From rjm284 at gmail.com Thu Sep 1 07:16:26 2022 From: rjm284 at gmail.com (Ryan Merrill) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Masked/Nazca Booby off Seattle Message-ID: I spotted a Masked or Nazca Booby just before 7am from Carkeek Park. It?s now flying south right about Discovery Park now. Ryan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rflores_2 at msn.com Thu Sep 1 10:10:35 2022 From: rflores_2 at msn.com (Bob Flores) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?windows-1252?q?Lewis=92s_woodpecker=2C_Adams_Co?= Message-ID: Found off S Gray Rd off Hwy 26 look in tall trees when crossing creek after crossing RR Tracks. Sent from my iPhone From raphael.fennimore at gmail.com Thu Sep 1 10:24:43 2022 From: raphael.fennimore at gmail.com (Raphael Fennimore) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Masked/Nazca Booby off Seattle In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <110BED65-5832-4F7D-9550-FE5401410F7F@gmail.com> Hi Tweeters, Just before 9am, I caught the booby heading south from Three Tree Point in Burien and alerted the local RBAs. I lost it in the shimmer right at Point Robinson (Maury Island) as it was still flying south and I assume that it rounded the point, but I cannot be sure of that. I stayed until 10 but did not see the bird again. Very cool! Hopefully it is seen again. Raphael > On Sep 1, 2022, at 7:17 AM, Ryan Merrill wrote: > > ?I spotted a Masked or Nazca Booby just before 7am from Carkeek Park. It?s now flying south right about Discovery Park now. > Ryan > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From danerika at gmail.com Thu Sep 1 10:58:32 2022 From: danerika at gmail.com (dan&erika) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Eastern kingbird Message-ID: Erika and I saw an eastern kingbird as it briefly perched along the Nisqually nwr Dike path. The bird perched at relatively close range but then flew off. 1 Sept 2022-- Dan or Erika Tallman Olympia, Washington danerika@gmail.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... 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Good birding Sent from my iPhone From marvbreece at q.com Thu Sep 1 11:39:01 2022 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: S 204th Street in Kent, King County In-Reply-To: <1990535806.6202572.1662057241753.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> References: <1990535806.6202572.1662057241753.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Message-ID: <933370222.6240387.1662057541333.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> I forgot to mention in my previous post below that there was a swarm of Yellow Jackets (wasps) along S 204th today. They were aggressive. I was stung several times. Be careful if you go. Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense From: "Marv Breece" To: "Tweeters" Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 11:34:01 AM Subject: S 204th Street in Kent, King County Today: September 1, 2022 Green Heron - 3 Greater White-fronted Goose - 37 vocal birds flying overhead Cooper's Hawk - at least 3 Red-shouldered Hawk - continuing since 8.8.22 Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or more American Kestrel - 4 Whimbrel - fly-by; seen & heard several times Least Sandpiper - 4 Pectoral Sandpiper - heard on approach; seen on pond west of horse track Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Four of my photos are going to be in the Admiralty Audubon exhibit for the month of September, along with those of a number done by other local photographers at Elevated Ice-cream on Water Street, beginning September 3rd Dave Grainger birdsbydave.com From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Sep 1 15:49:27 2022 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (Michael Hobbs) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-09-01 Message-ID: One of the quietest days ever. LONG stretches of walking without even hearing a chickadee or Song Sparrow. Completely empty skies. Highlights (this will be short): - Greater Yellowlegs - one called 2-3 times while flying high and heading south - Western Screech-Owl - Matt heard one while all was still dark - Hairy Woodpecker - one far west of the slough south of the Dog Area, but we managed to get miniscule looks - Warbling Vireo - one with chickadees near East Footbridge - Chestnut-backed Chickadee - notably many - Brown-headed Cowbird - one juvenile on Fields 7-8-9 - Yellow Warbler - I glimpsed one, south end of the Dog Meadow - Western Tanager - one calling from along the main road at 6:30 a.m. I was also at the park yesterday afternoon in the heat. Strangely, it was birdier yesterday than this morning. Birds seen yesterday but not today included one VAUX'S SWIFT, one WILLOW FLYCATCHER, one BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, and our First of Fall (*FOF*) LINCOLN'S SPARROW. Beside the swift, flycatcher, and Black-throated Gray, other misses today included Glaucous-winged Gull (though we did have two very distant gulls on the lake), Green Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Barn Owl, Barn Swallow, Brown Creeper, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak. That's a LOT of missed species; birds seen this week of the year in at least half of the years I've been doing the survey. For the day, we managed 45 species plus the gulls. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tatooshtakto at gmail.com Fri Sep 2 06:44:50 2022 From: tatooshtakto at gmail.com (Louise Kulzer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmunds marsh pectoral sandpipers( L kulzer) Message-ID: There were 4 pectoral sandpipers this week at edmunds marsh. 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Matt Bartels Seattle, WA > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Bob Flores > Subject: [Tweeters] Washtucna, Adams Co > Date: September 1, 2022 at 11:34:49 AM PDT > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" > > Hi All, > Just a quick note on the last several days since I know folks will be scattered about over the holiday. Yesterday and today have been pretty slow I will post eBird reports later. Nothing to shout about unless this weather changes and the strong south winds continue I am assuming little change. Good birding > > 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 podoces at icloud.com Sat Sep 3 10:25:44 2022 From: podoces at icloud.com (Alan Knue) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] For sale: Opticron MM4 50 GA ED Angled Travel Scope Message-ID: <04FFEC72-4336-4AED-B7F2-682BFAFB799C@icloud.com> Hello Tweeters, I am selling a like-new Opticron MM4 50 GA ED/45 12-36x50mm Travel Scope (Angled) with a stay on waterproof case for $750. I purchased the scope about a year ago from B&H Photo and have used it only a few times over the past year. I?m finding I?d rather bird with just my bins more over time than carry a scope, which is the reason I am selling it. This is the second one of these that I have owned and it is a great light weight scope from a well respected brand and excellent customer service. Send me a private message if you are interested. Best, Alan Alan J. Knue Edmonds, WA From ldhubbell at comcast.net Sat Sep 3 15:10:29 2022 From: ldhubbell at comcast.net (Hubbell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Union Bay Watch } Thank you, Kevin! Message-ID: <99F6F59D-C2C4-4999-900A-959DC63ADAAF@comcast.net> Tweeters, I believe this post, written by Elaine Chuang, is the heartfelt Thank You and acknowledgement of Kevin Li that so many of you have suggested. https://unionbaywatch.blogspot.com/2022/09/thank-you-kevin.html Sincerely, Larry Hubbell ldhubbell at comcast dot net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cariddellwa at gmail.com Sat Sep 3 15:11:30 2022 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - August 2022 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, We have ended August with 172 species on our Edmonds year list. These are the first reliable sightings: American Kestrel (code 4), marsh, 8-5-22. An adult female that was seen perched on the utility lines and hunting in the marsh grasses over a couple of days. Baird?s Sandpiper (code 3), Water St., 8-14-22. This sighting was followed by one in the marsh about 5 days later. Nazca Booby (code 5), Puget Sound, 8-17-22. This bird was first reported at Seattle?s Discovery Park (West Point). Following that report, birders reported the bird from Point Edwards, the public pier, and Water Street. The booby was riding a barge being pulled by a tug from Puget Sound to a harbor in British Columbia. This will be a new species for the Edmonds checklist. Whimbrel (code 3), waterfront, 8-17-22. There have been other sightings of single birds flying offshore. Leach?s Storm-Petrel (code 5), waterfront, 8-18-22. Seen just offshore at Marina Beach. Red-necked Phalarope (code 3), waterfront, 8-25-22. Multiple subsequent sightings as these shorebirds are passing through. Parasitic Jaeger (code 3), waterfront 8-30-22. Two birds were harassing gulls offshore. Tufted Puffin (code 5), waterfront, 8-31-22. Other Activity: A Great Horned Owl (code 4) was calling in a north Edmonds neighborhood on the evening of 8-25-22. One Brown Pelican (code 4) has been continuing in Edmonds, almost daily. It can be seen at rest on the marina?s south breakwater. A juvenile Green Heron (code 3) was on the beach quite near the Baird's Sandpiper on 8-14-22. There was a recent Tweeters post about four Pectoral Sandpipers (code 3) in the marsh on two different days. Unfortunately it contained no description of the sighting/field marks and no link to photos. No eBirders have entered reports of that species yet so we will not be adding it to the city year list at this time. We are continuing not to list Ring-billed Gull (code 3). Reports of this very uncommon Edmonds species abound with no description of field marks or no photo. As always, I appreciate it when birders get in touch with me to share sightings, photos, or audio. It helps us build our collective year list. If you would like a copy of our 2022 city checklist, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. If eBirders will use the details field for unusual Edmonds birds, it will help us build the city year list. Photographs or recordings are also helpful. The 2022 checklist is posted in the bird information box at the Visitor Station at the base of the public pier and is up to date through August. 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 From hadleyj1725 at gmail.com Sat Sep 3 23:21:27 2022 From: hadleyj1725 at gmail.com (Jane Hadley) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Officer and Board Elections Message-ID: <5412d8b9-8a68-6a24-9258-d3c7543540f1@gmail.com> This is a reminder that now is the time for all members of the Washington Ornithological Society to vote for officer and board candidates for the upcoming year. The voting period runs from Sept 4 - Sept 27. The newly elected officers and board members begin their terms Oct 1, 2022. To vote, go to the candidate profiles page to see the pictures and biographies of the nominees and the link to the ballot where you cast your vote. 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So did one Merlin and half the 500 took off to the east. The top draw of the evening was Rainier Riverside Church with 8500. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From ksnyder75 at gmail.com Mon Sep 5 08:28:17 2022 From: ksnyder75 at gmail.com (Kathleen Snyder) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?BIRDIE_BIG_YEAR_=E2=80=93_Thursday_Sep_8th_7?= =?utf-8?q?_pm_via_Zoom?= Message-ID: As a sexual assault survivor, Tiffany Kersten, owner of Nature Ninja Birding Tours, spent 2021 traveling to all corners of the lower 48 States, tallying birds and gifting personal safety alarms to women she met along the way. She met her species goal (saw 726 species) and raised awareness of women's safety in the outdoors. Tiffany will share the fear, empowerment, struggles and healing that all played vital roles in the personal growth she experienced on this wild adventure. Sponsored by Black Hills Audubon. Free. 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The amazing absence of juvenile California Gulls has been noted on most of our late summer trips. They are often are most numerous species around the fishing boats. Our chum site in deeper water was not that productive because of lack of wind, with only a few Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels. So we headed back towards the shrimp boats, which had the most birds. After a very productive visit we experienced a surprising southeast wind that increased to a wind scale of 5 with spray which made for a unpleasant trip back. However, by that time, we had seen most of the seabirds that were wanted. The highlights include: LAYSAN ALBATROSS-1(same banded bird from Mexico that we had seen in a previous week). It came to the back of the boat and hung around for everyone to get excellent photos. BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS-30, PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATER-6177! (one of our highest numbers) BULLER?S SHEARWATER-14, SOOTY SHEARWATER-7066, SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER-316(continuing big numbers throughout the summer), FORK-TAILED STORM-PETREL-10, RED PHALAROPE-8, TUFTED PUFFIN-2, SABINE?S GULL-206(great number), and the jaeger/skua slam that included SOUTH POLAR SKUA-1, POMARINE JAEGER-11, PARASITIC JAEGER-5 and LONG-TAILED JAEGER-3. In the marina we found the MARBLED GODWIT flock which numbered around 1,000. We couldn?t pull out the Bar-tailed Godwit, which has been with them for several weeks. We did however, have 2 Willets and 3 Whimbrel. Mammal highlights: Humpback Whale-2, Northern Fur Seal-1 and Guadalupe Fur Seal-1 For the complete list of all the birds and numbers on our trip, check our website at www.westportseabirds.com. Many thanks to all who made this trip so successful. Spotters: Scott Mills, Bill Tweit and myself. Boat Captain-Phil Anderson and First Mate-Chris Anderson. 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Jeff Gilligan From Jason.Vassallo at outlook.com Tue Sep 6 20:38:25 2022 From: Jason.Vassallo at outlook.com (Jason Vassallo) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert Message-ID: I took advantage of a 4-day weekend and spent all day Friday-Sunday and half the day Monday out birding at Neah Bay. Migrant activity seemed average to slow throughout my time there, and no major rarities to report, but there were still many birds to be seen including some uncommon and local rarities. Fog was an issue for much of the time and one rainstorm came through Sunday morning which unfortunately didn?t shake things up as much as hoped. Here is my trip report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/74136 Neah Bay has gained popularity for finding vagrants in late fall, and for good reason, but I would encourage more people to get out in early fall as well. In the late-August/September period it is still by far the best birding area in the state, and has hosted such rarities as Painted Redstart, Red-legged Kittiwake, Lucy?s Warbler, and Little Stint to name just a few from this time of year. There were a handful of other birders up there this past weekend and I know Eric Heisey is planning to stay a couple more weeks, but I hope more people consider going out in the coming weeks too! While out there I had accumulated other birder?s phone numbers to share notable sightings, but it became apparent it would be much smarter to have a group chat dedicated to Neah Bay that any birder could hop into. WhatsApp bird alert groups are already being used effectively in parts of the state, so I created one for just Neah Bay. The invite link is here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KGoiQyGGY1lDtrmoK63Hfn I am planning to make at least a few more trips to Neah before the end of the year so hope to see others out there! 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URL: From cariddellwa at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 12:57:05 2022 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert Message-ID: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and web sites. Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would like to see. Just my two cents. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Wed Sep 7 13:09:54 2022 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit County - West In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20220907130954.Horde.hDTCukOje5E3vRk3OxD7mF7@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi all, Thought some of you might like a sort of general status report for Western Skagit County. First - Wylie Slough is still closed and is still posted for "end of the month". Reports are that the work being done (dike repairs) is progressing and that it is not particularly 'big changes'. Hayton - I was there yesterday - at low water slack. Very little activity of any kind. A few shorebirds, one gull, and an immature Bald Eagle in the tree with the nest - with two more soaring above the farms to the East of Hayton Reserve. I did not drive around Fir Island except to go to check on Wylie and into Hayton. Saw lots of ravens - probably 50 to a 100. Snow Goose Produce was doing a good business for it being less than half an hour after they opened. Skagit Flats also had more ravens than 'normal' (whatever that is). I did not go out to the Samish Flats areas. Very little else. Still seeing some vultures, a few Stellar's, and the occasional Flickers and Red-Tailed Hawks (including one very large and nicely colored one on the Skagit Flats yesterday). The ducks and snows and swans should start arriving soon - that'll be a welcome change! Overall birding seems slow here - but my backyard feeders are busy, busy, busy ... mostly sparrows, goldfinches, and other passerines - with the ever present Anna's hummers. many of these are probably the young ones that fledged earlier this year. It's been a while since I've seen a Grosbeak or a Robin here in our yard and the Towhees are absent as well. - Jim in Burlington From makingardens at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 13:35:53 2022 From: makingardens at gmail.com (Nancy Tom) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> References: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> Message-ID: <952EB320-CEFA-4B4E-A8AE-1D34558DF53F@gmail.com> I agree. Why Download and learn yet another app when part of the original intent of tweeters, I thought, was to raise the flag up the pole when an unexpected bird or rare bird came into the area. Nancy Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 7, 2022, at 12:57 PM, Carol Riddell wrote: > > ?What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and web sites. > > Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would like to see. Just my two cents. > > Carol Riddell > Edmonds, WA > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From louiserutter1000 at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 13:43:51 2022 From: louiserutter1000 at gmail.com (Louise) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> References: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> Message-ID: I agree with Carol. I want nothing to do with Meta/Facebook. Tweeters has been a great source for information for many years, and it can continue to be so. On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell wrote: > What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will > get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. 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URL: From sowersalexander1 at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 14:19:51 2022 From: sowersalexander1 at gmail.com (Alex Sowers) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> References: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> Message-ID: The problem with continuing to post updates and notable birds on Tweeters, is that about 90% of those on the listserv don?t care about an update on the new location of a wintering Nashville Warbler or maybe a Western Kingbird that is rare for the area. Those that are in Neah Bay would care, but those who just signed up for WA Tweeters, likely couldn?t care less about constant updates for a regional rarity that?s in one of the most inconveniently located towns in the state. If you?ve ever been on a county RBA or group chat, you?d know that every time a bird moves there?s a text sent out about the new location. Every time a bird interesting for the area (but not necessarily for the state) shows up, there?s a notification. Every time someone sees a probable rarity for the region, there?s a notification. I don?t think most people would appreciate getting spammed with all those notifications. Also, there?s an extremely wide range of interests within the Tweeters community, so why subject the vast majority of people who don?t care, to constant notifications about Neah Bay? Some people are part of Tweeters for the interesting articles that are posted, some people like hearing about when the first Rufous Hummingbird shows up in spring, and some people just like commenting on the seasonal changes they?re seeing. I?d say that those who?re interested in regionally rare birds of Neah Bay are certainly in the minority. Does a backyard birder in Walla Walla really care if that Swamp Sparrow behind Butler?s moved or not? What makes a Neah Bay WhatsApp RBA great, is that you choose to join it based on your actual interest in the rare birds showing up in Neah Bay. I think WhatsApp is a great idea, but if you are anti-facebook i?m sure someone can create a spin off imessage group or something similar. If something that?s really interesting happens to show up in Neah Bay, there?s no doubt that such bird will be reported on Tweeters sooner or later. If missing out on a WA state Cassin?s Sparrow is a concern, I don?t think one would have to worry about it not being on Tweeters. Word will get out. Good birding, Alex Sowers On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell wrote: > What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will > get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. 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URL: From cariddellwa at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 14:26:45 2022 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: References: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> Message-ID: People who sign up for Tweeters or any other birding listserv do not get spammed. Of course there are many different birding interests among the Tweeters users. I don?t read every post because not every post is of interest to me. But I don?t consider those to be spam. Many listserv users subscribe to daily digests if they don?t want a lot of listserv posts directly coming into their mail in boxes. The point of my first post was just to make sure that Neah Bay rarities continue to get posted to Tweeters. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA > On Sep 7, 2022, at 2:19 PM, Alex Sowers wrote: > > The problem with continuing to post updates and notable birds on Tweeters, is that about 90% of those on the listserv don?t care about an update on the new location of a wintering Nashville Warbler or maybe a Western Kingbird that is rare for the area. Those that are in Neah Bay would care, but those who just signed up for WA Tweeters, likely couldn?t care less about constant updates for a regional rarity that?s in one of the most inconveniently located towns in the state. If you?ve ever been on a county RBA or group chat, you?d know that every time a bird moves there?s a text sent out about the new location. Every time a bird interesting for the area (but not necessarily for the state) shows up, there?s a notification. Every time someone sees a probable rarity for the region, there?s a notification. I don?t think most people would appreciate getting spammed with all those notifications. > > Also, there?s an extremely wide range of interests within the Tweeters community, so why subject the vast majority of people who don?t care, to constant notifications about Neah Bay? Some people are part of Tweeters for the interesting articles that are posted, some people like hearing about when the first Rufous Hummingbird shows up in spring, and some people just like commenting on the seasonal changes they?re seeing. I?d say that those who?re interested in regionally rare birds of Neah Bay are certainly in the minority. Does a backyard birder in Walla Walla really care if that Swamp Sparrow behind Butler?s moved or not? What makes a Neah Bay WhatsApp RBA great, is that you choose to join it based on your actual interest in the rare birds showing up in Neah Bay. I think WhatsApp is a great idea, but if you are anti-facebook i?m sure someone can create a spin off imessage group or something similar. > > If something that?s really interesting happens to show up in Neah Bay, there?s no doubt that such bird will be reported on Tweeters sooner or later. If missing out on a WA state Cassin?s Sparrow is a concern, I don?t think one would have to worry about it not being on Tweeters. Word will get out. > > Good birding, Alex Sowers > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell > wrote: > What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and web sites. > > Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would like to see. Just my two cents. > > Carol Riddell > Edmonds, 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 stevechampton at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 14:28:42 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: References: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> Message-ID: I suggest that both texting groups and email listservs have advantages, and both can and should be used. Throughout the US, both are used for reporting rare birds. Many counties or similar small regions have WhatsApp groups for reporting rarities. The advantage of texts is that it allows for immediate notification (most people don't have pop-up notifications for their email) and allows for rapid question and answer regarding the bird's location, parking, and any other issues, in real time. The turnaround time for Q&A on a listserve like Tweeters is typically much longer. In a remote location with limited cell coverage like Neah Bay, I can generally text but not always access my email. WhatsApp is generally preferred because it is better at handling groups than SMS texting. Most of the world uses WhatsApp, not SMS, texting. It also has a great phone feature if you have friends or family overseas. Listservs play an important role in reaching a wider audience. I'm only on two birding WhatsApp groups around here -- and don't really want to be on any more -- but I do appreciate hearing about birds from Tweeters (and of course thru eBird notifications). I highly encourage the continued use of Tweeters for rarities, especially for major rarities that would be of broad interest. On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 1:44 PM Louise wrote: > I agree with Carol. I want nothing to do with Meta/Facebook. Tweeters has > been a great source for information for many years, and it can continue to > be so. > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell > wrote: > >> What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will >> get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, >> do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known >> concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. >> Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less >> information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and >> web sites. >> >> Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to >> do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would >> like to see. Just my two cents. >> >> Carol Riddell >> Edmonds, 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 > -- ?Steve Hampton? 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Something like Tweeters or OBOL, on the other hand is an archived mailing list that anyone can later come and search for sightings reports, even if at the time that the report was posted to the mailing list, they hit Delete because they weren?t interested in it at the time. Having said that, I suspect that we?re on an irreversible path towards fragmentation of these resources, which I find unfortunate. Anyways, my 2 cents from an infrequent poster to Tweeters. Cheers and good birding to all, Nagi On Sep 7, 2022, 14:20 -0700, Alex Sowers , wrote: > The problem with continuing to post updates and notable birds on Tweeters, is that about 90% of those on the listserv don?t care about an update on the new location of a wintering Nashville Warbler or maybe a Western Kingbird that is rare for the area. Those that are in Neah Bay would care, but those who just signed up for WA Tweeters, likely couldn?t care less about constant updates for a regional rarity that?s in one of the most inconveniently located towns in the state. If you?ve ever been on a county RBA or group chat, you?d know that every time a bird moves there?s a text sent out about the new location. Every time a bird interesting for the area (but not necessarily for the state) shows up, there?s a notification. Every time someone sees a probable rarity for the region, there?s a notification. I don?t think most people would appreciate getting spammed with all those notifications. > > Also, there?s an extremely wide range of interests within the Tweeters community, so why subject the vast majority of people who don?t care, to constant notifications about Neah Bay? Some people are part of Tweeters for the interesting articles that are posted, some people like hearing about when the first Rufous Hummingbird shows up in spring, and some people just like commenting on the seasonal changes they?re seeing. I?d say that those who?re interested in regionally rare birds of Neah Bay are certainly in the minority. Does a backyard birder in Walla Walla really care if that Swamp Sparrow behind Butler?s moved or not? What makes a Neah Bay WhatsApp RBA great, is that you choose to join it based on your actual interest in the rare birds showing up in Neah Bay. I think WhatsApp is a great idea, but if you are anti-facebook i?m sure someone can create a spin off imessage group or something similar. > > If something that?s really interesting happens to show up in Neah Bay, there?s no doubt that such bird will be reported on Tweeters sooner or later. If missing out on a WA state Cassin?s Sparrow is a concern, I don?t think one would have to worry about it not being on Tweeters. Word will get out. > > Good birding, Alex Sowers > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell wrote: > > > What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and web sites. > > > > > > Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would like to see. 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URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 14:43:19 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] This episode is 'For The Birds' : All Songs Considered : NPR Message-ID: <55D286DA-0F6A-43B2-9AC8-94A95D28C384@gmail.com> https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1121237661/this-episode-is-for-the-birds Sent from my iPhone From jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 14:48:55 2022 From: jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com (Jeff Gilligan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Buff-breasted Sandpiper (continuing) - Ocean Park Message-ID: <15EFDC8F-1BDF-4FE1-833A-45EC18026430@gmail.com> The Buff-breasted Sandpiper seen yesterday near the creek at the Ocean Park beach approach was there again at 11:00 AM today, about halfway to the ocean from where the approach breaks out of the dunes. Also, 3 Baird?s Sandpipers,1 Least Sandpiper, and 1 Spotted Sandpiper. The creek had formed a lagoon yesterday that did not empty into the ocean. It is reaching the ocean today. Jeff Gilligan From birder4184 at yahoo.com Wed Sep 7 15:18:13 2022 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: References: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> Message-ID: <695606299.353013.1662589093659@mail.yahoo.com> Thoughtful post as usual from Steve Hampton.? ? WhatsApp works really well (better) for instant and iterative info for specific areas of interest and especially Rule 1 (Go now) chases and/or in the field updates and clarications.? ?That said, timely Tweeters posts by Ryan Merrill for the Swallow Tailed Gull and Dennis Paulson for the Ross's Gull certainly worked well alerting me to both mega rarities and signaling me to get going...but ONLY because I fortunately happened to check email when I did. And that's the key difference.? Tweeters is "just another email" and even if I get an alert I don't know if it is a meaningful report about a bird of interest or one more email about any of a hundred other non-birding matters.? WhatsApp is an immediate alert that something is happening NOW! But that is in large part because the users/audiences for the two apps are different, albeit with some overlap.? Tweeters is a more general group with posts on many subjects and timelines.? Yes often including real time reports of important observations - but of broad geographic coverage.? Frankly the majority is mostly of little interest in real time at least.? A WhatsApp post on other hand says "check it out" and maybe take action now...or soon. If everyone on Tweeters posted on WhatsApp instead, it wouldn't work...different interests for different audiences...again with some overlap. I am old enough to remember recorded Rare Bird Alerts and phone trees.? They served a mostly focused audience (listers/chasers/twitchers) akin to WhatsApp users but with a very limited technology and a much more limited time line.? The best resource then (and now) for real time info was a friend who called and said, "I am looking at a...at .... Come over."? WhatsApp does that for many "friends" at once and doesn't get buried in email overload. It would be great if WhatsApp posts simultaneously also appeared on Tweeters (is that possible techies?) but it would be awful if Tweeters posts also appeared on WhatsApp. Blair Bernson Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 2:29 PM, Steve Hampton wrote: _______________________________________________ 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 jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 15:58:10 2022 From: jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com (Jeff Gilligan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Shorebird ID help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <30096164-AF16-45D3-BB8E-381067558FF3@gmail.com> Least on the right. Western on the left. > On Sep 7, 2022, at 3:55 PM, Jay E wrote: > > From jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 16:04:41 2022 From: jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com (Jeff Gilligan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Shorebird ID help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2DD1A4D7-3F7A-4836-9244-25CB40064505@gmail.com> The Western is larger, cleaner white below, with a prominent white eye brow, with a longer heavier slightly decurved bill, and dark blackish legs. The browner, dumpier smaller Least has dull yellow-greenish legs, a shorter bill, and lacks the prominent white eye brow line of the juvenile Western Sandpiper. > On Sep 7, 2022, at 3:55 PM, Jay E wrote: > > I continue to be challenged with shorebird ID among birds with similar shapes and sizes. Anyway, I took this at Fir Island Hayton Reserve on September 3. This group of shorebirds was flying as a group of about 20-30 and landed at the water's edge. I believe there are two different birds here due to plumage and leg color differences, and I think the one one the right is a Least sandpiper. I'm happy to be corrected. If you can help me differentiate the two, let me know what are the distinctions I should be noting. > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/rippleman/1A8bk07oTs > > Thanks - Jay Eisenberg > Bellingham, 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 benedict.t at comcast.net Wed Sep 7 20:20:14 2022 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: <952EB320-CEFA-4B4E-A8AE-1D34558DF53F@gmail.com> References: <1B09D1BD-6294-4350-9352-DF2CCE760667@gmail.com> <952EB320-CEFA-4B4E-A8AE-1D34558DF53F@gmail.com> Message-ID: I missed the original post. Is there a proposal to shut down Tweeters? Is traffic insufficient these days to support it? Are posters weary of having to post their sightings to multiple places? What?s behind this? Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Sep 7, 2022, at 13:35, Nancy Tom wrote: > > I agree. Why Download and learn yet another app when part of the original intent of tweeters, I thought, was to raise the flag up the pole when an unexpected bird or rare bird came into the area. > Nancy > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 7, 2022, at 12:57 PM, Carol Riddell wrote: >> >> ?What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and web sites. >> >> Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would like to see. Just my two cents. >> >> Carol Riddell >> Edmonds, WA From danmcdt at gmail.com Wed Sep 7 21:09:07 2022 From: danmcdt at gmail.com (Dan McDougall-Treacy) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: <26c5d34b-7920-4fa8-a7ce-ba23824a0f3e@Spark> References: <26c5d34b-7920-4fa8-a7ce-ba23824a0f3e@Spark> Message-ID: <6C11A8ED-4421-478A-A6C1-701E67861689@gmail.com> Good points, all. The #1 rule of improvisational theater is ?Yes, and?? It seems to apply well to this issue. Please. Keep posting to Tweeters. Not asking the frequency or detail used by RBA/other platforms, but a simple announcement helps keep the larger birding community together. Dan McDougall-Treacy > On Sep 7, 2022, at 2:34 PM, Nagi Aboulenein wrote: > > ? > We?ve gone through something similar with Oregon?s OBOL mailing list. > > Personally, I?m not a fan of the fragmentation of the birding resources. Looking at what we now have in OR, you have to track something on the order of 15-20 different WhatsApp groups in order to know what birds are being seen across the state, because many/most of the folks using WhatsApp have stopped posting their updates to OBOL. > > Additionally, WhatsApp groups are not archived (or at least the archives are not accessible to folks not subscribed to the WhatsApp group). Something like Tweeters or OBOL, on the other hand is an archived mailing list that anyone can later come and search for sightings reports, even if at the time that the report was posted to the mailing list, they hit Delete because they weren?t interested in it at the time. > > Having said that, I suspect that we?re on an irreversible path towards fragmentation of these resources, which I find unfortunate. > > Anyways, my 2 cents from an infrequent poster to Tweeters. > > Cheers and good birding to all, > > Nagi >> On Sep 7, 2022, 14:20 -0700, Alex Sowers , wrote: >> The problem with continuing to post updates and notable birds on Tweeters, is that about 90% of those on the listserv don?t care about an update on the new location of a wintering Nashville Warbler or maybe a Western Kingbird that is rare for the area. Those that are in Neah Bay would care, but those who just signed up for WA Tweeters, likely couldn?t care less about constant updates for a regional rarity that?s in one of the most inconveniently located towns in the state. If you?ve ever been on a county RBA or group chat, you?d know that every time a bird moves there?s a text sent out about the new location. Every time a bird interesting for the area (but not necessarily for the state) shows up, there?s a notification. Every time someone sees a probable rarity for the region, there?s a notification. I don?t think most people would appreciate getting spammed with all those notifications. >> >> Also, there?s an extremely wide range of interests within the Tweeters community, so why subject the vast majority of people who don?t care, to constant notifications about Neah Bay? Some people are part of Tweeters for the interesting articles that are posted, some people like hearing about when the first Rufous Hummingbird shows up in spring, and some people just like commenting on the seasonal changes they?re seeing. I?d say that those who?re interested in regionally rare birds of Neah Bay are certainly in the minority. Does a backyard birder in Walla Walla really care if that Swamp Sparrow behind Butler?s moved or not? What makes a Neah Bay WhatsApp RBA great, is that you choose to join it based on your actual interest in the rare birds showing up in Neah Bay. I think WhatsApp is a great idea, but if you are anti-facebook i?m sure someone can create a spin off imessage group or something similar. >> >> If something that?s really interesting happens to show up in Neah Bay, there?s no doubt that such bird will be reported on Tweeters sooner or later. If missing out on a WA state Cassin?s Sparrow is a concern, I don?t think one would have to worry about it not being on Tweeters. Word will get out. >> >> Good birding, Alex Sowers >> >>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell wrote: >>> What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and web sites. >>> >>> Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would like to see. 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Yeah, Tweeters, Penny Koyama, Bothell Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 8, 2022, at 4:25 AM, Carol Riddell wrote: > > ?People who sign up for Tweeters or any other birding listserv do not get spammed. Of course there are many different birding interests among the Tweeters users. I don?t read every post because not every post is of interest to me. But I don?t consider those to be spam. Many listserv users subscribe to daily digests if they don?t want a lot of listserv posts directly coming into their mail in boxes. The point of my first post was just to make sure that Neah Bay rarities continue to get posted to Tweeters. > > Carol Riddell > Edmonds, WA > >> On Sep 7, 2022, at 2:19 PM, Alex Sowers wrote: >> >> The problem with continuing to post updates and notable birds on Tweeters, is that about 90% of those on the listserv don?t care about an update on the new location of a wintering Nashville Warbler or maybe a Western Kingbird that is rare for the area. Those that are in Neah Bay would care, but those who just signed up for WA Tweeters, likely couldn?t care less about constant updates for a regional rarity that?s in one of the most inconveniently located towns in the state. If you?ve ever been on a county RBA or group chat, you?d know that every time a bird moves there?s a text sent out about the new location. Every time a bird interesting for the area (but not necessarily for the state) shows up, there?s a notification. Every time someone sees a probable rarity for the region, there?s a notification. I don?t think most people would appreciate getting spammed with all those notifications. >> >> Also, there?s an extremely wide range of interests within the Tweeters community, so why subject the vast majority of people who don?t care, to constant notifications about Neah Bay? Some people are part of Tweeters for the interesting articles that are posted, some people like hearing about when the first Rufous Hummingbird shows up in spring, and some people just like commenting on the seasonal changes they?re seeing. I?d say that those who?re interested in regionally rare birds of Neah Bay are certainly in the minority. Does a backyard birder in Walla Walla really care if that Swamp Sparrow behind Butler?s moved or not? What makes a Neah Bay WhatsApp RBA great, is that you choose to join it based on your actual interest in the rare birds showing up in Neah Bay. I think WhatsApp is a great idea, but if you are anti-facebook i?m sure someone can create a spin off imessage group or something similar. >> >> If something that?s really interesting happens to show up in Neah Bay, there?s no doubt that such bird will be reported on Tweeters sooner or later. If missing out on a WA state Cassin?s Sparrow is a concern, I don?t think one would have to worry about it not being on Tweeters. Word will get out. >> >> Good birding, Alex Sowers >> >>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell wrote: >>> What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and web sites. >>> >>> Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would like to see. Just my two cents. >>> >>> Carol Riddell >>> Edmonds, 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 heidi.kappes at gmail.com Thu Sep 8 10:05:19 2022 From: heidi.kappes at gmail.com (H. Kappes) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert In-Reply-To: <247B88F6-0C4D-407D-B773-FE7E1F3235CE@comcast.net> References: <247B88F6-0C4D-407D-B773-FE7E1F3235CE@comcast.net> Message-ID: First off, thank you to Jason for inviting everyone to sign up for the Neah Bay WhatsApp alerts - I know there are many of these groups out there but have rarely been invited to join one, even when inquiring about rare birds. Technology is tricky and each of us has to choose our own comfort level for using it. However, we also have to accept that as technology moves forward, there will be a segment of the population that moves forward with it to optimize it's potential. I do not think Tweeters is the best platform to post about every movement of every rare bird in Washington - it will be overwhelming to weed through all of those posts. As long as the sighting is posted on Tweeters, we will all know the bird is there and can choose how we go about finding it. I think what we need to keep in mind is that the WhatsApp group and Tweeters group are offering different services, with some overlap. The WhatsApp group is offering the minutiae of rare bird movements so that one can hone in on the precise location. Tweeters offers the info that a bird is in a location. If you hear a rare bird is in the Safeway parking lot in Bothell, for example on Tweeters, you can often go to that location and find a group of birders also looking for the same bird - but Tweeters are not going to get 50 emails about each time the bird hops to a different tree or lamp post. For that detail sign up for WhatsApp or use your usual resources for locating the precise pin. Happy birding, Heidi B. On Thu, Sep 8, 2022, 8:45 AM Penny L Koyama wrote: > Tweets, > I?m wondering if Alex is aware of county birders, many of whom rely on > Tweeters. He is correct in commenting that Neah Bay is remote, but many of > us do rush to areas for a bird we ?need,? and those who live closer to Neah > Bay may very we?ll head there for, say, a Nashville Warbler, a bird that > likely wouldn?t appear on an eBird alert. > > Then, of course, there was the 2016 Eurasian Hobby?scores (hundreds?) of > birders rushed there for that that treasure. We were in Southern Oregon at > the time, and where did we get the news? On ?real time? Tweeters! Speeding > to Sequim that day and to Neah Bay the next, we scored the hobby, one of > the state?s best rarities! > > Yeah, Tweeters, > Penny Koyama, Bothell > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 8, 2022, at 4:25 AM, Carol Riddell wrote: > > ?People who sign up for Tweeters or any other birding listserv do not get > spammed. Of course there are many different birding interests among the > Tweeters users. I don?t read every post because not every post is of > interest to me. But I don?t consider those to be spam. Many listserv users > subscribe to daily digests if they don?t want a lot of listserv posts > directly coming into their mail in boxes. The point of my first post was > just to make sure that Neah Bay rarities continue to get posted to Tweeters. > > Carol Riddell > Edmonds, WA > > On Sep 7, 2022, at 2:19 PM, Alex Sowers > wrote: > > The problem with continuing to post updates and notable birds on Tweeters, > is that about 90% of those on the listserv don?t care about an update on > the new location of a wintering Nashville Warbler or maybe a Western > Kingbird that is rare for the area. Those that are in Neah Bay would care, > but those who just signed up for WA Tweeters, likely couldn?t care less > about constant updates for a regional rarity that?s in one of the most > inconveniently located towns in the state. If you?ve ever been on a county > RBA or group chat, you?d know that every time a bird moves there?s a text > sent out about the new location. Every time a bird interesting for the area > (but not necessarily for the state) shows up, there?s a notification. Every > time someone sees a probable rarity for the region, there?s a notification. > I don?t think most people would appreciate getting spammed with all those > notifications. > > Also, there?s an extremely wide range of interests within the Tweeters > community, so why subject the vast majority of people who don?t care, to > constant notifications about Neah Bay? Some people are part of Tweeters for > the interesting articles that are posted, some people like hearing about > when the first Rufous Hummingbird shows up in spring, and some people just > like commenting on the seasonal changes they?re seeing. I?d say that those > who?re interested in regionally rare birds of Neah Bay are certainly in the > minority. Does a backyard birder in Walla Walla really care if that Swamp > Sparrow behind Butler?s moved or not? What makes a Neah Bay WhatsApp RBA > great, is that you choose to join it based on your actual interest in the > rare birds showing up in Neah Bay. I think WhatsApp is a great idea, but if > you are anti-facebook i?m sure someone can create a spin off imessage group > or something similar. > > If something that?s really interesting happens to show up in Neah Bay, > there?s no doubt that such bird will be reported on Tweeters sooner or > later. If missing out on a WA state Cassin?s Sparrow is a concern, I don?t > think one would have to worry about it not being on Tweeters. Word will get > out. > > Good birding, Alex Sowers > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM Carol Riddell > wrote: > >> What?s the problem with continuing to post sightings to Tweeters? It will >> get a better spread than a WhatsApp group. Some of us, perhaps many of us, >> do not like to use Meta/Facebook products, due to privacy and other known >> concerns about Facebook, and don?t want unnecessary apps on our phones. >> Personally, the more places I have to check for information, the less >> information I find because I won?t spend my time checking multiple apps and >> web sites. >> >> Tweeters has served us well for many years and I hope it will continue to >> do so, including timely reports of rare or just good birds that many would >> like to see. Just my two cents. >> >> Carol Riddell >> Edmonds, 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garrettwhaynes at me.com Thu Sep 8 13:22:22 2022 From: garrettwhaynes at me.com (Garrett Haynes) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Neah Bay trip report and rare bird alert Message-ID: Hello, I don't think anyone is advocating not posting rare sightings to Tweeters, not at all. In fact, where did Jason post his Neah Bay update and about how to join the WhatsApp group? To Tweeters! Joining a WhatsApp group is not a requirement for anyone and it is not a replacement for something else, it's optional if you want the immediate and instantaneous details about birds in specific counties/areas. If you don't want to, then don't join it. Really rare birds and trip reports will still continue to be posted to Tweeters anyway. Even if you live in Port Angeles it's still a couple hours to get to Neah Bay so really there is no one who can just "dash over there and back real quick" for any old bird. It's a big time commitment for anyone to go out there. Even though I won't be running out there at the drop of a hat, I'm joining the WhatsApp just because I enjoy keeping up on what's going on and don't mind having another messaging app on my phone. Facebook already knows everything about me and probably everyone else anyways so downloading WhatsApp isn't going to make a difference. Anyone who has a cell phone is tracked everywhere they go and everything they look at. There's almost no avoiding it nowadays if you want to have the convenience of modern technology, we don't have to like it, we can choose not to participate, but that's simply the way it is. Garrett Haynes Sent from my iPhone From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Sep 8 16:48:37 2022 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (Michael Hobbs) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-09-08 Message-ID: Tweets - A much better day than last week. Predawn was *cold* (49 degrees) and crystal clear. Jupiter and Venus fought Orion for attention in the sky. The Pleiades were visible to the naked eye. When dawn finally arrived (sunrise was a little after 6:30 a.m.), things warmed up moderately quickly. By 7:00 the birds were fully active and were calling and moving around. Highlights: - COMMON TERN - small white tern well out from the Lake Platform; presumptive ID - Cooper's Hawk - one flew from the Pea Patch over the grass soccer fields, right near us - Four woodpecker day - all seen, missing only a sapsucker for the clean sweep of typical woodpeckers for the park - American Kestrel - one over our cars after our loop around the mansion. Our 2nd sighting for the year, and First of Fall (*FOF*) - Merlin - two sightings - California Scrub-Jay - one eating acorns with Steller's Jays near the park office. First of the year (*FOY*) - Lincoln's Sparrow - three different birds - Red-winged Blackbird - first in five weeks. Does that make these ( *FOF*)? - Yellow Warbler - two female/immature-type in NW part of the Dog Area - Yellow-rumped Warbler - three along the west edge of the Dog Meadow ( *FOF*) - Black-throated Gray Warbler - two seen - Western Tanager - two? heard, with a couple of bad glimpses for me There are four previous records of COMMON TERN at the park, one spring report on eBird, and three fall reports of birds seen during the survey. Fall dates span August 6 to September 17, so today's would fall squarely within that range. The bird was so distant, though, that we can't rule out the much less likely possibility of Forster's or Arctic (neither of which are on the park list). Misses today included Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Willow Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Bushtit, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Marsh Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak. Bald Eagle, Western Wood-Pewee, and Violet-green Swallow also were not seen today; they've only been seen 12 of 28 years and so I don't consider them "real" misses, but close. Despite the long list of things we didn't see, we did have 53 species today. Though not that many more species than last week, today had *much* better birding. = Michael Hobbs = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raphael.fennimore at gmail.com Fri Sep 9 09:39:24 2022 From: raphael.fennimore at gmail.com (Raphael Fennimore) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Brown Booby, Puget Sound, Friday Sept 9th Message-ID: <634F6814-BB2B-4093-85E5-B76431B893A0@gmail.com> Tweeters Nation, Eric Hope and I spotted a BROWN BOOBY from Discovery Park this morning, Friday September 9th. Eric initially spotted an interesting ?bird sp.? before dawn, but in low light, and then I spotted the Booby far to our northwest a bit later. It went north for a bit, then just passed southbound around 9:15. Thanks to the instant timing of WhatsApp, a number of local birders (a few who were already in the park) were able to come and observe it with us, and local Puget Sound sea watchers were able to track it, and it was seen from Carkeek Park and from Kitsap as well! I am still here at Disco and haven?t seen the bird come back north. Wooooooooooohoooooooooooo - birds! Raphael From rflores_2 at msn.com Sat Sep 10 08:20:07 2022 From: rflores_2 at msn.com (Bob Flores) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Magnolia warbler update Bassett Park? Message-ID: Hello, Any updates on the Magnolia warbler from Bassett Park this morning? Thanks. Bob Flores Ridgefield, WA 360-771-8601 From drisseq.n at gmail.com Sat Sep 10 11:51:31 2022 From: drisseq.n at gmail.com (Nadine Drisseq) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] ONE Westport Seabirds ticket available, this THURSDAY September 15th Message-ID: I have one Westport Seabirds ticket for sale ($180) for Thursday September 15th, 6.30am. Thanks. Nadine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadleyj1725 at gmail.com Sat Sep 10 15:12:24 2022 From: hadleyj1725 at gmail.com (Jane Hadley) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fall birding in beautiful Klickitat County Message-ID: Hello All - The bi-annual migration count for Klickitat County is coming up Saturday Sept 17. There are still territories waiting for birders. These include Bingen/ White Salmon, Trout Lake, High Prairie, Maryhill, Dallesport, and Rock Creek. Please contact Marc Harvey at oakharvest@gmail.com if you are interested. 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It was high tide and the Godwits were resting across from the last float on the embankment near the Coast Guard Station. It seems to me that the flock has grown well beyond the previous estimate. Does anybody have a more recent figure? The sea lions on the floats are extremely noisy. Most of them are large bulls. We watched several of them feeding on salmon outside the harbor. They were thrashing their catch around with a gull flock hoping for leftovers. We drove all the way to the end st the roundabout and viewing platform and walked the floats and bridge to the outer fishing pier. First bird in the harbor was a single first-of-the-year male Surf Scoter. Next was a single Common Murre and 41 Black Turnstones along the outer wall and rocks of the harbor. Of course there also were large numbers of Brown Pelicans ( mainly juveniles), gulls and cormorants - mainly Pelagic. A last look .from the viewing platform added two Wandering Tattlers to our list Good Birding! 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Eric Heisey From elc at uw.edu Sun Sep 11 10:57:12 2022 From: elc at uw.edu (elc) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] PSSS is back in action for 2022 - 2023: starts on October 1st Message-ID: For those of you "community scientists" who participated in the Puget Sound Seabird Survey (PSSS) during the 2021-22 season, this is a gentle back-up message to an *email you should have received Friday from Seattle Audubon, announcing that the 2022-23 season is going forward (*if you did not, please notify: contact@pugetsoundbirds.org ). If you are interested in continuing this season, please plan to head out to your usual PSSS site on October 1st for the first survey - survey windows and other details will be emailed soon. Seattle Audubon announced in June that the PSSS was to be sunsetted, ending annual seabird counts dating back to 2007. Gratefully, new strategic thinking has come into play recently, and the PSSS is transitioning over to the Puget Sound Bird Observatory. More info will be emailed soon to those wishing to continue: we are excited for this new chapter for the survey, and thank you all for being patient during the changeover. Most importantly for now, please save the date, Saturday, October 1st, if you were a 2021-21 participant who is willing to survey again this season (P.S. those who took part prior to last season will also be contacted just to gauge interest). Please reach out to contact@pugetsoundbirds.org with questions. Thank you on behalf of the PSSS, Seattle Audubon and PSBO, Elaine [ elc at uw dot edu ] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.heiberg at yahoo.com Sun Sep 11 12:05:43 2022 From: hank.heiberg at yahoo.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Pelicans References: Message-ID: There are about 80 American White Pelicans in Padilla Bay off Bayview State Park. Hank Heiberg Issaquah, WA Sent from my iPhone From xtenter at comcast.net Sun Sep 11 12:33:25 2022 From: xtenter at comcast.net (RW Hamlyn) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Young Kestrels Message-ID: <566ECF95-BCB0-4BBC-BF20-DE62C6080BA5@comcast.net> As Dory and I have been checking out the Red-shouldered Hawk in the area of the 212th St Ponds, we have often seen four Kestrels, parents and two recent fledglings. We finnaly found the young Kestrels playing in a nearby snag, and were able to capture some of their interaction in video and stills, which I just uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/816SzQbawa0 Feel free to share! Ray Hamlyn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 13:15:43 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Port Townsend cranes, longspur, others Message-ID: <0629F65E-FCC7-4C36-9746-1951A1FD8B20@gmail.com> Birds have definitely been on the move the past few days. Highlights have included 5 SANDHILL CRANES southbound over town yesterday, a single HORNED LARK the day prior, and a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR this morning that flew past the Pt Wilson Lighthouse. It headed down the beach toward town, though attempts to relocate it were unsuccessful. Large numbers of RHINOS have largely ceased, though the first RED-NECKED and HORNED GREBES, and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS have arrived. Warblers and sparrows are on the move as well, with good numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and SAVANNAH SPARROWS at the outer point. BARN SWALLOWS were completely absent today. Good birding, Sent from my iPhone From stevechampton at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 13:15:43 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Port Townsend cranes, longspur, others Message-ID: <0629F65E-FCC7-4C36-9746-1951A1FD8B20@gmail.com> Birds have definitely been on the move the past few days. Highlights have included 5 SANDHILL CRANES southbound over town yesterday, a single HORNED LARK the day prior, and a single LAPLAND LONGSPUR this morning that flew past the Pt Wilson Lighthouse. It headed down the beach toward town, though attempts to relocate it were unsuccessful. Large numbers of RHINOS have largely ceased, though the first RED-NECKED and HORNED GREBES, and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS have arrived. Warblers and sparrows are on the move as well, with good numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and SAVANNAH SPARROWS at the outer point. BARN SWALLOWS were completely absent today. Good birding, Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 15:34:59 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird neurons use three times less glucose than mammalian neurons -- ScienceDaily Message-ID: <4CBC60AB-0503-4916-94A7-96628FF76008@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220908112439.htm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 15:44:02 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=9CThe_findings_also_suggest_El_Ni?= =?utf-8?q?=C3=B1o_played_a_role_in_the_extinction_of_Chendytes=2Ca_goose-?= =?utf-8?q?sized_flightless_duck_that_was_presumed_to_have_been_overhunted?= =?utf-8?q?_by_humans=E2=80=9D=3A_______Ecological_tipping_point=3A_5+_El_?= =?utf-8?q?Ni=C3=B1o_events_per_century_controls_coastal_biotic_communitie?= =?utf-8?q?s=3A_Frequency_threshold_causes_dramatic_changes_in_marine_and_?= =?utf-8?q?terrestrial_eastern_Pacific_ecosystems=2C_and_offers_a_look_int?= =?utf-8?q?o_our_future=2E_--_ScienceDaily?= Message-ID: Tweeters, Very interesting article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220908172236.htm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 15:49:01 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle, WA, USA - BirdCast Alerts Message-ID: Useful information: https://alert.birdcast.info/birdcast?latLng=47.6062095,-122.3320708&locName=Seattle,%20WA,%20USA Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 15:50:02 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Local bird migration alerts - BirdCast Message-ID: <074B3236-8C67-495C-A7CF-23CEF1BDA7B5@gmail.com> https://birdcast.info/migration-tools/local-migration-alerts/ Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 15:50:37 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Migration tools - BirdCast Message-ID: <84C65FAB-6313-4872-84C5-B7C0F868BE14@gmail.com> https://birdcast.info/migration-tools/ Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 15:52:17 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Example of what information is provided: Ohio - BirdCast Migration Dashboard Message-ID: Example of what information is provided: https://dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-OH Sent from my iPhone From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Sun Sep 11 16:08:59 2022 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird photo exhibit i Port Townsend Message-ID: Anybody visiting the Port Townsend Wooden Boats Show (which ends today) take note that a few door down Water Street is Elevated Icecream, wherein there is an exhibit of 44 bird photographs, set up by Admiralty Audubon. The exhibit will be in place for the entire month of September. I am one of the exhibiters with four metal images. Elevated Icecream has an interesting history: the name derives from their first location, which was in an ancient British wire cage elevator, which is still in place on the other side of the street, now being used by a purveyor of craft jewelry. From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Sun Sep 11 17:21:46 2022 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Bird photo exhibit i Port Townsend In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3a68edbc1009ba47d2cb99644fc21978@birdsbydave.com> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Bird photo exhibit i Port Townsend Date: 2022-09-11 16:08 From: dgrainger@birdsbydave.com To: Tweeters Anybody visiting the Port Townsend Wooden Boats Show (which ends today) take note that a few door down Water Street is Elevated Icecream, wherein there is an exhibit of 44 bird photographs, set up by Admiralty Audubon. The exhibit will be in place for the entire month of September. I am one of the exhibiters with four metal images. Elevated Icecream has an interesting history: the name derives from their first location, which was in an ancient British wire cage elevator, which is still in place on the other side of the street, now being used by a purveyor of craft jewelry. From liamhutcheson2020 at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 18:18:51 2022 From: liamhutcheson2020 at gmail.com (Liam Hutcheson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Black Crowned Night Heron Hoquam Message-ID: Currently on a juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron at Hoquiam STP in Grays Harbor County. In the East pond. Liam Hutcheson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Sun Sep 11 18:48:46 2022 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagles Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk - Thursday September 15 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, September 15. 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. When you turn into the course entrance, take an immediate left onto the road to the driving range - that's where we meet. 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! FYI: Here's the new announcement carried in JBLM Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (our sponsor) calendar: Join us on a bird walk through Eagle's Pride Golf Course every 3rd Thursday of the month. The starting point is Bldg #1514, Driving Range, I-5 exit 116/Mounts Road exit. Base clearance is not needed. When: 3rd Thursday of the month Time: 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (Approximate ending - djd) Pre-registration is not required. Just show up! Did you know Eagle's Pride Golf Course is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary? Eagle's Pride GC is not a small birding site: it consists of about 540 acres including the three 9-hole layouts. Of the acreage, about 60% is forest or undeveloped land. It's a very spread-out area, and our birdwalk takes us along a 3.2-mile trek, crossing or paralleling just a few holes of the course. The habitat is mixed, with Douglas-fir, Garry oak, and vine and big-leaf maples predominating the overstory, with an understory typical of Northwest forests. It's a nice place to bird for forest and edge species. Cost Free May all your birds be identified, Denis Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alanroedell at gmail.com Sun Sep 11 19:52:36 2022 From: alanroedell at gmail.com (Alan Roedell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Young Kestrels In-Reply-To: <566ECF95-BCB0-4BBC-BF20-DE62C6080BA5@comcast.net> References: <566ECF95-BCB0-4BBC-BF20-DE62C6080BA5@comcast.net> Message-ID: Great fun and informative. May they live long and prosper. On Sun, Sep 11, 2022, 12:34 PM RW Hamlyn wrote: > As Dory and I have been checking out the Red-shouldered Hawk in the area > of the 212th St Ponds, we have often seen four Kestrels, parents and two > recent fledglings. We finnaly found the young Kestrels playing in a nearby > snag, and were able to capture some of their interaction in video and > stills, which I just uploaded to YouTube: https://youtu.be/816SzQbawa0 > > Feel free to share! > > Ray Hamlyn > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mattxyz at earthlink.net Sun Sep 11 21:00:35 2022 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Washtucna today [Sun 9/11/22] - Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler Message-ID: <4D7B7B99-95D8-4E88-B4FB-4F29D1A7D3F6@earthlink.net> Hi Tweets - Quick report from Washtucna today - Both a Chestnut-sided Warbler and a Blackpoll Warbler made an appearance today - It was much birdier than last weekend, but apparently not nearly as active as yesterday. The Chestnut-sided made a couple brief visits - first to the 'magic bush? along the creek and then up in the sycamores, around 11:15. Then, about an hour later, a/the Blackpoll Warbler [seen the previous 2 days as well by others] popped in briefly. Thanks go to Brian Pendleton for spotting both. Otherwise, we otherwise enjoyed many Wilson?s Warblers, a couple Yellow, an Orange-crowned and a couple Yellow-rumped. A couple folks also saw a MacGillivray?s. A few Hammond?s Flycatchers were around, as were a couple Western Wood-Pewees and Western Tanagers. I opted today to withstand my normal mode of wandering around and just watched that bush in Bassett Park for pretty much all of the 6 hours I stayed there - lucky change of plans! That Blackpoll has long been a nemesis bird in the state, so many celebrations ensued. Good fall birding ? Matt Bartels Seattle, WA From dgrainger at birdsbydave.com Mon Sep 12 10:39:42 2022 From: dgrainger at birdsbydave.com (dgrainger@birdsbydave.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] testing email filters Message-ID: Just a test of my own filters From leschwitters at me.com Mon Sep 12 10:54:50 2022 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening Message-ID: <5DA2BFFC-2B98-4454-B52D-CCE2248C38D9@me.com> Vaux?s Swift migration got off to a late start this September and Monroe Wagner has not been involved. If we had held Monroe?s Swift Night Out on the usual date the results would still have been zero. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tvulture at gmx.com Mon Sep 12 11:55:30 2022 From: tvulture at gmx.com (Diann MacRae) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Migrations Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Walla Walla From marvbreece at q.com Tue Sep 13 09:27:22 2022 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] S 204th St Kent Valley Birding Message-ID: <1489808843.19773960.1663086442211.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Today the RED-SHOULDERED HAWK continued (since 8.8.22) at S 204th St in Kent. There were 2 COOPER'S HAWKS. In recent days there have been as many as 4 COHAs at this location. Other birds of prey recently at 204th include OSPREY, BALD EAGLE, several RED-TAILED HAWKS, 4 AMERICAN KESTRELS, a MERLIN and a NORTHERN HARRIER. Come October, I expect a visit from a Short-eared Owl. Shorebirds today included: KILLDEER, WILSON'S SNIPE, 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS, both an alternate-plumaged adult and a juvenile LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (continuing) and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS (continuing). Recent days include both yellowlegs. The shorebirds are in the distant pond, but with a good scope at the right time in the morning, when the sunlight from the east shines on the pond, a surprising amount of detail can be seen in these small distant birds. Who knows what might show up here? VIRGINIA RAILS vocalize during each visit, but I have not not heard a SORA for a few weeks. American Bittern and Green Heron visits have slowed, but GREAT BLUE HERON is reliable. Passerines were unremarkable today, but repeated visits have turned up a few migrants. A few videos of Red-shouldered & Cooper's Hawks: [ https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN | https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN ] Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jdanzenbaker at gmail.com Wed Sep 14 15:26:16 2022 From: jdanzenbaker at gmail.com (Jim Danzenbaker) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Seabirds Trip Report for September 6, 2022 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Even though the weather forecast called for bumpy seas and a consistent breeze, we boarded the *Monte Carlo* in anticipation of another memorable Westport Seabirds bird and wildlife watching trip to Gray's Canyon. Upon clearing the tips of the jetty, we soon realized that the seasons were changing - southbound LOONs including RED-THROATED (7), COMMON (1), and PACIFIC (2), were obvious as were a few SURF (14) and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERs (5) and dabbling ducks (29). After reaching the other side of the "loon belt", SOOTY SHEARWATERs (2895) and COMMON MURREs (233) took over which was a great way for novice and experienced participants to get (re)acquainted with these common pelagic species. These species are good to know well since we compare many other species to these. The seas surprisingly settled down alot and we enjoyed a white-cap free trip which made viewing of seabirds fairly easy. Soon we encountered mixed shearwater flocks which included both SOOTY and PINK-FOOTED (901). A few strikingly plumaged BULLER'S SHEARWATERs (21) were found - a crowd favorite! Buller's is a species that will continue to grow in number in Washington waters until late-October when they will leave for their breeding grounds in New Zealand. A POMARINE JAEGER (3) and at least 1 PARASITIC JAEGER (3) flew by but not close enough for a great study. Later perhaps! A FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER (1) was seen by the folks on the bow but was unfortunately missed by those at the stern - a pelagic conundrum of where to position yourself on a pelagic trip! Several mixed flocks of RED (13) and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (4) were seen - an appreciated comparison. Red outnumbered the usually more common Red-necked which continued this unusual trend this year. The hoped for fleet of shrimp boats never materialized. However, there were shearwaters which included SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATERs (11-great to see so well) and NORTHERN FULMARs (26) in the area along with BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS (14). A point of pride on Westport Seabirds trip is that we will usually find albatross within 2hrs, 45 minutes from our dock departure. Today, we spied the first one at 2 hrs and 47 minutes. We were off by two minutes which was probably the two minute detour that we took to see a Humpback Whale. In other words, the albatross-Westport Seabirds timing agreement was spot on! Keeping an eye on our trip were several beautiful SABINE'S GULLs (17) which were winging their way south to wintering grounds off Central and northern South America. A young BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD wasn't having a good day. On to deep water. At our intended spot off the Continental Shelf, we were rewarded with two LONG-TAILED JAEGERs which flew right over the boat to the delight of all. For those keeping count, this was the third prong in the hoped for skua slam. A single NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (1) bobbed on the surface but too far for much detail. Several albatross, a few diminutive FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELs (87), and Sabine's Gulls accompanied us as Captain Phil turned the bow of the Monte Carlo towards home. Soon, we started to see many more Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels - maybe attracted to the area by a feeding Humpback Whale. Shortly after returning to the Continental Shelf, the call came out of TUFTED PUFFIN (1), a beautiful bird enjoyed by all. Minutes later, a powerful SOUTH POLAR SKUA (3) made a close flyby. Skua slam achieved! This was not the only skua that we saw. Another chose to klepto-parasitize a Pink-footed Shearwater for us all to view and (for some) admire. Gotta love skuas! A big surprise was a MANX SHEARWATER (1 - shearwater species #6) that was in a mixed flock of shearwaters 24 miles from shore. This species is occasionally encountered within two miles of shore so seeing one so far offshore wasn't anticipated. Several CASSIN'S AUKLETs (7) were seen although not as well as we had hoped. RHINOCEROS AUKLETs (19) were scattered throughout the trip. Marine mammals were evident with several pods of DALL'S PORPOISEs (22) coming close to the *Monte Carlo* including one pod that was bow riding for several minutes. Gone are the days of calling all fur seals northern since we know that Guadalupe Fur Seals occur in Washington waters. However, the one cooperative individual that we found was a NORTHERN FUR SEAL (1) which was showing off its long flippers, whiskers, and ears and telltale less elongated snout. 8 HUMPBACK WHALEs were encountered. BLUE SHARKs (1) and MOLA MOLAs (14) were seen. We literally saw a ton+ of mola mola which included two enormous ones that we estimated to be over 450 pounds each. With the addition of other mola molas seen, we easily surpassed 2000 pounds of mola mola. The trip back to shore gave us final chances to study shearwaters and murres and auklets. The jetty was crammed with all three Cormorant species and Brown Pelicans. As always, our trip back was under the watchful eyes of lumbering STELLER'S SEA-LIONs (8) and CALIFORNIA SEA-LIONs (6) on the channel markers and the HARBOR SEALs (4) inside the harbor. Several WANDERING TATTLERs (3) were seen. The MARBLED GODWIT flock inside the harbor has grown to 1000 and included several WHIMBREL (2), WILLET (2), BLACK TURNSTONE (16), and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (2).. Westport Seabirds thanks all of the enthusiastic participants who make these trips a success. Also, thanks to Captain Phil and first mate Chris and a shout out to our guides Bill Shelmerdine, Scott Mills, and me. Even though the Westport Seabirds schedule ( http://westportseabirds.com/2022-schedule/) shows all trips as full, it's always a good idea to get on a waitlist and hope. I hope to see you onboard! Jim Danzenbaker for Westport Seabirds. -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mgfrrstr at comcast.net Wed Sep 14 19:20:37 2022 From: mgfrrstr at comcast.net (Mary Forrester) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler Message-ID: <1395693395.441074.1663208437826@connect.xfinity.com> Today I was birding at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, using Merlin. Merlin picked up a chestnut-sided warbler. I neither saw nor heard it myself. Has anyone else encountered this bird? Mary Forrester -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From hayncarl at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 06:26:26 2022 From: hayncarl at gmail.com (Carl Haynie) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler In-Reply-To: <2056460713.444055.1663220215389@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1395693395.441074.1663208437826@connect.xfinity.com> <2056460713.444055.1663220215389@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: I ditto Penny?s experience. I?ve been using Merlin quite a bit since my hearing is poor, but I always check it by simply replaying the recording, sticking my phone?s speaker in my ear if necessary. Or by analyzing the spectrograms/sonograms at home if it picked up something really odd - yet possible (it?s tricky learning how to export the recordings off your phone at first). But, yes, even after you make sure the App is location-aware (you?ll know since it will display your location when it?s recording), there is still something in their algorithm that has it try to match sounds to birds not documented for our continent and the ?hits? are frequently European birds. Quite strange. There might be a bird pack filter option I?m not aware of or they need to fine tune their logic a bit. Carl Haynie Sammamish On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA wrote: > Merlin isn't always 100%. I had it come up with a Yellowhammer in New > Mexico a few months ago! > Penny Koyama, Bothell > > On 09/14/2022 7:20 PM Mary Forrester wrote: > > > Today I was birding at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, using Merlin. Merlin > picked up a chestnut-sided warbler. I neither saw nor heard it myself. > Has anyone else encountered this bird? > > Mary Forrester > _______________________________________________ > 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 louise.rutter at eelpi.gotdns.org Thu Sep 15 06:46:45 2022 From: louise.rutter at eelpi.gotdns.org (Louise Rutter) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler In-Reply-To: References: <1395693395.441074.1663208437826@connect.xfinity.com> <2056460713.444055.1663220215389@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Merlin has told me several times about the chipping sparrows in my yard when I know it's hearing juncos. I wouldn't trust it on an out of area bird without a visual confirmation. It's impressive technology that it works as well as it does, but perfection would be too much to ask! Louise Rutter Kirkland On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:27 AM Carl Haynie wrote: > I ditto Penny?s experience. I?ve been using Merlin quite a bit since my > hearing is poor, but I always check it by simply replaying the recording, > sticking my phone?s speaker in my ear if necessary. Or by analyzing the > spectrograms/sonograms at home if it picked up something really odd - yet > possible (it?s tricky learning how to export the recordings off your phone > at first). > > But, yes, even after you make sure the App is location-aware (you?ll know > since it will display your location when it?s recording), there is still > something in their algorithm that has it try to match sounds to birds not > documented for our continent and the ?hits? are frequently European birds. > Quite strange. There might be a bird pack filter option I?m not aware of or > they need to fine tune their logic a bit. > > Carl Haynie > Sammamish > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA < > plkoyama@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Merlin isn't always 100%. I had it come up with a Yellowhammer in New >> Mexico a few months ago! >> Penny Koyama, Bothell >> >> On 09/14/2022 7:20 PM Mary Forrester wrote: >> >> >> Today I was birding at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, using Merlin. >> Merlin picked up a chestnut-sided warbler. I neither saw nor heard it >> myself. 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URL: From vikingcove at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 06:49:52 2022 From: vikingcove at gmail.com (Kevin Lucas) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler In-Reply-To: References: <1395693395.441074.1663208437826@connect.xfinity.com> <2056460713.444055.1663220215389@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: I've also experienced Merlin misses, but what do folk suppose was the purported Chestnut-sided Warbler in this case? Thanks, Kevin Lucas Yakima County, WA *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:47 AM Louise Rutter < louise.rutter@eelpi.gotdns.org> wrote: > Merlin has told me several times about the chipping sparrows in my yard > when I know it's hearing juncos. I wouldn't trust it on an out of area bird > without a visual confirmation. It's impressive technology that it works as > well as it does, but perfection would be too much to ask! > > Louise Rutter > Kirkland > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:27 AM Carl Haynie wrote: > >> I ditto Penny?s experience. I?ve been using Merlin quite a bit since my >> hearing is poor, but I always check it by simply replaying the recording, >> sticking my phone?s speaker in my ear if necessary. Or by analyzing the >> spectrograms/sonograms at home if it picked up something really odd - yet >> possible (it?s tricky learning how to export the recordings off your phone >> at first). >> >> But, yes, even after you make sure the App is location-aware (you?ll know >> since it will display your location when it?s recording), there is still >> something in their algorithm that has it try to match sounds to birds not >> documented for our continent and the ?hits? are frequently European birds. >> Quite strange. There might be a bird pack filter option I?m not aware of or >> they need to fine tune their logic a bit. >> >> Carl Haynie >> Sammamish >> >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA < >> plkoyama@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> Merlin isn't always 100%. I had it come up with a Yellowhammer in New >>> Mexico a few months ago! >>> Penny Koyama, Bothell >>> >>> On 09/14/2022 7:20 PM Mary Forrester wrote: >>> >>> >>> Today I was birding at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, using Merlin. >>> Merlin picked up a chestnut-sided warbler. I neither saw nor heard it >>> myself. Has anyone else encountered this bird? >>> >>> Mary Forrester >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hayncarl at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 07:34:07 2022 From: hayncarl at gmail.com (Carl Haynie) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler In-Reply-To: References: <1395693395.441074.1663208437826@connect.xfinity.com> <2056460713.444055.1663220215389@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Definitely, visual confirmation is needed on any hit on chip notes or contact calls. Lots of misses there. On Kevin?s question, it depends on what it thought it heard with respect to the ?chestnut-sided?. Did it pick up a song or subsong segment? If it was just a contact call or chip, then I bet there?s not much you?d be able to do with it even after analyzing the sonagram. That?s been my experience. Carl Haynie On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:50 AM Kevin Lucas wrote: > I've also experienced Merlin misses, but what do folk suppose was the > purported Chestnut-sided Warbler in this case? > Thanks, > Kevin Lucas > Yakima County, WA > > *Qui tacet consentire videtur* > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:47 AM Louise Rutter < > louise.rutter@eelpi.gotdns.org> wrote: > >> Merlin has told me several times about the chipping sparrows in my yard >> when I know it's hearing juncos. I wouldn't trust it on an out of area bird >> without a visual confirmation. It's impressive technology that it works as >> well as it does, but perfection would be too much to ask! >> >> Louise Rutter >> Kirkland >> >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:27 AM Carl Haynie wrote: >> >>> I ditto Penny?s experience. I?ve been using Merlin quite a bit since my >>> hearing is poor, but I always check it by simply replaying the recording, >>> sticking my phone?s speaker in my ear if necessary. Or by analyzing the >>> spectrograms/sonograms at home if it picked up something really odd - yet >>> possible (it?s tricky learning how to export the recordings off your phone >>> at first). >>> >>> But, yes, even after you make sure the App is location-aware (you?ll >>> know since it will display your location when it?s recording), there is >>> still something in their algorithm that has it try to match sounds to birds >>> not documented for our continent and the ?hits? are frequently European >>> birds. Quite strange. There might be a bird pack filter option I?m not >>> aware of or they need to fine tune their logic a bit. >>> >>> Carl Haynie >>> Sammamish >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA < >>> plkoyama@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Merlin isn't always 100%. I had it come up with a Yellowhammer in New >>>> Mexico a few months ago! >>>> Penny Koyama, Bothell >>>> >>>> On 09/14/2022 7:20 PM Mary Forrester wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Today I was birding at Twin Ponds Park in Shoreline, using Merlin. >>>> Merlin picked up a chestnut-sided warbler. I neither saw nor heard it >>>> myself. Has anyone else encountered this bird? >>>> >>>> Mary Forrester >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 njja2m at icloud.com Thu Sep 15 08:38:59 2022 From: njja2m at icloud.com (Jacob Miller) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Mason County Bobolink Message-ID: <75C0CB21-1A8E-4892-9611-BBF0E77E7D7C@icloud.com> Looking at a juvenile bobolink at Skokomish Valley Farms, in the south fields by the Garden. Mixed in with a nice flock of SASP, GCSP, WCSP, LISP, SOSP. Email me if interested njja2m@icloud.com -Jacob Miller From stevechampton at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 08:43:02 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Am Golden-Plover and Lapland Longspur at Flagler spit Message-ID: <77A1057B-D3B7-4ED5-B914-027FB7608063@gmail.com> Both of these birds were found a few days ago, the plover was only confirmed to species last night. Both are continuing this morning. Best at high tide early in the morning or in the evening when there are fewer campers on the beach. Good birding, Sent from my iPhone From zest4parus at hotmail.com Thu Sep 15 09:43:18 2022 From: zest4parus at hotmail.com (Faye McAdams Hands) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler In-Reply-To: References: <1395693395.441074.1663208437826@connect.xfinity.com> <2056460713.444055.1663220215389@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: My experience is similar to what has already been mentioned. I did want to add though that it (Merlin) does learn by "experience", so it is important for us to add comments, especially when we disagree with an ID given. It takes a village..... Faye McAdams Hands Life is Simple -- Eat, Sleep, Bird. Belfair, WA ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Carl Haynie Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2022 7:34 AM To: Kevin Lucas Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] chestnut sided warbler Definitely, visual confirmation is needed on any hit on chip notes or contact calls. Lots of misses there. On Kevin?s question, it depends on what it thought it heard with respect to the ?chestnut-sided?. Did it pick up a song or subsong segment? If it was just a contact call or chip, then I bet there?s not much you?d be able to do with it even after analyzing the sonagram. That?s been my experience. Carl Haynie On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:50 AM Kevin Lucas > wrote: I've also experienced Merlin misses, but what do folk suppose was the purported Chestnut-sided Warbler in this case? Thanks, Kevin Lucas Yakima County, WA Qui tacet consentire videtur On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:47 AM Louise Rutter > wrote: Merlin has told me several times about the chipping sparrows in my yard when I know it's hearing juncos. I wouldn't trust it on an out of area bird without a visual confirmation. It's impressive technology that it works as well as it does, but perfection would be too much to ask! Louise Rutter Kirkland On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 6:27 AM Carl Haynie > wrote: I ditto Penny?s experience. I?ve been using Merlin quite a bit since my hearing is poor, but I always check it by simply replaying the recording, sticking my phone?s speaker in my ear if necessary. Or by analyzing the spectrograms/sonograms at home if it picked up something really odd - yet possible (it?s tricky learning how to export the recordings off your phone at first). But, yes, even after you make sure the App is location-aware (you?ll know since it will display your location when it?s recording), there is still something in their algorithm that has it try to match sounds to birds not documented for our continent and the ?hits? are frequently European birds. Quite strange. There might be a bird pack filter option I?m not aware of or they need to fine tune their logic a bit. Carl Haynie Sammamish On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 10:37 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA > wrote: Merlin isn't always 100%. I had it come up with a Yellowhammer in New Mexico a few months ago! 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First photographed a few days ago by some Seattle birders (not sure who) and refound and identified to species last night by Alex Patia. good birding, On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 8:43 AM Steve Hampton wrote: > Both of these birds were found a few days ago, the plover was only > confirmed to species last night. Both are continuing this morning. Best at > high tide early in the morning or in the evening when there are fewer > campers on the beach. > > Good birding, > > > > Sent from my iPhone -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Thu Sep 15 12:36:11 2022 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening Message-ID: <790E6905-CA63-476F-B375-9CEA1DEBC5AE@me.com> 90 Vaux?s Swifts just came into the Monroe Wagner roost. Maybe we should have had a Swift Lunch Out this year. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Sep 15 14:09:00 2022 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (Michael Hobbs) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-09-15 Message-ID: Tweets - An unexpectedly quiet day at Marymoor today. It was about 10 degrees warmer than last week at the start, but the temperature stayed in the low 60's all morning. Overcast, windless. Quiet. Did I mention quiet? Highlights: - Peep sp. - My thought is Least Sandpiper, but we can't be sure. Oddly, flying north, low over the Dog Meadow, by itself - Western Screech-Owl - Matt and I saw one from the boardwalk before 6 a.m. - Hairy Woodpecker - One across the slough from the start of the boardwalk - Merlin - Seen twice. We've had one 3 of the last 5 weeks - Swainson's Thrush - About 5 heard pre-dawn - Purple Finch - Many, with a little vireo-like singing - Fox Sparrow - First of Fall (*FOF*), heard singing, calling, but unseen - Orange-crowned Warbler - Seen fleetingly at several locations. 5-6 total, perhaps - Black-throated Gray Warbler - One at the Rowing Club - Western Tanager - One near the windmill That a few birds were singing was notable. Birds have been calling, but recently we've had few species singing until this week. Singing birds included Anna's Hummingbird, Brown Creeper, Bewick's Wren, American Robin, Purple Finch, Fox Sparrow, and Song Sparrow. Misses today included Vaux's Swift, Green Heron, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk (3rd straight week missing), Willow Flycatcher, Marsh Wren, American Pipit (might have heard one), Golden-crowned Sparrow, and Yellow Warbler. 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I had a hunch it was really Swifts, so this evening I went over and saw the birds circling and heard them chittering. Starting at 7:30 p.m. they began entering the chimney. I remember there is someone named Larry on Tweeters who is an expert on Vaux?s Swifts, so Larry, if you have any information I could use to keep the birds safe please let me know. Leah Wegener Centralia, WA dlwegener@msn.com Sent from Mail for Windows -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gnudle at icloud.com Thu Sep 15 20:05:35 2022 From: gnudle at icloud.com (Marcia Ian) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Correction Message-ID: <85F7DF20-31BB-46E8-9249-F4612E3939C5@icloud.com> Sorry, y?all, I meant to say a trio of chestnut-backed chickadees in my birdbath. Marcia Ian Bellingham From benedict.t at comcast.net Thu Sep 15 20:18:19 2022 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Correction In-Reply-To: <85F7DF20-31BB-46E8-9249-F4612E3939C5@icloud.com> References: <85F7DF20-31BB-46E8-9249-F4612E3939C5@icloud.com> Message-ID: You brought back fond memories of my youth, when they were called ?Chestnut-sided?. I don?t recall when they got a new name, or why. Granted, their backs have more chestnut on them than their sides, but still like the old name. I don?t like change. Don?t get me started on Pluto.. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Sep 15, 2022, at 20:05, Marcia Ian wrote: > > Sorry, y?all, I meant to say a trio of chestnut-backed chickadees in my birdbath. > > Marcia Ian > Bellingham > From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Thu Sep 15 22:23:49 2022 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 9-15-2022 Message-ID: Tweeters, Including a quartet of birders from the Vancouver Audubon Society, a dozen of us traversed the JBLM Eagles Pride GC birding route under very pleasant conditions (55degF-68degF). Too bad it was so quiet! We did, however, have a nice walk with some interesting sights: - BELTED KINGFISHER flying over the area near the driving range. This is a seldom-seen species at Eagles Pride GC. - PIED-BILLED GREBE at the 9th hole pond. Never have had this species at this spot. - PIED-BILLED GREBE adult and three LOUD juveniles at Hodge Lake. The offspring are likely from the nest we spotted there last month. - WOOD DUCKS aplenty: 31 altogether, split between the 9th hole pond and Hodge Lake. For some reason, the very small 9th hole pond has had a lot of Wood Ducks in the Fall over the past several years. - CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAYS: The seven we spotted were the most recorded on any one outing. - WESTERN TANAGER was a nice surprise. - VIOLET-GREEN and BARN SWALLOWS, although two of each, were also a nice sighting. Mammals included black-tailed deer, Townsend's chipmunk, and Douglas squirrel. 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: * October 20 * November 17 * December 15 Anyone is welcome to join us! >From the eBird PNW report: 32 species Canada Goose 3 Wood Duck 31 Split between a group at the 9th hole pond and Hodge Lake. Distance separation between ponds made a duplicate sighting very unlikely. Accurate counts were recorded. The photo is of the flock at Hodge Lake (with some Mallards). Note: We have had over 40 at the 9th hole pond alone in the past. Mallard 10 Hooded Merganser 3 Pied-billed Grebe 5 One at 9th hole pond; adult and 3 peeping juveniles at Hodge Lake. Mourning Dove 1 Anna's Hummingbird 3 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Flying over the fairway near the driving range. This is a seldom-seen species at Eagles Pride. Northern Flicker 8 Steller's Jay 10 California Scrub-Jay 7 5 were in a tree at one time. Black-capped Chickadee 6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 35 Violet-green Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 2 Bushtit 12 Red-breasted Nuthatch 20 Brown Creeper 1 Pacific Wren 2 European Starling 7 American Robin 14 House Finch 4 Pine Siskin 10 American Goldfinch 22 Dark-eyed Junco 14 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 15 Spotted Towhee 8 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Western Tanager 1 View this checklist online at https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS118820340&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cf152b6fe500a4390822f08da979f5500%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637989007821494623%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JgSJlQbm1B14M685qnZ3kMfEO4kKBWb3LQFNCe%2BcWTQ%3D&reserved=0 May all your birds be identified, Denis Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dan Reiff https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/bird-migration-1.6584215 Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Sep 16 06:15:45 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Climate change means Arctic may no longer be a safe haven for nesting birds | CBC News Message-ID: <46D25284-7821-4C2E-A91E-5E1744A337F9@gmail.com> https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/climate-change-arctic-canada-birds-1.6225467 Sent from my iPhone From stevechampton at gmail.com Fri Sep 16 07:03:06 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] 'Wow factor': Public website reveals best-yet picture of hundreds of bird migrations | CBC News In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Interesting -- these are very similar to eBird "abundance animation" maps. For an example, see Swainson's Thrush at https://science.ebird.org/en/status-and-trends/species/swathr/abundance-map-weekly?week=6 and click the "play" arrow. The eBird maps are more colorful, cover more species, and are based on eBird reports. The Audubon maps include yellow-highlighted individual birds from satellite tracking, so that's cool. On both you can zoom in on the maps and pause the animation as it scrolls thru the year. On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 6:10 AM Dan Reiff wrote: > Tweeters, > Interesting. What do you think? > Dan Reiff > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/bird-migration-1.6584215 > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > 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... 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We observed 51 species for the day, down from our usual, as we dipped on Flycatcher, Vireo, and only observed 2 species of swallow. We also missed Caspian Tern. We've seen 165 species for the year. Mammals seen included Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, and Townsend's Chipmunk. Until next week, when we meet again at 8am, good birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Sep 14, 2022 7:35 AM - 2:52 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.617 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy and Smokey with temperatures in the 60?s to 70?s. A High 12ft Tide at 9:17am. Mammals seen Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, Townsend?s Chipmunk. Many Pacific Tree Frogs and three Red-legged Frogs seen. Numerous Garter Snakes seen as well. 51 species (+3 other taxa) Wood Duck 3 American Wigeon 60 Mallard 80 Northern Pintail 300 Green-winged Teal 3 Surf Scoter 3 Common Merganser 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 14 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Semipalmated Plover 25 Scanned mud flats on falling tide from Nisqually Estuary Trail and Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail with binoculars and scopes. From numerous angles consistently found 20 or more Plover foraging with mixed flock of Least Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper. Consulted with multiple other birders on the walk and our consensus was minimum of 25 birds. Least Sandpiper 200 Western Sandpiper 100 Wilson's Snipe 1 Greater Yellowlegs 15 Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 300 Western Gull 1 California Gull 50 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Larus sp. 200 Common Loon 1 Brandt's Cormorant 7 Double-crested Cormorant 50 Great Blue Heron 30 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 30 Observed predominantly adult birds from Nisqually Estuary Trail and Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Numerous eagles seen in snags, on mud flats, on marsh plain, on reach and flying along Nisqually River and McAllister Hill. Belted Kingfisher 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 4 Steller's Jay 2 American Crow 10 Black-capped Chickadee 5 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 Violet-green Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 35 Brown Creeper 5 Marsh Wren 1 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 400 Swainson's Thrush 2 American Robin 4 Cedar Waxwing 4 Purple Finch 2 Savannah Sparrow 20 Song Sparrow 15 Lincoln's Sparrow 5 Spotted Towhee 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 7 Yellow Warbler 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118768617 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bellasoc at isomedia.com Fri Sep 16 10:58:05 2022 From: bellasoc at isomedia.com (B P Bell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird migration on radar Message-ID: <000601d8c9f5$df953de0$9ebfb9a0$@isomedia.com> Hi Tweets A good site to check during bird migration is Cliff Maas's blog (cliffmass.blogspot.com). He had a really nice write-up on his September 14th blog, showing the big bird migration during Tuesday evening. Cliff's blog normally addresses our weather here, and is also a good one to keep track of. Good Birding! Brian H. Bell Woodinville WA m ail to b e lla soc a t is o me diado tcom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Fri Sep 16 12:51:01 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Lesser Black-backed Gull and other birds, Pt Wilson, Port Townsend Message-ID: This morning at Pt Wilson, Port Townsend, Barry McKenzie and I watched an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in a gull feeding frenzy just north of the point. No photos but details and full list are here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118845354 I will seek to find it on the ground shortly. Other highlights included a COMMON TERN, 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS, and a MINKE WHALE. Also present was that crazy white-backed leucistic OLYMPIC GULL (photo in eBird) that hung out at Maple View Dairy last year (making me think the LBBG is also last year's Maple View Dairy bird). good birding, -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raphael.fennimore at gmail.com Fri Sep 16 14:05:11 2022 From: raphael.fennimore at gmail.com (Raphael Fennimore) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Acorn Woodpecker, Magnuson Park in Seattle, Sept 16 Message-ID: <4984CE14-AD01-4CA5-956D-8A20492A2CFD@gmail.com> Hi Tweetos, Passing along some info just seen on the King County RBA WhatsApp group: ?Janice Bragg reports Acorn Woodpecker at Magnuson but it flew off. However, she's leading a group and apparently didn't pursue. Seen shortly after noon on dead trees on east side of Promontory Pond then flew east? Hopefully that cool bird is still around! Raphael From russkope at gmail.com Fri Sep 16 14:18:43 2022 From: russkope at gmail.com (Russ Koppendrayer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Franklin's Gull at Woodland Bottoms Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Currently a Franklin's Gull on the Columbia River sandbar seen from pump station on Dike Road between Whalen and Caples roads. Russ Koppendrayer Longview, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bill.tweit at gmail.com Fri Sep 16 17:20:15 2022 From: bill.tweit at gmail.com (Bill Tweit) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] September 15 Westport Seabirds pelagic trip report Message-ID: Great birds, great marine mammals and smooth waters added up to a highly memorable Westport Seabirds pelagic trip onboard the Monte Carlo on September 15. Most of the participants were on a Wildside Nature Tours, led by Alex Lameroux and Chris Brown, and a few other birders joined. Numbers in parentheses are the totals for the day. Birds were generally numerous all day, beginning with large strings of Common Murres (1433) a few miles offshore, mostly still flightless adult males and chicks drifting north after the young had fledged from their Oregon colonies. Two Common Terns (5) were being harassed by a Parasitic Jaeger (32), giving us a preview of the abundance of jaegers for the day. We also saw the first of many Humpback Whales, (28) along with a Gray Whale (1), while we were still in the nearshore area. After the trip, we learned that one of the Humpback Whales was CRC-19155, of the Hawaiian breeding population. Many groups of Red-necked Phalaropes (134) flew past our bow heading south. We saw migrant waterfowl in flocks all day, mostly Northern Pintail (172). Further offshore, as we neared the 50 fathom line (300? depth), the first large groups of Sooty Shearwaters (5180) appeared and Sabine?s Gulls (245) began to be seen frequently. They were accompanied by numerous Parasitic Jaegers and a few Pomarines (16), by the end of the day we had recorded near record numbers of Parasitics. In this area, as we watched a dark bird harassing a Sabine?s Gull, we realized that this dark bird was not another jaeger, but instead was a Peregrine (2) trying to capture a Sabine?s Gull. The pursuit, with amazing dives and twisting evasions, moved closer to us as we watched, and eventually was directly over us for a few moments before moving off to an unknown end since we lost track of them. Pink-footed Shearwater (331) numbers began to increase at this point, and the first Short-tailed Shearwaters (607) were detected. We were headed for the area where the shrimp trawlers were fishing, and as we neared them three South Polar Skuas (13) made an appearance providing good views of both light- and dark-bodied birds. Although the trawlers were not attracting many birds, we enjoyed the numbers of birds in the area. The first Black-footed Albatross (8) and Northern Fulmars (24) were also found in this area, just south of Grays Canyon. Single Buller?s Shearwater (11) and Arctic Tern (3) appeared briefly. The numbers of marine mammals in the area kept us scanning the horizons for telltale splashes and blows. Four species of cetaceans were in this one area: 1 Humpback Whale, 7 Dall?s Porpoise (38), 20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins (982), and a large but distant group of about 150 Northern Right-Whale Dolphins sped past us (170). As we turned to catch up with them, a single alcid on the water caught our eye, an immature HORNED PUFFIN. A very cooperative bird, it sat for us as we circled it, with cameras frantically clicking. Unfortunately, stopping for the puffins meant we lost track of the dolphins. Since we were already south of Grays Canyon at this point, we headed southwest into deeper water, going from 400? depth to almost 2000? in just a few miles, to see if we could catch up with the speedy dolphin gang, no luck on that score. Small groups of flying Cassin?s Auklets (96) began to appear over the deep waters of the canyon, and one pair on the water afforded good views, which the Red Phalarope (1) that flew past did not. Once we were well over the deep waters south of the canyon, we stopped to chum but the little bit of wind that we noted when we stopped quickly dissipated, so the effectiveness of the chum was low as success depends on a breeze to carry the scent. It did attract a Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (20) and a couple of albatross circled us, attracted either by the chum or the crowd of birders. Even still, we enjoyed watching the passing birds as we drifted silently without the boat engines running. A nearby Northern Fur Seal (2) seemed relatively undisturbed by our presence. Our attention was drawn to a Parasitic Jaeger engaged in aerial acrobatics, when we realized it was after a small passerine, likely the American Pipit we had heard overhead just a few minutes earlier. Soon up to three Parasitics were chasing the poor passerine, and an Arctic Tern began chasing one of the jaegers! A skua flew by, cast a casual eye at the commotion, and kept going. We don?t know how it ended, but it went on for long enough that it can?t have been a positive outcome for the passerine. Heading back east, as we neared the Continental Shelf, we encountered a massive herd of 800 Pacific White-sided Dolphin and 20 more Northern Right Whale Dolphins. Both dolphins came in to ride our bow wave for a few minutes, while others performed somersaults and other acrobatics nearby. Once we returned to waters over the shelf, we continued to see smaller groups of dolphins as we headed first for a few more shrimpers that were fishing east of the end of Grays Canyon. Again, we found them relatively devoid of birds but large numbers of shearwaters and Sabine?s Gulls were feeding on bait just inshore of the trawlers, with more dolphins and a couple of lunge-feeding Humpback Whales. A few more Buller?s Shearwaters were with these flocks, providing better looks than in the morning, and we found one area that held large numbers of Short-tailed Shearwaters with great comparisons with Sooty. Amidst all of this abundance, one area held skua, numerous Parasitics, a few Pomarines and one adult Long-tailed (1), giving us the ?jaeger slam? in quick succession. This was also the area that held the largest numbers of Rhinocerous Auklets (63) and California Gulls (563), which we had been seeing in small numbers throughout the trip. Three Herring Gulls (3) here were our first of the fall, aside from a lone bird in August. The excitement didn?t drop off as we headed back to the harbor. First, a group of 9 Pomarine Jaegers on the water marked the end of the great jaeger show we had been enjoying all day. About a half hour out, we came to an abrupt halt to watch a pod of approx. 8 Orca, apparently transients (Bigg?s Killer Whales) of the T-38 group (the matriarch is T-38, born in 1980), as they surfaced and lob-tailed. Reluctantly leaving them, we spotted the last skua of the day much closer to shore than is normal for this species. Then, we were entertained for a few moments by a Savannah Sparrow that came aboard and hitched a ride back to shore. The excitement wasn?t over though, as we neared the end of the Westport jetty, we checked the gulls perched on a log floating less than a mile off the jetties, and were stunned to see a BROWN BOOBY sitting among them. More pandemonium as we circled the log, while the booby sat and posed for pictures. Finally, back into Grays Harbor, a couple of Harbor Porpoise (2) made it a seven cetacean species day! The last excitement of the day came after we tied up but before we disembarked, as a Peregrine cruised in low and fast, flushing all of the Marbled Godwits (800), which helped us ascertain that the godwit flock held a Willet, but no Bar-tailed. Our second Peregrine of the day, not a typical pelagic trip! This was a trip that most of us won?t forget anytime soon. As usual, we had the privilege of the superb skippering by Phil Anderson, and his wife Chris as a great first mate. Spotters for the trip were Scott Mills and Bill Tweit, with credit to many of the sharp-eyed birders on board, especially Alex Lameroux, Chris Brown, Bob Archer and Eric Heisey. Bill Tweit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was originally scheduled for September 2 through 30, will now stay "up" until the end of October. It is in Elevated Icecream on Water Street next door to the Pope Marine Park. There are now 44 images on display, four of which are mine... If visiting Port Townsend, please take a look (and their icecream is very good. Dave Grainger birdsbydave.com From marvbreece at q.com Sat Sep 17 10:32:12 2022 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley birding Message-ID: <1067635425.29946600.1663435932204.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> The RED-SHOULDERED HAWK continues today (since 8.8.22) at S 204th St in Kent. This is west of Frager Rd & the horse track. Also: Cackling Goose - heard only Northern Pintail - leucistic bird continues LB Dowitcher - 1 juv Least Sandpiper - at least 7 Pectoral Sandpiper - 3 (unless 1 was a sharp-tailed!) Black Phoebe - 1 hawking insects at the duck blind Yellow-rumped Warbler - chased off perch by phoebe Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From judyem at olypen.com Sun Sep 18 07:57:32 2022 From: judyem at olypen.com (judyem@olypen.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fall harbingers -Port Angeles Message-ID: I know fall can't be far off as I view my daily hordes of American goldfinch now in their drab attire, then I saw my first fall American wigeon (single female) on the shoreline as I walked on 9/16 and my first feeder visits by a Fox sparrow and Golden crowned sparrow on 9/17. The Stellar's jay, absent all summer, is now back scarfing down as many seeds as itr can manage to stuff in before flying off to stash them somewhere. judyem at olypen dot com Port Angeles WA From hayncarl at gmail.com Sun Sep 18 08:32:37 2022 From: hayncarl at gmail.com (Carl Haynie) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Biting Dog on Neal Road, Fall City (King Co) Message-ID: Hi Tweets, I wanted to warn you all about a particular dog on Neal Road in Fall City. Neal Road has become a popular birding destination. For the last several years, an American Redstart or two have been spending May-July along this dead end road, and between Nov and Feb of this year, a Golden Eagle has been found as well, just to name two rarities. The road is also a popular destination for families to walk and bicyclists to ride while enjoying a wonderful combination of farmland and native riparian habitat along the Snoqualmie River. On Friday, while walking on this road, two dogs came running out from behind the house at 2506 Neal Rd SE and onto the street barking and confronting me. This is precisely near the area where two redstarts were found this year. The dogs both bolted up to me barking loudly, and one of them, a large german shepherd type one, decided to take a bite out of my left elbow despite my attempt at acting calmly and slowly walking forward (I stand nearly six feet and had a scope strapped to my back; the only other time I can remember getting bitten by a dog was when I was a kid). The other dog looked to be a Labrador mix (all black). The owners saw the bite happen and called their 2 dogs back but they never rendered aid or asked about my condition. While hoofing it back to my car and my first aid kit, I stopped briefly at the next door neighbor who told me I was the second person she had heard of that got bit by that dog. This house at 2506 is not fenced and the dogs just ran into the road and attacked me as I attempted to walk on the opposite side of the road from the house. So, I?ve reported the dog to King County Animal Control, case #A22-005026. I got treated for the wound a few hours later at Kaiser Urgent Care in Bellevue. No stitches but antibiotics for a week and careful monitoring for infection issues. Last I heard the owners were expected to get a knock on their door yesterday with a check of the dog?s vaccination record and a stern warning for the owner who?ll be told to keep the dog inside for 10 days. Apparently, my incident was the first one formally reported, so I elected not to grant animal control the more drastic option they offered me: a $500 fine to the owners and to have the dog added to some ?list? to be potentially put down later if it happens again(?) ? or something like that! Be careful out there, my friends. Birding can be a dangerous hobby. 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Guessing they might have come from Whidbey?anybody else see them? Dee Warnock Edmonds From seattle1299 at aol.com Sun Sep 18 10:07:21 2022 From: seattle1299 at aol.com (Karen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Juanita Bay Black-Necked Stilts References: <1743338421.5332488.1663520841107.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1743338421.5332488.1663520841107@mail.yahoo.com> 10am.?There are 2 Stilts in Juanita Bay Park. Standing in bay between e boardwalk & causeway. Good look from viewing platform.? Karen Snepp, Kirkland?Seattle1299 at aol dot com Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Sun Sep 18 10:19:39 2022 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bottle Beach break-in Message-ID: <1854305031.91828.1663521579578@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wiscuscat at yahoo.com Sun Sep 18 10:23:30 2022 From: wiscuscat at yahoo.com (Richard Schwarz) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] American Golden Plover at Fort Flagler References: Message-ID: The American Golden-Plover is currently with a flock of Black-Bellied Plovers on the beach between the dock and the Spit (behind the cafe). Richard Schwarz Port Hadlock, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From csimonsen52 at gmail.com Sun Sep 18 10:25:29 2022 From: csimonsen52 at gmail.com (Cynthia Simonsen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bottle Beach break-in In-Reply-To: <1854305031.91828.1663521579578@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1854305031.91828.1663521579578@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Well, definitely one bad person. I?ve had lots of help from strangers over the years-jumping dead batteries, helping with flat tires, asking if I?m alright when I fell, etc., etc:-) On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 10:20 AM Dennis Paulson wrote: > At Bottle Beach, where our friend?s car was just broken into and much > stolen while we were at the beach. Take your valuables with you. So many > bad people out there. > > 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 danerika at gmail.com Sun Sep 18 12:00:41 2022 From: danerika at gmail.com (dan&erika) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bottle Beach break-in In-Reply-To: <1854305031.91828.1663521579578@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1854305031.91828.1663521579578@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: After having our car broken into at the squally refuge, sometime ago, we leave our car registration at home after having scanned it into our cell phone. This is legal in the state of Washington. We carry our proof of insurance with us at all time and do not leave it in the car. We also scanned our drivers licenses for our phone., but if you are stopped, the police, will want to see your original license. On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 10:19 AM Dennis Paulson wrote: > At Bottle Beach, where our friend?s car was just broken into and much > stolen while we were at the beach. Take your valuables with you. So many > bad people out there. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Dan or Erika Tallman Olympia, Washington danerika@gmail.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 garybletsch at yahoo.com Sun Sep 18 12:41:18 2022 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Biting Dog on Neal Road, Fall City (King Co) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <741454251.2932181.1663530078537@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Carl, I feel your pain--literally. About five or six years ago, I was walking the two miles between my Skagit County house and my job in Lyman. On a sidewalk right in town, I heard hurried footfalls behind me. With no warning, no bark, no growl, a German Shepherd ran right up and bit me on the buttocks. The owner came out and said, "Sorry!" That was it. I told him that "sorry" was not enough, and walked on. I contacted the town and the county. I told them to tell the guy that I wanted to see a rabies vaccination document within 24 hours, or I'd take legal action. The vaccination document came to me in less than 24 hours, and was in order. It turned out that this was the second time the dog had done this; in a similar manner, it had bitten a lady who'd been walking along the sidewalk, minding her business. If I had it to do over again, I would have sued the $#%#. The best part of the story was when I got to work, ten minutes later. I told my boss, the principal, "You know what, Scott? This is probably going to be the first time one of your teachers has ever asked you to accompany him to the men's room, so you could take a photo of his buttocks!" He did exactly that. I got shots of the torn trousers and the bloodied flesh, just in case it would come in handy for the court case which I was considering! Yours truly, Gary Bletsch On Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 11:33:18 AM EDT, Carl Haynie wrote: Hi Tweets, I wanted to warn you all about a particular dog on Neal Road in Fall City. Neal Road has become a popular birding destination. For the last several years, an American Redstart or two have been spending May-July along this dead end road, and between Nov and Feb of this year, a Golden Eagle has been found as well, just to name two rarities. The road is also a popular destination for families to walk and bicyclists to ride while enjoying a wonderful combination of farmland and native riparian habitat along the Snoqualmie River. On Friday, while walking on this road, two dogs came running out from behind the house at 2506 Neal Rd SE and onto the street barking and confronting me. This is precisely near the area where two redstarts were found this year. The dogs both bolted up to me barking loudly, and one of them, a large german shepherd type one, decided to take a bite out of my left elbow despite my attempt at acting calmly and slowly walking forward (I stand nearly six feet and had a scope strapped to my back; the only other time I can remember getting bitten by a dog was when I was a kid). The other dog looked to be a Labrador mix (all black). The owners saw the bite happen and called their 2 dogs back but they never rendered aid or asked about my condition. While hoofing it back to my car and my first aid kit, I stopped briefly at the next door neighbor who told me I was the second person she had heard of that got bit by that dog. This house at 2506 is not fenced and the dogs just ran into the road and attacked me as I attempted to walk on the opposite side of the road from the house. So, I?ve reported the dog to King County Animal Control, case #A22-005026. I got treated for the wound a few hours later at Kaiser Urgent Care in Bellevue. No stitches but antibiotics for a week and careful monitoring for infection issues.? Last I heard the owners were expected to get a knock on their door yesterday with a check of the dog?s vaccination record and a stern warning for the owner who?ll be told to keep the dog inside for 10 days. Apparently, my incident was the first one formally reported, so I elected not to grant animal control the more drastic option they offered me: a $500 fine to the owners and to have the dog added to some ?list? to be potentially put down later if it happens again(?) ? or something like that! Be careful out there, my friends. Birding can be a dangerous hobby. 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There were also at least 4 Brown Pelicans returning to the Edmonds breakwater this morning after presumably feeding offshore. It was not that many years ago a single pelican of any species in Puget Sound would be a momentous sighting. Josh Adams Cathcart, WA From KristinStewart01 at comcast.net Sun Sep 18 18:44:22 2022 From: KristinStewart01 at comcast.net (Kristin) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bottle Beach break-in In-Reply-To: <1854305031.91828.1663521579578@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1854305031.91828.1663521579578@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <8BCA976F-7D65-4654-B779-19AB77E3D7C1@comcast.net> Very sad how many bad folks out and about! Thanks for the warning! Kristin Stewart Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Dennis Paulson wrote: > > ? > At Bottle Beach, where our friend?s car was just broken into and much stolen while we were at the beach. Take your valuables with you. So many bad people out there. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From meetings at wos.org Mon Sep 19 11:42:44 2022 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Monthly Meeting, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm, Unexpected Population Trends in Panamanian Rainforest Birds: Complex Webs Message-ID: <2b8c2f0a1f3e25d6db0525460c57899e@wos.org> The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to join us on Oct. 3 for the first program of the new season to be held on Zoom (no in-person meeting this month). James R. Karr, UW Prof. Emeritus in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, will present the results of a long-term study he initiated 55 years ago as a Ph.D. student in a large, protected area of central Panama. This study, involving multiple teams of scientists, volunteers, grad students and postdocs over a 44-year period, was recently reported in an article published in the _Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences_ [1]. Prof. Karr will talk about the study's results, including the sometimes surprising patterns they observed. His talk will also feature photos of the many furtive understory birds captured with ground-level mist nets over the course of the study. When? Monday, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm (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. For login information, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/. [2] 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 Links: ------ [1] https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2108731119 [2] http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/.%C2%A0%C2%A0While -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Mon Sep 19 12:29:22 2022 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Nelson Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20220919122922.Horde.zUJA0qfDtQTtLh0dOz3xyo_@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi all, Thursday we drove from our house in Burlington to Nelson, B.C. via Abbotsford, Hope, Princeton, Osoyoos, and Castlegar. Of particular note was that there are -very- few birds of any kind here in the Kootenays. A few crows/ravens, fewer still Canada geese, and fewest of all wild Turkeys. No small birds of any kind (such as finches or sparrows or robins or _____). I did see just one raptor (probably a small red-tailed) but other than the above - zip-zero. Since a local here reported that it got down to 1 degree (Celsius) it is not particularly surprising ... but I consider it of interest that only a few hours from Skagit County the world is already bracing for the onset of the long winter ahead ... businesses are on Winter Hours, many tourist related businesses are already shut down for the season and won't reopen until April or even May, etc. The days have been exceedingly pleasant - in the high 60's and the evenings have been only cool. Not absolutely -requiring- a jacket or even a hat when walking back to the hotel after dinner. - Jim From marvbreece at q.com Mon Sep 19 13:18:36 2022 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley birding 9.19.22 Message-ID: <1525415325.244302.1663618716209.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> S 204th St., Kent; West of Frager Rd & horse track Cackling Goose - w/ and w/o Canada Geese Northern Harrier - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - continuing American Kestrel - 1 Wilson's Snipe - 3 LB Dowitcher - 1 juv Greater Yellowlegs - 1 well heard Pectoral sandpiper - 3 (although 1 continues to tease; better view desired) Black Phoebe - 1 seen on both sides of 204th Barn Swallow - still around American Pipit - at least 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Yellow Warbler - 1 female Yellow-rumped Warbler - coming thru Common Yellowthroat - dwindling Savannah Sparrow - several Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raphael.fennimore at gmail.com Mon Sep 19 13:48:42 2022 From: raphael.fennimore at gmail.com (Raphael Fennimore) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle Kittiwakes, Short-tailed Shearwater, Common Tern, Lapland Longspur - Sept 19 Message-ID: <6ED29CD2-0C51-4820-9D25-2CB209AFF215@gmail.com> Howdy Tweeters, This morning from Discovery Park in Seattle we spotted *two* BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES (both juveniles, seen together), a SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER, a COMMON TERN, and we also had a flyover LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Two HORNED LARK were feeding on the lighthouse lawn as well, fairly tame, and many Red-necked Phalaropes were moving on Puget Sound. Some decent September birding! Raphael From rwlawson5593 at outlook.com Mon Sep 19 16:50:49 2022 From: rwlawson5593 at outlook.com (Rachel Lawson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Giving away a Scope Pack Message-ID: I have a Scope Pack made by Better Birder of Seattle that I carried on trips a long time ago, but no longer use. They are not made anymore. I will be happy to give mine to anyone who wants it. Below is a link to an old eBay listing with a photo. Rachel Lawson Seattle rwlawson5593@outlook.com https://picclick.com/Scope-Pack-by-Better-Birder-of-Seattle-142278971035.html [https://www.picclickimg.com/5pIAAOSwnHZYSG8c/Scope-Pack-by-Better-Birder-of-Seattle.jpg] Scope Pack by Better Birder of Seattle ? $27.95 SCOPE PACK BY Better Birder of Seattle - $27.95. FOR SALE! Marketed by Betterbirder of Seattle in at least the 1990s, these Scope Pack backpacks were used not only by birders to carry scopes and tripods, but also by outdoor photographers to carry long lenses. 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URL: From leschwitters at me.com Tue Sep 20 21:48:04 2022 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening Message-ID: <61A8C370-2F03-430A-B02E-44F59C29152A@me.com> Wagner, Selleck, and JBLM are officially out of swifts. Rainier Riverside dropped from 24,000 last week down to 6K tonight. But farther south Roseburg, which has been counting swifts for a long time, just got their highest total ever. And the North San Francisco Brickyard which had been having it?s worst southbound migration in ten years was pure mayhem with 36,650 wee birds checking in all at once. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From cmborre1 at gmail.com Wed Sep 21 06:43:16 2022 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Seabirds Trip Report Saturday, September 17, 2022 Message-ID: Westport enjoyed beautiful weather on and offshore on Saturday, September 17 much to the delight of a great group of pelagic birders. Sea conditions were quite pleasant with just enough wind to spotlight the birds who use it to help them forage. Traveling quickly through the Sooty Shearwater (1988 - day totals) and Common Murre (1034) zone we took the opportunity to orient the first timers to these representatives of the shearwater and alcid groups and recommended using them as the reference to compare other species within these groups. Though we ended the day a Long-tailed short of the skua slam, we could not complain about our jaeger and skua viewing opportunities. Parasitic Jaeger (6) was greatly outnumbered by a whopping 21 Pomarine Jaegers, several of which circled the boat sporting full spoon tails. South Polar Skua (5), the beefy cousin in this group, showed well with a light morph and/or bleached individual hanging out with us for most of our chum stop. We had nice sized flocks of Sabine?s Gull (182) throughout the day and this beautiful and graceful migrant left an impression on those who added it to their life lists. Most of the phalarope migration is now behind us with only 9 Red-neckeds recorded for the day. Continuing offshore toward some fishing boats we encountered a decent showing from Rhinoceros Auklet (47), but saw only 6 Cassin?s Auklets, most in hurried flight, or a brief surface glimpse quickly disappearing in a dive. Once at the boats, we added Pink-footed Shearwater (254) to the mix and our Sooty numbers increased dramatically, though the draggers boats were not engaged in hauling in their nets. We got a few Short-tailed Shearwater (25) here, but as is often the case they showed better at our chum stop. Continuing offshore we encountered our first Black-footed Albatross (41) and several Northern Fulmar (57). We also got our first looks at Buller?s Shearwater (10), which we would be able to appreciate several more times during our journey. During the voyage out to our chum stop we were treated to an exciting visit from Dall?s Porpoise (22). They kept a quick pace and rode our bow for a good long while allowing excellent visualization of their black and white bodies and characteristic rooster-tail splash as their stubby dorsal fins slice through the surface. This was certainly our mammal highlight of the trip, though we had many Humpback Whale (20) sightings including several distant breaches. We also recorded Harbor Porpoise (3), Northern Fur Seal (3), California (2) and Steller?s (7) Sea Lions, and a Harbor Seal. The chum stop was excellent with a nice mix of the birds already mentioned and great additions including Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (22). With the skua flying in and out of gulls and circling the boat many times, our attention strayed to a passing Pomarine Jaeger when the call of ?Laysan Albatross? came out from the port side of the boat. The Laysan was cooperative circling us several times before finally peeling off for parts unknown. We lingered here for close to an hour studying the birds, recording images and memories, before turning and heading back. The trip back intercepted a shrimper, with good bird viewing, though no new species. Our fish tally for the day included Blue Shark (2) and Ocean Sunfish (4). We arrived back in Westport at high tide with no rock shorebirds found on our jetty scan. Our reliable marina Marbled Godwit (500) flock was roosting in the boat basin to welcome us home. Another trip well run by Captain Phil Anderson and First Mate Chris Anderson. 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URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Wed Sep 21 17:56:47 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] St. Cloud Rec Site, Skamania Co. - streaming jays In-Reply-To: <2.245f352c0f0f9aff5a0c@GNMAIL6> References: <2.245f352c0f0f9aff5a0c@GNMAIL6> Message-ID: Very cool. I've seen this with Calif Scrub-Jays in California in September -- like several per minute all heading the same direction, sometimes across open agricultural land with no suitable habitat for miles. On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 3:57 PM wrote: > September 21, 2022 > > St. Cloud Recreation Site > USDA-Forest Service > Skamania County, WA > > > Mass movement of streaming California Scrub-Jay and Steller's Jay during > the morning hours, moving eastward > > cjflick / White Salmon, WA > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? 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We observed thousands of waterfowl on the flooded mudflats on the incoming tide, most in non-breeding or eclipse plumage, with high counts of NORTHERN PINTAIL. See eBird list pasted. We saw 66 species for the day, and have seen 165 species this year. Until next week when we meet again at the Visitor Center Overlook at 8am, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Sep 21, 2022 7:44 AM - 7:07 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.5 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Temperatures in the 50?s to 80?s degrees Fahrenheit. Sunny with smog from the Bolt Creek Fire. Light northerly breeze. A Low 1ft Tide at 9:20am and a High 12.9ft Tide at 5:04pm. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Coyote, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, and Townsend?s Chipmunk. 66 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose 8 Canada Goose 20 Wood Duck 7 Northern Shoveler 1 American Wigeon 100 Mallard 100 Northern Pintail 3000 Observed approximately 4-5,000 waterfowl over flooded mudflats and marsh on an incoming tide. The predominant species was Northern Pintail. Several hundred American Wigeon were seen, as well smaller numbers of Mallards and Green-winged Teal. Birds observed and counted by several birders in groups of 1000. Discussion at end of walk concluded consensus of approximately 3000 Northern Pintail. Green-winged Teal 50 Common Merganser 8 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4 Band-tailed Pigeon 4 Mourning Dove 1 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Semipalmated Plover 2 Killdeer 5 Least Sandpiper 200 Western Sandpiper 400 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 15 Rhinoceros Auklet 5 Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 400 California Gull 50 Glaucous-winged Gull 4 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 8 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 25 Larus sp. 100 Caspian Tern 1 Common Loon 2 Brandt's Cormorant 8 Double-crested Cormorant 60 Great Blue Heron 40 Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 8 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 5 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 2 Steller's Jay 6 California Scrub-Jay 1 American Crow 10 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Violet-green Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 10 Brown Creeper 6 Pacific Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 6 European Starling 200 Swainson's Thrush 3 American Robin 6 American Pipit 30 American Goldfinch 6 Fox Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 1 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Golden-crowned Sparrow 12 Savannah Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 20 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Spotted Towhee 2 Red-winged Blackbird 30 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 warbler sp. 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URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Thu Sep 22 13:29:22 2022 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] birds on the move at Pt Wilson, Port Townsend Message-ID: Highlights this morning were 2 Parasitic Jaegers (one dark, one light) attending some of the many gull feeding frenzies offshore, 2 newly arrived Thayer's Iceland Gulls (pics and full list at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119198334), flocks of Violet-green Swallows mixed with Vaux's Swifts high overhead moving from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Puget Sound, and a surprise Pileated Woodpecker flying over the lighthouse. No sign of last week's Lesser Black-backed but we continue to look, as the gull activity remains high. 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URL: From mattxyz at earthlink.net Thu Sep 22 18:23:08 2022 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-09-22 Message-ID: <46EF6C3C-A94A-42B9-8B45-6F587C6C4681@earthlink.net> Hi Tweets - Today for the weekly Marymoor walk Brian Bell & I were subbing for Michael. This time of year, the day can be all over the place ? early winter bird arrivals, lingering summer birds, both of them, or nothing. You never really know. Well today started off looking like the day would be a strong one, but before long things calmed down and we ended up with a pretty quiet day. A decent breeze throughout might have made a difference, but overall it was still a fun day with several birds. Highlights: Cackling Goose - one came in with a small flock of Canada?s - some of the group heard the distinct call first among the other birds, and it was great to have the visual confirmation of this FOF [First of Fall] Vaux?s Swift- about a dozen flew by - getting late Green Heron - 2 flybys by presumably the same bird -Northern Harrier - one over the East Meadow just before the official start American Kestrel - one over the soccer fields, another unusual Marymoor bird Barn Swallow - about 10 from the lake viewing platform were our only swallows for the day Swainson?s Thrush - still several around ?whit-ing? pre-dawn, maybe 10ish? American Pipit - several flew over before start - part of that early sign of a birdy day - we never heard or saw them again, alas Fox Sparrow - once again present for the walk, but heard only in the bushes Golden-crowned Sparrows - a handful around for another FOF Orange-crowned Warbler - two at the rowing club Yellow-rumped Warbler - a handful below the weir, still not moving through in large numbers Misses: Biggest miss was Great Blue Heron Also missed Ring-necked Pheasant, owls, European Starling. For the day 56 species Matt Bartels Seattle, WA From dave.slager at gmail.com Thu Sep 22 21:18:48 2022 From: dave.slager at gmail.com (Dave Slager) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle Message-ID: Tweeters, This evening there was a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle at the Foster Island east mudflat. Some brief directions are on this eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S119220242 Good birding, Dave Slager Seattle, WA From dave.slager at gmail.com Fri Sep 23 09:55:06 2022 From: dave.slager at gmail.com (Dave Slager) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Bird was not present this morning. Dave On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 21:18 Dave Slager wrote: > Tweeters, > > This evening there was a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle at the > Foster Island east mudflat. Some brief directions are on this eBird > checklist: > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S119220242 > > Good birding, > Dave Slager > Seattle, WA > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There were several of these foraging at the water line. https://www.flickr.com/gp/rippleman/NMmP4TeM8H Thanks from Jay E in Bellingham -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zoramon at mac.com Fri Sep 23 13:08:10 2022 From: zoramon at mac.com (Zora Monster) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Help me with two unknowns for me In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <177976AD-5921-4380-82A3-9FBFB0872327@mac.com> The gull is a short-billed gull (formerly mew gull). The second looks like a juvenile American golden plover to me, but might be some other type of plover. Zora Dermer Seattle Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 23, 2022, at 11:32 AM, Jay E wrote: > > ? > Good morning - Can you please help me with these two unknowns? > > The gull was seen at Semiahmoo Spit yesterday afternoon. I think this is a Mew gull. It was relatively small, and I think the bill is characteristic. > > The shore bird was taken at Sandy Point. There were a lot of Black turnstones and some Least and Western Sandpipers. There were several of these foraging at the water line. > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/rippleman/NMmP4TeM8H > > Thanks from Jay E in Bellingham > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Fri Sep 23 21:33:46 2022 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Your follow up and swift post is appreciated. Larry > On Sep 23, 2022, at 9:55 AM, Dave Slager wrote: > > Bird was not present this morning. > > Dave > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 21:18 Dave Slager > wrote: > Tweeters, > > This evening there was a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle at the > Foster Island east mudflat. Some brief directions are on this eBird > checklist: > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S119220242 > > Good birding, > Dave Slager > 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 marvbreece at q.com Sat Sep 24 22:14:06 2022 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley Stilt Sandpiper 9.24.22 Message-ID: <1687242378.2021900.1664082846253.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Today there was a STILT SANDPIPER on S 204th St in Kent, west of Frager Rd and the horse track. This bird has been there for several days, but positive identification has been elusive due to distance, bad light and blocked views. A scope is almost essential in order to see the bird and morning light is much better. The bird sometimes associates with pectorals, but mostly forages alone in the distant pond. It probes and also spends a lot of time picking at the surface. Also today at this location: Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk (since 8.8.22) American Kestrel - at least 2 Taiga Merlin Black Merlin Killdeer - 8 Wilson's Snipe - 1 LB Dowitcher - 4 Pectoral Sandpiper - 7 Stilt Sandpiper - 1 Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sowersalexander1 at gmail.com Sun Sep 25 09:23:23 2022 From: sowersalexander1 at gmail.com (Alex Sowers) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Montlake Fill SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER Message-ID: Currently watching a SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER from the Yesler Swamp viewing platform at the Montlake Fill. This is presumably the same bird seen a couple days ago by Dave Slager. Good birding, Alex Sowers and Louis Kreemer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dougsantoni at gmail.com Sun Sep 25 11:05:40 2022 From: dougsantoni at gmail.com (Doug Santoni) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Montlake Fill Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Message-ID: <35DA968E-3754-417E-8359-F87CEBA663EE@gmail.com> I arrived at the Yesler boardwalk viewing platform at Montlake Fill and there were about 15 birders already present and looking at the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. I got to watch the Sharp-tailed for a few minutes before it, and the two Pectoral Sandpipers with which it was associating, all flew away and out of sight beyond the trees. They were heading west, and perhaps they may be findable in appropriate habitat further west at the Montlake Fill. Doug Santoni Seattle Ph 305-962-4226 DougSantoni@gmail.com From dougsantoni at gmail.com Sun Sep 25 11:53:48 2022 From: dougsantoni at gmail.com (Doug Santoni) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Montlake Fill Sharp-tailed Sandpiper References: <35DA968E-3754-417E-8359-F87CEBA663EE@gmail.com> Message-ID: <43419E31-8220-49CB-9806-D70CAA2F5EC4@gmail.com> To clarify?.the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and the 2 associating Pectoral Sandpipers took flight at about 10:45 a.m. today (Sunday, 9/25) from near the Yesler Swamp boardwalk viewing platform, and headed west (out of sight, behind trees). Hopefully, they?re still in the general vicinity and somewhere at the Montlake Fill. Doug Santoni > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Doug Santoni > Subject: Montlake Fill Sharp-tailed Sandpiper > Date: September 25, 2022 at 11:05:40 AM PDT > To: tweeters > > I arrived at the Yesler boardwalk viewing platform at Montlake Fill and there were about 15 birders already present and looking at the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. I got to watch the Sharp-tailed for a few minutes before it, and the two Pectoral Sandpipers with which it was associating, all flew away and out of sight beyond the trees. They were heading west, and perhaps they may be findable in appropriate habitat further west at the Montlake Fill. > > Doug Santoni > Seattle > Ph 305-962-4226 > DougSantoni@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From panmail at mailfence.com Sun Sep 25 12:46:19 2022 From: panmail at mailfence.com (pan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle Sharp-tailed Sandpiper update Message-ID: <1660984932.66913.1664135179383@orville.co-bxl> Tweets, The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was back on the mud island east of Foster Island with at least one Pectoral Sandpiper, viewable from the highway 520 walkway, at least through about 11:55.? A couple of observers were on the way as I left. 25 Sepember, 2022, Alan Grenon Seattle panmail AT mailfence.com -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ldhubbell at comcast.net Sun Sep 25 13:11:56 2022 From: ldhubbell at comcast.net (Hubbell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Union Bay Watch } Up in the Air Message-ID: Tweeters, This post is about the missing Bald Eagle nest in Broadmoor. It starts out with an earlier photo of the nest and both Bald Eagles. For example, The first photo was taken on March 15th, 2022. The female Bald Eagle, who I call Eva, was perched on the edge of her nest in Broadmoor. She had not yet moved down into the nest in her "on-eggs" position. However, she sure seemed to be focusing on the ideas of nesting and egg-laying. Her mate, Albert, can be seen sitting on the bare branch high above the nest? https://unionbaywatch.blogspot.com/2022/09/up-in-air.html I hope you enjoy the post! Sincerely, Larry Hubbell ldhubbell at comcast dot net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From constancesidles at gmail.com Mon Sep 26 02:15:54 2022 From: constancesidles at gmail.com (Constance Sidles) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fill Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Message-ID: <1306894D-9CDC-47D5-B686-5228D4ECB11B@gmail.com> Hey tweets, many thanks to Louis Kreemer and Alex Sowers for the spectacular find of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper yesterday. They opined that it might be the same bird that was seen on Foster Island some days ago. That could be. My records show the following previous sightings for Sharp-tailed at Montlake Fill: 1 seen by Mark Egger on Sept. 12, 1987 1 seen first by Kevin Aanerud on Sept. 29, 1996. This one hung around until Oct. 14, when it was last seen by Chris McInerny. So "our" Sharp-tailed might also still be present for a few more days. It seemed very happy in the company of a couple of Pectoral Sandpipers. Three Killdeers were making pests of themselves by flying around and calling, all for no apparent reason. But luckily this did not spook the other shorebirds, which, BTW, included two Wilson's Snipes foraging in the mud of Yesler Cove right out in the open. It was enormous fun to be out there at my favorite place on Earth with fellow birders who shared the joy of seeing this rare Siberian stray, which should have been on its way to Papua New Guinea or Australia but instead stopped by Seattle. I always wonder, when I see a vagrant like this, whether it will survive its wanderings and make it back to its breeding grounds in the spring. I think this bird has a good chance, as it should be able to find reasonable foraging habitat up and down the West Coast. It may not stay with the Pectorals, who are on their way to South America, but who knows? In any case, these shorebirds show us both how big the Earth is, and yet how tied together. And the wonder of it all! Imagine going from Alaska to Argentina (or Siberia to Australia) under your own power: the habitats you pass through so varied, the human boundaries so meaningless, the adventure so fraught, the occasional peacefulness so serene. I will never see what this bird sees or do what this bird does. But I can tag along in spirit, and so I do. - Connie, Seattle csidles@constancypress.com constancesidles@gmail.com From mattxyz at earthlink.net Mon Sep 26 05:26:20 2022 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] County Year List Project updated through August [WA Birder] Message-ID: <75AB7A6F-E524-44B5-A58A-931241C2766E@earthlink.net> Hi Tweeters & InlandNW Birders An updated version of the 2022 County Yearlist Project is up and available at Washington Birder. http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html Thanks compilers for all your work, and thanks everyone who has contributed. This update, coming at the end of August and as Fall Migration was just beginning, is less ?stable? in timing that some of the other updates - some migrants might show up just a little earlier or later and bend the numbers - nevertheless, it is interesting to see where things stand. Here?s how things look compared with recent years: We?ve tallied 381 species statewide as of the end of August in 2022. That?s 9 above last year at this point, 3 above 2020 and 13 better than 2019?s total. For Western WA, our 351 total is 11 higher than last year, and 7 higher than 2020. For Eastern WA, our 316 total is 1 lower than last year, but 4 better than 2020. Overall, we?re doing a bit better than last year when it comes to diversity of species seen, though a little low in Eastern WA. 17 Counties have higher totals than this time last year, while 18 have lower totals than at this point last year. Four counties have exactly the same total as at this point last year [Cowlitz, Mason, Snohomish & Spokane]. 79 species have been seen in all 39 counties, and 165 species have been found in 30 or more counties. A handful of species new to the year list have come in since the end of August- It looks like we?ll add Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, Tropical Kingbird Boreal Owl, Philadelphia Vireo, Magnolia Warbler and others in September. But things like Scripps?s Murrelet & Short-tailed Albatross might go missing on the year totals this time around. We?ve still got plenty of time for more fall vagrants to pop up, along with winter surprises like perhaps an eider or odd gull. And with Neah Bay open for late fall birding, who knows what surprises remain?. If you'd like to take a look at where things stand, the list and many other interesting files are at the Washington Birder website: http://www.wabirder.com/ A direct link to the 2022 county yearlist & the list of county compilers contact info: http://www.wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html Thanks to all the compilers and all those pitching in to sketch a picture of another year's birds in WA. Good birding, Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dave.slager at gmail.com Mon Sep 26 08:30:27 2022 From: dave.slager at gmail.com (Dave Slager) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle Sharp-tailed Sandpiper update In-Reply-To: <1660984932.66913.1664135179383@orville.co-bxl> References: <1660984932.66913.1664135179383@orville.co-bxl> Message-ID: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper continues this morning at this location, see below. Good birding, Dave Slager On Sun, Sep 25, 2022, 12:46 pan wrote: > Tweets, > > The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was back on the mud island east of Foster > Island with at least one Pectoral Sandpiper, viewable from the highway 520 > walkway, at least through about 11:55. A couple of observers were on the > way as I left. > > 25 Sepember, 2022, > > Alan Grenon > Seattle > panmail AT mailfence.com > > -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonbirder at comcast.net Mon Sep 26 10:41:03 2022 From: jonbirder at comcast.net (Jon Houghton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Early Birders get the Sharpie Message-ID: <1982873984.25926.1664214063030@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonbirder at comcast.net Mon Sep 26 11:59:57 2022 From: jonbirder at comcast.net (Jon Houghton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Early Birders get the Sharpie In-Reply-To: <1982873984.25926.1664214063030@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1982873984.25926.1664214063030@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <2138062557.31444.1664218797571@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From constancesidles at gmail.com Mon Sep 26 18:25:57 2022 From: constancesidles at gmail.com (Constance Sidles) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Poplar grove at the Fill Message-ID: <43D6DD1C-CBBD-4A35-AE54-27C9AB94E2A7@gmail.com> Hey tweets, Here's a heads-up: I have just learned that the UWBG is planning on removing the cottonwood grove bordering the east side of the Youth Farm. They have determined that the trees have become unsafe, dropping big limbs without warning. Plus, the kids want to start an orchard as part of their farm, and the cottonwoods need to make way for the kids. David Zuckerman, manager of UWBG, asked me whether I knew of any hawk nests in that grove. I don't think there are any, though the grove is well-used by many passerines, both resident and migratory, who forage here, nest, roost, and perch. We are suggesting that UWBG staff think about leaving several of the cottonwoods as limbless snags, which would help woodpeckers and passerines alike. I hope this possibility will be pursued, as we have lost several snags at the Fill in recent years due to sheer age, and the beavers are doing their best to prevent new snags from developing by gnawing all the trees they can get at. I'm going to suggest that UWBG think about the loss of tree canopy as well. These are big trees and the loss of their canopy cover will be correspondingly big. 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Catherine Alexander Lakewood neighborhood South Seattle Sent from my telegraph machine From joshm at seattleaudubon.org Tue Sep 27 09:19:53 2022 From: joshm at seattleaudubon.org (Josh Morris) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] What do you have planned for Bird-Safe Seattle Week Oct. 2-8? Message-ID: Hi Tweets, The City of Seattle proclaimed Oct. 2-8, 2022, "BIRD-SAFE SEATTLE WEEK." The intention is to recognize the importance of birds in Seattle, to raise awareness of the threats birds face, and to promote action to protect birds. We've organized a week of outings, classes, presentation, and more to celebrate and protect birds during Bird-Safe Seattle Week, including: * A free online presentation "Bird-Safe Neighborhoods: Understanding and Preventing Bird-Window Collisions" on Oct. 4 from 6-7 pm. * A free online presentation "Indoor Cats are Happy Cats: Understanding Cat Behavior" on Oct. 6 from 12-1 pm. * An online class, "Lights and Wildlife: The Impacts of Artificial Light on Our Wild Neighbors and How We Can Help" on Oct. 11 from 7-8:30 pm We're also asking folks to: * Tell us your personal stories about bird-window collision. Has a bird ever hit your window? Share here and help us understand the emotional impact of window collisions. * Take the "Lights Out" pledge. When you do, you'll get a list of resources and resources to help you reduce light impacts on birds and wildlife. * Email City leaders in support of better urban forest management. We've made it easy-in just a few clicks, you can email your Seattle City Councilmembers and the Mayor's office. There are at least a dozen other bird outings and events, too. The full event list is here. I hope you'll join us in celebrating and protecting birds! Josh Joshua Morris (he/him) Urban Conservation Manager Seattle Audubon (206) 523-8243 x113 [No Audubon Paintbrush] Found a dead or injured bird? Submit a report at dbird.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The next day we left the dock with a beautiful sunrise at our backs and high hopes for an equally beautiful day at sea. Such was not the case as the fog that plagued the mid-week trip descended upon us once again offshore. Notwithstanding, we kept our spirits high with affirming fog clearing statements and off we sailed in search of birds. We sped through the Sooty Shearwater (1871 - day totals) and Common Murre (644) zone and approached the distant wall of fog where our horizon would shrink to 200-300 yards and remain there until we re-entered this near shore zone. Captain Phil recognized a few shrimpers on the AIS (automatic identification system) so we headed in their direction to investigate what birds they were attracting. Along the way we picked up our first Pomarine (23) and Parasitic (8) Jaegers, continuing the trend of excellent numbers for these arctic migrants. To round out this group we had a couple South Polar Skua (2) sightings for the day, with no appearances from Long-tailed Jaeger. We began to add Pink-footed Shearwater (276) to our list before the wall of fog, but our best looks were at the ?ghost? ships shrouded in the mist. While in the company of the ?ghost? ships, the birds often came close enough to the Monte Carlo that we were afforded excellent looks even in fog. It was at our second stop in the shrimper fleet that we could tell we would have an amazing day for Short-tailed Shearwater (1497). The Short-taileds greatly outnumbered the Sootys at the boats, but we got a few side by side comparisons which we greatly appreciated. We got solid looks at Northern Fulmar (278) here and this shrimper also held our first of only three Black-footed Albatross for the day. Buller?s Shearwater (8) put in earlier appearances and was also seen at this stop. Progressing westward we came to rest at our chum spot. Our goal is always to attract closer views of the birds we?ve already seen and maybe spot something new for the day. Mission accomplished as we gathered the other two Black-footed Albatross here and added Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (3). We wrapped up the chum with the plan of hitting the boats again on the way back. Nothing new was added at the second pass of the boats, but we got additional jaeger viewing experiences. Our alcid tally left us wanting as we could eke out only a single Cassin?s Auklet winging hurriedly by the bow. We achieved a respectable (in fog) number of Rhinoceros Auklet (46), but remain ?un-scripps?s? for the year with the hope of ending the season with the pelagic murrelet ?slam? (Scripps?s and Guadalupe). If you write it, they will come! The highlight of this trip came almost at its end, in lifting fog and increasing sunshine. Captain Phil detoured us to investigate a large flock of about 1200 birds. It contained a lot of Sooty Shearwater and California Gull, half a dozen Pomarine Jaeger, and two surfacing and feeding Humpback Whales. We were taking it all in when the call of ?Manx Shearwater? rang out at the bow. We turned our attention to the small, white-bellied shearwater zipping by us from right to left with camera shutters firing away. This was my best ever view of a Manx Shearwater as they are often, as I described in the moment, ?zippity do-da? and done, meaning it?s a very fleeting glimpse. Today you could have sung the song up to ?my oh my, what a wonderful day? before it was gone. As there was never ?plenty of sunshine?, he probably made his exit at the appropriate time. Thanks to Captain Phil Anderson, First Mate Chris Anderson, Spotters Scott Mills, Ryan Merrill, and everyone who joined us for making this voyage into the fog a delight. Special thanks to Master Baker Asta Tobiassen for providing the world?s best ginger cookies! Hope to sea you out there! 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It turns upside down the trope of kids loving Nature and protecting it from the old folks--Although I doubt the kids have been polled as to whether they really want this. But I have one quibble. I think the restoration movement has gone berserk over-planting conifers and seemingly attempting to turn natural areas into monocultures resembling a Weyerhaeuser tree farm. You can see this in Three Forks, Chinook Bend, all over the place and even dare I say Capehart. I believe that all the Native NW deciduous trees including, Ash, Alder, Maple and Cottonwood and Birch as well as non-deciduous Madronas are more valuable for the wildlife that is most in the crosshairs, such as neotropical insectivorous birds, than are the Conifers.? I am not credentialed in the least in Botany, Wildlife Biology or Ecology, so take this as an opinion. However, although? I'm not sure it's fair to drag someone in here, I believe Doc (Dennis) Paulson has expressed this view or something similar and that may be where my conviction originated. That said, thanks Connie for all you have done for the Montlake Fill, oops, I mean Union Bay and thanks for this latest heads-up. Cheers, Ed Newbold -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krtrease at gmail.com Wed Sep 28 09:38:59 2022 From: krtrease at gmail.com (Kenneth Trease) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Townsend's Solitaire at the Lynnwood Golf Course Message-ID: I found a single Townsend's Solitaire on my morning walk around the Lynnwood Golf Course. There is a loop trail that circles the golf course along the outside fence. I walk this trail almost every morning. I saw the bird on the back side of the trail at about these coordinates: 48.8172, -122.3200. There is a large dumpster for landscape debris at this location and just inside the golf course fence is a large pond. I have no idea what the odds are of this bird hanging around and it is the only one I have seen in more than six years of walking this trail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From elc at uw.edu Wed Sep 28 10:57:51 2022 From: elc at uw.edu (Elaine Chuang) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Poplar / Cottonwood Grove at the Fill (Union Bay Natural Area) Message-ID: First of all, thank you, Connie, for your inimitable voice! To all readers who care about our cavity-nesting birds (Purple Martins, etc), offer plaudits and thanks to D. Z. and his UWBG horticulture staff who have been wonderfully supportive of birds (witness the gourds for Purple Martins sent aloft in 2021 ). In fact this is an opportunity to point out a very fine new snag next to the Washington Arboretum, Graham Visitors? Center. Some will recall that months ago, several large conifers (redwoods?) needed to be addressed due to safety-concerns-for-humans. Well, more recent visitors will have noticed that one quite tall snag has been left, and has a distinctly ?modified? upper few feet - that is the dedicated handiwork of one of those very UWBG horticulture staff (thanks to Larry Hubbell for the role you played in ushering the work): many hours of effort were contributed to creating a bird-nesting cavity! Let?s put our voices together in some way to suggest that those Western Cottonwoods / Poplars near the Youth Farm not only be transformed into snags of considerable height, but that some cavities be given a nice start in them, with help of the UWBG horticulture staff. Elaine elc at uw dot edu From: Constance Sidles Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 6:25 PM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Poplar grove at the Fill Hey tweets, Here's a heads-up: I have just learned that the UWBG is planning on removing the cottonwood grove bordering the east side of the Youth Farm. They have determined that the trees have become unsafe, dropping big limbs without warning. Plus, the kids want to start an orchard as part of their farm, and the cottonwoods need to make way for the kids. David Zuckerman, manager of UWBG, asked me whether I knew of any hawk nests in that grove. I don't think there are any, though the grove is well-used by many passerines, both resident and migratory, who forage here, nest, roost, and perch. We are suggesting that UWBG staff think about leaving several of the cottonwoods as limbless snags, which would help woodpeckers and passerines alike. I hope this possibility will be pursued, as we have lost several snags at the Fill in recent years due to sheer age, and the beavers are doing their best to prevent new snags from developing by gnawing all the trees they can get at. I'm going to suggest that UWBG think about the loss of tree canopy as well. These are big trees and the loss of their canopy cover will be correspondingly big. To mitigate the loss, I'm hoping UWBG will consider planting a grove of evergreens in the area that used to be the road leading into the Dime Lot. - Connie, Seattle constancesidles@gmail.com csidles@constancypress.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Elaine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cotinga777 at yahoo.com Wed Sep 28 12:45:39 2022 From: cotinga777 at yahoo.com (Michael Scuderi) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Grieve or protest if you can muster the spirit, but don't plant Conifers (Ed Newbold) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1079890608.2051813.1664394339980@mail.yahoo.com> Connie, First off, let me say that I am grateful for you efforts to protect the Fill.? Without your advocacy, there would be a less diverse area for us to enjoy, Having said that, I have to agree with Ed about the conifers. When I worked in the restoration business, we often had this debate about conifers or deciduous trees. On big rivers you wanted to see more conifers because they added large woody debris to water courses where it was severely lacking. However, in more riparian areas, cottonwood, willow and alder usually dominate and if you look at Government Land Office records from the md-1800s you will see a number of references to deciduous trees in riparian?areas (Puget Sound River History Project.? | | | | | | | | | | | Puget Sound River History Project | | | ? So replanting a mix of conifers and deciduous would be what I would recommend. Cottonwood is a great go to tree but park people hate them because they drop limbs unexpectedly.? So Big leaf maple would be a good choice if the ground is not too wet. Willows?are another good tree, but again?park managers typically?don't like them because they create a dense understory?which hides views of illicit activity.? Red Alder might work instead with an understory of snowberry..? For conifers,. Sitka spruce is a great choice if the soil conditions allow it (wet)..? If you plan on planting Western red cedar, that needs to be done after an overstory is created since young cedar do not do well in full sun (typically?greater than 50% mortality).. That's my unsolicited two cents.? But in the end, no matter what is done, any trees being planted will be better than nothing being done.? Working?on parklike areas is tricky. You might want to contact the city?of Montlake Terrace to see what they are doing in a similar situation at Lake Ballinger Park.? Let us know how we can continue?to help you in advocating for restoration on Union Bay. Sincerely, Mike?Scuderi Message: 2 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:20:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Newbold To: Tweeters Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Grieve or protest if you can muster the spirit, ??? but don't plant Conifers Message-ID: <3179033.1446309.1664378456578@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Connie and Tweeters, Thanks Connie for the early warning of this unfortunate decision to remove Cottonwoods from Union Bay. Connie Sidles you are a great hero and I have witnessed the effects of your dynamic leadership of course around Union Bay but also at Cheasty Greenbelt where there is now a birder-presence on an organized monthly basis. Thank you Connie! As for the grove, this is terribly sad--yet another injury to the Natural World that has taken so many. It turns upside down the trope of kids loving Nature and protecting it from the old folks--Although I doubt the kids have been polled as to whether they really want this. But I have one quibble. I think the restoration movement has gone berserk over-planting conifers and seemingly attempting to turn natural areas into monocultures resembling a Weyerhaeuser tree farm. You can see this in Three Forks, Chinook Bend, all over the place and even dare I say Capehart. I believe that all the Native NW deciduous trees including, Ash, Alder, Maple and Cottonwood and Birch as well as non-deciduous Madronas are more valuable for the wildlife that is most in the crosshairs, such as neotropical insectivorous birds, than are the Conifers.? I am not credentialed in the least in Botany, Wildlife Biology or Ecology, so take this as an opinion. However, although? I'm not sure it's fair to drag someone in here, I believe Doc (Dennis) Paulson has expressed this view or something similar and that may be where my conviction originated. That said, thanks Connie for all you have done for the Montlake Fill, oops, I mean Union Bay and thanks for this latest heads-up. 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David armstrong Sent from my iPhone From mj.cygnus at gmail.com Wed Sep 28 15:11:18 2022 From: mj.cygnus at gmail.com (Martha Jordan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bob Heirman Wildlife Park Message-ID: I stopped by the Bob Heirman Wildlife Park today (south of Snohomish) park today. The road is getting worse and it isn't even winter yet. Water on the roadway from hillside runoff and some muddy areas. Meanwhile, the lake is low with lots of mud shoreline. The American Crows heralded me down the unkempt channel ridden road to the lake. Got a lovely serenade from several Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Wilson Snipe, and Coots along with American Wigeon, Mallard, Gr.Winged Teal and some ducks too far out for me to see via my binoculars. It is a good place to see shorebirds for the next few days or until it rains and mud gets covered once again with water. Martha Jordan Everett, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 meetings at wos.org Thu Sep 29 09:22:54 2022 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_Oct=2E_3=2C_7=3A30_pm?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_Unexpected_Population_Trends_in_Panamanian_Rainfores?= =?utf-8?q?t_Birds=3A_Complex_Webs?= Message-ID: <20220929162254.29051.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to join us on Oct. 3 for the first program of the new season to be held on Zoom (no in-person meeting this month). James R. Karr, UW Prof. Emeritus in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, will present the results to date of a long-term study he initiated 55 years ago as a Ph.D. student in a large, protected area of central Panama.??This study, involving multiple teams of scientists, volunteers, grad students and postdocs over a 44-year period, was recently reported in an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.??Prof. Karr will talk about the study?s results, including the sometimes surprising patterns they observed.??His talk will also feature photos of the many furtive understory birds captured with ground-level mist nets over the course of the study. When???Monday, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm (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. 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 margeecooper at gmail.com Thu Sep 29 10:16:46 2022 From: margeecooper at gmail.com (Margee Cooper) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Egrets in Longview Message-ID: Just spotted 7 Egrets across the canal in my backyard in west Longview between Finch and Pacific Way. They are just resting in the trees currently. SO much joy! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From festuca at comcast.net Thu Sep 29 14:36:25 2022 From: festuca at comcast.net (Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually NWR - 28th September Message-ID: <1779338466.158820.1664487385318@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Thu Sep 29 16:43:27 2022 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: <11b35fc8-517f-63-31d1-80527a9e4260@zipcon.net> HI ALL: I posted about 4 bird and 4 non bird books in this month's The Birdbooker Report. https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2022/09/new-titles.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From marvbreece at q.com Thu Sep 29 16:58:08 2022 From: marvbreece at q.com (Marv Breece) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley birding Message-ID: <1003820608.8802782.1664495888153.JavaMail.zimbra@q.com> Today at S 204th St in Kent, I witnessed a copulation of AMERICAN KESTRELS. It was brief, about 3-4 seconds. Copulation on September 29th? Must be Autumnal Recrudescense! Post copulation video: [ https://flic.kr/p/2nPN87b | https://flic.kr/p/2nPN87b ] Other birds at this location today (or not): Greater White-fronted Goose - a few No Red-shouldered Hawk - My last sighting was on 9.24.29 LB Dowitcher - 4 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Least Sandpiper - 1 Pectoral Sandpiper - 3 No Stilt Sandpiper - My last sighting was on 9.24.29 Black Phoebe - on the fence at the pond west of the horse track American Pipit - 13 Common Raven - 2 not so common at this site! Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Saturday October 1st really is the 50th Anniversary of Discovery Park and the 10 th Anniversary of the Capehart experiment, so please stop by and see us if you can. David Hutchinson ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 12:06 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Tweeters Digest, Vol 217, Issue 28 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: Grieve or protest if you can muster the spirit, but don't plant Conifers (Ed Newbold) (Michael Scuderi) 2. Still white pelicans deer lagoon (davearm@uw.edu) 3. Bob Heirman Wildlife Park (Martha Jordan) 4. Upcoming presentation about Bob Heirman Wildlife Park restoration efforts (Brian Zinke) 5. WOS Monthly Meeting, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm, Unexpected Population Trends in Panamanian Rainforest Birds: Complex Webs (meetings@wos.org) 6. Egrets in Longview (Margee Cooper) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 19:45:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Michael Scuderi To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Grieve or protest if you can muster the spirit, but don't plant Conifers (Ed Newbold) Message-ID: <1079890608.2051813.1664394339980@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Connie, First off, let me say that I am grateful for you efforts to protect the Fill.? Without your advocacy, there would be a less diverse area for us to enjoy, Having said that, I have to agree with Ed about the conifers. When I worked in the restoration business, we often had this debate about conifers or deciduous trees. On big rivers you wanted to see more conifers because they added large woody debris to water courses where it was severely lacking. However, in more riparian areas, cottonwood, willow and alder usually dominate and if you look at Government Land Office records from the md-1800s you will see a number of references to deciduous trees in riparian?areas (Puget Sound River History Project.? | | | | | | | | | | | Puget Sound River History Project | | | ? So replanting a mix of conifers and deciduous would be what I would recommend. Cottonwood is a great go to tree but park people hate them because they drop limbs unexpectedly.? So Big leaf maple would be a good choice if the ground is not too wet. Willows?are another good tree, but again?park managers typically?don't like them because they create a dense understory?which hides views of illicit activity.? Red Alder might work instead with an understory of snowberry..? For conifers,. Sitka spruce is a great choice if the soil conditions allow it (wet)..? If you plan on planting Western red cedar, that needs to be done after an overstory is created since young cedar do not do well in full sun (typically?greater than 50% mortality).. That's my unsolicited two cents.? But in the end, no matter what is done, any trees being planted will be better than nothing being done.? Working?on parklike areas is tricky. You might want to contact the city?of Montlake Terrace to see what they are doing in a similar situation at Lake Ballinger Park.? Let us know how we can continue?to help you in advocating for restoration on Union Bay. Sincerely, Mike?Scuderi Message: 2 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:20:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Ed Newbold To: Tweeters Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Grieve or protest if you can muster the spirit, ??? but don't plant Conifers Message-ID: <3179033.1446309.1664378456578@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Connie and Tweeters, Thanks Connie for the early warning of this unfortunate decision to remove Cottonwoods from Union Bay. Connie Sidles you are a great hero and I have witnessed the effects of your dynamic leadership of course around Union Bay but also at Cheasty Greenbelt where there is now a birder-presence on an organized monthly basis. Thank you Connie! As for the grove, this is terribly sad--yet another injury to the Natural World that has taken so many. It turns upside down the trope of kids loving Nature and protecting it from the old folks--Although I doubt the kids have been polled as to whether they really want this. But I have one quibble. I think the restoration movement has gone berserk over-planting conifers and seemingly attempting to turn natural areas into monocultures resembling a Weyerhaeuser tree farm. You can see this in Three Forks, Chinook Bend, all over the place and even dare I say Capehart. I believe that all the Native NW deciduous trees including, Ash, Alder, Maple and Cottonwood and Birch as well as non-deciduous Madronas are more valuable for the wildlife that is most in the crosshairs, such as neotropical insectivorous birds, than are the Conifers.? I am not credentialed in the least in Botany, Wildlife Biology or Ecology, so take this as an opinion. However, although? I'm not sure it's fair to drag someone in here, I believe Doc (Dennis) Paulson has expressed this view or something similar and that may be where my conviction originated. That said, thanks Connie for all you have done for the Montlake Fill, oops, I mean Union Bay and thanks for this latest heads-up. 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David armstrong Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:11:18 -0700 From: Martha Jordan To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Bob Heirman Wildlife Park Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I stopped by the Bob Heirman Wildlife Park today (south of Snohomish) park today. The road is getting worse and it isn't even winter yet. Water on the roadway from hillside runoff and some muddy areas. Meanwhile, the lake is low with lots of mud shoreline. The American Crows heralded me down the unkempt channel ridden road to the lake. Got a lovely serenade from several Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Wilson Snipe, and Coots along with American Wigeon, Mallard, Gr.Winged Teal and some ducks too far out for me to see via my binoculars. It is a good place to see shorebirds for the next few days or until it rains and mud gets covered once again with water. 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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: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:22:54 -0700 From: To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Monthly Meeting, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm, Unexpected Population Trends in Panamanian Rainforest Birds: Complex Webs Message-ID: <20220929162254.29051.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to join us on Oct. 3 for the first program of the new season to be held on Zoom (no in-person meeting this month). James R. Karr, UW Prof. Emeritus in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, will present the results to date of a long-term study he initiated 55 years ago as a Ph.D. student in a large, protected area of central Panama.??This study, involving multiple teams of scientists, volunteers, grad students and postdocs over a 44-year period, was recently reported in an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.??Prof. Karr will talk about the study?s results, including the sometimes surprising patterns they observed.??His talk will also feature photos of the many furtive understory birds captured with ground-level mist nets over the course of the study. When???Monday, Oct. 3, 7:30 pm (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. 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 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:16:46 -0700 From: Margee Cooper To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Egrets in Longview Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Just spotted 7 Egrets across the canal in my backyard in west Longview between Finch and Pacific Way. They are just resting in the trees currently. SO much joy! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was fairly birdy all day, but the birds were just the same regulars, with very little notable on the day ?Highlights? - Ring-necked Duck - one in the slough our FOF [first-of-fall] Green Heron - one spotted by Warren, amazingly directly in front of us yet invisible, until he said something. Swainson?s Thrush - none seen, once again, but still several calling before dawn Fox Sparrow - they?ve been back for a couple weeks, but this week they were ready to come out and be more visible to us. Golden-crowned Sparrow - growing numbers arriving in the park now Yellow-rumped Warbler - not many seen well, but several small flocks flitting around Just not a ton to report Misses included Golden-crowned Kinglet American Pipit European Starling Barn Swallow owls For the day 50 species ? Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garybletsch at yahoo.com Fri Sep 30 04:51:23 2022 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fir Island Game Range References: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, Greetings from Chautauqua County, NY. Thanks to one and all for the interesting discussion about the Montlake Fill or UBNA, if I have the toponymy right. At least there is some discussion about what trees to plant and what to remove. As best I can tell, at the Fir Island Game Range, or Wylie Slough, habitat "improvement" continues to "progress" without much public discussion. This site has been the premier birding spot in Skagit County for a long time. In late July, the last time I birded there, signage stated that the site would be closed for all of August and September. That alone was enough to make me scratch my head--WDFW would close the place for the best shorebirding time of the year, but have it open just in time for hunting. That is usually how they roll at that agency--hook and bullet, hook and bullet. A few days ago, a friend sent me some recent photos taken at the Game Range. The project there must have been completed a few days ahead of schedule. My friend was dismayed at what he saw. Apparently, the riparian corridor between the Headquarters Parking Area and the Dike Junction has been damaged, to say the least. Many of the good-sized trees were removed. That includes the big Sitka Spruce, a tree that has attracted all sorts of interesting birds over the years. Many alders were taken down, some of which had nest cavities used by Tree Swallows and Downy Woodpeckers. The so-called Viewing Blind is apparently now clear of brush. I call this the Skull-Cracking Blind. Countless people have smashed their foreheads when trying to enter this absurdly low structure. A friend of mine nearly lost an eye after suffering a detached retina in such a mishap.? Pardon the digression, but over the past few weeks, I have visited ten or twelve lovely blinds here in Chautauqua County, including a brand-new one that is nearly complete. They all have ample headspace, generous viewing ports, and comfy benches. It does not take Frank Lloyd Wright to design a blind. Nowhere in the world have I seen a blind like the one at the Game Range. Even in such places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, where the per capita income must rank among the lowest in the world, wildlife areas feature proper, roomy, comfortable blinds, or hides, as the British say. I had been grumbling about the Skull-Cracking Blind for another reason. Since it was constructed, WDFW had allowed a towering growth of brush to obscure the view from the blind. Between retinal detachment and an opaque screen of vegetation, this structure offered a new twist on the meaning of "blind." Now it seems that no one who succeeds in entering unscathed will complain for lack of view. The shoreline of the slough has been scalped. It would be interesting to read some accounts and descriptions of the changes at the Game Range, if any birders visit there in the coming weeks, before waterfowl hunting gets going. It would be good to learn the status of the cattails in the main pond; those cattails had been slowly colonizing the mudflat, making it less and less attractive to shorebirds, and harder and harder for people to observe the ones present. That was the vegetation that I was hoping to see removed--not trees and brush! Yours truly, Gary Bletsch ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steamboatwilleys at yahoo.com Fri Sep 30 09:58:41 2022 From: steamboatwilleys at yahoo.com (Stan and Irene Willey) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Taiga Bean Goose References: <378C88D7-D8CF-4127-AF7E-F549B4454ED3.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <378C88D7-D8CF-4127-AF7E-F549B4454ED3@yahoo.com> Seen briefly 15 mins ago at the base of the N jetty at Ocean Shores, where the road from the parking lot meets the beach. Bird took off and flew east inland along the jetty. I was unable to follow. I have decent photos which enabled identification. Stan Sent from my iPhone From dave.slager at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 14:37:33 2022 From: dave.slager at gmail.com (Dave Slager) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (SR-520 closed this weekend) Message-ID: Tweeters, It looks like the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Seattle is still being seen today. Its favorite mudflat is east of Foster Island, viewed by looking north from the SR-520 bike trail. Access is via walking or biking down the trail from East Montlake Park. Note that the SR-520 bridge will be closed to vehicles all weekend, but the bike trail will still be open. In other words, it's a bad weekend to try driving across the SR-520 bridge, but a great weekend to go birding at this spot, which otherwise has a lot of noise and vibration from all the highway vehicles passing by. Good birding, Dave Slager Seattle, WA From leschwitters at me.com Fri Sep 30 14:51:36 2022 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening Message-ID: We?re coming to the end of our 30th count all the migrating Vaux?s Swifts in North America endeavor. It?s been wilder that usual with old roosts documenting their most ever one night totals and others who always have swifts being abandoned. Monroe Wagner could only attract 1000 for the entire migration after having 160,000 in the Northbound. Our Washington roost sites have all been reporting zeros the last week.. The wee birds have made it to Central California with one roost site tucking in 40 to 70 thousand every night. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 16:31:17 2022 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?The_Strange_History_of_America=E2=80=99s_Bal?= =?utf-8?q?d-Eagle_Obsession_-_The_Atlantic?= Message-ID: <823FAADA-2A5A-4670-87AF-0664E757F111@gmail.com> https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/bald-eagle-america-history-jack-e-davis/621311/ Sent from my iPhone From steamboatwilleys at yahoo.com Fri Sep 30 17:17:34 2022 From: steamboatwilleys at yahoo.com (Stan and Irene Willey) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Faux Taiga Bean Goose References: Message-ID: Ryan Merrill after viewing my pix points out that I made a mistake in ID and it is actually a juvenile Greater White-fronted Goose. Sorry. At least it was fun for a while. Stan Sent from my iPhone From patti.loesche at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 19:23:26 2022 From: patti.loesche at gmail.com (Patti Loesche) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fir Island Game Range In-Reply-To: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863@mail.yahoo.com> References: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <392099268.1546889.1664538683863@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1E2C2737-C659-4643-8897-8113E2D34A0E@gmail.com> Gary, I visited Wylie today and actually thought, I am very glad that Gary isn?t here to see this. The trees you described have not just been removed, they have been butchered. It?s painful to witness. Whatever the goals of the Wylie project, those goals are hostile to trees and birds. And as you wrote, that mean little blind sticks out in the wide open now. The cattail monoculture is doing fine. Patti Loesche Seattle > On Sep 30, 2022, at 4:51 AM, Gary Bletsch wrote: > > Dear Tweeters, > > Greetings from Chautauqua County, NY. Thanks to one and all for the interesting discussion about the Montlake Fill or UBNA, if I have the toponymy right. At least there is some discussion about what trees to plant and what to remove. > > As best I can tell, at the Fir Island Game Range, or Wylie Slough, habitat "improvement" continues to "progress" without much public discussion. This site has been the premier birding spot in Skagit County for a long time. In late July, the last time I birded there, signage stated that the site would be closed for all of August and September. That alone was enough to make me scratch my head--WDFW would close the place for the best shorebirding time of the year, but have it open just in time for hunting. That is usually how they roll at that agency--hook and bullet, hook and bullet. > > A few days ago, a friend sent me some recent photos taken at the Game Range. The project there must have been completed a few days ahead of schedule. My friend was dismayed at what he saw. Apparently, the riparian corridor between the Headquarters Parking Area and the Dike Junction has been damaged, to say the least. Many of the good-sized trees were removed. That includes the big Sitka Spruce, a tree that has attracted all sorts of interesting birds over the years. Many alders were taken down, some of which had nest cavities used by Tree Swallows and Downy Woodpeckers. > > The so-called Viewing Blind is apparently now clear of brush. I call this the Skull-Cracking Blind. Countless people have smashed their foreheads when trying to enter this absurdly low structure. A friend of mine nearly lost an eye after suffering a detached retina in such a mishap. > > Pardon the digression, but over the past few weeks, I have visited ten or twelve lovely blinds here in Chautauqua County, including a brand-new one that is nearly complete. They all have ample headspace, generous viewing ports, and comfy benches. It does not take Frank Lloyd Wright to design a blind. Nowhere in the world have I seen a blind like the one at the Game Range. Even in such places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, where the per capita income must rank among the lowest in the world, wildlife areas feature proper, roomy, comfortable blinds, or hides, as the British say. > > I had been grumbling about the Skull-Cracking Blind for another reason. Since it was constructed, WDFW had allowed a towering growth of brush to obscure the view from the blind. Between retinal detachment and an opaque screen of vegetation, this structure offered a new twist on the meaning of "blind." > > Now it seems that no one who succeeds in entering unscathed will complain for lack of view. The shoreline of the slough has been scalped. > > It would be interesting to read some accounts and descriptions of the changes at the Game Range, if any birders visit there in the coming weeks, before waterfowl hunting gets going. It would be good to learn the status of the cattails in the main pond; those cattails had been slowly colonizing the mudflat, making it less and less attractive to shorebirds, and harder and harder for people to observe the ones present. That was the vegetation that I was hoping to see removed--not trees and brush! > > 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 ucd880 at comcast.net Fri Sep 30 20:18:56 2022 From: ucd880 at comcast.net (HAL MICHAEL) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fir Island Game Range In-Reply-To: <1E2C2737-C659-4643-8897-8113E2D34A0E@gmail.com> References: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <392099268.1546889.1664538683863@mail.yahoo.com> <1E2C2737-C659-4643-8897-8113E2D34A0E@gmail.com> Message-ID: <329929222.401682.1664594336297@connect.xfinity.com> Pretty sure that Wylie Slough project is for salmon restoration. Nothing else matters. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 09/30/2022 7:23 PM Patti Loesche wrote: > > > Gary, > > I visited Wylie today and actually thought, I am very glad that Gary isn?t here to see this. The trees you described have not just been removed, they have been butchered. It?s painful to witness. Whatever the goals of the Wylie project, those goals are hostile to trees and birds. And as you wrote, that mean little blind sticks out in the wide open now. The cattail monoculture is doing fine. > > Patti Loesche > Seattle > > > > > On Sep 30, 2022, at 4:51 AM, Gary Bletsch wrote: > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > Greetings from Chautauqua County, NY. Thanks to one and all for the interesting discussion about the Montlake Fill or UBNA, if I have the toponymy right. At least there is some discussion about what trees to plant and what to remove. > > > > As best I can tell, at the Fir Island Game Range, or Wylie Slough, habitat "improvement" continues to "progress" without much public discussion. This site has been the premier birding spot in Skagit County for a long time. In late July, the last time I birded there, signage stated that the site would be closed for all of August and September. That alone was enough to make me scratch my head--WDFW would close the place for the best shorebirding time of the year, but have it open just in time for hunting. That is usually how they roll at that agency--hook and bullet, hook and bullet. > > > > A few days ago, a friend sent me some recent photos taken at the Game Range. The project there must have been completed a few days ahead of schedule. My friend was dismayed at what he saw. Apparently, the riparian corridor between the Headquarters Parking Area and the Dike Junction has been damaged, to say the least. Many of the good-sized trees were removed. That includes the big Sitka Spruce, a tree that has attracted all sorts of interesting birds over the years. Many alders were taken down, some of which had nest cavities used by Tree Swallows and Downy Woodpeckers. > > > > The so-called Viewing Blind is apparently now clear of brush. I call this the Skull-Cracking Blind. Countless people have smashed their foreheads when trying to enter this absurdly low structure. A friend of mine nearly lost an eye after suffering a detached retina in such a mishap. > > > > Pardon the digression, but over the past few weeks, I have visited ten or twelve lovely blinds here in Chautauqua County, including a brand-new one that is nearly complete. They all have ample headspace, generous viewing ports, and comfy benches. It does not take Frank Lloyd Wright to design a blind. Nowhere in the world have I seen a blind like the one at the Game Range. Even in such places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, where the per capita income must rank among the lowest in the world, wildlife areas feature proper, roomy, comfortable blinds, or hides, as the British say. > > > > I had been grumbling about the Skull-Cracking Blind for another reason. Since it was constructed, WDFW had allowed a towering growth of brush to obscure the view from the blind. Between retinal detachment and an opaque screen of vegetation, this structure offered a new twist on the meaning of "blind." > > > > Now it seems that no one who succeeds in entering unscathed will complain for lack of view. The shoreline of the slough has been scalped. > > > > It would be interesting to read some accounts and descriptions of the changes at the Game Range, if any birders visit there in the coming weeks, before waterfowl hunting gets going. It would be good to learn the status of the cattails in the main pond; those cattails had been slowly colonizing the mudflat, making it less and less attractive to shorebirds, and harder and harder for people to observe the ones present. That was the vegetation that I was hoping to see removed--not trees and brush! > > > > Yours truly, > > > > Gary Bletsch > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto: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 1northraven at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 20:35:00 2022 From: 1northraven at gmail.com (J Christian Kessler) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fir Island Game Range In-Reply-To: <329929222.401682.1664594336297@connect.xfinity.com> References: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <392099268.1546889.1664538683863@mail.yahoo.com> <1E2C2737-C659-4643-8897-8113E2D34A0E@gmail.com> <329929222.401682.1664594336297@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: but it's not at all clear to me why salmon restoration entails - or requires - destruction of avian habitat. I would think maintaining the tree and brush along the shore was important to enhancing the sought after characteristics of the water column. mud in the water is antithetical to what salmon fry need. Chris Kessler On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 8:19 PM HAL MICHAEL wrote: > Pretty sure that Wylie Slough project is for salmon restoration. Nothing > else matters. > Hal Michael > Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > > > On 09/30/2022 7:23 PM Patti Loesche wrote: > > > Gary, > > I visited Wylie today and actually thought, I am very glad that Gary isn?t > here to see this. The trees you described have not just been removed, they > have been butchered. It?s painful to witness. Whatever the goals of the > Wylie project, those goals are hostile to trees and birds. And as you > wrote, that mean little blind sticks out in the wide open now. The cattail > monoculture is doing fine. > > Patti Loesche > Seattle > > On Sep 30, 2022, at 4:51 AM, Gary Bletsch wrote: > Dear Tweeters, > > Greetings from Chautauqua County, NY. Thanks to one and all for the > interesting discussion about the Montlake Fill or UBNA, if I have the > toponymy right. At least there is some discussion about what trees to plant > and what to remove. > > As best I can tell, at the Fir Island Game Range, or Wylie Slough, habitat > "improvement" continues to "progress" without much public discussion. This > site has been the premier birding spot in Skagit County for a long time. In > late July, the last time I birded there, signage stated that the site would > be closed for all of August and September. That alone was enough to make me > scratch my head--WDFW would close the place for the best shorebirding time > of the year, but have it open just in time for hunting. That is usually how > they roll at that agency--hook and bullet, hook and bullet. > > A few days ago, a friend sent me some recent photos taken at the Game > Range. The project there must have been completed a few days ahead of > schedule. My friend was dismayed at what he saw. Apparently, the riparian > corridor between the Headquarters Parking Area and the Dike Junction has > been damaged, to say the least. Many of the good-sized trees were removed. > That includes the big Sitka Spruce, a tree that has attracted all sorts of > interesting birds over the years. Many alders were taken down, some of > which had nest cavities used by Tree Swallows and Downy Woodpeckers. > > The so-called Viewing Blind is apparently now clear of brush. I call this > the Skull-Cracking Blind. Countless people have smashed their foreheads > when trying to enter this absurdly low structure. A friend of mine nearly > lost an eye after suffering a detached retina in such a mishap. > > Pardon the digression, but over the past few weeks, I have visited ten or > twelve lovely blinds here in Chautauqua County, including a brand-new one > that is nearly complete. They all have ample headspace, generous viewing > ports, and comfy benches. It does not take Frank Lloyd Wright to design a > blind. Nowhere in the world have I seen a blind like the one at the Game > Range. Even in such places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, where the > per capita income must rank among the lowest in the world, wildlife areas > feature proper, roomy, comfortable blinds, or hides, as the British say. > > I had been grumbling about the Skull-Cracking Blind for another reason. > Since it was constructed, WDFW had allowed a towering growth of brush to > obscure the view from the blind. Between retinal detachment and an opaque > screen of vegetation, this structure offered a new twist on the meaning of > "blind." > > Now it seems that no one who succeeds in entering unscathed will complain > for lack of view. The shoreline of the slough has been scalped. > > It would be interesting to read some accounts and descriptions of the > changes at the Game Range, if any birders visit there in the coming weeks, > before waterfowl hunting gets going. It would be good to learn the status > of the cattails in the main pond; those cattails had been slowly colonizing > the mudflat, making it less and less attractive to shorebirds, and harder > and harder for people to observe the ones present. That was the vegetation > that I was hoping to see removed--not trees and brush! > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- "moderation in everything, including moderation" Rustin Thompson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucd880 at comcast.net Fri Sep 30 21:13:37 2022 From: ucd880 at comcast.net (HAL MICHAEL) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fir Island Game Range In-Reply-To: References: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <392099268.1546889.1664538683863@mail.yahoo.com> <1E2C2737-C659-4643-8897-8113E2D34A0E@gmail.com> <329929222.401682.1664594336297@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <516065439.402178.1664597618008@connect.xfinity.com> Create/recreate intertidal areas. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 09/30/2022 8:35 PM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: > > > but it's not at all clear to me why salmon restoration entails - or requires - destruction of avian habitat. I would think maintaining the tree and brush along the shore was important to enhancing the sought after characteristics of the water column. mud in the water is antithetical to what salmon fry need. > > Chris Kessler > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 8:19 PM HAL MICHAEL wrote: > > > > Pretty sure that Wylie Slough project is for salmon restoration. Nothing else matters. > > Hal Michael > > Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ > > Olympia WA > > 360-459-4005 > > 360-791-7702 (C) > > ucd880@comcast.net mailto:ucd880@comcast.net > > > > > > > > > > > On 09/30/2022 7:23 PM Patti Loesche wrote: > > > > > > > > > Gary, > > > > > > I visited Wylie today and actually thought, I am very glad that Gary isn?t here to see this. The trees you described have not just been removed, they have been butchered. It?s painful to witness. Whatever the goals of the Wylie project, those goals are hostile to trees and birds. And as you wrote, that mean little blind sticks out in the wide open now. The cattail monoculture is doing fine. > > > > > > Patti Loesche > > > Seattle > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 30, 2022, at 4:51 AM, Gary Bletsch wrote: > > > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > > > > > Greetings from Chautauqua County, NY. Thanks to one and all for the interesting discussion about the Montlake Fill or UBNA, if I have the toponymy right. At least there is some discussion about what trees to plant and what to remove. > > > > > > > > As best I can tell, at the Fir Island Game Range, or Wylie Slough, habitat "improvement" continues to "progress" without much public discussion. This site has been the premier birding spot in Skagit County for a long time. In late July, the last time I birded there, signage stated that the site would be closed for all of August and September. That alone was enough to make me scratch my head--WDFW would close the place for the best shorebirding time of the year, but have it open just in time for hunting. That is usually how they roll at that agency--hook and bullet, hook and bullet. > > > > > > > > A few days ago, a friend sent me some recent photos taken at the Game Range. The project there must have been completed a few days ahead of schedule. My friend was dismayed at what he saw. Apparently, the riparian corridor between the Headquarters Parking Area and the Dike Junction has been damaged, to say the least. Many of the good-sized trees were removed. That includes the big Sitka Spruce, a tree that has attracted all sorts of interesting birds over the years. Many alders were taken down, some of which had nest cavities used by Tree Swallows and Downy Woodpeckers. > > > > > > > > The so-called Viewing Blind is apparently now clear of brush. I call this the Skull-Cracking Blind. Countless people have smashed their foreheads when trying to enter this absurdly low structure. A friend of mine nearly lost an eye after suffering a detached retina in such a mishap. > > > > > > > > Pardon the digression, but over the past few weeks, I have visited ten or twelve lovely blinds here in Chautauqua County, including a brand-new one that is nearly complete. They all have ample headspace, generous viewing ports, and comfy benches. It does not take Frank Lloyd Wright to design a blind. Nowhere in the world have I seen a blind like the one at the Game Range. Even in such places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, where the per capita income must rank among the lowest in the world, wildlife areas feature proper, roomy, comfortable blinds, or hides, as the British say. > > > > > > > > I had been grumbling about the Skull-Cracking Blind for another reason. Since it was constructed, WDFW had allowed a towering growth of brush to obscure the view from the blind. Between retinal detachment and an opaque screen of vegetation, this structure offered a new twist on the meaning of "blind." > > > > > > > > Now it seems that no one who succeeds in entering unscathed will complain for lack of view. The shoreline of the slough has been scalped. > > > > > > > > It would be interesting to read some accounts and descriptions of the changes at the Game Range, if any birders visit there in the coming weeks, before waterfowl hunting gets going. It would be good to learn the status of the cattails in the main pond; those cattails had been slowly colonizing the mudflat, making it less and less attractive to shorebirds, and harder and harder for people to observe the ones present. That was the vegetation that I was hoping to see removed--not trees and brush! > > > > > > > > Yours truly, > > > > > > > > Gary Bletsch > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Tweeters mailing list > > > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tweeters mailing list > > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > > > > -- > "moderation in everything, including moderation" > Rustin Thompson > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From 1northraven at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 21:27:55 2022 From: 1northraven at gmail.com (J Christian Kessler) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:48 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fir Island Game Range In-Reply-To: <516065439.402178.1664597618008@connect.xfinity.com> References: <392099268.1546889.1664538683863.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <392099268.1546889.1664538683863@mail.yahoo.com> <1E2C2737-C659-4643-8897-8113E2D34A0E@gmail.com> <329929222.401682.1664594336297@connect.xfinity.com> <516065439.402178.1664597618008@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: creating/recreating intertidal areas means high tides have to reach/cover the ground. the trees taken down at Wylie Slough were on land several feet above normal high tides, which ran up the channel a few tens of feet away. I'm not understanding ... Chris On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 9:14 PM HAL MICHAEL wrote: > Create/recreate intertidal areas. > > Hal Michael > Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > > > On 09/30/2022 8:35 PM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: > > > but it's not at all clear to me why salmon restoration entails - or > requires - destruction of avian habitat. I would think maintaining the > tree and brush along the shore was important to enhancing the sought after > characteristics of the water column. mud in the water is antithetical to > what salmon fry need. > > Chris Kessler > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 8:19 PM HAL MICHAEL wrote: > > Pretty sure that Wylie Slough project is for salmon restoration. Nothing > else matters. > Hal Michael > Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > > > On 09/30/2022 7:23 PM Patti Loesche wrote: > > > Gary, > > I visited Wylie today and actually thought, I am very glad that Gary isn?t > here to see this. The trees you described have not just been removed, they > have been butchered. It?s painful to witness. Whatever the goals of the > Wylie project, those goals are hostile to trees and birds. And as you > wrote, that mean little blind sticks out in the wide open now. The cattail > monoculture is doing fine. > > Patti Loesche > Seattle > > On Sep 30, 2022, at 4:51 AM, Gary Bletsch wrote: > Dear Tweeters, > > Greetings from Chautauqua County, NY. Thanks to one and all for the > interesting discussion about the Montlake Fill or UBNA, if I have the > toponymy right. At least there is some discussion about what trees to plant > and what to remove. > > As best I can tell, at the Fir Island Game Range, or Wylie Slough, habitat > "improvement" continues to "progress" without much public discussion. This > site has been the premier birding spot in Skagit County for a long time. In > late July, the last time I birded there, signage stated that the site would > be closed for all of August and September. That alone was enough to make me > scratch my head--WDFW would close the place for the best shorebirding time > of the year, but have it open just in time for hunting. That is usually how > they roll at that agency--hook and bullet, hook and bullet. > > A few days ago, a friend sent me some recent photos taken at the Game > Range. The project there must have been completed a few days ahead of > schedule. My friend was dismayed at what he saw. Apparently, the riparian > corridor between the Headquarters Parking Area and the Dike Junction has > been damaged, to say the least. Many of the good-sized trees were removed. > That includes the big Sitka Spruce, a tree that has attracted all sorts of > interesting birds over the years. Many alders were taken down, some of > which had nest cavities used by Tree Swallows and Downy Woodpeckers. > > The so-called Viewing Blind is apparently now clear of brush. I call this > the Skull-Cracking Blind. Countless people have smashed their foreheads > when trying to enter this absurdly low structure. A friend of mine nearly > lost an eye after suffering a detached retina in such a mishap. > > Pardon the digression, but over the past few weeks, I have visited ten or > twelve lovely blinds here in Chautauqua County, including a brand-new one > that is nearly complete. They all have ample headspace, generous viewing > ports, and comfy benches. It does not take Frank Lloyd Wright to design a > blind. Nowhere in the world have I seen a blind like the one at the Game > Range. Even in such places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, where the > per capita income must rank among the lowest in the world, wildlife areas > feature proper, roomy, comfortable blinds, or hides, as the British say. > > I had been grumbling about the Skull-Cracking Blind for another reason. > Since it was constructed, WDFW had allowed a towering growth of brush to > obscure the view from the blind. Between retinal detachment and an opaque > screen of vegetation, this structure offered a new twist on the meaning of > "blind." > > Now it seems that no one who succeeds in entering unscathed will complain > for lack of view. The shoreline of the slough has been scalped. > > It would be interesting to read some accounts and descriptions of the > changes at the Game Range, if any birders visit there in the coming weeks, > before waterfowl hunting gets going. It would be good to learn the status > of the cattails in the main pond; those cattails had been slowly colonizing > the mudflat, making it less and less attractive to shorebirds, and harder > and harder for people to observe the ones present. That was the vegetation > that I was hoping to see removed--not trees and brush! > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > -- > "moderation in everything, including moderation" > Rustin Thompson > > -- "moderation in everything, including moderation" Rustin Thompson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dovalonso at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 22:29:22 2022 From: dovalonso at gmail.com (Darwin A.) 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