[Tweeters] Eurasian-Collared Dove Sightings

[MIRANDA MIKESH]

Greetings,

In regards to recent posts on the observed decline in ECD populations - I wanted to relay that, although not seeing "flocks" of individuals, I do regularly observe ECD's throughout the year in my region of Port Townsend, Jefferson County.  Incidentally, as I write, I've also been observing a nesting pair locally in my specific neighborhood over the past few weeks on my daily birding walks.  All said, I've experienced the ECD as more of a "common" sighting the past few years, at least over here in Port Townsend, as I see them quite regularly, etc.  I hope this information helps folks......

Kindly,
~Miranda Maxwell
Port Townsend, WA
mlmolympics at hotmail.com



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Today's Topics:

   1. Off Topic: Hair Ice at Nisqually (Tom and Carol Stoner)
   2. Re: Coop Stoop (ED DEAL)
   3. A few photos from Okanogan and Douglas Counties
      (byers345 at comcast.net)
   4. RFI Eurasian-collared Dove (Hans-Joachim Feddern)
   5. Song sparrows possess an extremely rare talent with an
      equally uncommon name: "long-distance dependencies.": Song
      sparrows shuffle and repeat to keep their audience listening:
      Playlist is switched up and remembered for at least 30    minutes --
      ScienceDaily (Dan Reiff)
   6. Washington County Year List Project 2021 summary & 2022
      launch (Matt Bartels)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:34:26 -0800
From: Tom and Carol Stoner <tcstonefam at gmail.com>
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Off Topic: Hair Ice at Nisqually
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I found what I thought was a strange, feathery fungus growing on a rotting
branch at Nisqually today.  When I went to identify it, I stumbled upon
this link:
https://phys.org/news/2015-07-fungus-responsible-peculiar-ice-filaments.html

It seems hair ice is the result of a specific wood/water/fungus/weather
combination.  Quite beautiful.  The time lapse movie is remarkable.

Carol Stoner
West Seattle, 2021 social distance champions
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:50:14 -0800 (PST)
From: ED DEAL <falcophile at comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Coop Stoop
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Sarah,

After 10 years and a few thousand observation hours of over 350 Cooper's Hawk  nests in Seattle, I have been stooped perhaps a dozen times and never touched. This behavior is usually seen just in the few weeks when there are young in the nest.  The best study on the topic is the 2011 Master's Thesis by Kristin Madden "Factors Influencing Nest Site Defense Toward Humans by Cooper?s Hawks (Accipiter cooperii) in the Albuquerque Area." This is available on line through the UW Library.

My best advice is to wear a hat or carry an open umbrella and enjoy this rare event.

Best,
Ed Deal
Seattle Cooper's Hawk Project
Urban Raptor Conservancy
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:39:26 -0800
From: <byers345 at comcast.net>
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Subject: [Tweeters] A few photos from Okanogan and Douglas Counties
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Hello Tweeters,

                We spent 4 days last week and early this week trying to see
birds in Okanogan and Douglas Counties that we hadn't seen in a while.  We
had some success, though we always dwell on the birds we missed!  Our main
problem was the fog which has dogged all of us all over the state.  When we
got high enough, we escaped it.  And then the scenery was brilliant and
photography a pleasure. But otherwise, it was omnipresent and, for
photography, gave everything a blue cast.

                Golden Eagles favored us with two observations.  One was as
we were driving along Hwy. 97 toward Pateros-a juvenile eagle interacting
with Ravens.  The other was at Field's Lake in the Okanogan highlands-an
adult eagle that we had been watching in a tree, took off and flew over our
heads.  We did pretty well with our Gallinaceous birds, seeing Sharp-tailed
Grouse, Gray Partridge, Chukar, and quail.  We found 2 Saw-Whet Owls, but
couldn't find any other owl, extending our losing streak in this category.
We located both Bohemian Waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks.  The grosbeaks were
another bird we hadn't seen in many years.  Overall the temperatures were
about 10 degrees colder than the forecasts had indicated.  Good thing we had
our long johns and hand warmers!

                On the Waterville plateau we missed every bird we had hoped
to see because the fog was particularly dense and kind of ominous.  Better
luck next time, I guess.  So I have put together a small collection of our
best bird pictures from this trip in case you haven't all been over to north
central Washington to try to see them yourselves.  As usual, most of the
photos are Bill's.  A few of mine are tucked in here and there.  I hope you
enjoy them.



https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720296288262



Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds

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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:56:01 -0800
From: Hans-Joachim Feddern <thefedderns at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] RFI Eurasian-collared Dove
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I have also noticed a decline of Eurasian-collared Doves here in the South
Sound and have not seen any since the First of January. Does anybody have a
location with a sighting within the last few days?
Thanks!

Hans

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*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
thefedderns at gmail.com
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 05:16:12 -0800
From: Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com>
To: Dear Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Tweeters] Song sparrows possess an extremely rare talent
        with an equally uncommon name: "long-distance dependencies.": Song
        sparrows shuffle and repeat to keep their audience listening:   Playlist
        is switched up and remembered for at least 30   minutes -- ScienceDaily
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220126122443.htm


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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 11:58:09 -0800
From: Matt Bartels <mattxyz at earthlink.net>
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        inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Washington County Year List Project 2021 summary &
        2022    launch
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Hi Tweeters & INWBers -

Here?s the year-end report for the 2021 round of the county year-list project. Full results posted here:
http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html <http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html>


This was the 15th year we?ve recruited compilers from every county to keep track of sightings. The idea behind the project is to get behind the fun of individual county listing to compile a ?community? list ? rather than just birds seen by a single individual, we attempt to pull together birds seen by anyone over the course of the year. It provides one perspective on the birds of Washington in 2021.


Some results for 2021:
Overall, I?m mostly surprised by how ?normal? the results look despite this year?s disruptions.
391 species were reported statewide. That?s just a little below average [394.3], and two lower than 2020?s total.
329 species for Eastern Washington. That?s six above last year, and five higher than our average [323.7]
364 species for Western Washington. That?s five below last year, and one  lower than the overall average [365.0].


Record high totals were reported for ten counties. Records highs were tallied for:  Benton [245], Chelan [252],  King [298], Klickitat [254], Lewis [214], Pacific [252], Pierce [256], San Juan [223], Snohomish [264], and Walla Walla [269]

23 Counties came in with totals higher than last year, 16 came in lower.
31 counties had totals higher than their 2007-2021 average.

Species:
81 species were seen in all 39 counties, 173 were seen in 30 or more counties. That?s consistent with recent  years, a sign of the 250-260 species that make up the relatively ?stable abundant? portion of the state list, maybe? At the other end of the spectrum, 27 species were reported in only one county this year.
The only species missed in 2021 that are not a Washington Bird Records Committee review-list species were Elegant Tern, Murphy?s Petrel, Mottled Petrel, and Northern Hawk Owl. About 33 species on the WBRC review-list were also reported this year.

In addition to the year list at the link [http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html <http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html>] , I've included a simple sheet that compiles the annual county totals for each county from 2007-2021 -- if you'd like to see how any county has trended over the years, this is the sheet to study.

2022 compiling is underway, and I encourage you to look up the compiler for counties you bird in and send along unusual sightings -- most compilers are checking eBird reports already, but eBird still misses a good bit and we appreciate the help making sure we hear about these sightings. You can find a list of the compilers at the above link

Thanks to all the compilers who track each county, and here's to a fun and surprising 2022. If you notice anything not noted on the 2021 list, let us know and  make a resolution to report your sightings to the compiler this year .

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA
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