From hank.heiberg at yahoo.com Wed Dec 1 11:39:52 2021 From: hank.heiberg at yahoo.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Interesting_Anna=E2=80=99s_Feeding?= References: <78948E54-8792-41FA-A21E-EE7959A61A7D.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <78948E54-8792-41FA-A21E-EE7959A61A7D@yahoo.com> Today at Yellow Lake in Sammamish we saw an Anna?s Hummingbird feeding at Sapsucker holes. We had never seen that before. Hank Heiberg Issaquah, WA Sent from my iPhone From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Wed Dec 1 17:01:08 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hoodies and Buffleheads at Poirt Townsend Message-ID: In inner slips area at Boat Haven today saw a small group of Hooded Mergansers, photo on my website. Yesterday saw half a dozen Buffleheads off spit by RV campground at Point Hudson a little too far for decent photos From meetings at wos.org Thu Dec 2 09:49:43 2021 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Reminder=3A=C2=A0=C2=A0WOS_Annual_Business_M?= =?utf-8?q?eeting=2C_Awards_and_Presentation_on_the_Great_Blue_Hero?= =?utf-8?q?n_by_Dennis_Paulson?= Message-ID: <20211202174943.24195.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to our next Monthly Meeting on Monday, December 6, when we will hold a brief annual business meeting and will honor some special WOS people. The remainder of the meeting will feature an illustrated presentation by Dennis Paulson on ?The Great Blue Heron.???This presentation is intended to provide a closer look at this spectacular and interesting species and to contribute more knowledge to our enjoyment of this iconic species. What:??Annual Meeting and presentation, "The Great Blue Heron ? Wetlands Icon" When:??Monday, December 6, 7:30 pm Where:??Via GoToMeeting (Sign-in begins at 7:15 pm) WOS Monthly Meetings remain open to all as we continue to welcome the wider birding community to join us online via GoToMeeting. For login information, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/.??While there, if you are not yet a member of WOS, I hope you will consider becoming one. Please join us! Vicki King WOS Program Coordinator From marvbreece at q.com Thu Dec 2 09:58:49 2021 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Cedar River Mouth (CRM), Renton, King Co Message-ID: <872706508.128786067.1638467929322.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Birds were scarce yesterday at the Cedar River Mouth in Renton. The HARLEQIUN DUCK made an appearance after a week's absence. Whether it left and returned, or remained out of view for a week, who knows. Prior to its week of absence, the bird was seen daily for 2 weeks. How long will it remain? CRM is hardly a typical place to find a wintering Harlequin Duck. Also, a COOPER'S HAWK remained perched while eating prey, allowing splendid views. I have photographed oodles of Merlins eating prey. Not so when it comes to Cooper's Hawks. videos: [ https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN | 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 xjoshx at gmail.com Thu Dec 2 11:19:01 2021 From: xjoshx at gmail.com (Josh Adams) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Tubenoses in Puget Sound Message-ID: There is a tremendous movement of tubenose species into Puget Sound this morning. 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On 2021-12-02 12:27, Charlie Wright wrote: > Hello, > There is a Brown Booby flying around the waters off Dune Peninsula > this morning. Bird just reappeared after passing south earlier. > > Cheers, > Charlie Wright > Tacoma, Washington > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Dec 2 15:10:06 2021 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-12-02 Message-ID: <89375559F9854745BB69BEABBC229729@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Tweets ? we were supposed to get a break from the rain by 8 or by 9 or by 10 according to various hourly weather forecasts, but that never happened. We had on-and-off drizzle all morning. For the first hour-and-a-half, the world was dominated by AMERICAN ROBINS on every tree and bush. Otherwise, birds were a bit hard to come up with, but small surprises kept popping up. Highlights: a.. TRUMPETER SWAN ? seven flew south over the Lake Platform b.. American Wigeon ? one male below the weir c.. SHORT-BILLED GULL ? approximately 160 flew south as we approached the Viewing Mound d.. Sharp-shinned Hawk ? one dove under the blackberries below the Viewing Mound and emerged with prey e.. RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER ? 1 or 2 before the start of the boardwalk. First in 10 weeks f.. PILEATED WOODPECKER ? one flew up the Dog Meadow. First in 6 weeks g.. American Crow ? hundreds emerged from night roosts just before sunrise. Debatable whether we had more crows or more robins, but around 400 each I?d say h.. Cedar Waxwing ? a few (probably less than 10) mixed in with the robins i.. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW ? two together in the NW part of the Dog Area j.. Western Meadowlark ? one flew over the Pea Patch We had at least 1 Downy, a heard-only Hairy east of the East Meadow and one seen from the Rowing Club dock, and a handful of Northern Flickers, to give us a FIVE WOODPECKER DAY. Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Northern Shrike, Bushtit, Pine Siskin (might have heard one), American Goldfinch (might have heard one or two), and Lincoln?s Sparrow. We wished Ruth Godding a Happy 75th Birthday today, in absentia since she just moved to Scotland. We all miss her presence after 10 years of Marymoor surveys together. Next week starts the seven weeks of 8:00 a.m. starts, the darkest eighth of the year. Also quite likely the coldest and wettest. But these are good weeks for waterfowl, Dunlin, loons, owls, shrike, Varied Thrush, etc. All one needs are sweaters, full rain gear, tall rubber boots, gloves, Li?l Hotties, and a touch of intrepid spirit. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Thu Dec 2 16:30:29 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Tubenoses in Puget Sound; Fulmars off Pt Wilson In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks to Josh's email, I rushed out to Pt Wilson, Port Townsend, and immediately a NORTHERN FULMAR cruised past. Dan Waggoner joined me and we enjoyed several dark morphs and one striking light morph. No Ancient Murrelets today-- their numbers are peetering out, though it could just be my timing out there. Full list and distant fulmar pics at https://ebird.org/checklist/S98383622 good birding, On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 11:30 AM Josh Adams wrote: > There is a tremendous movement of tubenose species into Puget Sound this > morning. I'm at the Edmonds pier and have seen perhaps more than a dozen in > less than 20 minutes. Mostly fulmars but some shearwaters. > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend (Qatay), WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Fri Dec 3 11:31:49 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Port Townsend Blue Jay update Message-ID: The PT BLJA may have a slightly more reliable pattern, coming to a house at 881 Rose (Rose & H) where peanuts are provided. The Steller's Jays and Blue Jay were together this morning, all silent, quickly making repeated forays and caching the peanuts elsewhere. The Blue Jay seemed to be caching to the west and northwest (toward Cherry St and north of H St.). Assuming this feeding is a regular morning occurrence, this would be a good place to look for the jay in the morning. It can be rather quick and stealthy. (I can't believe I'm recommending birding a peanut feeder since I spent more than half my career trying to stop anthropogenic food subsidies of corvids. That said, I live nearby and will not get into the peanut business myself.) The Blue Jay has also been seen as high/east as Fir Street and as far south as the large undeveloped swale south of F Street (below/west of Willow St), where it was foraging on acorns. 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Walla Walla From ellenblackstone at gmail.com Sat Dec 4 15:31:34 2021 From: ellenblackstone at gmail.com (Ellen Blackstone) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] BirdNote, last week and the week of Dec. 5, 2021 Message-ID: <7205b561-5203-b5ee-7eb6-4e5d85399251@gmail.com> Hey, Tweeters, Heard last week on BirdNote: * Ivory Gull and Conservation http://bit.ly/1T6ikSr * Welcoming Back Winter Birds http://bit.ly/2EKNH8z * Common Redpoll, Survivor http://bit.ly/QGH8ks * Spark Bird: A Blackburnian Warbler's Journey https://bit.ly/3ryUrNk * Encounter with a Cassowary http://bit.ly/1dtQZ7b * BirdNoir - The Mystery of the Blue Bird https://bit.ly/3rChFT2 * Searching for the Araripe Manakin, With Gerrit Vyn http://bit.ly/1m7Ggt8 ========================= Next week on BirdNote: Why Penguin Feathers Don't Freeze, Wonderchicken! Birds on a Cold Night -- and more: https://bit.ly/3xTFgzy -------------------------------------- Did you have a favorite story this week? Another comment? 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Gary became an expert on hummingbirds, Costa Rica & tropical avifauna. And when one grasps that this little bird is a Resident & not a Migrant, I hope that, as I did, you will learn a lot. Sure Amazon can find this for you. Happy Xmas, Hutch David Hutchinson Flora & Fauna Books Discovery Park 206-499-7305 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonbirder at comcast.net Sat Dec 4 20:11:38 2021 From: jonbirder at comcast.net (Jonathan Houghton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Abundance of Ancients Message-ID: <2103091348.1494026.1638677498474@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After about 15 minutes walking north on Rose where I was seeing several STJAs I saw a lighter colored Corvid fly over heading back south. It landed in a fir tree on H Street between Rose and Willow and immediately gave itself away with vocalizations. By the time I got over there it had flown across the street into a deciduous tree void of leaves and I got nice looks.?Some homeowners came out to see it as they heard it as well and informed me that an owl had struck a window at their neighbors house and had flown into the fir tree across the street. Hence the BLJA and STJA squawks.?I located the BAOW who seemed alert and not seriously injured being periodically mobbed by the Jays and other birds.?The BLJA seemed to be part of a STJA gang as I saw it consistently in the crowd. Time of observations 9:45 to 10:00 AM Sunday Dec 5. Deb StewartClinton WAStigeweard at Yahoo dot com? Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Sent from my iPhone From martinmuller at msn.com Sun Dec 5 14:59:26 2021 From: martinmuller at msn.com (Martin Muller) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Heermann's Gulls at Golden Garden Park, Seattle Message-ID: Today there was a Heermann?s Gulls among the many gulls waiting for handouts in the parking lot north of the boat launch (in between Shilshole Marina and Golden Garden Park, Eddie Vine Boat Ramp, 8001 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117) It?s in ?textbook" second-winter dark brown plumage with the black-tipped red bill and black legs. Not that early-December is that far from the normal time of year we can expect this species here, but it's tameness (takes bread, chips, and other assorted snacks people toss out their parked car window), makes for a nice photo op. Cheers, Martin Muller, Seattle From garybletsch at yahoo.com Sun Dec 5 15:11:13 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hunters just shot EMGO References: <42503596-CCF1-4B2C-99D1-1F9145B8CB12.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <42503596-CCF1-4B2C-99D1-1F9145B8CB12@yahoo.com> I notified WDFW. I think Emperor Geese are protected. I watched a man retrieve one of the pair. Other goose may have escaped. How dreadful. Yours truly Gary Bletsch Sent from my iPhone From garybletsch at yahoo.com Sun Dec 5 18:03:06 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Emperor Goose References: <1656334507.2679217.1638756186444.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1656334507.2679217.1638756186444@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, As reported earlier, there were two Emperor Geese swimming around the dredge-spoil islands by March Point's southeast corner this afternoon, December 5th. I managed to take a couple of miserable photos before hunters shot and killed at least one of them. I don't know if the other bird survived. According to the WDFW's Washington Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Regulations booklet for 2021, Skagit County is in Goose Management Area 1. On page 25 of the booklet, it states that the "Regular Season (all goose types)" is October 16-November 28 and December 11-January 30. Thus, we are now in a hiatus period for goose hunting. It is legal to hunt ducks right now in Skagit, but not geese. The hunters who killed the Emperor Goose had goose decoys out. They may also have wounded a Brant, since there was a wounded Brant swimming about about a hundred meters away from their blind. The Emperor Goose is not mentioned in the booklet, but I would surmise that "all goose types" means exactly that. The hunters today had goose decoys in place, which would seem to indicate that they were hunting geese. As far as I can determine from the booklet and from online information from WDFW, Brant season is not open right now, either. Too bad my friends arrived just in time to hear me tell them that Skagit's second or third recorded Emperor Goose was now in a hunter's bag. I was told by a former WDFW official that the best thing to do in such situations is to call 911 first. I learned this the hard way today. It took a long time to get in touch with a WDFW warden through their official chain of communication. Even then, they had nobody on duty anywhere near the site. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please send if you have one In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Correction: That should have said Sandy Point in northwestern WA north of Bellingham. Best, Beverly Original post Hi all, I was at Snowy Point yesterday to see the Snowy Owl with my granddaughter Juniper. She shares my love of all owls and even knows some of the separate calls even though she is only turning 3 this weekend. One of the first books she learned to love was Paul Bannick's Snowy Owl book. Like a complete dolt, I didn't get a photo of her yesterday with her little stuffy owl (which in her imagination, thinks is the child of the actual snowy owl. I know a few people took a photo of her there. She had a purple puffy coat on. If any of you were there and wouldn't mind sharing your photo of her with me I would be greatly appreciative. We have a nature adventure journal and a little mini-life list for her in the journal. I am hoping to get a photo of her for her birthday this Sunday. Please email me privately at bcholtcodevlin@gmail.com Please pass this on to anyone you know who might have taken her photo. Thank you! With warm regards, Beverly On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 11:30 AM Beverly Choltco-Devlin < bcholtcodevlin@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was at Snowy Point yesterday to see the Snowy Owl with my granddaughter > Juniper. She shares my love of all owls and even knows some of the separate > calls even though she is only turning 3 this weekend. > One of the first books she learned to love was Paul Bannick's Snowy Owl > book. > > Like a complete dolt, I didn't get a photo of her yesterday with her > little stuffy owl (which in her imagination, thinks is the child of the > actual snowy owl. > > I know a few people took a photo of her there. She had a purple puffy coat > on. > > If any of you were there and wouldn't mind sharing your photo of her with > me I would be greatly appreciative. > We have a nature adventure journal and a little mini-life list for her in > the journal. I am hoping to get a photo of her for her birthday this > Sunday. > > Please email me privately at bcholtcodevlin@gmail.com > > Please pass this on to anyone you know who might have taken her photo. > > Thank you! > > With warm regards, > > Beverly > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bcthompson248 at gmail.com Mon Dec 6 13:23:16 2021 From: bcthompson248 at gmail.com (Bruce Thompson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Emperor Goose shooting reported by G. Bletsch Message-ID: I am a waterfowl hunter as well as bird watcher and enthusiast. We all need to encourage legal, informed hunting activities by legitimate hunters. There is no provision for legally hunting or shooting Emperor Geese in Washington that I know of, regardless of the situation with other goose species. Any reference to "all geese" in WDFW regulations booklets relates to snow, blue, Ross', Canada, and white-fronted geese. And, Mr. Bletsch is correct that the goose season is closed in the area he referenced during Nov 29-Dec 10. Also, brant season definitely is not open now. I hope he is able to provide enough information to WDFW to apprehend whomever was involved in the situation he observed. -- *Bruce C. Thompson* 10025 91st Ave NE Arlington, WA 98223 505-660-0533 (mobile) bcthompson248@gmail.com Certified Wildlife Biologist? and Fellow, The Wildlife Society -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bcholtcodevlin at gmail.com Mon Dec 6 14:18:24 2021 From: bcholtcodevlin at gmail.com (Beverly Choltco-Devlin) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Thank you to Nancy Crowell Message-ID: A huge thank you to Nancy Crowell for sending photos of my granddaughter at SANDY Point (not Snowy as I originally write) where we all went to see the beautiful snowy owl. She was amazing and patient as I had some technical difficulties in downloading. This is the BEST group. Warmest regards, Beverly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mj.cygnus at gmail.com Mon Dec 6 14:32:56 2021 From: mj.cygnus at gmail.com (Martha Jordan) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Reporting illegal actions re: wildlife- all kinds Message-ID: Over the past few weeks I have been getting calls, and personally experienced, not only bad behavior by a small number of hunters, but also illegal and unsafe behavior/actions. Here is what WDFW Enforcement recommends you do if you encounter these types of situations: If there is illegal hunting/poaching/unsafe behavior (like shooting directly over the parking lot and having pellets land on your vehicle) actively happening: Dial 911 when the operator answers tell them it is not an emergency and you really need to talk with a WDFW enforcement person ASAP. Explain it is illegal action in progress, unsafe or whatever you have encountered. Insist on WDFW enforcement. Wildcom will get the call and they can handle it much more swiftly than using any other method including the poaching hotline. I know many folks who hesitate to dial 911 first when the issue is actually happening. BUT, that is what you need to do to make it a higher priority. My recent encounter at the Jensen access area was an educational opportunity for me. I am grateful the shot snow goose landed 20 ft from my vehicle instead of on it. The pellets that hit my car did not appear to do any damage. Another safety tip: if you encounter hunters or poachers or badly behaving people harassing birds: stay in your car, take photos with your phone, dial 911 and by all means, do not confront the people doing the activity. Safety above all else. Leave the area to dial 911 if you need to do so to be safe. Be aware, stay aware of your surroundings and what is happening in the field. AND and above all Happy and safe birding out there. Martha Jordan Everett, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peggy_busby at yahoo.com Mon Dec 6 14:51:21 2021 From: peggy_busby at yahoo.com (Peggy Mundy) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Reporting illegal actions re: wildlife- all kinds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <129416120.74373.1638831081274@mail.yahoo.com> Thanks for this information, Martha.? A few years ago I was solo birding at Eide Road and a couple of young hunters were trying to intimidate me and behaving very unsafe, including not-so-veiled threats that I was going to get shot.? I didn't know who to call.? Tried to ignore them as much as possible. Peggy MundyBothell, WA On Monday, December 6, 2021, 02:34:24 p.m. PST, Martha Jordan wrote: Over the past few weeks I have been getting calls, and personally experienced, not only bad behavior by a small number of hunters, but also illegal and unsafe behavior/actions.? ? ? Here is what WDFW Enforcement recommends you do if you encounter these types of situations:? If there is illegal hunting/poaching/unsafe behavior (like shooting directly over the parking lot and having pellets land on your vehicle) actively happening:Dial 911? ? when the operator answers tell them it is not an emergency and you really need to talk with a WDFW enforcement person ASAP. Explain it is illegal action in progress, unsafe or whatever you have encountered.? Insist on WDFW enforcement. Wildcom will get the call and they can handle it much more swiftly than using any other method including the poaching hotline.? ? I know many folks who hesitate to dial 911 first when the issue is actually happening. BUT, that is what you need to do to make it a higher priority.?? ? My recent encounter at the Jensen access area was an educational opportunity for me. I am grateful the shot snow goose landed 20 ft from my vehicle instead of on it. The pellets that hit my car did not appear to do any damage.?? ? ?Another safety tip: if you encounter hunters or poachers or badly behaving people harassing birds:? stay in your car, take photos with your phone, dial 911 and by all means, do not confront the?people doing the activity.? Safety above all else.? Leave the area to dial 911 if you need to do so to be safe. Be aware, stay aware of your surroundings and what is happening in the field.? ? AND and above all Happy and safe birding out there. Martha JordanEverett, WA _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pirangas at hotmail.com Mon Dec 6 14:55:06 2021 From: pirangas at hotmail.com (Steve Pink) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Eastern Phoebe still at Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island Message-ID: Carlos Anderson and I found the Eastern Phoebe after about twenty minutes of searching. First seen in the yard of the last house on the trail leading to Deer Lagoon. This was about 11 a.m. and the bird continued to show well for about 30 minutes. It spent much time on the west side of the trail in the cattails - flycatching low just about the water. It called several times. David Poortinga arrived about noon and he soon relocated the bird. On the way out we found it once again in the cattails this time about 20 yards from the beginning of the trail. In contrast to yesterday where bird only appeared briefly, today the bird was cooperative. Cheers and good birding, Steve Steve Pink Edmonds, WA mailto: pirangas@hotmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Mon Dec 6 15:09:03 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Out of Season and Protected species Goose Message-ID: <46dfe393c82f3f22814a9b95bd0c8226@birdsbydave.com> Bruce Thompson: That hunter is likely to return. Any chance that his vehicle was seen? A description of a vehicle given to WDFW would likely help them catch up to him. Any photos? From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Mon Dec 6 15:34:01 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Emperor Goose poached today Message-ID: <4e828bd6757963478f8f5e2fa028bd96@birdsbydave.com> Just as an added thought: perhaps the person that observed this incident could call it in to the news paper or a TV station. They might like to give this a little publicity, which MIGHT reach the attention of those hunters. There is the possibility that the shooter was unaware of what he shot and or the season / protected status. From magicman32 at rocketmail.com Mon Dec 6 18:29:28 2021 From: magicman32 at rocketmail.com (Eric Heisey) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Columbia River birding (Okanogan and Douglas) References: Message-ID: Hi all, I have spent a good chunk of the last several days birding the Columbia River in Okanogan and Douglas counties. Below are some highlights from some very fruitful birding! On Dec 2nd, I headed down to the Columbia for a couple of days. My first stop was at the confluence of the Methow River, just west of Pateros. There have been some interesting gulls here lately, and a weirdo stuck out as either a Herring x Glaucous-winged or Thayer's Gull (I am leaning towards the former, but it's a weirdo). Many photos taken... Next stop was Cassimer Bar, which was fantastic per usual. I managed 57 species here in 3.5hrs on a beautiful morning, including some really interesting species. Perhaps the weirdest was a female Wilson's Warbler (in December!!), one of only a handful of eastern Washington winter records. Also of note were two Swamp Sparrows, a Sooty Fox Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Pacific Wren, Purple Finch, American Pipit, and four Virginia Rails. After this, I headed east to Washburn Island for the rest of the day. On the way there I counted 14 Trumpeter Swans at the junction of hwy 97 and 17. The beautiful day continued at Washburn, where I also tallied 57 species in about the same amount of time. Highlights here were two Orange-crowned Warblers, a Myrtle's Yellow-rumped Warbler, seven Brown-headed Cowbirds (uncommon in winter), Lincoln's Sparrow, 14 American Tree Sparrows, a flock of Bohemian Waxwings, a Hermit Thrush, 10 Virginia Rails, and a dark-morph Harlan's Hawk. I found a few Barn Owl feathers along the river, so I stuck around until after dark and did some owling. I had always wanted to see how many Saw-whet Owls I could roust up here too, and I managed to offend four different Saw-whets with my quiet tooting. In fact, one was so perplexed by my whistles that it flew out of the dark in circles around me, almost landing on me once! Magical. No Barn Owl, though... I slept in my car outside of Bridgeport and woke up to much colder, overcast weather on Dec 3rd. I had been wanting to spend a morning at Bridgeport Bar Wildlife Recreation Area for a while, and this seemed like a prime morning for such a mission. This spot is heinously undercovered to say the least. With only 117 species on the eBird hotspot (https://ebird.org/hotspot/L7929888 ), it may seem unremarkable at a glance, but this is DECEIVING!!! This place is absolutely amazing, attracting huge numbers of passerines and providing excellent viewing of the Columbia River. I ran into the guy who manages it on one of my previous visits; he plants huge fields of wheat and corn and leaves it unharvested to attract birds. Well, it worked!! I tallied 62 species on this morning in 4.5 hours, with 4,500 individual birds. There were a number of highlights, but for me the two coolest birds were both rare hybrids. On the Columbia I spotted a Tufted Duck x Scaup hybrid, the third record of this surely overlooked hybrid in eastern Washington on eBird. The other cool hybrid was a Mountain x Black-capped Chickadee, the first time I had encountered this hybrid before! A super cool bird. Other highlights were abundant here, including an Eared Grebe, an Anna's Hummingbird (with no apparent feeder around, which is nuts!), Pacific Wren, 11 Bewick's Wrens, Townsend's Solitaire, three Varied Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Redpoll, 520 White-crowned Sparrows, 340 Song Sparrows (the most I have ever seen at a single location!), a Golden-crowned Sparrow, three different White-throated Sparrows, two Lincoln's Sparrows and 14 Brown-headed Cowbirds. In addition to this, I had a peculiar Troglodytes Wren that seemed rather intermediate in appearance and by call between Pacific and Winter Wren. I suspect it was just a funky sounding Pacific Wren, but it does seem possible that it could have been a hybrid between the two species (the overlap in range in NE British Columbia). All this to say, this place is absolutely amazing, and should ABSOLUTELY be visited by more birders any time of the year. It has the potential to double its species count in eBird... I drove out to Nespelem in the afternoon of the 3rd in search of gulls. In short, there were very few! Not really worth the trip yet this winter; maybe that will change as it gets colder? A beautiful area all the same. Yesterday I birded around the Columbia a bit more on my way back to Yakima. There weren't too many highlights, and it was chilly! There were a couple more funky gulls at the confluence of the Methow and Columbia Rivers in Pateros, one being the same bird described above, the other looking like a first cycle Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull. There have been a number of Thayer's Gulls reported here in the past couple of week, and I suspect they have been of these two birds. Both are superficially pretty similar to Thayer's, but what do I know... I counted 182 Hooded Mergansers at the Starr Boat Launch, another all time high count for me. Pretty impressive! I had a first cycle Thayer's Gull and a Northern Shrike at the Douglas county overlook of Lake Pateros, but nothing else remarkable here. My most interesting observation of the drive south was on the Waterville Plateau, on Rd F NW x Rd 11 NW. Here I counted 930 Snow Buntings, swirling all around me in the beautiful late afternoon lighting. Quite a spectacle, and another all time high count for me! On the Waterville Plateau I also had a Golden Eagle and another American Tree Sparrow, but nothing else of note. Birding the Columbia is always such a good time! I managed to find 93 species along the Columbia over this trip, not bad for December in northern Washington. I miss Okanogan county already! Good birding, Eric Heisey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Further complicated by the fact that many waterfowl are kept by aviculturists and the bird may be an escapee rather than a natural occurrence. Hal Michael Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/) Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 12/06/2021 3:34 PM dgrainger@birdsbydave.com wrote: > > > Just as an added thought: perhaps the person that observed this > incident could call it in to the news paper or a TV station. They might > like to give this a little publicity, which MIGHT reach the attention of > those hunters. There is the possibility that the shooter was unaware of > what he shot and or the season / protected status. > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From garybletsch at yahoo.com Mon Dec 6 20:21:18 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] hunting of Emperor Geese References: <2128801814.3382397.1638850878264.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2128801814.3382397.1638850878264@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, Thanks to all of the Tweeters out there who have written to me personally about this event, as well as to those who have been continuing the discussion amongst the group. On the Birds of the World website, under "Conservation and Management" of Emperor Geese, there is this information (link pasted below the quoted material). <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Management Measures Proposed And Taken Guidelines for management of Emperor Geese are presented in the Pacific Flyway management plan for Emperor Geese (Pacific Flyway Council 2002b). Measures recommended to manage harvest include: (1) Closure of all hunting when numbers fall below a 3-yr running average of 60,000, based on the spring survey. Hunting allowed only after population levels rise above 80,000; (2) Enforce harvest restrictions; and (3) Continue support of the Yukon Delta Goose Management Plan. (The plan is an agreement for voluntarily reduction in subsistence harvest of several species including Emperor Geese). Following amendment of the Migratory Bird Treaty, a system of co-management exists in which federal, state, and the collective indigenous community each have a vote for how harvest regulations are established. Under this current system, Emperor Geese remain one of the few species with no allowable harvest. The Emperor Goose management plan also recommends management and research activities. The highest priorities include: (1) Continue spring aerial surveys; (2) Continue nesting habitat aerial and ground surveys on the Y-K Delta; (3) Continue autumn production estimates as derived from air photo analysis of age composition from flocks along the north side of the Alaska Peninsula; (4) (4) Initiate study on winter ecology; and (5) Continue and expand cooperative educational and volunteer programs. >>>>>>>>> Conservation and Management - Emperor Goose - Anser canagicus - Birds of the World The article states that there is "no allowable harvest" of Emperor Geese at the? moment. One might conclude that this species can't be hunted in the US. However, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website tells a different story. Here is a link. 2021-2022 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (alaska.gov) The website states that there is hunting of Emperor Geese in Alaska. Residents can apply for a special Emperor Goose hunt; non-residents must win such permission through a lottery. The bag limit is ONE (1) Emperor Goose per season. Of course, this has no bearing on the taking of Emperor Geese in Washington. I wish that our state would have language in the hunting regulations, such that the only migratory birds that can be hunted be the ones specifically listed in the regulations. That way, if a wayward species makes its way here, the bird does not get killed. I would guess that most responsible hunters would find that reasonable. I don't see why a hunter in the year 2021 would find it necessary or desirable to shoot, for example, a Baikal Teal or an Tundra Bean Goose, when there are hundreds of thousands of Mallard, Wigeon, and Snow Geese for the taking. In the present case, goose season was closed. I would say that a closed goose season is a closed goose season, meaning that it would be unlawful to shoot any species of goose during this time; a lawyer or a reluctant WDFW officer might argue differently. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Mon Dec 6 20:39:09 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] eBird alerts working??? References: <1826449907.3235566.1638851949658.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1826449907.3235566.1638851949658@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, It occurred to me today that I never got an eBird alert about the Emperor Goose, nor did I get the usual one for the Black Phoebe that I also saw yesterday. Are other eBird users getting alerts as per usual? I don't seem to have gotten any since the third week of November. I have not turned them off or tinkered with them in about a year, and when I checked, all of the alerts for which I originally signed up were still checked off. They are not in my spam box, either. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vikingcove at gmail.com Mon Dec 6 22:08:00 2021 From: vikingcove at gmail.com (Kevin Lucas) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] hunting of Emperor Geese In-Reply-To: <2128801814.3382397.1638850878264@mail.yahoo.com> References: <2128801814.3382397.1638850878264.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <2128801814.3382397.1638850878264@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Gary, and other Tweeters whose posts on this thread I've read so far, Thank you all for a thoughtful discussion. Your different perspectives, and genuine concerns expressed are inspirational to me. That you've spoken out is brave. I've met many hunters who know me as a bird watcher, some of whom have invited me bird watch on their private and hunt club properties, who are quite partial to any duck or goose that's not one of the ordinary ones. I've been shown many pictures of hybrids and back crosses and leucistic and melanistic ducks, and told many stories about them. To "get" an unusual duck is highly prized and sought after. Some very skilled shooters have told me how they've not shot in order to preserve their bag limit chance at a hoped-for rarity. For hunters, seeking a rarity is a powerful force. I'm sure that some hunters shoot rarities, even when prohibited or past their bag limit, in order to "get" a rarity. I'm a hunter, though I've not hunted in many years. I've been told stories by respected guides of them poaching -- yes the guides themselves poaching. I've been shot while hunting -- accidentally by a U.S. Army Colonel. I'm also a bird watcher, and I briefly enjoyed the competitive aspects of bird watching -- until I saw illegal, dishonest, and unethical behaviour here in the local scene, heard more stories of such,,had my rare bird finds poached by the perpetrators, and read their dishonest allegations about me; respected competitive bird listers trespass and use playback and spotlighting and falsify checklists despite laws and tribal sovereignty and bird watchers' concerns about rare and sensitive species. As to Gary's, " I would say that a closed goose season is a closed goose season", I'd agree. I also agree with Gary's, "a lawyer or a reluctant WDFW officer might argue differently", adding (to lawyer & reluctant WDFW officer) the possibly inferred red-handed hunter, naive bird watcher, and competitive lister who is protective of the tally of birds they "got" -- to the list of those who would argue "differently." Please don't fall into the simple trap of lumping all hunters with those who purposefully hunt illegally, but please don't fall into the corresponding trap of letting those who purposefully and repeatedly violate laws and codes of ethics get away with it -- by falling for their excuses or lumping them with those well intentioned and always ethical birders that make up the vast majority of bird watchers. It's a touch late for a Thanksgiving note I suppose, but I'm *constantly* thankful that I had phenomenally good role models and training for my hunting, so that I became a safe, ethical, and responsible hunter -- despite seeing poaching and dangerous behavior in the field that yielded the perpetrators impressive takes. I'm also thankful that as I became entranced with bird watching a decade ago I became able to distinguish which role models to steer clear of and which to emulate, celebrate, and learn from. Please report unethical and dangerous and illegal behavior when you observe it, to stop the behavior, and to dissuade others from choosing to adopt it, whether it's by a hunter, bird watcher or lister, motor vehicle driver, or anyone else. Celebrate the gems. Call out the bad apples, so they might be stopped from spoiling the barrels. Perhaps the hunter was shooting what (s)he thought was a rare plumaged bird, and thought it was in season. Perhaps the hunter knew better on both accounts. Please try to help discourage the practice, regardless of any argument, genuine or disingenuous, by the hunter or the hunter's supporters. If the hunter's identity has still not been determined, a search of Facebook and other social meddling sites could nail it. Perpetrators often brag post about what they "got". Good Birding, https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ Kevin Lucas Yakima County, Washington *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 8:22 PM Gary Bletsch wrote: > Dear Tweeters, > > Thanks to all of the Tweeters out there who have written to me personally > about this event, as well as to those who have been continuing the > discussion amongst the group. > > On the *Birds of the World *website, under "Conservation and Management" > of Emperor Geese, there is this information (link pasted below the quoted > material). > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > Management > Measures Proposed And Taken > > Guidelines for management of Emperor Geese are presented in the Pacific > Flyway management plan for Emperor Geese (Pacific Flyway Council 2002b > ). > Measures recommended to manage harvest include: (1) Closure of all hunting > when numbers fall below a 3-yr running average of 60,000, based on the > spring survey. Hunting allowed only after population levels rise above > 80,000; (2) Enforce harvest restrictions; and (3) Continue support of the > Yukon Delta Goose Management Plan. (The plan is an agreement for > voluntarily reduction in subsistence harvest of several species including > Emperor Geese). > > Following amendment of the Migratory Bird Treaty, a system of > co-management exists in which federal, state, and the collective indigenous > community each have a vote for how harvest regulations are established. > Under this current system, Emperor Geese remain one of the few species with > no allowable harvest. > The Emperor Goose management plan also recommends management and research > activities. The highest priorities include: (1) Continue spring aerial > surveys; (2) Continue nesting habitat aerial and ground surveys on the Y-K > Delta; (3) Continue autumn production estimates as derived from air photo > analysis of age composition from flocks along the north side of the Alaska > Peninsula; (4) (4) Initiate study on winter ecology; and (5) Continue and > expand cooperative educational and volunteer programs. > > >>>>>>>>> > > > Conservation and Management - Emperor Goose - Anser canagicus - Birds of > the World > > > > The article states that there is "no allowable harvest" of Emperor Geese > at the moment. One might conclude that this species can't be hunted in the > US. > > However, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website tells a different > story. Here is a link. > > 2021-2022 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (alaska.gov) > > > The website states that there is hunting of Emperor Geese in Alaska. > Residents can apply for a special Emperor Goose hunt; non-residents must > win such permission through a lottery. The bag limit is ONE (1) Emperor > Goose per season. > > Of course, this has no bearing on the taking of Emperor Geese in > Washington. I wish that our state would have language in the hunting > regulations, such that the only migratory birds that can be hunted be the > ones specifically listed in the regulations. That way, if a wayward species > makes its way here, the bird does not get killed. I would guess that most > responsible hunters would find that reasonable. 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URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Mon Dec 6 22:28:47 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] hunting of Emperor Geese In-Reply-To: References: <2128801814.3382397.1638850878264.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <2128801814.3382397.1638850878264@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Just a quick note on hunter Facebook groups-- last year in California a few birders started looking at these groups and discovered a Bean Goose and a Baikal Teal shot by hunters and posted online the same week (!) , which illustrated how many birds are out there that birders might be missing. In that instance, I think both birds were shot legally and the posts were to assist in identification, as they thought they might be a weird hybrid. Other hunters knew better and were quite excited about them. On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 10:09 PM Kevin Lucas wrote: > Gary, and other Tweeters whose posts on this thread I've read so far, > > Thank you all for a thoughtful discussion. Your different perspectives, > and genuine concerns expressed are inspirational to me. That you've spoken > out is brave. > > I've met many hunters who know me as a bird watcher, some of whom have > invited me bird watch on their private and hunt club properties, who are > quite partial to any duck or goose that's not one of the ordinary ones. > I've been shown many pictures of hybrids and back crosses and leucistic and > melanistic ducks, and told many stories about them. To "get" an unusual > duck is highly prized and sought after. Some very skilled shooters have > told me how they've not shot in order to preserve their bag limit chance at > a hoped-for rarity. For hunters, seeking a rarity is a powerful force. I'm > sure that some hunters shoot rarities, even when prohibited or past their > bag limit, in order to "get" a rarity. I'm a hunter, though I've not hunted > in many years. I've been told stories by respected guides of them poaching > -- yes the guides themselves poaching. I've been shot while hunting -- > accidentally by a U.S. Army Colonel. I'm also a bird watcher, and I briefly > enjoyed the competitive aspects of bird watching -- until I saw illegal, > dishonest, and unethical behaviour here in the local scene, heard more > stories of such,,had my rare bird finds poached by the perpetrators, and read > their dishonest allegations about me; respected competitive bird listers > trespass and use playback and spotlighting and falsify checklists despite > laws and tribal sovereignty and bird watchers' concerns about rare and > sensitive species. As to Gary's, " I would say that a closed goose season > is a closed goose season", I'd agree. I also agree with Gary's, "a lawyer > or a reluctant WDFW officer might argue differently", adding (to lawyer & > reluctant WDFW officer) the possibly inferred red-handed hunter, naive > bird watcher, and competitive lister who is protective of the tally of > birds they "got" -- to the list of those who would argue "differently." Please > don't fall into the simple trap of lumping all hunters with those who > purposefully hunt illegally, but please don't fall into the > corresponding trap of letting those who purposefully and repeatedly violate > laws and codes of ethics get away with it -- by falling for their excuses > or lumping them with those well intentioned and always ethical birders that > make up the vast majority of bird watchers. > > It's a touch late for a Thanksgiving note I suppose, but I'm *constantly* > thankful that I had phenomenally good role models and training for my > hunting, so that I became a safe, ethical, and responsible hunter -- > despite seeing poaching and dangerous behavior in the field that yielded > the perpetrators impressive takes. I'm also thankful that as I became > entranced with bird watching a decade ago I became able to distinguish > which role models to steer clear of and which to emulate, celebrate, and > learn from. > > Please report unethical and dangerous and illegal behavior when you > observe it, to stop the behavior, and to dissuade others from choosing to > adopt it, whether it's by a hunter, bird watcher or lister, motor vehicle > driver, or anyone else. Celebrate the gems. Call out the bad apples, so > they might be stopped from spoiling the barrels. > > Perhaps the hunter was shooting what (s)he thought was a rare plumaged > bird, and thought it was in season. Perhaps the hunter knew better on both > accounts. > Please try to help discourage the practice, regardless of any argument, > genuine or disingenuous, by the hunter or the hunter's supporters. > > If the hunter's identity has still not been determined, a search of > Facebook and other social meddling sites could nail it. Perpetrators often > brag post about what they "got". > > Good Birding, > https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ > Kevin Lucas > Yakima County, Washington > > *Qui tacet consentire videtur* > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 8:22 PM Gary Bletsch wrote: > >> Dear Tweeters, >> >> Thanks to all of the Tweeters out there who have written to me personally >> about this event, as well as to those who have been continuing the >> discussion amongst the group. >> >> On the *Birds of the World *website, under "Conservation and Management" >> of Emperor Geese, there is this information (link pasted below the quoted >> material). >> >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> >> Management >> Measures Proposed And Taken >> >> Guidelines for management of Emperor Geese are presented in the Pacific >> Flyway management plan for Emperor Geese (Pacific Flyway Council 2002b >> ). >> Measures recommended to manage harvest include: (1) Closure of all hunting >> when numbers fall below a 3-yr running average of 60,000, based on the >> spring survey. Hunting allowed only after population levels rise above >> 80,000; (2) Enforce harvest restrictions; and (3) Continue support of the >> Yukon Delta Goose Management Plan. (The plan is an agreement for >> voluntarily reduction in subsistence harvest of several species including >> Emperor Geese). >> >> Following amendment of the Migratory Bird Treaty, a system of >> co-management exists in which federal, state, and the collective indigenous >> community each have a vote for how harvest regulations are established. >> Under this current system, Emperor Geese remain one of the few species with >> no allowable harvest. >> The Emperor Goose management plan also recommends management and research >> activities. The highest priorities include: (1) Continue spring aerial >> surveys; (2) Continue nesting habitat aerial and ground surveys on the Y-K >> Delta; (3) Continue autumn production estimates as derived from air photo >> analysis of age composition from flocks along the north side of the Alaska >> Peninsula; (4) (4) Initiate study on winter ecology; and (5) Continue and >> expand cooperative educational and volunteer programs. >> >> >>>>>>>>> >> >> >> Conservation and Management - Emperor Goose - Anser canagicus - Birds of >> the World >> >> >> >> The article states that there is "no allowable harvest" of Emperor Geese >> at the moment. One might conclude that this species can't be hunted in the >> US. >> >> However, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game website tells a different >> story. Here is a link. >> >> 2021-2022 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (alaska.gov) >> >> >> The website states that there is hunting of Emperor Geese in Alaska. >> Residents can apply for a special Emperor Goose hunt; non-residents must >> win such permission through a lottery. The bag limit is ONE (1) Emperor >> Goose per season. >> >> Of course, this has no bearing on the taking of Emperor Geese in >> Washington. I wish that our state would have language in the hunting >> regulations, such that the only migratory birds that can be hunted be the >> ones specifically listed in the regulations. That way, if a wayward species >> makes its way here, the bird does not get killed. I would guess that most >> responsible hunters would find that reasonable. I don't see why a hunter in >> the year 2021 would find it necessary or desirable to shoot, for example, a >> Baikal Teal or an Tundra Bean Goose, when there are hundreds of thousands >> of Mallard, Wigeon, and Snow Geese for the taking. >> >> In the present case, goose season was closed. I would say that a closed >> goose season is a closed goose season, meaning that it would be unlawful to >> shoot any species of goose during this time; a lawyer or a reluctant WDFW >> officer might argue differently. >> >> 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 > -- ?Steve Hampton? 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Oh yes, that required a second call to my husband to unlock the front door so I could go in that way and?interestingly?I met another hummingbird near the front door but that is not unusual because the perennial fuchsias are still blooming. So what was all this about? We have had this happen before though I haven?t been trapped by it. Did my wearing a red sweatshirt have anything to do with it? My husband said it did circle my head for a few seconds. (I go out every day at 7:00 am to measure the precipitation and learned two things from this adventure: always bring my phone so I have a way of attracting my husband?s attention and make sure I am decently dressed in case I have to go around to the front door.) Deborah Olympia From cariddellwa at gmail.com Tue Dec 7 08:42:54 2021 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Rounup - November 2021 Message-ID: <87753DD2-89D4-41C4-A41D-2B2DE0EF0275@gmail.com> Hi Tweets, All of the new year bird sightings for November were seen along the Edmonds waterfront: a Short-eared owl (code 4), 11-3-21; a Tundra Swan (code 4) 11-7 and 11-17-21; a Red Phalarope (code 5) 11-16-21; two Northern Fulmars (code 5) 11-18-21. Other sightings of note of species already on our year list: There were multiple reports of Trumpeter Swans (code 4) along the waterfront from 11-5-21 to 11-21-21. Two Greater White-fronted Geese (code 3) were reported in the Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood 11-10-21. A single White-throated Sparrow (code 3) frequented a Pine Ridge neighborhood yard for much of November. We have 192 species on our 2021 year list as of November 30th. I am always grateful to those of you who share your Edmonds sightings with me. It helps us keep an accurate count 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 . The checklist of year birds is updated and available for viewing in the bird information box on the wall of the Olympic Beach Visitor Station. Good birding, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonbirder at comcast.net Tue Dec 7 11:35:11 2021 From: jonbirder at comcast.net (Jonathan Houghton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Eastern Phoebe Message-ID: <1278619140.1269370.1638905711987@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mj.cygnus at gmail.com Tue Dec 7 13:20:32 2021 From: mj.cygnus at gmail.com (Martha Jordan) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Goose species legal to hunt Message-ID: Yesterday I had a conversation with WDFW regarding clarification on what species of geese are legal to hunt in Washington State. Bottom line: ONLY Canada Geese (not Dusky-closed all season), Cackling Canada Geese, Snow Geese, Ross Geese, White-fronted Geese, and Brant. That is it. Emperor Geese are not a legal species, nor is any other than the ones mentioned above. WDFW clarified the rules for goose hunting starting in 2018 when they went to a divided bag limit rather than an aggregate bag: meaning there is a bag limit for *each* species. And the only species allocated bag limits in WA are the ones that can be legally hunted. Meaning, all other goose species are illegal. Thus, no Bean or Emperor geese allowed or any others. 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She has written six widely acclaimed books on birds and nature, including Mozart?s Starling, the topic of her previous appearance at Kitsap Audubon. From ednewbold1 at yahoo.com Wed Dec 8 21:29:32 2021 From: ednewbold1 at yahoo.com (Ed Newbold) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:21 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Thank you Martha Jordan, condolences to Gary Bletch References: <1108316502.149256.1639027772167.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1108316502.149256.1639027772167@mail.yahoo.com> Hi All, Thanks to Martha Jordan for putting to rest any questions any of us on tweeters may have had about the legality of the Emperor Goose shooting--i.e., it wasn't. Condolences to Gary Bletch who had to witness this heinous act. Sincerely, Ed Newbold ednewbold1@yahoo.com /? Beacon Hill? ?/? store at 1st & Pike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Through his work studying the impact of two of our most iconic birds, Paul has created a wholly unique approach to birding and conservation. Paul will combine his breathtaking images, first-hand accounts, video, sound, and science to help inspire conservation and education efforts as well as to help spread awareness about the threats facing these owls and what we can do to protect them. You will also be given a chance to ask Paul all of your burning owl questions after his presentation.?The first event will take place January 11 and be focused on The Owl and The Woodpecker. The second event will take place February 16 and focus on Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls. Both events will be held virtually via Zoom at 7 PM and they are both only $10 to attend. You can sign up for either class at the following link:?https://ncascades.org/signup/programs/classes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Pied-billed Grebe ? a single scan count from the Lake Platform hit 50! c.. Barn Owl ? Matt had one early; first since September! d.. Northern Shrike ? one *heard only* somewhere to the east of our meeting place at 8:00 e.. American Robins ? everywhere, once again. Easily a couple of hundred f.. Cedar Waxwing ? at least 2, with American Robins, East Meadow g.. COMMON REDPOLL ? Flock of 8 just south of the Dog Area along the slough, in Alders. The 7th record for the park, first for the year (FOY) h.. Pine Siskin ? at least 100, though none with the Redpolls i.. White-throated Sparrow ? one at the north edge of the Dog Area with other Zonos. j.. Western Meadowlark ? one in the East Meadow k.. WILSON?S WARBLER ? In cottonwoods at the Dog Meadow edge near Dog Central ? small, very yellow warbler with big black eye and a face/head pattern like a 1st year and/or female The COMMON REDPOLL landed in a tree across the slough from us, where we noted pink on some of the breasts, but definite white wing bars (so not House/Purple Finch). We could barely make out more, but we had decided they truly were redpoll just before they flew over TO OUR SIDE and eventually gave us decent looks. Nice. This was our first ever WILSON?S WARBLER for December, and we?ve only ever had two sightings in November. We had three RIVER OTTERS next to the beaver lodge visible from the Lake Platform. Misses today included Common Merganser, Cooper?s Hawk, Purple Finch, and American Goldfinch. A late scan of the lake turned up two RING-NECKED DUCKS, and as I drove out of the park I found some EUROPEAN STARLINGS and three ROCK PIGEONS; otherwise those three would also have been on the Misses list. For the day, 56 species. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From byers345 at comcast.net Fri Dec 10 20:00:21 2021 From: byers345 at comcast.net (byers345@comcast.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Many Common Murres Message-ID: <001d01d7ee43$9f0d2fa0$dd278ee0$@comcast.net> Hello Tweeters, Bill and I spent two hours trying to spy the Blue Jay in Port Townsend today. Many other birds showed up at the many feeders which the BLJA has been visiting, but not the BLJA itself. As a consolation prize, we went to Point Wilson in Fort Worden State Park. We were already cold from standing for two hours in 36 degree temps in town, so we didn't think we'd last long. It was probably a couple degrees warmer along the water, but there was a stiff breeze from the south. Nonetheless, we were astonished at the large number of Common Murres that were flying by Point Wilson. They were impossible to count-they flew by in almost continuous batches of 10 0r 15 for over an hour. So I'm guessing about 2000, or maybe more! There were also many in the water just off the point. Additionally, there were murrelets, Pigeon Guillemots, mergansers, a few loons and many gulls. There was definitely something good to eat out there in Admiralty Inlet. So for a magical hour, we forgot about the cold and just watched and tried to take pictures (but most birds were too far away). If anyone cares to comment on this abundance of murres, I'd like to hear from you. Perhaps this is an everyday occurrence this time of year at Port Townsend. Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Fri Dec 10 20:12:01 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Many Common Murres In-Reply-To: <001d01d7ee43$9f0d2fa0$dd278ee0$@comcast.net> References: <001d01d7ee43$9f0d2fa0$dd278ee0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: As someone who birds Pt Wilson regularly, I can tell you that every day is different. Some days there are hundreds to thousands of murres flying southbound, or northbound, or few at all. Last week there were days with zero Pigeon Guillemots; other days there are 50+. Same with Ancient Murrelets. Some days inbound, other days outbound, sometimes in the water off the point (usually out near the tidal current). The other day a pretty 1st cycle Glaucous Gull flew within 20 feet of the rocks. It's quite unpredictable and always a surprise. In general, wind produces more birds, though it makes it pretty rough to find a sheltered viewing spot. On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 8:01 PM wrote: > Hello Tweeters, > > Bill and I spent two hours trying to spy the Blue Jay in > Port Townsend today. Many other birds showed up at the many feeders which > the BLJA has been visiting, but not the BLJA itself. As a consolation > prize, we went to Point Wilson in Fort Worden State Park. We were already > cold from standing for two hours in 36 degree temps in town, so we didn?t > think we?d last long. It was probably a couple degrees warmer along the > water, but there was a stiff breeze from the south. Nonetheless, we were > astonished at the large number of Common Murres that were flying by Point > Wilson. They were impossible to count?they flew by in almost continuous > batches of 10 0r 15 for over an hour. So I?m guessing about 2000, or maybe > more! There were also many in the water just off the point. Additionally, > there were murrelets, Pigeon Guillemots, mergansers, a few loons and many > gulls. There was definitely something good to eat out there in Admiralty > Inlet. So for a magical hour, we forgot about the cold and just watched > and tried to take pictures (but most birds were too far away). If anyone > cares to comment on this abundance of murres, I?d like to hear from you. > Perhaps this is an everyday occurrence this time of year at Port Townsend. > Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emilylieberman at gmail.com Sat Dec 11 10:30:28 2021 From: emilylieberman at gmail.com (Emily Lieberman) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Eagles in Skagit? Message-ID: <05FE4952-B54A-48A8-A7AF-0655162C9179@gmail.com> Wondering if there is a good concentration of eagles in Skagit yet, and if yes, if anyone has a recommendation for accessible viewing to take visiting parents? Thanks, Emily From ellenblackstone at gmail.com Sat Dec 11 12:05:00 2021 From: ellenblackstone at gmail.com (Ellen Blackstone) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] BirdNote, last week and the week of Dec. 12, 2021 Message-ID: Hey, Tweeters, Heard last week on BirdNote: * Searching for the Araripe Manakin, With Gerrit Vyn http://bit.ly/2khhyeG * Recording the Araripe Manakin, With Gerrit Vyn http://bit.ly/2kxe3xf * Birds on a Cold Night http://bit.ly/2P0N4rl * Why Penguin Feathers Don't Freeze https://bit.ly/3rUkFtR * Morning in Oaxaca http://bit.ly/2Bug3QK * Behold... 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URL: From tooleys at comcast.net Sat Dec 11 14:18:34 2021 From: tooleys at comcast.net (Sam Tooley) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] 38 trumpeters at Maris Farm, and Wingspan board game In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8218ca6a-89d6-19f0-ab24-974a23d1de23@comcast.net> Hi Vicki, The Wingspan board game was one of the most popular games of 2019, and has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. If you are not interested in board games, but know someone who is, this would make a perfect gift. This game has been a hit with the board game community, regardless of their interest in birding. It is a high-quality game that many people would enjoy receiving. It is one of our family favorites. I hope this helps you feel better about giving it to someone. Sam Tooley Tacoma On 12/11/2021 1:18 PM, Vicki wrote: > Hi, Dec 7, I counted 38 Trumpeter Swans mid afternoon at Maris Farms, > on Sumner Buckley Highway. This is the largest count so far. > Beforehand it?s only been 7-9 birds. ?8 were juveniles. > Also someone gave me this Wingspan board game, which I?ve never heard > of. Is it something that can be easily regifted? I guess I?m asking if > it?s a decent board game for birders, or just some random game. ? I > don?t play board games, and have no one who is interested in birds > that would want to play it. It?s around $60 on Amazon.? I feel kind of > bad regifting.? But I don?t want to open it either. > Vicki Biltz > Vickibiltz@gmail.com > Buckley, WA > -- > > > > vickibiltz@gmail.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nkcrowell at yahoo.com Sat Dec 11 14:45:58 2021 From: nkcrowell at yahoo.com (N.K. Crowell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Eagles in Skagit? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <514842608.607168.1639262758549@mail.yahoo.com> Many eagles visible these days on Samish Flats Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, December 11, 2021, 12:06 PM, tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu wrote: Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to ??? tweeters@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ??? http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ??? tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at ??? tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." Today's Topics: ? 1. Many Common Murres (byers345@comcast.net) ? 2. Re: Many Common Murres (Steve Hampton) ? 3. Eagles in Skagit? (Emily Lieberman) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:00:21 -0800 From: To: Subject: [Tweeters] Many Common Murres Message-ID: <001d01d7ee43$9f0d2fa0$dd278ee0$@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello Tweeters, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Bill and I spent two hours trying to spy the Blue Jay in Port Townsend today.? Many other birds showed up at the many feeders which the BLJA has been visiting, but not the BLJA itself.? As a consolation prize, we went to Point Wilson in Fort Worden State Park.? We were already cold from standing for two hours in 36 degree temps in town, so we didn't think we'd last long.? It was probably a couple degrees warmer along the water, but there was a stiff breeze from the south.? Nonetheless, we were astonished at the large number of Common Murres that were flying by Point Wilson.? They were impossible to count-they flew by in almost continuous batches of 10 0r 15 for over an hour.? So I'm guessing about 2000, or maybe more!? There were also many in the water just off the point.? Additionally, there were murrelets, Pigeon Guillemots, mergansers, a few loons and many gulls.? There was definitely something good to eat out there in Admiralty Inlet.? So for a magical hour, we forgot about the cold and just watched and tried to take pictures (but most birds were too far away).? If anyone cares to comment on this abundance of murres, I'd like to hear from you.? Perhaps this is an everyday occurrence this time of year at Port Townsend.? Happy birding,? Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:12:01 -0800 From: Steve Hampton To: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Many Common Murres Message-ID: ??? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" As someone who birds Pt Wilson regularly, I can tell you that every day is different. Some days there are hundreds to thousands of murres flying southbound, or northbound, or few at all. Last week there were days with zero Pigeon Guillemots; other days there are 50+. Same with Ancient Murrelets. Some days inbound, other days outbound, sometimes in the water off the point (usually out near the tidal current). The other day a pretty 1st cycle Glaucous Gull flew within 20 feet of the rocks. It's quite unpredictable and always a surprise. In general, wind produces more birds, though it makes it pretty rough to find a sheltered viewing spot. On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 8:01 PM wrote: > Hello Tweeters, > >? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Bill and I spent two hours trying to spy the Blue Jay in > Port Townsend today.? Many other birds showed up at the many feeders which > the BLJA has been visiting, but not the BLJA itself.? As a consolation > prize, we went to Point Wilson in Fort Worden State Park.? We were already > cold from standing for two hours in 36 degree temps in town, so we didn?t > think we?d last long.? It was probably a couple degrees warmer along the > water, but there was a stiff breeze from the south.? Nonetheless, we were > astonished at the large number of Common Murres that were flying by Point > Wilson.? They were impossible to count?they flew by in almost continuous > batches of 10 0r 15 for over an hour.? So I?m guessing about 2000, or maybe > more!? There were also many in the water just off the point.? Additionally, > there were murrelets, Pigeon Guillemots, mergansers, a few loons and many > gulls.? There was definitely something good to eat out there in Admiralty > Inlet.? So for a magical hour, we forgot about the cold and just watched > and tried to take pictures (but most birds were too far away).? If anyone > cares to comment on this abundance of murres, I?d like to hear from you. > Perhaps this is an everyday occurrence this time of year at Port Townsend. > Happy birding,? Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA? (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 10:30:28 -0800 From: Emily Lieberman To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Eagles in Skagit? Message-ID: <05FE4952-B54A-48A8-A7AF-0655162C9179@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Wondering if there is a good concentration of eagles in Skagit yet, and if yes, if anyone has a recommendation for accessible viewing to take visiting parents? Thanks, Emily ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@mailman11.u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters ------------------------------ End of Tweeters Digest, Vol 208, Issue 11 ***************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From byers345 at comcast.net Sat Dec 11 15:44:14 2021 From: byers345 at comcast.net (byers345@comcast.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Checklist for yesterday's Point Wilson observations Message-ID: <000001d7eee9$01df21b0$059d6510$@comcast.net> Hello Tweeters, Bill and I finished processing the pictures we got from watching the birds at Point Wilson in Fort Worden State Park yesterday. I commented then on the very large number of Common Murres we saw. The photographs we got weren't great because the light was fairly low, but you can still get an idea of the variety of birds we saw by looking at the ebird checklist from that visit, below. https://ebird.org/checklist/S98712726 We are finally all thawed out from our bird watching adventures yesterday. Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Sat Dec 11 17:49:34 2021 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Canvasbacks at Port Gardner Message-ID: Hello tweets, We drove up to the Everett marina to have fun photographing gulls in the parking lot, but we didn?t expect to see a huge (120+) tight flock of Canvasbacks feeding in the bay off the first parking area north of the marina. They were so obvious as we were driving past that we stopped there. Maybe all you Everett birders know about this, but it was news to me. I don?t think I?ve ever seen such a large Canvasback flock in Washington. Dennis Paulson Seattle From pdickins at gmail.com Sat Dec 11 18:05:58 2021 From: pdickins at gmail.com (Philip Dickinson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Canvasbacks at Port Gardner In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I counted about 275 this afternoon. Amazing. There also are Canvasbacks at the Everett Sewage Lagoons. [Sending this to all after mistakenly sending it just to Dennis]. Phil Dickinson On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 5:50 PM Dennis Paulson wrote: > Hello tweets, > > We drove up to the Everett marina to have fun photographing gulls in the > parking lot, but we didn?t expect to see a huge (120+) tight flock of > Canvasbacks feeding in the bay off the first parking area north of the > marina. They were so obvious as we were driving past that we stopped there. > Maybe all you Everett birders know about this, but it was news to me. I > don?t think I?ve ever seen such a large Canvasback flock in Washington. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From website at hcn.org Sun Dec 12 09:34:12 2021 From: website at hcn.org (website@hcn.org) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Where_are_Alaska=E2=80=99s_snowy_owls=3F?= Message-ID: <0100017dafb59400-3a8f5cee-7a6a-46bf-bd64-beccbb71bc1c-000000@email.amazonses.com> This link is sent to you from https://www.hcn.org You are receiving this mail because someone read a page at High Country News ? Know the West and thought it might interest you. It is sent by mj.cygnus@gmail.com with the following comment: "Snowy owls are declining on the north slope of Alaska. 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If those kind of young gamers are in your life, it's a good gift, but don't buy it for just anyone! ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 8:02 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Tweeters Digest, Vol 208, Issue 12 [[-- External - this message has been sent from outside the University --]] Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to tweeters@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!eIsh_tiwBu7o3Agn_ZoAD_Y093b-l_8GtLOu7Gn0m3FkcfzkxZU-Sa0WBgXt3kiENOFgH0pier6x1EkLBlgySOPJtDrQKOiOUM_vbadzIpA8SSk$ or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucd880 at comcast.net Sun Dec 12 15:20:25 2021 From: ucd880 at comcast.net (HAL MICHAEL) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] wingspan game In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <433148275.33669.1639351225988@connect.xfinity.com> I got it as a gift. We have tried to play it and so far it not only makes no sense but the directions for a "set up game" didn't work. We'll keep trying as we hear it is a fascinating game. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 12/12/2021 3:06 PM Elaine Thomas wrote: > > > Wingspan is an excellently-rated, expensive game with nice bird art on the cards, and you could learn a bit about birds from it, but it's one of the incredibly complex type of game the 20/30-somethings are playing these days - byzantine rules, you really have to get into it. As old farts, we opened it, took a look, and regifted it. If those kind of young gamers are in your life, it's a good gift, but don't buy it for just anyone! > > > > --------------------------------------------- > From: Tweeters on behalf of tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 8:02 PM > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Tweeters Digest, Vol 208, Issue 12 > > > [[-- External - this message has been sent from outside the University --]] > > Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to > tweeters@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!eIsh_tiwBu7o3Agn_ZoAD_Y093b-l_8GtLOu7Gn0m3FkcfzkxZU-Sa0WBgXt3kiENOFgH0pier6x1EkLBlgySOPJtDrQKOiOUM_vbadzIpA8SSk$ https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!eIsh_tiwBu7o3Agn_ZoAD_Y093b-l_8GtLOu7Gn0m3FkcfzkxZU-Sa0WBgXt3kiENOFgH0pier6x1EkLBlgySOPJtDrQKOiOUM_vbadzIpA8SSk$ > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From canyoneagle at mycci.net Sun Dec 12 15:49:36 2021 From: canyoneagle at mycci.net (canyoneagle@mycci.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] wingspan game In-Reply-To: <433148275.33669.1639351225988@connect.xfinity.com> References: <433148275.33669.1639351225988@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <00d201d7efb2$edef9e80$c9cedb80$@mycci.net> You might want to try youtube for a few tutorials on the game. There are several good ones that might help explain it for you. Good luck, have fun! Lori Markoff From: Tweeters On Behalf Of HAL MICHAEL Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 3:20 PM To: Elaine Thomas ; tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] wingspan game I got it as a gift. We have tried to play it and so far it not only makes no sense but the directions for a "set up game" didn't work. We'll keep trying as we hear it is a fascinating game. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net On 12/12/2021 3:06 PM Elaine Thomas > wrote: Wingspan is an excellently-rated, expensive game with nice bird art on the cards, and you could learn a bit about birds from it, but it's one of the incredibly complex type of game the 20/30-somethings are playing these days - byzantine rules, you really have to get into it. As old farts, we opened it, took a look, and regifted it. If those kind of young gamers are in your life, it's a good gift, but don't buy it for just anyone! _____ From: Tweeters > on behalf of tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2021 8:02 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Tweeters Digest, Vol 208, Issue 12 [[-- External - this message has been sent from outside the University --]] Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to tweeters@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!eIsh_tiwBu7o3Agn_ZoAD_Y093b-l_8GtLOu7Gn0m3FkcfzkxZU-Sa0WBgXt3kiENOFgH0pier6x1EkLBlgySOPJtDrQKOiOUM_vbadzIpA8SSk$ or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu _______________________________________________ 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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As I recall, there were various versions of the game, and one was "Yotta Know Waterfowl." I played it a few times with mixed groups of adults and kids. I was the only birder in the group, so I used to give myself a handicap--I would have to come up with the scientific name of the bird, not just the English one. After playing the game a few times, young kids would know how to tell a Pintail from a Canada Goose, which is a good thing. I don't think the Yotta games ever caught on, and I don't think they are sold any more. The Wingspan game sounds complicated, which would make me avoid playing it. The beauty of Yotta was similar to that of Memory. A small child can play Memory, as can an adult. In the case of Memory, I always noticed that a young kid who did not yet know how to read seemed to have a bit of an advantage somehow, as if that kid's brain had not yet been clogged up with cerebral artifices.? Yours truly, Gary Bletsch? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alanroedell at gmail.com Sun Dec 12 19:14:08 2021 From: alanroedell at gmail.com (Alan Roedell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] birding board games In-Reply-To: <547328018.721400.1639355115562@mail.yahoo.com> References: <547328018.721400.1639355115562.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <547328018.721400.1639355115562@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Just a note: I believe the Yotta games were created by our local hero, Dennis Paulson. Just sayin, Alan Roedell, Seattle On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 4:26 PM Gary Bletsch wrote: > Dear Tweeters, > > In the 1990's, a friend showed me a game called "Yotta." The name of the > game is a play on words, as in "You ought to." As I recall, there were > various versions of the game, and one was "Yotta Know Waterfowl." I played > it a few times with mixed groups of adults and kids. I was the only birder > in the group, so I used to give myself a handicap--I would have to come up > with the scientific name of the bird, not just the English one. After > playing the game a few times, young kids would know how to tell a Pintail > from a Canada Goose, which is a good thing. > > I don't think the Yotta games ever caught on, and I don't think they are > sold any more. The Wingspan game sounds complicated, which would make me > avoid playing it. The beauty of Yotta was similar to that of Memory. A > small child can play Memory, as can an adult. In the case of Memory, I > always noticed that a young kid who did not yet know how to read seemed to > have a bit of an advantage somehow, as if that kid's brain had not yet been > clogged up with cerebral artifices. > > 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 byers345 at comcast.net Sun Dec 12 20:50:44 2021 From: byers345 at comcast.net (byers345@comcast.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Year-end Best of Washington Birds photos Message-ID: <000801d7efdc$fdc86010$f9592030$@comcast.net> Hello Tweeters, Today was often rainy and always cold, so I decided to pull together pictures Bill and I took this year of Washington birds that were reasonably good, sometimes interesting, and that I hadn't shared on Tweeters yet. Our birding aim this year was to see birds we hadn't seen in a few years and particularly to see any birds we hadn't ever seen in Washington. I could complain about all the birds I failed to see, but we actually did find a large number of our target birds. Anyway, for those we missed, there is always next year! These photos are accessible at the following Flickr link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72157720231230669 Aside from the pleasure of traveling around and hunting for birds, we also had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with a number of people whose names I'd heard for years, but just hadn't formally met before. I hope to meet more of you next year too. I also really appreciate the help that a number of my birding friends have unstintingly given us-directions, times of day to look, etc. All invaluable. Thank you so much! Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hans On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 8:51 PM wrote: > Hello Tweeters, > > Today was often rainy and always cold, so I decided to > pull together pictures Bill and I took this year of Washington birds that > were reasonably good, sometimes interesting, and that I hadn?t shared on > Tweeters yet. Our birding aim this year was to see birds we hadn?t seen in > a few years and particularly to see any birds we hadn?t ever seen in > Washington. I could complain about all the birds I failed to see, but we > actually did find a large number of our target birds. Anyway, for those we > missed, there is always next year! These photos are accessible at the > following Flickr link: > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72157720231230669 > > > > Aside from the pleasure of traveling around and hunting > for birds, we also had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with a number > of people whose names I?d heard for years, but just hadn?t formally met > before. I hope to meet more of you next year too. I also really > appreciate the help that a number of my birding friends have unstintingly > given us?directions, times of day to look, etc. All invaluable. Thank you > so much! > > > > Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- *Hans Feddern* Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA thefedderns@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Mon Dec 13 07:08:06 2021 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] birding board games In-Reply-To: References: <547328018.721400.1639355115562.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <547328018.721400.1639355115562@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8854510A-22FA-4F6F-9AA3-DDBB15F642E5@comcast.net> No, I didn?t create those Yotta games, but I was their consultant for all things biological. I was sorry they discontinued them, as I thought they were fun. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 12, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Alan Roedell wrote: > > Just a note: I believe the Yotta games were created by our local hero, Dennis Paulson. > Just sayin, > Alan Roedell, Seattle > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 4:26 PM Gary Bletsch > wrote: > Dear Tweeters, > > In the 1990's, a friend showed me a game called "Yotta." The name of the game is a play on words, as in "You ought to." As I recall, there were various versions of the game, and one was "Yotta Know Waterfowl." I played it a few times with mixed groups of adults and kids. I was the only birder in the group, so I used to give myself a handicap--I would have to come up with the scientific name of the bird, not just the English one. After playing the game a few times, young kids would know how to tell a Pintail from a Canada Goose, which is a good thing. > > I don't think the Yotta games ever caught on, and I don't think they are sold any more. The Wingspan game sounds complicated, which would make me avoid playing it. The beauty of Yotta was similar to that of Memory. A small child can play Memory, as can an adult. In the case of Memory, I always noticed that a young kid who did not yet know how to read seemed to have a bit of an advantage somehow, as if that kid's brain had not yet been clogged up with cerebral artifices. > > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From margeecooper at gmail.com Mon Dec 13 08:18:33 2021 From: margeecooper at gmail.com (Margee Cooper) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Tree with active Eagle nest cut down in Longview,WA Message-ID: Walking my dogs yesterday, we stopped to watch the Eagles in my neighborhood tree. Incredibly, the tree was cut down earlier in the day. No notice. This tree has been actively supporting a nesting pair of Eagles for years. It was my greatest pleasure to watch the paired Eagles throughout the year. Something is wrong with the priorities of the local government to allow this site to be cleared for apartment housing. I honestly never gave a thought to seeing this majestic pair of birds lose their home but now I sit here crying, both sad and angry. This is a disgraceful act of removal of nesting Eagles and their longtime home. There are plenty of undeveloped parcels of land here in Longview that do not have an active nest. Why choose this one for development? I am grieving... M. Cooper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonbirder at comcast.net Mon Dec 13 09:55:01 2021 From: jonbirder at comcast.net (Jonathan Houghton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Winter is Coming! Message-ID: <1874423903.56763.1639418101797@connect.xfinity.com> Or, maybe it's already here? In either case, the forecast for snow and cold weather over the mountains has us (well, me, at least) eager to head over to the Waterville Plateau and the Okanogan Highlands to look for those cool winter birds. I'm especially keen to try to get re-acquainted with Sharp-tailed Grouse which we missed last winter due to the combination of burned up habitat (Bridgeport Hill), insufficient snow (Scotch Creek), and ignorance (where are those Siwash Creek birds, anyway?). We're heading over tomorrow (Tuesday) morning and spending two nights in Omak to make the rounds. Would love to coordinate and share info with any others who may be in the area! - Jon Houghton, Edmonds (206) 601-0773 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From elc at uw.edu Mon Dec 13 10:09:47 2021 From: elc at uw.edu (Elaine Chuang) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: birding board games: "Yotta know Birds" (1982) References: Message-ID: <3475CF88-E91B-4B45-9616-3DFCCFE7EEEC@uw.edu> Perhaps check these two out, Dennis ...and other fans of the good ol? days when there were many games you touched, touched you - - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28569/yotta-know-birds https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/462997/yotta-know-birds ELC From:Dennis Paulson > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 7:08 AM To: Alan Roedell > Cc: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] birding board games No, I didn?t create those Yotta games, but I was their consultant for all things biological. I was sorry they discontinued them, as I thought they were fun. Dennis Paulson Seattle On Dec 12, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Alan Roedell > wrote: Just a note: I believe the Yotta games were created by our local hero, Dennis Paulson. Just sayin, Alan Roedell, Seattle On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 4:26 PM Gary Bletsch > wrote: Dear Tweeters, In the 1990's, a friend showed me a game called "Yotta." The name of the game is a play on words, as in "You ought to." As I recall, there were various versions of the game, and one was "Yotta Know Waterfowl." I played it a few times with mixed groups of adults and kids. I was the only birder in the group, so I used to give myself a handicap--I would have to come up with the scientific name of the bird, not just the English one. After playing the game a few times, young kids would know how to tell a Pintail from a Canada Goose, which is a good thing. I don't think the Yotta games ever caught on, and I don't think they are sold any more. The Wingspan game sounds complicated, which would make me avoid playing it. The beauty of Yotta was similar to that of Memory. A small child can play Memory, as can an adult. 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I was a regular Green Lake runner, and when I returned from Africa, eyes having been opened to birds, I noted a huge variety of waterfowl on the lake. I wondered, hey, did these ducks just start coming here, or have they been here all these years??? I only recognized Mallard and ?coots? then. When I mentioned this to David, he bought us the Yotta game at REI. I sorted through the beautiful waterfowl cards, and began carrying them around the lake, learning to i.d. the ducks. Then I bought the card packs for birds, branching out to other avian species, and eventually a Peterson guidebook. in 2003, I even used the cards to study for the Master Birder entry exam! The game has served me well, though I haven?t looked at it for ages. Thanks for the reminder, Gary! Penny Koyama, Bothell From: Elaine Chuang Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 10:09 AM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: birding board games: "Yotta know Birds" (1982) Perhaps check these two out, Dennis ...and other fans of the good ol? days when there were many games you touched, touched you - - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28569/yotta-know-birds https://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/462997/yotta-know-birds ELC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From:Dennis Paulson Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 7:08 AM To: Alan Roedell Cc: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] birding board games No, I didn?t create those Yotta games, but I was their consultant for all things biological. I was sorry they discontinued them, as I thought they were fun. Dennis Paulson Seattle On Dec 12, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Alan Roedell wrote: Just a note: I believe the Yotta games were created by our local hero, Dennis Paulson. Just sayin, Alan Roedell, Seattle On Sun, Dec 12, 2021, 4:26 PM Gary Bletsch wrote: Dear Tweeters, In the 1990's, a friend showed me a game called "Yotta." The name of the game is a play on words, as in "You ought to." As I recall, there were various versions of the game, and one was "Yotta Know Waterfowl." I played it a few times with mixed groups of adults and kids. I was the only birder in the group, so I used to give myself a handicap--I would have to come up with the scientific name of the bird, not just the English one. After playing the game a few times, young kids would know how to tell a Pintail from a Canada Goose, which is a good thing. I don't think the Yotta games ever caught on, and I don't think they are sold any more. The Wingspan game sounds complicated, which would make me avoid playing it. The beauty of Yotta was similar to that of Memory. A small child can play Memory, as can an adult. In the case of Memory, I always noticed that a young kid who did not yet know how to read seemed to have a bit of an advantage somehow, as if that kid's brain had not yet been clogged up with cerebral artifices. 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 vickibiltz at gmail.com Mon Dec 13 11:08:20 2021 From: vickibiltz at gmail.com (Vicki) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Wingspan board game Message-ID: Thanks for the many replies about this game. I?m going to hang on to it for now, and go though some of the training videos to see if my autistic son might be able to play. I?m not going to sell it. I found out my friend paid $100, so I?m obligated to hang on to it for now. Have a bird filled week! Vicki -- vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vincentlucas5 at gmail.com Mon Dec 13 12:41:19 2021 From: vincentlucas5 at gmail.com (Vincent Lucas) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] wingspan game Message-ID: Wingspan is also available for Xbox One and maybe some other platforms. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile ??? ??? ??? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dougsantoni at gmail.com Mon Dec 13 13:14:40 2021 From: dougsantoni at gmail.com (Doug Santoni) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] wingspan game In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If Wingspan were on XBox, then there would be two things (Wingspan and the XBox) for me to struggle with hopelessly to figure out! Doug Santoni Seattle Ph 305-962-4226 DougSantoni at gmail dot com > On Dec 13, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Vincent Lucas wrote: > > ?Wingspan is also available for Xbox One and maybe some other platforms. > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile ??? ??? ??? > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Mon Dec 13 13:30:41 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Wingspan game Message-ID: <4f86d3d9601b0e6f64e062f9508cea7c@birdsbydave.com> I found a YouTube tutorial for Wingspan, which looks like like the Xbox and actual board game are identical. (PS: I am still confused) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zVQEj4TL0A From benedict.t at comcast.net Mon Dec 13 14:14:25 2021 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (THOMAS BENEDICT) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Tree with active Eagle nest cut down in Longview,WA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <790477784.58058.1639433665917@connect.xfinity.com> That might be a violation of State and Federal Laws: https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-610-100 https://www.fws.gov/wafwo/eagle.html Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On 12/13/2021 8:18 AM Margee Cooper wrote: > > > Walking my dogs yesterday, we stopped to watch the Eagles in my neighborhood tree. Incredibly, the tree was cut down earlier in the day. No notice. > This tree has been actively supporting a nesting pair of Eagles for years. It was my greatest pleasure to watch the paired Eagles throughout the year. > Something is wrong with the priorities of the local government to allow this site to be cleared for apartment housing. I honestly never gave a thought to seeing this majestic pair of birds lose their home but now I sit here crying, both sad and angry. > This is a disgraceful act of removal of nesting Eagles and their longtime home. > There are plenty of undeveloped parcels of land here in Longview that do not have an active nest. Why choose this one for development? I am grieving... > M. Cooper > _______________________________________________ > 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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The federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act should apply, even outside the breeding season. Kelly McAllister Olympia From: Tweeters On Behalf Of THOMAS BENEDICT Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 2:14 PM To: Margee Cooper ; tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Tree with active Eagle nest cut down in Longview,WA That might be a violation of State and Federal Laws: https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-610-100 https://www.fws.gov/wafwo/eagle.html Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA On 12/13/2021 8:18 AM Margee Cooper > wrote: Walking my dogs yesterday, we stopped to watch the Eagles in my neighborhood tree. Incredibly, the tree was cut down earlier in the day. No notice. This tree has been actively supporting a nesting pair of Eagles for years. It was my greatest pleasure to watch the paired Eagles throughout the year. Something is wrong with the priorities of the local government to allow this site to be cleared for apartment housing. I honestly never gave a thought to seeing this majestic pair of birds lose their home but now I sit here crying, both sad and angry. This is a disgraceful act of removal of nesting Eagles and their longtime home. There are plenty of undeveloped parcels of land here in Longview that do not have an active nest. Why choose this one for development? I am grieving... M. Cooper _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peggy_busby at yahoo.com Mon Dec 13 15:29:45 2021 From: peggy_busby at yahoo.com (peggy_busby) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Tree with active Eagle nest cut down in Longview,WA In-Reply-To: <018501d7f077$2ba75500$82f5ff00$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <339519491.2093.1639438190871@yahoo.com> Definitely worth reaching out to US Fish and Wildlife service.Peggy MundyBothell,WASent from my Galaxy -------- Original message --------From: mcallisters4@comcast.net Date: 12/13/21 3:15 PM (GMT-08:00) To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Tree with active Eagle nest cut down in Longview,WA The Washington State Rules only applied during the time when bald eagles were state listed as threatened. The federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act should apply, even outside the breeding season. ?Kelly McAllisterOlympia?From: Tweeters On Behalf Of THOMAS BENEDICTSent: Monday, December 13, 2021 2:14 PMTo: Margee Cooper ; tweeters@u.washington.eduSubject: Re: [Tweeters] Tree with active Eagle nest cut down in Longview,WA?That might be a violation of State and Federal Laws:? ?https://app.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-610-100 ?https://www.fws.gov/wafwo/eagle.html ?Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA ??On 12/13/2021 8:18 AM Margee Cooper wrote: ??Walking my dogs yesterday, we stopped to watch the Eagles in my neighborhood?tree. Incredibly, the tree was cut down earlier in the day. No notice.? This tree has been actively supporting a nesting pair of Eagles for years. It was my greatest pleasure to watch the paired Eagles throughout the year. Something is wrong with the priorities of the local government to allow this site to be cleared for apartment housing. I honestly never gave a thought to seeing this majestic pair of birds lose their home but now I sit here crying, both sad and angry. This is a disgraceful act of removal of nesting Eagles and their longtime home. There are plenty of undeveloped parcels of land here in Longview that do not have an active nest. Why choose this one for development? I am grieving... M. Cooper _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rflores_2 at msn.com Mon Dec 13 18:13:34 2021 From: rflores_2 at msn.com (Bob Flores) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Swamp Sparrow Ridgefield NWR, Clark Co, WA Message-ID: Today at about 12:45 my grandson and I found a swamp sparrow along the road between Rest Lake and Big Lake, River S Unit. This is the same area the Harris Sparrow was hanging out at earlier this Fall. Bob Flores Ridgefield, WA From azureye at gmail.com Mon Dec 13 18:43:51 2021 From: azureye at gmail.com (Julia H) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] wingspan game Message-ID: While we're on the topic of birding board games... *Piepmatz* (the title is German for "Little Birds") is a really wonderful bird-themed board game that I've often thought deserves a wider audience. It's simpler than *Wingspan* (a non-board-gamer friend of mine described it as "*Go Fish* with a few extra rules" after I taught her to play), and it's probably about as simple as or simpler than most trick-taking card games, but has a surprising amount of strategy for such a simple ruleset. Since it is a German game, it only features European yard birds, so not exactly relevant to my daily life, but the birds are very cute :) Game is here, for anyone curious! https://www.amazon.com/Asmodee-LK3535-Piepmatz-Little-Songbirds/dp/B07G2QPC2G Julia H -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.heiberg at yahoo.com Mon Dec 13 18:53:57 2021 From: hank.heiberg at yahoo.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Trumpeter Swan Behavior References: Message-ID: <6E04B134-2C74-4824-8688-288F73872C97@yahoo.com> >> Yesterday we took the following video of Trumpeter Swans at Neal Road in Fall City. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/51743474718/in/dateposted/ >> >> We were fascinated by the behavior shown in the video and asked Martha Jordan >> ?to interpret it for us. With her permission we are sharing her response. >> >> Martha Jordan?s explanation of the Swan?s behavior: >> Both Trumpeter and Tundra do form circles of family and friends and then call while waggling their wings. Social greetings, family bonding or something like this. I have even seen pairs with their juveniles of the year and their second year offspring join in a circle. Extended family social time. In later February and in March you will see pair bonding happening: two doing this behavior. The Tundra swans reach their necks out at a 45 degree angle while doing this social circle interaction of calling and wing waggling. Trumpeters bob their head and necks up and down while calling and waggling. >> >> Thank you Martha. >> >> Hank & Karen Heiberg >> Issaquah, WA >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 02:36:11 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird singing contests: A clash of culture and conservation: Research examines how widespread this practice may be -- ScienceDaily Message-ID: <4CBD5E9B-360C-4F94-A1AE-2055FF1EB8E8@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211208110311.htm Sent from my iPhone From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 09:21:54 2021 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? Message-ID: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent 1953b).? (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jemskink at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 09:37:04 2021 From: jemskink at gmail.com (Joan Miller) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at Feeders Message-ID: In past years, I've had Townsends at my suet feeder. Haven't seen one yet this season. I've seen both male and female. Joan Miller West Seattle jemskink at gmail dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From schillingera at hotmail.com Tue Dec 14 09:40:12 2021 From: schillingera at hotmail.com (Amy Powell) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Message-ID: Michael, Both my mother and I live about a half mile from each other in the East Renton Highlands. The ?habitat? consists of loads of pretty big evergreens and mixed forests near ravines. Our elevation is about 500 feet. Every winter just as the snow begins to fall in the mountains, I?ll get one, sometimes two Townsend?s at my suet feeders. My mother does as well. They stay all winter and visit the feeders approximately every 15 minutes until early spring when they move on to the foothills and mountains again. Beautiful little creatures, enjoy! Amy Powell Renton, WA schillingera@hotmail.com From: Tweeters On Behalf Of birdmarymoor@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 9:22 AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent 1953b).? 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Chris Kessler NE Seattle On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 9:22 AM wrote: > Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female > TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a > morning. > > I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is > sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another > feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to > the suet as well. > > Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds > of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding > stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent > 1953b > > ).? > > (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). > > = Michael Hobbs > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 mercator1948 at comcast.net Tue Dec 14 10:17:10 2021 From: mercator1948 at comcast.net (Scott Morrison) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Message-ID: <165780491.93849.1639505831019@connect.xfinity.com> We have had Townsends Warblers at our suet during the winter for over 10 years. First time was on a Christmas morning but we've had them this year for over a month. Scott Morrison Lacey > On 12/14/2021 9:21 AM birdmarymoor@gmail.com wrote: > > > Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. > > I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. > > Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent 1953b https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/towwar/cur/references#REF56932 ).? > > (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). > > = Michael Hobbs > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.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 tvulture at gmx.com Tue Dec 14 10:22:27 2021 From: tvulture at gmx.com (Diann MacRae) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's warbler Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Tue Dec 14 10:30:12 2021 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (THOMAS BENEDICT) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Message-ID: <639882909.81914.1639506612766@connect.xfinity.com> It seems like we usually get Townsend?s by now here in Burien, but haven?t seen any yet this season. But we haven?t tried marshmallows yet. All we have is suet. An Orange Crowned Warbler arrived last week to keep the lone Ruby Crowned Kinglet company. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On 12/14/2021 9:21 AM birdmarymoor@gmail.com wrote: > > > Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. > > I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. > > Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent 1953b https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/towwar/cur/references#REF56932 ).? > > (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). > > = Michael Hobbs > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.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 canyoneagle at mycci.net Tue Dec 14 10:46:29 2021 From: canyoneagle at mycci.net (canyoneagle@mycci.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Message-ID: <00c101d7f11a$e9b5abc0$bd210340$@mycci.net> I don?t know if this is relevant to your location, but when I lived in Eugene, OR, I had Townsend?s Warbler stay with me every winter. One winter I had a Hermit Warbler coming to the feeders too. Lori Markoff TOWA: https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/YY1a22 https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/pc7qXc HEWA: https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/2d2f6P https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/Yjp8yn From: Tweeters On Behalf Of birdmarymoor@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 9:22 AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered ( Bent 1953b).? (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From max.kingsbury at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 10:59:27 2021 From: max.kingsbury at gmail.com (Max Kingsbury) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <639882909.81914.1639506612766@connect.xfinity.com> References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> <639882909.81914.1639506612766@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: I have been seeing a Townsend's warbler at my Licton Springs (north of Green Lake) suet cake feeder about once a week over the last month or two. I have likewise had an Orange Crowned Warbler that oscillates between the hummingbird feeder and the suet feeder. The local Anna's seem very chuffed about it. On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 10:30 AM THOMAS BENEDICT wrote: > It seems like we usually get Townsend?s by now here in Burien, but haven?t > seen any yet this season. But we haven?t tried marshmallows yet. All we > have is suet. > > An Orange Crowned Warbler arrived last week to keep the lone Ruby Crowned > Kinglet company. > > Tom Benedict > Seahurst, WA > > On 12/14/2021 9:21 AM birdmarymoor@gmail.com wrote: > > > Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female > TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a > morning. > > I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is > sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another > feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to > the suet as well. > > Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds > of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding > stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent > 1953b > > ).? > > (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). > > = Michael Hobbs > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 louiserutter1000 at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 11:00:22 2021 From: louiserutter1000 at gmail.com (Louise Rutter) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Message-ID: <018d01d7f11c$d929c2d0$8b7d4870$@gmail.com> We have a male Townsend?s that visits our suet feeder regularly every winter (it?s been 15 years now, so I?m assuming it?s no longer the same bird) but we almost never see a female. I have no idea why the gender discrepancy, but the male first appeared on Nov 28th this year. Our house backs onto mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland. Louise Rutter Kirkland From: Tweeters On Behalf Of birdmarymoor@gmail.com Sent: 14 December 2021 09:22 To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered ( Bent 1953b).? (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wohlers13 at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 11:37:00 2021 From: wohlers13 at gmail.com (Lynn Wohlers) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Message-ID: We live on Fidalgo island now and haven't seen them at our feeders here, but when we lived in Kirkland in a 3rd-floor apartment backed by a ravine full of Doug fir and Redcedar, we would see them on the suet occasionally. I have photos from 12/25/13, 11/27/15, 1/23/16. Those were just the times I managed to photograph them. They were never frequent and never stayed long. We miss them! Lynn Wohlers On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 10:09 AM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had an adult male visit my seed feeder (Audubon Patio mix - sunflower > & peanut chips, Niger thistle) one day this winter, but an adult male was a > regular 2 winters ago. visits were always brief (unlike finches & > sparrows), but regular. > > Chris Kessler > NE Seattle > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 9:22 AM wrote: > >> Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year >> female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of >> times a morning. >> >> I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which >> is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another >> feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to >> the suet as well. >> >> Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? >> Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits >> feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent >> 1953b >> >> ).? >> >> (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). >> >> = Michael Hobbs >> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm >> = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> 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 > -- Lynn Wohlers Blogging at Bluebrightly Photography on Flickr And at Lynn Wohlers.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dottie at hevanet.com Tue Dec 14 11:50:10 2021 From: dottie at hevanet.com (Dottie Belknap) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <00c101d7f11a$e9b5abc0$bd210340$@mycci.net> References: <45FB7E47D7D846A1AC2A67CAE1CD7AA5@DESKTOPER2GUVC> <00c101d7f11a$e9b5abc0$bd210340$@mycci.net> Message-ID: <010d01d7f123$cf5bfaa0$6e13efe0$@hevanet.com> Every year a pair of Townsend Warblers arrives to spend their day eating my homemade suet along with 18-20 other species that visit daily at my SW Portland home. Should anyone be interested in making homemade suet, feel free to write to me and I will send a copy of the recipe to you. Dottie Belknap SW Portland From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of canyoneagle@mycci.net Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 10:46 AM To: birdmarymoor@gmail.com; 'Tweeters' Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? I don?t know if this is relevant to your location, but when I lived in Eugene, OR, I had Townsend?s Warbler stay with me every winter. One winter I had a Hermit Warbler coming to the feeders too. Lori Markoff TOWA: https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/YY1a22 https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/pc7qXc HEWA: https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/2d2f6P https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/Yjp8yn From: Tweeters On Behalf Of birdmarymoor@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 9:22 AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered ( Bent 1953b).? (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Tue Dec 14 12:00:54 2021 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (THOMAS BENEDICT) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? Message-ID: <1120349903.85398.1639512054874@connect.xfinity.com> >18-20 other species... !!! That?s lot of birds in your yard! I?m lucky to see 4-5 species. You must be putting ?bird catnip? in your mix! Please share your recipe! Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On 12/14/2021 11:50 AM Dottie Belknap wrote: > > > > Every year a pair of Townsend Warblers arrives to spend their day eating my homemade suet along with 18-20 other species that visit daily at my SW Portland home. Should anyone be interested in making homemade suet, feel free to write to me and I will send a copy of the recipe to you. > > Dottie Belknap > > SW Portland > > > > From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of canyoneagle@mycci.net > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 10:46 AM > To: birdmarymoor@gmail.com; 'Tweeters' > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? > > > I don?t know if this is relevant to your location, but when I lived in Eugene, OR, I had Townsend?s Warbler stay with me every winter. One winter I had a Hermit Warbler coming to the feeders too. Lori Markoff > > > > TOWA: > > > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/YY1a22 > > > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/pc7qXc > > > > > > HEWA: > > > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/2d2f6P > > > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/Yjp8yn > > > > > > From: Tweeters On Behalf Of birdmarymoor@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 9:22 AM > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? > > > Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. > > > > I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. > > > > Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent 1953b https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/towwar/cur/references#REF56932 ).? > > > > (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). > > > > = Michael Hobbs > =http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com mailto:BirdMarymoor@gmail.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 jstewart at olympus.net Tue Dec 14 12:11:34 2021 From: jstewart at olympus.net (jstewart@olympus.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? In-Reply-To: <1120349903.85398.1639512054874@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1120349903.85398.1639512054874@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <009301d7f126$ccc039c0$6640ad40$@olympus.net> Please post your recipe,, Jan Jan Stewart 922 E Spruce Street Sequim, WA 98382-3518 jstewart@olympus.net From: Tweeters On Behalf Of THOMAS BENEDICT Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 12:01 PM To: Dottie Belknap ; canyoneagle@mycci.net; birdmarymoor@gmail.com; Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? >18-20 other species... !!! That?s lot of birds in your yard! I?m lucky to see 4-5 species. You must be putting ?bird catnip? in your mix! Please share your recipe! Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA On 12/14/2021 11:50 AM Dottie Belknap > wrote: Every year a pair of Townsend Warblers arrives to spend their day eating my homemade suet along with 18-20 other species that visit daily at my SW Portland home. Should anyone be interested in making homemade suet, feel free to write to me and I will send a copy of the recipe to you. Dottie Belknap SW Portland From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of canyoneagle@mycci.net Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 10:46 AM To: birdmarymoor@gmail.com ; 'Tweeters' Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? I don?t know if this is relevant to your location, but when I lived in Eugene, OR, I had Townsend?s Warbler stay with me every winter. One winter I had a Hermit Warbler coming to the feeders too. Lori Markoff TOWA: https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/YY1a22 https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/pc7qXc HEWA: https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/2d2f6P https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/Yjp8yn From: Tweeters > On Behalf Of birdmarymoor@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 9:22 AM To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler at feeders? Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered ( Bent 1953b).? (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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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See discussion of the device at https://earbirding.com/blog/archives/1538 and https://blog.aba.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/599244-OCT-2015_selected-pages.pdf Instruction manual included. We don't want any money for it but would appreciate a donation to Seattle Audubon Contact hjnoble11@gmail.com to arrange pickup in NE Seattle. ------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From 1northraven at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 13:10:42 2021 From: 1northraven at gmail.com (J Christian Kessler) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Spotted Towhee at hanging seed feeder Message-ID: Over the years I've seen lots of Towhees relatively low (less than 20 feet) in trees, but just now for the first time watched a female Towhee taking seed bits from a suspended feeder 10 feet off the ground. Her male partner frequently sings from a phone wire in the summer, but never seen at the hanging feeder. 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The local Anna's seem very chuffed about it. > >> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 10:30 AM THOMAS BENEDICT wrote: >> It seems like we usually get Townsend?s by now here in Burien, but haven?t seen any yet this season. But we haven?t tried marshmallows yet. All we have is suet. >> >> An Orange Crowned Warbler arrived last week to keep the lone Ruby Crowned Kinglet company. >> >> Tom Benedict >> Seahurst, WA >> >>> On 12/14/2021 9:21 AM birdmarymoor@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> Tweets ? for two weeks now, we?ve had what looks to be a first year female TOWNSEND?S WARBLER coming to our seed feeders, usually a couple of times a morning. >>> >>> I?m using a no-mess blend from the West Seattle True Value store, which is sunflower chips and peanut chips, I believe. She?s also fed at another feeder that has sunflower chips mixed with niger. Sometimes she goes to the suet as well. >>> >>> Has anyone else had a Townsend?s regularly visiting their feeders? Birds of the World lists only a very old report: ?In winter, visits feeding stations where cheese, marshmallows, and peanut butter are offered (Bent 1953b).? >>> >>> (She just came back for at least her 2nd visit of the morning). >>> >>> = Michael Hobbs >>> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm >>> = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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... 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URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Tue Dec 14 13:34:45 2021 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (THOMAS BENEDICT) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Spotted Towhee at hanging seed feeder In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1340432497.1732.1639517685680@connect.xfinity.com> Our Towhees spend most of their time near the ground, but we regularly see them in our hanging suet feeders, which can be 8-10 feet off the ground. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On 12/14/2021 1:10 PM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Over the years I've seen lots of Towhees relatively low (less than 20 feet) in trees, but just now for the first time watched a female Towhee taking seed bits from a suspended feeder 10 feet off the ground. Her male partner frequently sings from a phone wire in the summer, but never seen at the hanging feeder. > > Chris Kessler > NE Seattle > > -- > "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 ornithologyfiend at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 14:44:18 2021 From: ornithologyfiend at gmail.com (Natalie Boydstun) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Scope Classified In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you to all who wrote with advice and offers in response to my scope classified! I very much admire everyone's dedication to the beauty of birds and support of the birding community on this listserv. My Christmas list dreams are coming to fruition and my scope search is ending with success! On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 1:26 PM Natalie Boydstun wrote: > I'm an enthusiastic but cash-strapped millennial birder who pines for a > scope. A used model is on my christmas list, and I'm wondering if anyone > has a dusty and forgotten scope that they'd be willing to sell me? I'm wary > of attempting a craigslist/ebay purchase on such an expensive piece of > equipment since I won't know its functioning or possible previous damage. > > My budget combined with parental holiday funds is under $800. For new > models in my budget, I've been researching Vortex Diamondback, Vanguard > Endeavor, and Orion Grandview. I'm hoping to find a scope that'll last my > lifetime. Any feedback on those models or personal sale of higher quality > optic is appreciated! > > Natalie Boydstun > ornithologyfiend@gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Tue Dec 14 15:26:13 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Emperor Goose now perched References: Message-ID: Park by Seahawks 12 water tower by SE corner March Point, walk onto berm by railroad, look north toward third island from north?resting with pintail and wigeon at north end of islet that has two poles east of it and blinds at its south end. Sent from my iPhone From vickibiltz at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 15:37:18 2021 From: vickibiltz at gmail.com (Vicki) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Adding new birding location to eBird Message-ID: Hi, our conservation committee is working on a recently resurrected 11-15 acre reserve in the Parkland area. It?s not on eBird, and I?m wondering just how we officially get it listed, so others are able to actually record their sightings? We are considering doing a count this weekend, if the weather permits. I don?t think this location is included on the Tahoma count area. Vicki Biltz Vickibiltz@gmail.com Buckley, WA -- vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Tue Dec 14 19:02:34 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warblers yard bird References: <583595996.1207826.1639537354315.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <583595996.1207826.1639537354315@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters,? Thanks for an interesting discussion on Townsend's Warblers at feeders. My yard is between Lyman and Hamilton in the Skagit Valley, too far west to be really "Upper Skagit," but too far upriver to be what we call "downriver." In close to 20 years since we have lived here, I have seen the Townsend's Warbler just ten times in this yard--and it is a very birdy yard. Seven out of the ten sightings have been in September and October, with one in August and two in May. All of those birds were in our birch tree, a favored spot for migrants. They've never visited the feeders, even though we usually have suet out. I contrast this with the following anecdotal data. The White-throated Sparrow has been seen in my yard over 300 times, Wilson's Snipe over 170 times, and the Merlin over 150 times. For birds that like conifers, we have had 281 sightings of Chestnut-backed Chickadees here, and Red-breasted Nuthatches 45 times. It is a head-scratcher to me how seldom we see Townsend's Warbler--the Black-throated Grey Warbler has shown up on 75 occasions. It's just not an attractive spot for Townsend's Warblers, best as I can figure. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jschwartz1124 at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 06:56:21 2021 From: jschwartz1124 at gmail.com (Jeremy Schwartz) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warblers at Feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I forgot to add that we have seen our Townsend's Warbler four out of the five years we've lived at our Lake Forest Park place. Jeremy Lake Forest Park jschwartz1124 AT gmail DOT com On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, 6:37 AM Jeremy Schwartz wrote: > We have regularly seen at least one male Townsend's Warbler visit are seed > and suet feeders in Lake Forest Park just on the north end of Lake > Washington. We may have seen a young male or female one year, but a full > grown male has been a regular visitor starting in about November and > lasting until early spring sometimes. > > Our Townsend's (we call him Pete) sometimes gets bullied but by more > regular feeder visitors, we've noticed. Sometimes it'll be a few days in > between sightings. Other times we can see him multiple times a day. He's > become a beautiful sign of winter for us! > > Jeremy > Lake Forest Park > jschwartz1124 AT gmail DOT com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edomino.ed at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 09:28:13 2021 From: edomino.ed at gmail.com (Ed Dominguez) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warblers at Feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've had a Townsend's male in beautiful, bright breeding plumage at my suet feeder for a week now! On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 6:57 AM Jeremy Schwartz wrote: > I forgot to add that we have seen our Townsend's Warbler four out of the > five years we've lived at our Lake Forest Park place. > > Jeremy > Lake Forest Park > jschwartz1124 AT gmail DOT com > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2021, 6:37 AM Jeremy Schwartz > wrote: > >> We have regularly seen at least one male Townsend's Warbler visit are >> seed and suet feeders in Lake Forest Park just on the north end of Lake >> Washington. We may have seen a young male or female one year, but a full >> grown male has been a regular visitor starting in about November and >> lasting until early spring sometimes. >> >> Our Townsend's (we call him Pete) sometimes gets bullied but by more >> regular feeder visitors, we've noticed. Sometimes it'll be a few days in >> between sightings. Other times we can see him multiple times a day. He's >> become a beautiful sign of winter for us! >> >> Jeremy >> Lake Forest Park >> jschwartz1124 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 zinke.pilchuck at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 12:10:07 2021 From: zinke.pilchuck at gmail.com (Brian Zinke) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] New Vaux's Swift publication Message-ID: Hi Tweets, A new Vaux's Swift publication came out last month with a coauthor many of you may recognize, Mr. Larry Schwitters of Vaux's Happening . The paper is titled, "*Rapid advancement of spring migration and en route adjustment of migration timing in response to weather during fall migration in Vaux?s Swifts* (Chaetura vauxi)." While I can't share the PDF publicly, you can view the abstract here . A big thanks goes out to all of you who help us survey for Vaux's Swifts during the migration! Your efforts helped make this publication possible. Thank you! Brian Zinke -- [image: Logo] Brian Zinke Executive Director phone: (425) 232-6811 email: director@pilchuckaudubon.org Pilchuck Audubon Society 1429 Avenue D, PMB 198, Snohomish, WA 98290 [image: Facebook icon] [image: Twitter icon] [image: Instagram icon] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tcstonefam at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 12:53:40 2021 From: tcstonefam at gmail.com (Tom and Carol Stoner) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler + Message-ID: I was very pleased to see a Townsend's Warbler visiting our suet feeder during the 8 winters we've been in West Seattle. Some years it's a bright male, other years a female or young male. This year we have the duller version, but it is often accompanied by a single Ruby-crowned Kinglet and/or a Chestnut-backed Chickadee. I've not had either the RC Kinglet or CB Chickadee as reliable visitors in past winters. Carol Stoner West Seattle, still an accidental island -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadleyj1725 at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 14:16:11 2021 From: hadleyj1725 at gmail.com (Jane Hadley) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warblers at Feeders Message-ID: Dear Tweetsters - We've lived in our house here in Seattle (about 6 blocks south of the University of Washington Arboretum) for more than 35 years. Over that period, we've recorded 69 different species in our yard, the highlights being Ovenbird (July 1991), Harris's Sparrow (October 2017), and (Lesser Goldfinch (Nov 2019 - Jan 2020). For the first 24 years in this house, we never saw a Townsend's Warbler in our yard. We saw our first Townsend's Warbler on Nov 9, 2010. We saw our second one April 29, 2019. Things have changed in the last year, however.? We had a Townsend's Warbler coming to our suet feeder last year between December 21, 2020 and April 2, 2021. This year a Townsend's Warbler showed up October 2, 2021 and continues to come sporadically. During this time, they do not come every day and they are rather skittish when they do come. Jane Hadley Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Wed Dec 15 16:00:13 2021 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM December Eagles Pride Birdwalk Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, December 16. 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: "Fully vaccinated personnel are not required to wear a mask outdoors. Unvaccinated personnel must wear a mask in outdoor workplaces where social distancing cannot be achieved." 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 grzebiuszkaziemna at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 16:22:20 2021 From: grzebiuszkaziemna at gmail.com (Stan Bezimienny) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Winter/spring_Townsend=E2=80=99s_warblers?= Message-ID: <81D07338-4F93-44ED-AA55-5544D0288820@gmail.com> We are also in Lake Forest Park, and we get Townsend? with some regularity on a suet feeder. Last Sunday a male was also feeding on/among flowers of a big Mahonia, just like the ones in UW Arboretum (see Larry?s excellent Union Bay blog). Perfectly matched colors, but a great annoyance to resident Anna?s hummingbirds. Stan From stevechampton at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 16:35:37 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Winter/spring_Townsend=E2=80=99s_warblers?= In-Reply-To: <81D07338-4F93-44ED-AA55-5544D0288820@gmail.com> References: <81D07338-4F93-44ED-AA55-5544D0288820@gmail.com> Message-ID: Townsend's Warbler is one of the shorter-distance migrants showing an increasing willingness to overwinter in larger numbers in northern California, Oregon, and Washington. Especially the former two so far, but I certainly expect them to increase in winter here as well. I've got some graphs of these trends here (Townsend's Warbler is near the bottom): https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2020/03/09/the-invasion-of-the-pacific-northwest-californias-birds-expand-north-with-warmer-winters/ In a few months, eBird will be releasing detailed trend maps for 451 species, which will really tell us a lot more about recent shifting range patterns in a time of rapid climate change. Some glimpses of eBird's maps were shared at the Wash Ornith Soc (WOS) mtg a few months ago. good birding, On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 4:24 PM Stan Bezimienny wrote: > We are also in Lake Forest Park, and we get Townsend? with some regularity > on a suet feeder. Last Sunday a male was also feeding on/among flowers of a > big Mahonia, just like the ones in UW Arboretum (see Larry?s excellent > Union Bay blog). Perfectly matched colors, but a great annoyance to > resident Anna?s hummingbirds. > > Stan > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steveloitz at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 16:49:55 2021 From: steveloitz at gmail.com (Steve Loitz) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Winter/spring_Townsend=E2=80=99s_warblers?= In-Reply-To: References: <81D07338-4F93-44ED-AA55-5544D0288820@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hmmmmm. Many -- I would think most if not nearly all -- Townsend's Warblers seen in lowland WA in winter are vertical migrants which spend their summers in the WA or BC Cascades or Olympics, and thus are not "California birds." Am I missing something? -- Steve Loitz Ellensburg, WA steveloitz@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 16:57:15 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Winter/spring_Townsend=E2=80=99s_warblers?= In-Reply-To: References: <81D07338-4F93-44ED-AA55-5544D0288820@gmail.com> Message-ID: Steve, Right. The main gist of the post is about non-migratory resident species that are expanding their ranges northward from Califronia. I tacked Townsend's Warbler on to illustrate that some short-distance migrants that summer in the PNW are now staying in the PNW in winter in larger numbers. This is described in the text. So I agree with your point. The Sacramento Valley in northern California has seen an increase in over-wintering migrants-- Western Tanager, House Wren, some warblers. I've got a paper on that here: http://www.cvbirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Avian-Responses-to-Rapid-Climate-Change.pdf Avian Responses to Rapid Climate Change: Examples from the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count I suspect the same is happening up here with respect to Townsend's Warbler (and probably Western Tanager as well). On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 4:50 PM Steve Loitz wrote: > Hmmmmm. Many -- I would think most if not nearly all -- Townsend's > Warblers seen in lowland WA in winter are vertical migrants which spend > their summers in the WA or BC Cascades or Olympics, and thus are not > "California birds." Am I missing something? > -- > Steve Loitz > Ellensburg, WA > steveloitz@gmail.com > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baro at pdx.edu Wed Dec 15 17:22:14 2021 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler _Details_ Message-ID: Here is a post I sent to ID frontiers early last spring Would be interested in any comments, ideas, etc. Following will be an email with all the discussion. If uninterested in these details, just delete without opening. Thanks for any comments, on or offline. Bob OBrien Portland To: ID Frontiers I'm curious about the 'crown stripe' on this Townsend's Warbler photographed 03/21/2021 in Newport OR. https://www.flickr.com/photos/159695762@N07/51092453251/in/dateposted-public/ Must be a wintering bird as likely too early for a migrant. Some years ago Townsends wintering in Oregon were assigned as breeders from the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC https://www.jstor.org/stable/1367976?seq=1 I also wonder about the current acceptance of this distribution. A detailed discussion of ageing of Townsend's and Hermit Warblers is here https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v094n02/p0490-p0501.pdf If I am reading Table 2 correctly, no stage of Townsend's plumage should show yellow in the crown (Score = 8 in Table 2), but maybe I misinterpret. I find few if any such birds in the Macaulay Library, but I did not check exhaustively. Would this make it a Hermit Warbler intergrade? There doesn't seem to be much else to indicate Hermit Warbler? Is it a transitional molt stage? Hopefully Mr. Pyle might comment? Thanks to all for any assistance. Bob OBrien Portland OR -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baro at pdx.edu Wed Dec 15 17:28:59 2021 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Townsend's Warbler fine print In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Robert O'Brien Date: Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 5:28 PM Subject: Townsend's Warbler fine print To: Robert O'Brien Here is the entire discussion on ID Fronters Robert O'Brien Sat, Apr 3, 12:59 PM to BIRDWG01, bcc: obol, bcc: Matthew, bcc: Chris, bcc: patrick, bcc: me To: ID Frontiers I'm curious about the 'crown stripe' on this Townsend's Warbler photographed 03/21/2021 in Newport OR. https://www.flickr.com/photos/159695762@N07/51092453251/in/dateposted-public/ Must be a wintering bird as likely too early for a migrant. Some years ago Townsends wintering in Oregon were assigned as breeders from the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC https://www.jstor.org/stable/1367976?seq=1 I also wonder about the current acceptance of this distribution. A detailed discussion of ageing of Townsend's and Hermit Warblers is here https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v094n02/p0490-p0501.pdf If I am reading Table 2 correctly, no stage of Townsend's plumage should show yellow in the crown (Score = 8 in Table 2), but maybe I misinterpret. I find few if any such birds in the Macaulay Library, but I did not check exhaustively. Would this make it a Hermit Warbler intergrade? There doesn't seem to be much else to indicate Hermit Warbler? Is it a transitional molt stage? Hopefully Mr. Pyle might comment? Thanks to all for any assistance. Bob OBrien Portland OR Andy Thomas Sat, Apr 3, 2:07 PM to birdwg01@listserv.ksu.edu, me I see a similar pattern in some of the wintering Townsend's Warblers that come to my feeders; greenish crown with black borders. My assumption has been that they are juvenile males molting into adult plumage. Andrew Thomas West Linn (Clackamas) Allen Chartier Sat, Apr 3, 3:26 PM to BIRDWG01@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU, me I have no expertise with that hybrid, but I don't see any yellow in the crown. I see green. Archives: https://listserv.ksu.edu/birdwg01.html Wayne Hoffman Sat, Apr 3, 8:26 PM to me, BIRDWG01 Hi - The throat pattern indicates that this bird has not completed molt into definitive alternate plumage. Therefore it is likely that the greenish center to the crown is not-yet-replaced basic feathering, and likely within a week or two will be replaced with black feathers. Wayne Hoffman From: "baro@pdx.edu" To: "BIRDWG01" Sent: Saturday, April 3, 2021 3:59:49 PM Subject: [obol] Townsend Warbler 'crown stripe' ? Robert O'Brien Tue, Apr 6, 1:16 AM to Wayne, BIRDWG01, bcc: Matthew, bcc: Chris, bcc: Roy, bcc: Darrel, bcc: patrick Thanks to all for their comments that are very helpful. Especially to the located-nearby AndyThomas who has seen similar plumage at his feeders.. I don't claim to know anything about plumage or molt sequence, or very much else. Just a lifelong interest in birds. I've always had an odd color perception. I would interpret the crown center as yellow-green but will yield to green as unanimously noted. And the warbler is clearly in molt which is why I included the throat photo. But maybe there is more to this than my amateurish perception. Or not. Does this imply a molt sequence in which the crown feathering proceeds systematically inward from the extremities towards the center, rather than simply replacing the crown feathering 'randomly'. Does such orderly procession occur in other species? If at all? Note that the throat feathering on this individual DOES seem to be replaced randomly. Further, there is the question of molt sequence seasonality. Do the wintering Townsend's in Oregon actually come from the Queen Charlotte Islands as suggested here? https://www.jstor.org/stable/1367976?seq=1 If so, do these shorter distance migrants(?) have a different molt sequence than the others? Now these birds were separated by shorter wing chord length which could be interpreted in simplicity as being due to selection for shorter migratory flights as opposed to other pressures. And if this 'race' is indeed a 'race', e.g. subspecies, then might it have a different molt sequence? So far as I know, these birds were not ever given subspecies status, which was NOT even suggested (yet) by the authors of the above paper, pending further research. Lingering questions, As this particular warbler has sucked me in. Bob OBrien Portland OR PS I'm still trying to understand all this but it seems that all passerines have NOT 2-year plumages, as I had naively assumed, but some have 3-year. Is this correct, at least for Townsend's/Hermit Warblers? P.P.S. I still haven't studied Macaulay rigorously but below are a few additional photos.. Note the first entry in October. Too early for molt?. And the 7th entry which is 'too cool' and may be significant in this context! P.P.P.S. Growing up on the San Francisco Peninsula I have always cringed at the designation of San Francisco et al. as 'Northern' California. I would call it Central California with Northern California being, e.g. Del Norte County etc. But I conform more or less below. P.P.P.P.S. I designated 'Immature' in my eBird search and those appear below. BUT eBird volunteer reviewers cannot review every single photo so some discretion must surely be applied to interpreting these photos' age class. The last entry below is especially interesting as to age class. But as an extreme vagrant may not be 'typical' Month Locale Crown Photo/Checklist url Oct S. CA 'crown stripe' https://ebird.org/checklist/S39994121#_ga=2.180964007.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Oct S. CA mostly all dark https://ebird.org/checklist/S49499751#_ga=2.88156443.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Oct S. CA All dark https://ebird.org/checklist/S74708821#_ga=2.150744374.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Aug BC all very dark https://ebird.org/checklist/S58717443#_ga=2.74993042.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Oct S. CA All dark https://ebird.org/checklist/S49499751#_ga=2.175186210.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Dec S. CA All dark https://ebird.org/checklist/S50914409#_ga=2.79282580.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Aug WA all very dark YOU _MUST_ CLICK ON THIS ONE https://ebird.org/checklist/S48123468#_ga=2.146023860.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Mar S. CA All dark crown mostly molted throat? https://ebird.org/checklist/S35480270#_ga=2.154912312.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Mar S. CA All very dark crown all yellow throat! WOW! https://ebird.org/checklist/S53353895#_ga=2.121225864.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 Jan MA !? first winter? https://ebird.org/checklist/S79148177#_ga=2.187900584.1481109237.1617640438-917021061.1611537100 mitch@utopianature.com Sun, Apr 11, 8:11 PM to me, BIRDWG01 Hi Bob, and all, I had a thought on this that might be of value. An example of this 'by the feather tracts' molt progession in crown is visible in first spring White-crowned Sparrow (at least some, sometimes). In what little I have paid attention, it seems like when first spring White-crowns molt their brown crown stripes out, and the black stripes replace them, you might be able to see this. In the last two I saw, one today, one last year or year before (which I have a pic of), both had the two lateral crown stripes pitch jet black, the two dorsal crown stripes were still brown as typical first winters. The black lateral stripes (eye to nape) were 'stem to stern' completely devoid of any trace of any brown feather. The dorsal brown stripes were equally devoid of any trace of black. Right now is the time to see this, and of course viewing it is over in a couple or few weeks. For me, by time it starts showing, I have run out of White-crown time for the year and am distracted with colorful little objects zipping around up in trees with zippy songs. Might be something you could look for right now as they pass by going north. I am way far south and we generally lose them early, mostly before we see this. I would have to look and see if the buff stripes had gone white on the one I photo'd. How do White-throats progress? Things with stripey heads would be where to look for this. Mitch Heindel Utopia, Texas On 2021-04-06 01:16, Robert O'Brien wrote: > Does this imply a molt sequence in which the crown feathering proceeds > systematically inward from the extremities towards the center, rather > than > simply replacing the crown feathering 'randomly'. Does such orderly > procession occur in other species? If at all? >> >> Bob OBrien Portland OR >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Wed Dec 15 18:33:00 2021 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Winter/spring_Townsend=E2=80=99s_warblers?= In-Reply-To: References: <81D07338-4F93-44ED-AA55-5544D0288820@gmail.com> Message-ID: <9A90B338-69D5-437D-8862-E3FD2E5F25F2@comcast.net> And I noted three different Wilson?s Warblers reported in eBird this week, quite an unusual occurrence to go along with the Western Tanagers that are wintering. We?ve had multiple (often two at once) Townsend?s Warblers coming to our suet, bark butter, and even seeds for quite a few winters now, since at least 97-98 (we moved in in 1991). Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 15, 2021, at 4:57 PM, Steve Hampton wrote: > > Steve, > > Right. The main gist of the post is about non-migratory resident species that are expanding their ranges northward from Califronia. I tacked Townsend's Warbler on to illustrate that some short-distance migrants that summer in the PNW are now staying in the PNW in winter in larger numbers. This is described in the text. So I agree with your point. > > The Sacramento Valley in northern California has seen an increase in over-wintering migrants-- Western Tanager, House Wren, some warblers. I've got a paper on that here: > > http://www.cvbirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Avian-Responses-to-Rapid-Climate-Change.pdf > Avian Responses to Rapid Climate Change: Examples from the Putah Creek Christmas Bird Count > > I suspect the same is happening up here with respect to Townsend's Warbler (and probably Western Tanager as well). > > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 4:50 PM Steve Loitz > wrote: > Hmmmmm. Many -- I would think most if not nearly all -- Townsend's Warblers seen in lowland WA in winter are vertical migrants which spend their summers in the WA or BC Cascades or Olympics, and thus are not "California birds." Am I missing something? > -- > Steve Loitz > Ellensburg, WA > steveloitz@gmail.com > > -- > ?Steve Hampton? > Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danerika at gmail.com Wed Dec 15 18:57:04 2021 From: danerika at gmail.com (dan&erika) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend Banding Records from Olympia Message-ID: Hey Tweets-- We band birds in our woodland backyard in Olympia. We moved here in March 2019. Here are our winter sight and banding records since then (month followed by number of birds): 2019 December 2 2020 January 7 February 2 November 2 December11 2021 January 18 February 19 November 8 December (to date) 5 Dan and Erika -- Dan or Erika Tallman Olympia, Washington danerika@gmail.com http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....??H. D. Thoreau -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From offthehookflyshop at yahoo.com Thu Dec 16 10:21:52 2021 From: offthehookflyshop at yahoo.com (Dalton Spencer) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Satsop CBC Is A Go!!!! We need you References: <2046570245.2205178.1639678912157.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2046570245.2205178.1639678912157@mail.yahoo.com> Hey Tweeters! Last I had sent out info about the Satsop CBC it was all still up in the air, but we are a go! DECEMBER 30TH, 2021!? I'm still looking for some volunteers so if you are available and wanting to come down to Grays Harbor County and see some awesome birds then be sure and email me ASAP. Have a great holiday season and let your CBCs be dry and the birds be bountiful! Dalton Spencer Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Dec 16 14:48:22 2021 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-12-16 Message-ID: <5F5ADD502C744387A10FF2A6C309F058@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Tweets ? The weather really wasn?t very cooperative this morning. Matt and I had good owling weather from about 5:10-6:10, and late in the main survey it got pretty nice. But between about 6:15 and 10:30 it was wet and cold with pretty continuous mizzle and drizzle. Dark too. We did the walk anyway, and we did see some birds as we usually do. Highlights: a.. American Wigeon ? two in slough below the weir b.. Eight species of duck total c.. Killdeer ? at least 32 on various grassy fields d.. Wilson?s Snipe - 4+ along near shore below weir, though they were wearing their invisibility cloaks most of the time e.. Three species of owl predawn ? I saw a Barn Owl and heard a Northern Saw-whet, while Matt heard a Great Horned. Now owls after it started raining though f.. Red-breasted Sapsucker ? one right before the start of the boardwalk g.. Pileated Woodpecker ? one landed on the far side of the slough below the weir h.. Merlin ? East Meadow near the Audubon sheds i.. White-throated Sparrow ? one with a huge flock of Zonos east the path below the weir j.. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER ? heard chipping then seen from the Rowing Club dock A late scan of the lake turned up the only COMMON MERGANSERS (5), WESTERN GREBE (5), and HORNED GREBE (1) of the day, and was highlighted by a flyover of two calling TRUMPETER SWANS. We barely heard a very few PINE SISKIN and had no sign of last week?s Common Redpoll. This was only our 5th December record of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Misses included Hooded Merganser, Rock Pigeon, Short-billed Gull (though there were about 25 gull sp. far off that we didn?t get a good look at), Cooper?s Hawk, Marsh Wren, Purple Finch, Lincoln?s Sparrow, and Red-winged Blackbird. Despite the long list of misses, we had 57 species. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Thu Dec 16 19:14:53 2021 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 12-16-2021 Message-ID: Tweeters, Although the weather forecast looked problematic for this morning's birdwalk at JBLM Eagles Pride GC, and while cold (37degF-43degF), the sun beamed brightly on the 11 of us touring the area today. (The morning sky was simply gorgeous!) We had mostly duck sightings on the two closest ponds to the driving range and few passerines. However, two RED-TAILED HAWKS on the 18th fairway gave us all a good view of them hunting earthworms - definitely a different style of getting protein! It took quite a while before the birds seemed to wake up, and even though the numbers of birds were relatively low, the species count was typical for this time of year (36 spp). (Sounds like a repeat of last month, including the number of birders!) Highlights, besides the two hawks gleaning earthworms, include the following: 1. ROCK PIGEON - 5 - and our erstwhile eBird guru, Russ, will check to see if this might be our first sighting of this species on the walk. 2. HERMIT THRUSH - 3 - with enough distance separating the sightings to have a high probability of these being three different birds. This is a high for the count. 3. CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAY - 2 near the maintenance pond. Last month, we had our first scrub-jay at this particular spot. Could be a new territory for this species on the course. 4. BUSHTIT - 10 - most of which were feeding on the ground! (Hey, if Red-tailed Hawks can do it, so can these little guys.) We missed seeing or hearing Spotted Towhee (!) on the walk and only had two Steller's Jays. 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: * January 20 * February 17 * March 17 Anyone is welcome to join us! >From the eBird PNW report: 36 species Cackling Goose 80 Northern Shoveler 8 At Hodge Lake - found a lone female there last month American Wigeon 13 Mallard 7 Ring-necked Duck 22 Bufflehead 3 Hodge Lake Hooded Merganser 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5 Mourning Dove 2 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Gleaning earthworms from grass on 18th fairway Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 7 Steller's Jay 2 California Scrub-Jay 2 American Crow 66 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 11 Bushtit 10 Most of which were feeding on the ground (cut-through area between holes 13 and 14) Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 15 Brown Creeper 2 Pacific Wren 9 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 40 Varied Thrush 5 Hermit Thrush 3 American Robin 16 Pine Siskin 3 Fox Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco 15 Golden-crowned Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 13 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS98978853&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc38a2e809e51497a7c9f08d9c1094cf5%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637753067977931288%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=37HlYU1BiBXFjay3yEa1mFe%2BXeyqDiyfoIfx5Lcmmcc%3D&reserved=0 Joys of the season, and 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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My poor photos are on the following eBird checklist. eBird Checklist - 16 Dec 2021 - Samish Flats - 10 species The gull was definitely bigger than any of the Ring-billed Gulls. It would have been far larger than any of the Mew Gulls, but those birds were all on the north edge of the flock. The interesting gull stayed on the southern "shoreline" of a huge puddle, near a pair of soccer goals. At least seven or eight times while I observed this gull, it rushed menacingly toward one or more Ring-billed Gulls that were foraging near it. Each time, it would open its wings. The Ring-bills always backed off. The interesting gull never tried this on any of the Glaucous-winged Gulls.? The gulls were feeding on earthworms. I saw the interesting gull devour one trophy-sized worm that would have sufficed to bedeck quite a few Ritz crackers. This gull had a mantle that was considerably darker than those of the Ring-billed Gulls. Its bill was larger than those of the Ring-bills, too, but was besmirched with mud, as were its legs. I could tell, though, that the color peeking through the mud on those legs was definitely not pink, ruling out Thayer's Gull, Herring Gull, and so forth. I see California Gulls reported in Skagit County in wintertime from time to time, but have always viewed such reports with skepticism. They are next to impossible to find here in winter. In fact, over the past 30 years, I have seen the species in Skagit County a total of 10 times during the months of December, January, and February, and only once before in December, that being the 28th of December 1996.? That makes the California Gull roughly twice as rare here during that time of year than the Glaucous Gull, by my experience.? If anyone espies ought in those photos to indicate that this bird was not a California Gull, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks. 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URL: From meetings at wos.org Fri Dec 17 14:49:38 2021 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_Jan=2E_3=2C_7=3A30_pm?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_Planting_with_a_Purpose=3A__To_Bring_Birds_Back!?= Message-ID: <20211217224938.7052.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> Recent headlines have highlighted serious declines in bird and insect populations, including insects that pollinate our food and insects that are primary food sources for many birds.??However, as our presenters on Jan. 3 will show, we are not doomed to stand by, helplessly, and watch these worrisome trends continue.??We can take actions to turn them around.?? Our first speaker will be Professor Doug Tallamy, an entomologist and author of the NY Times best-seller, Nature?s Best Hope, a New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard (2019).??Speaking in a recorded video, Tallamy will describe specific steps we can take to create habitats in our yards where birds, insects and other wildlife thrive.??Chief among these steps is planting native plants, particularly native ?keystone plants? because the latter support 90% of the caterpillar species, mostly moths, that enable our terrestrial birds to reproduce.?? Following Tallamy's presentation will be moth enthusiast, David Droppers, who will explain why moths are key, not those pretty butterflies!??He will address important questions such as 1) what are the keystone plants in Washington; 2) what are the challenges to selecting plants in the Pacific Northwest; and 3) how should we go about choosing plants.??David will guide us through these plant choices while also sharing the natural history of moths. Our third presenter will be WOS member Neil Zimmerman who will show photos of the beautiful, wildlife-friendly garden that he and his wife Carleen have created.??He will also share the principles that have guided them in creating and maintaining their garden. What:??Planting with a Purpose:??To Bring Birds Back! When:??Monday, January 3, 7:30 pm Where: Via GoToMeeting (Sign-in begins at 7:15 pm) WOS Monthly Meetings remain open to all as we continue to welcome the wider birding community to join us online via GoToMeeting. For login information, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/.??While there, if you are not yet a member of WOS, I hope you will consider becoming one. Please join us! Vicki King WOS Program Coordinator From baro at pdx.edu Fri Dec 17 18:09:29 2021 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] birding and carbon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *Carbon-Free Listing.* Let me say at the onset that I've done more than my share of 'chasing' over 70 years of birding. I'm proud to say that before I could drive, it was all biking and walking. Then I could drive. Once I was at a business meeting in Raleigh NC, I was aware of a Broad-billed Sandpiper near NY City, a mega rarity,. When the meeting ended on Friday afternoon I drove all night to NYC (500 miles), spent 4 hours looking for it, found it at 11:00 AM, (It was not seen again after 12"00 noon) then drove back to Raleigh and caught my plane back to Portland on Sunday. Those were the good old days. Now it's easy for me to be sorta' carbon-free, because I rarely do any chases these days. 70 years of birding hasn't left much to be chased for the ol' life list. Six months ago I 'happened' into another 'adventure' that need not involve any carbon at all. (Although it can.). Bugs. On a camping trip with my son and two young granddaughters to the John Day River, there were some interesting birds; but not many. My granddaughters were good at finding 'Bugs' so I started photographing them with my 'bird' camera. 300 mm lens, AF,. AE, etc. Although 'Bugs' were not all that abundant either, they outnumbered Birds 10:1+. In the open country there I photographed about 35 different ones. My knowledge of insect ID was virtually NIL. Not a problem. When I returned with all the 'Bug' photos I discovered *BugGuide.net* online. You don't need to identify anything. The very generous volunteer editors do it all for you. When I returned to my rural homestead I decided to 'catalog' all the 'Bugs' hereabout. Six months later this is what I came up with.(I'm retired). https://bugguide.net/adv_search/bgsearch.php?user=&taxon=&description=&location%5B%5D=OR&county=clackamas&city_location=carver&adult=&immature=&male=&female=&representative= Now, not all birders are photographers and BugGuide is solely dedicated to photography. *I saw a little brown bug' *doesn't get you very far ID-wise. Photographing bugs is similar to birds and you can use the same camera if you wish. With bugs you can get a lot closer than with birds but you need to because they are much, much smaller than birds, and with close-ness comes depth of field problems. But, even a cell phone works on occasion, although a macro lens is usually preferred. *BugGuide.net* has all the directions on how to get into it. A BONUS. You can be Birding the same as always as you are Bugging. You'll see a _lot_ more species. And although a rural area typically has more bugs, even a suburban yard can have a good variety. Especially if you plant 'pollinator plants'. That way you can enjoy both the Birds and the Bugs. (They accept all arthropods, including spiders.). the photos are best in focus with the image cropped to only show the bug, not the surroundings. BugGuide.net. Bob OBrien Portland On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 12:55 PM Dennis Paulson wrote: > Here is an essay by a friend of mine that I consider very worth reading: > > https://bryanpfeiffer.com/2021/12/02/birdwatchings-carbon-problem/ > > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > 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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URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Sat Dec 18 17:08:25 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] a cancelled CBC References: <1428913590.1936315.1639876105894.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1428913590.1936315.1639876105894@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, Today, the 18th of December, was supposed to be the North Cascades Christmas Bird Count, up in the Newhalem-Diablo area. Two of us arrived up there well before dawn, for owling, but the weather proved insuperable, and we decided to inform the count coordinator that we were high-tailing it back to the west. We could have proceeded with the count, but the snow was falling so fast that the roads were getting covered faster than the ploughs could clear them. As a result, the only place one could park, assuming that one was not driving a snowmobile or a monster truck, was directly on Highway 20 itself. Even the streets of Newhalem hadn't been ploughed, and the unploughed stretch of Highway 20 between Newhalem and Diablo was covered with several inches of snow by dawn. I think this was only the second time that this count had been cancelled, in its roughly 30 years of existence. Normally we soldier on in horrid conditions, usually featuring miserable rain and temperatures just above freezing, but safety comes first. I did see two birds on my way up there. Driving through Rockport at 0554, as the snow started falling heavily in the darkness, a large owl flew right over my car. I am guessing it was a Barred Owl. In Marblemount about fifteen minutes later, a poor little Killdeer was standing in the middle of SR 20 as I drove through at 20 mph. The bird flew up and away, probably calling--but I could hear only the sounds of tires grinding on snow, windshield wipers slapping on the windscreen, and the blower keeping me supplied with the hot air which I require.? I hope the Killdeer figured it out, flew west to the sodden fields and muddy margins in the lower valley, and found himself something to eat. That's what I did. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kelsberg at uw.edu Sun Dec 19 08:59:36 2021 From: kelsberg at uw.edu (Gary A Kelsberg) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Warm weather getaway Chiapas birding tour Dec 1-18 Message-ID: Chiapas birding tour Dec 1-18, 2021 Our group of 5 Seattle-area birders just returned from a wonderful birding tour of Chiapas, Mexico. We encountered 352 species, many of them fantastic lifers, with our superb guide, Eric Antonio Martinez (www.mexico-birding.com). We visited a wide variety of habitats and culturally significant locations, starting with the wetlands near Palenque (including birding the ruins with their famous Bat Falcons atop the pyramids), moving to jungle lowlands where we stayed with a Mayan family in thatched cabins in Lacanja and walked into Bonampak, (parrots and trogons amid ruins with bright 1200 year old frescoes), then to Frontera Corazol to bird the Usamacinta River by boat, visiting the ruins of Yaxchilan at dawn for a magical experience. We had the entire site to ourselves for hours, with little bats roosting in the ruins, many amazing birds feeding in the fruiting trees at eye level from out perch on a pyramid, and lunch at the former research station where we saw King Vultures overhead. We next went to Guacamaya for Scarlet Macaws, more river birding by boat, and a jungle walk with two Mayan guides, staying in thatched cabins on stilts. Then up into the highlands near Huixtla for Pink-headed Warbler and others, and to the tiny communal Maam village of Benito Juarez El Plan at 5,000 feet to start our climb up the Tacana Volcano to about 9,000 feet to see the Horned Guan and Respendent Quetzal (along with ten porters, four local guides, and two cooks hired from the town, which ensures safe ecotourism and monitors the Horned Guan population). The trails were steep and challenging for me (67 years old and overweight) but the guides were patient and we had rewarding looks at the incredible guan and quetzal, among other high-altitude cloud forest birds. We camped high on the volcano with good food after half the climb, then set out before dawn by headlamp to reach the guan habitat. Before and afterwards we stayed (and ate) in relative luxury in Union Juarez. From there we went to the coast and birded the red mangroves in a brackish river near Mapastepec, before heading to the dry savannahs near Arriaga (many Scissor-tailed Flycatchers and Dickcissels on migration). We finished in the drier highlands near San Cristobal de las Casas and the Sumidero Canyon near Tuxtla Gutierrez. We included two nights of owling as well. We traveled by 9-passenger air-conditioned van, doing much of our birding from the van in short hikes. Our driver, Ram?n, was safe (and patient). Our guide is one of the premier Mexican guides, with incredible ears and bird finding skills. He was constantly professional, thoughtful, and encyclopedic in his knowledge of birds and the local environment. He seemed tireless, answering our questions and keeping in excellent humor (he is fluent, and funny, in English, Spanish, and Zapotec). This is our second trip with Eric and I heartily recommend him! 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We watched it for 30-40 minutes with a few other birders who showed up. We saw it at the northwestern most pond in the park but on our way home (around 11:30am) the flock was not present, so I suggest checking other portions of the park as well. Good birding, Alan Knue Edmonds, WA On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 09:31 Alan Knue wrote: > Common Redpoll at Kake Ballinger- Northwestern most pond! > > Alan Knue > Edmonds WA > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From elstonh at yahoo.com Sun Dec 19 15:31:31 2021 From: elstonh at yahoo.com (Elston Hill) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Pier 86 Grain Terminal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3A27C5B5-AEA2-4DA1-8997-5BD6938F195D@yahoo.com> This morning my wife and I walked up Elliot Bay from the Edgewater Hotel to the Expedia campus. As usual, when we reached the Pier 86 Grain Terminal, there were lots of ducks and Canada geese around the bulk carrier. Even though the grain terminal is designed to avoid leaking grain, I am wondering if just enough grain slips through to account for the disproportionate amount of birds around the bulk carrier? From florafaunabooks at hotmail.com Sun Dec 19 16:59:37 2021 From: florafaunabooks at hotmail.com (David Hutchinson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz Message-ID: Just as a note of support for the recent comments on Eric Antonio Martinez,(plus his wife Jilly), I also have nothing but good things to say about them as people, birders & tour leaders. Have been on several trips with them over the last ten years, one of which ended up as a guest at their wedding to the ringing song of Canyon Wrens. Am glad to answer questions if required. David Hutchinson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <9012520.112332.1639977330364@connect.xfinity.com> Hi Tweeterdom - Last Tuesday (12/14) Kathleen and I headed over ('chains required, except for...') Stevens Pass to enjoy the winter wonderland that has finally arrived east of the mountains and to search for 3 grouse species that had eluded me this year, Not much to report in a quick drive over Badger Mtn except for the spectacular winter Wenatchee and mountain scenery from our lunch place just off Badger Mt. Road at the beginning of the high plateau. The snow was fresh and fluffy with temps in the twenties across the Waterville Plateau but birds were limited to a few Rough-legged Hawks, an abundance of Horned Larks, and one large flock of Snow Buntings (encountered along F road north of Lamoine). We were especially interested in finding Sharp-tailed Grouse that were very reliably found along Bridgeport Hill and the West Fork of Foster Creek, before the extreme fires of two years ago. Neither we nor the concurrent CBC for the area found any on Tuesday, though. In looking for! grouse in the surviving riparian brush along the Middle Fork of Foster Creek, we did find a flock of about 16 Am. Tree Sparrows (just down from the lowest bridge). A quick visit to Bridgeport State Park failed to locate any owls in this usually reliable place. On Wednesday, we headed up Siwash Cr. Road to access the Okanogan Highlands via a route that had numerous reports of Sharpies last winter, but where we've never had much luck with them. Because I was also missing Ruffed Grouse for the year, I hopped out of the car and walked much of the road where we have seen this species in thick brush along the creek in past years. No luck on the Ruffed but I did get a Ruff-like rush when a covey of Cal. Quail burst out at my feet making a very RUGR-like racket. Above the top of the canyon, where the road pulls away from the creek for a bit, I had just radioed Kathleen to come and pick me up (it was 18 degrees) when I spooked a flock of Sharp-tails out of the riparian. I counted 17 as they arced around to the north over the sage slope and out of sight. Kathleen arrived and she had counted 7 in another group that I had not seen. We turned around to see if they'd gone back into the riparian zone downstream, but enroute down, I spied gre! y lumps in the top of a Ponderosa that turned out to be her group of seven. I'd never seen these guys in pines before but several birders had shots of them in pines here last winter. Before we got too much farther up, a 'tennis ball with a tail' in the top of a small dead tree turned out to be the classic Pygmy Owl, always a treat. Crossing the mountains on No. Siwash Road we encountered Red Crossbills at several places, along with Mountain Chickadees, WB, and RB nuthatches. The Havillah SnoPark was lovely in the fresh snow - the road was in excellent shape, plowed and sanded, because active logging is going on up the left hand road from the fork, just below the parking area. We found no birds though and got no response from a good deal of playback of American 3-Toed WP. On up Havilla Road (and throughout the day) there was the usual abundance of Rough-legged Hawks. We saw a nice covey of about 20 Gray Partridge as an arc of dark dots in the snow (scope needed for verifica! tion that these weren't artfully arranged cow pies) across the valley behind the first farm on Nealy Road. Nealy feeders were disappointing with just a flock of treetop Siskins visible from the road. We drove Nealy to Chesaw Rd. and went uphill to Byers Road and looped down toward Chesaw Center. On the steep descent just before town, we spotted two tree top birds that turned out to be a nice pair of Bohemian Waxwings. In Chesaw, we stopped at the Myers Creek bridge, usually a good place for passerines; the complete absence of small birds could have been due to the presence of two Rough-legged Hawks. As we drove across the bridge to go check around the Cemetery, I spotted a bird on a post in a backyard upstream of the bridge. When I went back to look, it was a gorgeous adult No. Goshawk - best view ever of this species - but about for the usual length of time. It flew off to the south about 2 seconds after I got the bins on it. We knew it hadn't gone far because we could see the sky above the meadows east of town where the Roughies had gone.! We drove out along Pontiac Ridge Rd to look back at this area for a few minutes when we saw it take off and fly north, over the road and into the wooded area north of town. We then drove Mary Ann Creek Rd where we saw a Townsend's Solitaire in a tree near the first wetland - a river otter was trying to keep some open water in the ponds there but the 16 degree temps could be a prob. We had seen otters here last winter. Not much for birds on up Mary Ann Cr. Rd or across Fields Rd. back to Chesaw Rd, to Hungry Hollow Rd, and to Havilla Rd. By now it almost 4 pm and getting dusky but I convinced Kathleen to do another drive up to the SnoPark, where we saw the usual nothing. On the way back down, though, about 300 ft uphill from Havilla Rd., there it was! A huge Great Gray Owl perched in the top of a small Ponderosa about 20 feet from the road. He seemed unconcerned that we stopped right next to him, opened the sunroof and took a few dimly lit photos. After about 5 minu! tes we left him there and rolled down the hill to where the local resident was walking up with the mail. We stopped and jokingly warned him about the owl. He said, Yeah, they're always around in the evening, often coming to sit on a railing near his house. He said he was pretty sure there were two around in the summer which is good news, since one reportedly got hit by a car last year. The guy was very pleasant - not what we expected based on the big Private Property sign at the beginning of the road! To cap off a Khan Tranh kind of day, we saw a Short-eared Owl on a pole top within the first mile below the SnoPark!! So...yes! Best day ever in the Highlands in the winter. On Thursday, we skipped our usual Scotch Creek/Conconully loop and went for a walk on Washburn Is. where I added some seed out in front of the WDFW grain feeding station to draw the sparrows out into scope view. Regrettably no Harris' Sparrow, but that would have just been all too perfect. We then drove around the northern Waterville Plateau a bit looking for the Gyr that had been seen in the CBC but, best we could do was a Great-Horned Owl. No matter...a 4-owl trip is a great trip! (Sorry this is late for those of you who are over there now but I was delayed in writing due to prepping for and participating in what was my wettest CBC yet - yesterday, of course, why not today?) - Happy Birding - Jon Houghton, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From constancesidles at gmail.com Sat Dec 18 03:05:59 2021 From: constancesidles at gmail.com (Constance Sidles) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] birding and carbon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <91F12FF0-706C-4EA7-B834-48F3C412C61A@gmail.com> Dear Dennis, thank you very much for speaking out about this issue and for sharing Bryan Pfeiffer's powerful essay. Like Bryan, I have been a chaser. I still am, to a small extent. I drive to Montlake Fill from my house a mile away because I can no longer walk that far. I'm not proud of this. Bryan's article raises an important question: If individual action - a drop in the bucket, as it were - cannot affect a planet-wide problem, then why bother to take on this problem as an individual? How can it possibly matter? A similar question arose during a project I ran many years ago. For 10 years, I taught writing to a group of sixth-graders. It was a program we called the Writing Project. Each year, we would choose a theme connected to Seattle. Throughout the school year, I would pull four kids at a time out of regular class so they could interview an adult. I taped the interview and transcribed it for the kids. Then, working with a team of editors, the kids edited their interview into a first-person story. At the end of the school year, we published a book. One year, our theme was World War II, as seen through the lens of citizens of Seattle. One of the people my students interviewed was a scrap metal business owner who contributed to the war effort by finding and processing scrap metal to provide iron and steel to ship and airplane builders. To prepare for this interview, my students watched a documentary made at the time to encourage the folks at home to support the war effort. One of the scenes showed a bunch of young children pulling a wagon filled with bicycle spokes. My students asked their interviewee how much the kids had contributed to his scrap metal business. His answer was honest, though dry-eyed. Not at all, he said. Almost all the metal he salvaged in bulk came from disused ships and especially from disused railway rails. However, he said, the kids' efforts to collect bicycle spokes and household metals was very important, really critical to the war effort. That was because helpiing, even in this miniscule way, gave the kids the sense that they were contributing something. It encouraged the kids' parents to help as much as they could, too - after all, if a six-year-old was beating the streets trying to find little bits of metal, how could the parents sit idle? The kids' efforts helped glue together a community of people, all working toward the same thing. They were an example and an inspiration. Furthermore, when they grew up, they did so knowing that even when they were small, they helped. The kids were not alone, of course. Our leaders and government were also doing everything they could to win the war. We'd like to think that everyone was joined together, but that was not true. There were voices against as well as for. Some of those voices were voices of conscience; others were not. There was venality as well as selflessness. There was sabotage as well as support. The point is, there were enough people pulling together to make the difference. We can't solve global climate change as individuals. If we humans solve it at all, it will take us acting together, worldwide, in as many ways as we can, from the ground up as well as from the top down. We certainly aren't together on this issue. At this point in time, it seems to me that we aren't together on hardly anything. We can be, though, over time, through example, by sharing knowledge and passion, by doing our best as individuals, knowing our best isn't perfect. - Connie, Seattle > On Dec 17, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Dennis Paulson wrote: > > Here is an essay by a friend of mine that I consider very worth reading: > > >> https://bryanpfeiffer.com/2021/12/02/birdwatchings-carbon-problem/ > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > 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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Good Birding, Brad Waggoner Sent from my iPhone From jstephens62 at comcast.net Mon Dec 20 15:52:30 2021 From: jstephens62 at comcast.net (Jack Stephens) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Geese and the moon Message-ID: On most of my trips to Skagit this time of year I find Snow Geese, but occasionally I miss them. I had always assumed that they were in some field somewhere, and with extra effort I would eventually find them. The other day was one of those days, no large flocks seen between Edison and Conroy. However, at Jensen Access on Fir Island there was a large flock of Snow Geese out in the water. I was chatting with a hunter up on the berm, and he mentioned that this was typical when there is a fill moon. With enough light, the geese will come in and feed during the night, and spend the day on the water. He is friends with someone who lives nearby, and they report the geese keep them up on nights with strong moonlight. This makes intuitive sense, but is something I had never considered. Does anyone have information on this association? Inquiring minds want to know. Jack Stephens Edmonds, WA From jonbirder at comcast.net Mon Dec 20 16:52:57 2021 From: jonbirder at comcast.net (Jonathan Houghton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Okanogan (again) Message-ID: <567019918.147306.1640047977536@connect.xfinity.com> Hi Tweeterdom - (I note some strange punctuation quirks in that last post - seems like the Tweeters software puts in an "!" and line break if it thinks I've been too windy??) Just a couple more stories of chickens doing unusual things: 1. Coming down into the Foster Cr. drainage off of the W'ville Plateau, just above Howard's Ranch (same Howard that owns Howard's Inn in Pateros - nice place to stay if you're in the area), I saw several large birds in a small tree along the creek. Too big for Sharp-tailed Grouse, it proved to be 9 male Ring-necked Pheasants distributed out in two small trees like ornaments - which they certainly are. It seemed like maybe they were trying out the Sharpie practice of budding?!? 2. The second chicken incident was along lower Chesaw Road, not far above town. I was doing my creekside walk (16 degrees) looking for the elusive Ruffed Grouse in thick riparian veg where I'd seen them before. As Kathleen drove up to save me from frost bite, I noticed she was gesturing wildly toward the snowy sage slope on the other side of the road. I finally got on two Ruffed Grouse escaping uphill! I'd never seen, nor had I expected to see this species in the sage!?! I'd be curious to hear from anyone who's witnessed this before. OK - That's the end of my story (for now). Jon Houghton, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The weather was really pretty good for count day and really spectacular when considering it was sandwiched in between to very wet, cold, and miserable days on both Saturday and Monday. Cold weather probably kept numbers down as many parties noted low numbers in their preliminary assessments. Pre-dawn conditions were generally good for owling with several teams giving it a go. So far I have only heard of Great-horned and Barred being tallied. Great-horned were very vocal and widely reported. Briefly scanning the count tallies that I do have, here?s what I know. No real rarities have yet been reported for the count, however, several good birds were seen. From my perspective, the most notable birds so far reported were: Snow Goose, Trumpeter Swan, Redhead, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Red-Shouldered Hawk, California and Iceland (Thayer?s) Gull, Black Phoebe, American Dipper, Lesser Goldfinch, and Orange-crowned Warbler. Others like White-throated and Lincoln?s Sparrow, and Western Meadowlark can be tough to find and were represented by at least one individual. So far very low numbers for Barrows Goldeneye, Ruddy Duck and many others. Possible misses so far include: Small Owls, Eared Grebe, Hermit Thrush, Red Crossbill, and ??? All for now, I will update participants as numbers come in though I will be out of town for several days so it will take some time to tally final results. Happy holidays and happy CBCing. Bill Shelmerdine Olympia CBC Compiler 12/21/2021 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tcstonefam at gmail.com Tue Dec 21 11:29:19 2021 From: tcstonefam at gmail.com (Tom and Carol Stoner) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Song Sparrows Message-ID: We've been hearing the occasional song for the past couple weeks, but this morning there were two singing when we stepped outside this morning. Great way to welcome the Solstice. 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Doug Santoni > On Dec 21, 2021, at 2:04 PM, Ettacosey wrote: > > I?m watching a Prairie Falcon perched in cluster of trees near parking lot. Seen first by Mike Nelson. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From coheberlein at gmail.com Tue Dec 21 19:07:28 2021 From: coheberlein at gmail.com (Carolyn Heberlein) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Pekin Ducks? Message-ID: These 2 large white ducks have been hanging around Green Lake for over a month now. I first saw them just west of the Bathhouse Theater. Today they were just east of the Aqua Theater. https://photos.app.goo.gl/YEi6NbheMSxQHaUY6 -- Carolyn Finder Heberlein / Nana, Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Today they were just east of the Aqua Theater. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/YEi6NbheMSxQHaUY6 > > -- > Carolyn Finder Heberlein / Nana, Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington > _______________________________________________ > 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 Wed Dec 22 17:19:11 2021 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Westside SGCN Habitat Restoration Coordinator - Environmental Planner 4 - Permanent - Thurston - Req #2021-15275 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Just forwarding this in case you?re interested or you know of someone who might be interested in this his WDFW position. Denis DeSilvis avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com Avian Acres ? Roy, WA ________________________________ From: Anderson, Hannah E (DFW) Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 15:11 Subject: FW: Westside SGCN Habitat Restoration Coordinator - Environmental Planner 4 - Permanent - Thurston - Req #2021-15275 Happy Holidays ? WDFW is seeking an excellent candidate to join our Wildlife Diversity (non-game) team coordinating habitat restoration for many Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Washington?s westside habitat including prairie/oak, wetland, and coastal habitats. Please share the opportunity with your networks and help us get someone awesome. Job posting closes 1/5/22. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/3356323/westside-sgcn-habitat-restoration-coordinator-environmental-planner-4-permane I?d be very pleased to chat with interested folks. Feel free to reach out via email and I?ll give you a call. My best, Hannah Hannah Anderson Wildlife Diversity Division Manager Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife h.anderson@dfw.wa.gov she/her Subject: Westside SGCN Habitat Restoration Coordinator - Environmental Planner 4 - Permanent - Thurston - Req #2021-15275 Good afternoon all, Please take a look at this recruitment ? we encourage you to share this great opportunity with your friends and business networks! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/3356323/westside-sgcn-habitat-restoration-coordinator-environmental-planner-4- Thank you, Cheri ???[Logo Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Cheri Weld Recruiter, Washington State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife 1111 Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA Cheri.Weld@dfw.wa.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I walked it in January 2019 right after the CBC (admittedly I lucked out on a real good weather day): https://ebird.org/checklist/S51377584, among other highlights were large numbers of thicket-dwellers, a Hermit Thrush, and lutescens Orange-cr. Warbler. Thanks! Scott Atkinson (scottratkinson@hotmail.com) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abriteway at hotmail.com Thu Dec 23 13:29:30 2021 From: abriteway at hotmail.com (Eric Ellingson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hundreds of Ancient Murrelets @ Alden Bank Message-ID: A few weeks ago, I took a boat trip out to Alden Bank near the San Juans and the dominate bird out there was by far the Ancients. From one viewpoint I counted close to 200. My best guess is that there were easily twice that as they continued for a couple of miles. They were often in groups of 5-20. They would form a rough line then all dive near the same time. After disappearing, they would pop up. The weather was cold, dark (nearing sundown), light rain but the water was flat for viewing. Heading back to Birch Bay I could not take a straight line for a mile or so and had to slow down when they would suddenly pop up near the boat. Then again, I went out on the 21st with 3 others and we came upon similar numbers but not grouped in as tight an area. Dozens and dozens were seen flying near & far. We did get numerous viewings to their running / belly bouncing off wave crests while attempting to get fully airborne. A poor shot of this was captured which I put on my Flickr page. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/ Eric Ellingson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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One or two calling east of the East Meadow e.. White-throated Sparrow ? One with large flock of Golden and White-crowned Sparrows, NW part of the Dog Area f.. White-crowned Sparrow ? Maybe 30, much more common than in recent weeks A late scan of the lake turned up two LESSER SCAUP and a HORNED GREBE. Last Saturday was the Eastside Audubon CBC, and Brian and I covered Marymoor Park. We had over 20 COMMON REDPOLL just south of the Dog Area, plus seven species we didn?t have for today: WOOD DUCK, WILSON?S SNIPE, SHORT-BILLED GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, DOWNY WOODPECKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Other misses today included Bushtit, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch, and Lincoln?s Sparrow. For the day, 51 species. For the week, 58. Happy Holidays = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I?ve always just swapped them out during the day, but can?t do that this week. > I?m not even sure the lights will help. > Any tips are greatly appreciated > Vicki Biltz > Buckley, WA > Vickibiltz@gmail.com > -- > > > > vickibiltz@gmail.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Thu Dec 23 20:05:15 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit Gyrfalcon References: <518820493.521583.1640318715011.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <518820493.521583.1640318715011@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, Today, the 23rd December, a Gyrfalcon flew by the dredge-spoil islets in Padilla Bay. I was trying to relocate the Emperor Goose just one more time, scoping from the berm by the "Seahawks 12" tower. That is across the road from the big T. Bailey industrial site at the SE corner of March Point.? I did not see the Emperor Goose, but the Gyrfalcon was a welcome consolation prize. It flew low along the dredge spoils, heading north, scaring up some Pintail and Wigeon. Then it perched for a good ten minutes on some driftwood on one of the islets. This was only the third time I'd seen a Gyrfalcon at March Point. I am not sure if this message will reach Tweeters. I am trying to switch my e-mail address from my old Yahoo address to a new one, which is this: garybletsch@protonmail.com but have not yet figured out how to get signed up on Tweeters with this new address. Somehow in the process, it is now apparently difficult or impossible for me to send messages to Tweeters on my old e-mail account, at least not without typing in the Tweeters e-mail address one character at a time. Meanwhile, Tweeters is giving me some static about my new account--perhaps because ProtonMail is so secure? It would be most appreciated if someone in Tweeter-land were to reply to this message, to let me know that I am still able to send messages to Tweeters. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Thu Dec 23 21:19:32 2021 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Thanks, looks like I can still post to Tweeters References: <456410127.528068.1640323172363.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <456410127.528068.1640323172363@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, Thanks to all of the birders who wrote back--looks like I can still post to Tweeters. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gene.beall at gmail.com Fri Dec 24 13:20:08 2021 From: gene.beall at gmail.com (Gene Beall) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Last minute ideas for keeping hummingbird feeders thawed In-Reply-To: <3CD61408-6A95-4170-8861-2E81B5CA3ED8@comcast.net> References: <3CD61408-6A95-4170-8861-2E81B5CA3ED8@comcast.net> Message-ID: We use two different kinds of feeder warmers.? One is a small clamp-style shop light with a low-wattage incandescent bulb.? The other is an 8-inch plastic plant pot turned upside down with little bungie cords to hold it to the feeder and a small low-wattage night-light bulb at the end of an electrical cord normally used for a little lighted Christmas house (small hole in the bottom of the plant pot to hold the bulb).? You can see photos of both of these at this Flickr link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene-s_photos/? Gene Beall Sammamish, WA gene.beall@gmail.com On 12/23/21 6:17 PM, Dennis Paulson wrote: > Vicki, we have sometimes duct-taped ?Little Hotties? (little heating > pads) to the underside of the feeders during very cold weather. You > have to manipulate the pad to get it to produce heat. Maybe you know > about them; we use them as hand warmers sometimes. > > Good luck! > > Dennis > >> On Dec 23, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Vicki > > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> ?I have a rather large numbers of Anna?s here on our property. I gave >> 3 glass feeders and a humdinger I?m not worried about. I know to >> bring them in, but the temps where I live at least, are going to be >> pretty harsh. My husband is picking up led strings of lights to try >> and protect them. Any last minute ideas or tips on keeping them >> thawed?? I?ve always just swapped them out during the day, but can?t >> do that this week. >> ? I?m not even sure the lights will help. >> Any tips are greatly appreciated >> Vicki Biltz >> Buckley, WA >> Vickibiltz@gmail.com >> -- >> >> >> >> vickibiltz@gmail.com >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Dec 24 13:49:05 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?b?QW5kIEkgdGhvdWdodCDigJx0aGUgV2F2ZeKAnSBzdGFy?= =?utf-8?q?ted_in_Seattle_sports=E2=80=94-These_fish_work_together_by_the_?= =?utf-8?q?hundreds_of_thousands_to_make_waves_--_ScienceDaily?= Message-ID: And I thought ?the Wave? started in Seattle sports: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/12/211222153134.htm Interesting, Dan Reiff MI Sent from my iPhone From coheberlein at gmail.com Fri Dec 24 15:40:38 2021 From: coheberlein at gmail.com (Carolyn Heberlein) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Subject: Re: Last minute ideas for keeping hummingbird feeders thawed Message-ID: I've had hummingbird feeders for about 15 years now. My favorite is the saucer style. I have 4 - one on each side of my house because of the hummers' extreme territorial nature. If it is going to be less than 28 degrees at night, I bring them in after dark. The hummers will feed until the last bit of daylight. Then I put them out before dawn. Lucky for me, dawn is later in the winter. They are looking for nectar at the break of dawn. When it has been 20 degree weather during the day, I have to rotate them during the day because they start to freeze. What really helped was about 8 years ago when I bought a different style feeder - 32 oz - which has a saucer at the bottom where there is a night light. Of course, I had to place it somewhere with an electrical outlet nearby. I still bring in the saucer feeders at night but I am less worried about the availability of nectar water first thing in the morning. These are the people I bought the heated feeder from. https://hummersheateddelight.com/ -- Carolyn Finder Heberlein / Nana, Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Someone has feeders up and there were a number of juncos, etc. The cute little dude was very white (hard to get a good look with no binocs or camera) - a "snowbird" for our impending snow! ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu Sent: Friday, December 24, 2021 8:04 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Tweeters Digest, Vol 208, Issue 24 [[-- External - this message has been sent from outside the University --]] Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to tweeters@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!bjV5A8p9I4WQxa95lgauQYiNmEf8XwBgYBnTPbsBKIMB_mybljsxQA0WAKAvq4lE9Bimn80vlW1J_PsiWF70FLUGMWLVr-Yf3CJyUpw5JgiGIYk$ or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Hundreds of Ancient Murrelets @ Alden Bank (Eric Ellingson) 2. Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-12-23 (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) 3. Last minute ideas for keeping hummingbird feeders thawed (Vicki) 4. Re: Last minute ideas for keeping hummingbird feeders thawed (Dennis Paulson) 5. Skagit Gyrfalcon (Gary Bletsch) 6. Thanks, looks like I can still post to Tweeters (Gary Bletsch) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 21:29:30 +0000 From: Eric Ellingson To: tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Hundreds of Ancient Murrelets @ Alden Bank Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" A few weeks ago, I took a boat trip out to Alden Bank near the San Juans and the dominate bird out there was by far the Ancients. From one viewpoint I counted close to 200. My best guess is that there were easily twice that as they continued for a couple of miles. They were often in groups of 5-20. They would form a rough line then all dive near the same time. After disappearing, they would pop up. The weather was cold, dark (nearing sundown), light rain but the water was flat for viewing. Heading back to Birch Bay I could not take a straight line for a mile or so and had to slow down when they would suddenly pop up near the boat. Then again, I went out on the 21st with 3 others and we came upon similar numbers but not grouped in as tight an area. Dozens and dozens were seen flying near & far. We did get numerous viewings to their running / belly bouncing off wave crests while attempting to get fully airborne. A poor shot of this was captured which I put on my Flickr page. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!bjV5A8p9I4WQxa95lgauQYiNmEf8XwBgYBnTPbsBKIMB_mybljsxQA0WAKAvq4lE9Bimn80vlW1J_PsiWF70FLUGMWLVr-Yf3CJyUpw56QCpLhI$ Eric Ellingson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:41:08 -0800 From: To: "Tweeters" Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-12-23 Message-ID: <1AEDAC7A9A9D43DFA4B7BD8D998770BD@DESKTOPER2GUVC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Tweets ? Our first post-solstice walk was rather quiet, but not completely without highlights. The weather was breezier than we would have liked, but temps were in the low 40?s and there was very minimal precipitation. We had no really large flocks of geese and very few gulls. Numbers for most species seemed low. Highlights: a.. Snow Goose ? Flock of 18-20 flew over the lake platform b.. Cooper?s Hawk ? One flying the west edge of the Dog Area caused much excitement amongst American Robins and American Crows c.. Merlin ? One perched just north of the boardwalk d.. COMMON REDPOLL ? Maybe a dozen, mixed with Pine Siskins, in a tree along the slough about 20 yards north of the southern gate of the Dog Area. One or two calling east of the East Meadow e.. White-throated Sparrow ? One with large flock of Golden and White-crowned Sparrows, NW part of the Dog Area f.. White-crowned Sparrow ? Maybe 30, much more common than in recent weeks A late scan of the lake turned up two LESSER SCAUP and a HORNED GREBE. Last Saturday was the Eastside Audubon CBC, and Brian and I covered Marymoor Park. We had over 20 COMMON REDPOLL just south of the Dog Area, plus seven species we didn?t have for today: WOOD DUCK, WILSON?S SNIPE, SHORT-BILLED GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, DOWNY WOODPECKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Other misses today included Bushtit, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch, and Lincoln?s Sparrow. For the day, 51 species. For the week, 58. 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I?m not even sure the lights will help. Any tips are greatly appreciated Vicki Biltz Buckley, WA Vickibiltz@gmail.com -- vickibiltz@gmail.com https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!bjV5A8p9I4WQxa95lgauQYiNmEf8XwBgYBnTPbsBKIMB_mybljsxQA0WAKAvq4lE9Bimn80vlW1J_PsiWF70FLUGMWLVr-Yf3CJyUpw5UClFfDM$ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 18:17:32 -0800 From: Dennis Paulson To: Vicki Cc: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Last minute ideas for keeping hummingbird feeders thawed Message-ID: <3CD61408-6A95-4170-8861-2E81B5CA3ED8@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Vicki, we have sometimes duct-taped ?Little Hotties? (little heating pads) to the underside of the feeders during very cold weather. You have to manipulate the pad to get it to produce heat. Maybe you know about them; we use them as hand warmers sometimes. Good luck! Dennis > On Dec 23, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Vicki wrote: > > Hi, > I have a rather large numbers of Anna?s here on our property. I gave 3 glass feeders and a humdinger I?m not worried about. I know to bring them in, but the temps where I live at least, are going to be pretty harsh. My husband is picking up led strings of lights to try and protect them. Any last minute ideas or tips on keeping them thawed? I?ve always just swapped them out during the day, but can?t do that this week. > I?m not even sure the lights will help. > Any tips are greatly appreciated > Vicki Biltz > Buckley, WA > Vickibiltz@gmail.com > -- > > > > vickibiltz@gmail.com > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!bjV5A8p9I4WQxa95lgauQYiNmEf8XwBgYBnTPbsBKIMB_mybljsxQA0WAKAvq4lE9Bimn80vlW1J_PsiWF70FLUGMWLVr-Yf3CJyUpw5UClFfDM$ > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters__;!!KXH1hvEXyw!bjV5A8p9I4WQxa95lgauQYiNmEf8XwBgYBnTPbsBKIMB_mybljsxQA0WAKAvq4lE9Bimn80vlW1J_PsiWF70FLUGMWLVr-Yf3CJyUpw5JgiGIYk$ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From nightwings406 at aol.com Sat Dec 25 13:00:21 2021 From: nightwings406 at aol.com (DONNA FERRILL) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Geese References: <3FC4045A-F2D4-43A3-AE68-3B7EEC8D202A.ref@aol.com> Message-ID: <3FC4045A-F2D4-43A3-AE68-3B7EEC8D202A@aol.com> There are hundreds of Snow Geese in the fields near Snohomish. On highway 9 just south of Airport/Marsh Road. Donna Ferrill Snohomish Sent from my iPhone From florafaunabooks at hotmail.com Sat Dec 25 16:02:45 2021 From: florafaunabooks at hotmail.com (David Hutchinson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders Message-ID: A few more suggestions taken from feeder operators in the Magnolia/Queen Anne areas : For vertical feeders, wool socks, carefully attached. Labor intensive - have a bunch of loaded feeders ready and swap them out as often as you can tolerate. Finally take some glycerine and put a few drops in each of your feeders. 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It should lower the freezing temperature > a few degrees abd apparently does no harm. > > David Hutchinson, 206-499-7305 > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rwlawson5593 at outlook.com Sun Dec 26 09:58:56 2021 From: rwlawson5593 at outlook.com (Rachel Lawson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Cassiar Junco, Seattle Message-ID: For the past few days, a Cassiar Junco (ssp. cismontanus) has joined the flock of juncos that frequents our Magnolia yard. Though we usually see a Slate-colored Junco (ssp. hyemalis) or two in the winter, this is the first time a Cassiar Junco has shown up. What is the taxonomic status of this form now? Is it considered a valid subspecies or an intergrade between Oregon and Slate-colored Junco? Rachel Lawson Seattle rwlawson5593@outlook.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From junochat at gmail.com Sun Dec 26 11:20:56 2021 From: junochat at gmail.com (Tina Klein) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Lesser Goldfinch Message-ID: <49EAE2A2-852A-457A-A1B7-817B8CDC343F@gmail.com> I had a nice snowy surprise of a Lesser Goldfinch at my feeder this morning. Tina Klein Bellevue From hikersammy at msn.com Sun Dec 26 14:07:02 2021 From: hikersammy at msn.com (Sammy Catiis) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Very dangerous to assume what you hear is just fine. NO on the Glycerin. Before you spread information, make sure it's true and you can always send Cornell Lab an email to verify. Use only granulated white cane sugar and fresh water. Store bought hummingbird food contains preservatives; avoid it. Never use honey which is fatal to hummingbirds; do not use food coloring, artificial sweeteners or other forms of sugar. Make sure the mixture is at room temperature before hanging the feeder. Thank you, it is OK during these cold times to up the ratio of sugar to 1/3 to 1. Sammy Sequim ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Vicki Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2021 10:56 PM To: David Hutchinson Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders You are joking about the glycerine, right??? On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 4:03 PM David Hutchinson > wrote: A few more suggestions taken from feeder operators in the Magnolia/Queen Anne areas : For vertical feeders, wool socks, carefully attached. Labor intensive - have a bunch of loaded feeders ready and swap them out as often as you can tolerate. Finally take some glycerine and put a few drops in each of your feeders. It should lower the freezing temperature a few degrees abd apparently does no harm. David Hutchinson, 206-499-7305 _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -- vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 26 14:47:01 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] How to Keep Hummingbird Nectar From Freezing Message-ID: <5D02A804-8A60-42AB-8195-379F18ACA921@gmail.com> Tweeters, If you do not see the full article, clock ?read more?: https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-keep-hummingbird-nectar-from-freezing-386542 Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 26 15:49:59 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] 11 DIY Ways to Keep Hummingbird Nectar From Freezing | Hummingbird Bliss Message-ID: https://hummingbirdbliss.com/11-diy-ways-to-keep-hummingbird-nectar-from-freezing/ Sent from my iPhone From rwlawson5593 at outlook.com Sun Dec 26 16:04:23 2021 From: rwlawson5593 at outlook.com (Rachel Lawson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Speaking of assuming what you hear is true... I have heard for years and years that only granulated white sugar, AKA sucrose, should be used to make nectar for hummingbirds. Honey is supposed to be especially bad. It certainly is true that badly maintained feeders can become contaminated with fungi and bacteria, and this contamination may cause fatal candida infections of the hummingbirds' tongues. But this is true of feeders using nectar made with plain white sugar. It is possible that nectar made with honey or another form of sugar may spoil more quickly than nectar made with white sugar, but supposing that a honey-based nectar feeder is kept scrupulously clean and fresh, is there any actual evidence that honey is particularly harmful? The nectar-feeding birds I cared for as a bird keeper at the zoo thrived on a packaged mixture of carbohydrates, protein, fat, minerals, and vitamins specially formulated to provide the energy and nutrients the birds needed to replace the flower nectar and insects they would eat in the wild. We carefully kept the feeders clean and fresh, and, despite all those extra ingredients, had no trouble with contamination or infections. I asked a lot of zoo people and others about honey, and, though they all "knew" not to feed it to hummingbirds, no one could ever come up with any real, published data to back that up. If anyone knows of actual studies that have produced actual data about harm to hummingbirds specifically from honey, either because of the chemical composition of honey or its tendency to spoil quickly, I would really, really like to see them. Anecdotal evidence does not count. I am NOT saying that honey is safe for hummingbirds and we all should start putting it in our feeders. I just want to see the science. Rachel Lawson Seattle rwlawson5593@outlook.com Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Sammy Catiis Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2021 2:07:02 PM To: Vicki ; David Hutchinson Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders Very dangerous to assume what you hear is just fine. NO on the Glycerin. Before you spread information, make sure it's true and you can always send Cornell Lab an email to verify. Use only granulated white cane sugar and fresh water. Store bought hummingbird food contains preservatives; avoid it. Never use honey which is fatal to hummingbirds; do not use food coloring, artificial sweeteners or other forms of sugar. Make sure the mixture is at room temperature before hanging the feeder. Thank you, it is OK during these cold times to up the ratio of sugar to 1/3 to 1. Sammy Sequim ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Vicki Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2021 10:56 PM To: David Hutchinson Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders You are joking about the glycerine, right??? On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 4:03 PM David Hutchinson > wrote: A few more suggestions taken from feeder operators in the Magnolia/Queen Anne areas : For vertical feeders, wool socks, carefully attached. Labor intensive - have a bunch of loaded feeders ready and swap them out as often as you can tolerate. Finally take some glycerine and put a few drops in each of your feeders. It should lower the freezing temperature a few degrees abd apparently does no harm. 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URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 26 16:47:07 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] UC Davis Researchers Zero in on Sugar Water in Hummingbird Feeders - Entomology & Nematology News - ANR Blogs Message-ID: <03B79609-4EF4-4FD0-AE66-D5AE41534C90@gmail.com> Tweeters, No mention of honey, but interesting research: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=29560 Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 26 16:49:19 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird Research, Inc. : Attracting Hummingbirds Message-ID: http://www.hummingbirdresearch.net/p286.html Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 26 17:09:45 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Feeding Hummingbirds | All About Birds All About Birds Message-ID: <00966827-15E1-45B8-B175-D7AFCDB78003@gmail.com> Note the comment, without citations, regarding honey; and also sugar concentrations vary in range in plant nectar: 1/4-1/3. And option to use 1/3 in some weather situations: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/feeding-hummingbirds/ Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 26 17:21:57 2021 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] The actual research study, but no mention of honey: Microbial communities in hummingbird feeders are distinct from floral nectar and influenced by bird visitation | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Message-ID: <16715B1F-DCCB-4FAB-9D82-FF40D1D3A08B@gmail.com> The actual research study, but no mention of honey: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2018.2295 Sent from my iPhone From garybletsch at protonmail.com Sun Dec 26 17:52:04 2021 From: garybletsch at protonmail.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] odd finch behaviour during snow; silly hummingbirds also Message-ID: Dear Tweeters, Today (Boxing Day) we have over a foot of snow here in the Lyman-Hamilton area. The past two days, my feeders have been swarming with a far larger contingent of birds than we have had in a long time, probably years. Luckily for my dwindling supply of birdseed, the usual horde of Red-winged Blackbirds has thinned. Yesterday at dusk, as the snow flew and visibility dropped to a hundred meters or so, I heard Snow Geese calling overhead. Their name would make one think that they would be happy in the environment here, but I don't believe so--there is very little exposed vegetation for them to eat up here right now. All day, I kept seeing a strange behaviour from Pine Siskins, of which we had between 70 and 100 visiting the feeders. As the birds foraged on the snowy ground below the feeders, a siskin would repeatedly approach a male Purple Finch and peck at its bill. It almost seemed to me that the siskin was trying to grab some seed out of the Purple Finch's bill. I could not tell if it was the same siskin or the same Purple Finch each time. The Purple Finch would meekly withdraw each time, seemingly cowed by the upstart little siskin. We had up to 16 Anna's Hummingbirds here as late as the 27th November, but the numbers of hummingbirds began to drop soon after that. Today we had two [2], count them, two Anna's Hummingbirds! I had not seen more than a single hummer here since the eighth instant. However, I still cannot figure out how these birds survive, judging by their silly behaviour. We have three hummingbird feeders. I keep them full of my special mixture, 50% glycerin, 10% sugar, and a dash of moldy honey...just kidding. It is actually one third sugar and two thirds hot water. Anyway, during these rare cold snaps, I do the labor-intensive rotation method, keeping one inside and two outside. In weather such as we have the last two days had, there is always a nice, warm, thawed hummingbird feeder outside, and a nearly frozen or totally frozen one--plus one warming on the kitchen table. Which feeder do the hummingbirds visit most often? They visit the one that is frozen or close to it! What is up with that? Yours truly, Gary Bletsch Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wagen at uw.edu Sun Dec 26 19:23:12 2021 From: wagen at uw.edu (Mike Wagenbach) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler in Ballard Message-ID: We had a Towsend's on our suet feeder in Ballard Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, then were gone until this afternoon when we saw it again, so I suspect it has been here consistently. Not the first time we've had one here in the twenty years we've been here, but not an annual yard bird, either. As we arrived home, we watched a Golden-Crowned Kinglet foraging on the ground (snow) under a Redwood tree in our alley, which is also unusual. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mch1096 at hotmail.com Sun Dec 26 20:22:26 2021 From: mch1096 at hotmail.com (mary hrudkaj) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] odd finch behaviour during snow; silly hummingbirds also In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Several years ago I had an over wintering flock of over 200 pine siskens here. I too have watched them harass larger birds (in this case red crossbills) to make them drop seed. In this case it was sunflower seeds in the hull. Several siskens caught on quick and one got to the point of actually stealing opened seed from the crossbill's beak. Timing had to be crucial having to wait until the sunflower seed was mostly or fully opened so the sisken didn't have to do any work to get food other than harassing the crossbills. Birds never cease to amaze me. They even have me well trained to shovel the deck and ground feeding area several times during our 8 inch snowfall today. Mary Hrudkaj Belfair/Tahuya ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Gary Bletsch Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2021 5:52 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] odd finch behaviour during snow; silly hummingbirds also Dear Tweeters, Today (Boxing Day) we have over a foot of snow here in the Lyman-Hamilton area. The past two days, my feeders have been swarming with a far larger contingent of birds than we have had in a long time, probably years. Luckily for my dwindling supply of birdseed, the usual horde of Red-winged Blackbirds has thinned. Yesterday at dusk, as the snow flew and visibility dropped to a hundred meters or so, I heard Snow Geese calling overhead. Their name would make one think that they would be happy in the environment here, but I don't believe so--there is very little exposed vegetation for them to eat up here right now. All day, I kept seeing a strange behaviour from Pine Siskins, of which we had between 70 and 100 visiting the feeders. As the birds foraged on the snowy ground below the feeders, a siskin would repeatedly approach a male Purple Finch and peck at its bill. It almost seemed to me that the siskin was trying to grab some seed out of the Purple Finch's bill. I could not tell if it was the same siskin or the same Purple Finch each time. The Purple Finch would meekly withdraw each time, seemingly cowed by the upstart little siskin. We had up to 16 Anna's Hummingbirds here as late as the 27th November, but the numbers of hummingbirds began to drop soon after that. Today we had two [2], count them, two Anna's Hummingbirds! I had not seen more than a single hummer here since the eighth instant. However, I still cannot figure out how these birds survive, judging by their silly behaviour. We have three hummingbird feeders. I keep them full of my special mixture, 50% glycerin, 10% sugar, and a dash of moldy honey...just kidding. It is actually one third sugar and two thirds hot water. Anyway, during these rare cold snaps, I do the labor-intensive rotation method, keeping one inside and two outside. In weather such as we have the last two days had, there is always a nice, warm, thawed hummingbird feeder outside, and a nearly frozen or totally frozen one--plus one warming on the kitchen table. Which feeder do the hummingbirds visit most often? They visit the one that is frozen or close to it! What is up with that? Yours truly, Gary Bletsch Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We have three glass-fronted seed feeders, two tube feeders, two suet cages, one tree branch with depressions for bark butter, and four hummingbird feeders. And we are sprinkling seeds everywhere, including the window ledge outside my office, which gets quite a variety of species. We knew we had Townsend?s Warblers, but now we know for sure we have at least three, a male and two females that we?ve seen at the same time. Maybe more? And an (Audubon?s) Yellow-rumped Warbler that has little tiffs with the Townsend?s over the suet. At least two Bewick?s Wrens, sometimes part of the fray. Three White-throated Sparrows for sure, including a tan-striped. At least 3 or 4 Song Sparrows, same with Spotted Towhees. We had a Fox Sparrow before the snow, but we haven?t seen it since. An innumerable collection of Dark-eyed Juncos, certainly 25+, including one fine male Slate-colored. Occasionally 15 or so Bushtits come by and hog the suet feeders for a short while. Up to six Pine Siskins but only intermittently, and we haven?t seen one snatch a seed out of anyone else?s bill. At least three Anna?s Hummingbirds, a male feisty as ever and chasing the other two around, but sometimes he allows one to feed on the next feeder over. A former mate? We are swapping hummer feeders inside and out during the day, also suet, which can freeze at these temperatures. At least three Northern Flickers seen at once repeatedly and one Downy Woodpecker. At least two Steller?s Jays. One or more Red-breasted Nuthatches, and both Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees coming and going that can?t be counted. The Chestnut-backed favor suet, while the Black-capped favor seeds, but there is overlap. I?ve seen a male Varied Thrush and a male American Robin, both here apparently for the last berries of the season. We had an even dozen Band-tailed Pigeons before the snow, haven?t seen them since either. Fortunately no hawks or cats so far. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 26, 2021, at 8:22 PM, mary hrudkaj wrote: > > Several years ago I had an over wintering flock of over 200 pine siskens here. I too have watched them harass larger birds (in this case red crossbills) to make them drop seed. In this case it was sunflower seeds in the hull. Several siskens caught on quick and one got to the point of actually stealing opened seed from the crossbill's beak. Timing had to be crucial having to wait until the sunflower seed was mostly or fully opened so the sisken didn't have to do any work to get food other than harassing the crossbills. > > Birds never cease to amaze me. They even have me well trained to shovel the deck and ground feeding area several times during our 8 inch snowfall today. > > Mary Hrudkaj > Belfair/Tahuya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dennis Paulson Seattle From amk17 at earthlink.net Mon Dec 27 10:54:42 2021 From: amk17 at earthlink.net (AMK17) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Missing House finches Message-ID: <88ae6591-3400-6302-da40-3474e1d02d1e@earthlink.net> Enjoying the diversity of birds feeding in snow - Song?sparrows, fox sparrows, golden crowned sparrows, black capped chickadees, Anna's hummingbirds, juncos, flickers, a starling just showed up, bewicks?wrens, spotted towhees and bushy it's. ?Suddenly a bit of red appeared in the snow, a single house finch. ? ? Realized I haven't seen any house finches in the past day or so. ?Is anyone else miss missing house finches? ? Cheers, AKopitoV Seattle, Wa From schasecredo at gmail.com Mon Dec 27 11:16:39 2021 From: schasecredo at gmail.com (Stephen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Missing House finches In-Reply-To: <88ae6591-3400-6302-da40-3474e1d02d1e@earthlink.net> References: <88ae6591-3400-6302-da40-3474e1d02d1e@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Your missing House Finches are all at my house! I?ve been actively feeding the birds through our Whatcom windstorm which thankfully has calmed down. Overall the diversity is lower than usual: about a hundred juncos, a half dozen towhees and Fox Sparrows, a couple White-crowns and Songs, and a surprisingly large number of House Finches - about 40. On the suet: both chickadees, flickers, and a male Downy. Most cold snaps I also have quite a few Purple Finches and often a White-throated - one winter I had three! I?m also missing the regular Golden-crowns, Steller?s Jays, and Bushtits. In Everson, Stephen Chase > On Dec 27, 2021, at 10:55 AM, AMK17 wrote: > ?Enjoying the diversity of birds feeding in snow - Song sparrows, fox sparrows, golden crowned sparrows, black capped chickadees, Anna's hummingbirds, juncos, flickers, a starling just showed up, bewicks wrens, spotted towhees and bushy it's. Suddenly a bit of red appeared in the snow, a single house finch. > > Realized I haven't seen any house finches in the past day or so. Is anyone else miss missing house finches? > > Cheers, > AKopitoV > Seattle, Wa > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From wagen at uw.edu Mon Dec 27 11:31:45 2021 From: wagen at uw.edu (Mike Wagenbach) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Twisted Bushtits Message-ID: As I was carrying out a warmed hummingbird feeder to swap for the one that was about to freeze, the twice-hourly swarm of bushtits showed up on the suet and peanut feeders, so I stood 2-3 feet away to watch them for a couple of minutes. I realized something I'd never noticed before: many of the Bushtits had curved tail feathers. Some were perfectly straight, but several others had a fairly obvious bend to the right, and at least one had a slight bend to the left. 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URL: From jill.freidberg at gmail.com Mon Dec 27 11:41:04 2021 From: jill.freidberg at gmail.com (Jill Freidberg) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] hummingbirds in the snow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The hummers will come out of their torpor around 5:30-6:00am. If the feeders are not there, or are frozen, they will try to find another food source, but if they can?t find one, they may die, especially with temps as low as they?ve been. So if your feeders have been frozen, or absent, first thing in the morning, either your hummers went elsewhere or didn?t make it. Jill > On Dec 27, 2021, at 11:37 AM, Cromaat C wrote: > > > I live at the top of Queen Anne Hill and was going to change out feeders yesterday and today; however, no hummingbirds. I usually have several but since the snow and low temperatures no hummingbirds. > > I think maybe they're in torpor. Or is there another reason? > > When will they come back? At what temperatures will they start to be more active so I can be sure to have food out for them. > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Mon Dec 27 11:54:15 2021 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (THOMAS BENEDICT) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] hummingbirds in the snow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2036947621.265837.1640634855570@connect.xfinity.com> Keep putting out fresh/thawed nectar. Mine were waiting this morning at first light. And when I bring the feeders in to warm they buzz around the window until I put them back out. They can't go very long without feeding, so they hopefully found another source when you're wasn't available. If those individuals have survived they will likely come a back to your feeder. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On 12/27/2021 11:37 AM Cromaat C wrote: > > > > I live at the top of Queen Anne Hill and was going to change out feeders yesterday and today; however, no hummingbirds. I usually have several but since the snow and low temperatures no hummingbirds. > > I think maybe they're in torpor. Or is there another reason? > > When will they come back? At what temperatures will they start to be more active so I can be sure to have food out for them. > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From habarnes at earthlink.net Mon Dec 27 12:22:25 2021 From: habarnes at earthlink.net (Hilary Barnes) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Cassiar Junco/ and a good (general) Junco species radiation resource Message-ID: Avibase shows the taxonomic status of the Cassiar Junco as "a subspecies of Junco hyemalis [hyemalis, carolinensis or cismontanus]" ? Is this the best place to look for taxonomic info? I did a not-so-satisfactory web search for authoritative info. ? However, as I'm snowed in and hosting Juncos at my feeders, I ventured a bit down the rabbit hole of Junco taxonomy. I'll wait to hear what the experts have to say about Cassiar Junco, but I found stumbled on? a resource of Indiana University Ordinary Extraordinary Junco https://juncoproject.org/ which has some interesting Vimeo segments on North American Juncon diversity and evolution. It does not include Cassiar Junco...I guess that's another story...but traces Juncos of the US back to a common ancestor in the Yellow-eyed Junco of Mexico. ? ? Check out ?(3) Diversification I: the Dark-eyed Juncos? from Ordinary Extraordinary Junco on Vimeo. The video is available for your viewing pleasure at https://vimeo.com/58782474 ? Time to go outside! ? Hilary Barnes habarnes@earthlink.net 206-331-6058 cell ? From irouches at gmail.com Mon Dec 27 13:07:11 2021 From: irouches at gmail.com (Inga Rouches) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6B47333C-F942-4C9B-B46D-769219EAC5AC@gmail.com> I would NOT up the ratio of sugar to water 1/3 to 1. I did that a couple of summers ago and found a dead hummer hanging from my feeder:( It is hard on the kidneys and liver apparently. Maybe it died from something else, but I have always heard that 1/4 to 1 is the same as flower nectar. Inga > On Dec 27, 2021, at 12:06 PM, tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu wrote: > > Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to > tweeters@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hummingbird feeders (Sammy Catiis) > 2. How to Keep Hummingbird Nectar From Freezing (Dan Reiff) > 3. 11 DIY Ways to Keep Hummingbird Nectar From Freezing | > Hummingbird Bliss (Dan Reiff) > 4. Re: Hummingbird feeders (Rachel Lawson) > 5. UC Davis Researchers Zero in on Sugar Water in Hummingbird > Feeders - Entomology & Nematology News - ANR Blogs (Dan Reiff) > 6. Hummingbird Research, Inc. : Attracting Hummingbirds (Dan Reiff) > 7. Feeding Hummingbirds | All About Birds All About Birds (Dan Reiff) > 8. The actual research study, but no mention of honey: Microbial > communities in hummingbird feeders are distinct from floral > nectar and influenced by bird visitation | Proceedings of the > Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Dan Reiff) > 9. odd finch behaviour during snow; silly hummingbirds also > (Gary Bletsch) > 10. Townsend's Warbler in Ballard (Mike Wagenbach) > 11. Re: odd finch behaviour during snow; silly hummingbirds also > (mary hrudkaj) > 12. Pigeons (Elizabeth Fuchs) > 13. birds in the yared (Dennis Paulson) > 14. yard bird addendum (Dennis Paulson) > 15. Missing House finches (AMK17) > 16. Re: Missing House finches (Stephen) > 17. Twisted Bushtits (Mike Wagenbach) > 18. hummingbirds in the snow (Cromaat C) > 19. Re: hummingbirds in the snow (Jill Freidberg) > 20. Re: hummingbirds in the snow (THOMAS BENEDICT) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 22:07:02 +0000 > From: Sammy Catiis > To: Vicki , David Hutchinson > > Cc: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Very dangerous to assume what you hear is just fine. NO on the Glycerin. Before you spread information, make sure it's true and you can always send Cornell Lab an email to verify. > Use only granulated white cane sugar and fresh water. Store bought hummingbird food contains preservatives; avoid it. Never use honey which is fatal to hummingbirds; do not use food coloring, artificial sweeteners or other forms of sugar. Make sure the mixture is at room temperature before hanging the feeder. > > Thank you, > it is OK during these cold times to up the ratio of sugar to 1/3 to 1. > > Sammy > Sequim > > ________________________________ > From: Tweeters on behalf of Vicki > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2021 10:56 PM > To: David Hutchinson > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders > > You are joking about the glycerine, right??? > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 4:03 PM David Hutchinson > wrote: > A few more suggestions taken from feeder operators in > the Magnolia/Queen Anne areas : > > For vertical feeders, wool socks, carefully attached. > > Labor intensive - have a bunch of loaded feeders ready > and swap them out as often as you can tolerate. > > Finally take some glycerine and put a few drops in each > of your feeders. It should lower the freezing temperature > a few degrees abd apparently does no harm. > > David Hutchinson, 206-499-7305 > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- > > > > vickibiltz@gmail.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 14:47:01 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] How to Keep Hummingbird Nectar From Freezing > Message-ID: <5D02A804-8A60-42AB-8195-379F18ACA921@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Tweeters, > If you do not see the full article, clock ?read more?: > > https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-keep-hummingbird-nectar-from-freezing-386542 > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 15:49:59 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] 11 DIY Ways to Keep Hummingbird Nectar From > Freezing | Hummingbird Bliss > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > https://hummingbirdbliss.com/11-diy-ways-to-keep-hummingbird-nectar-from-freezing/ > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:04:23 +0000 > From: Rachel Lawson > To: Tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Speaking of assuming what you hear is true... > > I have heard for years and years that only granulated white sugar, AKA sucrose, should be used to make nectar for hummingbirds. Honey is supposed to be especially bad. > > It certainly is true that badly maintained feeders can become contaminated with fungi and bacteria, and this contamination may cause fatal candida infections of the hummingbirds' tongues. But this is true of feeders using nectar made with plain white sugar. It is possible that nectar made with honey or another form of sugar may spoil more quickly than nectar made with white sugar, but supposing that a honey-based nectar feeder is kept scrupulously clean and fresh, is there any actual evidence that honey is particularly harmful? The nectar-feeding birds I cared for as a bird keeper at the zoo thrived on a packaged mixture of carbohydrates, protein, fat, minerals, and vitamins specially formulated to provide the energy and nutrients the birds needed to replace the flower nectar and insects they would eat in the wild. We carefully kept the feeders clean and fresh, and, despite all those extra ingredients, had no trouble with contamination or infections. I asked a lot of zoo! > people and others about honey, and, though they all "knew" not to feed it to hummingbirds, no one could ever come up with any real, published data to back that up. > > If anyone knows of actual studies that have produced actual data about harm to hummingbirds specifically from honey, either because of the chemical composition of honey or its tendency to spoil quickly, I would really, really like to see them. Anecdotal evidence does not count. I am NOT saying that honey is safe for hummingbirds and we all should start putting it in our feeders. I just want to see the science. > > Rachel Lawson > Seattle > rwlawson5593@outlook.com > > > > Get Outlook for iOS > ________________________________ > From: Tweeters on behalf of Sammy Catiis > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2021 2:07:02 PM > To: Vicki ; David Hutchinson > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders > > Very dangerous to assume what you hear is just fine. NO on the Glycerin. Before you spread information, make sure it's true and you can always send Cornell Lab an email to verify. > Use only granulated white cane sugar and fresh water. Store bought hummingbird food contains preservatives; avoid it. Never use honey which is fatal to hummingbirds; do not use food coloring, artificial sweeteners or other forms of sugar. Make sure the mixture is at room temperature before hanging the feeder. > > Thank you, > it is OK during these cold times to up the ratio of sugar to 1/3 to 1. > > Sammy > Sequim > > ________________________________ > From: Tweeters on behalf of Vicki > Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2021 10:56 PM > To: David Hutchinson > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders > > You are joking about the glycerine, right??? > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 4:03 PM David Hutchinson > wrote: > A few more suggestions taken from feeder operators in > the Magnolia/Queen Anne areas : > > For vertical feeders, wool socks, carefully attached. > > Labor intensive - have a bunch of loaded feeders ready > and swap them out as often as you can tolerate. > > Finally take some glycerine and put a few drops in each > of your feeders. It should lower the freezing temperature > a few degrees abd apparently does no harm. > > David Hutchinson, 206-499-7305 > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- > > > > vickibiltz@gmail.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:47:07 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] UC Davis Researchers Zero in on Sugar Water in > Hummingbird Feeders - Entomology & Nematology News - ANR Blogs > Message-ID: <03B79609-4EF4-4FD0-AE66-D5AE41534C90@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Tweeters, > No mention of honey, but interesting research: > > https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=29560 > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 16:49:19 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird Research, Inc. : Attracting > Hummingbirds > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > http://www.hummingbirdresearch.net/p286.html > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:09:45 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Feeding Hummingbirds | All About Birds All About > Birds > Message-ID: <00966827-15E1-45B8-B175-D7AFCDB78003@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Note the comment, without citations, regarding honey; and also sugar concentrations vary in range in plant nectar: 1/4-1/3. > And option to use 1/3 in some weather situations: > > https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/feeding-hummingbirds/ > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:21:57 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] The actual research study, but no mention of > honey: Microbial communities in hummingbird feeders are distinct from > floral nectar and influenced by bird visitation | Proceedings of the > Royal Society B: Biological Sciences > Message-ID: <16715B1F-DCCB-4FAB-9D82-FF40D1D3A08B@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > The actual research study, but no mention of honey: > > https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2018.2295 > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 01:52:04 +0000 > From: Gary Bletsch > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Tweeters] odd finch behaviour during snow; silly > hummingbirds also > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Tweeters, > > Today (Boxing Day) we have over a foot of snow here in the Lyman-Hamilton area. The past two days, my feeders have been swarming with a far larger contingent of birds than we have had in a long time, probably years. Luckily for my dwindling supply of birdseed, the usual horde of Red-winged Blackbirds has thinned. Yesterday at dusk, as the snow flew and visibility dropped to a hundred meters or so, I heard Snow Geese calling overhead. Their name would make one think that they would be happy in the environment here, but I don't believe so--there is very little exposed vegetation for them to eat up here right now. > > All day, I kept seeing a strange behaviour from Pine Siskins, of which we had between 70 and 100 visiting the feeders. As the birds foraged on the snowy ground below the feeders, a siskin would repeatedly approach a male Purple Finch and peck at its bill. It almost seemed to me that the siskin was trying to grab some seed out of the Purple Finch's bill. I could not tell if it was the same siskin or the same Purple Finch each time. The Purple Finch would meekly withdraw each time, seemingly cowed by the upstart little siskin. > > We had up to 16 Anna's Hummingbirds here as late as the 27th November, but the numbers of hummingbirds began to drop soon after that. Today we had two [2], count them, two Anna's Hummingbirds! I had not seen more than a single hummer here since the eighth instant. > > However, I still cannot figure out how these birds survive, judging by their silly behaviour. We have three hummingbird feeders. I keep them full of my special mixture, 50% glycerin, 10% sugar, and a dash of moldy honey...just kidding. It is actually one third sugar and two thirds hot water. Anyway, during these rare cold snaps, I do the labor-intensive rotation method, keeping one inside and two outside. In weather such as we have the last two days had, there is always a nice, warm, thawed hummingbird feeder outside, and a nearly frozen or totally frozen one--plus one warming on the kitchen table. Which feeder do the hummingbirds visit most often? They visit the one that is frozen or close to it! What is up with that? > > Yours truly, > > Gary Bletsch > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 19:23:12 -0800 > From: Mike Wagenbach > To: Tweeters Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler in Ballard > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > We had a Towsend's on our suet feeder in Ballard Tuesday afternoon and > Wednesday morning, then were gone until this afternoon when we saw it > again, so I suspect it has been here consistently. Not the first time > we've had one here in the twenty years we've been here, but not an annual > yard bird, either. > > As we arrived home, we watched a Golden-Crowned Kinglet foraging on the > ground (snow) under a Redwood tree in our alley, which is also unusual. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 04:22:26 +0000 > From: mary hrudkaj > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" , Gary > Bletsch > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] odd finch behaviour during snow; silly > hummingbirds also > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Several years ago I had an over wintering flock of over 200 pine siskens here. I too have watched them harass larger birds (in this case red crossbills) to make them drop seed. In this case it was sunflower seeds in the hull. Several siskens caught on quick and one got to the point of actually stealing opened seed from the crossbill's beak. Timing had to be crucial having to wait until the sunflower seed was mostly or fully opened so the sisken didn't have to do any work to get food other than harassing the crossbills. > > Birds never cease to amaze me. They even have me well trained to shovel the deck and ground feeding area several times during our 8 inch snowfall today. > > Mary Hrudkaj > Belfair/Tahuya > > ________________________________ > From: Tweeters on behalf of Gary Bletsch > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2021 5:52 PM > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] odd finch behaviour during snow; silly hummingbirds also > > Dear Tweeters, > > Today (Boxing Day) we have over a foot of snow here in the Lyman-Hamilton area. The past two days, my feeders have been swarming with a far larger contingent of birds than we have had in a long time, probably years. Luckily for my dwindling supply of birdseed, the usual horde of Red-winged Blackbirds has thinned. Yesterday at dusk, as the snow flew and visibility dropped to a hundred meters or so, I heard Snow Geese calling overhead. Their name would make one think that they would be happy in the environment here, but I don't believe so--there is very little exposed vegetation for them to eat up here right now. > > All day, I kept seeing a strange behaviour from Pine Siskins, of which we had between 70 and 100 visiting the feeders. As the birds foraged on the snowy ground below the feeders, a siskin would repeatedly approach a male Purple Finch and peck at its bill. It almost seemed to me that the siskin was trying to grab some seed out of the Purple Finch's bill. I could not tell if it was the same siskin or the same Purple Finch each time. The Purple Finch would meekly withdraw each time, seemingly cowed by the upstart little siskin. > > We had up to 16 Anna's Hummingbirds here as late as the 27th November, but the numbers of hummingbirds began to drop soon after that. Today we had two [2], count them, two Anna's Hummingbirds! I had not seen more than a single hummer here since the eighth instant. > > However, I still cannot figure out how these birds survive, judging by their silly behaviour. We have three hummingbird feeders. I keep them full of my special mixture, 50% glycerin, 10% sugar, and a dash of moldy honey...just kidding. It is actually one third sugar and two thirds hot water. Anyway, during these rare cold snaps, I do the labor-intensive rotation method, keeping one inside and two outside. In weather such as we have the last two days had, there is always a nice, warm, thawed hummingbird feeder outside, and a nearly frozen or totally frozen one--plus one warming on the kitchen table. Which feeder do the hummingbirds visit most often? They visit the one that is frozen or close to it! What is up with that? > > Yours truly, > > Gary Bletsch > > > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:39:08 -0800 > From: Elizabeth Fuchs > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Pigeons > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi there tweeters, > Does anyone have sources for pigeon determent from a strip mall roof? > Thank you-- > Elizabeth > 425-677-4923 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:56:27 -0800 > From: Dennis Paulson > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] birds in the yared > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Seeing these posts on birds in people?s yards, I thought it was worth adding more, as I think now is the time to see just what birds you have around your yard. We live in a wooded part of northeast Seattle above the Thornton Creek ravine. We have three glass-fronted seed feeders, two tube feeders, two suet cages, one tree branch with depressions for bark butter, and four hummingbird feeders. And we are sprinkling seeds everywhere, including the window ledge outside my office, which gets quite a variety of species. > > We knew we had Townsend?s Warblers, but now we know for sure we have at least three, a male and two females that we?ve seen at the same time. Maybe more? And an (Audubon?s) Yellow-rumped Warbler that has little tiffs with the Townsend?s over the suet. At least two Bewick?s Wrens, sometimes part of the fray. > > Three White-throated Sparrows for sure, including a tan-striped. > > At least 3 or 4 Song Sparrows, same with Spotted Towhees. We had a Fox Sparrow before the snow, but we haven?t seen it since. > > An innumerable collection of Dark-eyed Juncos, certainly 25+, including one fine male Slate-colored. Occasionally 15 or so Bushtits come by and hog the suet feeders for a short while. Up to six Pine Siskins but only intermittently, and we haven?t seen one snatch a seed out of anyone else?s bill. > > At least three Anna?s Hummingbirds, a male feisty as ever and chasing the other two around, but sometimes he allows one to feed on the next feeder over. A former mate? We are swapping hummer feeders inside and out during the day, also suet, which can freeze at these temperatures. > > At least three Northern Flickers seen at once repeatedly and one Downy Woodpecker. At least two Steller?s Jays. One or more Red-breasted Nuthatches, and both Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees coming and going that can?t be counted. The Chestnut-backed favor suet, while the Black-capped favor seeds, but there is overlap. > > I?ve seen a male Varied Thrush and a male American Robin, both here apparently for the last berries of the season. > > We had an even dozen Band-tailed Pigeons before the snow, haven?t seen them since either. > > Fortunately no hawks or cats so far. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > >> On Dec 26, 2021, at 8:22 PM, mary hrudkaj wrote: >> >> Several years ago I had an over wintering flock of over 200 pine siskens here. I too have watched them harass larger birds (in this case red crossbills) to make them drop seed. In this case it was sunflower seeds in the hull. Several siskens caught on quick and one got to the point of actually stealing opened seed from the crossbill's beak. Timing had to be crucial having to wait until the sunflower seed was mostly or fully opened so the sisken didn't have to do any work to get food other than harassing the crossbills. >> >> Birds never cease to amaze me. They even have me well trained to shovel the deck and ground feeding area several times during our 8 inch snowfall today. >> >> Mary Hrudkaj >> Belfair/Tahuya > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:33:36 -0800 > From: Dennis Paulson > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] yard bird addendum > Message-ID: <04AB3643-9AA7-49B9-B4BB-C57E0D512398@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello again. > > Coming regularly to our feeders we also have a pair of House Finches, which I forgot to list earlier. And wouldn?t you know it, the ?missing? Fox Sparrow and a couple of Band-tailed Pigeons showed up soon after I posted my first message. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:54:42 +0000 > From: AMK17 > To: tweeters@uw.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Missing House finches > Message-ID: <88ae6591-3400-6302-da40-3474e1d02d1e@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Enjoying the diversity of birds feeding in snow - Song?sparrows, fox sparrows, golden crowned sparrows, black capped chickadees, Anna's hummingbirds, juncos, flickers, a starling just showed up, bewicks?wrens, spotted towhees and bushy it's. ?Suddenly a bit of red appeared in the snow, a single house finch. ? > ? > Realized I haven't seen any house finches in the past day or so. ?Is anyone else miss missing house finches? > ? > Cheers, > AKopitoV > Seattle, Wa > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:16:39 -0800 > From: Stephen > To: AMK17 > Cc: tweeters@uw.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Missing House finches > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Your missing House Finches are all at my house! I?ve been actively feeding the birds through our Whatcom windstorm which thankfully has calmed down. Overall the diversity is lower than usual: about a hundred juncos, a half dozen towhees and Fox Sparrows, a couple White-crowns and Songs, and a surprisingly large number of House Finches - about 40. On the suet: both chickadees, flickers, and a male Downy. > > Most cold snaps I also have quite a few Purple Finches and often a White-throated - one winter I had three! I?m also missing the regular Golden-crowns, Steller?s Jays, and Bushtits. > > In Everson, > Stephen Chase > >> On Dec 27, 2021, at 10:55 AM, AMK17 wrote: >> ?Enjoying the diversity of birds feeding in snow - Song sparrows, fox sparrows, golden crowned sparrows, black capped chickadees, Anna's hummingbirds, juncos, flickers, a starling just showed up, bewicks wrens, spotted towhees and bushy it's. Suddenly a bit of red appeared in the snow, a single house finch. >> >> Realized I haven't seen any house finches in the past day or so. Is anyone else miss missing house finches? >> >> Cheers, >> AKopitoV >> Seattle, Wa >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:31:45 -0800 > From: Mike Wagenbach > To: Tweeters Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Twisted Bushtits > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > As I was carrying out a warmed hummingbird feeder to swap for the one that > was about to freeze, the twice-hourly swarm of bushtits showed up on the > suet and peanut feeders, so I stood 2-3 feet away to watch them for a > couple of minutes. I realized something I'd never noticed before: many of > the Bushtits had curved tail feathers. Some were perfectly straight, but > several others had a fairly obvious bend to the right, and at least one had > a slight bend to the left. I suppose these warps get into the feathers > when they are crowded into a roost? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:37:56 -0800 > From: Cromaat C > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] hummingbirds in the snow > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I live at the top of Queen Anne Hill and was going to change out feeders > yesterday and today; however, no hummingbirds. I usually have several but > since the snow and low temperatures no hummingbirds. > > I think maybe they're in torpor. Or is there another reason? > > When will they come back? At what temperatures will they start to be more > active so I can be sure to have food out for them. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:41:04 -0800 > From: Jill Freidberg > To: Cromaat C > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] hummingbirds in the snow > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > The hummers will come out of their torpor around 5:30-6:00am. If the feeders are not there, or are frozen, they will try to find another food source, but if they can?t find one, they may die, especially with temps as low as they?ve been. So if your feeders have been frozen, or absent, first thing in the morning, either your hummers went elsewhere or didn?t make it. > > > Jill >> On Dec 27, 2021, at 11:37 AM, Cromaat C wrote: >> >> >> I live at the top of Queen Anne Hill and was going to change out feeders yesterday and today; however, no hummingbirds. I usually have several but since the snow and low temperatures no hummingbirds. >> >> I think maybe they're in torpor. Or is there another reason? >> >> When will they come back? At what temperatures will they start to be more active so I can be sure to have food out for them. >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 20 > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:54:15 -0800 (PST) > From: THOMAS BENEDICT > To: Cromaat C , tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] hummingbirds in the snow > Message-ID: <2036947621.265837.1640634855570@connect.xfinity.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Keep putting out fresh/thawed nectar. Mine were waiting this morning at first light. And when I bring the feeders in to warm they buzz around the window until I put them back out. > > They can't go very long without feeding, so they hopefully found another source when you're wasn't available. If those individuals have survived they will likely come a back to your feeder. > > Tom Benedict > Seahurst, WA > >> On 12/27/2021 11:37 AM Cromaat C wrote: >> >> >> >> I live at the top of Queen Anne Hill and was going to change out feeders yesterday and today; however, no hummingbirds. I usually have several but since the snow and low temperatures no hummingbirds. >> >> I think maybe they're in torpor. Or is there another reason? >> >> When will they come back? At what temperatures will they start to be more active so I can be sure to have food out for them. >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@mailman11.u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > ------------------------------ > > End of Tweeters Digest, Vol 208, Issue 27 > ***************************************** From andy_mcc at hotmail.com Mon Dec 27 14:35:45 2021 From: andy_mcc at hotmail.com (Andy McCormick) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Possible Hermit Thrush in Bellevue Message-ID: Hello Tweets, This afternoon I located what I think is a Hermit Thrush in the parking area of the Chinook Middle School in Bellevue. It was foraging with a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers in the trees and shrubs at the north edge of the front parking area. You can review my photos at https://ebird.org/checklist/S99538800 Andy McCormick Bellevue, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmessingale at gmail.com Mon Dec 27 14:42:36 2021 From: kmessingale at gmail.com (Kurtis Messingale) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey in Port Orchard Message-ID: <2FB8C782-AAF6-4997-8251-E66B185F06CF@gmail.com> Surprised to see an osprey flyover the Annapolis foot ferry parking lot just now (12/27 @ 1430). Was following the shoreline heading west toward Bay St and deeper into Sinclair inlet. Kurtis Messingale From merdave at homenetnw.net Mon Dec 27 16:31:04 2021 From: merdave at homenetnw.net (merdave@homenetnw.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Harris Sparrows Message-ID: <05ccf59bf8d1f5735fbf603e9785bb41.squirrel@mail.ifiber.tv> I live in Bridgeport, Wash. On Dec. 23rd I saw a Harris Sparrow in my yard. I have seen it every day since then. However, this afternoon I could see 2 Harris Sparrows at the same time! First time I've ever had two at the same time. Unfortunately they were not seen on our CBC, or doing our count week. Meredith Spencer From benedict.t at comcast.net Mon Dec 27 16:36:00 2021 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (THOMAS BENEDICT) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warbler + In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2012462459.274278.1640651760161@connect.xfinity.com> We were very happy to get our first Townsend's Warbler of the season this morning. It was fun to see it along with a RC Kinglet who's been around for the past 3-4 weeks. Hope the Townsend's stays for a while. Coldest day in many years for our location (Burien, WA), 17F, so the birds enjoyed the seed I put on a tray on top of the snow. And the hummers were waiting at first light as I deployed the fresh nectar. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On 12/15/2021 12:53 PM Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > > > I was very pleased to see a Townsend's Warbler visiting our suet feeder during the 8 winters we've been in West Seattle. Some years it's a bright male, other years a female or young male. This year we have the duller version, but it is often accompanied by a single Ruby-crowned Kinglet and/or a Chestnut-backed Chickadee. I've not had either the RC Kinglet or CB Chickadee as reliable visitors in past winters. > > Carol Stoner > West Seattle, still an accidental island > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From canyoneagle at mycci.net Mon Dec 27 18:17:04 2021 From: canyoneagle at mycci.net (canyoneagle@mycci.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders In-Reply-To: <6B47333C-F942-4C9B-B46D-769219EAC5AC@gmail.com> References: <6B47333C-F942-4C9B-B46D-769219EAC5AC@gmail.com> Message-ID: <011101d7fb91$03b03bf0$0b10b3d0$@mycci.net> Feeding a 3:1 solution short term during a cold snap will most likely do no harm to a hummer's organs. And it may just be the added help that a hummer needs to survive brutal cold. Btw, there is variation in the sugar level of nectar in the flowers that hummers use. If you would like more information about feeding hummingbirds, including nectar ratio during cold weather, read Sheri Williamson's FAQ on the SABO (Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory) site. https://sabo.org/hummingbirds/hummingbird-faq/ Sheri is the author of the Peterson Field Guides "Hummingbirds of North America". Lori Markoff canyoneagle@mycci.net -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Inga Rouches Sent: Monday, December 27, 2021 1:07 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hummingbird feeders I would NOT up the ratio of sugar to water 1/3 to 1. I did that a couple of summers ago and found a dead hummer hanging from my feeder:( It is hard on the kidneys and liver apparently. Maybe it died from something else, but I have always heard that 1/4 to 1 is the same as flower nectar. Inga From offthehookflyshop at yahoo.com Mon Dec 27 18:41:45 2021 From: offthehookflyshop at yahoo.com (Dalton Spencer) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Lewis County CBC (12/22) Results References: <55833910.1460963.1640659305744.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <55833910.1460963.1640659305744@mail.yahoo.com> Hey Tweeters! For the 5th Annual Lewis County CBC. We had 33 field participants and 11 feederwatchers which is a new record for number of participants. We tallied 107 species and 2 additional count week birds (Yellow-rumped Warbler and Ring-necked Pheasant). This breaks last years record of 104 species plus three additional count week species. The 2021 CBC Season brought the count 5 new never-before-recorded species;?Greater White-Fronted Goose (Centralia Coal Mine),?Brant?(Goodrich Road, only the third county record),?Horned Grebe?(Centralia Coal Mine,?7th record for the western part of the county and only the 2nd ever winter record for Western Lewis County),?Townsend's Solitaire?(Chehalis Industrial Park, only the third winter record for the county), and?Orange-crowned Warbler (Centralia Coal Mine).?While Orange-crowned Warbler and Greater White-Fronted Goose have been on the count checklist since its inception, and have been highly expected, they just kept slipping through unseen. Overall,?30,491?individual birds were tallied of which 12,227 were passerines and 18,423 were non-passerines. This split of over 6000 individuals is by far out greatest difference between the two sub-groupings of birds we have had on the count to date. This count is also the highest individuals number we have tallied on CBC. Our biggest misses for the count this year were definitaly?White-Throated Sparrow?which had been recorded on all previous counts and while we did have?Yellow-rumped Warbler?for the count week we were unable to locate on count day which is also a first miss for this CBC. 29 species recorded high counts this year with Dunlin (6680% increase), Peregrine Falcon (600% increase), and Snow Goose (366.66% increase). I also think it is kind of funny that last year we had 214 Common Ravens and 215 this year which is only an increase of?0.46%. Eurasian Wigeon (5 birds) tied its high count, 2 species recorded low counts (Yellow-rumped Warbler and White-Throated Sparrow), and both Hermit Thrush (1 individual) and Wood Duck (2 individuals) tied their lowest counts. Ring-billed Gull, Anna's Hummingbird, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Dark-eyed Junco have all curiously increased in ever count this far thus they are the only 4 species to record a high count in every count. Black Phoebe also recorded a high count of 5 individuals which seems to cement us as the farthest north CBC in the world to record have recorded more than 2 Black Phoebes in a single year. Over the last 5 years, 72 species have been record on every count which seems to establish those species as most consistent within the circle. Thank you all again so much and I hope you all have a wonderful New Year! Dalton PS. I cannot help but think what this snow could have done to the numbers for this count. We get this kind of weather so rarely that I would be an amazing study to see how it affects the bird numbers in the region. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tvulture at gmx.com Mon Dec 27 19:21:47 2021 From: tvulture at gmx.com (Diann MacRae) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] hummingbirds in the snow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lsr at ramoslink.info Mon Dec 27 22:18:50 2021 From: lsr at ramoslink.info (Scott Ramos) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Magnuson Park snow birds Message-ID: The post-Christmas snow produced a fascinating distribution of birds at Magnuson Park today. With open ground completely covered by snow and/or ice and slush, ground feeders had to improvise. At the same time, the gleaners had to abandon the frozen branches where bugs must have been well-hidden. As a result, both Kinglets and BC Chickadees were often feeding on the ground. One Golden-crowned Kinglet in particular was moving quickly toward me down the path on Promontory Point and at one point walked right between my legs. The shorelines provided the largest area of snow-free cover. That resulted in a nice mix of usually hard to find birds. At the swim beach, several American Pipit were actively feeding together with a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Lincoln's Sparrow and a Song Sparrow. On the cobble beach at the north shore there were more Pipit and a Savannah Sparrow. And on the adjacent boat ramp were several Killdeer, a Least Sandpiper and a Dunlin. Typical waterbirds were present including well over a hundred Greater Scaup and Western Grebe. But, adding to the mix were a pair of fly-over and calling Trumpeter Swans, 3 (continuing) Snow Geese and a single Greater White-fronted Goose, several Barrow's Goldeneye and a Red-breasted Merganser. There were a dozen Horned Grebe off the NOAA dock as well as a dozen and a half Pied-billed Grebe, the most I've seen at the park. There were few gulls today; most numerous were Ring-bills, but no Short-bills. Also on the swim platform were a couple of first year Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls. Raptors were also present, in small numbers, including a Bald Eagle, Cooper's and Red-tailed Hawks and a Merlin. I could not find any redpolls that were reported recently but there were other winter visitors including Varied and Hermit Thrush, plus a couple of Purple Finch eating snowberries. A chilly day was made tolerable by the (almost) lack of wind and plenty of sunshine. 58 species for the day; Dunlin and Least Sandpiper were new for the year. Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S99547811 Scott Ramos Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rwlawson5593 at outlook.com Mon Dec 27 23:04:16 2021 From: rwlawson5593 at outlook.com (Rachel Lawson) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Cassiar Junco/ and a good (general) Junco species radiation resource In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for sending these links, Hilary. I look forward to looking at them in detail. It seems that the taxonomy of Cassiar Junco, Junco hyemalis cismontanus, is quite unsettled. (Another name for this subspecies is henshawi, but that doesn't seem to be used much anymore.) Here is what I have been able to find out, with help from Gary Bletsch. Most of you will remember that some subspecies groups of Dark-eyed Junco were once considered full species. Now they are lumped together, with some subspecies still gathered into groups. Some sources call cismontanus a valid subspecies within the Slate-colored Junco group, along with hyemalis and carolinensis. Clements, in the 2021 update, seems to recognize cismontanus as a subspecies group of its own, not part of the Slate-colored group. Another possibility is that Cassiar Juncos are a stable population of intergrades between Slate-colored (subspecies hyemalis) and Oregon (presumably subspecies montanus from the Oregon group) in the zone where they come into contact, and not a valid subspecies at all. Whatever Cassiar Junco is, it probably occurs in our area more often than we think, because it is so similar to Slate-colored and easy to overlook. It's all interesting, anyway. Juncos are a very appealing bunch of birds. Rachel Lawson Seattle rwlawson5593@outlook.com ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Hilary Barnes Sent: Monday, December 27, 2021 12:22 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Cassiar Junco/ and a good (general) Junco species radiation resource Avibase shows the taxonomic status of the Cassiar Junco as "a subspecies of Junco hyemalis [hyemalis, carolinensis or cismontanus]" Is this the best place to look for taxonomic info? I did a not-so-satisfactory web search for authoritative info. However, as I'm snowed in and hosting Juncos at my feeders, I ventured a bit down the rabbit hole of Junco taxonomy. I'll wait to hear what the experts have to say about Cassiar Junco, but I found stumbled on a resource of Indiana University Ordinary Extraordinary Junco https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjuncoproject.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5bd1a6090e44403a0cb508d9c976dc97%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637762334611284132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=yWwsxF%2FzfN66JZQ3EnmgjnNXFHXBoLXjRmwwrZyf95c%3D&reserved=0 which has some interesting Vimeo segments on North American Juncon diversity and evolution. It does not include Cassiar Junco...I guess that's another story...but traces Juncos of the US back to a common ancestor in the Yellow-eyed Junco of Mexico. Check out ?(3) Diversification I: the Dark-eyed Juncos? from Ordinary Extraordinary Junco on Vimeo. The video is available for your viewing pleasure at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F58782474&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5bd1a6090e44403a0cb508d9c976dc97%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637762334611284132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Grp7%2ButAkUT1LnCjyidfbf8d%2Bn7BzffCwbonR%2FRHhNE%3D&reserved=0 Time to go outside! Hilary Barnes habarnes@earthlink.net 206-331-6058 cell _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman11.u.washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ftweeters&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5bd1a6090e44403a0cb508d9c976dc97%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637762334611284132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4npfSvqs6hd6EYdCIczhspvQRSUCBbOTlXOVng7ZUUI%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Tue Dec 28 08:42:09 2021 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Cassiar Junco/ and a good (general) Junco species radiation resource In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes, it seems Cassair (cismontanus) is part of an Oregon x Slate-colored intergrade group. That region of the Canadian Rockies also produces equally confusing Fox Sparrows, flickers, and sapsuckers. Juncos are among the most rapidly evolving birds in North America. When the first humans arrived in North America (only 20,000 years ago or so), there was only one junco species-- Yellow-eyed. Their radiation since then has been remarkable. This paper has a great diagram and discussion: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/709699 It seems juncos continue to evolve in a cultural way-- they are now nesting off the ground in many suburban areas and even adapting to downtown urban life in some cities. On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:05 PM Rachel Lawson wrote: > Thanks for sending these links, Hilary. I look forward to looking at them > in detail. > > It seems that the taxonomy of Cassiar Junco, Junco hyemalis cismontanus, > is quite unsettled. (Another name for this subspecies is henshawi, but > that doesn't seem to be used much anymore.) Here is what I have been > able to find out, with help from Gary Bletsch. > > Most of you will remember that some subspecies groups of Dark-eyed Junco > were once considered full species. Now they are lumped together, with some > subspecies still gathered into groups. Some sources call cismontanus a > valid subspecies within the Slate-colored Junco group, along with hyemalis > and carolinensis. Clements, in the 2021 update, seems to recognize > cismontanus as a subspecies group of its own, not part of the Slate-colored > group. Another possibility is that Cassiar Juncos are a stable population > of intergrades between Slate-colored (subspecies hyemalis) and Oregon > (presumably subspecies montanus from the Oregon group) in the zone where > they come into contact, and not a valid subspecies at all. Whatever > Cassiar Junco is, it probably occurs in our area more often than we think, > because it is so similar to Slate-colored and easy to overlook. > > It's all interesting, anyway. Juncos are a very appealing bunch of birds. > > Rachel Lawson > Seattle > rwlawson5593@outlook.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tweeters on behalf > of Hilary Barnes > *Sent:* Monday, December 27, 2021 12:22 PM > *To:* tweeters@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Tweeters] Cassiar Junco/ and a good (general) Junco species > radiation resource > > Avibase shows the taxonomic status of the Cassiar Junco as "a subspecies > of Junco hyemalis [hyemalis, carolinensis or cismontanus]" > > Is this the best place to look for taxonomic info? I did a > not-so-satisfactory web search for authoritative info. > > However, as I'm snowed in and hosting Juncos at my feeders, I ventured a > bit down the rabbit hole of Junco taxonomy. I'll wait to hear what the > experts have to say about Cassiar Junco, but I found stumbled on a > resource of Indiana University Ordinary Extraordinary Junco > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjuncoproject.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5bd1a6090e44403a0cb508d9c976dc97%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637762334611284132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=yWwsxF%2FzfN66JZQ3EnmgjnNXFHXBoLXjRmwwrZyf95c%3D&reserved=0 > which has some interesting Vimeo segments on North American Juncon > diversity and evolution. It does not include Cassiar Junco...I guess that's > another story...but traces Juncos of the US back to a common ancestor in > the Yellow-eyed Junco of Mexico. > > > Check out ?(3) Diversification I: the Dark-eyed Juncos? from Ordinary > Extraordinary Junco on Vimeo. > > The video is available for your viewing pleasure at > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F58782474&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5bd1a6090e44403a0cb508d9c976dc97%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637762334611284132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=Grp7%2ButAkUT1LnCjyidfbf8d%2Bn7BzffCwbonR%2FRHhNE%3D&reserved=0 > > Time to go outside! > > Hilary Barnes > habarnes@earthlink.net > 206-331-6058 cell > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman11.u.washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ftweeters&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5bd1a6090e44403a0cb508d9c976dc97%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637762334611284132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=4npfSvqs6hd6EYdCIczhspvQRSUCBbOTlXOVng7ZUUI%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? 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All the birds (not just hummers) appreciate it. ? Doug Simonsen Anacortes -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Tue Dec 28 12:44:02 2021 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Anna's Humming bird altruistic or maternal behavior in cold Message-ID: <2a9fcbe47fda0f306d13a58c0086b199@birdsbydave.com> Reported to me by a friend who is also in Port Townsend, the following behavior: I received five photos and a message via e-mail Dec 28. The photos have a date in metadata that shows December 28, today. In the first image there is an adult Anna's hovering but in close contact with a young adult male who has his beak inserted into a feeding port. My contact said that bird had not been moving and remained so when the female landed on him. She apparently stayed, maintaining position by wing power. The following images are a sequence which started when a third bird, another male made a territorial "buzz" causing the two on the feeder to flutter to the ground. When down, the female continued to press against the younger bird for more than a minute while remaining on the ground, then both flew, together. I have never seen such action; here is what I speculate was going on. I would appreciate any comments; I know there are many on Tweeters that know a lot more about hummers than I do! Is it possible that the young male was a late season second-breeding offspring of the hovering female, and is it possible that there is a protective motherly instinct operative at least for a short time after independence of the young birds, which manifested in this case by the female warming up and encouraging the younger bird? If anyone would like the images, please email (PM). I will ask permission from the photog who made them. From vickibiltz at gmail.com Tue Dec 28 13:27:52 2021 From: vickibiltz at gmail.com (Vicki) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Filling feeders proves hazardous in Buckley Message-ID: Sad but true. A precarious event led to my demise. I told my husband not to shovel my trail to fill feeders as walking in the 10 inches of snow was working a muscle group that had been long forgotten. For the second time I?ve sprained my left ankle. This wasn?t as bad as last time, I just bought good boots at REI, and so the damage is minimal compared to the first time. The popping sound wasn?t so bad, it maybe the snow and boot muffled the sound? At any rate, I have my medical boot (not sure what it?s called but it keeps my ankle in place and allows no movement whatsoever) from last time but will not be going anywhere for a while. The birds will not notice, but our dog is going to be very bored for a while. I?ll just limp from piano to chair and back again. 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Meredith Spencer, Bridgeport From birder4184 at yahoo.com Tue Dec 28 14:56:49 2021 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Oaxaca Blog Posts References: <956082561.1001066.1640732209075.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <956082561.1001066.1640732209075@mail.yahoo.com> In November before Omicron began to raise its ugly head, Cindy and I joined a tour to Oaxaca Mexico.? We had chosen it as a first tour together because of the mix of birding and cultural opportunities,? Honestly the birding was a bit disappointing for me but everything else was really good and we had a good time.? I have two blog posts covering two parts of the trip.?? The first covers the City of Oaxaca itself and visits up in the mountains, to various ruins and to art centers for weaving and Alebrijes - fantastical hand carved and painted figures.? The second covers our time on the Coast in and around Puerto Escondido including an exception boat trip at the Manialtepec Lagoon. Part I - City and Mountains?https://wp.me/p79yl0-6Aa? or?https://blairbirding.com/2021/12/28/oaxaca-mexico-part-i-city-and-mountains Part II - The Pacific https://blairbirding.com/2021/12/28/oaxaca-mexico-part-ii-the-pacific/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From re_hill at q.com Tue Dec 28 15:34:18 2021 From: re_hill at q.com (Randy) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] FW: Othello Sandhill Crane Festival In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006101d7fc43$6f5c3040$4e1490c0$@q.com> I?m forwarding a message received today because so many fellow birders in the Pacific NW had direct contact with Marie over the last 15+ years. She was the powerhouse of planning, logistics and management behind the scenes that made the festival in Othello so successful. A limited Festival in late March is in the planning stages without her, but we will all miss her so much! Randy Hill Ridgefield WA From: Othello Sandhill Crane Festival [mailto:othellocranefest@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:45 PM Subject: Othello Sandhill Crane Festival I have sad news to share with all of you. Marie Lotz passed away on Christmas morning. She was diagnosed about a year and a half ago with bone cancer. She traveled to Phoenix for treatments and was so hopeful that she would beat this cancer. She was only 51 years old. Her family and friends have been a great support during this time. Marie was thankful and positive every time we visited with her. Marie has been the backbone to the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival for many years. She kept the records, organized the website, developed the brochure, managed the little details, expanded the speakers and the tours and made sure every little detail was covered. The greatness of our festival in large part is because of Marie. Her approach to the festival was always ?we?ve got this and we can do it?. She appreciated all of your efforts as speakers and guides, your time and your dedication to making the Sandhill Crane Festival a memorable and educational event for all. The heart of her spirit and her legacy will always be with us. Marie?s son Derek will keep us posted on when they will have a memorial for her. Thank you, Chris Braunwart Co-Chair Othello Sandhill Crane Festival -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From creinsch at comcast.net Tue Dec 28 16:05:51 2021 From: creinsch at comcast.net (creinsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbirds, honey and other additives Message-ID: I used to go to Humnet with my questions, but it is now much less active than it was 18 years ago, and I am unsure whom is left to answer them.? But Sheri Williams (author of /A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America/ in the Peterson Field Guide Series) continues on the web.? Here is a link to a post she wrote to address repeated attempts by humans to persuade hummingbirds to consume something they shouldn't.? She provides a lengthy list of "things that *don?t* belong in hummingbird feeders". https://fieldguidetohummingbirds.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/search-of-the-week-is-molasses-ok-to-feed-hummingbirds/ In another post Sheri writes specifically of honey: ". . . . . hummingbird experts often warn against it, too, though mainly because honey has been reported to cause a fungus-like disease of the throat and tongue (presumably candidiasis ). This is almost an urban myth itself, as no one seems to have any hard evidence linking the two, but there are other good reasons to avoid using honey in hummingbird feeders. " ". . . . honey ferments rapidly when diluted to feeder strength, in part because its main sugars, glucose and fructose, are readily used by yeasts. These simple sugars predominate in the nectars of insect-pollinated flowers, while sucrose, a disaccharide, predominates in bird-pollinated flowers and is preferred by hummingbirds. Even if honey contained the ?right? sugars to feed hummingbirds, it?s extremely expensive. So for happy, healthy birds, cleaner feeders, and a bigger bank balance, stick with plain white sugar." Chuck Reinsch Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From max.kingsbury at gmail.com Tue Dec 28 16:15:09 2021 From: max.kingsbury at gmail.com (Max Kingsbury) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Additional_Observations_Regarding_Anna?= =?utf-8?b?4oCZcw==?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dan, Thanks for sharing all of these observations. In return I will share an amazing recent video of 40+ Anna's at a group of feeders on a Magnolia porch (sorry it's embedded on NextDoor, you'll have to log in): https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=212199655 Hope your feeders are all warm and busy with hummers! -Max On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 12:42 AM Dan Reiff wrote: > Hello Tweeters, > I generally like to keep email responses in a chain/thread from the > original email sender. > I find it much easier to follow then each person starting a new one. > Do others find the same? > > I make the exception here because I found the Anna?s threads in my junk > file, which I check daily because I find some legitimate tweeters emails > there. > I am very cautious about some emails from Tweeters, because of the > inappropriate emails that began with the breach of Tweeters. > I get 3-6 each day and put them in trash and delete. > > Now, my wife and I are big fans of hummingbirds. > In addition to the great observations and comments by others, there is > another we have noted regarding food source guarding and number of them > feeding in close proximity. > > Sudden cold weather shifts and prolonged very low temperatures like we > have had at times over the last year, appear to make the feeder guarding > and chasing behavior much less frequent and often, if they do happen it is > much slower and much less aggressive. > And last winter, during the several days of the coldest weather, we > observed more hummingbirds on one of feeders than ever before. > Especially in the last 90 minutes before dark, up to 13-14 (8-10 more than > the usual max) were side by side, close to touching and showed no signs of > aggression. > It was almost like there was some primitive ?let?s all survive and we can > dispute territory later? behavior. > Flights were half speed or less- it was like seeing them in a slow motion > video-which was very neat to watch. > Or maybe they were just too chilled, with decreased metabolism and need to > conserve energy for survival, to be aggressive. Or some or all of those and > more. > > We have an additional feeder nearby and another 40 feet away and around > the corner of our house. We currently have no more Anna?s than usual, > around 3-5. > > However, our most interesting sugar feeding station occurs each fall and > never needs to be attended or refilled. > > Each year a Red-breasted Sapsucker arrives and establishes sap wells > between when the first leaves show signs of turning until about 90 % have > fallen off our 45 year old Birch tree. The time range is about 5-7 weeks. > Then the bird is gone. > Currently, at least one Anna?s, four Black-capped Chickadees and one > Ruby-crowned Kinglet are frequenting the ?well-maintained? wells, some are > on the top side of larger branches, in addition to those on the usual > vertical trunk surfaces. > A group of 8-10 Bushtits are frequently in our yard and I always enjoy > hearing them and watching them fly. This is the first year they have more > than make a late afternoon visit to our suet feeders. > > They make stops to the Birch tree, > As they move around the yard gleaning. I am interested to if they will use > the sap wells. My speculation is no, but who knows? > > Has anyone seen them feeding at sap wells? > > Happy Thanksgiving everyone. > Best regards, > Dan Reiff > > 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... URL: From baro at pdx.edu Tue Dec 28 16:25:53 2021 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird Feeders In-Reply-To: <00c801d7fc29$86cf4bf0$946de3d0$@comcast.net> References: <00c801d7fc29$86cf4bf0$946de3d0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Another use of the birdbath warmer: I wire one underneath the flat bottom of the red part of my 1 quart hummingbird feeder which is hung near enough to the house all year round to have access to electricity. It works great and then I just remove the wires and heater during warmer times. Bob O'Brien Portland P. S. Perhaps this has been mentioned before but if a hummingbird feeder starts freezing it's pure water that freezes and the remaining liquid becomes more and more concentrated in sugar. There is a potential if there's just a little bit of liquid left that the solution would be damaging to hummingbirds. On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, wrote: > Hi all ? For those wondering about sugar concentration, it might be > helpful to know what Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology says: > > > > ?The normal mixture? is ? cup of sugar per cup of water. [But] During > cold, rainy, or foggy conditions when fresh water is plentiful but birds > need more energy, it?s fine to make the mixture ? cup of sugar per cup of > water. Concentrations of sugars in natural nectars vary within about that > range.? > > > > https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/feeding-hummingbirds/ > > > > The key to increasing the sugar is to be sure fresh drinking water is also > available. We put out a heated birdbath during freezing weather for just > that reason. All the birds (not just hummers) appreciate it. ? > > > > Doug Simonsen > > Anacortes > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bill.tweit at gmail.com Tue Dec 28 17:00:53 2021 From: bill.tweit at gmail.com (Bill Tweit) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Cassiar Juncoes Message-ID: As suggested earlier in the thread on this, Cassiar are a poorly known form. There isn't even solid agreement on their name. For eBird purposes, observers should report them as Dark-eyed Junco (cismontanus). There are a couple of references on their occurrence locally, one a note in eBird Northwest: https://ebird.org/pnw/news/dark-eyed-junco-races-oregon-slate-colored-and-cassiar/ and the other an article by Steve Mlodinow in Washington Birds 9: 35-38. There is still a lot to be learned about this form, or plumage type. I've observed Cassiar types in south central Alaska, an area of contact between Oregon type on the coast and Slate-colored types in the interior, and suspect that many of the Cassiar types we get in winter, particularly on the westside, originate from this contact zone rather than the zone in the southern Canadian Rockies. The suggestion that they are a product of stable contact zones between these two subspecies makes a lot of sense to me. Regardless, it is enjoyable to sort though junco flocks looking for both Cassiar and classic Slate-colored. Bill Tweit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'm in the Central District, and when I get up to pee at 5:30, the hummers are already at the feeders (which I keep thawed though the night). Jill On Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 6:32 PM Jennifer Jarstad wrote: > Just wanted to add to the discussion on hummingbird food because I saw an > Anna's hummingbird in flight this morning 40 minutes before sunrise (caught > on a motion detector camera in the pitch dark), so if you are bringing > feeders in at night during the deep freeze, please consider putting them > back out well before sunrise. Thanks. > > Jenn Jarstad > Seattle, WA > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From creinsch at comcast.net Tue Dec 28 19:25:38 2021 From: creinsch at comcast.net (creinsch) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Feeding hummers in winter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <680bc744-4e27-4469-9183-6f559afb2184@comcast.net> During periods of extreme cold some Anna's will not go into torpor, and instead will stay awake to avoid freezing. Chuck Reinsch Seattle On 12/28/2021 6:59 PM, Jill Freidberg wrote: > Same here. I'm in the Central District, and when I get up to pee at > 5:30, the hummers are already at the feeders (which I keep thawed > though the night). > Jill > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 6:32 PM Jennifer Jarstad > wrote: > > Just wanted to add to the discussion on hummingbird food because I > saw an Anna's hummingbird in flight this morning 40 minutes before > sunrise (caught on a motion detector camera in the pitch dark), so > if you are bringing feeders in at night during the deep?freeze, > please consider putting them back out well before sunrise.? Thanks. > > Jenn Jarstad > Seattle, WA > _______________________________________________ > 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 baro at pdx.edu Tue Dec 28 19:41:34 2021 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Hummingbird Feeders In-Reply-To: References: <00c801d7fc29$86cf4bf0$946de3d0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: If it's not clear how the bird bath heater is attached send me an email and I'll send you a photo. Bob O'Brien On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, Robert O'Brien wrote: > Another use of the birdbath warmer: I wire one underneath the flat bottom > of the red part of my 1 quart hummingbird feeder which is hung near enough > to the house all year round to have access to electricity. It works great > and then I just remove the wires and heater during warmer times. Bob > O'Brien Portland > > P. S. Perhaps this has been mentioned before but if a hummingbird feeder > starts freezing it's pure water that freezes and the remaining liquid > becomes more and more concentrated in sugar. There is a potential if > there's just a little bit of liquid left that the solution would be > damaging to hummingbirds. > > On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, wrote: > >> Hi all ? For those wondering about sugar concentration, it might be >> helpful to know what Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology says: >> >> >> >> ?The normal mixture? is ? cup of sugar per cup of water. [But] During >> cold, rainy, or foggy conditions when fresh water is plentiful but birds >> need more energy, it?s fine to make the mixture ? cup of sugar per cup of >> water. Concentrations of sugars in natural nectars vary within about that >> range.? >> >> >> >> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/feeding-hummingbirds/ >> >> >> >> The key to increasing the sugar is to be sure fresh drinking water is >> also available. We put out a heated birdbath during freezing weather for >> just that reason. All the birds (not just hummers) appreciate it. ? >> >> >> >> Doug Simonsen >> >> Anacortes >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tvulture at gmx.com Tue Dec 28 19:59:09 2021 From: tvulture at gmx.com (Diann MacRae) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's warbler/Varied thrushes Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From louise.rutter at eelpi.gotdns.org Tue Dec 28 20:41:40 2021 From: louise.rutter at eelpi.gotdns.org (Louise Rutter) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Feeding hummers in winter In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <050401d7fc6e$5f8d5920$1ea80b60$@eelpi.gotdns.org> I?ve been following this discussion with interest, because we?ve lived in this house for 15 years now. Every winter during a cold snap, I bring in the feeders overnight and put them out at dawn (around 7.30) with little hotties strapped to them. When it?s been really cold, there might be a hummer buzzing me right as I put them out, sometimes feeding even as I?m still hanging them up. So after reading the post saying they come out of torpor as early as 6am, this morning I got up extra early and put the feeders out while it was still well dark at 6.30am. I turned on the external house lights and waited, and nothing happened. There was no sign of a hummer until it was actually reasonably light at 7.30. I wonder if my hummers have become trained to go somewhere else for an early feed and only come looking for mine when they know they?ll be there? Or maybe they just stay in bed longer when they know the food won?t be out yet? Louise Rutter Kirkland From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Jennifer Jarstad Sent: 28 December 2021 18:33 To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Feeding hummers in winter Just wanted to add to the discussion on hummingbird food because I saw an Anna's hummingbird in flight this morning 40 minutes before sunrise (caught on a motion detector camera in the pitch dark), so if you are bringing feeders in at night during the deep freeze, please consider putting them back out well before sunrise. Thanks. Jenn Jarstad Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bboek at olympus.net Tue Dec 28 21:39:03 2021 From: bboek at olympus.net (B Boekelheide) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Sequim-Dungeness CBC preliminary results Message-ID: <9E5F8846-20BC-47FD-AF0B-6BFE07CCB573@olympus.net> Hello, Tweeters, On Dec 20, 2021, 97 field observers and 25 feeder watchers participated in the Sequim-Dungeness CBC. We tallied 141 species with one count-week species. The species count is two below the count's 25-year average of 143 species and 13 below the record of 154 species tallied in 2015. The weather cooperated very well, overcast with fairly calm winds most of the day. Temperatures ranged down to the mid-20s F at night, freezing some ponds and marshes, then daytime highs reached the upper 30s. Thankfully, the big snows and really cold weather came after our count. Total number of individual birds was 53,707, well below the count?s 25-year average and the lowest number of individuals on our CBC since 2012. Why fewer birds? For one, we tallied fewer dabbling ducks this year, with Mallards, wigeons, and pintails all at the low end of their long-term averages. Since dabbling ducks are usually among the most abundant species on this CBC, if their numbers are low, then the entire count's numbers are low. Despite that, American Wigeon was still the most abundant species on our count, followed in the top-ten by Mallard, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin, Pine Siskin, Glaucous-winged/Olympic Gull, Red-winged Blackbird, Green-winged Teal, European Starling, and Northern Pintail. These ten species made up 55 percent of all birds we counted. Ten species set or tied all-time records for the 46-year history of the SDCBC: Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Merganser, Anna's Hummingbird, Sora, Barred Owl, Am Kestrel, Hermit Thrush, Spotted Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco, and Red-winged Blackbird. Other species that scored close to record counts included Pied-billed Grebe, Am Coot, and Golden-crowned Sparrow. Species with far lower than average counts this year included Harlequin Duck, Sanderling, and Dunlin. The count of Harlequin Ducks (41) was the lowest since 1979. I don?t know what happened to the shorebirds, but we did have high tides all day, so many shorebirds may have been hiding out in fields and pastures where we didn?t see them. Several unusual species graced our count. First, the Waggoner brothers discovered a Dickcissel at Jamestown, clearly a first for the SDCBC. Another first is a Lesser Black-backed Gull that has taken up winter residence at a local dairy. Other unusual species include three Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels, a lone Bohemian Waxwing in a flock of Cedar Waxwings, and one Common Redpoll with Pine Siskins at John Wayne Marina. The only count week species was Canvasback. Complete misses were Black Oystercatcher and Townsend's Warbler. A Tundra Swan here in early December unfortunately did not stick around. Sadly, this is the first year since 2015 that we did not observe a lone Willet on our count. One Willet occurred during the last six winters in Dungeness Bay, possibly the same bird, but none have been seen here this winter. We also missed a Pacific Golden-Plover that has wintered around Sequim-Dungeness since 2016, likely one of the furthest-north wintering Pacific Golden-Plovers in the world. Many thanks to all our wonderful counters, and to the property owners who graciously gave permission to access their lands. A full report will appear in the next newsletter of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, Harlequin Happenings. Bob Boekelheide, Dungeness -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From canyoneagle at mycci.net Wed Dec 29 05:53:33 2021 From: canyoneagle at mycci.net (canyoneagle@mycci.net) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Feeding hummers in winter In-Reply-To: <050401d7fc6e$5f8d5920$1ea80b60$@eelpi.gotdns.org> References: <050401d7fc6e$5f8d5920$1ea80b60$@eelpi.gotdns.org> Message-ID: <000001d7fcbb$7b024830$7106d890$@mycci.net> Definitely. Hummers keep tabs on every possible food source in their territory, including opening times. They know that you don?t open until dawn so before that they go to the food source that opens earlier. Think Winco that is open 24/7. If you feed hummers during the winter be a Winco, even if it means going electric, because they are out there looking for food in the dark. Lori Markoff From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Louise Rutter Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 8:42 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Feeding hummers in winter I?ve been following this discussion with interest, because we?ve lived in this house for 15 years now. Every winter during a cold snap, I bring in the feeders overnight and put them out at dawn (around 7.30) with little hotties strapped to them. When it?s been really cold, there might be a hummer buzzing me right as I put them out, sometimes feeding even as I?m still hanging them up. So after reading the post saying they come out of torpor as early as 6am, this morning I got up extra early and put the feeders out while it was still well dark at 6.30am. I turned on the external house lights and waited, and nothing happened. There was no sign of a hummer until it was actually reasonably light at 7.30. I wonder if my hummers have become trained to go somewhere else for an early feed and only come looking for mine when they know they?ll be there? Or maybe they just stay in bed longer when they know the food won?t be out yet? Louise Rutter Kirkland From: Tweeters > On Behalf Of Jennifer Jarstad Sent: 28 December 2021 18:33 To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Feeding hummers in winter Just wanted to add to the discussion on hummingbird food because I saw an Anna's hummingbird in flight this morning 40 minutes before sunrise (caught on a motion detector camera in the pitch dark), so if you are bringing feeders in at night during the deep freeze, please consider putting them back out well before sunrise. Thanks. Jenn Jarstad Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.heiberg at yahoo.com Wed Dec 29 08:07:50 2021 From: hank.heiberg at yahoo.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Idylwood & Marymoor Parks (Redmond) Yesterday References: Message-ID: <2B9CB8C6-CD8F-4BAF-A5D4-5C3898F1C288@yahoo.com> > ?We saw an American Pipit at both Idylwood & Marymoor Parks yesterday. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/51784569055/in/dateposted/ Photo > > The Pipit and 2 Wilson?s Snipe as well as numerous Sparrows were feeding along the slough in Marymoor just west of the dog park parking lot. Here?s a video of a Snipe feeding. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/51784625200/in/dateposted/ > > Thanks to Mike Hamilton for describing the location for us. > > We also greatly enjoyed watching Buffleheads swim in the slough underwater against the current. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/51782915797/in/dateposted/ Video > > Hank & Karen Heiberg > Issaquah, WA > > > Sent from my iPad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cheloniahonu at gmail.com Wed Dec 29 13:03:59 2021 From: cheloniahonu at gmail.com (Heidi R) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Honey and Hummingbirds Message-ID: I found an interesting article. How do Bees Make Honey? (It's not just Bee Barf) https://news.ncsu.edu/2013/06/how-do-bees-make-honey/ I have always relied on The Audubon Society or Cornell Lab of Ornithology for guidance on the topic of feeding hummingbirds but a few points in the referenced article further clarified for me why honey would not be appropriate in hummingbird feeders. Heidi Rooks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com Wed Dec 29 16:34:38 2021 From: rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com (Roger Moyer) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Lewis Co. Geese Message-ID: The folks who did the Lewis County CBC found a Brant on count day. This is only the 3rd county record. I have spend some time over several days trying to find it. I finally succeeded today when I found it in a flock of 4000 geese give or take. We have recorded 6 species of geese in Lewis County. Today in one flock I found 4 species, Brant, Snow Goose, Cackling Goose, and Canada Goose. I missed the Greater White Fronted Goose today. It could have been in the flock but I didn't see one. Several were seen on count day. There are only 2 or 3 records of a Ross Goose. So they are hard to find. All in all a good day of birding. Roger Moyer Chehalis. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Wed Dec 29 17:40:37 2021 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Sad news from Birdwatcher's Digest Message-ID: <1f607ff0-df9a-b97c-a5c7-c4654a271cd7@zipcon.net> HI ALL: BWD is closing down. It first published in September 1978. https://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/ sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From oberle at mindspring.com Wed Dec 29 18:16:12 2021 From: oberle at mindspring.com (oberle@mindspring.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Gyrations at March Point Message-ID: <20913791-e9bd-4663-ba7d-00c3c8d2b6ed@localhost> The Gyrfalcon was seen again briefly Tuesday afternoon perched on a duck blind on the northernmost of the 3 islands off March Point Road, Skagit County. Better seen from March Point Road farther north than the Seahawks 12 tower. However waterfowl hunters were disturbing birds a lot in the area. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davearm at uw.edu Wed Dec 29 21:57:10 2021 From: davearm at uw.edu (David A. Armstrong) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Deer Lagoon and Ice Message-ID: Good walk along the trails of Deer Lagoon today. The entire north side (freshwater) is frozen solid, no birds except a lone canada goose walking slowly for a while, then dropped down to rest. Question: can a Canada goose take flight (essentially launch vertically) from a glassy slick frozen surface, or does it need some short distance with surface traction? The saltwater lagoon side had 100s of birds...wigeons, pintails, hooded mergansers, gadwalls, buffleheads. But the highlight was a single western meadowlark in bright yellow color. Have never seen them there so late and in extreme cold and snow. It was foraging in the pickle weed as the tide dropped. david armstrong -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks all! - Jeremy On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 10:09 PM Jeremy Davis wrote: > Hey all, > > I?m having a hard time identifying a bird I saw along the shore at Waverly > Beach Park in Kirkland this morning. It was small (maybe 6-8? in length) > and foraging among the pebbles on the beach. Anyone have any ideas? > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/3qNQoG4QC2vhYdJu6 > > > Thanks, > Jeremy Davis > Kenmore, WA > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.heiberg at yahoo.com Thu Dec 30 07:50:30 2021 From: hank.heiberg at yahoo.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Anna=E2=80=99s_Hummingbirds_Feeding?= References: <49FED833-89FF-482C-A7A8-04527C9DED6E@yahoo.com> Message-ID: > ?I have been getting up early and going out in the dark to make sure our Anna?s Hummingbirds are fed. We rotate 6 feeders 3 of which are outside while the other 3 are warming in the garage. 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I always figured predators would never bother preying on the Anna's hummers in my yard. Well, yesterday an immature Northern Shrike appeared in the late afternoon (first for my North Snohomish yard) and was hunting birds, ambushing from a holly or a rhody. I assumed junco, sparrow, chickadee, thrush, etc were it's prey. Today I was ready with my camera and got photos of it with an Anna's in his mouth. It was on the back side of a holly, and to my amazement the bird recognition autofocus firmware picked out the shrike through the dense holly leaves and berries. Amazing. Thanks Andy Papadatos Snohomish Bakery at First & Union 360-568-1682 First & Union Kitchen 360-568-1684 101 Union Ave. Snohomish, WA 98290 APMF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From meetings at wos.org Thu Dec 30 15:00:53 2021 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Reminder=3A__WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_Mon=2E?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_Jan=2E_3=2C_Planting_with_a_Purpose=3A__To_Bring_Bir?= =?utf-8?q?ds_Back!?= Message-ID: <20211230230053.38007.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> We should all be alarmed at recently revealed declines in birds and insects, including pollinators and insects that feed many birds.??However, we are not doomed to stand by helplessly and instead can take action.??Think globally, act locally!?? Our presenters at WOS? Jan. 3 Monthly Meeting are Professor Doug Tallamy, entomologist and author of "Nature?s Best Hope.???Via video, Tallamy will show us steps we can take to create habitats in our own yards where birds, insects and other wildlife thrive.??Learn about native ?keystone plants? which support 90% of caterpillar species, mostly moths, upon which birds depend.??Next, moth enthusiast David Droppers will reveal why moths are key (not those pretty butterflies!); he will address "keystone plants" in Washington and will also navigate the selection of plants in the Pacific Northwest.??Lastly, WOS member Neil Zimmerman will give a tour of the wildlife-friendly garden that he and Carleen have created and will also share their "garden guidance." What:??Planting with a Purpose:??To Bring Birds Back! When:??Monday, January 3, 7:30 pm Where:??Via GoToMeeting (Sign-in begins at 7:15 pm) WOS? Monthly Meetings remain open to all as we continue to welcome the wider birding community to join us online via GoToMeeting. For login information, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/.??While there, if you are not yet a member, I hope you will consider becoming one. Please join us! Vicki King WOS Program Coordinator From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Dec 30 17:23:44 2021 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (birdmarymoor@gmail.com) Date: Tue Dec 13 23:38:22 2022 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2021-12-30 Message-ID: Tweets ? Our last walk of the year really wasn?t too bad, though 2-4? of fresh snow did make getting there a bit tricky this morning. Ken and I had a rain/snow showers during our entirely unsuccessful owling, but once we got to the slough on the main survey the day turned out to be pretty good. Essentially no precipitation, a little bit of melting, large numbers of waterfowl, and some good birds made for a fine end to 2021. Highlights: a.. Trumpeter Swan ? a flock of 8 flew past the Lake Platform heading north b.. Eleven species of duck ? including about 8 NORTHERN SHOVELER c.. Killdeer ? about 10 close in along the slough downstream of the weir d.. Wilson?s Snipe ? at least 7 giving us great looks downstream of the weir e.. Cooper?s Hawk ? several sightings f.. Red-breasted Sapsucker ? one in a fir, NW corner of Dog Area g.. Pileated Woodpecker ? Todd heard one west of the slough h.. Merlin ? several sightings i.. American Crow ? about 400 just before sunrise coming off of night roosts j.. BOHEMIAN WAXWING ? one, without any other waxwings, across the slough with starlings and Red-winged Blackbirds. With Todd?s scope we were able to get clear views of the brick-colored vent and other features k.. Cedar Waxwing ? one, without any other waxwings, alone east of the Pea Patch l.. AMERICAN PIPIT ? at least two along the near edge of the slough below the weir m.. American Goldfinch ? flock of about 20 across the slough, our first in six weeks n.. Spotted Towhee ? 18+ ? easy to find and see with the snow o.. Fox Sparrow ? more than 20 ? also easy to find and see with the snow p.. Lincoln?s Sparrow ? one along near edge of the slough, below the weir, our first in six weeks We also had three RIVER OTTERS in the slough. With today?s MERLIN sighting, we have recorded Merlin on 26 weeks out of 52 for 2021! (Might all be the same bird ) Misses today included Cackling Goose, Anna?s Hummingbird, Mew Gull, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Marsh Wren, and Purple Finch. For the day, 56 species. For 2021, we had 162 species, which I believe is our highest-ever total. There are at least an additional 6 species for the park for 2021 based on documented eBird reports. The biggest miss for 2021 was Ruddy Duck. Looking forward to 2022! Happy New Year, everybody. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: wlEmoticon-smile[1].png Type: image/png Size: 1046 bytes Desc: not available URL: