From tcstonefam at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 08:51:22 2023 From: tcstonefam at gmail.com (Tom and Carol Stoner) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird of 2023 Message-ID: A Yellow-rumped Warbler (not a crow!) Good birds in 2023 to all. Carol Stoner West Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dougsantoni at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 08:54:06 2023 From: dougsantoni at gmail.com (Doug Santoni) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird of 2023 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I tried not to let it happen this way, but my first three birds were 1) Crow, 2) Dark-eyed Junco, and 3) Starling. Doug Santoni Seattle > On Jan 1, 2023, at 8:51 AM, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > > A Yellow-rumped Warbler (not a crow!) > Good birds in 2023 to all. > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From stephenose at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 09:02:22 2023 From: stephenose at gmail.com (Steve Noseworthy) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird of 2023 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FOY, not surprisingly ... Anna's Hummingbird! and not a crow to be heard. On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 8:54 AM Doug Santoni wrote: > I tried not to let it happen this way, but my first three birds were 1) > Crow, 2) Dark-eyed Junco, and 3) Starling. > > Doug Santoni > Seattle > > > On Jan 1, 2023, at 8:51 AM, Tom and Carol Stoner > wrote: > > > > A Yellow-rumped Warbler (not a crow!) > > Good birds in 2023 to all. > > Carol Stoner > > West Seattle > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Anna's Hummingbird! and not a crow to be heard. > > On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 8:54 AM Doug Santoni wrote: > >> I tried not to let it happen this way, but my first three birds were 1) >> Crow, 2) Dark-eyed Junco, and 3) Starling. >> >> Doug Santoni >> Seattle >> >> > On Jan 1, 2023, at 8:51 AM, Tom and Carol Stoner >> wrote: >> > >> > A Yellow-rumped Warbler (not a crow!) >> > Good birds in 2023 to all. >> > Carol Stoner >> > West Seattle >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 marvbreece at q.com Sun Jan 1 09:55:47 2023 From: marvbreece at q.com (MARVIN BREECE) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent otters & mergansers Message-ID: Yesterday (12.31.22) six River Otters hunted and played in the chain-link pond at the intersection of Frager Rd and S 204th St in Kent. Taking video thru the chain-link was a challenge, and the results fall short of spectacular, but I'll share some of them anyway. At one point. 3 HOODED MERGANSERS bolted from the far end of the pond and landed in the water at the near edge, close to me. I don't usually get very close to Hooded Mergansers, but I believe they didn't want to leave the pond, and they were more concerned with the otters than they were with me. You can see in the videos that they chose a location where they could monitor the otters and not get taken from below. 5 otter videos & 2 merganser videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN Some may not believe that an otter would take a duck. On 10.18.19 at Fir Island in Skagit County I observed a River Otter enter the water and swim toward an injured Snow Goose. After a struggle of a few minutes, the otter subdued the goose. 2 videos: https://flic.kr/p/2hxn8HC Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From darcyrbarry at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 10:00:26 2023 From: darcyrbarry at gmail.com (Darcy Barry) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird of 2023 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7ECD20EE-BF0E-4ED6-9E46-3CE5EDF3832A@gmail.com> Mine was an American Robin. Happy New Year and happy birding in 2023! Darcy Seattle > On Jan 1, 2023, at 08:52, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > > ? > A Yellow-rumped Warbler (not a crow!) > Good birds in 2023 to all. > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From mattxyz at earthlink.net Sun Jan 1 10:03:50 2023 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Washington Bird List Reports for 2022 - time to send them in Message-ID: <075831EC-96D3-4EB4-9896-941E7502745E@earthlink.net> Happy New Year, everyone! Now?s the time to wrap up those listing details from 2022 to clear the way for 2023 adventures. January 31, 2023 is the deadline to send Washington Birder your 2022 List Report. List Report and Big Day forms are available on the WA Birder website at: http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html The annual list report is a great chance to look at the community and appreciate all the many accomplishments out there. I believe many people have set personal high counts this year in their home counties, and several very high state year lists - it would be excellent receive that info for the overall report. Regardless of how high or low your totals are, this is a chance to join in the community summary of accomplishments. You don?t have to enter details for every category listed, just send in info for those important to you. If you are on eBird, almost all the totaling is done for you Also for eBirders: In the 2022 reporting, eBird is in the process of incorporating a different method of calculating list totals that will remove some exotics/introduced species. This is currently visible on regional checklists on eBird, but not on personal life list totals.Most notably, before long most western WA counties will no longer ?count? Ring-necked Pheasant in county life list totals. For this year, use the method you prefer - we?ll likely follow this new approach next year, once fully integrated in eBird. Enjoy the new year, and send in the [reports of the] old! Matt Bartels Washington Birder Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From janine at northbeachlandscapes.com Sun Jan 1 10:15:16 2023 From: janine at northbeachlandscapes.com (janine@northbeachlandscapes.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird of 2023 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <048501d91e0d$00825590$018700b0$@northbeachlandscapes.com> The Great Blue Heron that feeds in the meadow outside my window. Janine Anderson Port Townsend, WA jatlmm@msn.com From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Louise Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2023 9:13 AM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] First Bird of 2023 My first bird is usually the Anna's at my feeder, but this year it's a red-footed booby because I'm in the Revillagigedas Islands. Eyes peeled for a Townsend's shearwater... Louise Rutter Not in Kirkland On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 9:03 AM Steve Noseworthy > wrote: FOY, not surprisingly ... Anna's Hummingbird! and not a crow to be heard. On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 8:54 AM Doug Santoni > wrote: I tried not to let it happen this way, but my first three birds were 1) Crow, 2) Dark-eyed Junco, and 3) Starling. Doug Santoni Seattle > On Jan 1, 2023, at 8:51 AM, Tom and Carol Stoner > wrote: > > A Yellow-rumped Warbler (not a crow!) > Good birds in 2023 to all. > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > _______________________________________________ > 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 cmborre1 at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 10:57:40 2023 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Seabirds Best of 2022 video link Message-ID: Happy New Year Tweeterdom! I've included a link to the annual Westport Seabirds "Best of" video below. These videos are best enjoyed in HD on a smart TV using the YouTube app. You can try searching "wildthing productions" and my channel is the one with the raccoons. It's also referred to as @wildthingprodction1 as there are several with similar names out there. You can also click the link from this email and click "Watch later" to add the video to your watch later playlist, then you can access that on your TV. https://youtu.be/rCrk4XwVuNw 2022 was a great year for rarities at sea off Westport, here's to wishing 2023 surpasses it! Cheers, Cara Borre Gig Harbor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can also click the link from this email and click "Watch later" to add the video to your watch later playlist, then you can access that on your TV. https://youtu.be/rCrk4XwVuNw 2022 was a great year for rarities at sea off Westport, here's to wishing 2023 surpasses it!? Cheers, Cara BorreGig Harbor_______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From margeecooper at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 11:23:28 2023 From: margeecooper at gmail.com (Margee Cooper) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] FOY Evening Grosbeak Message-ID: Just caught an Evening Grosbeak at my backyard feeder, sharing some seeds with a Flicker. Longview, Washington. Previously the 1st of year for Evening Grosbeaks was in May. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It seems to be an African Collared-Dove, for an excellent bird watching start to our new year. https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ Kevin Lucas Yakima County, WA *Qui tacet consentire videtur* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carolyn.a.eagan at gmail.com Sun Jan 1 14:29:05 2023 From: carolyn.a.eagan at gmail.com (Carolyn Eagan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] 23rd yardbird for 2023 - Collared-Dove In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <405C462C-2D28-49CE-ADD3-1A11993C09AC@gmail.com> My first bird was a small flock of Common Goldeneye. Carolyn Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 1, 2023, at 1:51 PM, Kevin Lucas wrote: > > ? > Our first yardbird for 2023 was a Great Horned Owl hooting after the fusillade of fireworks subsided in the wee hours. > > But number 23 for '23 was a new yardbird and a life bird -- a slightly smaller appearing Collared-Dove with all white undertail coverts. It seems to be an African Collared-Dove, for an excellent bird watching start to our new year. > > https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ > > Kevin Lucas > Yakima County, WA > > Qui tacet consentire videtur > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Sun Jan 1 14:51:52 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird of 2023 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230101145152.Horde.rSDIstHnYqdgSfbI3ULGYm_@webmail.jimbetz.com> Happy New Year! Our first of the year was a pair of Bald Eagles sitting on top of the tree in front of our house. Just hanging out - but looking at the fields below them in case sumpin happens. Second thru 600th (more) were Trumpeters (and probably some Tundras) that have been showing up almost in the Butler Flats area every day for more than a month. We probably have twice as many swans this year compared to last year - that's a guestimate and may be more related to the birds being where we can see them from out house (spotting scope) ... so maybe just a "more in Skagit County" but maybe more birds came to this New Year's Party than last year? - Jim in Skagit From o.b.james at verizon.net Sun Jan 1 15:38:35 2023 From: o.b.james at verizon.net (Odette B. James) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Birds of 2023 References: <000001d91e3a$2b7b0800$82711800$.ref@verizon.net> Message-ID: <000001d91e3a$2b7b0800$82711800$@verizon.net> I can probably top most of you. I live in a retirement community on the shore of Lake Washington, and when I glanced out the window this morning, at the delta of the Cedar River, I spotted some white birds that looked like they might not be just the usual gulls. I grabbed my scope and checked them out. It was a pair of young Snow Geese, molting into adult plumage, and they were accompanied by three Cackling Geese. A great start to 2023 birding. Odette James -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zest4parus at hotmail.com Sun Jan 1 17:05:25 2023 From: zest4parus at hotmail.com (Faye McAdams Hands) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First Bird Message-ID: Hi Tweets! My First Bird of 2023 was an Anna's Hummingbird. And specifically, almost being Head-butted by 2 ANHU as I was refilling the feeders. Second Bird was a Dark-eyed Junco, who was watching it all, and perhaps chuckling as I dodged imminent injury! 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From there we drove up and down and up again Siwash Creek in search of ST Grouse. We were rewarded at the very top where it widens out and were able to watch 12 ST Grouse feeding in the River Birch. From there we did Nealy Road (where we just missed Snow Buntings) to Chesaw and back via Hungry Hollow Road. The biggest shock was that we did not see any Raptor on the whole loop and it was sunny. We?ve seen a half a dozen RL Hawks around Havillah alone on past trips - perhaps the snow was just too deep for good hunting? Our only RL Hawk so far was at Bridgeport Bar at Grange Road corner - not a place I would have expected. And for anyone in that area - there was a report of a Heard Only Pileated Woodpecker - it?d be a county first. On 12/29, we XC Skiing at Pearrygin SP out of Winthrop and had 180 Bohemian Waxwings at the Sno-Park, the most we?ve ever seen. Happy New Year! Marcus Roening Tacoma WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nothing wrong with it, except that the sunflower-seed-loving birds would scatter most of the millet on the ground while excavating to get to the bits they preferred. There was so much spillage that we were refilling the feeder much more often, attracting rodents, and in the end didn't save any money. We went back to using the "Skagit #4 Best" seed mix at Skagit Wild Bird Supply, which has a much higher percentage of black oil sunflower seeds, sunflower chips and diced peanuts. It costs about 75% more up front than the Costco brand, but a bag lasts much longer and leaves less spillage on the ground, while bringing more birds to the feeder. So we consider the more expensive seed mix to be the better investment. Doug Simonsen Dennis, I buy my bird seed at Skagit Wild Bird Supply in Mt. Vernon. It is close to me, essentially on my way to 2/3rds of my local birding locations, and the people there are both knowledgeable and friendly. Does it cost more than Costco? 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URL: From ryanabe79 at yahoo.com Mon Jan 2 13:53:56 2023 From: ryanabe79 at yahoo.com (Ryan Abe) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Brambling, Cape Disappointment SP References: <61FEB980-A2A6-4643-A959-5C815DA10A0E.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <61FEB980-A2A6-4643-A959-5C815DA10A0E@yahoo.com> Hi All, I just found what appears to be a brambling at cape disappointment state spark. Loop B site Y66. In the large flock of juncos, thrushes etc? Thanks! Ryan Abe Vancouver, WA Sent from my iPhone From garybletsch at yahoo.com Mon Jan 2 14:25:14 2023 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] buying bird seed References: <566542418.3110624.1672698314565.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <566542418.3110624.1672698314565@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, When I lived in Skagit County, I bought most of my bird seed at Fred Meyer. They'd have huge bags of black-oil sunflower at a price usually a bit lower than other stores. At times, they'd have it on sale for even less. I must admit, the last time I shopped at my local Fred Meyer in Burlington, the service was so abysmally shoddy that I vowed never to go back. That was not too hard, since I knew that I was moving to NY State in a few weeks, anyway. Sometimes I would splurge and get seed at Skagit Wild Bird Supply on Memorial Highway, just west of Mount Vernon. They had a mix called something like "Skagit Blend." It was good stuff, but often rather expensive. I could usually rationalize spending that extra bit, because they there was a good chance they would have a few interesting birds at their feeders, including American Goldfinches, which can be hard to find in wintertime in Skagit County. The bird seed at Costco in Burlington seemed to vary. I had bought some there about 20 years ago, and it was very poor quality--not just white millet, but a lot of the useless red millet. A couple of years ago, I got some there on a whim, and it was much improved. There was either no red millet, or just a trace. I had chickens, so I didn't mind having a little seed that the wild birds didn't like. The chickens would take care of any leftovers.? White millet is fine by me--juncos like it. It's not as good as black-oil sunflower, but I think it's a good bird seed for some species. I had so many Red-winged Blackbirds at my feeders that it didn't really matter what sort of seed I got. They'd even eat the nyjer seed when I'd splurge on that. Quantity was more important than quality. Another good spot for bird seed was Skagit Farm Supply. I would often buy seed at their Sedro-Woolley store, and sometimes at the Burlington one. They'd have suet on sale sometimes for a good price.? Now I'm here in Chautauqua County, New York, and I buy virtually all of my seed at the Audubon Community Nature Center. Their Conewango Blend is quite good--not that you could get it anywhere near Washington State! Happy New Year. Yours truly, Gary? 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Was it obviously larger than the adjacent Tundra Swan? On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 3:23 PM Scott Leavens wrote: > I believe I've spotted a Bewick's Tundra Swan in the Osceola area of > Enumclaw. It has extensive yellow on its bill, noticeably different from > the other Tundra swans around it. > > eBird link with poor pictures: > https://ebird.org/checklist/S125235707 > > > Scott Leavens > Enumclaw, Washington > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From isaac.h.olson at protonmail.com Mon Jan 2 15:47:35 2023 From: isaac.h.olson at protonmail.com (isaac.h.olson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Brambling, Cape Disappointment SP In-Reply-To: <61FEB980-A2A6-4643-A959-5C815DA10A0E@yahoo.com> References: <61FEB980-A2A6-4643-A959-5C815DA10A0E.ref@yahoo.com> <61FEB980-A2A6-4643-A959-5C815DA10A0E@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <_SV7bzTsLCofUh790Ra9FC4WuTRsq9H93lDv8jSBH8uUgDS8Nc5xeiWGwG8lX57vqB6c4YFRhaPSUj2va5XhmogW0C3dZBCjDP7FHdTPHO0=@protonmail.com> Wow! I stayed in Y66 at Cape Disappointment SP the nights of the 30th and 31st and didn't see it. I'll just tell myself I overlooked it while it was in the large flock of Varied Thrushes. -Isaac Olson Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Monday, January 2nd, 2023 at 1:53 PM, Ryan Abe wrote: > Hi All, > > I just found what appears to be a brambling at cape disappointment state spark. Loop B site Y66. In the large flock of juncos, thrushes etc? > > Thanks! > > Ryan Abe > Vancouver, WA > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From scottleavens at gmail.com Mon Jan 2 16:23:29 2023 From: scottleavens at gmail.com (Scott Leavens) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Tundra Swan (Bewick's) in Enumclaw In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I just ran back to get another peek before dark and it does appear to be a Whooper! I met another birder who let me look through their scope and it's definitely larger than the other Tundras and has more extensive yellow on the bill. On Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 3:38 PM Steve Hampton wrote: > Does the apparent size difference and head shape suggest Whooper Swan? > Was it obviously larger than the adjacent Tundra Swan? > > > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 3:23 PM Scott Leavens > wrote: > >> I believe I've spotted a Bewick's Tundra Swan in the Osceola area of >> Enumclaw. It has extensive yellow on its bill, noticeably different from >> the other Tundra swans around it. >> >> eBird link with poor pictures: >> https://ebird.org/checklist/S125235707 >> >> >> Scott Leavens >> Enumclaw, Washington >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > > > -- > ?Steve Hampton? > Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mollycvetovac at gmail.com Mon Jan 2 16:56:15 2023 From: mollycvetovac at gmail.com (Molly Cvetovac) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] First lifers of the year! Message-ID: I can't remember what my actual FOY was but I got two lifers while traveling on the Vashon Ferry yesterday. A Common Murre and an Iceland Gull (Thayer's). Both are species I have been wanting to see for a long time so I'm pretty excited about it. Unfortunately, I missed the orcas but maybe next time :) -- Molly Cvetovac Pronouns: She/They www.wildlifewanderingsphotography.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From raphael.fennimore at gmail.com Tue Jan 3 06:48:49 2023 From: raphael.fennimore at gmail.com (Raphael Fennimore) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Tundra Swan (Bewick's) in Enumclaw In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2ADDF984-2B7D-4E80-A7D5-F120611D7667@gmail.com> Hello Tweeters, I responded to this bird immediately yesterday when I saw Scott?s photos and I arrived to the coordinates just about when Scott was arriving back - the swan was definitely a Whooper! I stayed to see where it went - it and all the swans (only a dozen total in the group) took off to the north at 5:19pm. This was 49 minutes past sunset and I quickly lost sight of the group in the dark, but they seemed to keep heading north (they were vocalizing). My eBird checklist with coordinates is here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S125276402 Happy 2023, Raphael > On Jan 2, 2023, at 4:24 PM, Scott Leavens wrote: > > ? > I just ran back to get another peek before dark and it does appear to be a Whooper! I met another birder who let me look through their scope and it's definitely larger than the other Tundras and has more extensive yellow on the bill. > >> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023, 3:38 PM Steve Hampton wrote: >> Does the apparent size difference and head shape suggest Whooper Swan? Was it obviously larger than the adjacent Tundra Swan? >> >> >> >>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 3:23 PM Scott Leavens wrote: >>> I believe I've spotted a Bewick's Tundra Swan in the Osceola area of Enumclaw. It has extensive yellow on its bill, noticeably different from the other Tundra swans around it. >>> >>> eBird link with poor pictures: >>> https://ebird.org/checklist/S125235707 >>> >>> >>> Scott Leavens >>> Enumclaw, Washington >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tweeters mailing list >>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> >> >> -- >> ?Steve Hampton? >> Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 georn1 at hotmail.com Tue Jan 3 07:05:50 2023 From: georn1 at hotmail.com (bill shelmerdine) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Brady Loop Crane Message-ID: Good morning all, Great job Liam for finding this bird and letting folks know quickly. I had the good fortune to get to the area in the afternoon and see the bird in the distance, both in flight and foraging with Sandhill Cranes. The location was the far side of field to the south, just after leaving the highway on the East end of Brady Loop (South of Brady and west of Satsop). My first view of the crane was from Foster Road as it was flying back to the original location. Others saw it in other places and obviously it moves around, but seems to return to the field near the east end of the loop (at least yesterday). This bird is interesting, and clearly not the same as the bird from the Skagit in 2021, and/or the bird seen around the Western US in previous years. It has a much less striking head and neck pattern than that/those individuals. The basic pattern is right however for CoCr, and the wing pattern looks good as well. However, it seems premature to rule out the possibility of a hybrid at this point. Echoing the words of Howell et. al. in Rare Birds of North America (2015) when referring to identification, the cautionary note in reference to similar species: "None if seen well, but the possibility of hybrids should be considered (such birds may show head and neck patterns suggesting Common but "not quite right"; cf NAB 54:24") I'm including my ebird notes below: Continuing w/ Sandhill Cranes, far edge of near field, looking S. Possibility of a hybrid needs to be ruled out or confirmed, more work to be done here. Large crane, standing out from Sandhill Cranes as follows: In flight, dark black or blackish primaries and secondaries; White face and upper neck with black forehead and throat washed black; Large/bulky bustle @ tertials, black below this area. Pale yellowish bill with darker tip. This bird is unlike the adult CoCr responsible for recent western US records. It shows a reduced amount of the striking black and white in the head and neck, with the black in the throat area being more blackish than black, and a less extensive black crown. The possibility of a hybrid needs to be considered and/or ruled out. Note Howell et. al. (2014) comment: "such birds may show head and neck patterns suggesting Common but "not quite right"; cf NAB 54:24") Photo TBA Thanks to Liam Hutcheson for finding this bird and getting the word out right away. Very nice... Bill Shelmerdine Olympia WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From paasher at gmail.com Tue Jan 3 08:50:28 2023 From: paasher at gmail.com (Patricia Asher) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] buying bird seed In-Reply-To: <566542418.3110624.1672698314565@mail.yahoo.com> References: <566542418.3110624.1672698314565.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <566542418.3110624.1672698314565@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: When I lived in Illinois I almost always bought seed at Costco. It was a great mix of black oil and striped sunflower seeds, safflower, a few peanuts, dried cranberries and very little (if any) white millet. Imagine my surprise when I purchased the seed at our local Silverdale Costco and saw the difference in the blend. I know that different Costco's can have different products depending on their buyers. But the difference between the two is unbelievable. Happy New Year, Patricia Asher On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 2:25 PM Gary Bletsch wrote: > Dear Tweeters, > > When I lived in Skagit County, I bought most of my bird seed at Fred > Meyer. They'd have huge bags of black-oil sunflower at a price usually a > bit lower than other stores. At times, they'd have it on sale for even less. > > I must admit, the last time I shopped at my local Fred Meyer in > Burlington, the service was so abysmally shoddy that I vowed never to go > back. That was not too hard, since I knew that I was moving to NY State in > a few weeks, anyway. > > Sometimes I would splurge and get seed at Skagit Wild Bird Supply on > Memorial Highway, just west of Mount Vernon. They had a mix called > something like "Skagit Blend." It was good stuff, but often rather > expensive. I could usually rationalize spending that extra bit, because > they there was a good chance they would have a few interesting birds at > their feeders, including American Goldfinches, which can be hard to find in > wintertime in Skagit County. > > The bird seed at Costco in Burlington seemed to vary. I had bought some > there about 20 years ago, and it was very poor quality--not just white > millet, but a lot of the useless red millet. A couple of years ago, I got > some there on a whim, and it was much improved. There was either no red > millet, or just a trace. I had chickens, so I didn't mind having a little > seed that the wild birds didn't like. The chickens would take care of any > leftovers. > > White millet is fine by me--juncos like it. It's not as good as black-oil > sunflower, but I think it's a good bird seed for some species. > > I had so many Red-winged Blackbirds at my feeders that it didn't really > matter what sort of seed I got. They'd even eat the nyjer seed when I'd > splurge on that. Quantity was more important than quality. > > Another good spot for bird seed was Skagit Farm Supply. I would often buy > seed at their Sedro-Woolley store, and sometimes at the Burlington one. > They'd have suet on sale sometimes for a good price. > > Now I'm here in Chautauqua County, New York, and I buy virtually all of my > seed at the Audubon Community Nature Center. Their Conewango Blend is quite > good--not that you could get it anywhere near Washington State! > > Happy New Year. > > 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 ed.mcvicker at gmail.com Tue Jan 3 09:50:19 2023 From: ed.mcvicker at gmail.com (ed mcv) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Messaging App Groups Message-ID: I have been unable to find any reference to mobile messaging app (i.e., Telegram, Whatsapp) groups in Washington. 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For more information, please visit: https://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/classes *Go Fish!* Fish have been a rich source of food for humans probably as long as we've been human, but fish have also provided abundant food for birds for millions of years - certainly long enough for avians to have evolved many styles of fishing. In this series of four classes, master birder Constance Sidles will show you the strategies different species of birds use to go fishing. They are by turns ingenious, persistent, patient, aggressive, cooperative, and altogether wondrous. Come to the sea, the rivers, ponds and lakes with Connie as she tells you about the Plungers and the Pickers; the Snatchers and the Stalkers; the Chasers and the Scoopers. *Fine Feathers* Feathers are more than just fluff. Anyone who has watched a duck preen its feathers for hours at a time knows that birds take their feathers very seriously. They should: feathers keep them warm (or cool!), enable them to fly, hide them from predators, and all the while, light up our lives with their beauty. If you've ever wondered about how birds' feathers work, then this class is for you. Master birder Connie Sidles will share with you all the recent information about how feathers evolved, how they function, why they are colored just so, and who has the most outrageous array. Thanks, and happy new year everyone! Brian -- [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... 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New Year, new focus - in 2023, I'm trying to find 150 species in Wahkiakum County. And . . . Cowlitz, and Clark, and Skamania. I'm just back from a three-day swing, including a pretty productive day in Wahkiakum County. Highlights: Julia Butler Hansen - I birded Steamboat Slough Road, and then the White-tail Trail. There are still dozens and dozens of Trumpeter and Tundra Swans at the White-tail Trail, as well as Canvasback, Black Phoebe, and some very vocal Red-shouldered Hawks. At the very end of the trail, I also heard a puzzling call, which another birder discovered (right after I left) was a Swamp Sparrow! Great time to poke around the refuge. I drove the roads in the Gray's River Valley, where there were many flooded fields, including one with 100 or so American Wigeon, and a single male Eurasian Wigeon. On Altoona-Pigeon Point Road, there is some good mud at one of the first breaks in the trees. Shorebirds here included Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, and a single Long-billed Dowitcher. A Red-throated Loon was close in, and I suspect the big mass of black blobs included Surf Scoters, but lighting and distance made it hard for me to ID them. I finished the day on Puget Island, where a flock of Short-billed Gulls included an Iceland Gull, and (at a reasonable distance, apparently), a Peregrine Falcon. 72 species for the day in fairly nice weather! Thanks to Cindy McCormack, Les Carlson for the birding company at Steigerwald today, (where an east wind kept things brisk to say the least.) and thanks to Russ Koppendrayer, Wilson Cady, and Kevin Black for help in planning out this trip! There will be blogging at www.southwestwashingtonbirding.blogspot.com, although I've done no more than update my tallies, and introduce the idea for the year. This'll take a little time to update! 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On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 9:48 AM Adam Stopka wrote: > Hi All, > > The Whooper Swan (and possible Tule Sub Greater White-Front) are currently > at 47.1897678, -122.0684031. > > SE 456th Way. > > Adam > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kertim7179 at yahoo.com Wed Jan 4 17:03:44 2023 From: kertim7179 at yahoo.com (Tim O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Is there a question on the Common Crane? References: <689692093.5915578.1672880624932.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <689692093.5915578.1672880624932@mail.yahoo.com> Hello tweets, I am debating whether to make the trip to see the Common Crane on the Brady Loop.? I am watching eBird and have noticed that none of the sightings have been confirmed by a reviewer yet.? Is there a debate on the whether this is a pure Common Crane or is it a hybrid?? If you don't want to share in public, please email me directly.? As some of you know, the Brady Loop is my old stomping grounds and this bird would be great to add to my list. Thank you! Tim O'Brien Spokane Valley, WA mailto: kertim7179 at yahoo dot com From cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com Wed Jan 4 17:20:55 2023 From: cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com (Christopher Clark) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] King County Whooper Swan - Continuing 1/04/23! Message-ID: Good evening, Not really much to add to what others have already reported, but the WHOOPER SWAN was continuing just outside of Enumclaw today between 11am and noon. Today the swan flock was actually fairly close, allowing great views from the road. There are several spots to pull over, and a good amount of room to stand away from the road to safely view these beautiful birds. This seems like a low traffic road anyway, at least during the week. Also seen was the Tule Great White-fronted Goose, a Peregrine Falcon that flew low over us, giving great photo opportunities, and a couple American Kestrels on the drive to/from the swan spot. Ebird checklist with photos: https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S125432678 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Wed Jan 4 18:04:55 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Tule White-fr Goose id tips In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To add to Christopher's post and pic, the Tule White-fr Goose is worth paying attention to. They are a likely future split and represent a fairly small and unique population. Unlike other Greater White-fr Geese, they nest in forested areas in interior Alaska in the Denali/Anchorage area, not on the tundra. They are larger, much more of a dark chocolate brown instead of the brown-gray of the others, and have a stronger bill. I have more pics from Colusa NWR in the Sacramento Valley (one of the easier places to see them), with some regular GWFG on the same checklist for comparison: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62896446 Even at Colusa, they mostly stay separate from the others, usually in a small group of 5-15 individuals, in ponds with tall tules. The other GWFG, all 5,000 of them, are often in large groups in flooded fields. good birding, On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 5:21 PM Christopher Clark wrote: > Good evening, > > Not really much to add to what others have already reported, but the > WHOOPER SWAN was continuing just outside of Enumclaw today between 11am and > noon. Today the swan flock was actually fairly close, allowing great views > from the road. There are several spots to pull over, and a good amount of > room to stand away from the road to safely view these beautiful birds. This > seems like a low traffic road anyway, at least during the week. Also seen > was the Tule Great White-fronted Goose, a Peregrine Falcon that flew low > over us, giving great photo opportunities, and a couple American Kestrels > on the drive to/from the swan spot. Ebird checklist with photos: > > https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S125432678 > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From strix.nebulosa1987 at gmail.com Wed Jan 4 18:25:21 2023 From: strix.nebulosa1987 at gmail.com (strix.nebulosa1987@gmail.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] FW: Chewelah CBC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <02e901d920ac$f6b21530$e4163f90$@gmail.com> Good morning everyone. We did the Chewelah Christmas Bird Count on Monday. We had 8people come and one feeder watcher. Here are the final totals from Monday?s count. Canada Goose 25 Mallard 10 Common Goldeneye 7 Common Merganser 3 California Quail 147 Ring-necked Pheasant 6 Ruffed Grouse 3 Wild Turkey 448 Great Blue Heron 2 Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 15 Red-tailed Hawk 17 Rock Pigeon 49 Eurasian Collared-Dove 169 Mourning Dove 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 50 American Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Northern Shrike 1 Gray Jay 1 Steller's Jay 2 Black-billed Magpie 118 Clark's Nutcracker 4 American Crow 41 Common Raven 65 Black-capped Chickadee 152 Mountain Chickadee 32 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 9 Red-breasted Nuthatch 65 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Pygmy Nuthatch 40 Pacific Wren 1 American Dipper 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 Western Bluebird 4 Townsend's Solitaire 3 American Robin 143 Varied Thrush 9 European Starling 767 Cedar Waxwing 6 American Tree Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 189 Song Sparrow 9 Red-winged Blackbird 2 House Finch 236 Cassin's Finch 18 Red Crossbill 65 American Goldfinch 66 Evening Grosbeak 5 House Sparrow 135 Total Individuals 3161 Total Species 54 Some interesting notes. The Western Bluebird is first for this count. We had new highs for a few species. Eurasian Collared Dove we had 169. Previous high was 138 in 2017 Black-billed Magpie. We had 118. Previous high of 107 was in 1979 Pygmy Nuthatch We had 40. Previous high was 35 in 2019. Townsend?s Solitaire we had 3. Previous high was 2 in 2013. House Finch. We had 236. Previous high was 90 in 2014. Also Rough-legged Hawk was 0. Only the 2nd time since 1978 it was not recorded. These have been recorded on all 19 counts thus far: Great Blue Heron Red-tailed Hawk Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet European Starling Oregon Junco Song Sparrow House Finch House Sparrow Another 5 have been found on all but one count: Mallard California Quail Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Red-shafted Flicker This was the 19th count of this circle. The count was run from 1978 to 1986. Then from 2012 to the present one. 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However, it is not hard to find examples in Macauley of Common Cranes that match the Brady Loop bird pretty darn well, including here (no extensive red patch, apparently lighter black roward rear of head). There are several other examples to be found from Eurasia showing that Common Cranes can show highly variable amounts of red on the top of head, white on the face and differing extents and shades of blackness on the back of head into neck. Also, Common Cranes achieve adult plumage by "late winter" so there is a possibility that this is a "nearly adult" plumage bird, but I don't think there's a need to call it a "possible hybrid" unless and until it changes plumage to match our expectations. The correct and academic approach is to rule out other species and hybrids, but when a bird matches so well except some slight plumage variance from the average crisp European adult - and when a bird shows no other semblance of the other possible hybrid parent (Sandhill Crane) - see previously documented hybrid here - I think it's pretty clear, absent checking its DNA, that it is a Common Crane. But we don't check the DNA of all rare birds. I have a major interest, since I just left on my first out-of-state trip in years when the last Common Crane showed up, so I missed it. . . BUT that aside ;) - I still feel strongly that we shouldn't trip ourselves up too much on the Brady Loop Common Crane. Yours, --Jordan Gunn Edmonds, WA On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 5:04 PM Tim O'Brien wrote: > Hello tweets, > > I am debating whether to make the trip to see the Common Crane on the > Brady Loop. I am watching eBird and have noticed that none of the > sightings have been confirmed by a reviewer yet. Is there a debate on the > whether this is a pure Common Crane or is it a hybrid? If you don't want > to share in public, please email me directly. As some of you know, the > Brady Loop is my old stomping grounds and this bird would be great to add > to my list. > > Thank you! > > Tim O'Brien > Spokane Valley, WA > mailto: kertim7179 at yahoo dot com > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuciu at gmail.com Thu Jan 5 11:45:21 2023 From: jsuciu at gmail.com (John Suciu) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Big Island Bird Guide recommendations Message-ID: Hi All, I'll be traveling to the Big Island at the end of the month and was wondering if anyone had recommendations for Bird Guides. I reached out to a person named Lance Tanino and sadly, didn't get a response. I also inquired with Hawaii Forest and Trail and was quoted a price that was too high for me ($1,000+, since only a private tour was available). I'm not looking for someone to hit any target species, just a person who is knowledgeable about good places to go and help me learn about birds in the area. Thanks, John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Jan 5 14:44:34 2023 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (Michael Hobbs) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-01-05 Message-ID: Tweets - The raging winds were supposed to subside, but they never really did. Otherwise, the weather was pretty nice, and it wasn't too uncomfortable walking around. It's just that it wasn't very birdy at all. With strong gusts from the south, birds were hunkered down, hard to hear, hard to see, hard to find. Highlights: - Ring-necked Pheasant - Lonesome George II has made it to the New Year. Heard him from the Compost Piles, our first detection since Dec. 1. - Crows chasing an accipiter in the Pea Patch. The hawk was a juvenile, and we had trouble deciding if it were Sharpie or Cooper's. I'm leaving it as Accipiter sp. Except for the numerous geese, robins, starlings, coots, and crows, we did have a bit of a sense of accomplishment every time we managed to track down a bird. Any bird. For finches, we had a handful of flybys of 2-3 birds, with occasional calls poorly heard, only good enough to barely get House Finch on the list. We only had one woodpecker - a single Northern Flicker. Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Wilson's Snipe, Ring-billed Gull, a definite Cooper's Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Bushtit, and Purple Finch. We have retained great opportunity for First of Year (FOY) birds in coming weeks. For the day, and the year, 46 species (including the accipiter), plus the Pheasant. 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Highlights included ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD foraging from sapsucker holes in the bark of a Pear Tree, NORTHERN SHRIKE in the flooded fields south of the Twin Barns, BARRED OWL along the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, EURASIAN WIGEON in the surg plain, all three falcons - AMERICAN KESTREL/MERLIN/PEREGRINE hunting the delta, a continuing one legged WESTERN SANDPIPER foraging on the saltwater side of the dike near the entrance to the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail, and RING-NECKED PHEASANT near where the Access Road intersects with the Nisqually Estuary Trail or new dike. The Refuge Biologists were performing a monthly survey and we heard a Short-eared Owl was flushed from the freshwater marsh, but were unable to relocate the bird. Meeting at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, we continue to have nice looks of RING-NECKED DUCK and BUFFLEHEAD. HOODED MERGANSERS were also seen flying around the pond. The Orchard was good for RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER and PILEATED WOODPECKER. We had a nice time enjoying the ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDs feeding from the sapsucker holes in the bark of the Pear Tree near the Tech Building. There was a nice sized flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, approximately 50, feeding in the Alder Trees. The flooded fields along the Access Road were good for all waterfowl. The CACKLING GEESE usually fly out of the Refuge in the morning and return in the evening after spending the day foraging in the agricultural fields south of the Refuge and I5. The NORTHERN SHRIKE made a nice showing in the Willow Tree in the middle of the flooded field just south of the old McAllister Creek Access Road. I suspect a BARRED OWL flushed from the Evergreens along the Entrance Road at the start of our walk. We finally had great looks of the Owl along the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail just north of the Access Road crossover. A pair of HAIRY WOODPECKERS have been foraging in the Maple Trees around the Twin Barns for the last 2-3 weeks. Some of our group spotted a EURASIAN WIGEON in the surg plain. An Intergrade NORTHERN FLICKER was spotted as well. With the tidal push we had nice looks of waterfowl and shorebirds. GADWALL are most regularly seen in the surg plain. A pair of BALD EAGLE were working on the nest adjacent to Nisqually River. Shorebirds collect along the west side of Leschi Slough on the tidal mudflats where we had nice looks of LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. A one-legged WESTERN SANDPIPER has continued near the entrance of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail loosely associated with LESA. We enjoyed all three falcons, AMERICAN KESTREL/MERLIN/PEREGRINE, hunting the delta. There are several WESTERN MEADOWLARK wintering in the grassy areas of the marsh. GREAT BLUE HERON, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, MARSH WREN and LINCOLN'S SPARROW were all seen along the dike. The Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail was good for COMMON GOLDENEYE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, SURF SCOTER, HORNED GREBE and COMMON LOON. We had nice looks at all the expected gulls. Jon spotted a CALIFORNIA GULL on our return. Wayne located a RING-NECKED PHEASANT near the intersection between the Nisqually Estuary Trail and the Access Road. We have occasionally had this species on the Refuge before, however there is a hunting club further up the valley and small farms that raise a variety of game birds near the Refuge. The Nisqually River Overlook was good for COMMON MERGANSER. We observed 75 species for the day. Mammals seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Coyote, Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion and Steller Sea Lion. Until next week, Happy New Year and happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jan 4, 2023 7:29 AM - 4:18 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.699 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with temperatures in the 30?s to 40?s degree Fahrenheit. Light breeze from the north. A Low 8.7ft Tide at 10:41am and a High 12.10ft Tide at 2:47pm. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Coyote, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion, Steller Sea Lion. 75 species (+8 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 400 Canada Goose 12 Northern Shoveler 250 Gadwall 25 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 750 Mallard 175 Northern Pintail 400 Green-winged Teal 600 Ring-necked Duck 12 Surf Scoter 22 White-winged Scoter 15 Bufflehead 200 Common Goldeneye 40 Hooded Merganser 3 Common Merganser 6 Red-breasted Merganser 30 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Horned Grebe 6 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 18 Anna's Hummingbird 4 American Coot 70 Dunlin 300 Least Sandpiper 100 Western Sandpiper 1 Previously reported. One legged WESA loosely associated with LESA. Seen along the salt water side of the Nisqually Estuary Trail just before the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Observed for 5-10 minutes foraging at 100-200 feet with binos and scopes. White-throated light headed peep with long decurved bill. Slightly larger than area LESA. Greater Yellowlegs 15 Pigeon Guillemot 1 Short-billed Gull 50 Ring-billed Gull 50 California Gull 1 Glaucous-winged Gull 3 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 12 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 12 Larus sp. 75 Red-throated Loon 2 Common Loon 2 Brandt's Cormorant 9 Double-crested Cormorant 12 cormorant sp. 2 Great Blue Heron 14 Northern Harrier 3 Cooper's Hawk 2 Bald Eagle 10 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Barred Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) 1 American Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 Northern Shrike 1 American Crow 450 Common Raven 5 Black-capped Chickadee 20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 Brown Creeper 5 Pacific Wren 4 Marsh Wren 4 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 20 Varied Thrush 1 American Robin 40 Purple Finch 3 American Goldfinch 50 Fox Sparrow 3 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 2 Golden-crowned Sparrow 30 Song Sparrow 30 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Spotted Towhee 4 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1 Western Meadowlark 6 Red-winged Blackbird 28 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 8 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S125438737 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nothing there, but continuing along to the east, we crested a rise and spooked up a very large white bird that flew north over the fields to roost on a rock pile - a Snowy!! Continuing on east the road turns back to the south, passes another farm and then rises a bit through more sage than wheat. I had just opined that this looked like a good place for Gray Partridge as we rounded a bend, and there were 6 of 'em right in the road. Very few birds from there, back east on US 2 to SR 172 north, with a quick detour through beautiful downtown Withrow where we found a few trees adorned with quite a few Cal. Quail. From there north to Bridgeport Hill Rd. and down to Brewster (very sad route since the fire), we saw no birds except maybe a BB Magpie and a Raven or two. Bridgeport St. Park was disappointing - could not find any owls, but did have a flyover of a Golden Eagle and a nice look at another RL Hawk. Overnight in Omak. Today, we went north and east up into the Okanogan Highlands. There were many (>100) Chukar with the cattle on Fancher Road. From there, we headed up Siwash Cr. Rd. looking hard for Sharp-tailed Grouse. We saw very few birds and no Grouse until we got above the canyon to where the valley, and water birch broaden out. There we first saw a couple of grouse in some birch, quickly followed by the realization that there were many about. At least 20 took to the air as soon as I got out of the car. (Note: the car is a great blind, and a lot warmer than outside!). We continued along Siwash to the north over toward Havilla with only a heard-only Red Crossbill flock to put on the list - a far cry from our usual findings along this route!. On Havilla Rd., up to the Sno Park, and back to Havilla Rd. up to Nealy Rd. - nothing but a few ravens and BB Magpie; not even a Rock Pigeon at the several farms along the way. The Nealy Rd feeders had a lot of Juncos and a few RW blackbirds, but not much else we could see. Same for all the way to Chesaw, where we had a pretty good lunch at the Chesaw Tavern - any birders heading that way should plan that stop to support the local economy (closed Monday). >From lunch in town, we headed down across the creek out Chesaw Rd. and quickly say a small flock of birds working cones in the top of a spruce - turned out to be Bohemian Waxwings, always a great bird. From there, only magpies and ravens up Mary Ann Cr. Rd. to where I finally spotted a single Ruffed Grouse in the brush along the creek (after staring into that thick riparian stuff for many miles). We stopped and did the Pygmy toots at numerous places throughout the day and NEVER raised a single nuthatch or chickadee!?! Finally found some Mountain Chickadees at the feeders at Mary Ann Cr. Ranch, where we met the very bird-friendly lady in charge of the feeders. From there, over to Molson Rd., through Molson town, and back down to Chesaw Rd. NO BIRDS. We realized, confirming the experience of Marcus and Heather last week, we had seen NO RAPTORS at all in the whole highlands!! Finally, around Teas Rd. we did see a couple of Bald and one Golden Eagle (but no Snow Buntings). From there back to Havilla Rd. back to the SnoPark at dusk, and down Havilla Rd. - No Owls! Only a few ravens. But....a pretty good trip overall. Conconully tomorrow. Happy Birding in 2023! - Jon Houghton, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com Thu Jan 5 21:23:33 2023 From: rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com (Roger Moyer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Lewis County Great Egret Message-ID: While a Great Egret may not be much of a find in some parts of the state it's a great county bird here in Lewis County. We've had one hanging out for the last 4 or 5 days. It's been hanging out along the ponds and creek near Green Hill School. I've seen it 4 of the last 5 days. 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Larry Schwitters Issaquah > On Jan 6, 2023, at 2:20 PM, Cara Borre wrote: > > With the weekend approaching, and some confusion about the Common Crane sighting, I thought I would write and share our images from our viewing yesterday. It was a great outing and I would recommend the journey if you have the time and are willing to take the gamble it hangs around. > > I know there has been talk about the possibility of this bird being a hybrid, and I will not address that topic as I haven't studied it in depth. When I search eBird for the sighting, and zoom in, I am finding the message about it being a "sensitive species". I did Google its status and noted it is a species of some concern at least in Europe. I don't know if this is the reason the sighting is hidden from eBird or if there truly is some debate about its lineage behind the scenes. > > Kudos again to Liam Hutcheson for finding the bird and alerting Tweeterdom! > > Cheers, > > Cara Borre > Gig Harbor WA > > > https://youtu.be/Fz11rT-RUBs > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com Fri Jan 6 16:37:07 2023 From: cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com (Christopher Clark) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Pierce County Birding (Plus An Odd Duck) Message-ID: Good afternoon, Today I wanted to get a few birds added to my year list so I went out to a few of my favorite spots. Here were some highlights: The overwintering Green Heron continues at Levee Pond. It's been pretty reliable the last few days, hanging out near the grate next to the (currently in disrepair) viewing platform. A few Ruddy Ducks are also hanging out here - though somewhat common in the area, they aren't exactly reliable at Levee. Now, I got all these birds here a couple days ago, but I returned to view an odd duck I saw. It looks like a typical female Northern Shoveler, but with an all dark bill, like a male, and an overall warmer tone. It actually looks like a female Cinnamon Teal but with a larger bill. I'm not too well versed in variation within females of either species, but I'm curious if it might be a Shoveler x Teal hybrid. You're welcome to check out the photos yourself in the eBird checklist linked below (photos are listed under "duck sp."). >From here I stopped by the Saddle Creek wetlands. No Black Phoebes today, but I did pick up both Green-winged Teal and Trumpeter Swan. Next I went to various spots along Ruston Way where I picked up a number of the typical saltwater species. Lastly, I went to Point Defiance, hoping to get some of the tougher species here. Sadly, the Snow Geese and Greater White-fronted Goose were a no show. Even Eurasian Wigeon, usually reliable here, wasn't present. The wigeon flock was smaller than usual though so it may have been off elsewhere. I did see a Cooper's Hawk so that was nice. Lastly, I walked down the Wilson Way bridge over to Dune Peninsula. Another Cooper's Hawk, smaller than the one I had just seen, gave great views from the evidently aptly named "Raptor Lookout" shortly after crossing the bridge. A male Anna's Hummingbird also allowed me to get some nice photos! Unfortunately bird activity on Puget Sound was pretty quiet but I did add a couple more species to my year list. Finally, during one final sweep of the water I accidentally flushed a Western Meadowlark from the grass, a bird I was hoping to see today! That brings me to 68 species for the year so far (62 for Pierce County) - not too shabby! Levee Pond Checklist (odd duck): https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S125566050 Dune Peninsula Checklist: https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S125568235 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birder at pottersaylor.com Fri Jan 6 22:34:10 2023 From: birder at pottersaylor.com (Mary Saylor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Whooper Swan-- please view from roads. Message-ID: <19000B96-6C24-4E65-BE9A-649036B66FF4@pottersaylor.com> Someone noted that the Whooper Swan could be seen from the R&R Stables and they would provide access, however, they would rather not due to concerns about how much of their time that could take and liability. There?s equally good viewing from the perimeter roads. Mary Saylor Issaquah From ednewbold1 at yahoo.com Sat Jan 7 09:14:58 2023 From: ednewbold1 at yahoo.com (Ed Newbold) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Small ad tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear References: <2141163958.6828586.1673111698930.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2141163958.6828586.1673111698930@mail.yahoo.com> Hi all, I am running a small ad?tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear. The ad and a blog about their year is here: Ed Newbold | Seattle Times ad honors Brian and Darchelle?s ?BigYear? I am mortified that I listed a few of the many people who helped and were kind to Brian and Darchelle over the course of the year without mentioning so many of these people and my apologies. Cheers all, and thanks and congratulations to everyone for their great year in 2022. Ed Newbold -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The ad and a blog about their year is here: Ed Newbold | Seattle Times ad honors Brian and Darchelle?s ?BigYear? I am mortified that I listed a few of the many people who helped and were kind to Brian and Darchelle over the course of the year without mentioning so many of these people and my apologies. Cheers all, and thanks and congratulations to everyone for their great year in 2022. Ed Newbold -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kertim7179 at yahoo.com Sat Jan 7 12:09:30 2023 From: kertim7179 at yahoo.com (Tim O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane on Eastside of Brady Loop now References: <1550726579.6876098.1673122170797.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1550726579.6876098.1673122170797@mail.yahoo.com> Being seen from East side.? Wasn't here earlier in morning.? Tim O'Brien Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Sat Jan 7 13:25:09 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Small ad tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear In-Reply-To: References: <2141163958.6828586.1673111698930.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <2141163958.6828586.1673111698930@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <9B75DA36-7419-497B-ABE2-88CB632BAC0B@comcast.net> Congratulations to Brian and Darchelle and very much to Ed and Delia for being so thoughtful and telling the story to the rest of us. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Jan 7, 2023, at 9:56 AM, Tom Mansfield wrote: > > What a thoughtful tribute Ed ? and *HUGE* congratulations to the indefatigable Brian and Darchelle, what an amazing accomplishment. Tom Mansfield in Seattle. > > From: Tweeters > On Behalf Of Ed Newbold > Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2023 9:15 AM > To: Tweeters Tweeters > > Subject: [Tweeters] Small ad tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear > > > Hi all, > > I am running a small ad tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear. > > > The ad and a blog about their year is here: > > > Ed Newbold | Seattle Times ad honors Brian and Darchelle?s ?BigYear? > > > I am mortified that I listed a few of the many people who helped and were kind to Brian and Darchelle over the course of the year without mentioning so many of these people and my apologies. > > > Cheers all, and thanks and congratulations to everyone for their great year in 2022. > > > Ed Newbold > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From TRI at seattleu.edu Sat Jan 7 13:51:28 2023 From: TRI at seattleu.edu (Tucker, Trileigh) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Small ad tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear Message-ID: Ed, how wonderful! I am so glad you noted this important occasion; I am in awe of Brian and Darchelle?s remarkable achievement, resulting from terrific expertise, deep commitment, and obvious caring. I had the pleasure of meeting them with you and Delia at Discovery Park last summer (?), not knowing the magnificent project they were involved in. Thanks so much for sharing this all with us, Trileigh Trileigh Tucker, PhD Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com From: Ed Newbold Date: Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 9:14 AM To: Tweeters Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Small ad tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear Hi all, I am running a small ad tomorrow (Sunday) in the Seattle Times A-section in honor of Brian & Darchelle's BigYear. The ad and a blog about their year is here: Ed Newbold | Seattle Times ad honors Brian and Darchelle?s ?BigYear? I am mortified that I listed a few of the many people who helped and were kind to Brian and Darchelle over the course of the year without mentioning so many of these people and my apologies. Cheers all, and thanks and congratulations to everyone for their great year in 2022. Ed Newbold -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swedeberger at gmail.com Sat Jan 7 14:03:56 2023 From: swedeberger at gmail.com (Robert Ahlschwede) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Trumpeters on Capitol Lake in Oly Message-ID: The last few days there have been an average of 40 trumpeters on Capitol Lake in Oly. Good viewing. A couple signets in the flock as well. -- Rob Ahlschwede 3726 Wesley Loop NW Olympia, Washington 98502 360-866-1935 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tlstokespoetry at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 08:31:24 2023 From: tlstokespoetry at gmail.com (Teresa Stokes) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snowy Owl in Cypress, CA Message-ID: <82635326-D699-4632-A66C-E46473960802@gmail.com> My cousin sent me photos and a link to the Orange County Register news article regarding this beautiful Snowy Owl visitor from afar. (The link may ask for an email to read the article). She was able to view it and take a few cell photos. Better photos in the article. The city is going to offer an educational meeting for local residents about Snowy Owls. https://www.ocregister.com/2023/01/05/snowy-owl-3000-miles-from-home-appears-healthy-in-cypress-neighborhood/?fbclid=IwAR35by2GUjeLCbRLu73u4cj1LbsTBjjqCjzn9DoGOHnv2vHmFE8DL4PSrbk T.L. Stokes Redmond, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marvbreece at q.com Sun Jan 8 09:34:21 2023 From: marvbreece at q.com (MARVIN BREECE) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Brady Loop Common Crane Message-ID: Yesterday (1.7.23) when I arrived at Brady Loop in Grays Harbor County at about 8AM, there was no crane to be found. After a couple of hours or so, the COMMON CRANE made an appearance with 17 SANDHILL CRANES at the east end of the loop. I didn't see them arrive; I received a tip from a thoughtful birder. The birds were distant & the ongoing rain varied in intensity. But what the heck, this is bird watching, not a trip to the zoo. No complaints. I didn't see the Golden Eagle. There were both TRUMPETER & TUNDRA SWANS. Shorebirds included many BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, DUNLIN, KILLDEER & a few GREATER YELLOWLEGS. I missed the earlier reported LESSER YELLOWLEGS, but I suspect it was there. The variety of Canada/Cackling Geese was interesting. There were quite a few of the very dark DUSKY CANADA GEESE & some MINIMA CACKLING GEESE too. And other forms I can only guess as to their identity. VIDEOS: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN Marv BreeceTukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cariddellwa at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 11:03:14 2023 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup: November - December 2022 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, We ended the year with 190 species for the 2022 year list. Here are the new species for November and December: Herring Gull (code 4), 1 photographed on the waterfront, 11-5-22. Iceland Gull (code 4), 1 photographed on the waterfront, 11-5?22. Swamp Sparrow (code 5), at the Edmonds marsh, 11-30-22 through 12-31-22. First detected a week earlier but not reported. Townsend?s Solitaire (code 4), in a birder?s yard in the Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood, 12-16-22 through 12-31-22. Very late entry: Ruddy Ducks (code 3) were seen on the Edmonds side of Lake Ballinger 1-7-22. Other Activity: Probably the most interesting species activity this past year was the continuing presence of Brown Pelicans (code 4) along the Edmonds waterfront. First noted on 6-11-22, anywhere from 1-4 birds were reported over a five month period. There was one report of 5 pelicans. The last eBird report was of 1 bird on 12-1-22. For a species that is usually seen as a single fly-by on Puget Sound, these birds that spent a lot of time at rest on the marina breakwaters were local celebrities. A Great Horned Owl (code 4) was heard calling in the Seaview neighborhood 12-5-22. While there was a November report of 3 Long-tailed Ducks, there was no description of any field marks. As I said in the October Roundup, with species that have become rarer over the years, we will not add them to the year list without some description of field marks or photograph. 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 2023 city checklist, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. (It reflects a species total of 280, including the Nazca Booby.) 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 December. I will post the 2023 checklist at the end of January. Happy new year, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nreiferb at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 13:42:32 2023 From: nreiferb at gmail.com (Nelson Briefer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Merlin Message-ID: A Merlin in flight and then perched at the top of a evergreen tree. Also, five flickers. Location? Grandview Cemetery ? Anacortes. Nelson Briefer ? Anacortes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Sun Jan 8 14:19:43 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Eagle on the Skagit? Message-ID: <770A4434-9461-4DA4-86A9-A99D1B201C26@comcast.net> I?ll be heading up to Rockport on the Skagit River later this week hoping to see some eagles. Any recent reports? Thanks, Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA From nearpost at gmail.com Sun Jan 8 16:34:56 2023 From: nearpost at gmail.com (Scott Ramos) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding in Brasil Message-ID: I wanted to share some positive feelings about Brasil, its people as well as its wildlife. While the current news is showing turmoil in its politics, there is much more to the country than what is being portrayed in the media. I say this with some license, having lived in the country for over 5 years. Six of us from the Puget Sound region spent 3 weeks on a birding and wildlife tour of Brasil in October 2022. Visiting parts of 3 states, we saw nearly 500 species of birds and many iconic mammals of the Pantanal. Throughout the trip, we always felt welcomed and were shown nothing but warmth and friendliness. Our lodging was not 5 stars but always comfortable, with modern amenities. The food we were served was excellent; the coffee superb. As the trip was nearing its end, and we found it necessary to bend a little to avoid the demonstrations surrounding the outcome of the recent elections, some of our group were already talking about when a return trip might happen. This is a country that has much to offer. I hope others have an opportunity to visit and value. In an effort to share some of the experiences we had and to give ideas about logistics for those considering such a trip, I have written a travelog with discussion of where we went, where we stayed and what we saw and experienced. Maybe it will be of use to others. 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We stayed for several nights in each of the accommodations in Parque Estadual Intervales (a state park), a hotel in Ubatuba, and lodging in Parque National do Itatiaia, Brazil's first national park. Fortunately we did not encounter any side effects related to the demonstrations surrounding runoff election that was held when we were there. And on a complete non-birding note, I was saddened to hear of the death of Pel?, as were all Brazilians.? I had the great privilege of watching him several times when he played for the NY Cosmos. Next trip on the Brazil bucket list would be to the Pantanal, as I know you and others have had wonderful experiences there.? On Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 04:35:55 PM PST, Scott Ramos wrote: I wanted to share some positive feelings about Brasil, its people as well as its wildlife. While the current news is showing turmoil in its politics, there is much more to the country than what is being portrayed in the media. I say this with some license, having lived in the country for over 5 years. Six of us from the Puget Sound region spent 3 weeks on a birding and wildlife tour of Brasil in October 2022. Visiting parts of 3 states, we saw nearly 500 species of birds and many iconic mammals of the Pantanal. Throughout the trip, we always felt welcomed and were shown nothing but warmth and friendliness. Our lodging was not 5 stars but always comfortable, with modern amenities. The food we were served was excellent; the coffee superb. As the trip was nearing its end, and we found it necessary to bend a little to avoid the demonstrations surrounding the outcome of the recent elections, some of our group were already talking about when a return trip might happen. This is a country that has much to offer. I hope others have an opportunity to visit and value. In an effort to share some of the experiences we had and to give ideas about logistics for those considering such a trip, I have written a travelog with discussion of where we went, where we stayed and what we saw and experienced. Maybe it will be of use to others. Brasil 2022 Blog If you're not interested in the stories but would like to sample some images from the trip, you can find my collection on Flickr. Brasil 2022 Flickr album Thanks. And let me know if you have comments or questions.Scott RamosSeattle _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From romyhr at comcast.net Sun Jan 8 18:44:57 2023 From: romyhr at comcast.net (romyhr@comcast.net) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding in Brasil In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Scott is absolutely right. Brasil is fantastic, fabulous birding, delightful people. Go! Bob Myhr 360-933-4352 > On Jan 8, 2023, at 4:36 PM, Scott Ramos wrote: > > ? > I wanted to share some positive feelings about Brasil, its people as well as its wildlife. While the current news is showing turmoil in its politics, there is much more to the country than what is being portrayed in the media. I say this with some license, having lived in the country for over 5 years. > > Six of us from the Puget Sound region spent 3 weeks on a birding and wildlife tour of Brasil in October 2022. Visiting parts of 3 states, we saw nearly 500 species of birds and many iconic mammals of the Pantanal. Throughout the trip, we always felt welcomed and were shown nothing but warmth and friendliness. Our lodging was not 5 stars but always comfortable, with modern amenities. The food we were served was excellent; the coffee superb. As the trip was nearing its end, and we found it necessary to bend a little to avoid the demonstrations surrounding the outcome of the recent elections, some of our group were already talking about when a return trip might happen. This is a country that has much to offer. I hope others have an opportunity to visit and value. > > In an effort to share some of the experiences we had and to give ideas about logistics for those considering such a trip, I have written a travelog with discussion of where we went, where we stayed and what we saw and experienced. Maybe it will be of use to others. > > Brasil 2022 Blog > > If you're not interested in the stories but would like to sample some images from the trip, you can find my collection on Flickr. > > Brasil 2022 Flickr album > > Thanks. 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She was clearly trying to dislodge the youngster from her back, flicking her wings in a familiar and irritable way, just like a human mother saying "get down and walk...you're too big to carry". Kind of late for a cygnet of that size isn't it? Dianna Moore Ocean Shores On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 2:04 PM Robert Ahlschwede wrote: > The last few days there have been an average of 40 trumpeters on Capitol > Lake in Oly. Good viewing. A couple signets in the flock as well. > > -- > > > Rob Ahlschwede 3726 Wesley Loop NW Olympia, Washington 98502 > 360-866-1935 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Jan 9 06:02:49 2023 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle Christmas Bird Count 18 Dec 2022 - summary of results Message-ID: 2022 Seattle Christmas Bird Count 18 December 2022 128 species tallied (count day + count week) Count day: 117 species Count week: 11 additional species Individual birds: 49,733 [47,439 in-field, 2294 at feeders] Observers: 319 [230 in field + 89 feeder watchers] Overview 2022 marked the first more ?normal? CBC for Seattle, after 2020 was feeder-watch only, and 2021 was held with limited participation. The 2022 Seattle CBC was held on December 18, 2022. The weather was in the 30s & 40s, cloudy with some snow in the air in the afternoon. The winds prevented our boat crew from getting out on the water and as a result they conducted their survey portion via ferry. Results were strong, but overall a bit lower than usual. Overall, with 319 participants including 89 at feeders and 230 in the field, we had the highest participation in our history, breaking 300 for the first time ever. Highlights While we added no new species to the CBC history this year, highlight birds for the count included Black Oystercatcher [2], Ancient Murrelet [count week], Swamp Sparrow [1], Townsend?s Solitaire [3] and Western Tanager [count week]. Notable misses Eleven species were only picked up as count week birds: Redhead, Mourning Dove, Wilson?s Snipe, Ancient Murrelet, Bonaparte?s Gull, Herring Gull, Great Egret, Great Horned Owl, American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow and Western Tanager. In addition, notable misses included: Tundra Swan, Long-tailed Duck, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Ring-necked Pheasant, Sanderling, Dunlin, Marbled Murrelet, Western Screech-Owl and Evening Grosbeak. Record high counts For the modern period (1972-present), high counts were recorded for eight species. We set or tied record highs for: Cackling Goose [703], Black Oystercatcher [2], Bald Eagle [163], Red-tailed Hawk [55], Peregrine Falcon [17], Townsend?s Solitaire [3], Swamp Sparrow [1], and White-throated Sparrow [8]. Trends It?s always tough to be selective with the results to report, but here?s how a few groups fared. [numbers in brackets indicate the total number seen and the percentage as a ratio of the 10-year average on the count (excluding 2020), species with a record-high count noted with an *]. For example, a note of ?[100, 50%]? would indicate that 100 individuals were seen, and that this is just 50% of the norm for the past 10 years (the average # seen from 2011-2021 has been 200). Ducks & geese Goose numbers were mixed, with Snow Goose [53, 68%], Greater White-fronted Goose [1, 11%] and especially Brant [7, 7%] coming in low, but Cackling goose [703*, 535%] and Canada Goose [1188, 112%] coming in high. Dabbling ducks, in general, came in lower than their 10-year average, with a couple exceptions. For example: Northern Shoveler [115, 63%], Eurasian Wigeon [7, 66%], American Wigeon [2208, 90%], and Northern Pintail [8, 11%] were low, but with Gadwall [651, 115%] and Mallard [1556, 118%] were a bit higher than the 10-year average. The diving duck story was very mixed. Coming in higher than usual were: Canvasback [231, 155%], Ring-necked Duck [599, 115%], Surf Scoter [827, 112%], Black Scoter [23, 155%] and Hooded Merganser [118, 159%]. Significantly lower than usual counts came for Greater Scaup [22, 9%], Lesser Scaup [67, 22%], Harlequin Duck [19, 35%], White-winged Scoter [1, 13%] and Ruddy Duck [3, 28%]. Grebes & hummingbirds Grebe numbers were by and large lower than normal this year, with only Pied-billed Grebe [212, 104%] found in higher-than-average numbers. On the other extreme, largely driven by the inability of the boat crew to get out this year, Western Grebe [87, 15%] were well below the recent numbers. In fact, this is the first time since 1952 that we?ve recorded under 100 Western Grebes on the Seattle CBC. Anna?s Hummingbird [370, 74%] were present in low, but still decent numbers. Shorebirds & Alcids Two Black Oystercatchers from the Kitsap crew across the Sound were found for only the 2nd time ever on our CBC. Killdeer [86, 206%] numbers were up, as were Black Turnstones [93, 178%]. On the other hand, Surfbirds [5, 7%] hid from us this year, and the only other shorebirds were Spotted Sandpiper [1, 26%] and count-week Wilson?s Snipe [vs the 10-year norm of 16]. On the alcid front, again likely impacted by not being safe to put the boat crew on the water this year, our numbers were low across the board: Common Murre [6, 8%], Pigeon Guillemot [29, 54%] and Rhinoceros Auklet [33, 54%] totals were all well below average, and we totally missed Marbled Murrelet and had Ancient Murrelet only as a count-week bird. Raptors & owls Raptors appeared in mixed numbers. On the upside, we recorded record high counts for Bald Eagle [163, 172%], Red-tailed Hawk [55, 147%] and Peregrine Falcon [17,191%]. On the other hand, accipiter numbers [Sharp-shinned Hawk [4, 53%]. Cooper?s Hawk [19, 79%]] were lower than usual as was Merlin [8, 71%]. The 10 owls were found on count day was lower than usual: Barn Owl [1, 30%] , Barred Owl [8, 87%], and Northern Saw-whet Owl [1, 38%]. We added a count-week Great horned Owl but continued to locate zero Western Screech-owls as has been the case since 2018. Passerines Corvids numbers were present in pretty average numbers, all told: Steller?s Jay [194, 101%], California Scrub-Jay [21, 176%], American Crow [5598, 87%], and Common Raven [10, 119%]. Numbers for the ?little ones,? from Chickadees to Wrens: Chestnut-backed Chickadee [409, 105%] and Red-breasted Nuthatch [209, 134%] showed up well, but Black-capped Chickadee [1541, 90%], Bushtit [729, 74%] and Brown Creeper [63, 63%] were a bit lower than normal. Lower still, Ruby-crowned Kinglet [157, 43%] had their lowest total in 30 years. Likewise, we didn?t find wrens in normal numbers: Bewick?s Wren [201, 71%, lowest in 17 years], Pacific Wren [109, 53%, lowest in 13 years], and Marsh Wren [5, 51%, lowest in 10 years]. Thrush numbers were strong overall. In addition to our 3 Townsend?s Solitaires, we also saw higher than usual Hermit Thrush [15, 115%], American Robin [2854, 103%] and Varied Thrush [212, 170%] numbers. Finches It was not surprising to have low finch numbers given the winter?s poor finch showing overall in the state. Although historically low, perhaps most surprising was that we did record Red Crossbill [2, 2%] and Pine Siskin [48, 4%] at all. House Finch [645, 84%], Purple Finch [15, 65%] and American Goldfinch [460, 88%] numbers were a bit low, but not by too much. Sparrows & Warblers The Kitsap crew of the CBC again came through, giving us our first Swamp Sparrow since 2005. We also set a record high count for White-throated Sparrow [8, 229%]. Beyond those two, only 1 other sparrow species, Dark-eyed Junco [2175, 128%] came in above the recent averages. On the Warbler front, we had three species: Orange-crowned Warbler [3, 50%], Yellow-rumped Warbler [354, 152%] and Townsend?s Warbler [11, 53%]. Thanks to all the participants who contributed to this year?s count. A more complete report, with totals for each species, will appear on the Seattle Audubon website before long. 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I?d love any resources you can point me to. Funny, it seems a simple question, but without a straightforward (to me) answer. ? Many thanks, Trileigh Trileigh Tucker Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tsbrennan at hotmail.com Mon Jan 9 14:58:25 2023 From: tsbrennan at hotmail.com (Tim Brennan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Southwest Washington Birding Blog 1/1 and 1/2 updates Message-ID: Howdy! The 2023 blog is updated with trips to Cowlitz (1/1) and Wahkiakum (1/2). I suppose it's a Clark County update as well, since I did see starlings on the 2nd! January 1st - The Cowlitz-Columbia Christmas Bird Count A monthly swing through the southwest corner of Washington state, including Cowlitz, Clark, Wahkiakum, and Skamania Counties, with a goal of finding 150 species of birds in each by year's end. southwestwashingtonbirding.blogspot.com 1/3 will come once I finally get my feet back underneath me after three days on the road! Cheers, Tim Brennan Renton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ddoles3 at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 16:25:29 2023 From: ddoles3 at gmail.com (Diane Doles) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sandhill Cranes Message-ID: <63F699EB-3BA5-4ECF-9930-6492CF21331A@gmail.com> I?d like to go to Othello to see the Sandhill Cranes, but would like to avoid the busy weekend of the Crane Festival in March. Does anyone know whether the Cranes are around Othello now? Or if not, when they?re likely to be there? I?d appreciate any information. Thanks. Sent from my iPad From ddoles3 at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 16:29:18 2023 From: ddoles3 at gmail.com (Diane Doles) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sandhill Cranes In-Reply-To: <63F699EB-3BA5-4ECF-9930-6492CF21331A@gmail.com> References: <63F699EB-3BA5-4ECF-9930-6492CF21331A@gmail.com> Message-ID: Forgot to sign off. I?m Diane Doles. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 9, 2023, at 4:25 PM, Diane Doles wrote: > > ?I?d like to go to Othello to see the Sandhill Cranes, but would like to avoid the busy weekend of the Crane Festival in March. > Does anyone know whether the Cranes are around Othello now? Or if not, when they?re likely to be there? > I?d appreciate any information. Thanks. > > Sent from my iPad From travelgirl.fics at gmail.com Mon Jan 9 17:23:09 2023 From: travelgirl.fics at gmail.com (ck park) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sandhill Cranes In-Reply-To: References: <63F699EB-3BA5-4ECF-9930-6492CF21331A@gmail.com> Message-ID: they can usually be seen at reifel, just across the border, even in winter... i've photographed several in mid-february, and sometimes find it difficult to shoot with my normal big-ass lens because they are unperturbed by the local bipeds... https://www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com/sacr.html 00 caren ParkGallery.org george davis creek, north fork On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 4:29 PM Diane Doles wrote: > Forgot to sign off. I?m Diane Doles. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jan 9, 2023, at 4:25 PM, Diane Doles wrote: > > > > ?I?d like to go to Othello to see the Sandhill Cranes, but would like to > avoid the busy weekend of the Crane Festival in March. > > Does anyone know whether the Cranes are around Othello now? Or if not, > when they?re likely to be there? > > I?d appreciate any information. Thanks. > > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gorgebirds at juno.com Mon Jan 9 17:48:44 2023 From: gorgebirds at juno.com (Wilson Cady) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sandhill Cranes Message-ID: <20230109.174844.5719.0@webmail07.vgs.untd.com> There are now over 500 Sandhill Cranes in the Vancouver Lake lowlands in Clark County and others on the nearby Ridgefield NWR and in the Woodland bottoms. Wilson Cady Columbia River Gorge, WA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: ck park To: Diane Doles Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Sandhill Cranes Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 17:23:09 -0800 they can usually be seen at reifel, just across the border, even in winter... i've photographed several in mid-february, and sometimes find it difficult to shoot with my normal big-ass lens because they are unperturbed by the local bipeds... https://www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com/sacr.html00 caren ParkGallery.org george davis creek, north fork On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 4:29 PM Diane Doles wrote:Forgot to sign off. I’m Diane Doles. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 9, 2023, at 4:25 PM, Diane Doles wrote: > > I’d like to go to Othello to see the Sandhill Cranes, but would like to avoid the busy weekend of the Crane Festival in March. > Does anyone know whether the Cranes are around Othello now? Or if not, when they’re likely to be there? > I’d appreciate any information. 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There may be a way to correlate bird species with native plants which managed to persist during the ice age. Off hand, I?d speculate that sea birds, living mainly on sea life, may have stayed on the margins the longest. Fish eating raptors too. Have you contacted the Ice Age Floods Institute ? They seem to be focused on geology and hydrology, but might have some biology expertise. Sorry I don?t have any other specific resources. Keep us posted on what you find. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Jan 9, 2023, at 11:06, Tucker, Trileigh wrote: > > Hi Tweeters, > > I?m trying to learn about our regional birds? history around the latest glaciation. I?ve been searching hard online and in my collection of bird books, and whether I?m just not using the right search terms or there?s just not much out there, I?m coming up short. > > For instance, I?d like to know where our Western Washington birds emigrated to as the climate cooled and the Puget Lobe glacier approached, what species might have stuck around and managed to make a living even during the maximum extent, and how and in what order lowland birds returned once the glacier melted north. > > There doesn?t seem to be much in the way of fossil record (periglacial environments not being terribly good for fossil preservation)?but again, perhaps I?m missing something obvious. > > I?d love any resources you can point me to. Funny, it seems a simple question, but without a straightforward (to me) answer. ? > > Many thanks, > Trileigh > > > Trileigh Tucker > Pelly Valley, West Seattle > NaturalPresenceArts.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I heard one in an evergreen a week or so ago, and then this weekend (reporting late) I heard one in our neighbor's yard - fast twitter call and all. Pishing revealed a flat out gorgeous second one, popping up to check me out (it was also very intrigued by the sound of my rake on the driveway). A breeding pair? Unfortunately no sign in last couple of days. Definitely a yard first - these are fairly unusual even in Woodland Park. Brad Liljequist Phinney Ridge Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jnine28 at gmail.com Tue Jan 10 13:00:06 2023 From: jnine28 at gmail.com (Jeannine Carter) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?windows-1252?q?Bewick=92s_Wren_Territorial_Fighting?= Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Recently we?ve had front-row seats to physical fighting between Bewick?s Wrens in our yard, multiple times, and yesterday I witnessed an all-out brawl where the two got entangled and were rolling around on the ground. It lasted almost a couple minutes, and halfway through is when I realized they were attached and grabbed my shoes to help out. Just as I got to them they got themselves detached and flew to opposite sides of the yard. I just tried to look this up in the behavior section in Birds of the World, but this doesn?t seem to have been officially observed. So I?m sharing this as it might be interesting to some here! :) https://1drv.ms/v/s!AnU-iaQ8zA4Ehohgf1A94OxeHPBl-Q Jeannine Carter North Beach, NW Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That is, before they got too close... -- From an Island in the Pacific, Richard James, Victoria, BC From seattlejohnw7 at gmail.com Tue Jan 10 16:15:49 2023 From: seattlejohnw7 at gmail.com (John Williams) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Goose at Greenlake Message-ID: <441F707F-FAE8-4FB8-9882-636203D64195@gmail.com> Among a flock of Canada Geese at Greenlake near Evan's Pool is one Snow Goose. Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Wed Jan 11 01:07:52 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] How did birds survive the dinosaur-killing asteroid? | Live Science Message-ID: https://www.livescience.com/how-birds-survived-asteroid-strike Sent from my iPhone From vikingcove at gmail.com Wed Jan 11 09:43:25 2023 From: vikingcove at gmail.com (Kevin Lucas) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] African Collared-Dove, Eurasian, albinism, variation Message-ID: Having our yard visited New Year's Day by a Collared-Dove with lots of bright white on the underside from the legs back, I've dipped into distinguishing between African and Eurasian Collared-Doves. In a nutshell, it seems the completely white outer webs of the outermost tail feathers is key. So far I've found one helpful article with illustrations and photos and discussion: https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/11/01/why-are-so-many-eurasian-collared-doves-leucistic/comment-page-1/ I hope to get good photographs of our latest special visitor one of these days. Weather and the skittishness of the collared-doves has prevented that so far. Carefully observing doves in our yard and looking at individual feathers of birds have provided me with enjoyment for years, and have paid off with the bonus of finding two rarities and one federally banded Mourning Dove at our feeders. I know of an accepted record, with photos, of an African Collared-Dove by several duly respected power birders at Neah Bay. African Collared-Dove (Domestic type or Ringed Turtle-Dove)Streptopelia roseogrisea (Domestic type) https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S45086865 I've not looked into whether there are other reports. 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URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Wed Jan 11 12:01:19 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-rumped Warbler Message-ID: <0FC9BDFE-CDFB-4291-8552-8F9372CD3753@comcast.net> Hello tweeters, Just a note to share my constant amazement about this successful species. We always have a few in our yard throughout the winter. They are mostly Audubon?s, but we?ve had a Myrtle or two in some winters. They not only take suet and Bark Butter (and of course whatever insects they can find) by both perching and hovering, but they eat seeds as well, something you don?t think about when thinking of warblers. Yellow-rumps will fly up to the suet and grab a piece, and if it falls from their bill, they immediately drop to the ground to pick it up. They will also hunt below the suet feeders to find pieces that fickers and others have dropped. I put seeds, both sunflower and millet, on the window ledge outside my office on the second floor, and one is now scarfing them down, visiting repeatedly this morning and presumably digesting for a while before returning. I hadn?t seen that before. The ledge is usually occupied by juncos and Black-capped Chickadees and when they are in town, Pine Siskins, although it has been visited by Red-breasted Nuthatches, Bewick?s Wrens (which also eat seeds!), Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows, and House Finches. Black-capped Chickadees are daily visitors, but even though Chestnut-backed Chickadees are in the yard every day, I have never seen one on my ledge. They really are very different birds. Birds are amazing animals. Dennis Paulson Maple Leaf, Seattle From tlstokespoetry at gmail.com Wed Jan 11 16:22:25 2023 From: tlstokespoetry at gmail.com (Teresa Stokes) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Ref Union Bay Watch/Eagles Down Message-ID: <31476AE2-2D43-450D-8EC9-76E6BE565BA4@gmail.com> Wow, thank you Larry for this informative and exciting blog post. Thank you for attending to them and keeping people/dogs away until help arrived. Crossing fingers the one @ PAWS will recover. I sent you an email regarding the interlocking behavior. Not as an expert but from some of the observations and learning about bald eagles I?ve gathered. I?m sure others more qualified will offer information too. So happy to hear Monty and Marsha are doing well. Here?s to another successful breeding season for them. T.L. Stokes Redmond, WA From hank.heiberg at yahoo.com Wed Jan 11 19:45:27 2023 From: hank.heiberg at yahoo.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Pair of Peregrines References: Message-ID: <7446E405-0967-4459-9EE3-FEC7A7EFFB7A@yahoo.com> ??Today we went to Issaquah Highlands Lake hoping to see Redheads since we had seen some there in January of 2022. Instead we saw two Peregrine Falcons in a tree often occupied by Bald Eagles. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/52621514877/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/52622461465/in/photostream/ Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA Sent from my iPad -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I don't know about Audubon's out here though. Did you happen to notice which subspecies were present? Both? Bob OBrien Portand On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 10:36 AM Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > Last week at Nisqually I was surprised to see large flocks of > Yellow-Rumped Warblers foraging on the ground. The first group was out on > the dike trail in the mowed area close on the inside of the dike. The > second larger group was along the access road across from the Ed Center. > Both groups were moving quickly with individual birds pausing briefly, then > flitting on. Quite a contrast to the Am. Robins farther out in the field. > > Carol Stoner > West 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 vikingcove at gmail.com Thu Jan 12 11:06:51 2023 From: vikingcove at gmail.com (Kevin Lucas) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-Rumps In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here in Yakima I sometimes see all three plumages of Yellow-rumped Warblers on the ground here, most often when there is much snow cover and few patches of exposed ground. I also see them foraging on the ice/snow shelf edge of the river, but mostly eating Russian Olive berries and sallying for aerial prey, including over the river. Especially at "Poppoff" (how we refer the southernmost section of the Yakima Greenway Path) all three varieties of Yellow-rumped are present, even more so in the winter. We have Audubon's, Myrtle, and many intergrades. I can distinguish between the calls of Myrtle and Audubon's, but not the calls from intergrades, which can sound like either, so I refrain from "identifying" them without also seeing them well. I've never heard a call that sounds like Audubon come from one that appears as 'pure' Myrtle, nor vice versa. Good Birding, https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ Kevin Lucas Yakima County, WA *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 10:44 AM Robert O'Brien wrote: > 'Myrtle' Warblers forage frequently on the ground in winter on the East > Coast. I don't know about Audubon's out here though. Did you happen to > notice which subspecies were present? Both? > Bob OBrien Portand > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 10:36 AM Tom and Carol Stoner < > tcstonefam@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Last week at Nisqually I was surprised to see large flocks of >> Yellow-Rumped Warblers foraging on the ground. The first group was out on >> the dike trail in the mowed area close on the inside of the dike. The >> second larger group was along the access road across from the Ed Center. >> Both groups were moving quickly with individual birds pausing briefly, then >> flitting on. Quite a contrast to the Am. Robins farther out in the field. >> >> Carol Stoner >> West Seattle >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baro at pdx.edu Thu Jan 12 11:17:21 2023 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-Rumps In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: i don't have all that much experience with Myrtle Warblers on the East Coast. But, the times I've seen them on the ground have also been when there was 'older' snow on the ground. But with patches not covered. Bob OBrien Porrland On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:07 AM Kevin Lucas wrote: > Here in Yakima I sometimes see all three plumages of Yellow-rumped > Warblers on the ground here, most often when there is much snow cover and > few patches of exposed ground. I also see them foraging on the ice/snow > shelf edge of the river, but mostly eating Russian Olive berries and > sallying for aerial prey, including over the river. > > Especially at "Poppoff" (how we refer the southernmost section of the > Yakima Greenway Path) all three varieties of Yellow-rumped are present, > even more so in the winter. We have Audubon's, Myrtle, and many > intergrades. I can distinguish between the calls of Myrtle and Audubon's, > but not the calls from intergrades, which can sound like either, so I > refrain from "identifying" them without also seeing them well. I've never > heard a call that sounds like Audubon come from one that appears as 'pure' > Myrtle, nor vice versa. > > Good Birding, > https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ > Kevin Lucas > Yakima County, WA > > *Qui tacet consentire videtur* > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 10:44 AM Robert O'Brien wrote: > >> 'Myrtle' Warblers forage frequently on the ground in winter on the East >> Coast. I don't know about Audubon's out here though. Did you happen to >> notice which subspecies were present? Both? >> Bob OBrien Portand >> >> On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 10:36 AM Tom and Carol Stoner < >> tcstonefam@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Last week at Nisqually I was surprised to see large flocks of >>> Yellow-Rumped Warblers foraging on the ground. The first group was out on >>> the dike trail in the mowed area close on the inside of the dike. 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URL: From tcstonefam at gmail.com Thu Jan 12 12:12:18 2023 From: tcstonefam at gmail.com (Tom and Carol Stoner) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-rumps followup Message-ID: Here in the (mostly) snow/ice free PNW, I mentioned the Yellow-Rumps foraging on the ground because I'd never seen a flock spend so much time bouncing along feeding on the ground. The neighborhood Y-Rs use the feeders and will go after stray tidbits, but they quickly go back to off-the-ground locations. Thanks to Robert and Kevin for their observations and sorry that I don't have specifics as to Myrtle vs Audubon. I shall pay closer attention next time. Carol Stoner West Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Thu Jan 12 13:06:36 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-rumps followup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Port Townsend has seen a significant increase in Yellow-rumped Warblers in winter. Last year we had a record 16 birds on our CBC; this year we smashed that with 89. I don't know too much about the past, but it seems like it was a few Myrtles around KahTai Lagoon (riparian) and in the green wax myrtles at the sewage treatment plant by Chinese Garden. This year, most birds are at the latter location, foraging all thru North Beach, but also at other coastal more temperate locations. That said, I've seen them several miles inland in the last month. It's been running about 2/3 Myrtles, 1/3 Audubon's. YRWAs have been increasing in winter across the PNW as I showed in some CBC data here: *Heading south for winter, more birds are choosing the Pacific Northwest* https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2022/10/07/heading-south-for-winter-more-birds-are-choosing-the-pacific-northwest/ good birding, On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 12:13 PM Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > Here in the (mostly) snow/ice free PNW, I mentioned the Yellow-Rumps > foraging on the ground because I'd never seen a flock spend so much time > bouncing along feeding on the ground. The neighborhood Y-Rs use the > feeders and will go after stray tidbits, but they quickly go back to > off-the-ground locations. Thanks to Robert and Kevin for their > observations and sorry that I don't have specifics as to Myrtle vs > Audubon. I shall pay closer attention next time. > > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com Thu Jan 12 13:24:22 2023 From: jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com (Jeff Gilligan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-rumps followup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My primary residence is now on the Long Beach Peninsula. I spend most of the winter in southern Arizona, but am on the peninsula into early December. Yellow-rumps become scarce on the peninsula by the time I leave. They were always something I looked at twice in my former Portland neighborhood in winter. In contrast, winter visits to the southern Oregon coast have always resulted in pretty good numbers of Yellow-rumps (mostly Myrtles). Not only is it much more mild in winter there, but Pacific wax myrtles and their waxy fruit are more prominent. Myrtle Warblers got their name for a reason, that being that they could digest the waxy protective covering of the fruit of the plant. I have planted Pacific wax myrtles on the peninsula, and it fruits quite well, and is within the plant?s range, but the number and frequency of the warblers in winter is much less than Curry County, Oregon Warming temperatures generally may result in greater numbers in the future at Willapa Bay. > On Jan 12, 2023, at 200 PM, Steve Hampton wrote: > > Port Townsend has seen a significant increase in Yellow-rumped Warblers in winter. Last year we had a record 16 birds on our CBC; this year we smashed that with 89. I don't know too much about the past, but it seems like it was a few Myrtles around KahTai Lagoon (riparian) and in the green wax myrtles at the sewage treatment plant by Chinese Garden. This year, most birds are at the latter location, foraging all thru North Beach, but also at other coastal more temperate locations. That said, I've seen them several miles inland in the last month. It's been running about 2/3 Myrtles, 1/3 Audubon's. > > YRWAs have been increasing in winter across the PNW as I showed in some CBC data here: > Heading south for winter, more birds are choosing the Pacific Northwest > https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2022/10/07/heading-south-for-winter-more-birds-are-choosing-the-pacific-northwest/ > > good birding, > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 12:13 PM Tom and Carol Stoner > wrote: > Here in the (mostly) snow/ice free PNW, I mentioned the Yellow-Rumps foraging on the ground because I'd never seen a flock spend so much time bouncing along feeding on the ground. The neighborhood Y-Rs use the feeders and will go after stray tidbits, but they quickly go back to off-the-ground locations. Thanks to Robert and Kevin for their observations and sorry that I don't have specifics as to Myrtle vs Audubon. I shall pay closer attention next time. > > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > -- > ?Steve Hampton? > Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A Low Count of CALIFORNIA QUAIL left us 136 "chickens" below median (-55%). Pigeons and Doves were 50 birds below median (-34%) . Raptors (including falcons) were down 59 birds (-60%). Woodpeckers were down 59 birds (-39%). The "Littles" (chickadees, wrens, nuthatches, kinglets, etc.) were 227 birds below median (-51%). EUROPEAN STARLINGS were shy 166 (-66%). Thrushes, waxwings, and HOUSE SPARROW combined to be down 61 birds (28%). A High Count of 275 for AMERICAN GOLDFINCH left finches down just 63 birds (-14%). Blackbirds were down by 33 (-79%). Only Sparrows were above median levels, and those by just 93 birds (+21%). The 6th-most DARK-EYED JUNCOS and a high count of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS pushed those numbers up. Waterfowl, owls, Corvids, and "other" were right around median levels. We had 71 species, plus TRUMPETER SWAN count week. We had two new species, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and AMERICAN COOT. But we had low counts of CALIFORNIA QUAIL, AMERICAN KESTREL, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, EUROPEAN STARLING, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, and SONG SPARROW. The high count of goldfinch was the only HC that made a significant difference in the total number of birds. My crews did a great job dealing with the cold, the snow, and the birdlessness. Hopefully we'll get a break with the frigid conditions next year. = Michael Hobbs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shepthorp at gmail.com Thu Jan 12 18:31:35 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 1/11/2023 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, approximately 30 of us had a really nice winter's day of birding at the Refuge. A mostly sunny day with temperatures in the 40's to 50's, there was a High 14.6ft Tide at 8:57am. Highlights included a single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with a small group of CANADA GOOSE; LESSER SCAUP flying into the flooded field south of the old McAllister Creek Access Road; NORTHERN SHRIKE in the trees that run along the restricted Central Access Road south of the Twin Barns; RING-NECKED PHEASANT were the Access Road intersects with the Nisqually Estuary Trail or new dike - nice sightings of LINCOLN SPARROW in this area as well; and upwards of a dozen WESTERN SANDPIPER mixed in with a flock of 1000 DUNLIN on the tidal mudflats. We observed 76 species for the day and have seen 94 species this year. Mammals seen included Harbor Seal, Steller Sea Lion, and Coyote. See eBird list pasted below. Until next week when we meet again at 8am, happy birding! Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jan 11, 2023 7:50 AM - 4:33 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.529 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny with temperatures in the 40?s to 50?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 14.6ft Tide at 8:57am and a Low 6.5ft Tide at 3:10pm. Mammals seen Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, Steller Sea Lion, and Coyote. 76 species (+5 other taxa) Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Cackling Goose (minima) 650 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 1 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 45 Northern Shoveler 250 Gadwall 25 Eurasian Wigeon 2 American Wigeon 1000 Mallard 300 Northern Pintail 500 Green-winged Teal 500 Ring-necked Duck 8 Greater Scaup 3 Lesser Scaup 2 Surf Scoter 1 White-winged Scoter 25 Bufflehead 150 Common Goldeneye 45 Hooded Merganser 3 Common Merganser 5 Red-breasted Merganser 30 Ring-necked Pheasant 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Horned Grebe 6 Anna's Hummingbird 2 American Coot 80 Killdeer 1 Dunlin 1000 Least Sandpiper 100 Western Sandpiper 10 Counted, probably more. Mixed in with a flock of 1000 Dunlin. Smaller, shorter bill, white throat in comparison to Dunlin. 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Wilson's Snipe 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 25 Short-billed Gull 125 Ring-billed Gull 75 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 30 Larus sp. 100 Common Loon 1 Brandt's Cormorant 11 Pelagic Cormorant 1 Double-crested Cormorant 10 Great Blue Heron 20 Northern Harrier 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 2 Bald Eagle 14 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Northern Shrike 1 American Crow 200 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 40 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15 Golden-crowned Kinglet 20 Brown Creeper 5 Pacific Wren 6 Marsh Wren 4 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 50 Varied Thrush 2 American Robin 30 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 3 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 5 Golden-crowned Sparrow 30 Song Sparrow 15 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Spotted Towhee 3 Western Meadowlark 1 Red-winged Blackbird 150 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 30 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S125973514 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From plantcan at msn.com Fri Jan 13 09:03:10 2023 From: plantcan at msn.com (Candace C. Plant) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Long Tailed Ducks Message-ID: Hi Tweeters Planning to see the Long Tailed Ducks at Tacoma Demolay Sandspit Nature Preserve tomorrow. I assume we will have to walk to see them. Were exactly are they visible from? If we need to walk will my car be okay parked? We never leave valuables in the car. Thank you Candy Plant Sent from my iPhone From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Fri Jan 13 09:11:07 2023 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (Michael Hobbs) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-01-12 Message-ID: Tweets - I tried sending this twice yesterday, but it was returned as probable spam ??? This is yesterday's report: Tweets - Yet again, the forecast was far worse than conditions on the ground. We had, at worst, a little mizzle this morning, with only 5 minutes of light rain at 10:45 and again at the end of the walk while we were at the Rowing Club. Matt did report that it was both windy and rainy pre-dawn, but that had let up by 7:15. It was even pretty birdy for the first hour-and-a-half, before reverting back to the vacant birdlessness we've had for much of the last several weeks. Highlights: - Ring-necked Duck - Pair just off the Lake Platform. First of Year (FOY) - Anna's Hummingbird - Several, including males singing, posing dramatically, and chasing each other - Wilson's Snipe - One east of the East Meadow (FOY) - Cooper's Hawk - Definite looks at one below the weir (FOY) - Downy Woodpecker - One just south of the heronry, obscurely hidden near the top of a cottonwood (FOY) - Northern Shrike - One in the East Meadow, and later north of Fields 7,8,9. (FOY) - Bushtit - Flock that seemed to follow us up the slough (FOY) - Purple Finch - Matt and I had one bird, singing a vireo-like song, southeast of the mansion. It was our ONLY FINCH today (FOY) - White-crowned Sparrow - One gambelii singing in the Pea Patch, a few more seen We also had RIVER OTTERS in the slough again. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Short-billed and Ring-billed Gulls (but we did have a flock of flying black wing-tipped gulls that were almost certainly some mix of these), Red-tailed Hawk, and HOUSE FINCH. For the day, 47 species plus "black wing-tipped gull(s)". = Michael Hobbs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Sun Jan 15 13:36:20 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit County - Samish Flats and Fir Island Report ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230115133620.Horde.giemaJpvl6nAEyWtPO28JGt@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hello fellow Tweets! I went out "birding" yesterday. Went to the Samish Flats first and then to Fir Island. The overall birding count was "less than average". I did get to see a Bald Eagle with a kill on top of a pole (Fir Island), a Rough-Legged (Samish Flats), and a Short-eared Owl (East 90). I didn't take my binos nor my camera - this was a "survey the area" trip. The East 90 was -very- crowded ... somewhere between 3 and 5 birders for all birds of any species (not counting gulls or mallards). I saw almost no ducks other than mallards (drakes and hens). There is a tree near the junction of Moore and Polson on Fir that I once saw 6 eagles and it has ever since been referred to as "The 6 Eagle Tree". It has a large eagle nest in it ... that I swear wasn't there last winter. All of the eagles nests in the area seem to be doing well - no occupants right now (good weather and too early) but all in good condition and ready for a family. This includes the one nears the West 90, where I-5 crosses the Skagit, the two on Old 99 just North of Burlington, the one in the tree near the mouth of the Samish, the ones on Fir Island along Skagit City Road, ... etc., etc., etc. Wylie Slough continues to be 'desolate' due to the "work" done there this past year by the DFW. It seems that the primary reason for the work - removal of 'foreign cattails' - has failed miserably. I'm seeing lots of new cattails coming up everywhere ... and they seem to be the same species they were trying to remove. *Sigh*. Am I the only one who thinks that -every- time we humans try to "manage" wild life resources we just screw it up? Our new all native plants backyard is "in and active". The passerines seem to like it and it shows great promise for the spring. One thing we did not expect was the popularity of the water feature. We've seen lots of towhees, sparrows, juncos, and finches ... and it is even being used for both drinking and bathing by an Anna's. - Jim in Skagit From osdlm1945 at gmail.com Sun Jan 15 15:32:50 2023 From: osdlm1945 at gmail.com (Dianna Moore) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane Message-ID: Has anyone seen the crane recently? Dianna Moore osdlm1945 at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From Craig at greatskua.com Mon Jan 16 09:04:24 2023 From: Craig at greatskua.com (Craig Tumer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >From Philip Kline just now via Portland Area Birds Telegram messenger: We just refound the Common Crane in WA that has not been seen for the last few days. Hoping someone on here can repost to tweeters. Viewing from Dunlap Road. It's with about 40 Sandhills in the vicinity of this pin: 46.965223,-123.341412 Craig Tumer Portland Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Dianna Moore Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2023 3:32:50 PM To: tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane Has anyone seen the crane recently? Dianna Moore osdlm1945 at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zest4parus at hotmail.com Mon Jan 16 13:03:26 2023 From: zest4parus at hotmail.com (Faye McAdams Hands) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane on Dunlap now! Message-ID: We are looking at the Common Crane and 37 Sandhill Crane. Just as you approach Elma, take Hwy 12 towards Raymond, then turn right onto Dunlap. So happy! Diane Yorgason-Quinn, Melissa Sherwood, Carl Smith Faye Hands Get Outlook for iOS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mattxyz at earthlink.net Mon Jan 16 15:14:23 2023 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] 2022 Wrap: Washington County Year List Project Message-ID: Our 16th year of recruiting compilers from every county to track the sightings in WA. The idea behind the project [at Washington Birder] is to get behind the fun of individual county listing to compile a ?community? list ? rather than just birds seen by a single individual, we attempt to pull together birds seen by anyone over the course of the year. It provides one perspective on the birds of Washington in 2022. Some 2022 results: Overall this year, our totals were just about equal to our 16 year average. 394 species were reported statewide. That?s just about right on our average[394.3], and three above 2021?s total. 328 species for Eastern Washington. That?s one below last year, and four higher than our average [323.9] 363 species for Western Washington. That?s also one below last year, and two lower than the overall average [364.9]. Record high county totals were recorded for four counties: Jefferson [238], Pacific [254], Whatcom [263, tied with 2012], and Klickitat [260]. Ten counties reported higher totals than last year, 28 came in lower than last year, and one was tied [Clallam, w/ 279]. 28 counties tallied more species than their 16-year average, 11 reported lower than average totals. Species: 82 species were seen in all 39 counties, 170 were seen in 30 or more counties, 226 in 20 or more counties. That?s consistent with recent years, a sign of the 250-260 species that make up the relatively ?stable abundant? portion of the state list. At the other end of the spectrum, 33 species were reported in only one county this year. The only species missed in 2022 that are not a Washington Bird Records Committee review-list species were Scripps?s Murrelet, Short-tailed Albatross, Murphy?s Petrel, Mottled Petrel, and Northern Hawk Owl. About 35 species on the WBRC review-list were also reported this year. In addition to the year list at the link [http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html ] , I've included a simple sheet that compiles the annual county totals for each county from 2007-2022 -- if you'd like to see how any county has trended over the years, this is the sheet to study. 2023 compiling is underway, and I encourage you to look up the compiler for counties you bird in and send along unusual sightings ? most compilers are checking eBird reports already, but eBird still misses a good bit and we appreciate the help making sure we hear about these sightings. You can find a list of the compilers at the above link If anyone would like to be a compiler for Grays Harbor County this year, please reach out and I?ll tell you more. Thanks to all the compilers who track each county, and here's to a fun and surprising 2023. If you notice anything not noted on the 2022 list, let us know and make a resolution to report your sightings to the compiler this year . 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Thank you, Ronda On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 1:03 PM Faye McAdams Hands wrote: > We are looking at the Common Crane and 37 Sandhill Crane. > Just as you approach Elma, take Hwy 12 towards Raymond, then turn right > onto Dunlap. > So happy! > Diane Yorgason-Quinn, > Melissa Sherwood, > Carl Smith > Faye Hands > > Get Outlook for iOS > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zest4parus at hotmail.com Tue Jan 17 08:07:02 2023 From: zest4parus at hotmail.com (Faye McAdams Hands) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane on Dunlap now! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ronda, Heading west on Hwy 8 coming from Olympia and McCleary, take the first exit As you just reach Elma. >From the exit ramp, make a left onto Hwy 12. Go 3.2 miles on Hwy 12 and make a right onto Dunlap Rd. And yes, Dunlap is a very small road that doesn't show up on many maps. Happy Birding Faye Belfair,WA Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: Ronda Stark Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 7:35:29 AM To: Faye McAdams Hands Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Common Crane on Dunlap now! Good morning, I know your directions sound straightforward, but I am not familiar with this area. Are you bypassing Elma and travelling west on Highway 12? If so, approximately how far? I can't seem to locate Dunlap-- is that a small street in the area? Thank you, Ronda On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 1:03 PM Faye McAdams Hands > wrote: We are looking at the Common Crane and 37 Sandhill Crane. Just as you approach Elma, take Hwy 12 towards Raymond, then turn right onto Dunlap. So happy! Diane Yorgason-Quinn, Melissa Sherwood, Carl Smith Faye Hands Get Outlook for iOS _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rondastark18 at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 08:26:56 2023 From: rondastark18 at gmail.com (Ronda Stark) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane on Dunlap now! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you to everyone ! On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 8:07 AM Faye McAdams Hands wrote: > Hi Ronda, > > Heading west on Hwy 8 coming from Olympia and McCleary, take the first > exit As you just reach Elma. > From the exit ramp, make a left onto Hwy 12. Go 3.2 miles on Hwy 12 and > make a right onto Dunlap Rd. > And yes, Dunlap is a very small road that doesn't show up on many maps. > > Happy Birding > Faye > Belfair,WA > Get Outlook for iOS > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ronda Stark > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 17, 2023 7:35:29 AM > *To:* Faye McAdams Hands > *Cc:* tweeters@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Tweeters] Common Crane on Dunlap now! > > Good morning, > > I know your directions sound straightforward, but I am not familiar with > this area. Are you bypassing Elma and travelling west on Highway 12? > > If so, approximately how far? I can't seem to locate Dunlap-- is that a > small street in the area? > > Thank you, > > Ronda > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 1:03 PM Faye McAdams Hands > wrote: > > We are looking at the Common Crane and 37 Sandhill Crane. > Just as you approach Elma, take Hwy 12 towards Raymond, then turn right > onto Dunlap. > So happy! > Diane Yorgason-Quinn, > Melissa Sherwood, > Carl Smith > Faye Hands > > Get Outlook for iOS > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From florafaunabooks at hotmail.com Tue Jan 17 12:21:28 2023 From: florafaunabooks at hotmail.com (David Hutchinson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Klickitat Bird Year Message-ID: >From my point of view, congratulations to Klickitat County, it is a beautiful and quite varied place, much to be enjoyed. 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Dayna Yalowicki Bothell Buy Free Range From vickibiltz at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 14:39:35 2023 From: vickibiltz at gmail.com (Vicki) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane in Sandhill Crane flock Message-ID: The Common Crane was with the Sandhill at the Dunlop Road location in the Elma area at 1:40 PM. Shortly after I arrived the flock split into two groups. The one with the Common Crane flew southwest of Dunlop road, about 18 birds. The rest flew straight west across Dunlop Road. Light rain. Wenzel Slough road is closed, so I cannot check that older Sandhill crane location. Heading to check Brady Loop Road. Vicki Biltz Buckley, WA 98321 Vickibiltz@gmail.com -- vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pdickins at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 17:53:45 2023 From: pdickins at gmail.com (Philip Dickinson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Lights By Everett Sewage Ponds In-Reply-To: <530C7889-284D-4AB4-8782-C0649F5687AE@comcast.net> References: <530C7889-284D-4AB4-8782-C0649F5687AE@comcast.net> Message-ID: <787B5871-692F-47B7-BD08-033F432C20A6@gmail.com> They also have been doing night construction in the area northbound, so I do not know the reason. I am not aware if any agreement with Pilchuck Audubon Phil Dickinson Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 17, 2023, at 12:44 PM, Dayna yalowicki wrote: > > ?For the last few months, I have been traveling I-5 N from Bothell to N. Marysville one day a week at 4 a.m. I have noticed that there are no lights along I-5 from Marine View Drive to the first Marysville exit and I wondering if this has to do with birds in the area of the sewage ponds and surrounding wetlands. It?s a mere curiosity, but one I can?t let go of! Anyone know? > > Dayna Yalowicki > Bothell > > Buy Free Range > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From anne27m at yahoo.com Tue Jan 17 22:48:03 2023 From: anne27m at yahoo.com (Anne Millbrooke) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kenmore bird list References: <1760387369.1627768.1674024483638.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1760387369.1627768.1674024483638@mail.yahoo.com> Yard (fairway) and feeder birds at a townhouse on Inglewood Gold Club, Kenmore, Washington, November 2020 ? December 2022, in the order the species was sighted Red-winged blackbird Darked-eyed junco, Oregon variety Song sparrow Downy woodpecker Anna?s hummingbird Spotted towhee, Pacific NW variety House finch Northern flicker Chestnut-backed chickadee Bushtit Bewick?s wren Steller?s jay Band-tailed pigeon Black-capped chickadee European starlings Pine siskin Red-breasted nuthatch Townsend?s warbler English house sparrow Cooper?s hawk American crow, formerly Northwestern Canada goose Pileated woodpecker Townsend?s solitaire Hairy woodpecker American goldfinch White-crowned sparrow in the patio Feral pigeon / rock dove Mallard Brown-headed cowbird American robin Bald eagle Varied thrust Casually observed at the nearby Sammanish River and Lake Washington Double crested cormorant Great blue heron Ring-billed gull Greater scaup????????????????????????????????????????????????? Red-naped sapsucker Osprey Least bittern Snow goose Gadwall Killdeer Wood duck Red-winged blackbird American coot ? From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 23:34:37 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Climate change presents a mismatch for songbirds' breeding season: Study draws from decade of data along Putah Creek's Nestbox Highway -- ScienceDaily Message-ID: <432C3936-5598-4BF6-8EEF-404F619B3D8F@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230117110420.htm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 23:36:38 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] When migrating birds go astray, disturbances in magnetic field may be partly to blame: Study could help scientists better understand threats to birds -- and their ability to adapt -- ScienceDaily Message-ID: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230113145327.htm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 23:38:23 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Noise from urban environments affects the color of songbirds' beaks: Study first to test effects of urban noise on cognitive performance and beak coloration during development -- ScienceDaily Message-ID: <7525C687-275E-4C19-A178-5B204F2341FB@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/01/230112090927.htm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Jan 17 23:42:14 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Study shows clever birds need caring parents Message-ID: https://phys.org/news/2023-01-clever-birds-parents.html Sent from my iPhone From anne27m at yahoo.com Wed Jan 18 13:34:41 2023 From: anne27m at yahoo.com (Anne Millbrooke) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Correction to Kenmore bird list References: <1692087983.1840845.1674077681201.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1692087983.1840845.1674077681201@mail.yahoo.com> Since posting the Kenmore bird list,?Jason Zolle and I have corresponded and examined the photo of what I had identified - apparently misidentified - as a Least Bittern. 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URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Wed Jan 18 15:12:49 2023 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane Message-ID: HI ALL: Any reports of the Common Crane today 18 January? sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From tsbrennan at hotmail.com Wed Jan 18 17:15:10 2023 From: tsbrennan at hotmail.com (Tim Brennan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Nice job, Klickitat but. . . :D Message-ID: There was a question about Klickitat County's big total this year. Having focused(ish) on Klickitat last year, I gasped at what seemed like a slight on the total they rang up! I mean, Klickitat and I are technically separated now, but there's still feelings. Haha. But to answer the question of how much padding was just from Oregon birds slopping over into Washington: 2? Red-shouldered Hawk is definitely an Oregon spillover, and Acorn Woodpeckers have been down there forever (and were counted in 9 counties in the state this last year!). I think the year they had down there was a combination of a few things. The biggest one has been better compiling/reporting, so kudos to Sam Holman, not only for finding so many dang birds down there this year, but for stepping in compiling. It really helps people better understand how many birds come through Klickitat. They get west and east side birds, they almost? get some elevation, have some sage habitat that has been getting more attention in the last few years. And the shorebirds/seabirds/gulls that people skillfully picked out this year. . . I don't know if the Arctic Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red Phalarope, and Brown Pelican were on loan from Oregon or other parts, but again - lots of good birders were out there finding good birds. 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Janeanne Houston West Seattle -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Ian Paulsen Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 3:13 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Common Crane HI ALL: Any reports of the Common Crane today 18 January? sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From shepthorp at gmail.com Wed Jan 18 19:14:31 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 1/18/2023 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, approximately 20 of us enjoyed a damp day at the Refuge with light rain, temperatures in the 40's degrees Fahrenheit and a Low 9.3ft Tide at 8:21am and a High 13.7ft Tide at 1:08pm. Highlights included an AMERICAN X EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL in the flooded field just south of the McAllister Creek Access Road, continuing GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with CANADA GOOSE in the flooded field south of the Twin Barns, continuing RING-NECKED PHEASANT between the slough adjacent to the Twin Barns and the Nisqually Estuary Trail or new dike, a female EURASIAN WIGEON on the inside of the dike, and continuing WESTERN SANDPIPERS with a large flock of DUNLIN on the mud flats. Visitor Center Pond Overlook: RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, and PIED BILLED GREBE. Orchard: GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD. Flooded fields: Intergrade AMERICAN X EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL; GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE; all waterfowl. Fly over of PEREGRINE FALCON. Nisqually Estuary Trail: RING-NECKED PHEASANT, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, EURASIAN WIGEON, shorebirds, NORTHERN HARRIER. Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail: HORNED GREBE, SURF SCOTER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, COMMON LOON. Nisqually River Overlook: COMMON MERGANSER. We observed 63 species for the year and have seen 86 species for the year. Mammals seen included Columbian Black-tailed Deer and Harbor Seal. See eBird pasted below. Until next week when we meet again at 8am, happy birding! Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jan 18, 2023 7:53 AM - 2:36 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.976 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with light rain and temperatures in the 40?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 9.3ft Tide at 8:21am and a High 13.7ft Tide at 1:08pm. Mammals seen Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Harbor Seal, and Eastern Gray Squirrel. 63 species (+4 other taxa) Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Cackling Goose (minima) 700 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 35 Northern Shoveler 300 Gadwall 40 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 700 Mallard 300 Northern Pintail 500 Green-winged Teal (American) 500 Green-winged Teal (Eurasian x American) 1 Observed foraging in the flooded field south of the McAllister Creek Access Road and west of the west side parking lot. Seen at 200 feet with spotting scope by numerous birders. A male Green-winged Teal with both horizontal and vertical white lines on the side. Ring-necked Duck 9 Surf Scoter 10 scoter sp. 25 Bufflehead 175 Common Goldeneye 50 Hooded Merganser 2 Common Merganser 9 Red-breasted Merganser 30 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Horned Grebe 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Mourning Dove 1 Anna's Hummingbird 1 American Coot 100 Dunlin 1500 Least Sandpiper 50 Western Sandpiper 4 Counted, seen by several birders . Probably more with flock of Dunlin. Smaller than area Dunlin with white throat and lighter head. Smaller bill as well. Seen at 450 feet with spotting scopes. Greater Yellowlegs 25 Short-billed Gull 150 Ring-billed Gull 30 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 12 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 40 Common Loon 1 Brandt's Cormorant 11 Double-crested Cormorant 20 Great Blue Heron 20 Northern Harrier 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 12 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 American Crow 150 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Pacific Wren 2 Marsh Wren 1 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 50 American Robin 12 Fox Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 30 Song Sparrow 18 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Spotted Towhee 3 Western Meadowlark 3 Red-winged Blackbird 27 Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S126460542 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Coming up on 1/21/23 at 12:00 pm pacific time: Liberty Wildlife in Phoenix, AZ will be presenting their educational live birds and talking about their non-eagle feather repository. Visit https://westernfieldornithologists.org/about/students/upcoming-events/ to register and for more information! Questions? Contact Maci at adminstrator@westernfieldornithologists.org .* Chris Kessler -- "moderation in everything, including moderation" Rustin Thompson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Thu Jan 19 14:42:17 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] What about the Mallards? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230119144217.Horde.rrFH5ccuuKd4S4M_uMOPKcl@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, Every winter - especially - but also pretty much year round ... there are Mallard drakes and hens here in Skagit County. They often are "with" other species such as Canada Geese, Trumpeter Swans, and other ducks. Well, actually I should say that the "other ducks" are with the Mallards - because the Mallards far outnumber the others. My non-scientific ratio is "one Mallard for at least every other duck". So are we all just sort of 'ignoring' (not reporting) the Mallards because they are so ubiquitous? Or are there lots of them here in Skagit and other places not so much? Yes, of course they are being reported ... but not anywhere near as often as they seem to occur (at least "seem to occur to Me"). I've been seeing Mallards - everywhere and in relatively large numbers ... especially when you think about how many places you will see "a hundred or so in that field" and "another hundred or so in the field on the other side of the same road" and "another fifty or hundred and fifty in the very next field" ... etc., etc., etc. I don't go birding outside of Skagit (so many birds, so many species, so little time) ... have I picked up on something that happens here and doesn't in Whatcom, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Island, Klickitat, Pacific, etc., etc., etc. - Jim in Skagit County P.S. My fuzzy memory is saying to me "Gary Bletsch reported Mallards". From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Thu Jan 19 18:03:47 2023 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (Michael Hobbs) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-01-19 Message-ID: Tweets - We started out in the fog at 32 degrees. After a rather steady progression, it ended up mostly sunny and 42 degrees. Not a bad day. Birdwise, it was okay, certainly the best of 2023, though that's not saying much. Highlights: - Great Horned Owl - predawn, one called continually for more than half an hour from a cottonwood near the east end of the boardwalk, (FOY) - Hairy Woodpecker - probably two total, one at the east end of the boardwalk, one near the mansion. First of Year, (FOY) - Pileated Woodpecker - one flew along the far side of the slough near the weir, (FOY) - Lincoln's Sparrow - one posed nicely in the Pea Patch, (FOY) A late scan of the lake turned up two male WOOD DUCK (FOY) and two HORNED GREBE (FOY), as well as a RIVER OTTER. Once again, finches were all but completely absent. Today, we had a few brief finch sounds now and then; pretty sure we heard a House Finch, maybe a Purple Finch at the Rowing Club, and I probably imagined the possible American Goldfinch. But on my eBird checklist, I just put an X for "Finch sp." 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Here are links to my checklists: https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S126519290 https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S125400999 I found in The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of North America good illustrations of the outer tail feathers' outer webs for both Eurasian and African Collared-Doves. In the Sibley app I used the over-under species comparison to see that distinction easily. Gary Bletsch was the one to answer my previous Tweeters request for help with identifying it, and he did so quite nicely and thoroughly with a broad perspective. Thanks Gary. I found a confirmed sighting of an African Collared-Dove on the eBird Range map with photos that show the black in the outer web of a Eurasian Collared-Dove, and find other confirmed checklists that make no mention of the white outer web and the white/light undertail coverts that seem to be needed to accurately confirm the species. Perhaps those field marks aren't necessary, or maybe I'm misunderstanding them. I welcome identification help. Good Birding, https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ Kevin Lucas Yakima County, Washington *Qui tacet consentire videtur* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Fri Jan 20 07:43:44 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] African Collared-Dove In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Kevin, Yes, this seems to be an African Collared-Dove. I have a diagram of the two tail patterns from an old NA Birds article in my blogpost here: https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2018/11/01/why-are-so-many-eurasian-collared-doves-leucistic/ I'm not sure it would be confirmed, as they are considered escapees and not officially counted anyway (hence the orange asterisk that eBird now puts on them). By the way, your location name on eBird got mixed up, but I believe the lat-long is still accurate-- a park in Yakima. good birding, On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 11:44 PM Kevin Lucas wrote: > Today I heard a strange dove call, tried to record it, then went around > our house to see a Collared-Dove with white outer webs to its outermost > tail feathers -- a distinguishing field mark for African Collared-Dove. I'd > seen a similar bird or the same bird on January 1st. Today I was able to > get my camera and take a couple of strongly backlit photos showing the > outer webs that I attached to my checklist. My checklist from January 1st > had no photos, and I'd not entered it with the "(Domestic type or Ringed > Turtle-Dove)" qualifier. That sighting report hasn't yet been "confirmed". > > Here are links to my checklists: > > https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S126519290 > https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S125400999 > > I found in The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of North America good > illustrations of the outer tail feathers' outer webs for both Eurasian and > African Collared-Doves. In the Sibley app I used the over-under species > comparison to see that distinction easily. > > Gary Bletsch was the one to answer my previous Tweeters request for help > with identifying it, and he did so quite nicely and thoroughly with a broad > perspective. Thanks Gary. > > I found a confirmed sighting of an African Collared-Dove on the eBird > Range map with photos that show the black in the outer web of a Eurasian > Collared-Dove, and find other confirmed checklists that make no mention of > the white outer web and the white/light undertail coverts that seem to be > needed to accurately confirm the species. Perhaps those field marks aren't > necessary, or maybe I'm misunderstanding them. I welcome identification > help. > > Good Birding, > https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ > Kevin Lucas > Yakima County, Washington > *Qui tacet consentire videtur* > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drisseq.n at gmail.com Fri Jan 20 13:48:02 2023 From: drisseq.n at gmail.com (N D) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Relocated BOWA in Mag pk Message-ID: Dropped pin https://goo.gl/maps/cuoDwJVBm8MAN8pS8 Don?t know where everyone went who was looking but I relocated the Bo waxwing today. Nw of the fins N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Because I?m getting married this summer ?, my time is more limited than usual this year, otherwise I?d love to do them. Would anyone out there in Tweeterland be interested in taking Ed?s place for one ore more of these walks? If so, please contact Paula via email or phone: POlson@wesleyhomes.org 206-870-1385 Thanks so much, Trileigh Trileigh Tucker Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Fri Jan 20 18:53:43 2023 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 1-19-2023 Message-ID: Tweeters, A baker's dozen birders walked the JBLM Eagles Pride GC route Thursday 1/23 under foggy, cool conditions (34degF-40degF) for this first trek of the 2023 season. It was fairly quiet,but an enjoyable outing with a few notable sightings: MOURNING DOVE - 25 - at the same location as last month (Dupont housing area) AMERICAN ROBIN - 120 - with about 115 on the same fairway (hole 13) that we had all the Varied Thrushes last month. Must be good food here! TOWNSEND'S WARBLER - First warbler of the year, thanks to Bryan! FOR FEBRUARY, THE MEETING TIME WILL CHANGE FOR THE JBLM EAGLES PRIDE BIRDWALK (SEE BELOW): The JBLM Eagles Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 9:00AM (For February ONLY) Our normal start time is 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: * February 16 (Start 9am) * March 16 (Start 8am) * April 20 (Start at 8am) Anyone is welcome to join us! >From the eBirdPNW report: 26 species (+1 other taxa) American Wigeon 7 Mallard 19 Ring-necked Duck 5 Bufflehead 6 Mourning Dove 25 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 4 woodpecker sp. 1 Steller's Jay 1 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 16 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 14 Bushtit 20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 7 Brown Creeper 2 Pacific Wren 6 Bewick's Wren 1 Varied Thrush 1 American Robin 120 Fox Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 50 Golden-crowned Sparrow 7 Song Sparrow 6 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Townsend's Warbler 1 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS126585418&data=05%7C01%7C%7C6f031d71a434427eceef08dafb5998f7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638098659479663260%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J6uvQTfraCyQTOJA%2Be937zXNgPNasDA6DVOv5%2FV1hlk%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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I saw flocks of 120 and 60 fly over. 312 was my previous Yakima high count. From mattxyz at earthlink.net Sat Jan 21 07:37:54 2023 From: mattxyz at earthlink.net (Matt Bartels) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] WA Birder county excel sheet and one page checklists updated for 2023 Message-ID: <3998B960-2E51-4747-ACA0-3692533F6CC0@earthlink.net> Hello all! Michael Hobbs and I have updated the WA Birder Excel spreadsheet and the one page county checklists for the new year. The Excel checklist combines all the county codes in a sheet that allows you to tally your county totals [and do a bunch of other fun things]. Both the ?enhanced? version and the plain version are available at the Washington Birder website at: http://wabirder.com/combined_county_list.html Worth noting: Three years ago, we added a feature that allows you to generate a one page pdf of any county list with all your species checked off automatically. This is a really cool addition Michael coded up and I think it makes entering your ?ticks? into the spreadsheet even more worthwhile. In addition to a state first and many county firsts ,Franklin Kittitas and Klickitat counties had their codes updated. Background: Every year since 2003 I've updated this checklist, adding new species and county firsts, and revising it to comply with the latest taxonomic updates produced by the AOU & ABA. [I guess this is year #21 for this effort!] This year, the taxonomic sequence changed a bit again ?the only notable change was in the Wren order. In addition, the checkist can be sorted by the eBird sort order. If you are looking for a color-coded way to track your county lists and/or see how abundant any species is in a given county, give the list a try. With the 'enhanced' spreadsheet, you can generate county needs lists, see which counties you've seen or need any given species, and more. Instructions on using the spreadsheet are on the same page linked above. Instructions on transferring your data from an older copy of your spreadsheet to the new one are included at the website as well. The one page pdf blank county checklists are available at the following link: http://wabirder.com/county_map.html If you want to move away from the screen and enjoy some time filling in checks on a list, print out a few county lists and start marking it up. A summary of all the new ?County Firsts? is available at this link: http://www.wabirder.com/county_firsts.html Finally, a reminder that your 2022 totals are due by the end of January? I?d encourage everyone to take some time and fill out the portions you track. It is always a great community event to pull this info together into one annual report we can share. List Report (and Big Day) forms are available on the Washington Birder website: http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html . 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How many days should I spend there? > > Thanks! > > Joan Miller > West Seattle > jemskink at gmail dot com > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From qblater at yahoo.com Sat Jan 21 10:45:10 2023 From: qblater at yahoo.com (Jerry Broadus) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI Malheur In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1055631162.414639.1674326714517@yahoo.com> This can be a big topic. I spent several seasons surveying birds there in the early 2000?s (before the ?takeover?. Generally early April is still cold (the refuge is at around 4000? elevation) and I often had snow until mid April. None the less, the Harney County Bird Festival is April 13-16, and can generally guarantee huge flocks of Snow and Ross? Geese, as well as quite a few Lesser Sandhills near Burns. May is traditionally the favored month at the refuge, as lots of birds migrate in then (think White-faced Ibis). June begins mosquito season. Fall is good for rarities. Winter is very cold. Motels in Burns are preferred stay places during the festival. However my favorite hotel has long been the Hotel Diamond, just east of mid refuge (historichoteldiamond.com). The hotel/motel in Frenchglen is also good, for the south end of the refuge. There is RV camping at the Narrows RV park (near north end) and good dry camping at Page Springs BLM campground at south end. Also consider the Malheur Field Station near north end. Take into account that the refuge is about 40 road miles from north to south, and you can put in a lot of miles east and west in some parts, so you need several days to see it all, especially considering the possibility of bad weather. Visitor center is at the headquarters at the north end. Sent from Mail for Windows From: Nancy Tom Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 10:06 AM To: Joan Miller Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] RFI Malheur I am also interested in this. If folks would post using ?Reply All? so we can see responses, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 20, 2023, at 2:05 PM, Joan Miller wrote: ? Hi Tweets, I am thinking of visiting Malheur this late winter/spring. I welcome any tips on what is a good time, places to stay, etc. I know it's a big place. How many days should I spend there? Thanks! Joan Miller West Seattle jemskink at gmail dot com _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stef at whidbey.com Sat Jan 21 10:46:15 2023 From: stef at whidbey.com (Stephanie Neis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI Malheur In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56F66470-FED8-4EC2-A318-9930F4434B93@whidbey.com> We went end of March into the first week of April in 2021. It was a bit too early. I think later part of April and all of May would be better. We have a RV trailer and stayed at the Narrows RV park, great place with laundry, showers, gas, store and good hamburgers! We were there 5 days which was a good thing as one of those days was too windy to bird. The visitor center was still closed for the pandemic but the ponds there were good. We also drove the 38 mile center road three times, saw different stuff each time! The last day the black-necked stilts and long-billed curlews arrived. It was still a great trip. Stef Neis Sent from my iPad > On Jan 21, 2023, at 10:08 AM, Nancy Tom wrote: > > ?I am also interested in this. If folks would post using ?Reply All? so we can see responses, it would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Jan 20, 2023, at 2:05 PM, Joan Miller wrote: >>> >> ? >> Hi Tweets, >> >> I am thinking of visiting Malheur this late winter/spring. I welcome any tips on what is a good time, places to stay, etc. I know it's a big place. How many days should I spend there? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Joan Miller >> West Seattle >> jemskink at gmail dot com >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steveloitz at gmail.com Sat Jan 21 11:00:57 2023 From: steveloitz at gmail.com (Steve Loitz) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI Malheur In-Reply-To: <56F66470-FED8-4EC2-A318-9930F4434B93@whidbey.com> References: <56F66470-FED8-4EC2-A318-9930F4434B93@whidbey.com> Message-ID: I concur with Stephanie's recommendation. IME, prime time for the spring migration at Malheur is typically mid-April to late May. Frenchglen has a hotel and the Steens Mountain Resort is nearby. Last time I was there, Diamond had a small hotel. I am not up to date re lodging at Malheur Field Station. There may be other lodging opportunities of which I am unaware. (We stay in our camper.) If you have a camping vehicle or a car camping tent, Page Springs Campground is a good base camp for exploring the south end of the NWR and the west side of the Steen Mountain massif. 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Conconully: Townsend's Solitaire near the Post Office, 50+ Clarks Nutcrackers on Sinlahekin Road along Conconully Lake. Riverside Cut-off: Cukar and Canyon Wren at the Butte. A deer carcass on the south side of the road 1/4 mile up the road from 97 attracted two Golden Eagles. Timentwa Road/Cattle Ranch off Cameron Lake Road: 19 Gray Partridge at cattle scraping and numerous Horned Lark. The road is plowed through on Cameron Lake Road. Truck Scales/jxn of 97 and 17: just north and west of highway 97 where cattle are being kept in paddock, we observed 16 Bohemian Waxwings with 50 Cedar Waxwings in Birch Trees near homestead. Washburn Island: numerous sparrows and waterfowl, nice looks of Canvasback. The Breadline is currently open Tuesday-Friday. They are now closed on Saturdays. That's all for now, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Michael Hobbs and I have updated the WA Birder Excel spreadsheet and the one page county checklists for the new year. The Excel checklist combines all the county codes in a sheet that allows you to tally your county totals [and do a bunch of other fun things]. Both the ?enhanced? version and the plain version are available at the Washington Birder website at: http://wabirder.com/combined_county_list.html Worth noting: Three years ago, we added a feature that allows you to generate a one page pdf of any county list with all your species checked off automatically. This is a really cool addition Michael coded up and I think it makes entering your ?ticks? into the spreadsheet even more worthwhile. In addition to a state first and many county firsts ,Franklin Kittitas and Klickitat counties had their codes updated. Background: Every year since 2003 I've updated this checklist, adding new species and county firsts, and revising it to comply with the latest taxonomic updates produced by the AOU & ABA. [I guess this is year #21 for this effort!] This year, the taxonomic sequence changed a bit again ?the only notable change was in the Wren order. In addition, the checkist can be sorted by the eBird sort order. If you are looking for a color-coded way to track your county lists and/or see how abundant any species is in a given county, give the list a try. With the 'enhanced' spreadsheet, you can generate county needs lists, see which counties you've seen or need any given species, and more. Instructions on using the spreadsheet are on the same page linked above. Instructions on transferring your data from an older copy of your spreadsheet to the new one are included at the website as well. The one page pdf blank county checklists are available at the following link: http://wabirder.com/county_map.html If you want to move away from the screen and enjoy some time filling in checks on a list, print out a few county lists and start marking it up. A summary of all the new ?County Firsts? is available at this link: http://www.wabirder.com/county_firsts.html Finally, a reminder that your 2022 totals are due by the end of January? I?d encourage everyone to take some time and fill out the portions you track. It is always a great community event to pull this info together into one annual report we can share. List Report (and Big Day) forms are available on the Washington Birder website: http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html. We look forward to feedback or suggestions, and would be happy to help troubleshoot problems if you run across them. Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There was a Peregrine chasing them which made it all the better. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkv-RWHNaEg > > Nancy Morrison > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stephen.elston at gmail.com Sun Jan 22 07:52:36 2023 From: stephen.elston at gmail.com (Stephen Elston) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Dunlin murmuration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Excellent videography Nancy! I can even see the Peregrin at times. Thank you so much for sharing. Steve On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 7:09 AM Nancy Morrison wrote: > I was in the Skagit Valley on Friday, and one of my goals was to watch the > Dunlin murmurating. It was high tide, so they had moved inland to a flooded > field. Within a minute of setting up my tripod, I was witness to one of the > better displays I have seen. There was a Peregrine chasing them which made > it all the better. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkv-RWHNaEg > > Nancy Morrison > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rflores_2 at msn.com Sun Jan 22 10:36:09 2023 From: rflores_2 at msn.com (Bob Flores) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] [inland-NW-birders] WA Birder county excel sheet and one page checklists updated for 2023 In-Reply-To: <63eeeed00102402895654712a304f68e@t-mansfield.com> References: <3998B960-2E51-4747-ACA0-3692533F6CC0@earthlink.net> <63eeeed00102402895654712a304f68e@t-mansfield.com> Message-ID: We owe these two more than we will ever be able to return. Thanks guys. Bob Flores Duluth, WA On Jan 22, 2023, at 07:10, Tom Mansfield wrote: ? Hats off to Matt and Michael for making this historic resource available and user-friendly! WA Birder co-founders Laurie and the late Ken Knittle are proud I?m certain of your dedication and as grateful as the rest of us. Tom Mansfield in Seattle. From: Inland-nw-birders On Behalf Of Matt Bartels Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 7:38 AM To: Tweeters (E-mail) ; Inland-NW-Birders - To Post Subject: [inland-NW-birders] WA Birder county excel sheet and one page checklists updated for 2023 Hello all! Michael Hobbs and I have updated the WA Birder Excel spreadsheet and the one page county checklists for the new year. The Excel checklist combines all the county codes in a sheet that allows you to tally your county totals [and do a bunch of other fun things]. Both the ?enhanced? version and the plain version are available at the Washington Birder website at: http://wabirder.com/combined_county_list.html Worth noting: Three years ago, we added a feature that allows you to generate a one page pdf of any county list with all your species checked off automatically. This is a really cool addition Michael coded up and I think it makes entering your ?ticks? into the spreadsheet even more worthwhile. In addition to a state first and many county firsts ,Franklin Kittitas and Klickitat counties had their codes updated. Background: Every year since 2003 I've updated this checklist, adding new species and county firsts, and revising it to comply with the latest taxonomic updates produced by the AOU & ABA. [I guess this is year #21 for this effort!] This year, the taxonomic sequence changed a bit again ?the only notable change was in the Wren order. In addition, the checkist can be sorted by the eBird sort order. If you are looking for a color-coded way to track your county lists and/or see how abundant any species is in a given county, give the list a try. With the 'enhanced' spreadsheet, you can generate county needs lists, see which counties you've seen or need any given species, and more. Instructions on using the spreadsheet are on the same page linked above. Instructions on transferring your data from an older copy of your spreadsheet to the new one are included at the website as well. The one page pdf blank county checklists are available at the following link: http://wabirder.com/county_map.html If you want to move away from the screen and enjoy some time filling in checks on a list, print out a few county lists and start marking it up. A summary of all the new ?County Firsts? is available at this link: http://www.wabirder.com/county_firsts.html Finally, a reminder that your 2022 totals are due by the end of January? I?d encourage everyone to take some time and fill out the portions you track. It is always a great community event to pull this info together into one annual report we can share. List Report (and Big Day) forms are available on the Washington Birder website: http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html. We look forward to feedback or suggestions, and would be happy to help troubleshoot problems if you run across them. Matt Bartels Seattle, WA _______________________________________________ Inland-nw-birders mailing list send email to: Inland-nw-birders@uidaho.edu manage subscription: https://lists.uidaho.edu/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Fancher Road Butte: Golden Eagle Siwash Creek: Sharp-tailed Grouse x 4, both Type 2 and Type 4 Red Crossbills, Pileated Woodpecker and all three nuthatches. Teas Road at junction with Havillah Road: Bohemian Waxwing x 37 feeding on red berries in bush next to road (looked like little rose hips). Hungry Hollow Road and Turner Homestead Road: 50 Snow Bunting in cattle scrape. Davies Road: both Red Crossbills and Ruffed Grouse. Bartoff Road: Ruffed Grouse east of Nealy Road. Nealy Road Feeder or Highland Meadows Compound: many Dark-eyed Junco at the feeder at 4pm. Highland Snow Park: Great Gray Owl heard around 5:15pm. We did not see or relocate Northern Pygmy Owl, Gray-crowned Rosy-finch, Common Redpoll, or Pine Grosbeak. Overall a little slow, but beautiful day with lots of snow and pretty scenery. Happy birding, Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From meetings at wos.org Mon Jan 23 14:00:30 2023 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_Mon=2E=2C_Feb=2E_6=2C?= =?utf-8?q?_7=3A30_pm=2C_Ferruginous_Hawks=3A=C2=A0=C2=A0Status_and?= =?utf-8?q?_Ecology_with_Jason_Fidorra?= Message-ID: <20230123220030.4391.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> The Washington State Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to our next Monthly Meeting when Jason Fidorra will present The Ferruginous Hawk:??Status and Ecology. The Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis, is North America?s largest hawk.??Its population is in decline over most of its range.??Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Staff and volunteers monitor over 275 historic breeding sites of this raptor.??Based upon their state-wide surveys, the Ferruginous Hawk was uplisted in 2021 to an endangered species in Washington.?? In this talk, Jason Fidorra will discuss the ecology, threats, survey results and future of the Ferruginous Hawk in Washington. Jason is a Wildlife Biologist for the WDFW in the Tri-Cities working on the front lines of conservation of shrub-steppe., a habitat that is critical for many of Washington?s species of greatest concern.??He surveys a variety of wildlife from elk to monarchs and contributes to research on Burrowing Owls, raptors and game birds.??Jason has worked on bird research and conservation projects across North America and enjoys birding and guiding in tropical countries.?? The meeting will be conducted via Zoom.??Please go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/ for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link.??Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm. This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend.?? If you are not yet a member, I hope you will consider becoming one at http://wos.org/about-wos/membership/. Please join us! Vicki King WOS Program Coordinator From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Mon Jan 23 20:18:16 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Some_good_news=3A_=E2=80=9CHidden=2C_never-b?= =?utf-8?q?efore-seen_penguin_colony_spotted_from_space_=7C_Live_Science?= =?utf-8?b?4oCd?= Message-ID: https://www.livescience.com/satellites-reveal-emperor-penguin-colony-antarctica Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Mon Jan 23 20:24:20 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?One_of_my_many_favorite_species=3A_=E2=80=9C?= =?utf-8?q?When_Goshawks_Ruled_the_Autumn_Skies=E2=80=9D_=7C_All_About_Bir?= =?utf-8?q?ds_All_About_Birds?= Message-ID: <2131E6AA-EF05-4183-825A-6059BF0DC84E@gmail.com> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/when-goshawks-ruled-the-autumn-skies/ Sent from my iPhone From nreiferb at gmail.com Mon Jan 23 22:05:06 2023 From: nreiferb at gmail.com (Nelson Briefer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Goshawks Message-ID: So, Scott W. has another book published. In the book he states something like? goshawks may be living in Texas. Goshawks are living in Texas and have been for years. Here are some of the locations where I have observed more than one goshawk in Texas? Rockport, Galveston, Tyler, Houston( Kemah), and Aransas NWR. All of these hawks were in flight. They were not in migration. Single sightings on NG were in Livingston, near the Louisiana border, Georgetown, somewhat near Austin, Bacliff, and near the Houston Cruise Ship Terminal. Also at the largest cock fighting hatchery in the U.S. or possibly the world ? Thackersville, OK. I am contemplating giving a class ? How to find and identify goshawks. Probably once a week in Spring and Fall. Location? Skagit County and Island County. The class will be 1 hour. One half hour will be tactics and strategies. Such as, choosing a location, how much time to spend observing any particular vector and how to use abrupt weather changes. I will not accept any donations. Nelson Briefer ? 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Observing the eagle and the reaction on the coots was most enjoyable. The eagle did several fly overs to no avail. I?ve never seen coots dive so quickly! Cranberry Lake is currently hosting a good size flock of Commom Mergansers, some Hooded Mergansers, a few Bufflehead, Double-crested cormorants and a Belted Kingfisher. Nothing exotic but beautiful birds. And, if you?ve never seen the red-throated loons ride the ebbing tide that?s another amazing event that happens on a regular basis. 100?s of loons fly in to ride the tide and catch some fish. Happy birding, Cindy csimonsen 52 at gmail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We did check the Waterville City Park and Cemetery for Saw-whets without success. So our scout trip dipped on finding any Northern Saw-whet Owls in our trip area. The Bridgeport Bar was good for Canvasback, Western Meadowlark and a Harlan's variety of Red-tailed Hawk near Gun Club and Grange Road. There were very few sparrows, so I don't think the feeder is active. We did have good numbers of sparrows and an active feeder on Washburn Island on Friday 1/20. If you have been following along, and have seen my reports from Sun 1/22 and Sat 1/21, you will appreciate that we have had many very nice sightings and a special audible, but overall the birding was slow. There is a lot of snow on the Waterville Plateau and Okanogan Highlands making accessibility and searching more challenging. The scenery is beautiful, and spending time looking for birds is fun, rewarding and special as always. However, overall the birding on the scout was slower than usual and I'm interested to see if this is the situation for our WOS Winter Trip President's Day weekend. We observed 81 species on the Scout. Expected species that we dipped on were Redhead, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Cassin's Finch, and Gray-crowned Rosy-finch. Harder to find species that I hope to see but that we dipped on were Pine Grosbeak, Common Redpoll, Snowy Owl, American Tree Sparrow, Lapland Longspur, Short-eared Owl/Long-eared Owl, Woodpeckers and Accipiters. Aside from being a little slower, I suspect that this is a slower year for Sparrows and Finches. Perhaps in three weeks when we run the WOS Trip, there will be less snow and less fog making it easier to scan and explore. We shall see. Be well, be safe, and happy birding, Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Stef Neis Sent from my iPad > On Jan 25, 2023, at 8:48 AM, Steve Noseworthy wrote: > > ? > Hi Tweets > Does anyone have a recommendation for a birding field guide for Panama? > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From mj.cygnus at gmail.com Wed Jan 25 09:33:38 2023 From: mj.cygnus at gmail.com (Martha Jordan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Goose article Message-ID: Here is a welldone, comprehensive article (lots of photos and a very short video) on Snow Geese in the Skagit Valley. It covers the many issues surrounding this abundant winter visitor - from tourism, birding, farming, wildlife management and more. Definitely worth reading. https://www.biographic.com/washingtons-runaway-snow-geese/ Martha Jordan Everett, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Definitely worth reading. > > https://www.biographic.com/washingtons-runaway-snow-geese/ > > Martha Jordan > Everett, WA > > _______________________________________________ > 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 JeffBorsecnik at msn.com Wed Jan 25 12:31:28 2023 From: JeffBorsecnik at msn.com (Jeff Borsecnik) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Galapagos tips? Message-ID: I'd appreciate recommendations for Galapagos visits, either general (like islands/sites not to miss) or specific, like recommended outfitters/boats for small-boat cruises. I'd welcome general travel tips as well as bird/nature specific info. My understanding is that a small-boat cruise is the way to go, though they are expensive. We'd like to find a good value. 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Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 01/25/2023 12:31 PM Jeff Borsecnik wrote: > > > I'd appreciate recommendations for Galapagos visits, either general (like islands/sites not to miss) or specific, like recommended outfitters/boats for small-boat cruises. I'd welcome general travel tips as well as bird/nature specific info. > > My understanding is that a small-boat cruise is the way to go, though they are expensive. We'd like to find a good value. 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Highlights included LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER in the flooded field south of the Twin Barns; PEREGRINE FALCON hunting the flooded fields; VIRGINIA RAIL on the inside of the Twin Barns Loop Trail south of the Twin Barns cut-off, immature female COOPER'S HAWK eating a CACKLING GOOSE and later having a killed AMERICAN COOT stolen by two BALD EAGLE; continuing RING-NECKED PHEASANT between the dike and Twin Barns; great looks at shorebirds LEAST SANDPIPER and DUNLIN, and EURASIAN WIGEON. Late arrival birders observed BARRED OWL along the entrance road. Some of our group observed Long-tailed Weasel at the Twin Barns cut-off. There was also a report of a Coyote with a deceased Long-tailed Weasel in its mouth. We observed 68 species for the day, and have seen 86 species this year. Please see eBird report pasted below. Until we meet again next week at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jan 25, 2023 7:28 AM - 4:19 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.867 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Overcast with temperatures in the 40?s degree Fahrenheit. A High 15.8ft Tide at 8:37 am and a Low 4.9ft Tide at 2:49pm. Mammals seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Long-tailed Weasel, Coyote with deceased Long-tailed Weasel in mouth, and Harbor Seal. 68 species (+5 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 750 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 1 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 25 Northern Shoveler 150 Gadwall 40 Eurasian Wigeon 1 American Wigeon 1000 Mallard 200 Northern Pintail 300 Green-winged Teal 150 Ring-necked Duck 10 Surf Scoter 18 White-winged Scoter 14 Bufflehead 200 Common Goldeneye 50 Hooded Merganser 2 Common Merganser 9 Red-breasted Merganser 30 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Horned Grebe 8 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Virginia Rail 1 American Coot (Red-shielded) 125 Dunlin 100 Least Sandpiper 100 Long-billed Dowitcher 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 25 shorebird sp. 1 Short-billed Gull 75 Ring-billed Gull 20 Glaucous-winged Gull 3 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 50 Common Loon 3 Brandt's Cormorant 9 Pelagic Cormorant 1 Double-crested Cormorant 15 Great Blue Heron 20 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 15 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Barred Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 American Crow 200 Common Raven 3 Black-capped Chickadee 35 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 30 Brown Creeper 6 Pacific Wren 5 Marsh Wren 4 Bewick's Wren 7 European Starling 100 Varied Thrush 1 American Robin 50 Fox Sparrow 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 30 Song Sparrow 25 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Spotted Towhee 6 Western Meadowlark 4 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 12 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S126939930 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Wed Jan 25 20:11:17 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Goose article In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230125201117.Horde.vnjo4KfMFtVH-joS0wN2yw0@webmail.jimbetz.com> Martha, Thanks for posting that. I am glad that I got to read it. It was "interesting" because it is primarily written from the point of view of farmers who do not appreciate the Snows - and provides only minimal space to any opposite opinions. I'm not saying their point of view is invalid - I'm just saying that there are other opinions. We live in Skagit County. Many of the farms here plant crops that are specifically targetted to the snow geese being able to use them. And the birds don't show up until November and leave in March (some but not many on either end) ... so they don't affect the farms (or at least not that much?). The fields that are planted with goose friendly crops also reap benefits in terms of how much "processing" the geese do of the crops (converting the crop to fertilizer that is left right there in the fields they fed in). I also believe/have heard that there is a program where the farmers are paid for planting "bird food". - Jim in Burlington From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Wed Jan 25 20:30:37 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit County - Report #2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230125203037.Horde.Wto6VhGTZnVTTelm7ITAt4-@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, I went on another survey trip today. Started in the Skagit Flats, went to Fir Island, back to a different section of the Skagit flats, then on to the Samish Flats. We can see the Butler Flats from our house so I'll report the current situation there as well. One area I did not get to today was Bayview/Padilla Bay and/or Marches Point. Snows - there were moderate numbers of snows ... everywhere ... in small groups of 300-500 and one larger group on Fir Island. More than just 10 days but not what I remember. More coming in? I hope. Swans - everywhere. And in larger quantities than previous years. Usually in groups of 50 to 200 or so. A few loners or 2 or 3 birds by themselves. Eagles - there were far more eagles than just 10 days ago. Several pairs near nests (staking a claim?). In fact that was the most common sighting for adult. There were a -lot- of younger birds (usually all dark, no white at all) and they are large. Did not see more than one or two that were smaller. Raptors other than eagles - a normal amount of harriers, red-tails, and such. No notable 'special' (different). Owls - did not see any this trip. But I was even earlier in the day than last time. Corvids - small groups of crows in several places. Did not see a raven (unless I missed it). Blackbirds - lots of the ones that I -think- are Brewer's (an all over brownish black color). Didn't see or hear any red-wings. Passerines - lots of sparrows, fiches, and gobs of Juncos. A few Twohees, no robins. Did not id any waxwings or thrushes. Hummers - still seeing a few Anna's (especially here in our yard). Ducks and geese (not Snows) - lots of mallards, no other kinds. Almost every swan group had a few mallards near by. Merganser? - saw one bird that was probably a merganser in one of the sloughs on Fir Island. Long neck and bill - dove to quickly for me to get a good id. So ... that's this weeks survey. - Jim From stevechampton at gmail.com Wed Jan 25 21:42:14 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Goose article In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is a pretty good summary of the issues with Snow Geese in the Skagit in winter, though it raises more questions than answers. It completely fails to mention that climate change and the greening of the Arctic has created the goose explosion. In some regions of the North Slope, the Snow Goose population is increasing 35% per year (every year over a 10 year period). That implies a 20-fold population increase. Snow Geese are one obvious piece in a world spinning into a new equilibrium. Here's one (of many) articles on that: https://hakaimagazine.com/news/lack-of-snow-is-ironically-helping-snow-geese/ I'm curious how many farmers have winter crops impacted, and I assume summer crops are not impacted -- but the article was not clear on that. In the Sacramento Valley, which also has massive numbers of Snow Geese, they are largely concentrated on managed National Wildlife Refuges designed to attract them, though they are also in fallow ag fields (especially flooded rice fields after harvest and fallow corn fields). I like the idea of farmers earning some income by creating winter eco-tourism amenities, like parking areas and bathrooms! On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 11:57 AM J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, a very well done article. both the history and the various > impacts on farming, land use, and development are important to think > about. Lots for birders and photographers to understand and think about. > > Chris Kessler > Seattle > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 9:34 AM Martha Jordan wrote: > >> Here is a welldone, comprehensive article (lots of photos and a very >> short video) on Snow Geese in the Skagit Valley. It covers the many issues >> surrounding this abundant winter visitor - from tourism, birding, farming, >> wildlife management and more. Definitely worth reading. >> >> https://www.biographic.com/washingtons-runaway-snow-geese/ >> >> Martha Jordan >> Everett, WA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > > > -- > "moderation in everything, including moderation" > Rustin Thompson > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dkkoontz at msn.com Thu Jan 26 12:34:07 2023 From: dkkoontz at msn.com (Diane Koontz) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Galapagos tips Message-ID: If you want a truly extraordinary trip in the Galapagos, book on the Mary Anne, a 216' 3-masted sailing barquantine. Excellent tour, good food, amazing ship. 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Huge size difference (FOY) - Western Screech-Owl - Matt saw one pre-dawn that apparently came in when it heard the NSWO (FOY) - Northern Saw-whet Owl - Matt heard one moving around and calling, south of the East Meadow pre-dawn (FOY) - Four woodpecker day - though Downy and Pileated were heard-only. We also *might* have heard sapsucker - Northern Shrike - seen at Compost Piles, south of the model airplane field, AND north of Fields 7-8-9. Probably all one bird - VARIED THRUSH - at least two heard for several minutes, across the slough from the windmill (FOY) - Western Meadowlark - one or two glimpsed in the East Meadow (FOY) - BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD - male in Pea Patch (FOY) - Yellow-rumped Warbler - one or two near the model airplane field restrooms - ZERO FINCHES - once again. Actually worse than last week where we at least had a tiny number of finch spp. heard - River Otters - four romping on the shore near the beaver lodge across the slough from Dog Central A late scan of the lake turned up three COMMON MERGANSERS, a HORNED GREBE, and he flock of AMERICAN COOTS that must have been off to the east out of sight when we were at the Lake Platform earlier in the morning. The COOPER'S HAWK juvenile and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK adult were chasing each other around at the south edge of the Dog Area. The difference in size was truly remarkable, so we concluded that the Sharpie must have been a small male, and the Cooper's a large female. The BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD is our first ever for January. We also have single records for November, December, and February. October is now the only month in which we have no cowbird records, but they are typically present only April through August. There are just 16 total records from September through March, with most of those coming in late March. There was quite a bit of singing today. Singing birds included Anna's Hummingbird, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, PACIFIC WREN, BEWICK'S WREN, VARIED THRUSH, DARK-EYED JUNCO, SONG SPARROW, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. I birded the northern part of Marymoor yesterday late afternoon (I had a Friends of Marymoor Park meeting to attend yesterday evening). In the NE corner of the park, I did have 12-15 HOUSE FINCH, including a couple of singing males, so they aren't completely gone from the park. I also had two CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAYS yesterday, near the east end maintenance area. These were (FOY) and were also our first January record. Almost all the sightings of CASJ have come from very late August, through September, into October. There are just a small handful of records outside that nine-week window. 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The attached article does a reasonably good shop of discussing the pros and cons of various ship sizes. https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2251 Also, while the Galapagos are on the equator, there are rather distinct ?seasons?, so it?s worth considering what happens by month. And if clear-water snorkeling is high on your list, there are some months that are far better than others. I found this helpful month-by-month rundown: https://adventuresmithexplorations.com/trips/galapagos/when-to-travel-best-month/#seasons Hope this information is helpful. Doug Santoni Seattle, WA Dougsantoni at gmail dot com > On Jan 27, 2023, at 4:34 PM, HAL MICHAEL wrote: > > Our experience is that each operator is unique in their tours. While they may go to the same areas they do is differently. There are different levels of guides as approved by the government, different activities in the details, and so on. I suspect that almost any tour will be super. Further, like any other natural area this is not Disneyland so nothing is guaranteed. These are (calm) but still wild animals. > > > Hal Michael > Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > > >> On 01/27/2023 2:18 PM Jeff Borsecnik wrote: >> >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Galapagos tips (Diane Koontz) >> 2. Re: Galapagos tips (louiserutter1000) >> 5. Galapagos tips? (Toby Ross) >> >> >> Thanks for the Galapagos info, folks. Btw, the Mary Ann was already on our radar, so I'm glad to hear it was good. That boat is good for singles and odd-numbered parties, which is why it was suggested to us. ... Yes, nothing is cheap : ) But we are sorta aiming for good value? A little hard to tell the first time around. >> >> One thing I'm wondering is if it matters much who you book a specific boat through?or do the different tour companies just all "sell" the same cruises (in general)? This is not a type of travel I'm used to. >> >> -jeff b >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 coheberlein at gmail.com Fri Jan 27 15:59:53 2023 From: coheberlein at gmail.com (Carolyn Heberlein) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Galapagos Trips Message-ID: I went with Overseas Adventure Travels to the Galapagos Islands several years ago. They start with a week in the Amazon basin along the Napo River. Then you go to the Galapagos for a week. Housing in the Galapagos is on a boat. It was an excellent trip. https://www.oattravel.com/destinations/country/galapagos?icid=global:countries:south-america:galapagos Right now my son is on a week long trip to the Galapagos with G Adventures. He choose this company because they are housed on land. He felt the need to be able to go for a walk or explore a bit on his own. That would be hard to do on a boat based tour. https://www.gadventures.com/destinations/south-america/galapagos/ -- Carolyn Finder Heberlein / Nana, Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nearpost at gmail.com Fri Jan 27 20:45:40 2023 From: nearpost at gmail.com (Scott Ramos) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit Bay CBC - Jan 1, 2023 Message-ID: This was the 36th year for the SBCBC and the third year in which we followed Covid protocols, with limits on participation. Hopefully, next year we will be able to once again open up to volunteers. In fact, this year one of our sectors had to cancel at the last minute when team members picked up a Covid infection. We had 30 field observers and 5 feeder watchers. And, no one complained about the weather--mid-40s, little wind, no precipitation, no snow or ice to contend with, and periods of actual sun! The survey ended up with 123 species, just above the average of 122. 185,000 individual birds were counted which is the second highest total for the count circle (2002 saw the highest total of 224,000). No new species were recorded this year but we did have high counts for ten species: Eurasian Wigeon [22], American Wigeon [13125], Bufflehead [747], Greater Yellowlegs [70], Cooper's Hawk [17], Great Horned Owl [19], Pileated Woodpecker [10], American Robin [3211], American Goldfinch [233] and Brown-headed Cowbird [41]. American Wigeon has shown a steady increase since 2014. But, until this year, American Robin was on a downward trend with the previous 3 years below the 10% level. The high count this year was more than 3 times the average; only one other year comes close, 2610 in 1994. American Crow [119] had the lowest total by far for the survey, surpassing the previous low of 149 in 2019. Avian flu is always a concern when bird counts drop but American Crow had already started a significant decline in 2010. Maybe they have all moved south to the UW Bothell roost! One of the main purposes of the CBC surveys is an understanding of trends, both positive and negative. While the SBCBC does not have a history as long as others in the region and in the nation, some trends are still of note. Parenthetical notes for the species show the count and the percentile across the 36 years. Over 50% implies higher than the median and lower is below. High: Common Goldeneye (303, 97%), Hooded Merganser (49, 89%), Common Merganser (114, 91%) Low: Red-breasted Merganser (7, 17%), Ruddy Duck (28, 9%), Western Grebe (27, 14%). High: Eurasian Collared-Dove (267, 91%), Anna's Hummingbird (74, 89%), Virginia Rail (7, 91%). High: Long-billed Dowitcher (226, 97%), Marbled Murrelet (45, 97%), Pelagic Cormorant (11, 97%) Low: Killdeer (15, 14%), Sanderling (2, 43%), California Gull (1, 46%) High: Bald Eagle (248, 94%), American Kestrel (25, 97%) Low: Northern Shrike (1, 6%) Bald Eagle have shown a very stable population of more than double the mean counts for the last 7 years. Anyone who drives the Skagit roads can confirm their presence with the proliferation of their bulky nests. High: Common Raven (82, 94%), Red-breasted Nuthatch (55, 86%), Western Meadowlark (107, 94%), Yellow-rumped Warbler (27, 87%) Low: Savannah Sparrow (4, 43%), Lincoln's Sparrow (5, 11%) Reports from a couple of our sectors noted low sparrow numbers (except for Song Sparrow) and attributed the decline to habitat loss including brush clearing. But, the numbers were a little low in almost all sectors. 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(I made two separate trips over the years, both on a larger ship, the Celebrity Xpedition.). No matter how many people there are on a given ship, the Galapagos dictates that maximum group size on a shore visit is 16 people. So even on a larger ship, you?re still with groups of no more than 16 people. If two or more groups are making a visit to the same destination, they?ll be taken on different paths and remain separate. > > The attached article does a reasonably good shop of discussing the pros and cons of various ship sizes. https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2251 > > Also, while the Galapagos are on the equator, there are rather distinct ?seasons?, so it?s worth considering what happens by month. And if clear-water snorkeling is high on your list, there are some months that are far better than others. I found this helpful month-by-month rundown: https://adventuresmithexplorations.com/trips/galapagos/when-to-travel-best-month/#seasons > > Hope this information is helpful. > > Doug Santoni > Seattle, WA > Dougsantoni at gmail dot com > > > > > On Jan 27, 2023, at 4:34 PM, HAL MICHAEL wrote: > > Our experience is that each operator is unique in their tours. While they may go to the same areas they do is differently. There are different levels of guides as approved by the government, different activities in the details, and so on. I suspect that almost any tour will be super. Further, like any other natural area this is not Disneyland so nothing is guaranteed. These are (calm) but still wild animals. > > > > > > Hal Michael > > Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ > > Olympia WA > > 360-459-4005 > > 360-791-7702 (C) > > ucd880@comcast.net > > > > > > > > > > > On 01/27/2023 2:18 PM Jeff Borsecnik wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. 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The note reminds me of the first note in their song and seemed to be coming from in the boulders. I'm not saying it was a wrentit, just that it was wrentittian. Anyone know this call? Am i forgetting something obvious? https://ebird.org/checklist/S127237513 I couldn't get a view of the source and the only birds i saw on the rocks nearby were two song sparrows. On another note, this morning there was a bullock's oriole in Long Beach. More detail here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S127238468 Casey Cunningham Portland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Sun Jan 29 21:01:21 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wrentit question and Pacific Cty Bullock's Oriole In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Casey, Having birded in California for decades, I'm quite familiar with Wrentits and, to be honest, did not expect your recording to be like one. After listening to it, I'm fairly convinced it actually is a Wrentit! First, as you describe, it sounds like one, without a trill. Note that females do not do the trill at the end. Here's an example of a "half-song", probably a female. https://xeno-canto.org/351988 Second, the sonogram fits well, especially with recordings that are some distance away. For example, compare it to the background bird on my recording here -- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/217940591 --especially the note on my recording at about 5.4 seconds in. Your bird's sonogram also has a hint of a flatish declining top, which some Wrentit sonograms show. Some also show a double wave at the top, but yours (and mine above) show a single wave. Finally, the call notes on your recording at 21 and 22.5 seconds show a harmonic at 6 kHz, exactly where the harmonic in the female call note is. I cannot find a clean example of a female at the moment, but there's one between 7 and 10 seconds here in the background behind the trill of a male. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/212160 Ignoring the trill, the sonogram here looks like yours. Do you have a lat-long for this bird? It should be confirmed visually. I've always thought Washington's first Wrentit would be upriver of Portland (not counting Puget Island), but I think they can surprise us. After all the fires in California, they've appeared (and established themselves) in isolated riparian patches on the Sacramento Valley floor where they would have had to cross two miles of nearly bare fields. Really interesting stuff! On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 7:37 PM casey cunningham wrote: > Hi Tweeters, > > Yesterday i was on the north jetty rocks of the Columbia and heard a note > i couldn't identify that made me think of wrentits, and I remember someone > mentioning a possible wrentit at this location. The note reminds me of the > first note in their song and seemed to be coming from in the boulders. I'm > not saying it was a wrentit, just that it was wrentittian. Anyone know > this call? Am i forgetting something obvious? > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S127237513 > > I couldn't get a view of the source and the only birds i saw on the rocks > nearby were two song sparrows. > > On another note, this morning there was a bullock's oriole in Long Beach. > More detail here: > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S127238468 > > Casey Cunningham > Portland > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Happy Birding, Steven Dammer On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 9:02 PM Steve Hampton wrote: > Casey, > > Having birded in California for decades, I'm quite familiar with Wrentits > and, to be honest, did not expect your recording to be like one. After > listening to it, I'm fairly convinced it actually is a Wrentit! > > First, as you describe, it sounds like one, without a trill. Note that > females do not do the trill at the end. Here's an example of a "half-song", > probably a female. https://xeno-canto.org/351988 > > Second, the sonogram fits well, especially with recordings that are some > distance away. For example, compare it to the background bird on my > recording here -- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/217940591 > --especially the note on my recording at about 5.4 seconds in. Your bird's > sonogram also has a hint of a flatish declining top, which some Wrentit > sonograms show. Some also show a double wave at the top, but yours (and > mine above) show a single wave. Finally, the call notes on your recording > at 21 and 22.5 seconds show a harmonic at 6 kHz, exactly where the harmonic > in the female call note is. I cannot find a clean example of a female at > the moment, but there's one between 7 and 10 seconds here in the background > behind the trill of a male. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/212160 > Ignoring the trill, the sonogram here looks like yours. > > Do you have a lat-long for this bird? It should be confirmed visually. > I've always thought Washington's first Wrentit would be upriver of Portland > (not counting Puget Island), but I think they can surprise us. After all > the fires in California, they've appeared (and established themselves) in > isolated riparian patches on the Sacramento Valley floor where they would > have had to cross two miles of nearly bare fields. > > Really interesting stuff! > > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 7:37 PM casey cunningham > wrote: > >> Hi Tweeters, >> >> Yesterday i was on the north jetty rocks of the Columbia and heard a note >> i couldn't identify that made me think of wrentits, and I remember someone >> mentioning a possible wrentit at this location. The note reminds me of the >> first note in their song and seemed to be coming from in the boulders. I'm >> not saying it was a wrentit, just that it was wrentittian. Anyone know >> this call? 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URL: From jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com Sun Jan 29 21:59:29 2023 From: jeffgilligan10 at gmail.com (Jeff Gilligan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wrentit question and Pacific Cty Bullock's Oriole In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <47182EF4-2037-44D3-A336-235819435FF3@gmail.com> My primary residence is on the Long Beach Peninsula. My yard would have Wrentits if they occurred generally there, which they don?t. I am very familiar with the species from the Oregon coast where I also have a home. I have seen Wrentits near the mouth of the Columbia River, but I would be surprised if one would fly across the wide estuary there. In my experience, they only make very short flights and usually stay in thick brush along the coast (usually salal). The few birds found near Portland were in thick Armenian blackberry thickets. I doubt that they would cross the Columbia even there, but they , or the ancestors, must have crossed the Willamette River to get to the location where they have been found east of Portland. BTW: I think is extremely unlikely that one would use the Astoria-Megler Bridge to cross the river. Jeff Gilligan > On Jan 29, 2023, at 9:43 PM, Steven Dammer wrote: > > I could definitely see this fitting after hearing that XenoCanto recording, thank you for that link, Steve! > > Casey, after listening to your recording I was thinking much the same thing, after spending about 2.5 weeks in California last April, their song/call is lodged in my brain forever. I'd much agree that this is at least plausible! > > ALSO, whether it's that I've just never been a part of a forum discussing this Wrentit quandary, I am SHOCKED after pulling up their map on eBird. Never would have thought to even consider it for Washington. But I cannot believe that with so many opportunities for crossing the Columbia, they just won't do it. There's literally a bridge! > > Anyway, quandaries aside, applause on your plausible Wrentit! > > Happy Birding, > > Steven Dammer > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 9:02 PM Steve Hampton > wrote: > Casey, > > Having birded in California for decades, I'm quite familiar with Wrentits and, to be honest, did not expect your recording to be like one. After listening to it, I'm fairly convinced it actually is a Wrentit! > > First, as you describe, it sounds like one, without a trill. Note that females do not do the trill at the end. Here's an example of a "half-song", probably a female. https://xeno-canto.org/351988 > > Second, the sonogram fits well, especially with recordings that are some distance away. For example, compare it to the background bird on my recording here -- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/217940591 > --especially the note on my recording at about 5.4 seconds in. Your bird's sonogram also has a hint of a flatish declining top, which some Wrentit sonograms show. Some also show a double wave at the top, but yours (and mine above) show a single wave. Finally, the call notes on your recording at 21 and 22.5 seconds show a harmonic at 6 kHz, exactly where the harmonic in the female call note is. I cannot find a clean example of a female at the moment, but there's one between 7 and 10 seconds here in the background behind the trill of a male. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/212160 Ignoring the trill, the sonogram here looks like yours. > > Do you have a lat-long for this bird? It should be confirmed visually. I've always thought Washington's first Wrentit would be upriver of Portland (not counting Puget Island), but I think they can surprise us. After all the fires in California, they've appeared (and established themselves) in isolated riparian patches on the Sacramento Valley floor where they would have had to cross two miles of nearly bare fields. > > Really interesting stuff! > > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 7:37 PM casey cunningham > wrote: > Hi Tweeters, > > Yesterday i was on the north jetty rocks of the Columbia and heard a note i couldn't identify that made me think of wrentits, and I remember someone mentioning a possible wrentit at this location. The note reminds me of the first note in their song and seemed to be coming from in the boulders. I'm not saying it was a wrentit, just that it was wrentittian. Anyone know this call? Am i forgetting something obvious? > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S127237513 > > I couldn't get a view of the source and the only birds i saw on the rocks nearby were two song sparrows. > > On another note, this morning there was a bullock's oriole in Long Beach. 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URL: From redpeelingbark at gmail.com Mon Jan 30 08:29:54 2023 From: redpeelingbark at gmail.com (casey cunningham) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wrentit question and Pacific Cty Bullock's Oriole In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The sound was coming from about 46.272340, -124.072316, if anyone wants to look for its source. Heard around 4:30 while walking the top of the jetty between where the asphalt ends (on the east) and some large boulders to reduce access to the west. Casey Casey, Having birded in California for decades, I'm quite familiar with Wrentits and, to be honest, did not expect your recording to be like one. After listening to it, I'm fairly convinced it actually is a Wrentit! First, as you describe, it sounds like one, without a trill. Note that females do not do the trill at the end. Here's an example of a "half-song", probably a female. https://xeno-canto.org/351988 Second, the sonogram fits well, especially with recordings that are some distance away. For example, compare it to the background bird on my recording here -- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/217940591 --especially the note on my recording at about 5.4 seconds in. Your bird's sonogram also has a hint of a flatish declining top, which some Wrentit sonograms show. Some also show a double wave at the top, but yours (and mine above) show a single wave. Finally, the call notes on your recording at 21 and 22.5 seconds show a harmonic at 6 kHz, exactly where the harmonic in the female call note is. I cannot find a clean example of a female at the moment, but there's one between 7 and 10 seconds here in the background behind the trill of a male. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/212160 Ignoring the trill, the sonogram here looks like yours. Do you have a lat-long for this bird? It should be confirmed visually. I've always thought Washington's first Wrentit would be upriver of Portland (not counting Puget Island), but I think they can surprise us. After all the fires in California, they've appeared (and established themselves) in isolated riparian patches on the Sacramento Valley floor where they would have had to cross two miles of nearly bare fields. Really interesting stuff! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From xtenter at comcast.net Mon Jan 30 10:59:36 2023 From: xtenter at comcast.net (RW Hamlyn) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Dunlin Flocking Defense Message-ID: <213E8FAD-63EB-4846-9835-B3FD1F79D0D6@comcast.net> When Dory and I were in the Skagit on Friday, Jan 20, we came across a large flock of Dunlin which went into their defensive display in approximately the same area that we filmed "Dance of the Dunlins? a number of years ago. Watching birds is never the same twice, and fortunately I was ready again with camera, tripod, and shotgun mic in hand! This type of event just carries a certain magic with it. Here is the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY0uGpvslKA Ray Hamlyn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Mon Jan 30 14:02:43 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Dunlin Flocking Defense In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230130140243.Horde.CH6b2v44ZVNI-bqEg8V1JZB@webmail.jimbetz.com> Ray, I've lived here in Skagit County (this time) for over 3 years. I've seen the Dunlin Murmuration at least a half dozen times. I don't dispute the "confuse the predators" aspect ... but I suspect it is not the only reason they dance. Much more often than not there has not been a predator anywhere near them. I might have missed the predator once or twice but not every time. It also seems like the murmuration is associated with the state of the tide ... don't remember ever seeing it unless it was near high tide. I know that the Dunlins take a rest during the highest part of the tide. Finally - once, just this past week, I saw a group of Dunlins that were feeding in a field area near the T ... and they got up and did the dance several times ... and they were close enough that I'm certain I didn't miss a predator. They would dance, land and feed, get up and dance again, etc. My guess at why they do it when there isn't a predator? "Because we can" (we know how)? And perhaps even "Because it's fun!". There are many bird behaviors that seem, to this observer, to have more than one "reason". And some that seem to be pretty simple "one reason". - Jim From m.egger at comcast.net Mon Jan 30 14:26:19 2023 From: m.egger at comcast.net (Mark Egger) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wrentit question Message-ID: After listening to the recording, I must say I am not at all convinced that the recording is evidence of a Wrentit in WA. The notes have a similar general quality, but they are all single notes, and many other species could fit that bill. I should mention that I grew up with this species in my backyard in CA and birded extensively in CA and OR, so I know this species very well. Mark From baro at pdx.edu Mon Jan 30 21:26:08 2023 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] North Jetty Sound Recording: Seat of the Pants Analysis Message-ID: I submitted this to Tweeters but it was rejected as too large.(i.e. Long-Winded!) It is also available on OBOL which is not so discriminatory. Scroll down. https://www.freelists.org/post/obol/North-Jetty-Wrentit-Seat-of-the-Pants-Analysis Bob OBrien Portland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deenaheg at comcast.net Tue Jan 31 12:19:11 2023 From: deenaheg at comcast.net (DEENA HEG) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Snow Goose article In-Reply-To: <272886965.1155517.1674767537443@connect.xfinity.com> References: <272886965.1155517.1674767537443@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <754939232.113123.1675196351523@connect.xfinity.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danielfroehlich at gmail.com Tue Jan 31 12:44:29 2023 From: danielfroehlich at gmail.com (Daniel R Froehlich) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Mystery recording at Columbia Jetty In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Am i forgetting something obvious? In response to this invitation in the original post, I suggest distant Black Oystercatcher. That was my response invoked instantaneously & instinctually when I heard the recording. After listening to the comparative recordings in the interesting responses as well as other recordings, particularly weaker BLOY recordings possibly from a distance, I still tend toward BLOY over WREN--pitch, structure, and harmonics are, I admit, surprisingly similar for that single call, but delivery pattern favors BLOY in my experience: lounging individuals often deliver a single call at low intensity and intermittently as if throwing the question to the wind whether any conspecifics are around. Also, habitat, right? I would not be inclined to use this recording alone to confirm a Wrentit in WA. I guess I'm surprised no one else yet reported that Black Oystercatcher feeling in their bones upon listening to the recording. Maybe it's me missing something! Dan Froehlich, in NJ at the moment Poulsbo, WA USA Go eBird ing! LinkedIn > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: casey cunningham > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 19:36:56 -0800 > Subject: [Tweeters] Wrentit question and Pacific Cty Bullock's Oriole > Hi Tweeters, > > Yesterday i was on the north jetty rocks of the Columbia and heard a note > i couldn't identify that made me think of wrentits, and I remember someone > mentioning a possible wrentit at this location. The note reminds me of the > first note in their song and seemed to be coming from in the boulders. I'm > not saying it was a wrentit, just that it was wrentittian. Anyone know > this call? Am i forgetting something obvious? > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S127237513 > > I couldn't get a view of the source and the only birds i saw on the rocks > nearby were two song sparrows. > > On another note, this morning there was a bullock's oriole in Long Beach. > More detail here: > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S127238468 > > Casey Cunningham > Portland > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steve Hampton > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 21:01:21 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Wrentit question and Pacific Cty Bullock's Oriole > Casey, > > Having birded in California for decades, I'm quite familiar with Wrentits > and, to be honest, did not expect your recording to be like one. After > listening to it, I'm fairly convinced it actually is a Wrentit! > > First, as you describe, it sounds like one, without a trill. Note that > females do not do the trill at the end. Here's an example of a "half-song", > probably a female. https://xeno-canto.org/351988 > > Second, the sonogram fits well, especially with recordings that are some > distance away. For example, compare it to the background bird on my > recording here -- https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/217940591 > --especially the note on my recording at about 5.4 seconds in. Your bird's > sonogram also has a hint of a flatish declining top, which some Wrentit > sonograms show. Some also show a double wave at the top, but yours (and > mine above) show a single wave. Finally, the call notes on your recording > at 21 and 22.5 seconds show a harmonic at 6 kHz, exactly where the harmonic > in the female call note is. I cannot find a clean example of a female at > the moment, but there's one between 7 and 10 seconds here in the background > behind the trill of a male. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/212160 > Ignoring the trill, the sonogram here looks like yours. > > Do you have a lat-long for this bird? It should be confirmed visually. > I've always thought Washington's first Wrentit would be upriver of Portland > (not counting Puget Island), but I think they can surprise us. After all > the fires in California, they've appeared (and established themselves) in > isolated riparian patches on the Sacramento Valley floor where they would > have had to cross two miles of nearly bare fields. > > Really interesting stuff! > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steven Dammer > To: Steve Hampton > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 21:43:35 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Wrentit question and Pacific Cty Bullock's Oriole > I could definitely see this fitting after hearing that XenoCanto > recording, thank you for that link, Steve! > > Casey, after listening to your recording I was thinking much the same > thing, after spending about 2.5 weeks in California last April, their > song/call is lodged in my brain forever. I'd much agree that this is at > least plausible! > > ALSO, whether it's that I've just never been a part of a forum discussing > this Wrentit quandary, I am SHOCKED after pulling up their map on eBird. > Never would have thought to even consider it for Washington. But I cannot > believe that with so many opportunities for crossing the Columbia, they > just won't do it. There's literally a bridge! > > Anyway, quandaries aside, applause on your plausible Wrentit! > > Happy Birding, > > Steven Dammer > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jeff Gilligan > To: Steven Dammer > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 21:59:29 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Wrentit question and Pacific Cty Bullock's Oriole > My primary residence is on the Long Beach Peninsula. My yard would have > Wrentits if they occurred generally there, which they don?t. I am very > familiar with the species from the Oregon coast where I also have a home. > I have seen Wrentits near the mouth of the Columbia River, but I would be > surprised if one would fly across the wide estuary there. In my > experience, they only make very short flights and usually stay in thick > brush along the coast (usually salal). The few birds found near Portland > were in thick Armenian blackberry thickets. I doubt that they would cross > the Columbia even there, but they , or the ancestors, must have crossed the > Willamette River to get to the location where they have been found east of > Portland. > > BTW: I think is extremely unlikely that one would use the Astoria-Megler > Bridge to cross the river. > > Jeff Gilligan > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bob OBrien Portland ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Robert O'Brien Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 9:26 PM Subject: North Jetty Sound Recording: Seat of the Pants Analysis To: tweeters I submitted this to Tweeters but it was rejected as too large.(i.e. Long-Winded!) It is also available on OBOL which is not so discriminatory. Scroll down. https://www.freelists.org/post/obol/North-Jetty-Wrentit-Seat-of-the-Pants-Analysis Bob OBrien Portland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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So many times when we have seen this type of display, it has been so far away that we can?t identify what is driving it. The few times we have seen it up close, we have usually spotted a predator, or thought we did. I will be more conscious of that from now on. And the fact that it often carries on for a long time when there is no longer a predator around, may speak to a kind of ?herd? mentality, or better said, a flock mentality that is just reacting. And maybe it?s because it's fun? but it must consume a lot of energy! I wonder if there are any studies on this? Ray From stevechampton at gmail.com Tue Jan 31 17:06:28 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wrenttitish recording In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree that Black Oystercatcher sonogram is close, with a harmonic at 6 kHz, though the bottom note is a tad lower than Wrentit. Regardless, any first state record in this context, especially a Wrentit crossing the Columbia River mouth (!), would have to be verified by a photo or very good sight record. There was a report of a visual sighting, however brief, a few months ago. With so many going to that area for the Brambling and other birds, it's worth a look. good birding, On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 2:19 PM Tim Brennan wrote: > I just read Daniel Froehlich's suggestion of Black Oystercatcher, and I > don't hate that at all for a confusion species, based only on the sound. > There may be other factors that go into looking over that sighting, but for > me it was enough to have me hold off on my celebration dance. That was the > species I'd put in for the next one to be added to the state list. > > But I'm still waiting. > > Thanks for that, Daniel! Apparently, birding in Douglas and Klickitat > Counties over the last two years has not kept me sharp on Oystercatcher > calls. ? > > -Tim Brennan > Renton > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From redpeelingbark at gmail.com Tue Jan 31 20:29:42 2023 From: redpeelingbark at gmail.com (casey cunningham) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:51 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wrentitish recording In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for all the responses. I can add with near certainty that the bird calling in that recording is not an oystercatcher. I was very close to it a few times, it was calling just ahead of me from what seemed like within the jetty rocks, and a few minutes later it was calling from behind me. Later it appeared to have moved a bit north of the jetty into the beachgrass or around the base of the isolated stunted conifers nearby. It was extremely skulky. As it was getting dark and i was getting desperate I pished and played a wrentit song, which only pulled up a silent song sparrow. I've heard song sparrows occasionaly do a 'bouncing ball' sound similar to wrentit, so it seems plausible they could make a single note like that. It seems odd that one would make only that note on and off for ~30 minutes, but maybe less odd than a wrentit crossing the Columbia and hanging out in jetty riprap. Casey Date: 1/31 5:06 PM From: Steve Hampton Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Wrenttitish recording ------------------------------ I agree that Black Oystercatcher sonogram is close, with a harmonic at 6 kHz, though the bottom note is a tad lower than Wrentit. Regardless, any first state record in this context, especially a Wrentit crossing the Columbia River mouth (!), would have to be verified by a photo or very good sight record. There was a report of a visual sighting, however brief, a few months ago. With so many going to that area for the Brambling and other birds, it's worth a look. good birding, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: