[Tweeters] Seeking advice Bud Anderson

[jimullrich]

> Re: Bud Anderson post. 

> Best bet, financially, is to donate the scope to a local Audubon Center, Audubon Society Chapter or local Nature center and write off its value on your 2023 taxes. 

> Trying to sell is difficult, as describing honest condition is unknown at best.

> Jim Ullrich

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>>  1. Seeking advice (Bud Anderson)

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>>  3. Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for    6/21/2023

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>> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:13:35 -0700

>> From: Bud Anderson <falconresearch at gmail.com>

>> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

>> Subject: [Tweeters] Seeking advice

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>> A friend would like to sell her late husbands spotting scope.

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>> Where do I send her?

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>> Does Tweeters accept this sort of listing?

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>> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:54:52 -0700

>> From: Nelson Briefer <nreiferb at gmail.com>

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>> Subject: [Tweeters]  Vaux's Happening

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>> Some interesting questions from Jim Betz. And I will build upon his

>> thinking. These swifts? are they being observed by Merlins or Peregrines?

>> How about Goshawks ? Are some raptors attacking the large quantity of

>> swifts? When is the ideal time for a hawk to attack a swift. I would think

>> when the swift is perched. cheers ? Nelson Briefer ? Anacortes.

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>> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 07:29:47 -0700

>> From: Shep Thorp <shepthorp at gmail.com>

>> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

>> Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for

>>   6/21/2023

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>> Hi Tweets

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>> Approximately 30 of us had a very nice first day of Summer at the Refuge

>> with cool temperatures and a low tide at 2:24pm.  Highlights included FOY

>> Red-eyed Vireo singing near the Orchard, lots of breeding bird action

>> throughout the Riparian Forest of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, Virginia Rail

>> and Blue-winged Teal in the freshwater marsh, and 11 Common Merganser

>> fledglings with their hen in the Nisqually River.  We had nice mammals as

>> well including Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, and a possible

>> Short-tailed Weasel where the access road cuts across the west side of the

>> Twin Barns Loop Trail.  See our eBird report pasted below.

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>> Until next week at 8am, happy birding,

>> Shep

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>> Shep Thorp

>> Browns Point

>> 253-370-3742

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>> Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US

>> Jun 21, 2023 7:48 AM - 4:51 PM

>> Protocol: Traveling

>> 7.148 mile(s)

>> Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny with temperatures in

>> the the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -1?6? Tide at 2:24pm.

>> Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed

>> Deer, Short-tailed Weasel.

>> 67 species (+2 other taxa)

>> 

>> Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  40

>> Wood Duck  14

>> Blue-winged Teal  3

>> Gadwall  1

>> Mallard  60

>> Ring-necked Duck  1

>> Hooded Merganser  18

>> Common Merganser  15

>> Pied-billed Grebe  1

>> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

>> Band-tailed Pigeon  10

>> Mourning Dove  2

>> Anna's Hummingbird  1

>> Rufous Hummingbird  6

>> hummingbird sp.  2

>> Virginia Rail  4

>> Killdeer  3

>> Wilson's Snipe  4

>> Spotted Sandpiper  2     Nisqually River and McAllister Creek

>> Ring-billed Gull  6

>> California Gull  100

>> Glaucous-winged Gull  10

>> Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  3

>> Caspian Tern  8

>> Brandt's Cormorant  4

>> Double-crested Cormorant  15

>> Great Blue Heron  57

>> Bald Eagle  70     Counted. Probably more. Counted over 60 Eagles on

>> Nisqually Reach at low tide. Counted approximately 10 Eagles within the

>> Refuge.

>> Red-breasted Sapsucker  2

>> Downy Woodpecker  3

>> Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  4

>> Merlin  1

>> Western Wood-Pewee  8

>> Willow Flycatcher  12

>> Pacific-slope Flycatcher  2

>> Warbling Vireo  3

>> Red-eyed Vireo  1     Singing near Education Center.

>> Steller's Jay  2     West Bank of McAllister Creek

>> American Crow  6

>> Common Raven  1

>> Black-capped Chickadee  12

>> Chestnut-backed Chickadee  2

>> Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6

>> Purple Martin  12     Luhr Beach

>> Tree Swallow  40

>> Violet-green Swallow  4

>> Bank Swallow  4

>> Barn Swallow  40

>> Cliff Swallow  80

>> Bushtit  2

>> Brown Creeper  1

>> Marsh Wren  10

>> Bewick's Wren  3

>> European Starling  50

>> Swainson's Thrush  39

>> American Robin  30

>> Cedar Waxwing  20

>> Purple Finch  8

>> American Goldfinch  18

>> Savannah Sparrow  6

>> Song Sparrow  43

>> Spotted Towhee  3

>> Red-winged Blackbird  50

>> Brown-headed Cowbird  30

>> Common Yellowthroat  15

>> Yellow Warbler  40

>> Wilson's Warbler  1     Orchard.

>> Western Tanager  1     West Bank of McAllister Creek.

>> Black-headed Grosbeak  6

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>> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S142323461

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