C4289B1@gmail.com> Hey All, I?m looking at a (continuing?) juvenile Ruff on the north edge of Bos Lake in Island county. Will Brooke Sent from my iPhone From linda_phillips1252 at msn.com Wed Aug 25 19:05:32 2021 From: linda_phillips1252 at msn.com (Linda Phillips) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Purple Martins Message-ID: Hello Tweeters, (especially those of you who are following in Kevin Li?s footsteps) Every August I enjoy a day or two of overhear chortles during Purple Martin post breeding dispersal. It is the only time I see them in my neighborhood. This day I?ve heard/seen them daily for a full week. My favorite was the day I saw adults feeding juveniles on the wing. Does anyone know if this was an especially good breeding season for Martins? Or was I just paying closer attention than I have in the past. I live close to Log Boom Park but I?m not sure Kevin?s gourds are still there. Linda Phillips Kenmore WA Sent from Mail for Windows -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cmborre1 at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 09:06:06 2021 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Seabirds Trip Report August 21, 2021 Message-ID: Westport Seabirds had a fantastic voyage Saturday, August 21st. The weather was fair and mostly dry with gray skies clearing to sunny for the ride back. Early swells subsided further offshore, and as is typical, our return trip was quite smooth. Total species numbers for the day appear in parentheses. Like most trips, this one began at dawn, 6am. Eager birders scanned the poorly lit Marbled Godwit flock for a chance at spotting the recently seen rare Bar-tailed Godwits (1-seen on return). As we left the harbor, and the nearshore world of Brown Pelican (355), Brandt?s Cormorant (125), and Pigeon Guillemot (9), we entered an offshore zone full of Sooty Shearwater (5609) and Common Murre (2018). Typically our journey to deeper water, and/or offshore fishing vessels, can seem arduous as there is often a scarcity of birds to detract from the monotony of the sea. This voyage however, was unique as there seemed to be something to garner our interest most of the day. Early finds included Red-necked Phalarope (102), Rhinoceros Auklet (98), and swirls of gulls and Sooty Shearwater feeding above a presumed bait ball below. We were fortunate to have shrimping boats as a destination, and on the way we added Pink-footed Shearwater (579) and fellow spotters Bill Shelmerdine and Scott Mills noted a few Short-tailed Shearwaters, a preview of what was to come. Our tally increased with Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (634), Sabine?s Gull (30), a single Common Tern, and several Pomarine Jaegers (10), but then our bird viewing was temporarily interrupted by a small pod of pacific white-sided dolphins. While admiring their gray and white sides, as they porpoised and passed close to the boat, we were able to pick out a few northern right whale dolphins among them. Northern right whale dolphins stand out with their finless, all black backs. The dolphins stayed with us for a bit, as Phil slowed the boat for us to enjoy them, then as suddenly as they appeared, they were gone. As we neared the shrimp boats on our horizon, bird activity increased and we added Northern Fulmar (75), Black-footed Albatross (60), and our first Buller?s Shearwater (3) of the season. Once at the boats it was clear the number of Short-tailed Shearwater (317) was going to be massive; outnumbering its look-a-like Sooty Shearwater by 3:1 during our shrimp boat encounters. Novice seabirders, and even veterans, may take on faith the identification of Short-tailed Shearwater as they listen to the spotters reviewing its subtle differences from Sooty. Fortunately we were afforded excellent on the water views of resting birds making it easy to appreciate the shorter bill, and steeper forehead. Combined these features impart a smaller, rounder head to the Short-tailed Shearwater. Short-tailed Shearwater?s flight style is decidedly different from that of Sooty Shearwater and can be the first clue to be on the lookout for other field marks. The Short-tailed Shearwater has a stiffer, more rapid wingbeat than Sooty?s classic 3-7 smooth, quick flaps followed by a sustained glide. Often described as ?erratic?, ?snappier? or ?swift-like?, I see more resemblance to the flight style (at least the actual flapping) of Northern Fulmar than its genus sharing cousin Sooty. Thankfully Short-tailed Shearwater are attracted to boats so we had ample opportunity to study flight style as they circled the Monte Carlo. After enjoying the boats for a good long while, we departed for the deeper waters of our chum stop. Like much of the day, these waters were already churning with a bit of bird activity before we laid down our fish oil cocktail. Representatives of the aforementioned species came in for close observation. Small flocks of Sabine?s Gull were seen on the water, then rising in flight. Some twelve Arctic Tern (16) would pass by with good looks during our stay, but the highlight of this chum was visitation by eight Long-tailed Jaegers (9). A group of 3 birds maneuvered off our starboard stern dipping to feed on the water then gracefully lifting back into flight. The group included one gorgeous adult with streaming central tail feathers, neat black cap, buffy nape, and solid gray back and upper wings, save for the 2 bold, white outer primary shafts. As we watched them move off into the distance, we noticed they may have landed on or near a log. In slow pursuit we followed to find the log occupied by a lone subadult. As the bird rose and made its exit, we began our journey back to port, but not without much more to explore. It was about this time the sun decided to join our adventure which greatly improved our already awesome Cassin?s Auklet (392) viewing experience. For whatever reason the tiny alcids seemed to allow longer and better views than the typical fleeting glimpse before their stone skipping flight away from the advancing boat. In the distance we noticed a boil of pacific white-sided dolphin activity in the water with a mixed flock of birds circling above. As we approached the scene, we estimated 300 dolphins working a vast area, their backs and splashes synchronized as they moved in the same direction through the water. As entertaining as it was to watch, it was also curious to wonder what the underwater story was. Curious enough to cause me to Google ?underwater drone camera?... Huge flocks of Sooty Shearwater near shore and a lot of gray whale activity in the harbor capped off this fantastic voyage expertly captained and crewed by Phil and Chris Anderson. As mentioned, my fellow spotters were Bill Shelmerdine and Scott Mills. Thank you local and traveling bird enthusiasts, new seabirders and seasoned salts, you make each trip as unique as the wildlife we seek. Hope to sea you out there! Cara Borre Gig Harbor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karen.w.mobile at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 11:06:09 2021 From: karen.w.mobile at gmail.com (Karen Wosilait) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Juvenile Stilt Sandpiper at Bos Lake/Swantown Message-ID: Subject says it all. Karen Wosilait Seattle, WA karen.w.mobile@gmail.com From marcus at rainierconnect.com Fri Aug 27 12:32:56 2021 From: marcus at rainierconnect.com (Marcus Roening) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Ruff juvenile in Puyallup Message-ID: <0CC1FDB5-7325-4D91-9F92-747879ECC275@rainierconnect.com> Hi Tweets, There is a juvenile Ruff at the (6872) 56th St/16th Ave NW Stormwater Ponds in Puyallup WA. This is off River Road and an EBird hotspot. You?ll need a scope to look through the fence. The bird favored the rocks on the east side and the east side is best for viewing pond in general. Also Blue-wing Teal, Spotted Sandpiper & Green Heron. Best, Marcus Roening Tacoma WA Sent from my iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marvbreece at q.com Fri Aug 27 13:25:02 2021 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Columbia Basin Shorebirds Message-ID: <1315667376.19574845.1630095902597.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Aug 22 thru yesterday, Aug 26. I looked for shorebirds in and near the Columbia Basin. The locals told me that the smoke from nearby fires had been terrible until the day before I arrived in Moses Lake. Smoke was not a problem at all while I was there. Daytime temperatures were in the high 70s and low 80s. There was no rain. Some birding locations are dry at this time. Birder's Corner (Dodson Rd & Frenchman Hills R) is dry. Also dry is one of the 2 ponds at the STP off I90 east of Adams Rd. The other pond at the STP held no shorebirds other then Killdeer. Some of the Para Ponds in Othello are dry as well. One pond is still barely wet and did have a few shorebirds. Another water filled pond was full of very happy cows. Overall the birding was fantastic. I saw 21 species of shorebirds. The biggest surprise was a RUDDY TURNSTONE at Soap Lake on 8.23 and 8.26. BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS seemed to be everywhere. In the 30s & 40s in some places. Lots of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES in several places & a few WILSON'S PHALAROPES too. I saw juv SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS at Lind Coulee and Potholes SP. Maybe the same birds. SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at Lind Coulee, Perch Point and Cow Lake in Adams County. No golden-plovers and only 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, one at Soap Lake and another at Saltese in Spokane, where I missed the Hudsonian Godwit by 2 days, but saw other shorebirds. There were 2 SANDERLINGS at Soap Lake. PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were few, at LIND COULEE and SOAP LAKE. Pectorals were also at Sheep Lake in Whitman County. I saw STILT SANDPIPERS at 4 locations; nine at Perch Point. I'll put some videos of trip birds on Flickr later today. 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Good birding, Shep Shep Thorp, VMD Family Guy, Emergency Veterinarian, Birder Browns Point, Tacoma 253-370-3742 From slcarpenter at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 13:51:08 2021 From: slcarpenter at gmail.com (Scott Carpenter) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Ocean Shores Oyhut Game Range + Shearwaters Message-ID: I visited Oyhut at Ocean Shores on Wednesday from an hour before to about an hour after high tide, and found it to be almost completely dry, with the exception of water in the channels. There were a dozen or so Semipalmated Plovers and 80-100 peeps (Western, Least) flying around, but that was it for shorebirds. I believe the tide was relatively high at 8.69 ft, per https://www.tides.net/washington/2062/ Does anyone have any insight into why it was so dry? I last visited in the same week in 2012 (and the four years prior to that), and there was always large amounts of water, and often 10,000+ shorebirds. I did notice a neighborhood and shopping center immediately north of the game range, west of Tonquin Ave, and am wondering if perhaps WDFW made the channels deeper to minimize the risk of flooding those areas? There were 3 RED-THROATED LOONS just offshore at Oyhut, with one spending some time on land, and going back into the water when people walked by it. Wednesday at dusk, there were thousands of shearwaters visible from the beach at Ocean City State Park; they were relatively stationary. Thursday morning, shortly after first light, there was a steady stream of shearwaters visible from the same beach; they were about 100 yards from the tide line, just past the farthest white caps. They were all heading south, and thousands of them flew by over a 45 minute period. I am relatively inexperienced at counting flyby shearwaters in a situation like that, but it wouldn't surprise me if the total count was 30,000 or even more. At the peak of their passage, I easily saw 100 in one field of view of my bins, and it took maybe 10 seconds for a bird to clear my field of view. This type of stream continued for at least 30 minutes, and appeared to have started before my arrival. The density of the birds eventually dissipated to about 20-30 in one field of view. They all appeared to be SOOTY SHEARWATERS, but I did not come close to identifying all of them. Thanks in advance for any information or insights regarding water levels at Ocean Shores. Scott -- Scott Carpenter Portland, Oregon Pronouns: he/him ------------------------- http://www.scottcarpenterphotography.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Charlie Wright spotted the Whimbrel & Marbled Godwit at the mouth of the Puyallup River from Thea?s Park on the north side of downtown Tacoma for distant scope views - along with 2 Brown Pelicans. To get closer you can walk on the Eastside to the mouth of the Puyallup River. Go to the end of E Milwaukee Waterway Road and park in front of the truck check in. Walk under the 11th street bridge heading north between the river and the fence for 0.6 miles. And let me know if you see any Heerman?s Gulls in the midst of the several hundred California Gulls :-). Good birding, Marcus Roening Tacoma WA Sent from my iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Aug 26 14:59:41 2021 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-08-26 Message-ID: Tweets ? Seasonal changes and a change in the weather. And changes in the birds at Marymoor. Related? Maybe just probably. Cloudy and a touch breezy today, but the wind was pretty comfortable (low 60?s), and no rain. Highlights: a.. Band-tailed Pigeon ? flock of around nine, one of our biggest groups of the year b.. Rufous Hummingbird ? 1-2 below the weir, not adult males, our first in six weeks c.. Caspian Tern ? five or six at the lake. Getting late - we have only two previous sightings later than today?s d.. Green Heron ? juvenile along slough south of Dog Area e.. Cooper?s Hawk ? harassing Red-tailed Hawk on far side of slough, south of Dog Area f.. WARBLING VIREO ? many! Seven would be a conservative count g.. Barn Swallow ? quite a few; in a late scan of the lake I was able to verify these were the dozens of swallows there, but we had others over the park itself h.. LINCOLN?S SPARROW ? one at the Pea Patch, a rather early Fall sighting i.. Brown-headed Cowbird ? juvenile with Red-winged Blackbirds. First in six weeks j.. FIVE WARBLER DAY ? see below k.. Western Tanager ? several sightings Our five warbler day started with COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 2-3 YELLOW WARBLERS, and a WILSON?S WARBLER below the weir. Along the slough trail towards the south end of the Dog Area, we found 1-2 male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERs. Finally, in the SE part of the East Meadow, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was low in a blackberry bush. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Rock Pigeon, Western Wood-Pewee, Willow Flycatcher, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Black-headed Grosbeak. For the day, 57 species. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Three-toed Woodpecker on a White-bark Pine just off of the trail right at the top of the pass, Townsend's Solitaire, Evening Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, Clark's Nutcracker (fairly ubiquitous), Townsend's Warbler (some in small firs and pines near the pass, allowing me to actually look down to see them for a change), Mountain Chickadees, and a female Sooty Grouse near the parking lot. The return portion of the hike was much quieter, as the afternoon siesta time set in. I had the trail almost to myself. I did not encounter anyone at all on the hike in, and only a handful of people on the way out. The basin on the far side of the pass is a great place for encountering Mountain Goats, whistling marmots, eeping pikas, and squirrels. Good birding, Lonnie Somer Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Not long after that the gull was spotted flying above the white water of the spillway and then it perched again an I got some more bad photos. But on viewing the heavily cropped photos on my lap top I am starting to think that it may have been a Laughing Gull and deleted the sighting from my eBird report until I can check the other photos. Either gull species would be a new bird for Skamania County. Wilson Cady Columbia River Gorge, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marvbreece at q.com Thu Aug 26 20:42:01 2021 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Grant County Ruddy Turnstone Message-ID: <2085483657.18856921.1630035721640.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> This morning there was a RUDDY TURNSTONE at Soap Lake in Grant County. Will share videos later. Look for it at the Boy Scout Camp Trail Head at the end of Lakeshore Drive. Fir Street N becomes Lakeshore Drive. Also present were well over 100 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES & a number of BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS. Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com Pbase Images : https://www.pbase.com/marvbreece Flickr Videos : https://www.flickr.com/photos/138163614@N02/ Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbkNzr4TaZ6ZBWfoJNvavw/featured -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 00:58:36 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] A new carnivorous plant lineage (Triantha) with a unique sticky-inflorescence trap | PNAS Message-ID: Tweeters, Next time you are in a bog, check this out. I am curious (about many things) if any species of bird will glean from this plant species. See link below. Interesting that it is selective regarding the type insect. (Note to Jeff G: have you seen this plant?) https://www.pnas.org/content/118/33/e2022724118 Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 01:07:39 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Flycatcher: A Carnivorous Plant Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight in North America Message-ID: Tweeters, Research from British Columbia: I wonder if any species of bird, like flickers, chickadees or ?bog birds? would glean from this plant. I guess we could call it a fly catcher. https://gizmodo.com/a-carnivorous-plant-has-been-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-n-1847450985 Sent from my iPhone From jemskink at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 17:46:16 2021 From: jemskink at gmail.com (Joan Miller) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Imagine my sorrow when yesterday I found a dead bird on the side of my house. Hit a window, no doubt. Today I realized it was a female Western Tanager. I'm so sad. I wasn't certain what it was until this morning, when I saw an identical bird perch on my deck railing! It sat alongside a Black-headed Grosbeak, and there were lots of robins flying about, and flickers and juncos all visiting my deck! Maybe it was the rain overnight. Maybe they were joyous about it. I have never had robins on my deck either. After I saw the tanager today, I realized what my dead bird was. It's in my freezer, to go to the Burke eventually. In the meantime, I need to address the three troublesome windows that have killed a few birds. I found bird screens online and they seem like a good solution. You can see through them and they don't block the light. I'll be ordering them and having them installed. The windows are high and I can't reach them myself, so I can't just hang some strips of fabric or anything. It's nice to know there are tanagers around. It's one bird I rarely see. 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Last season they used two Kestrel Boxes, nesting late in one after the Kestrels fledged, and one dedicated Martin Box with an ?anti starling? entry. Mark Borden Coupeville, WA. Sent from my iPhone From cmborre1 at gmail.com Fri Aug 27 20:33:05 2021 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Link to video of Westport Seabirds 8-21-21 pelagic Message-ID: Here's a link to our most recent fantastic voyage... https://youtu.be/6NXYNVRCk1o Cheers, Cara Borre Gig Harbor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From EdSwan2 at Comcast.net Fri Aug 27 21:56:53 2021 From: EdSwan2 at Comcast.net (EdSwan2@Comcast.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Bellingham area Western Bluebirds Message-ID: <008f01d79bc9$27c85090$7758f1b0$@Comcast.net> Today I happily found the young Western Bluebirds on Y Road just outside of Bellingham that others reported on eBird over the last week. I noted the habitat in the area which was a mix of farm fields and regenerating forest which is good bluebird habitat in Western Washington. I wonder if these birds are from a nearby nest. Does anyone know of bluebird boxes being put up in the area and successful bluebird breeding in Whatcom County in general? Good birding, Ed Ed Swan Nature writer and guide www.theswancompany.com edswan2@comcast.net 206.949.3545 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marvbreece at q.com Sat Aug 28 11:34:50 2021 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Columbia Basin Shorebirds In-Reply-To: <1315667376.19574845.1630095902597.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> References: <1315667376.19574845.1630095902597.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Message-ID: <1630183918.20353185.1630175690354.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> This message is intended for Tweeters. Here are some videos from my recent shorebirding trip to the Columbia Basin. [ https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN | https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN ] In particular, here's a video I could use some help with. [ https://flic.kr/p/2mjHeeJ | https://flic.kr/p/2mjHeeJ ] Probably Bonaparte's Gulls, but I can't rule out Black-headed Gull. Believe me, I have done my homework , and the many books I own do not help me with this ID. If there is someone out there with extensive Black-headed Gull experience, I'd appreciate understanding why one or both of these birds cannot be Black-headed Gulls. Many thanks! Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com From: "Marv Breece" To: "Tweeters" Cc: "Marv Breece" Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 1:25:02 PM Subject: Columbia Basin Shorebirds Aug 22 thru yesterday, Aug 26. I looked for shorebirds in and near the Columbia Basin. The locals told me that the smoke from nearby fires had been terrible until the day before I arrived in Moses Lake. Smoke was not a problem at all while I was there. Daytime temperatures were in the high 70s and low 80s. There was no rain. Some birding locations are dry at this time. Birder's Corner (Dodson Rd & Frenchman Hills R) is dry. Also dry is one of the 2 ponds at the STP off I90 east of Adams Rd. The other pond at the STP held no shorebirds other then Killdeer. Some of the Para Ponds in Othello are dry as well. One pond is still barely wet and did have a few shorebirds. Another water filled pond was full of very happy cows. Overall the birding was fantastic. I saw 21 species of shorebirds. The biggest surprise was a RUDDY TURNSTONE at Soap Lake on 8.23 and 8.26. BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS seemed to be everywhere. In the 30s & 40s in some places. Lots of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES in several places & a few WILSON'S PHALAROPES too. I saw juv SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS at Lind Coulee and Potholes SP. Maybe the same birds. SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at Lind Coulee, Perch Point and Cow Lake in Adams County. 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On West Beach Rd. eBird hotspot is Swantown/Bos Lake. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From leschwitters at me.com Sat Aug 28 13:07:41 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Coots! Message-ID: <9C58AEBB-9857-452D-99AC-9E8AD8C63CE8@me.com> Ten coots at Lake Sammamish State Park this morning. A couple of Golden-crowned Kinglets. Lots of people. Larry Schwitters. From plkoyama at comcast.net Sat Aug 28 17:12:26 2021 From: plkoyama at comcast.net (plkoyama@comcast.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Whimbrel & Marbled Godwit - Puyallup River mouth In-Reply-To: <78358EDA-78BF-4816-9474-BB8E6400EFB1@rainierconnect.com> References: <78358EDA-78BF-4816-9474-BB8E6400EFB1@rainierconnect.com> Message-ID: <25603CC9003045C28046C6776E46C8B6@KoyamaHP> Tweets, We got absolutely none of these fabulous birds today, not even the pelicans, including trying from the 11th St. Bridge. But prior to heading for this trio, we veered out of a horrible, mid-morning Tacoma traffic jam and headed for the Puyallup 56 St SE Stormwater Facility to try for the juvenile Ruff that?s been hanging down there. Excellent scope views were easy from behind the fence for this good-looking Code 5 bird, which was walking around on the rocks, along with a Spotted Sandpiper. The Ruff could also be seen with bins, though perhaps not enjoyed as much. On the way, the number of fishermen in the Puyallup River was amazing?mid-river, it was almost as crowded as a California beach! Penny Koyama, Bothell From: Marcus Roening Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 4:07 PM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Whimbrel & Marbled Godwit - Puyallup River mouth Hi Tweets, Three amazing shorebirds in Pierce County in one day! Charlie Wright spotted the Whimbrel & Marbled Godwit at the mouth of the Puyallup River from Thea?s Park on the north side of downtown Tacoma for distant scope views - along with 2 Brown Pelicans. To get closer you can walk on the Eastside to the mouth of the Puyallup River. Go to the end of E Milwaukee Waterway Road and park in front of the truck check in. Walk under the 11th street bridge heading north between the river and the fence for 0.6 miles. And let me know if you see any Heerman?s Gulls in the midst of the several hundred California Gulls :-). Good birding, Marcus Roening Tacoma WA Sent from my iPhone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is the only time I see them in my neighborhood. This day Ive heard/seen them daily for a full week. My favorite was the day I saw adults feeding juveniles on the wing. Does anyone know if this was an especially good breeding season for Martins? Or was I just paying closer attention than I have in the past. I live close to Log Boom Park but Im not sure Kevins gourds are still there. Linda Phillips Kenmore WA From sowersalexander1 at gmail.com Sun Aug 29 11:03:44 2021 From: sowersalexander1 at gmail.com (Xander Sowers) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Brown Pelicans @ Tacoma Narrows Message-ID: Hey tweets, Just had 2 Brown Pelicans floating very close off shore just W of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (near Titlow Park). I usually wouldn?t bother reporting this, but I find it funny that I just happened to spot them on the water while passing by on a train. Quite a few in the sound right now! 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We have lots of forest but don't see too many accipiters.?Don't forget to watch for turkey vultures this coming month especially.?Cheers, Diann ?Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 tvulture@gmx.com_______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cariddellwa at gmail.com Sun Aug 29 17:04:05 2021 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Marsh Juvenile Cooper's Hawk Message-ID: <8350DCE5-151D-450A-9526-074199F6E06D@gmail.com> Those of you who bird Edmonds marsh have probably enjoyed many sightings over the last month or so of a juvenile Cooper?s Hawk. It?s carcass was spotted on August 24 on SR 104 (Edmonds Way) where it bisects the marsh. I had seen it perched several times in a snag on the west side of SR 104. It probably went back and forth between the east side marsh fragment and the main west side marsh. People going to and from the ferry dock frequently speed well beyond the posted 35 MPH limit. It creates a dangerous situation for birds and other wildlife since the highway fragments the marsh. On July 4, 2013, a Barn Owl was struck and killed where the westbound lane of SR 104 goes through the Fifth Avenue underpass. Intentional or inadvertent? Who knows. But we have an out-of-control speeding situation and now two dead birds of prey that we know of. They are two too many. So if you have been wondering why you are not seeing the Cooper?s, now you know. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From robertgary02 at aol.com Sun Aug 29 21:56:10 2021 From: robertgary02 at aol.com (Robert Gray) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] I have not got any emails lately. References: <2081765750.318887.1630299370679.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2081765750.318887.1630299370679@mail.yahoo.com> None at all from Tweeters. Anyone know why? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From laurie.c.beden at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 07:12:20 2021 From: laurie.c.beden at gmail.com (Laurie Beden) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] I have not got any emails lately. In-Reply-To: <2081765750.318887.1630299370679@mail.yahoo.com> References: <2081765750.318887.1630299370679@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Gmail has decided Tweeters are junk mail. Check your junk folder. Thats where I find most of them. Sporadically and inconsistently. On Aug 29, 2021, at 21:57, Robert Gray wrote: ? None at all from Tweeters. 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I assumed, perhaps mistakenly, that this was an automated process based on checklist entries, but perhaps I am mistaken. If done manually, I can understand that it must be a daunting task. I was just surprised because it was so regular before. Thank you for any clarification. With best regards, Beverly Choltco-Devlin Kent, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jennifer.Vanderhoof at kingcounty.gov Mon Aug 30 08:12:05 2021 From: Jennifer.Vanderhoof at kingcounty.gov (Vanderhoof, Jennifer) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes Message-ID: Joan and others, Something I learned from the Portland Audubon window strike study that is not widely publicized, unfortunately, is that anti-bird strike window treatments are best applied on the outside of the window. I know Seattle Audubon sells stuff. But if you apply it on the inside of the window, the outside still has the shiny reflective surface that can reflect the trees and make it appear the birds are flying through forest when they hit your window. Jen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zoramon at mac.com Mon Aug 30 08:26:18 2021 From: zoramon at mac.com (Zora Monster) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7DE93714-67F7-485C-902C-82CD0DD5F39A@mac.com> Wild birds unlimited sells decals for windows. The instructions tell the user to apply to the outside of the window. The decals reflect UV light, if memory serves me correctly. That reflective surface is on the outside of the decal, so mounting them inside renders them useless. Zora Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 30, 2021, at 8:14 AM, Vanderhoof, Jennifer wrote: > > ? > Joan and others, > > Something I learned from the Portland Audubon window strike study that is not widely publicized, unfortunately, is that anti-bird strike window treatments are best applied on the outside of the window. I know Seattle Audubon sells stuff. But if you apply it on the inside of the window, the outside still has the shiny reflective surface that can reflect the trees and make it appear the birds are flying through forest when they hit your window. > > Jen > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edwardpullen at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 08:35:22 2021 From: edwardpullen at gmail.com (Edward Pullen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Andy and Jason guests on the podcast Message-ID: On the last two episodes, after a brief foray into talking with guests from the U.K. the podcast is back home with our own Jason Vassallo on episode #109 and Andy Stepniewski on episode #110 for those interested. https://birdbanter.com/index.php/2021/08/16/the-bird-banter-podcast-109-with-jason-vassallo-additional-info/ https://birdbanter.com/index.php/2021/08/28/the-bird-banter-podcast-110-with-andy-stepniewski-additional-information/ Thanks, Ed -- Ed Pullen Listen to my podcast at The Bird Banter Podcast available on iTunes podcast store and other feeds. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 09:26:32 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes In-Reply-To: <7DE93714-67F7-485C-902C-82CD0DD5F39A@mac.com> References: <7DE93714-67F7-485C-902C-82CD0DD5F39A@mac.com> Message-ID: In my experience, decals have not worked, but something moving, such as a thin mylar ribbon that moves with the slightest breeze, was effective. Here's a pic and little video clip of what I'm talking about: https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/10/13/how-to-stop-birds-from-flying-into-your-windows/ On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 8:27 AM Zora Monster wrote: > Wild birds unlimited sells decals for windows. The instructions tell the > user to apply to the outside of the window. The decals reflect UV light, if > memory serves me correctly. That reflective surface is on the outside of > the decal, so mounting them inside renders them useless. > > Zora > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 30, 2021, at 8:14 AM, Vanderhoof, Jennifer < > Jennifer.Vanderhoof@kingcounty.gov> wrote: > > ? > > Joan and others, > > > > Something I learned from the Portland Audubon window strike study that is > not widely publicized, unfortunately, is that anti-bird strike window > treatments are best applied on the outside of the window. I know Seattle > Audubon sells stuff. But if you apply it on the inside of the window, the > outside still has the shiny reflective surface that can reflect the trees > and make it appear the birds are flying through forest when they hit your > window. > > > > Jen > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Steve Hampton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vkbirder at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 10:02:26 2021 From: vkbirder at gmail.com (Vicki King) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes In-Reply-To: References: <7DE93714-67F7-485C-902C-82CD0DD5F39A@mac.com> Message-ID: We have a crabapple tree in our front yard about 20 feet from a picture window. Years ago we installed the decals on the outside of the window but still had two Cedar Waxwings crash into the window and die. It was appalling. That led me to search online for a different option and I found something that has since worked well for us. We installed strings of parachute cord, 4" apart, that dangle from the top of the window to the bottom, across its width. Although I can imagine that not everyone would like these strings, we don't even notice them anymore and we no longer have birds crashing into that window. We've installed them on smaller windows that face into our backyard where we have feeders. I have a photo of how the strings look that I will be happy to share if anyone wants to see it. I'll be interested to read about other effective options out there. The birds clearly need our help. Vicki King Seattle On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:27 AM Steve Hampton wrote: > In my experience, decals have not worked, but something moving, such as a > thin mylar ribbon that moves with the slightest breeze, was effective. > Here's a pic and little video clip of what I'm talking about: > > > https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/10/13/how-to-stop-birds-from-flying-into-your-windows/ > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 8:27 AM Zora Monster wrote: > >> Wild birds unlimited sells decals for windows. The instructions tell the >> user to apply to the outside of the window. The decals reflect UV light, if >> memory serves me correctly. That reflective surface is on the outside of >> the decal, so mounting them inside renders them useless. >> >> Zora >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 30, 2021, at 8:14 AM, Vanderhoof, Jennifer < >> Jennifer.Vanderhoof@kingcounty.gov> wrote: >> >> ? >> >> Joan and others, >> >> >> >> Something I learned from the Portland Audubon window strike study that is >> not widely publicized, unfortunately, is that anti-bird strike window >> treatments are best applied on the outside of the window. I know Seattle >> Audubon sells stuff. But if you apply it on the inside of the window, the >> outside still has the shiny reflective surface that can reflect the trees >> and make it appear the birds are flying through forest when they hit your >> window. >> >> >> >> Jen >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > > > -- > Steve Hampton > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From temnurus at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 10:27:33 2021 From: temnurus at gmail.com (Alan Knue) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes In-Reply-To: References: <7DE93714-67F7-485C-902C-82CD0DD5F39A@mac.com> Message-ID: Hello Tweeters, I can second Vicki's recommendation for using paracord as an option. When we put up our feeders, we were having nearly daily strikes including a few casualties, especially during the siskin incursion over last winter. We also reviewed the various options and this one of the few that was also reversible (not permanent). Once we put up the paracords, we haven't had a strike and have actually seen birds head toward the windows only to veer away when they see the cords. We've hung them not only in front of windows but also in front of large sliding glass doors. Also, if you have an outside mounted window screen or a screen door, we have found that these also act well as something birds can see as they reduce the reflection on the glass and birds more readily bounce off of. Instructions can be found here: https://www.birdsavers.com/using-paracord/ and are very straightforward. Watch the video under step 4 as this was in particular useful. I hung these using small white hooks that were screwed into the top window trim/ moulding and this allows for the paracord curtains to be removed and reinstalled easily. Best, Alan Alan Knue Edmonds, WA On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 10:11 AM Vicki King wrote: > We have a crabapple tree in our front yard about 20 feet from a picture > window. Years ago we installed the decals on the outside of the window but > still had two Cedar Waxwings crash into the window and die. It was > appalling. > > That led me to search online for a different option and I found something > that has since worked well for us. We installed strings of parachute cord, > 4" apart, that dangle from the top of the window to the bottom, across its > width. Although I can imagine that not everyone would like these strings, > we don't even notice them anymore and we no longer have birds crashing into > that window. We've installed them on smaller windows that face into our > backyard where we have feeders. > > I have a photo of how the strings look that I will be happy to share if > anyone wants to see it. > > I'll be interested to read about other effective options out there. The > birds clearly need our help. > > Vicki King > Seattle > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:27 AM Steve Hampton > wrote: > >> In my experience, decals have not worked, but something moving, such as a >> thin mylar ribbon that moves with the slightest breeze, was effective. >> Here's a pic and little video clip of what I'm talking about: >> >> >> https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/10/13/how-to-stop-birds-from-flying-into-your-windows/ >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 8:27 AM Zora Monster wrote: >> >>> Wild birds unlimited sells decals for windows. The instructions tell >>> the user to apply to the outside of the window. The decals reflect UV >>> light, if memory serves me correctly. That reflective surface is on the >>> outside of the decal, so mounting them inside renders them useless. >>> >>> Zora >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Aug 30, 2021, at 8:14 AM, Vanderhoof, Jennifer < >>> Jennifer.Vanderhoof@kingcounty.gov> wrote: >>> >>> ? >>> >>> Joan and others, >>> >>> >>> >>> Something I learned from the Portland Audubon window strike study that >>> is not widely publicized, unfortunately, is that anti-bird strike window >>> treatments are best applied on the outside of the window. I know Seattle >>> Audubon sells stuff. But if you apply it on the inside of the window, the >>> outside still has the shiny reflective surface that can reflect the trees >>> and make it appear the birds are flying through forest when they hit your >>> window. >>> >>> >>> >>> Jen >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tweeters mailing list >>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tweeters mailing list >>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Hampton >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From TRI at seattleu.edu Mon Aug 30 12:51:57 2021 From: TRI at seattleu.edu (Tucker, Trileigh) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Preventing window strikes Message-ID: Hi Tweets, I use this liquid UV marker, and it has cut my window strikes to pretty much zero. It?s in a roll-on container, and I paint (for example) 4 thin vertical stripes on my picture window. When it dries, it?s almost invisible to the human eye, but birds apparently see the UV. (I put a little piece of tape at the bottom of each stripe so I don?t inadvertently take a photo through it.) It lasts for months in summer, probably somewhat less in the rainy season. I really prefer this approach to having things hanging in front of the main window I use for bird photos. But whatever works is great?the main point being to protect the birds! Good birding to all, Trileigh * * * * * Trileigh Tucker Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies, Seattle University Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com Writing: https://naturalpresencearts.com/publications/ Fine art: naturalpresencearts.com/photography/portfolio From: Alan Knue > Date: Monday, August 30, 2021 at 10:27 AM To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes Hello Tweeters, I can second Vicki's recommendation for using paracord as an option. When we put up our feeders, we were having nearly daily strikes including a few casualties, especially during the siskin incursion over last winter. We also reviewed the various options and this one of the few that was also reversible (not permanent). Once we put up the paracords, we haven't had a strike and have actually seen birds head toward the windows only to veer away when they see the cords. We've hung them not only in front of windows but also in front of large sliding glass doors. Also, if you have an outside mounted window screen or a screen door, we have found that these also act well as something birds can see as they reduce the reflection on the glass and birds more readily bounce off of. Instructions can be found here: https://www.birdsavers.com/using-paracord/ and are very straightforward. Watch the video under step 4 as this was in particular useful. I hung these using small white hooks that were screwed into the top window trim/ moulding and this allows for the paracord curtains to be removed and reinstalled easily. Best, Alan Alan Knue Edmonds, WA On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 10:11 AM Vicki King > wrote: We have a crabapple tree in our front yard about 20 feet from a picture window. Years ago we installed the decals on the outside of the window but still had two Cedar Waxwings crash into the window and die. It was appalling. That led me to search online for a different option and I found something that has since worked well for us. We installed strings of parachute cord, 4" apart, that dangle from the top of the window to the bottom, across its width. Although I can imagine that not everyone would like these strings, we don't even notice them anymore and we no longer have birds crashing into that window. We've installed them on smaller windows that face into our backyard where we have feeders. I have a photo of how the strings look that I will be happy to share if anyone wants to see it. I'll be interested to read about other effective options out there. The birds clearly need our help. Vicki King Seattle On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:27 AM Steve Hampton > wrote: In my experience, decals have not worked, but something moving, such as a thin mylar ribbon that moves with the slightest breeze, was effective. Here's a pic and little video clip of what I'm talking about: https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/10/13/how-to-stop-birds-from-flying-into-your-windows/ On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 8:27 AM Zora Monster > wrote: Wild birds unlimited sells decals for windows. The instructions tell the user to apply to the outside of the window. The decals reflect UV light, if memory serves me correctly. That reflective surface is on the outside of the decal, so mounting them inside renders them useless. Zora Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2021, at 8:14 AM, Vanderhoof, Jennifer > wrote: ? Joan and others, Something I learned from the Portland Audubon window strike study that is not widely publicized, unfortunately, is that anti-bird strike window treatments are best applied on the outside of the window. I know Seattle Audubon sells stuff. But if you apply it on the inside of the window, the outside still has the shiny reflective surface that can reflect the trees and make it appear the birds are flying through forest when they hit your window. Jen _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -- Steve Hampton _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jemskink at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 15:47:44 2021 From: jemskink at gmail.com (Joan Miller) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Thanks for responses to Window Strikes Message-ID: I appreciate everyone's comments and suggestions! Trileigh, I have in fact tried the liquid UV stuff and it hasn't worked for me. It also runs and looks horrible. I have also tried decals and they don't help either. Plus I can't reach the top of the window to apply it. I tried to remove one decal that had aged and yellowed and I was unable to reach it to get it all off. So that looks bad now! My windows are very high and I don't have a tall enough ladder. One window is at the second floor height also. I can't just put up something and take it down. So I'll either go with parachute cord or screens. Good birding! Joan Miller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From laurie.c.beden at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 16:56:40 2021 From: laurie.c.beden at gmail.com (Laurie C Beden) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:18 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] I have not got any emails lately. In-Reply-To: <5832e3524a4e564f5b7ac85cb525fabe@birdsbydave.com> References: <5832e3524a4e564f5b7ac85cb525fabe@birdsbydave.com> Message-ID: <4D4C71C0-F552-4FAC-9A40-836CA1A2517D@gmail.com> Thank you for that information. I set up a separate gmail account just for tweeters when I joined. Thinking that bc its a public list serve, email addresses would be scraped. But gmail comes with its own issues for sure. > On Aug 30, 2021, at 10:46 AM, dgrainger@birdsbydave.com wrote: > > ? > > You wrote "Gmail has decided Tweeters are junk mail. Check your junk folder." > > That determination is made by the recipient's e-mail client and not the e-mail provider. When I did a study of the spam problem (for Tweeters users) I found that more tha 90% was originating from either spoofed Gmail addresses or from short lived Gmai addresses set up by spammers, and that the recipients were getting spam because their own address was in a Gmail address book owned by a correspondent of theirs that hand been stolen by hackers. Gmail is essentially unsafe! > > If you are using Gmail, then your email client would be the one that is part of Gmail. I note that the first poster on this thread actually has an AOL address, which means that AOL's e-mail client has included G-mail addresses in a spam filter. > > > >> On 2021-08-30 07:12, Laurie Beden wrote: >> Gmail has decided Tweeters are junk mail. Check your junk folder. >> Thats where I find most of them. Sporadically and inconsistently. >> On Aug 29, 2021, at 21:57, Robert Gray wrote: >> ? >> None at all from Tweeters. Anyone know why? >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From 1northraven at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 17:05:49 2021 From: 1northraven at gmail.com (J Christian Kessler) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] I have not got any emails lately. In-Reply-To: <4D4C71C0-F552-4FAC-9A40-836CA1A2517D@gmail.com> References: <5832e3524a4e564f5b7ac85cb525fabe@birdsbydave.com> <4D4C71C0-F552-4FAC-9A40-836CA1A2517D@gmail.com> Message-ID: I found (a few years ago) that my gmail account sent many (perhaps close to half) of all Tweeters emails to my Spam folder. I put a special instruction on my Spam folder that everything from the Tweeters@u.washington.edu address was to go directly to my email. this now works reliably, tho I will often get this wide black banner at the top announcing that the software didn't send this particular email to Spam because of my instruction -- annoying, but I get the email. Chris Kessler On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 4:57 PM Laurie C Beden wrote: > Thank you for that information. I set up a separate gmail account just for > tweeters when I joined. Thinking that bc its a public list serve, email > addresses would be scraped. But gmail comes with its own issues for sure. > > > On Aug 30, 2021, at 10:46 AM, dgrainger@birdsbydave.com wrote: > > > > ? > > > > You wrote "Gmail has decided Tweeters are junk mail. Check your junk > folder." > > > > That determination is made by the recipient's e-mail client and not the > e-mail provider. When I did a study of the spam problem (for Tweeters > users) I found that more tha 90% was originating from either spoofed Gmail > addresses or from short lived Gmai addresses set up by spammers, and that > the recipients were getting spam because their own address was in a Gmail > address book owned by a correspondent of theirs that hand been stolen by > hackers. Gmail is essentially unsafe! > > > > If you are using Gmail, then your email client would be the one that is > part of Gmail. I note that the first poster on this thread actually has an > AOL address, which means that AOL's e-mail client has included G-mail > addresses in a spam filter. > > > > > > > >> On 2021-08-30 07:12, Laurie Beden wrote: > >> Gmail has decided Tweeters are junk mail. Check your junk folder. > >> Thats where I find most of them. Sporadically and inconsistently. > >> On Aug 29, 2021, at 21:57, Robert Gray wrote: > >> ? > >> None at all from Tweeters. Anyone know why? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tweeters mailing list > >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu > >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tweeters mailing list > >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu > >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- "moderation in everything, including moderation" Rustin Thompson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shepthorp at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 17:57:59 2021 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] RUFF still showing in Puyallup Message-ID: ?Hi Tweets, The RUFF was still showing this afternoon at 5pm in Puyallup at the 56th St SE Storm Water Ponds. See eBird hot spot. Seen easily from 56th St. SE, digiscoped photos. https://ebird.org/checklist/S93964143 Happy birding, Shep Shep Thorp, VMD Family Guy, Emergency Veterinarian, Birder Browns Point, Tacoma 253-370-3742 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From beneteau at wavecable.com Mon Aug 30 19:21:42 2021 From: beneteau at wavecable.com (Jim Beneteau) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] window strikes Message-ID: A couple years ago, i tried a vatiation on "zen curtains" using standard hemp twine rather than parachute cord. Basically, you hang the cords 2 inches apart which, apparently is the distance that birds won't fly through. Have had only 2 strike deaths in last two years and used to average 1 monthly. Cords don't significantly interfere with looking through window. Can find videos on uTube, can you believe. From jdanzenbaker at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 19:35:07 2021 From: jdanzenbaker at gmail.com (Jim Danzenbaker) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Seabirds August 26 pelagic report Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, A full contingent of birders from as far away as Florida and Pennsylvania as well as a group from the Vancouver, Washington Audubon Society boarded the *Monte Carlo* for a Westport Seabirds pelagic trip Thursday morning. We hoped for cooperative weather so we could get great views of the myriad wildlife that inhabits the offshore waters but sometimes nature throws a curveball. It turned out that the sea conditions were great, the air conditions weren't so great at the beginning with a fairly heavy fog which lasted until it was washed away with a persistent light to moderate rain. However, pelagic birders are tough and we endured the conditions until the rain stopped and the wildlife took center stage. Numbers seen follow each species in (). Heermann's Gulls, Brown Pelicans, Pigeon Guillemots (23 - presumed migrants to the Salish Sea), Common Murres (103 with at least 5 chicks), and Rhinoceros Auklets (39) led us to the continental shelf beyond the jetties where we were greeted by Sooty Shearwaters (4724) which emerged from the fog for brief but identifying looks. A few Red-necked Phalaropes (3) fed nearby. We located some Cassin's Auklets (7), always great to see their attempts to get airborne after feasting on plankton, krill, and other small crustaceans. Pink-footed Shearwaters (1209) and Northern Fulmars (39) slowly emerged. It's good to have new species introduced in an orderly fashion so all aboard could differentiate each species by plumage, profile, and flight before the next new species appeared. A light in the distance penetrated the lifting fog which indicated that we had arrived at the first shrimper. We were not the first to arrive at this location. We quickly became aware that there were at least 500+ tubenoses in the area which included 300 Pink-footed Shearwaters, 200 (!!!!) Short-tailed Shearwaters (323) and 6 (six) Sooty Shearwaters. Northern Fulmars, Black-footed Albatrosses (20), and Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels (30) also joined in. This season has brought us the unexpected. We are usually searching through hundreds of Sootys for a Short-tailed Shearwater. Today, we searched through 200+ Short-tailed Shearwaters for a Sooty Shearwater for comparison which, quite frankly, was almost ridiculous ... in a good way. Cameras clicked and sighs of relief prevailed as the rain slowly diminished. We then ventured to Grays Harbor Canyon for some deep sea birding. Our chum slick slowly enticed additional birds to the *Monte Carlo*. An Arctic Tern (1), epic pole to pole migrant, flew over as well as several spiffy Sabine's Gulls (5). A Semipalmated Plover (1) showed up but I don't think it was having a very good day. Upon our return to the shrimp boats, we chummed a bit more and were mobbed by hundreds of squeaking Pink-footed Shearwaters, gurgling Northern Fulmars, and braying Black-footed Albatrosses in addition to more sedate Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels and Sooty and Short-tailed Shearwaters. A highlight was a cooperative pristine Flesh-footed Shearwater (1) and several Buller's Shearwaters (4), both from New Zealand which, although uncommon, are fairly regularly encountered on Weastport Seabirds trips at this time of year. The first of four South Polar Skuas (4) winged its way through as well as the second Pomarine Jaeger (2) of the day. A Tufted Puffin (1) bulleted by, seen by all, but only briefly. On our way back to shore, we recorded two distant Parasitic Jaegers (2). We were going for the skua slam (SP Skua + three jaeger species) but the Long-tailed was a no-show today. One area held 10 feeding Humpback Whales which was a crowd pleaser. I love calling out "fluke, fluke, fluke" before the massive whale tails emerged which indicated a whale dive. Dall's Porpoises were also spotted (10), their distinctive rooster tail splash a clear identifying mark for this marine speedster. 10 Mola Molas (Ocean Sunfish) and 6 Blue Sharks were seen quite well. We looked for rocky shorebirds along the south jetty and were rewarded with, Wandering Tattlers (5). The Marbled Godwit flock (1000+) in the inner harbor held a single molting adult Bar-tailed Godwit, a species that is a Fall staple in this massive contingent of godwits. Whimbrel (2), Willet (1) and Black Turnstones (4) rounded out the shorebird show. Harbor Seals watched the end of another successful Westport Seabirds trip. Captain Phil and first mate Chris Anderson as well as the three guides today, Bill Tweit, Gene Revelas, and me, thank all the participants today for your patience during the fog and rain and the camera clicks and smiling faces at the feeding frenzy. As mentioned before, the actual sea conditions were great and your enthusiasm during the trip was appreciated! Even though a bit damp, everyone left happy with visions of close feeding shearwaters, loafing mola molas, and impressive Humpback Whales. There are two spots open on the September 8 trip so please check the Westport Seabirds website for details ( https://westportseabirds.com/2021-schedule-new/). I hope to see you on a future Westport Seabirds trip! Jim Danzenbaker for Westport Seabirds. -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From re_hill at q.com Mon Aug 30 19:47:46 2021 From: re_hill at q.com (Randy) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] I have not got any emails lately. In-Reply-To: References: <5832e3524a4e564f5b7ac85cb525fabe@birdsbydave.com> <4D4C71C0-F552-4FAC-9A40-836CA1A2517D@gmail.com> Message-ID: <000001d79e12$95148970$bf3d9c50$@q.com> I?ve had issues with some Tweeters messages blocked using desktop with CenturyLink and Outlook that came through to my phone with Verizon and Google. Randy Hill Ridgefield From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of J Christian Kessler Sent: Monday, August 30, 2021 5:06 PM To: Laurie C Beden Cc: Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] I have not got any emails lately. I found (a few years ago) that my gmail account sent many (perhaps close to half) of all Tweeters emails to my Spam folder. I put a special instruction on my Spam folder that everything from the Tweeters@u.washington.edu address was to go directly to my email. this now works reliably, tho I will often get this wide black banner at the top announcing that the software didn't send this particular email to Spam because of my instruction -- annoying, but I get the email. Chris Kessler On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 4:57 PM Laurie C Beden wrote: Thank you for that information. I set up a separate gmail account just for tweeters when I joined. Thinking that bc its a public list serve, email addresses would be scraped. But gmail comes with its own issues for sure. > On Aug 30, 2021, at 10:46 AM, dgrainger@birdsbydave.com wrote: > > ? > > You wrote "Gmail has decided Tweeters are junk mail. Check your junk folder." > > That determination is made by the recipient's e-mail client and not the e-mail provider. When I did a study of the spam problem (for Tweeters users) I found that more tha 90% was originating from either spoofed Gmail addresses or from short lived Gmai addresses set up by spammers, and that the recipients were getting spam because their own address was in a Gmail address book owned by a correspondent of theirs that hand been stolen by hackers. Gmail is essentially unsafe! > > If you are using Gmail, then your email client would be the one that is part of Gmail. I note that the first poster on this thread actually has an AOL address, which means that AOL's e-mail client has included G-mail addresses in a spam filter. > > > >> On 2021-08-30 07:12, Laurie Beden wrote: >> Gmail has decided Tweeters are junk mail. Check your junk folder. >> Thats where I find most of them. Sporadically and inconsistently. >> On Aug 29, 2021, at 21:57, Robert Gray wrote: >> ? >> None at all from Tweeters. Anyone know why? >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -- "moderation in everything, including moderation" Rustin Thompson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From patti.loesche at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 19:59:50 2021 From: patti.loesche at gmail.com (Patti Loesche) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanagers and Window strikes In-Reply-To: References: <7DE93714-67F7-485C-902C-82CD0DD5F39A@mac.com> Message-ID: <32D33E37-20C2-4186-9715-6C947E059203@gmail.com> Hi all, These great suggestions on Tweeters about how to prevent bird window strikes are summarized here, along with links on background and what you can do: https://urbanraptorconservancy.org/seattle-urban-raptors/threats-to-urban-raptors/collisions/ Patti Loesche Urban Raptor Conservancy https://urbanraptorconservancy.org > On Aug 30, 2021, at 10:27 AM, Alan Knue wrote: > > Hello Tweeters, > > I can second Vicki's recommendation for using paracord as an option. When we put up our feeders, we were having nearly daily strikes including a few casualties, especially during the siskin incursion over last winter. We also reviewed the various options and this one of the few that was also reversible (not permanent). Once we put up the paracords, we haven't had a strike and have actually seen birds head toward the windows only to veer away when they see the cords. We've hung them not only in front of windows but also in front of large sliding glass doors. Also, if you have an outside mounted window screen or a screen door, we have found that these also act well as something birds can see as they reduce the reflection on the glass and birds more readily bounce off of. > > Instructions can be found here: https://www.birdsavers.com/using-paracord/ and are very straightforward. Watch the video under step 4 as this was in particular useful. I hung these using small white hooks that were screwed into the top window trim/ moulding and this allows for the paracord curtains to be removed and reinstalled easily. > > Best, Alan > > Alan Knue > Edmonds, WA > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 10:11 AM Vicki King > wrote: > We have a crabapple tree in our front yard about 20 feet from a picture window. Years ago we installed the decals on the outside of the window but still had two Cedar Waxwings crash into the window and die. It was appalling. > > That led me to search online for a different option and I found something that has since worked well for us. We installed strings of parachute cord, 4" apart, that dangle from the top of the window to the bottom, across its width. Although I can imagine that not everyone would like these strings, we don't even notice them anymore and we no longer have birds crashing into that window. We've installed them on smaller windows that face into our backyard where we have feeders. > > I have a photo of how the strings look that I will be happy to share if anyone wants to see it. > > I'll be interested to read about other effective options out there. The birds clearly need our help. > > Vicki King > Seattle > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:27 AM Steve Hampton > wrote: > In my experience, decals have not worked, but something moving, such as a thin mylar ribbon that moves with the slightest breeze, was effective. Here's a pic and little video clip of what I'm talking about: > > https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/10/13/how-to-stop-birds-from-flying-into-your-windows/ > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 8:27 AM Zora Monster > wrote: > Wild birds unlimited sells decals for windows. The instructions tell the user to apply to the outside of the window. The decals reflect UV light, if memory serves me correctly. That reflective surface is on the outside of the decal, so mounting them inside renders them useless. > > Zora > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 30, 2021, at 8:14 AM, Vanderhoof, Jennifer > wrote: >> >> ? >> Joan and others, >> >> >> >> Something I learned from the Portland Audubon window strike study that is not widely publicized, unfortunately, is that anti-bird strike window treatments are best applied on the outside of the window. I know Seattle Audubon sells stuff. But if you apply it on the inside of the window, the outside still has the shiny reflective surface that can reflect the trees and make it appear the birds are flying through forest when they hit your window. >> >> >> >> Jen >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > -- > Steve Hampton > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vikingcove at gmail.com Mon Aug 30 22:15:29 2021 From: vikingcove at gmail.com (Kevin Lucas) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] window strikes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My variation on Acopian blinds, alias Zen Wind Curtains, (developed by Jeff Acopian) uses the standard cheap "parachute" cord knockoff widely available in stores, but -- I did not space the cords 4" apart as recommended. They're about 6" apart, only because I knew I didn't have enough cord to do both the front window and back patio door otherwise. They've worked perfectly. They also don't bother my view, and I can easily take photos through the gaps. I used 3M Command Strip hooks to mount to our vinyl clad patio door without harming it. I first saw these at the beautiful home of our good friends Karen & Joe Zook. Thank you Karen & Joe. There are excellent directions on how to make them here: https://www.birdsavers.com/make-your-own/ They describe the tests done to determine the minimum needed spacing (closer than 4" wasn't more effective.) You can also order them at the same website. https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ Kevin Lucas Yakima County, WA *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 7:22 PM Jim Beneteau wrote: > A couple years ago, i tried a vatiation on "zen curtains" using standard > hemp twine rather than parachute cord. > Basically, you hang the cords 2 inches apart which, apparently is the > distance that birds won't fly through. Have had only 2 strike deaths in > last two years and used to average 1 monthly. Cords don't significantly > interfere with looking through window. > Can find videos on uTube, can you believe. > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Tue Aug 31 09:16:26 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] AviSys References: <151808074.664281.1630426586683.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <151808074.664281.1630426586683@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, There is a 2021 taxonomic update available for user of AviSys. I tried to do the update today, but could not get past Microsoft's security systems. Microsoft Windows Defender did give me the opportunity to report that "I think this is safe," but I don't know how effective that is.? Has anyone had any luck with this AviSys update this year? It is a rather small set of changes, maybe 200 or so this year. I have done a few of them manually in AviSys, such as changing the scientific names of a few cormorants. I was hoping not to have to do 200 such manual changes, though! Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rflores_2 at msn.com Tue Aug 31 09:57:47 2021 From: rflores_2 at msn.com (Bob Flores) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] AviSys In-Reply-To: <151808074.664281.1630426586683@mail.yahoo.com> References: <151808074.664281.1630426586683.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <151808074.664281.1630426586683@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Good news I will try later and will report. Bob Flores Ridgefield, WA On Aug 31, 2021, at 09:17, Gary Bletsch wrote: ? Dear Tweeters, There is a 2021 taxonomic update available for user of AviSys. I tried to do the update today, but could not get past Microsoft's security systems. Microsoft Windows Defender did give me the opportunity to report that "I think this is safe," but I don't know how effective that is. Has anyone had any luck with this AviSys update this year? It is a rather small set of changes, maybe 200 or so this year. I have done a few of them manually in AviSys, such as changing the scientific names of a few cormorants. I was hoping not to have to do 200 such manual changes, though! Yours truly, Gary Bletsch _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jean.trent at gmail.com Tue Aug 31 11:30:46 2021 From: jean.trent at gmail.com (Jean Trent) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Birds and Window strikes Message-ID: I volunteer at Seattle Audubon Nature Shop. We have a product for sale to protect birds that has research behind it. Feather Friendly window collision tape with spacing pattern of dots that do not damage windows. Also the Window Alert decals referred to say on the package that they are only for external surfaces. They are sold in 3 packs now to assure adequate coverage. I had success with them. Sent from my iPhone From leschwitters at me.com Tue Aug 31 13:38:51 2021 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Lots of swifts Message-ID: <5A31ACAF-8B33-4116-81B6-C5AA60F2725E@me.com> 11,000 swifts in the Monroe Wagner roost last night. Good chance tonight will be another good one. If you're waiting for the Swift Night Out to check out the spectacle it?s going to be a long wait. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From klboz12 at gmail.com Tue Aug 31 15:00:55 2021 From: klboz12 at gmail.com (Karen L Bosley) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Direction Message-ID: Will someone give directions from seattle to 56 st se stormwater ponds in puyallup. None of my gps maps can find it. Thanks Karen -- ?Be curious not judgmental? Walt whitman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Tue Aug 31 17:21:52 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:19 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] rainstorm brings fun feeder birds References: <207692783.761178.1630455712409.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <207692783.761178.1630455712409@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, The rain that came down on Fir Island yesterday apparently never made it to the Upper Skagit Valley. Today, Tuesday the thirty-first instant, the clouds made up for that. The birding was very slow in my yard near Lyman in the early morning, as a fine rain came down. Then it started coming down a bit harder, and lo and behold, a Red-breasted Nuthatch came to the feeder! That's a very common bird in many people's yards, but not in mine, where it's not even annual. Today's was the first one I'd seen here since last November. Even more surprising was a California Scrub Jay that swooped in. This bird seemed more interested in drinking from the bird-bath than in consuming any black-oil sunflower seed, or the special lunch of the day, stale hamburger buns. Mrs. Bletsch texted me to say that her friend in Sedro-Woolley had three Scrub Jays at her feeder today, so, in a mature and sophisticated manner, I texted back to say, "Neener neener, we have one too!" Next came a lone female Evening Grosbeak, a species which had not shown up here since July first. She dined on the sunflower seeds, of course. Meanwhile, a Wilson's Warbler, a Yellow Warbler, and a Warbling Vireo flew in to forage in my birch tree, which always attracts migrants, especially in fall. Joining them were two Black-headed Grosbeaks, which will soon be on their way south. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Most of the day was spent under cloudy skies after some light fog to start the day. There weren't many birds while leaving the harbor, but before long we got into a loose feeding concentration of thousands of Sooty Shearwaters. In their midst we enjoyed Pomarine Jaeger after Pomarine Jaeger, with a total of seven seen here including two adult dark morph adults. A highlight of the day was a cooperative adult Tufted Puffin that provided nice views for several minutes. We also saw our first Pink-footed Shearwaters and a handful of Short-tailed Shearwaters here. Farther out we became aware of a couple shrimp trawlers so headed in their direction. As we approached we could tell there were a lot of birds, and we also realized that we seemed to have left the Sooty Shearwater zone behind as we started seeing small flocks of Short-tailed Shearwaters. Around the boats there were thousands of birds including 3000+ tubenoses. We'd barely began sifting through them when a LAYSAN ALBATROSS flew in toward us, followed quickly by a second Laysan. Initially the dominant species in the flocks were SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATERS, not normally a species one would really expect to see off Washington at all in August let alone in numbers. It was a really odd experience to be looking through Short-tailed Shearwaters trying to find a Sooty Shearwater when normally we'd see hundreds or thousands of Sooties for every Short-tailed spotted! Overall at the boats we ended up estimating about 2200 Pink-footed Shearwaters and 600 Short-tailed Shearwaters. Mixed in with them were several FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATERS which cooperatively circled the boat multiple times before disappearing back among the shearwater frenzy, and our first Buller's Shearwater of the day. After leaving the boats the next surprise was a couple of BLACK TURNSTONES that circled the boat for several minutes. Once out off the shelf edge we set up a chum slick and waited for the birds to come to us. Several Black-footed Albatross were there quickly and there were a few shearwaters, fulmars, and Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels in the area, though overall there wasn't a lot of activity. The return to shore was somewhat similar. We again visited some shrimp boats though this time there were four of them and there were even more shearwaters present. Two Flesh-footed Shearwaters were picked out from the masses along with a couple of unusual intermediate morph Pink-footed Shearwaters with dusky underparts. Approaching the harbor we passed through a concentration of 1600 Common Murres. The last tubenose of the trip was a Short-tailed Shearwater right at the south jetty which seemed fitting for the day. On the jetty itself we spotted a pair of vocal Wandering Tattlers, and back in the marina picked out the lingering Willet among a thousand or so Marbled Godwits. We weren't able to spot the continuing Bar-tailed Godwits from the boat though some participants checked the flock from land afterward and were able to see both an adult and juvenile. Other non-bird highlights from the day include a couple Humpback Whales, a Gray Whale, Northern Fur Seal, Ocean Sunfish, Blue Shark and both California and Steller's Sea-Lions. Captain Phil Anderson and first mate Chris Anderson were joined by Scott Mills, Bill Tweit, and Ryan Merrill as guides. Some photos can be found on the eBird checklists including these at the following links: https://ebird.org/checklist/S93953099 https://ebird.org/checklist/S93953175 Good birding, Ryan Merrill Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I tried to > do the update today, but could not get past Microsoft's security systems. > Microsoft Windows Defender did give me the opportunity to report that "I > think this is safe," but I don't know how effective that is. > > Has anyone had any luck with this AviSys update this year? > > It is a rather small set of changes, maybe 200 or so this year. I have > done a few of them manually in AviSys, such as changing the scientific > names of a few cormorants. I was hoping not to have to do 200 such manual > changes, though! > > Yours truly, > > Gary Bletsch > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Michael Fleming Ballard, Washington MichaelFleming0607 AT gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: