From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 1 07:23:55 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 1 07:24:11 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Short Farm access and Jefferson Co birding Message-ID: I'm happy to see Jefferson County is trending. Please come bird and find more! Lately, most of the attention has been at Short's Family Farm (aka Short Farm). This is a privately-owned farm along Center Rd about a mile or so south of Chimacum and Finn River Cidery (a fun afternoon and evening stop, often with live music). The Port of Port Townsend will be taking over ownership of the farm in August. That's another story, but we're hoping for continued access and possibly even maybe stream restoration along Chimacum Creek (that ag ditch that runs north-south in a straight line). Basic access rules: It is a working farm, so please be respectful of equipment and operations. There are two access points - one within the property and one at a pullout along Center Rd. Neither of these are well-marked. 1) within the property -- parking is permitted at the far side of the valley after you drive slowly between the buildings (47.9871917, -122.7817738). Please do not park among the buildings. The entrance off Center Rd is a very small green sign. Please look at a satellite map first to familiarize yourself. The parking spot on the far side is just where the road bends left and begins to leave the valley on the west side. From here, you can walk on the road you just drove on, as well as the T junction road toward the old barn in the middle of the valley. 2) Center Rd pullout -- you can park here -- there's room for just a few cars (47.9821766, -122.7711858) and then walk down the diagonal dirt road (open and closing the gate). You can then walk left and right hundreds of yards and overlook the fields. A scope is useful. The trees to the left can host lots of warblers. Birds - In winter, much of this floods and has waterfowl, including swans (mostly Trumpeter but sometimes a Tundra or two). Currently it is mudflats, so there has been Solitary Sandpiper (behind the barn in the middle of the valley), both yellowlegs, pipits, all three teal, lots of Soras (rather rare on the Olympic Pen), etc. I recommend birding from both access points. OTHER NEARBY BIRDING SPOTS: Oak Bay County Park is good at medium and lower tides -- access via Oak Bay Rd and Portage Way. Indian Island pullouts across Oak Bay. Fort Flagler -- both the spit and Marrowstone Pt. Note the spit has lots of people on weekends. East Beach County Park, Marrowstone -- great at tides below 1', especially 1/4 mile north and 1/2 to 1 mile south - whimbrel and godwits lately. Morningtide Open Space on Schwartz Rd, Marrowstone -- fabulous for dawn chorus and morning birds of the wood -- and even birding along Larson Lake Rd and others like it are good for morning warblers. 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Cormorants occur worldwide, and we are fortunate to have three species of them in the Pacific Northwest. They share a common ancestry and many similar anatomical modifications, but each of them has its own way of life. And cormorants around the world add even more variation to this plan. Dennis Paulson grew up in Miami, exposed to nature in all its glory while southern Florida was still largely unspoiled. After receiving his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Miami, he moved to Seattle where he has lived ever since. He continues to work regularly at the Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound where he was Director for 15 years. Dennis is an iconic figure in the birding community, a noted naturalist and dragonfly authority, and perhaps most of all, a dedicated, generous and respected educator. This meeting will be conducted both IN-PERSON at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture, and virtually, via Zoom. At CUH (3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle), our social time starts at 7pm, and the formal program begins at 7:30pm. Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page: https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/ for instructions on virtual participation and to get the Zoom link. When joining the meeting, we ask that you PLEASE mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off. Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and once again, the meeting commences at 7:30 pm. This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend. Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at https://wos.org Please join us! Elaine Chuang WOS Program Support From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 1 20:35:07 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hank Heiberg via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 1 20:35:21 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Would an Osprey Eat a Dipper? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Today at the Tokul Creek bridge located in King County between Fall City and Snoqualmie Falls we came upon an Osprey perched on a wire just upstream from the bridge, an American Dipper hotspot. Here are some photos. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53692016177/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53693114178/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53692016672/in/dateposted We observed the Osprey for maybe 30 minutes while it stared downstream towards the water under the bridge. We were hoping for some action. Eventually a Dipper flew in from downstream vocalizing and landed under the bridge. The Osprey swooped down from its perch and flew under the bridge. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 2 11:12:34 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 2 11:12:49 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR 5/1/2024 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Thirty of us had a fine spring day at the Refuge with mostly sunny skies and cool temperatures in the 30's to 50's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 9'10" Tide at 10:50am. Highlights included FOY YELLOW WARBLER and PURPLE MARTIN. We had a wonderful push of over 500 VAUX'S SWIFTS in the morning and fantastic views of VIRGINIA RAIL and SORA in the Freshwater Marsh. We observed 89 species for the day and have seen 137 species for the year. See eBird Report below with details and embedded photos. 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 May 1, 2024 6:41 AM - 5:58 PM Protocol: Traveling 8.897 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny with light rain. Temperatures in the 30?s to 50?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 9?10? Tide at 10:50am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Harbor Seal. Also Red-eared Slider and NE Salamander egg cluster. 89 species (+4 other taxa) Greater White-fronted Goose 21 Freshwater Marsh Brant (Black) 40 Nisqually Reach from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Cackling Goose (minima) 100 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 20 Wood Duck 7 Cinnamon Teal 6 Visitor Center Pond, flooded field south of Twin Barns, freshwater marsh. Northern Shoveler 100 Gadwall 15 American Wigeon 20 Mallard 30 Northern Pintail 40 Green-winged Teal (American) 700 Several groups of 100-200 birds seen flying around the refuge like shorebirds. On the mudflats of the surge plain, on mudflats west of Leschi Slough along Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail, and mudflats between Shannon Slough and McAllister Creek. Numerous pairs and small groups in flooded fields and freshwater marsh. Counted approximately 50-100 in freshwater areas. Counted 100-200 on mudflats. Observed 4 groups of 100-200 birds flying from mudflats to Nisqually Reach. Ring-necked Duck 6 Greater Scaup 9 Foraging in Madrone slough on falling tide, seen from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Bufflehead 50 Common Goldeneye 6 Hooded Merganser 6 Common Merganser 4 Red-breasted Merganser 4 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 18 Mourning Dove 2 Orchard. Vaux's Swift 500 Huge push of swifts moving through in the morning. Anna's Hummingbird 1 Juvenile in Orchard. Rufous Hummingbird 5 Nest in Pear Tree across path from USGS Tech building. Look for tree with purple insect trap. Observe tree directly to the left of it. Nest is on dangling outer branch at approximately 8 o?clock. Sitting on nest for more than 1 week. Males seen in Orchard and north section of Twin Barns Loop Trail. Virginia Rail 4 Freshwater Marsh Sora 4 Flooded field south of Twin Barns and Freshwater Marsh. American Coot 25 Black-bellied Plover 3 Nisqually Reach Whimbrel 1 Reported by other birders. Some in our group observed the bird, described as large gray brown shorebird with long decurved bill. Heard flight song, ?quiquiquiquiqui? from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Spotted Sandpiper 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek. Greater Yellowlegs 3 Dunlin 4 Heard only. Flight calls. Least Sandpiper 200 Freshwater Marsh and Mudflats. Western Sandpiper 1 Broken leg. Freshwater marsh. Short-billed Gull 40 Counted. Likely more. Observed foraging along Shannon Slough, McAllister Creek, and mudflats west of Leschi Slough. Multiple groups some as large as 20 birds. Ring-billed Gull 20 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Caspian Tern 8 Common Loon 1 Brandt's Cormorant 5 Channel marker. Double-crested Cormorant 30 Great Blue Heron 25 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 50 Occupied nest in tall cottonwood west side of Nisqually River north of dike and West Bank of McAllister Creek from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Just left of tallest Conifer in ridge. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 Maple Trees in Twin Barns picnic area. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 3 Nest Cavity in Large Maple Tree on outside of path from Visitor Center to east side parking lot. Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Merlin 1 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1 Stand behind flagpole. Warbling Vireo 1 West entrance to Twin Barns Loop Trail. Steller's Jay 1 West Bank of McAllistet Creek. American Crow 12 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Bank Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 30 Violet-green Swallow 3 Purple Martin 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 Barn Swallow 75 Nest at Visitor Center. Cliff Swallow 50 Bushtit (Pacific) 10 Nest in Orchard, nest east of Maintenance Building Road just north of Entrance Road, across north section of Twin Barns Loop Trail from old Owl Nest Tree. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Brown Creeper 3 Nest in Alder under bark shingle in median adjacent to entrance road to Education Center. Pacific Wren 1 Marsh Wren 12 Freshwater Marsh. Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 16 American Robin 27 Visitor Center. Purple Finch 3 Orchard and Visitor Center. Pine Siskin 2 Orchard. American Goldfinch 15 Golden-crowned Sparrow 15 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 7 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Song Sparrow 15 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 35 Brown-headed Cowbird 15 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 6 Common Yellowthroat 15 Yellow Warbler 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 100 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 200 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle x Audubon's) 1 Male, white rimmed yellow throat patch with white supercillium and white spur from throat up behind auricles. Wilson's Warbler 4 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S171534710 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 2 11:18:45 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ven. Dhammadinna via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 2 11:19:26 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] great short film on California Condors Message-ID: https://vimeo.com/931221661?utm_source=Monterey+County+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3499c26de8-MCNOW_20240408_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73ff5a7fa1-3499c26de8-424992153 Enjoy! 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Almost as late as the wigeon Ring-necked Duck - One at the Rowing Club - Ditto Mourning Dove - One at the south end of the East Meadow pre-dawn Anna's Hummingbird - Female on a nest near the start of the boardwalk SOLITARY SANDPIPER - One landed right next to us in the slough below the weir. Stayed a while for good looks (FOY) LEAST SANDPIPER - Came in with the SOSA and landed 6 feet away from it, also lingering for good looks (FOY) Barn Owl - Eric saw one pre-dawn Barred Owl - Tony heard one pre-dawn, west of the boardwalk California Scrub-Jay - One clearly heard between the Dog Meadow and the East Meadow. First of Year (FOY) American Robin - Juvenile making very strange calls at the Rowing Club American Pipit - Ten on the grass/gravel lot in the NE part of the park. (FOY) for the survey Black-throated Gray Warbler - One near the windmill (FOY) Wilson's Warbler - Two heard singing, neither seen (FOY) Black-headed Grosbeak - Perhaps two heard singing, one of which we eventually saw, near the boardwalk (FOY) Misses today included Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, American Coot, Green Heron, and Western Tanager. For the day, 68 species. For the year, adding seven, we're at 112. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 2 18:25:21 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kenneth Brown via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 2 18:25:26 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Use of Merlin app Message-ID: <550968826.604895.1714699521619@connect.xfinity.com> I use Merlin mostly when I'm birding alone. I'm hard of hearing, using it alerts me to the possibility of nearby birds I didn't hear. I don't list birds I didn't hear if I didn't see them. I toured the Darlin Creek Preserve this afternoon, among the birds Merlin ID'd but I didn't list were Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's and Yellow warbler, Lesser Goldfinch and a couple of others because I didn't see them. I did rely on Merlin for one species ID though, and now I'm wondering if I should have. Hammond's Flycatcher appeared on my phone and I found the bird. It was active and so not staying in place very long but it fit the description and I listed it. After consideration, I have to say that without Merlin's prompting I wouldn't have been sure I could distinguish it from a Dusky Flycatcher. In this situation, where voice is critical, is using Merlin to make that determination acceptable? Or should I have listed it as an Empid species? What does the birding world think? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 2 18:45:44 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Philip Dickinson via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 2 18:45:59 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Use of Merlin app In-Reply-To: <550968826.604895.1714699521619@connect.xfinity.com> References: <550968826.604895.1714699521619@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <14D2046C-1867-442A-9440-1893FC19A166@gmail.com> I would list it as empid, especially given Merlin?s regular suggestion that juncos are Chipping Sparrows. Indeed, remember that Merlin is only a suggestion, not a certain ID. Phil Dickinson Sent from my iPhone > On May 2, 2024, at 6:25?PM, Kenneth Brown via Tweeters wrote: > > ? > I use Merlin mostly when I'm birding alone. I'm hard of hearing, using it alerts me to the possibility of nearby birds I didn't hear. I don't list birds I didn't hear if I didn't see them. I toured the Darlin Creek Preserve this afternoon, among the birds Merlin ID'd but I didn't list were Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's and Yellow warbler, Lesser Goldfinch and a couple of others because I didn't see them. I did rely on Merlin for one species ID though, and now I'm wondering if I should have. Hammond's Flycatcher appeared on my phone and I found the bird. It was active and so not staying in place very long but it fit the description and I listed it. After consideration, I have to say that without Merlin's prompting I wouldn't have been sure I could distinguish it from a Dusky Flycatcher. In this situation, where voice is critical, is using Merlin to make that determination acceptable? Or should I have listed it as an Empid species? 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I don't list birds I didn't hear if I didn't see them. I toured the Darlin Creek Preserve this afternoon, among the birds Merlin ID'd but I didn't list were Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's and Yellow warbler, Lesser Goldfinch and a couple of others because I didn't see them. I did rely on Merlin for one species ID though, and now I'm wondering if I should have. Hammond's Flycatcher appeared on my phone and I found the bird. It was active and so not staying in place very long but it fit the description and I listed it. After consideration, I have to say that without Merlin's prompting I wouldn't have been sure I could distinguish it from a Dusky Flycatcher. In this situation, where voice is critical, is using Merlin to make that determination acceptable? Or should I have listed it as an Empid species? 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I don't list birds I didn't hear if I didn't see them. I toured the Darlin Creek Preserve this afternoon, among the birds Merlin ID'd but I didn't list were Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's and Yellow warbler, Lesser Goldfinch and a couple of others because I didn't see them. I did rely on Merlin for one species ID though, and now I'm wondering if I should have. Hammond's Flycatcher appeared on my phone and I found the bird. It was active and so not staying in place very long but it fit the description and I listed it. After consideration, I have to say that without Merlin's prompting I wouldn't have been sure I could distinguish it from a Dusky Flycatcher. In this situation, where voice is critical, is using Merlin to make that determination acceptable? Or should I have listed it as an Empid species? 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Rob Faucett +1(206) 619-5569 robfaucett@mac.com Seattle, WA 98105 > On May 2, 2024, at 6:48?PM, Philip Dickinson via Tweeters wrote: > > ?I would list it as empid, especially given Merlin?s regular suggestion that juncos are Chipping Sparrows. Indeed, remember that Merlin is only a suggestion, not a certain ID. > > Phil Dickinson > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On May 2, 2024, at 6:25?PM, Kenneth Brown via Tweeters wrote: >>> >> ? >> I use Merlin mostly when I'm birding alone. I'm hard of hearing, using it alerts me to the possibility of nearby birds I didn't hear. I don't list birds I didn't hear if I didn't see them. I toured the Darlin Creek Preserve this afternoon, among the birds Merlin ID'd but I didn't list were Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's and Yellow warbler, Lesser Goldfinch and a couple of others because I didn't see them. I did rely on Merlin for one species ID though, and now I'm wondering if I should have. Hammond's Flycatcher appeared on my phone and I found the bird. It was active and so not staying in place very long but it fit the description and I listed it. After consideration, I have to say that without Merlin's prompting I wouldn't have been sure I could distinguish it from a Dusky Flycatcher. In this situation, where voice is critical, is using Merlin to make that determination acceptable? Or should I have listed it as an Empid species? What does the birding world think? >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 13:30:06 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 13:30:10 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Use of Merlin App In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240503133006.Horde.7BcJTmaziD7JTR7O7zFbKla@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, The truly reliable part of using Merlin is the PhotoId. It is very close to bulletproof - even for birds that are in foreign countries. I use it all the time when processing my bird pictures and it is -very- good. And even when the picture you are using is from the back or front on. The way I use it for PhotoId is to take a picture of my photo - just after I've done my post processing and just before I save it to my hard drive ... with my iPhone using PhotoId and it is "spot on". Try it this way and you will be amazed. There are a -lot- of the IDs in these images that were done this way ... https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-fbpHP3/i-bHrgRSm/A ... during/after our recent birding trip to Belize. BTW - the least likely results are from the step-by-step Id in Merlin. - Jim in Burlington From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 13:32:36 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Stephen Chase via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 13:32:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Use of Merlin app In-Reply-To: References: <14D2046C-1867-442A-9440-1893FC19A166@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, I'd like to offer a bit of a different perspective with Merlin. It's a bit long, so if you're interested in the topic, I ask that you bear with me a bit. It's specific to Merlin Sound ID. I would have no concern whatsoever with seeing an empid, having Merlin ping "Hammond's," and then reporting to eBird as Hammond's. We're quick to think of Merlin in human terms, like a mistake-prone birder, which it is not. As humans, we occasionally make mistakes with similar songs - likely even the same ones that Merlin mistakes. I'll be the first to admit that I've mistaken a flat Orange-crowned Warbler song, and probably a Chipping Sparrow song, for Dark-eyed Junco. That said, once I see the bird, I have no doubt. Orange-crowned Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos look nothing alike. I'd argue the reverse is true as well: Kenneth, in your case you clearly identified the bird as an empid. Hammond's and Dusky Flycatchers, while very similar by sight, have unique songs that are considered diagnostic for identification. In fact, many guidebooks argue that they are the only reliable way to differentiate between the two. Merlin did not even see an empid, and yet it, listening to the wide world of sound, immediately flagged hearing a Hammond's Flycatcher. I can't think of a better way to confirm Hammond's, especially if you did not (cannot) hear the song yourself. On here and on eBird, I see birders are adjusting to Merlin. Quite often on eBird, birders like to comment about mistakes Merlin made. I do the same thing. You know what that tells me? It tells me that both new and experienced birders are using Merlin - often! So am I. Since I finally got around to buying a spotting scope, I think no tool has had a more significant impact on my birding than Merlin - and undoubtedly for the better. Last week in Newhalem, a fellow birder and I were trying to figure out a quiet flycatcher that was behaving like a Dusky. Then it began calling. I know that my fellow birder knows Dusky's dry whit, and I like to pretend that I do too, and yet we both simultaneously whipped out our phones, turned Merlin Sound ID on, and yes - it immediately pinged Dusky for both of us. Woohoo! I often turn Merlin on while I'm walking along quiet trails or country roads, and virtually always when I'm parked and scoping a pond or field. I love to have Merlin running on the side. It provides a list of the birds I am hearing, allowing me to concentrate on scoping. It doesn't do well with road noise, and I find it tends to miss lower notes, especially American Bittern. But on the other hand, I find it remarkably good at picking up some species, particularly American Robin from even very long distances. Then as I'm birding, I can refer to the list Merlin pulls up when I'm inputting information into eBird, which I do at regular intervals while I'm scoping. If Merlin hears something I don't, I'll make a point of listening for that bird. I usually let Merlin run for no more than five minutes at a time before turning it off to input seen and heard data into my eBird checklist. If I let Merlin run too long, it can take a while to save the file, and it becomes a hassle to use that file later on if I need it to document a species. The biggest downside with Merlin is that it drains my phone's battery very quickly - and probably isn't good for the long-term health of my battery. Oh well - birding is good for my long-term health and Merlin makes birding even more fun! A challenge I like to play with Merlin is comparing what I hear with what Merlin hears. I'm blessed at this stage in my life to have better ears than Merlin does - I'm sure that will change as I get older. I usually hear and identify a bird well before Merlin does, especially when I'm walking, which causes a lot of white noise that affects Merlin's ability to keep up with me. Sometimes it beats me to a bird, and when it does, then I've got a target to try to find! I have found Merlin very reliable at differentiating between sounds I find challenging, in particular Townsend's and Black-throated Gray Warblers - certainly significantly more reliable than I am. When it pings one or the other, I'll make a point of looking closely for that bird. If I see it, great! If not, of course I won't add it to my checklist, except maybe as Townsend's/Black-throated Gray Warbler. As I bird, Merlin gives me frequent targets to find and focus on along the way, as it picks up species that I would have otherwise missed. In this way, it improves the accuracy of my checklists, reducing human error and helping me develop more thorough checklists that paint a more accurate picture of what really is in the area. Does that not significantly improve the quality of the eBird database? This morning while birding, Merlin beat me twice, as it picked up Mourning Dove and Solitary Sandpiper before I did. The Solitary ping was a flyby Solitary Sandpiper that I might have missed altogether. I did not catch the initial call myself, but Merlin did, and as soon as Merlin pinged it, I got excited, listened closely, and heard it myself. At first, I was a bit torn about whether or not to include it on my checklist. But I felt confident in doing so, even though it felt a bit lame to not get a nice look at the bird. Because Merlin allows me to save my recordings, I even had a good audio clip to back up the observation should anyone want confirmation. Thanks, Merlin! A few minutes later, I saw a (the?) Solitary Sandpiper in the wet spot I was walking towards: taller than a Spotted with greenish legs, a slight body bob once in a while - yep, that's a Solitary! To be clear, if Merlin had pinged the bird, and I did not see or hear it, I would not report it. As many have said, Merlin's IDs are suggestions. A few weeks ago, Preston Mui previously shared a link from Cornell that explains the science of Merlin. Merlin is AI - artificial intelligence. The link is here if you missed it. I'm a high school teacher, and AI is very much at the forefront of my attention in my profession. The debate in school settings is what to do about AI: ban it or encourage it? In a school setting, we're talking about AI in the context of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or Bing AI, but I think the principle still applies to Merlin. I absolutely recognize the concerns about AI - in a school setting cheating/plagiarism is the major concern. In birding, the concern is users inputting data based on what Merlin hears and IDs, not on what they hear and ID. On the other hand, the potential of AI in my profession is enormous. It's fantastic for improving differentiation for my students, and does a wonderful job of simplifying mundane teacher tasks like making schedules or turning lecture notes into a test. If used correctly, I think Merlin has incredible potential as well. Two examples in particular: 1) identifying unfamiliar sounds to help new and experienced birders to get onto birds, and 2) databasing audio clips of recorded birds for improved documentation. One buzz word in the AI world is "hallucination." Every once in a while ChatGPT will hallucinate - produce content that is clearly false or in some cases makes no sense whatsoever. When Merlin IDs Dark-eyed Juncos as Chipping Sparrows, that's an example of a hallucination. As you get to know AI products, you'll quickly see how hallucinations tend to fall into patterns. Orange-crowned Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos all fit within those regular hallucination patterns that Merlin makes. I'm sure there are many other examples as well - Swainson's Thrush seems to be a regularly-hallucinated ID on Merlin too. Going back to Kenneth's dilemma, I'd argue that it's extremely unlikely that Merlin would hallucinate a Hammond's for a Dusky. Besides, if you still do feel uncomfortable about IDing the empid as Hammond's just because Merlin did, remember that if you saved the audio file, you can upload that clip to your Hammond's observation on your eBird checklist, documenting your sighting with an audio clip that others can review. If you made it this far, thanks for reading! In Everson, Stephen Chase On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 5:58?AM Rob Faucett via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Phil & TEEETERS - If you find a regular or repeatable Merlin > problem/mistake (like this one) it would be great if you could let me or > the Merlin People know. > > Users are the best form of improvement assistance. > > Thanks and good Merlining!! > > > rcf > ? > Rob Faucett > +1(206) 619-5569 > robfaucett@mac.com > Seattle, WA 98105 > > On May 2, 2024, at 6:48?PM, Philip Dickinson via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > ?I would list it as empid, especially given Merlin?s regular suggestion > that juncos are Chipping Sparrows. Indeed, remember that Merlin is only a > suggestion, not a certain ID. > > Phil Dickinson > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 2, 2024, at 6:25?PM, Kenneth Brown via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > ? > I use Merlin mostly when I'm birding alone. I'm hard of hearing, using it > alerts me to the possibility of nearby birds I didn't hear. I don't list > birds I didn't hear if I didn't see them. I toured the Darlin Creek > Preserve this afternoon, among the birds Merlin ID'd but I didn't list were > Black-throated Gray Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's and Yellow warbler, > Lesser Goldfinch and a couple of others because I didn't see them. I did > rely on Merlin for one species ID though, and now I'm wondering if I should > have. Hammond's Flycatcher appeared on my phone and I found the bird. It > was active and so not staying in place very long but it fit the description > and I listed it. After consideration, I have to say that without Merlin's > prompting I wouldn't have been sure I could distinguish it from a Dusky > Flycatcher. In this situation, where voice is critical, is using Merlin to > make that determination acceptable? Or should I have listed it as an Empid > species? What does the birding world think? > _______________________________________________ > 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 tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 13:46:02 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (BRAD Liljequist via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 13:46:07 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Slow migration startup? Message-ID: Hi all, I keep waiting to hear the warblers moving through Phinney Ridge - but haven't heard much of anything. How about others? I know it's maybe a touch early, but seems like in past things started last week of April. Brad Liljequist Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 13:57:07 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 13:57:34 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Use of Merlin app In-Reply-To: References: <14D2046C-1867-442A-9440-1893FC19A166@gmail.com> Message-ID: Stephen, thanks much for your great discussion of this topic. That?s pretty much how i see Merlin Sound ID. I think it can be very helpful in learning songs, and I hope few if any people are using it as a substitute for that. But that makes me think about the new binoculars that are claimed to identify every bird for you?not that most of us can afford them. Will no one who has such binocs ever look in a field guide again, searching for that unknown bird and learning a lot as they search? AI is such a mixed blessing. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On May 3, 2024, at 1:32 PM, Stephen Chase via Tweeters wrote: > > Hi Tweeters, > I'd like to offer a bit of a different perspective with Merlin. It's a bit long, so if you're interested in the topic, I ask that you bear with me a bit. It's specific to Merlin Sound ID. > > I would have no concern whatsoever with seeing an empid, having Merlin ping "Hammond's," and then reporting to eBird as Hammond's. We're quick to think of Merlin in human terms, like a mistake-prone birder, which it is not. As humans, we occasionally make mistakes with similar songs - likely even the same ones that Merlin mistakes. I'll be the first to admit that I've mistaken a flat Orange-crowned Warbler song, and probably a Chipping Sparrow song, for Dark-eyed Junco. That said, once I see the bird, I have no doubt. Orange-crowned Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos look nothing alike. I'd argue the reverse is true as well: Kenneth, in your case you clearly identified the bird as an empid. Hammond's and Dusky Flycatchers, while very similar by sight, have unique songs that are considered diagnostic for identification. In fact, many guidebooks argue that they are the only reliable way to differentiate between the two. Merlin did not even see an empid, and yet it, listening to the wide world of sound, immediately flagged hearing a Hammond's Flycatcher. I can't think of a better way to confirm Hammond's, especially if you did not (cannot) hear the song yourself. > > On here and on eBird, I see birders are adjusting to Merlin. Quite often on eBird, birders like to comment about mistakes Merlin made. I do the same thing. You know what that tells me? It tells me that both new and experienced birders are using Merlin - often! So am I. Since I finally got around to buying a spotting scope, I think no tool has had a more significant impact on my birding than Merlin - and undoubtedly for the better. Last week in Newhalem, a fellow birder and I were trying to figure out a quiet flycatcher that was behaving like a Dusky. Then it began calling. I know that my fellow birder knows Dusky's dry whit, and I like to pretend that I do too, and yet we both simultaneously whipped out our phones, turned Merlin Sound ID on, and yes - it immediately pinged Dusky for both of us. Woohoo! > > I often turn Merlin on while I'm walking along quiet trails or country roads, and virtually always when I'm parked and scoping a pond or field. I love to have Merlin running on the side. It provides a list of the birds I am hearing, allowing me to concentrate on scoping. It doesn't do well with road noise, and I find it tends to miss lower notes, especially American Bittern. But on the other hand, I find it remarkably good at picking up some species, particularly American Robin from even very long distances. Then as I'm birding, I can refer to the list Merlin pulls up when I'm inputting information into eBird, which I do at regular intervals while I'm scoping. If Merlin hears something I don't, I'll make a point of listening for that bird. I usually let Merlin run for no more than five minutes at a time before turning it off to input seen and heard data into my eBird checklist. If I let Merlin run too long, it can take a while to save the file, and it becomes a hassle to use that file later on if I need it to document a species. The biggest downside with Merlin is that it drains my phone's battery very quickly - and probably isn't good for the long-term health of my battery. Oh well - birding is good for my long-term health and Merlin makes birding even more fun! > > A challenge I like to play with Merlin is comparing what I hear with what Merlin hears. I'm blessed at this stage in my life to have better ears than Merlin does - I'm sure that will change as I get older. I usually hear and identify a bird well before Merlin does, especially when I'm walking, which causes a lot of white noise that affects Merlin's ability to keep up with me. Sometimes it beats me to a bird, and when it does, then I've got a target to try to find! I have found Merlin very reliable at differentiating between sounds I find challenging, in particular Townsend's and Black-throated Gray Warblers - certainly significantly more reliable than I am. When it pings one or the other, I'll make a point of looking closely for that bird. If I see it, great! If not, of course I won't add it to my checklist, except maybe as Townsend's/Black-throated Gray Warbler. As I bird, Merlin gives me frequent targets to find and focus on along the way, as it picks up species that I would have otherwise missed. In this way, it improves the accuracy of my checklists, reducing human error and helping me develop more thorough checklists that paint a more accurate picture of what really is in the area. Does that not significantly improve the quality of the eBird database? > > This morning while birding, Merlin beat me twice, as it picked up Mourning Dove and Solitary Sandpiper before I did. The Solitary ping was a flyby Solitary Sandpiper that I might have missed altogether. I did not catch the initial call myself, but Merlin did, and as soon as Merlin pinged it, I got excited, listened closely, and heard it myself. At first, I was a bit torn about whether or not to include it on my checklist. But I felt confident in doing so, even though it felt a bit lame to not get a nice look at the bird. Because Merlin allows me to save my recordings, I even had a good audio clip to back up the observation should anyone want confirmation. Thanks, Merlin! A few minutes later, I saw a (the?) Solitary Sandpiper in the wet spot I was walking towards: taller than a Spotted with greenish legs, a slight body bob once in a while - yep, that's a Solitary! > > To be clear, if Merlin had pinged the bird, and I did not see or hear it, I would not report it. As many have said, Merlin's IDs are suggestions. A few weeks ago, Preston Mui previously shared a link from Cornell that explains the science of Merlin. Merlin is AI - artificial intelligence. The link is here if you missed it. I'm a high school teacher, and AI is very much at the forefront of my attention in my profession. The debate in school settings is what to do about AI: ban it or encourage it? In a school setting, we're talking about AI in the context of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or Bing AI, but I think the principle still applies to Merlin. I absolutely recognize the concerns about AI - in a school setting cheating/plagiarism is the major concern. In birding, the concern is users inputting data based on what Merlin hears and IDs, not on what they hear and ID. On the other hand, the potential of AI in my profession is enormous. It's fantastic for improving differentiation for my students, and does a wonderful job of simplifying mundane teacher tasks like making schedules or turning lecture notes into a test. If used correctly, I think Merlin has incredible potential as well. Two examples in particular: 1) identifying unfamiliar sounds to help new and experienced birders to get onto birds, and 2) databasing audio clips of recorded birds for improved documentation. > > One buzz word in the AI world is "hallucination." Every once in a while ChatGPT will hallucinate - produce content that is clearly false or in some cases makes no sense whatsoever. When Merlin IDs Dark-eyed Juncos as Chipping Sparrows, that's an example of a hallucination. As you get to know AI products, you'll quickly see how hallucinations tend to fall into patterns. Orange-crowned Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos all fit within those regular hallucination patterns that Merlin makes. I'm sure there are many other examples as well - Swainson's Thrush seems to be a regularly-hallucinated ID on Merlin too. Going back to Kenneth's dilemma, I'd argue that it's extremely unlikely that Merlin would hallucinate a Hammond's for a Dusky. Besides, if you still do feel uncomfortable about IDing the empid as Hammond's just because Merlin did, remember that if you saved the audio file, you can upload that clip to your Hammond's observation on your eBird checklist, documenting your sighting with an audio clip that others can review. > > If you made it this far, thanks for reading! > > In Everson, > Stephen Chase -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 14:00:38 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 14:00:52 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Slow migration startup? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: BirdCast was pretty accurate last night, at least here in Port Townsend. There was a big movement of Yellow-rumped Warblers -- mostly Audubon. I counted 51 moving from tree to tree out near the lighthouse. We've been swimming in Orange-crowns for a week or more. Western Flycatchers arrived en force a couple days ago. No other flycatchers that I've seen yet. There's been a scattering of Wilson's, Black-thr Gray, and I've seen a couple of each of these: MacGillivray's, Warbling Vireos, BH Grosbeaks. I suspect we'll get a large pulse with the coming high pressure in about a week. On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:46?PM BRAD Liljequist via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > I keep waiting to hear the warblers moving through Phinney Ridge - but > haven't heard much of anything. How about others? I know it's maybe a > touch early, but seems like in past things started last week of April. > > Brad Liljequist > Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA > _______________________________________________ > 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 tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 14:16:49 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Zora Monster via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 14:17:06 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Slow migration startup? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 14:23:30 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Tufford via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 14:23:38 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Slow migration startup? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1249554605.3714206.1714771410997@mail.yahoo.com> Earlier this week we saw a Townsend's Warbler at Grayland Beach SP and several Orange-crowned at Bottle Beach. DanLacey, WA On Friday, May 3, 2024 at 02:17:23 PM PDT, Zora Monster via Tweeters wrote: On Wednesday I had two orange-crowned warblers, an Audubon?s yellow-rumped and a Wilson?s in the morning eating worms in my plum tree. Haven?t seen them since. Zora DermerPhinney Ridge? Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2024, at 2:03?PM, Steve Hampton via Tweeters wrote: ?BirdCast was pretty accurate last night, at least here in Port Townsend. There was a big movement of Yellow-rumped Warblers -- mostly Audubon. I counted 51 moving from tree to tree out near the lighthouse. We've been swimming in Orange-crowns for a week or more. Western Flycatchers arrived en force a couple days ago. No other flycatchers that I've seen yet. There's been a scattering of Wilson's, Black-thr Gray, and I've seen a couple of each of these: MacGillivray's, Warbling Vireos, BH Grosbeaks. I suspect we'll get a large pulse with the coming high pressure in about a week.? On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:46?PM BRAD Liljequist via Tweeters wrote: Hi all,??I keep waiting to hear the warblers moving through Phinney Ridge - but haven't heard much of anything.? How about others?? I know it's maybe a touch early, but seems like in past things started last week of April.???Brad LiljequistPhinney Ridge, Seattle, WA_______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -- ?Steve Hampton?Port Townsend, WA? 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In-Reply-To: <1249554605.3714206.1714771410997@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1249554605.3714206.1714771410997@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Regarding monitoring status of migrants, you can use eBird's Bar Charts for an overview. By filtering you can get a pretty decent picture. Here is a bar chart for just King County in 2024. https://ebird.org/barchart?byr=2024&eyr=2024&bmo=1&emo=12&r=US-WA-033 And you can filter even more via location. This is a chart for my most frequent patch, Magnuson Park. https://ebird.org/barchart?byr=2024&eyr=2024&bmo=1&emo=12&r=L269461 Scott Ramos Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 14:43:47 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 14:43:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley birding Message-ID: Today there was a WESTERN KINGBIRD at 204th St in Kent. The bird was flying around within the horse track. https://flic.kr/p/2pP2tbr Also at 204th was the continuing adult EASTERN RED-TAILED HAWK. https://flic.kr/p/2pP1hsn At M Street Marsh in Auburn, a KILLDEER nest that had 4 eggs in it yesterday held 2 spanking new chicks today. https://flic.kr/p/2pNUD8g Today I couldn't find the 1 year old RED-TAILED HAWK at West Valley & 277th in Kent. I believe it may be an eastern but I'm not certain. I saw this bird yesterday and observed it casting a pellet. https://flic.kr/p/2pNDof2 Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This by no means is intended to denigrate the app.? It is VERY useful but?although perhaps to a lesser degree than the Sound ID which is very helpful as a pointer but not as a final authority, it too is not always reliable and needs to be used as A TOOL and not THE FINAL SAY. I wonder if there are other apps used by folks in Tweeterdom that serve the same purpose.? If so please share.? Final comment - I have found the Facebook Community incredibly helpful (and usually kind and non-judgmental) when I post a photo and ask for ID help.? I expect there are other resources that serve the same purpose and again ask any with good results to share. Blair Bernson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 16:50:08 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (kathy kuyper via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 16:50:12 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Use of Merlin app Message-ID: How about comparing the sonogram of your flycatcher with the sonograms of that flycatcher on eBird or xeno-canto? I think you can rely on the accuracy of the sonogram even if you don't feel confident of Merlin's ID. Kathy Kuyper Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 3 17:12:41 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kevin Lucas via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 3 17:13:12 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Use of Merlin app In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I would love it if Merlin could highlight just the parts that it identifies as a particular species, not just take me to where it thinks it heard it, since often there are numerous species vocalizing, and it's not clear to me that it always takes me to immediately before the identified vocalization occurs. That would be a major help in comparing sonograms, and in pointing out errors to the magic man's developers. Good Birding, https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/audubons-guide-ethical-bird-photography Kevin Lucas ???? Yakima County, Washington *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 4:50?PM kathy kuyper via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > How about comparing the sonogram of your flycatcher with the sonograms of > that flycatcher on eBird or xeno-canto? > > I think you can rely on the accuracy of the sonogram even if you don't > feel confident of Merlin's ID. > > Kathy Kuyper > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I enjoy recording nocturnal flight calls and I've generally found BirdCast to be pretty accurate, in terms of predicting when I'm going to hear the most calls. One odd thing about this spring's migration so far: I've heard virtually no warbler NFCs during the hours when I'm typically listening (3am to 4:30 or 5:00). So far, of the calls I've been able to identify, I've had three soras, three dunlin, and a lot of savannah sparrows. In previous years I've reported a lot of "new world warbler sp" calls but none so far this spring. Not sure I understand why, because I'm seeing/hearing plenty of spring warblers during daytime birding. I guess that, so far, they've been following a migration route that doesn't take them over my house? Mark Ar Aoine 3 Beal 2024 ag 14:01, scr?obh Steve Hampton via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu>: > BirdCast was pretty accurate last night, at least here in Port Townsend. > There was a big movement of Yellow-rumped Warblers -- mostly Audubon. I > counted 51 moving from tree to tree out near the lighthouse. We've been > swimming in Orange-crowns for a week or more. Western Flycatchers arrived > en force a couple days ago. No other flycatchers that I've seen yet. > There's been a scattering of Wilson's, Black-thr Gray, and I've seen a > couple of each of these: MacGillivray's, Warbling Vireos, BH Grosbeaks. I > suspect we'll get a large pulse with the coming high pressure in about a > week. > > > > On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 1:46?PM BRAD Liljequist via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I keep waiting to hear the warblers moving through Phinney Ridge - but >> haven't heard much of anything. How about others? I know it's maybe a >> touch early, but seems like in past things started last week of April. >> >> Brad Liljequist >> Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 4 09:59:26 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Thomas M Leschine via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 4 09:59:36 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Slow migration startup? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yellow-rumped Warbles have been regular on West Queen Anne hilltop for at least the past week. In fact a few have been here through the winter. This morning I counted five just after dawn in a maple outside my window. All have been Audubon?s. May be fairly localized though, as I found none yesterday at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery or on the walk there from my home. No other warblers or migrating passerines noted here so far. Tom Leschine West Queen Anne Seattle > On May 3, 2024, at 6:07 PM, Anna via Tweeters wrote: > > Just orange crowned, Wilson?s and yellow rumped but only a couple here and there > > AKopitov > Seattle > > Sent from my iPhone with all the auto correct quirks. > > On May 3, 2024, at 1:47?PM, BRAD Liljequist via Tweeters wrote: > > ? > Hi all, > > I keep waiting to hear the warblers moving through Phinney Ridge - but haven't heard much of anything. How about others? 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I think it?s a Bank Swallow based on plumage, but I?m happy to be corrected. https://www.flickr.com/gp/rippleman/Tz8F522z67 Jay - sent from my mobile phone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 4 19:57:57 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 4 19:58:05 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM - Western Kingbird and Purple Martins Message-ID: Tweeters, I drove a few miles on paved roads around the 91st Division Prairie at the Ft. Lewis part of Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) today looking for nesting Western Bluebirds - found none in the cool (!) rain. However, two sightings stood out: WESTERN KINGBIRD - at 47deg 2' 5" N; 122deg 33' 48" W. (Road name unknown on east side of 91st Div. Prairie.) Well seen at 12:56pm and will enter this on eBird tomorrow. Feeding from Scotch broom to ground. First I've found on this side of JBLM for a decade. PURPLE MARTIN - at 47deg 1' 58" N; 122deg 35' 2"N, east of observation post 8 at 1:30pm. 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I am not putting on ebird since I didn't keep track of time, distance, or count of birds seen - just a listing for my personal records. also, I imagine if I tried to submit it on ebird it would be bounced for lack of context, photo and rarity. But I just felt the need to post it in case anyone was interested. judyem at olypen dot com Port Angeles WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 6 11:43:11 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 6 11:43:40 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows Message-ID: <009601da9fe5$40000040$c00000c0$@comcast.net> Hi Tweeters, It's migration time and I've never had so many White-crowned Sparrows in my back yard. Right now there are probably 10 scampering around under my feeders, over by the water, under the bushes. They are a little hard to count! I'm guessing most of these are the kind of sparrow we normally associate with eastern Washington-Gambel's WCSP. The song sounds distinctly different from the Puget Sound White-crowned. Otherwise I have some trouble distinguishing between the two subspecies. Right now I am going by how much brown is on the flanks of the bird. Many of these visitors are almost completely gray-breasted. I understand that the beaks of the Gambel's are supposed to be more orange. This is a little harder to spot. And to me, it seems like the white stripes on the crown are a bit more pronounced. I'd be happy to hear how the rest of you tell these two subspecies apart. Happy birding, Charlotte Byers, Edmonds byers345@comcast.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Presenter, activities, vendors and sponsors include Aidan Harsh of the Washington State Native Bee Society, David Droppers Birds and Butterfiies..Which do I choose?, and Cindy Daily and Joseph Molotsky of Discovery Bay Wildbird Rescue will talk about a rehabilitation facility for wild birds, Suzanne Ohrvik will read from her children?s book and offering an art workshop, and Karen DeWitz will read from her children?s books., etc. Many activities. Come join us for a fun day for both adults and children. Patty Cheek, President Whidbey Audubon Society -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 8 09:21:05 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Joan Miller via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 8 09:21:19 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] White-crowned Sparrows Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Yesterday was a record for my yard! I counted seven white-crowned sparrows feeding under my seed feeder at the same time. I have never seen more than a single one, maybe once a year, in my yard in 17 years. Then I spotted a Wilson's Warbler, who flitted around my small tree briefly. Anyone else experiencing a bounty of white crowns? They are a delight to see. Joan Miller West Seattle jemskink at gmail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 8 09:22:55 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Patty Cheek via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 8 09:23:12 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Whidbey Audubon Society Program Meeting Thursday, May 9 References: <870A3C0C-FAF7-4812-89E2-4F81B1CCD24D.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <870A3C0C-FAF7-4812-89E2-4F81B1CCD24D@yahoo.com> Program Meeting Thursday, May 9 - Coupeville and online American White Pelicans with Kurt Licence Join us to learn about American White Pelicans in Washington State and Puget Sound. 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Right now, except for robins, I think they?re outnumbering everything. They are fun to watch! Pat Grainger Port Townsend > On May 8, 2024, at 9:22?AM, Joan Miller via Tweeters wrote: > > ? > Hi Tweets, > > Yesterday was a record for my yard! I counted seven white-crowned sparrows feeding under my seed feeder at the same time. I have never seen more than a single one, maybe once a year, in my yard in 17 years. Then I spotted a Wilson's Warbler, who flitted around my small tree briefly. Anyone else experiencing a bounty of white crowns? They are a delight to see. > > Joan Miller > West Seattle > jemskink at gmail > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 8 11:37:47 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Doug Santoni via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 8 11:38:02 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] White-crowned Sparrows In-Reply-To: <7D5E6764-FAFD-4150-A308-BD1F8A2C87B6@olypen.com> References: <7D5E6764-FAFD-4150-A308-BD1F8A2C87B6@olypen.com> Message-ID: <100E5680-7E2F-4DBC-BBE5-FF2ADDCA92FD@gmail.com> I also recorded my largest ever count of White-Crowned sparrows in my backyard yesterday. Five birds feeding simultaneously. I have been in my house for 10 years and have never seen more than two or three at a time previously. Doug Santoni Ph 305-962-4226 DougSantoni@gmail.com Seattle/Madison Park > On May 8, 2024, at 11:23?AM, Patricia Quyle Grainger via Tweeters wrote: > > ? > My yard, too, has had an extraordinary number of white-crown sparrows this spring. I haven?t tried to count them, but they?re all around?under the feeders, foraging on the lawn, and flitting in the trees. Right now, except for robins, I think they?re outnumbering everything. They are fun to watch! > > Pat Grainger > Port Townsend > >>> On May 8, 2024, at 9:22?AM, Joan Miller via Tweeters wrote: >>> >> ? >> Hi Tweets, >> >> Yesterday was a record for my yard! I counted seven white-crowned sparrows feeding under my seed feeder at the same time. I have never seen more than a single one, maybe once a year, in my yard in 17 years. Then I spotted a Wilson's Warbler, who flitted around my small tree briefly. Anyone else experiencing a bounty of white crowns? 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There was also a SPOTTED SANDPIPER as well as 8 MINIMA CACKLING GEESE. video: https://flic.kr/p/2pQ3gYT At the intersection of West Valley & 277th in Kent, the JUVENILE (1 year old bird in juvenile plumage, but molting) EASTERN RED-TAILED HAWK continues. video: https://flic.kr/p/2pQ1ydc In spite of all the beaver activity along 204th St in Kent, what I saw swimming in the ditch there today was a Muskrat. Much smaller than a beaver with a rat-like tail. Bird-wise at 204th, the ADULT EASTERN RED-TAILED HAWK continues. video: https://flic.kr/p/2pPVUYr Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 8 16:21:39 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dee Dee via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 8 16:22:18 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Subject: More excitement - BH Grosbeaku References: Message-ID: Like Joan, this morning I also was surprised (and pleased!) to see our first Black-headed Grosbeak of the year, a female, hanging on the suet feeder. Extra surprised because in the past have only had them visit one of the seed feeders. A day or so ago I had 12 White-crowned Sparrows in the yard (at one time) which my aging brain thought was a new yard record until I looked back at my E-bird checklists to discover I had reported 13 at once, last February?. Enjoying reading of folks? excitement and enthusiasm at seasonal sightings, thanks for sharing! Dee Warnock Edmonds ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 11:13:45 -0700 From: Joan Miller via Tweeters To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] More excitement - BH Grosbeaku Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I just saw my FOY Black-headed Grosbeak at my feeder! A female. I am so excited to have them back. I had not been hearing them, but now will listen for them. Joan Miller West Seattle jemskink at gmail From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 8 19:37:05 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 8 19:37:11 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Hayton on Fir Island - a Surprise ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240508193705.Horde.Xo6A6n_bcVw78GXyjpGI-c4@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi all, I was out at Hayton today. The tide had just turned when I arrived so it was not a particularly birdy day. But I did find 3 separate Canada Goose nests - all with a sitting bird so I'm saying "eggs". Two of the nests had just one bird but the third (just across the creek) had two birds. The surprise was that one of the nests was on top of that old cedar stump that is out past the end of the trail that goes out along the dike. You know the stump - it's the one that is upside down and 'planted' in the mud and has been there for a long time. The 'resident' Canada Goose was not particularly upset about me - but you can't get super close to the nest (which I wouldn't do) but she (he?) didn't move or get nervous about my presence. Other observations were a -few- shore birds, a few ducks, a few sparrows (White-crowned and Song), and 3 RWB. No finches. After leaving Hayton I had lunch at The Rex and then drove to the East 90. Not many raptors - but it was during the mid-day doldrums. - Jim in Skagit County From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 8 20:46:05 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (mary hrudkaj via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 8 20:46:09 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Late evening Mt. Quail snack Message-ID: When I sat down at the computer a couple minutes ago, I noticed a low branch on a scotch broom plant by the driveway was bobbing up and down. With no wind what was making the plant bob??? Getting the bins out showed a pair of Mt. Quail feeding on the bright yellow flowers on the lower part of the plant. By stretching their neck they could get flowers almost out of reach but not quite. My best guess is they were after the pollen and what every might pass for nectar in scotch broom flowers. Now if we could get quail big enough to eat all the flowers off all the scotch broom plants, we could eradicate the broom. But then we'd have 5ft tall Mt. Quail to deal with. Mary Hrudkaj Belfair/Tahuya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bring your pelican interest, curiosities and questions to this presentation. Thursday, May 9 at the Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. Hybrid meeting - to register for Zoom meeting register at Whidbey Audubon Society at https://www.whidbeyaudubonsociety.org/events-list/meeting-program-american-white-pelicans-with-kurt-licence. Wings over Whidbey (WoW) May 11 The second annual Wings over Whidbey Bird Festival is from 11 am to 3 pm on Saturday, May at Pacific Rim Institute (PRI), 180 Parker Road, Coupeville. Visit the Whidbey Audubon Society website https://www.whidbeyaudubonsociety.org/wings-over-whidbey-festival to discover all the activities and registration. Presenter, activities, vendors and sponsors include Aidan Harsh of the Washington State Native Bee Society, David Droppers Birds and Butterfiies..Which do I choose?, and Cindy Daily and Joseph Molotsky of Discovery Bay Wildbird Rescue will talk about a rehabilitation facility for wild birds, Suzanne Ohrvik will read from her children?s book and offering an art workshop, and Karen DeWitz will read from her children?s books., etc. Many activities. Come join us for a fun day for both adults and children. Patty Cheek, President Whidbey Audubon Society -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 9 11:58:10 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Roger Moyer via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 9 11:58:15 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Lewis County Acorn Woodpecker Message-ID: I have received a photo and report of an Acorn Woodpecker near Chehalis. I'm hoping to go by and see it tonight. I don't believe it's chaseable. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 9 15:27:08 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 9 15:27:08 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-05-09 Message-ID: Hi Tweets - With Michael out of town today, it fell on the rest of us to suffer through a beautiful spring day at Marymoor Park. Our hopes were high - this is historically about the best week of the year for Marymoor?s walk, in terms of total # of species reported - almost anything could show up this time of year. While it was birdy and enjoyable all day, we ended up without any big rarities or surprises. Highlights: Swainson?s Thrush are back - several heard whitting, one song heard pre-dawn [FOY] 6 warbler species - Yellow-rumped numbers are thinning out, but we had several Yellow Warblers [FOY], 2 Wilson?s Warblers, a few Black-throated Gray Warblers [at the Rowing Club], a few Orange-crowned and many Common Yellowthroats. Cedar Waxwing - although we had some over the winter, this appeared to be our first of the summer Cedars Black-headed Grosbeak & Warbling Vireos - several singing away, some of each even glimpsed. Western Tanager - two over at the Rowing Club spared us from totally missing an expected bird for this week. Golden-crowned Sparrow - still a few left in the park. Misses include many departed [presumably] winter birds - no Bufflehead, Ring-necked Ducks, or Am. Wigeon. Also missed any of the hoped for flycatchers For the day, 60 species Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 9 15:41:50 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Stuart Johnston via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 9 15:42:06 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley Birding 5.8.24p In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 10 01:34:32 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 10 01:34:37 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Birdwatching can help students improve mental health, reduce distress | ScienceDaily Message-ID: <89BBCCE4-2EEE-45EF-82E7-2627F3CE0002@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240503135334.htm Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 10 01:36:24 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 10 01:36:29 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Artificial intelligence enhances monitoring of threatened marbled murrelet | ScienceDaily Message-ID: <8EC9124C-16D0-476C-B763-0463B8D99DF0@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240502113710.htm Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 10 06:56:07 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 10 06:56:12 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Hayton on Fir Island - a Surprise ... (via Tweeters) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240510065607.Horde.TciYLXsp6Slud4de250Fbxq@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, I went back to Hayton yesterday and spent several hours watching that Canada Goose on top of the upside down stump. There's a very nice bench that faces the stump that you can sit on - comfortable even for long sits. She (?) is definitely sitting on at least one egg. She gets up and changes position and readjusts the egg "about every 15 to 30 minutes". So if you wait/come back you can get a picture with the head in the right direction for the lighting. And often this including adjusting the down (feathers) that are being piled around the egg to plug the space between her body and the egg. I briefly got to see the top of the egg as it was being rolled. Three or four times she clearly "raised/strained her neck looking towards the gate area". Always in the same direction. Anticipating where the mate would return from? Several times an eagle flew near by - every time she dropped her head low and stretched it out in front of her in what I would call a "threat posture". This happened even when the eagle was a -long- way off. If you see that posture - there's an eagle somewhere but not necessarily in the direction her head is stretched out. I tried to wait until the mate returned - to photo "the exchange". It didn't happen. I was there until almost 6. At one point another CG flew near, circled around near but not around the stump, and then left. The mate? No visible/audible response from the one sitting. The tide was at its lowest when I arrived and was fully flooding the large bay by the time I left. It was interesting to sit there and watch the bay change from mud to water - at times you could actually see the water 'taking back ground' as it moved/spread out/ran up into the long channels (IRC they are called "leads"?). It was not a particularly birdy day - in fact I'd have to call it a slow day. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 10 16:19:11 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (ck park via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 10 16:19:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Help with Billy Frank Jr Nisqually tides In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: you can check tide tables online... this might not be closest, but should give you a rough idea... https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9446828&legacy=1 On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 4:15?PM Christina T bean 4 ever via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello fellow birders, I want to go to Nisqually this weekend and am > looking at the tides to try to time my visit. First when looking up the > tides does anyone know the proper name to use and B does anyone know > approximately how long it takes for the tide to come in or go out? 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This is only my second Palm Warbler in Clark County in 18 years! The other species highlight was watching two LEWIS'S WOODPECKERs for over an hour. This species is seen almost every year in Clark but you really need to put in your time to see one. Other highlights were the following birds in active migration: Cassin's Vireo - 2 Warbling Vireo - 17 CALIFORNIA SCRUB JAY - 1 (rare on Larch Mountain) individual warblers of 10 species - 559 Bullock's Oriole - 4 Western Kingbird - 5 Western Tanager - 122 Lazuli Bunting - 46 Here's today's list which has embedded location information: https://ebird.org/checklist/S173279871 Keep your eyes and ears skyward (although today I got a headache from doing this). Jim -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 10 17:11:45 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Danzenbaker via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 10 17:11:59 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Ridgefield NWR, Clark County shorebirds Message-ID: Hi tweeters, Shorebirding has been interesting at River S NWR in Ridgefield, Clark County over the last several days. Solitary Sandpipers were seen in various locations from May 1 through about May 7 Semipalmated Sandpiper seen at the first pond on the right on the auto tour loop on May 7 Pectoral Sandpiper seen yesterday and today at different locations. Don't know any further details other than Schwartz Lake and Ruddy Lake. Black-bellied Plover - 1 on Ruddy Lake this afternoon (marker 6) Wilson's Phalarope - 1 on Ruddy Lake near the Black-bellied Plover and 2 more on Schwartz Lake (the pond on the right which is across from the southeast end of Rest Lake) this afternoon. 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Eric Kraig Olympia From: Tweeters On Behalf Of ck park via Tweeters Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 4:19 PM To: Christina T bean 4 ever Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Help with Billy Frank Jr Nisqually tides you can check tide tables online... this might not be closest, but should give you a rough idea... https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9446828 &legacy=1 On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 4:15?PM Christina T bean 4 ever via Tweeters > wrote: Hello fellow birders, I want to go to Nisqually this weekend and am looking at the tides to try to time my visit. First when looking up the tides does anyone know the proper name to use and B does anyone know approximately how long it takes for the tide to come in or go out? 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Eric Kraig Olympia From: Tweeters > On Behalf Of ck park via Tweeters Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 4:19 PM To: Christina T bean 4 ever > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Help with Billy Frank Jr Nisqually tides you can check tide tables online... this might not be closest, but should give you a rough idea... https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9446828 &legacy=1 On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 4:15?PM Christina T bean 4 ever via Tweeters > wrote: Hello fellow birders, I want to go to Nisqually this weekend and am looking at the tides to try to time my visit. First when looking up the tides does anyone know the proper name to use and B does anyone know approximately how long it takes for the tide to come in or go out? 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 11 02:56:05 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 11 02:56:20 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Lights Now Message-ID: <07C5A7E6-9657-4584-BD82-5059CF0BE242@gmail.com> Tweeters, I went outside at 1:30 AM and found the Aurora Borealis- bright, and covering much of the sky from directly above to North and east. Also at times all the way to the Seattle skyline. Mostly greens and at times red. Less bright and less movement by 2:30. Even with some house lights in our neighborhood on Mercer Island. At other locations in darkness, must have been fantastic! But very impressive even here. Would love to be at Mt Baker or Mt Rainier-Paradise right now. Should be many great photos by others in dark places with long exposures by photographers later today on the news or online. Let?s hope for more in the next few days. Dan Reiff S. Mercer Island Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 11 12:40:59 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 11 12:41:04 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sequim Birding? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240511124059.Horde.PaQtU581eBqjYHP-3DvT571@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, We will be in Sequim Thursday morning and will have about a half day to go birding. I've been to RR Bridge, Dungeness, and the JW Marina. Are there other locations likely to be good Thursday morning? We will be catching the Coupeville ferry out of Port Townsend at 3:30 ... so if there are highly productive locations in that area we would be interested in that area as well. Anyone know of any regular "Thursday birding walks" in that area that we should consider joining? How about any locations for highly likely views of Caspian Terns? - Jim in Burlington From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 11 14:42:51 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 11 14:42:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley Shorebirding Message-ID: <2DVB92311NU4.TB0M7OFVR6CO1@luweb02oc> Today at M Street Marsh in Auburn: Least Sandpiper - several Leucistic Least Sandpiper- 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Long-billed Dowitcher - 7 Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Turkey Vultures were present throughout, as were good numbers of Red-tailed and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Both of the Swainson's and nearly all of the Redtails were immatures. I once heard Redtails won't cross water, but we watched some follow the TUVUs across Admiralty Inlet three miles to Whidbey Island. Presumably the SWHA and BTHA did the same. Pics here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S173730794 And the Broad-winged Hawk here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S173741637 good birding! -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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John Riegsecker Gig Harbor, WA -- John Riegsecker From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 11 21:23:47 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jerry Tangren via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 11 21:23:52 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Lights Now In-Reply-To: <07C5A7E6-9657-4584-BD82-5059CF0BE242@gmail.com> References: <07C5A7E6-9657-4584-BD82-5059CF0BE242@gmail.com> Message-ID: It was unbelievable on Badger Mtn in Douglas Co. last night. Apparently, it was a ?once in a lifetime? explosion from the sun that occurs only every 40 to 60 years. The roads on Badger were clogged with what must have been half the population of Wenatchee. ?Jerry Tangren East Wenatchee Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Dan Reiff via Tweeters Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2024 2:56:05 AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Lights Now Tweeters, I went outside at 1:30 AM and found the Aurora Borealis- bright, and covering much of the sky from directly above to North and east. Also at times all the way to the Seattle skyline. Mostly greens and at times red. Less bright and less movement by 2:30. Even with some house lights in our neighborhood on Mercer Island. At other locations in darkness, must have been fantastic! But very impressive even here. Would love to be at Mt Baker or Mt Rainier-Paradise right now. Should be many great photos by others in dark places with long exposures by photographers later today on the news or online. Let?s hope for more in the next few days. Dan Reiff S. 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Connie Sidles online class Whidbey Audubon Society References: Message-ID: Connie Sidles special online class Register now at https://www.whidbeyaudubonsociety.org/class-and-presentation-store/lfn2fo8i30lwrax5xchbhwbz3irnq5-becnj-rj9g9 Four session bird class: Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:30: May 22, May 29, June 5, June 12 Cost $100 Fish have been a rich source of 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. Patty Cheek -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun May 12 14:03:37 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Sun May 12 14:03:52 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - April 2024 Message-ID: <33F6F7EB-6B6E-42EE-B3C9-7F8381DD983A@gmail.com> Hi Tweeters, With April additions we have reach 143 species for our 2024 year list. In taxonomic order, the new species are: Greater White-fronted Goose (code 3), 3 at Edmonds marsh (ID photo), 4-24-24 Rufous Hummingbird (code 2), 1 at Point Edwards, 4-1-24 Black Oystercatcher (code 4), 1 at waterfront (ID photo), 4-17-24 Whimbrel (code 3), 15 northbound at waterfront (ID photo), 4-20-24 Least Sandpiper (code 1), 3 at Edmonds marsh, 4-17-24 Western Sandpiper (code 1), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 4-19-24 Greater Yellowlegs (code), 4 at Edmonds marsh, 4-10-24 American White Pelican (code 4), 27 northbound over the Edmonds Bowl (ID photo), 4-18-24 Osprey (code 2), at waterfront and Lake Ballinger neighborhood, 4-9-24 Great Horned Owl (code 4), 4 in north Edmonds (subsequently 1 confirmed with a recording), 4-1-24 Hammond?s Flycatcher (code 2), 1 in Yost Park, 4-21-24 Western Flycatcher (code 2), 1 in Yost Park, 4-21-24 Warbling Vireo (code 2), 1 in Yost Park and 1 at Edmonds marsh, 4-22-24 Northern Rough-winged Swallow (code 3), 2 at Edmonds marsh (ID photos), 4-18-24 Purple Martin (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 4-12-24 American Pipit (code 3), 2 at Edmonds marsh, 4-10-24 Lincoln?s Sparrow (code 3), 1 at home near Pine Ridge Park (ID photos), 4-13-24 (followup sightings of another Lincoln?s at Edmonds marsh) Brown-headed Cowbird (code 2), 2 at west end of Puget Drive, 4-7-24 Black-throated Gray Warbler (code 2), 1 at Yost Park, 4-21-24 Wilson?s Warbler (code 1), 1 at Yost Park, 4-21-24 Western Tanager (code 2), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 4-17-24 Several code 3 or rarer species have shown up as ticks in eBird checklists with no details. They will not be added to the collective year list. (Our decision does not affect any eBird numbers but should be a caution to those birders that use of the details field is helpful to others who use this public data base. It helps us know that the tick was not a data entry error, something that happens from time to time to all of us who enter eBird checklists. Range distribution is uneven. Birds that are not rare in a county may be quite rare in certain parts of that county.) They include Mourning Dove (code 3), Spotted Sandpiper (code 3), Ring-billed Gull (code 3), and Common Yellowthroat (code 3). We had a photo-documented Chipping Sparrow (code 4) in March. There are now multiple undocumented eBird ticks of this species in April. These have proliferated with the appearance of Merlin?s Sound ID. Those of you relying on Sound ID as a definitive confirmation need to be aware of its confusion between Dark-eyed Junco and Chipping Sparrow. If you see the bird, say so in the details field of your checklist. Provide critical field marks that you saw. Or get a photo. If you are relying only on a Sound ID suggestion, state that in the details. The mistakes on Chipping Sparrow are common and we would not add it to our collective year list in the absence of evidence. It is rare enough in Edmonds that a tick on a checklist is insufficient for our purposes. There is growing evidence of checklist owners who are creating lists exclusively with the use of Sound ID suggestions. This makes it much more difficult, in the absence of details, to know if any of those birds were actually detected by the human using Sound ID. One example is an April stationary, three minute checklist in Pine Ridge Park that lists one each of 15 species, including one Dark-eyed Junco and one Chipping Sparrow. Sound ID, at this time of year, frequently lists both species when it is actually a singing junco in that park. I don?t think there has ever been a documented Chipping Sparrow in Pine Ridge. There are, however, plenty of juncos. Please remember that Sound ID is a tool, but without more from the human user it is not birding. Today I learned that one of the pair of Barred Owls in Pine Ridge Park was found dead in the parking lot. I?m not certain how recently this happened. My informant said it was the female. The owl I was looking at today seemed quite large so I asked how it was known that the dead bird was the female. It seems to be word of mouth and I don?t know if the carcass was given to the appropriate agency for a necropsy. This is the second time in maybe the last five years that one of the Pine Ridge owls has been killed. The Yost Park pair of Barred Owls seem to be doing well and are nesting successfully. Perhaps one of this year?s owlets will bond with the remaining Pine Ridge owl. As always, I appreciate it when birders get in touch with me to share sightings, photos, or recordings. It helps us build our collective year list. If you would like a copy of our 2024 city checklist, with 281 species, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. The 2024 checklist, with sightings through April, is in the bird information box at the Olympic Beach Visitor Station at the base of the public pier. Good birding, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records Good birding, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 13 17:11:35 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 13 17:11:43 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Hayton. Lost and found Message-ID: <959358D0-0A47-4174-BCF1-11B40FAE57BE@jimbetz.com> Hi. Found what is probably the foot from a tripod at Hayton just now. Contact me to arrange return. Small black plastic knob with 1/4 20 threaded post. Jim. Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 13 17:49:41 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 13 17:49:46 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagle's Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk - Thursday, May 16 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, May 16. The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM. Starting point is the Driving Range Tee, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. When you turn into the course entrance, take an immediate left onto the road to the driving range - that's where we meet. Also, to remind folks that haven't been here before, even though Eagle's Pride is a US Army recreational facility, you don't need any ID to attend these birdwalks. Hope you're able to make it! The forecast looks as if we're REALLY going to have another nice spring outing! 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It might have been lower earlier in the day. -- Steve Loitz Ellensburg, WA steveloitz@gmail.com On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 6:29?PM Neil Zimmerman via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > We have a field trip planned on Saturday to Umtanum Creek, hiking from the > bridge on the Yakima River. I was there last month and the creek was still > a little high to cross. Anybody have a recent report on the water level? > Thanks, > Neil Zimmerman > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 13 19:48:40 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan McDougall-Treacy via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 13 19:48:56 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Umtanum Creek In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7258BCBC-5602-4B15-A3A2-11985092DB69@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 13 19:53:10 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kevin Lucas via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 13 19:53:40 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Umtanum Creek In-Reply-To: <7258BCBC-5602-4B15-A3A2-11985092DB69@gmail.com> References: <7258BCBC-5602-4B15-A3A2-11985092DB69@gmail.com> Message-ID: As are ticks. Good Birding, https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/audubons-guide-ethical-bird-photography Kevin Lucas ???? Yakima County, Washington *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 7:49?PM Dan McDougall-Treacy via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > No water level report but two Western Rattlesnakes on the trail within one > mile of the river. Around 5:00 p.m. They are out of their dens. > > Dan MT > > On May 13, 2024, at 6:53?PM, Steve Loitz via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > ? > Neil, the first crossing was mid-shin, i.e., 12-14", a few days ago > mid-afternoon. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 14 07:10:45 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ellen Cohen via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 14 07:10:54 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kenn Kaufman new book References: <1378703348.267512.1715695845961.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1378703348.267512.1715695845961@mail.yahoo.com> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/books/booksupdate/kenn-kaufman-the-birds-that-audubon-missed.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r00.vHsE.oyVgbS4E9U6n&smid=url-share -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 14 12:49:51 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 14 12:49:56 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Hayton. Lost and found (Jim Betz via Tweeters) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240514124951.Horde.RVMkP3XTXbg0xxPME2hPLgq@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi again, So that 'thing' I found at Hayton probably isn't a tripod foot. It looks more like it is probably a finger tighten bolt to attach some kind of bracket/what ever to a camera or spotting scope. Think "a 1/4-20 bolt with a molded on thumb screw" and the bolt only sticks out of the molded plastic about a half inch total. Again, black plastic and found near one of the benches out on the dike walk that goes away from the parking lot towards the bay. - Jim From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 14 17:20:25 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 14 17:20:30 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Island birds more adaptable than previously thought Message-ID: https://phys.org/news/2024-05-island-birds-previously-thought.html Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 14 17:21:10 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 14 17:21:15 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Preventable loss: A billion birds die each year from window strikes Message-ID: https://phys.org/news/2024-05-loss-billion-birds-die-year.html Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 14 17:22:39 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 14 17:22:44 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] On this unassuming trail near LA, bird watchers see something spectacular : NPR Message-ID: <9EAC7D2E-C288-4A3E-AD77-5659C9958B1E@gmail.com> https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1250248970/birds-migration-la-bear-divide-california-science-environment Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 14 17:25:00 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 14 17:25:05 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Release: Surprise Hummingbird Discovery Message-ID: <39F0FB36-6943-45AE-B48C-7A8CEC65090C@gmail.com> https://mailchi.mp/cornell/release-surprise-hummingbird-discovery-1337413?e=f0b505020c Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 14 19:38:08 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 14 19:38:21 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?More_details=3A_=E2=80=9CTiny_backpacks_reve?= =?utf-8?q?al_newfound_species_of_the_world=E2=80=99s_largest_hummingbird_?= =?utf-8?b?fCBDTk7igJ0=?= Message-ID: <42870FFA-E63D-4361-A7F5-3B3D1B881B8B@gmail.com> https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/world/giant-hummingbirds-new-species-backpacks-scn/index.html Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 15 08:33:35 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hank Heiberg via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 15 08:33:50 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kittitas County In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This past week we birded for two days primarily in Kittitas County plus along North Wenas Road in Yakima County. Highlights included? Lewis?s Woodpeckers at 3 different locations in Kittitas County. White-headed Woodpeckers, Great Horned Owls and a Pygmy Nuthatch along North Wenas Road. Wilson?s Snipes, Yellow-headed Blackbirds and one of the Lewis?s Woodpeckers along Parke Creek Road. A male Western Tanager in breeding plumage and one of the Lewis?s Woodpeckers at the Ginkgo State Park Overlook. Here are links to the photo album documenting the two days https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720316862369/ and to the eBird trip report. https://ebird.org/tripreport/233847 Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 15 21:20:11 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jeff Gilligan via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 15 21:20:27 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Great Knot Message-ID: I did not see it reported on the daily summary of tweeters that I was sent. A breeding plumage Great Knot was photographed today in the northern part of Willapa Bay. The bird surveyors who found it among 3,500 Red Knots suggest looking for it at the falling tide or near high tide from one of several view pull-offs on HYW, 105. Jeff Gilligan (Willapa Bay) From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 16 10:46:30 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hank Heiberg via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 16 10:46:37 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] House Wren at Lake Sammamish State Park Message-ID: Location is in trees between Tibbetts Beach playground and the beach. Yesterday IDed using Merlin. Today got photos. Lots of vocalizing. Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 16 12:09:19 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 16 12:09:35 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 5/15/2024 Message-ID: Dear Tweets, Approximately 40 of us had a beautiful spring day at the Refuge with partly cloudy skies early and clearing to sunny skies by late morning. Temperature was in the 50's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a Low 6?2? Tide at 8:02am and a High 8?7? Tide at 11:36am, so not much of a tidal push and we proceeded with our regular route. Highlights included 8 first of year including WILLOW FLYCATCHER, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, an influx of CEDAR WAXWING, NASHVILLE WARBLER - heard and seen by few, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE near the Twin Barns, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in the freshwater marsh, and RED CROSSBILLS seen by Tim on the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Starting out at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, things were a little slow as a BALD EAGLE perched in a Maple Tree Over the Pond. We did have brief sightings of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and WOOD DUCK. The Visitor Center Pond was good for numerous sightings of both these species as well as CINNAMON TEAL and we had good counts for our list. The Orchard was hopping in the morning with singing BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, WILSON'S WARBLER, high count of YELLOW WARBLER, WARBLING VIREO and PURPLE FINCH. *Merlin* was picking up on Nashville Warbler which I did not see, but some of our visiting birders heard and observed NASHVILLE WARBLER along the Twin Barns Loop Trail. We had an influx of CEDAR WAXWINGS which were singing and courting pretty much everywhere. The BUSHTIT continues to nest in the Orchard, entrance to maintenance road, and along the north section of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Sadly, the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD nest near the Land Trust building has been predated on and abandoned. The Access Roads were good for observing swallows. SORA continues to call from the flooded fields south of the Twin Barns. The numbers of wintering ducks were way down and more difficult to spot with the growing grass. The Twin Barns Loop Trail is great for warblers, chickadees, hummingbirds, BAND-TAILED PIGEON, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and WESTERN FLYCATCHER, along with the breeding duck species. Craig located another RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER nest cavity on the outside of the trail just north of the double bench overlook south of the Twin Barns cut-off. Ken and others located a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE singing and showing in the Maple Trees around the Twin Barns Picnic Area. A breeding pair of NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW are nesting in a knot hole of a large maple tree near the cut-off to the Twin Barns. The Nisqually Estuary Trail or new dike was good for few remaining waterfowl and CACKLING GEESE. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was observed relatively close to the dike foraging in the grassy freshwater marsh. We also saw approximately 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. VIRGINIA RAIL was heard and seen. On the muddy tidal saltwater side there are upwards of 11 WHIMBREL continuing west of Leschi Slough. Out on the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail, some remaining COMMON GOLDEN-EYE, BUFFLEHEAD, and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER remain in Shannon Slough and McAllister Creek. A small group of continuing non-breeding GREATER SCAUP were foraging in Shannon Slough. We had nice numbers of CASPIAN TERN and GREAT BLUE HERON foraging along McAllister Creek. A single SURF SCOTER was spotted by Robin on Nisqually Reach in Madrone Slough. On our return, Jon spotted COMMON MERGANSER merglings x 3 at the Nisqually River Overlook. Tim located 5 RED CROSSBILLS on the Twin Barns Loop Trail on his return. For the day we observed 89 species, with eight FOY we have now seen 151 species this year. Please see eBird report pasted below with details and embedded photos. Until next week when we meet again 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 May 15, 2024 7:05 AM - 5:08 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.409 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Partly cloudy in the morning, sunny in the late morning and afternoon. Temperature in the 50?s to 60?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 6?2? Tide at 8:02am and a High 8?7? Tide at 11:36am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Harbor Seal. Others seen Bullfrog, Red-eared Slider, Pacific Tree Frog, and Puget Sound Garter Snake. 89 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 40 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Wood Duck 12 Blue-winged Teal 8 Cinnamon Teal 6 Northern Shoveler 1 Spotted by Robin. Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 10 Mallard 50 Northern Pintail 6 Green-winged Teal (American) 12 Ring-necked Duck 3 Freshwater marsh. Greater Scaup 6 Shannon Slough. Surf Scoter 1 Nisqually Reach, Madrone Slough. Bufflehead 12 Common Goldeneye 5 Hooded Merganser 5 Common Merganser 5 Nisqually River Overlook. Red-breasted Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Band-tailed Pigeon 20 Twin Barns Loop Trail. Mourning Dove 3 Vaux's Swift 2 Rufous Hummingbird 6 Nest in the orchard was predated and destroyed. hummingbird sp. 1 Virginia Rail (Virginia) 3 Freshwater Marsh. Heard and seen. Sora 2 Heard in flooded fields south of Twin Barns. American Coot 6 Killdeer 2 Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 11 Mudflats west of Leschi Slough. Long-billed Dowitcher 6 Freshwater marsh Red-necked Phalarope 1 Foraging Freshwater Marsh. Dark cap and neck, white throat patch. Prominent streaks on the mantle/back. Spotted Sandpiper 1 Shannon Slough Ring-billed Gull 100 California Gull 3 Deceased gull. Glaucous-winged Gull 3 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 6 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Caspian Tern 35 No bands. Brandt's Cormorant 4 Double-crested Cormorant 50 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 40 Osprey (carolinensis) 1 Bald Eagle 20 Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 3 Cavities outside of Twin Barns Loop Trail just north of Twin Bench Overlook south of Twin Barns cut-off and in Maple in Twin Barns picnic area. Downy Woodpecker 2 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Willow Flycatcher 1 Heard ?Fitz-bew? call across from Visitor Center. Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 2 Warbling Vireo (Western) 15 Steller's Jay 2 American Crow 6 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Tree Swallow 25 Violet-green Swallow 2 Purple Martin 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Barn Swallow 40 Cliff Swallow 50 Bushtit (Pacific) 4 Nests in orchard, entrance to maintenance road and north section of Twin Barns Loop Trail. Brown Creeper 3 Nest in median, left of entrance to Visitor Center. Marsh Wren 12 Bewick's Wren 7 European Starling 30 Swainson's Thrush 26 Counted individually as we walked throughout the Refuge. Included orchard, access roads, Twin Barns Loop Trail, Twin Barns Overlook and Nisqually Estuary Trail. Probably more. Hermit Thrush 1 Seen by Laurie in the Parking Lot at 7:15am. Red tail, lacking spectacles around eye, dark speckling on breast in comparison to Swainson?s Thrush. American Robin 36 Cedar Waxwing 20 American Pipit 10 Fly over seen by Jon. Purple Finch (Western) 10 Red Crossbill 5 Seen by Tim on Twin Barns Loop Trail. Pine Siskin 4 American Goldfinch 12 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 4 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 36 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1 Bullock's Oriole 1 Twin Barns Picnic Area, NW section of Twin Barns Loop Trail. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 40 Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 Seen by Jon Nashville Warbler 1 Heard by a few. Seen by couple from Port Orchard. Common Yellowthroat 20 Yellow Warbler (Northern) 46 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Wilson's Warbler 4 Western Tanager 3 West Bank of McAllister Creek. Black-headed Grosbeak 15 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S174900858 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 16 14:17:46 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Megan Lyden via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 16 14:17:52 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Evening Grosbeaks/Lake Hills, Bellevue Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Just wanted to mention we have a small flock (maybe 5 birds) of Evening Grosbeaks visiting our feeder. We don't see them here in my neighborhood very often; the last time I saw them in my yard was 3 years ago. Megan Lyden Bellevue, Washington -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Still none seen yet on our walk. Black-headed Grosbeak - many around singing, even got enjoyable looks on occasion Lazuli Bunting - FOY - one singing in the off-leash dog area We had a beaver hauled out on the weir for a bit, and also a coyote across the slough at the weir for a bit. Notable misses were plentiful, including: mergansers, pigeons, Hairy & Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Bullock?s Oriole For the day, 50 species Matt Bartels Seattle, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 17 11:41:16 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 17 11:41:20 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sequim Trip Report In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240517114116.Horde.oNxwtNKrwXHu1cx6HJgct2R@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi Tweeters, We went to Sequim for just a single night stay. We had just one long half day of birding yesterday morning ... not a particularly birdy day but still worth taking the time to get out. The true highlight was that we were serendipitously there for Bob Steelquist's presentation on The Sandhill Cranes of the Pacific Flyway. It was amazing! Bob has spent the last 8 years photographing the Sandhills "as many places along the Pacific Flyway as possible" and covered their routes and habits (for all 3 sub-species) with an excellent presentation driven by even better photos. Bob says he 'only has about 2 more years' on this journey before he will take a break! The Audubon Center in Sequim is a fantastic place and if you are ever in Sequim make sure to go see it (plan at least 2 hours). And the Olympic Audubon Society is a LIVELY group. - Jim in Burlington P.S. Thanks to Bob Boekelheide for birding location suggestions. I was not able to see any Caspians but still enjoyed your list. From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 17 19:22:38 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 17 19:22:56 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 5-16-2024 Message-ID: Tweeters, A cool (48degF), cloudy start ended mostly sunny and 60degF with some nice Spring birding for the 19 of us that looped around the JBLM Eagle's Pride GC on Thursday, May 16. The walk started with a great sighting: BULLOCK'S ORIOLE pair at the maintenance pond - the third Spring we've had this species here at this exact spot. It appeared that the female was starting a nest in a Douglas-fir (!) at the side of the pond. We'll see if this possible nest site proves valid next month. Other notable sightings include the following: First-of-year (FOY) for WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, CEDAR WAXWING, HOUSE WREN, WESTERN TANAGER, WESTERN FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WARBLING VIREO, EVENING GROSBEAK, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, PURPLE MARTIN, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. Plus see below for warblers. YELLOW (FOY), YELLOW-RUMPED, MACGILLIVRAY'S (FOY), WILSON'S (FOY), BLACK-THROATED GRAY (FOY), ORANGE-CROWNED, AND TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, plus COMMON YELLOWTHROAT for 8 of the 9 warbler species we were hoping to tally. (No Hermit Warbler, but maybe next month.) All three expected vireos: HUTTON'S, WARBLING, and CASSIN'S, with the latter on a nest (photo attached). The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM starting in March. Starting point is the Driving Range building, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. (Turn left immediately after entering the parking lot to take the road leading to the driving range building.) Upcoming walks include the following: * June 20 * July 18 * August 15 Everyone is welcome to join us! >From the eBirdPNW report: 58 species Mallard 3 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Band-tailed Pigeon 15 Anna's Hummingbird 3 Rufous Hummingbird 1 Bald Eagle 4 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 5 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Western Wood-Pewee 6 Western Flycatcher 4 Hutton's Vireo 4 Cassin's Vireo 4 Warbling Vireo 6 Steller's Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12 Tree Swallow 20 Violet-green Swallow 6 Purple Martin 2 Barn Swallow 15 Bushtit 7 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 Brown Creeper 2 House Wren 7 Pacific Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 2 European Starling 4 Swainson's Thrush 5 American Robin 50 Cedar Waxwing 6 Evening Grosbeak 15 House Finch 6 Purple Finch 20 Pine Siskin 20 American Goldfinch 9 Chipping Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 8 White-crowned Sparrow 9 Song Sparrow 15 Spotted Towhee 10 Bullock's Oriole 2 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 35 Orange-crowned Warbler 5 MacGillivray's Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 3 Yellow Warbler 18 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Black-throated Gray Warbler 12 Townsend's Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 16 Western Tanager 15 Black-headed Grosbeak 12 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS175210458&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cea5a7b06c5304536a4be08dc76dcb3c3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638515937488203611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Fk7z84YKUnzi8ZF%2BavOxJCkdengTvZjLYYfLCb1uQwI%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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In addition to a nice list of birds we experienced several special - to us at least - birding events with spring migration in full swing and many birds singing and showing breeding plumage. At Bottle Beach we found seven species of shorebirds including Red Knot, Black-bellied Plover, and Dunlin in breeding plumage. At the Twin Harbors State Park, we were pleased to find singing Yellow-rumped, Wilson's, Black-throated Gray, and Orange-crowned Warblers, and an active Olive-sided Flycatcher. On the beach at Grayland Beach State Park, we unfortunately did not locate any Snowy Plovers, but opposite trails 4 and 5 a large flock of Semipalmated Plovers foraged along the beach, and we were especially pleased to see Sanderlings in their red breeding plumage. A small group of shorebirds puzzled us for a few minutes until we realized they were Red-necked Phalaropes. It was almost shocking to see them alternately sitting on the sand and flying low along the beach. They must have been tired from their migration flight. At the Westhaven State Park overlooking the jetty we had good looks at Rhinoceros Auklet and Pacific Loon in breeding plumage, Bonaparte's Gulls, a large flock of Pelagic Cormorant and a few Brandt's Cormorants, and Common Murre just beyond the breakers. Most surprisingly, we saw flying Fork-tailed Storm Petrels from the observation platform at the Westport Marina. Neither of us had ever seen them from shore before. They topped off a special day of birding. Andy McCormick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am wiped out, but I just enjoyed the heck out of your videos, and hope we can make it down there tomorrow. The videos are all so good, and so interesting. Thanks for the location tips, too. You have some very fine documentation in them, and I plan to study that Short billed Dow, too. So clear! Now, to get comfy and remember who I am?. Janeanne From: Tweeters On Behalf Of MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2024 2:41 PM To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] M Street Marsh shorebirds - 5.18.24 M Street Marsh, Auburn: Least Sandpiper - 5 Western Sandpiper - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 4 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 south of main pond SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1 alone at main pond Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1 at main pond LOTS of swallows; 6 species (no Purple Martin) Will put videos on Flickr later today -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 18 18:27:40 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 18 18:27:53 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] M Street Marsh shorebirds - 5.18.24 Message-ID: <934GVFZ73NU4.XX3D3EA9MM6M3@luweb02oc> You have been busy, Janeanne. Whew!! Part of the issue with IDing the dows is getting close enough to get a good look. And either they are moving so fast you can't see them, or their heads are tucked. On most of my recent shorebird videos I have slowed them by half! Really. These birds move too quickly for us humans to see them. On Sat, 18 May, 2024 at 5:19 PM, houstojc@plu.edu wrote: To: 'marvin breece'; tweeters@u.washington.edu Hey, Marv, ?.two recitals finished, a demo lesson, juries finished, and a reception in Tacoma. I am wiped out, but I just enjoyed the heck out of your videos, and hope we can make it down there tomorrow. The videos are all so good, and so interesting. Thanks for the location tips, too. You have some very fine documentation in them, and I plan to study that Short billed Dow, too. So clear! Now, to get comfy and remember who I am?. Janeanne From: Tweeters > On Behalf Of MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2024 2:41 PM To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] M Street Marsh shorebirds - 5.18.24 M Street Marsh, Auburn: Least Sandpiper - 5 Western Sandpiper - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 4 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 south of main pond SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1 alone at main pond Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1 at main pond LOTS of swallows; 6 species (no Purple Martin) Will put videos on Flickr later today -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240519191552.Horde.KByEPyIoR2CO8nzUXNj0c_v@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi all, After getting "tern blanked" at Sequim and Pt. Townsend I found Caspian Terns right here at home - at Hayton - today. Several were sitting on a sandbar and one or two were fishing (diving from on high). Also seen/reported at West Beach on Whidbey by friends. I caught a Savannah Sparrow, some Gadwall, and other birds as well. Sad news - the Canadian Goose that had a nest on that cedar stump at Hayton is gone, no evidence of the nest either (not even a few down feathers). Nest raided by a predator? Just abandoned? The Killdeer nest is also abandoned. This one is "no surprise" because its location "was never going to work" (high traffic/right by the path from the parking lot). - Jim From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 20 14:15:54 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 20 14:15:59 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] M Street Marsh shorebirds - 5.18.24 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20240520141554.Horde.Z2M0TFEl9AW0mmeONZ0-e_k@webmail.jimbetz.com> Marv, Thanks for the link to your fabulous photos of feathered friends feeling frisky! - Jim in Burlington From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 20 15:02:39 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Bruce LaBar via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 20 15:03:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Pelagic Trip, May 18, 2024 Message-ID: <76B7A52366AB494F987788019B831E13@DESKTOPC93UPS5> A brief early morning shower greeted 18 birders as we boarded the Monte Carlo. Birders from Michigan, Colorado, Oregon and of course, Washington, enjoyed a fabulous day at sea. The weather cooperated with just a few showers, cloudy skies and good sea conditions. May, is a great time to see many breeding plumage seabirds heading north, such as Pacific Loons, Red-necked and Red Phalaropes, Sabine?s Gulls and Arctic and Common Terns. Indeed, we saw these plus many of the sought after shearwaters, albatross and other pelagic birds. Probably the highlight of the day, for most of the seafarers, was the dolphin show! As we got near the continental shelf, we noticed the water bubbling in the distance. Motoring towards that area we were surrounded by 300 or more Pacific White-sided Dolphins actively feeding and showing off with body slams coming out of the water. With them were 2 small fur seals trying their best to swim like the dolphins. We also saw 6 Humpback Whales at a distance with several observers seeing one breech out of the water. The bird highlights included a somewhat early South Polar Skua, great looks at a Manx Shearwater, a Flesh-footed Shearwater, a Short-tailed Shearwater and those fore-mentioned breeding Arctic breeders. Here are some of the species and numbers recourted. Black-footed Albatross-52, Pink-footed Shearwater-183, Sooty Shearwater-1785, Fork-tailed Storm Petrels-82, Brown Pelican-621, Red-necked Phalaropes-252, Red Phalaropes-15, Pomarine Jaeger-1, Parasitic Jaeger-4, Black-legged Kittiwake-1, Heermann?s Gull-2, Sabine?s Gull-132, Arctic Tern-8 and Common Tern-9. For a complete list of all the sightings and numbers, plus any other information about the pelagic trips, please visit this website, www.westportseabirds.com. Spotters for this trip were Bill Tweit, Scott Mills and myself. Boat personnel and spotters were Captain Phil Anderson and first mate Chris Anderson. Thanks to all for making this such a great trip! 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I have about 20 Evening Grosbeaks at my feeder and on the ground and in the trees. Last year the Band-Tailed Pigeons were so bad, my grosbeaks never even went to the feeders. This year I switched out a tray feeder for a very large Wild Birds Unlimited feeders, specifically for this issue. It?s paid off. In 2022, I had well over 150 in our garden and woods. fUI, we are a 7 acre heavily wooded lot, with 100+ acres of forest and wetland. By not filling the tray feeders, the most I?ve had as far as the pigeons has been about 10. Last year I had over 40. Happy Birding, Vicki Biltz Buckley, WA. vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Each time I saved and played back the recording, all I heard was the swish of tires on asphalt. I looked hard and never saw a Chipping Sparrow on the ground or in any of the trees. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue May 21 13:17:20 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 21 13:17:35 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe Message-ID: <0C653B77-3BC2-49B0-A677-051610560E25@me.com> Thousands of Vaux?s Swifts have been going into and coming out of the Monroe Wagner roost all morning. Only a couple hundred came in to spend the night. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 22 20:03:57 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 22 20:04:03 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_June_3=2C_2024_=28on-?= =?utf-8?q?line_only=29?= Message-ID: <20240523030357.18856.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> On Monday June 3, 2024, the Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) invites you to our final Monthly Meeting of the season. The program will be our ever-popular "WOS Members' Photo Night? when favorite and new birding sites and insights are shared, by virtue of the talents and photographic skills of a group of our Members. Enjoy a "virtual" birding experience from your respective evening "roosting spots." Sign-in on Zoom will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm. Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page: https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/ for instructions on virtual participation and to get the Zoom link. When joining the meeting, we ask that you PLEASE mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off. This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend. Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at https://wos.org Many thanks in advance to our member-presenters, not only for their camera work, but for stepping up to the challenges posed by technology! Please join us! Elaine Chuang WOS Program Support From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 22 21:59:04 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Price via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 22 21:59:19 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Junco vs Chipping Sparrow Message-ID: Hey Tweets Regarding Dark-eyed Junco vs Chipping Sparrow song. This was in the early 1990s. On a series of clearcut/old-growth plots in N - central BC (55.6N-124.2W, BGC: ESSF, alt. 1100m/3700 ft asl) from mid-May to early July, breeding *oreganus/cismontanus* juncos on the mountainside clear cuts, breeding Chipping Sparrow in the shrubby lower storeys of the old-growth (Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, lodgepole pine), so lots of male territorial songs from both. After repeated surveys (walking transects), we became familiar with the singing territorial males. While the junco males were establishing and maintaining territory, the females incubating, and the young in the nest, the songs were easily distinguishable: juncos, one long unbroken trill, clearly more melodic than CHSP's typical aridly dry trill. Upon junco fledging and increasing juvenile independence in late June, the junco song became increasingly drier, initially resembling Chipping Sparrow but then becoming a more fragmented, Clay-colored Sparrow-like song. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 23 16:04:19 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 23 16:04:19 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-05-23 Message-ID: <1DC78424-1241-4315-8DD2-7D4038A531A4@earthlink.net> Hi Tweeters - Unlike last week?s walk, we stayed dry today - not particularly sunny, but dry - the birds were much more cooperative than last week, and we enjoyed a pleasant day at Marymoor. With Michael still away, 6 of us combined forces to take on the walk today. We came up with 62 species for the day. Highlights: 2 Blue-winged Teal males - first-of-year [FOY] flew past us, then circled around and landed for great views just below the weir Black Swift - several overhead near the south end of the off-leash dog area - FOY Willow Flycatcher - 2 or 3 fitz-bew-ing away, never seen, but still a good FOY, right on schedule Western Kingbird - 2 , FOY for the walk [3 reported at Marymoor yesterday, and others earlier] Black-headed Grosbeak - seemingly constantly auduble throughout the walk Swainson?s Thrush - they, too, are fully back - lots more singing today, along with regular whits and other calls throughout Vaux?s Swifts - large flock hunting low over the dog area babies seen included: Mallard, Great Blue Heron, and Dark-eyed Juncos Misses for the day: Spotted Sandpiper, Green Heron, Virginia Rail, Pileated Woodpecker, Bullock?s Oriole [might have heard a little chattering] and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Matt Bartels Seattle, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 23 16:14:59 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Louise via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 23 16:15:14 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-05-23 In-Reply-To: <1DC78424-1241-4315-8DD2-7D4038A531A4@earthlink.net> References: <1DC78424-1241-4315-8DD2-7D4038A531A4@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Michael's been away for two weeks and you still haven't found any amazing rarities for him to miss out on? The system must be broken! Louise Rutter Kirkland On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 4:05?PM Matt Bartels via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Tweeters - > Unlike last week?s walk, we stayed dry today - not particularly sunny, but > dry - the birds were much more cooperative than last week, and we enjoyed a > pleasant day at Marymoor. > > With Michael still away, 6 of us combined forces to take on the walk > today. We came up with 62 species for the day. > > Highlights: > 2 Blue-winged Teal males - first-of-year [FOY] flew past us, then circled > around and landed for great views just below the weir > Black Swift - several overhead near the south end of the off-leash dog > area - FOY > Willow Flycatcher - 2 or 3 fitz-bew-ing away, never seen, but still a good > FOY, right on schedule > Western Kingbird - 2 , FOY for the walk [3 reported at Marymoor yesterday, > and others earlier] > > Black-headed Grosbeak - seemingly constantly auduble throughout the walk > Swainson?s Thrush - they, too, are fully back - lots more singing today, > along with regular whits and other calls throughout > Vaux?s Swifts - large flock hunting low over the dog area > babies seen included: Mallard, Great Blue Heron, and Dark-eyed Juncos > > Misses for the day: Spotted Sandpiper, Green Heron, Virginia Rail, > Pileated Woodpecker, Bullock?s Oriole [might have heard a little > chattering] and Yellow-rumped Warbler. > > > Matt Bartels > Seattle, WA > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 23 16:38:08 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 23 16:38:12 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley Birdwatching 5.23.24 Message-ID: <4NGGXT9Q4NU4.6EG1EJE3DSY11@luweb03oc> 204th St, Kent Adult Eastern Red-tailed Hawk - still here since Jan 25 Band-tailed Pigeon - my first at this location Purple Martin - 3 or more Swainson's Thrush - much vocalizing, but no song yet Western Kingbird - 1 House Wren - 1 Virginia Rail - heard only Green Heron - perched by Green River Lazuli Bunting - 1 male M Street Marsh, Auburn Great Egret - 1 continuing Spotted Sandpiper - several Least Sandpiper - 1 Greater White-fronted Goose - 5 Mournng Dove - 1 chasing Killdeer around Blue-winged Teal - 1 male Videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 23 18:00:54 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 23 18:00:54 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2024-05-23 In-Reply-To: References: <1DC78424-1241-4315-8DD2-7D4038A531A4@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20705E63-2165-4B55-9C07-4EFE82E1849D@earthlink.net> Yeah, we were lamenting the lost opportunity - Michael absences are usually an invitation for rarities, and we struck out - good birds, for sure, but the system seems to have missed a golden opportunity. Matt > On May 23, 2024, at 4:14 PM, Louise via Tweeters wrote: > > Michael's been away for two weeks and you still haven't found any amazing rarities for him to miss out on? The system must be broken! > > Louise Rutter > Kirkland > > On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 4:05?PM Matt Bartels via Tweeters > wrote: >> Hi Tweeters - >> Unlike last week?s walk, we stayed dry today - not particularly sunny, but dry - the birds were much more cooperative than last week, and we enjoyed a pleasant day at Marymoor. >> >> With Michael still away, 6 of us combined forces to take on the walk today. We came up with 62 species for the day. >> >> Highlights: >> 2 Blue-winged Teal males - first-of-year [FOY] flew past us, then circled around and landed for great views just below the weir >> Black Swift - several overhead near the south end of the off-leash dog area - FOY >> Willow Flycatcher - 2 or 3 fitz-bew-ing away, never seen, but still a good FOY, right on schedule >> Western Kingbird - 2 , FOY for the walk [3 reported at Marymoor yesterday, and others earlier] >> >> Black-headed Grosbeak - seemingly constantly auduble throughout the walk >> Swainson?s Thrush - they, too, are fully back - lots more singing today, along with regular whits and other calls throughout >> Vaux?s Swifts - large flock hunting low over the dog area >> babies seen included: Mallard, Great Blue Heron, and Dark-eyed Juncos >> >> Misses for the day: Spotted Sandpiper, Green Heron, Virginia Rail, Pileated Woodpecker, Bullock?s Oriole [might have heard a little chattering] and Yellow-rumped Warbler. >> >> >> Matt Bartels >> Seattle, WA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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James via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 24 06:11:54 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns References: <006101daaddb$eeae14c0$cc0a3e40$.ref@verizon.net> Message-ID: <006101daaddb$eeae14c0$cc0a3e40$@verizon.net> Friday morning, May 24, at 6:10 am, seven Caspian Terns fishing at the Cedar River delta. Nice to see them back for the summer. Odette James -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 24 11:33:51 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 24 11:34:07 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 5/22/2024. Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 30 of us had a cool but nice spring day at the Refuge with mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 40's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 12'6" Tide at 4:34am, a Low -1'4" Tide at 11:49am, and a High 12'11" Tide at 7:11pm so we split the walk into two parts, morning and afternoon. Highlights included high counts of CEDAR WAXWINGS, YELLOW WARBLERS, BANK SWALLOWS, and WHIMBREL. We had some unexpected late ducks including COMMON GOLDENEYE and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. We also located another RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER nesting cavity. For the day we observed 81 species, and with First of Year RHINOCEROS AUKLET and EVENING GROSBEAK, we have seen 153 species this year. As an FYI, the Evening Grosbeaks have just come in, and there are many at the Refuge. Also observed was a Red-legged Frog at the Twin Barns cut-off and a Long-tailed Weasel carrying baby weasels across the dike from the saltwater side to the freshwater side. See details below in eBird reports pasted below. Until next week when we meet again at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook at 8am, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US May 22, 2024 6:05 AM - 2:44 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.415 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 40?s to 60?s degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 12?6? Tide at 4:34am, Low -1?4? Tide at 11:49am and a High 12?11? Tide at 7:11pm. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-Tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, Harbor Seal, and Long-tailed Weasel carrying young from saltwater side of dike to freshwater side. 75 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 130 Wood Duck 4 Blue-winged Teal 1 Freshwater Marsh. Cinnamon Teal 6 Flooded fields adjacent to old McAllister Creek Access Road. Northern Shoveler 3 Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 8 Mallard 75 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal (American) 1 Ring-necked Duck 1 Common Goldeneye 2 Spotted by Jason. Male and female. Feeding in Shannon Slough and McAllister Creek. Head shape characteristic of Common with sloped forehead. Male had circular facial mark and white sides. Barrow?s are not typically seen in McAllister Creek. Observed at 300-600 feet with 60x spotting scope. Hooded Merganser 7 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Band-tailed Pigeon 12 Mourning Dove 4 Vaux's Swift 20 Rufous Hummingbird 3 Virginia Rail (Virginia) 1 Freshwater Marsh. Sora 3 Flooded fields south of Twin Barns. American Coot 1 Whimbrel 19 Counted individually on mudflats with 60x spotting scope at 1/4 mile along Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Wilson's Snipe 1 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Freshwater marsh. Western Sandpiper 3 Mudflats west of Leschi Slough. Ring-billed Gull 50 California Gull 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Caspian Tern 40 Brandt's Cormorant 4 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 6 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 12 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 4 Another nest cavity outside of north section of Twin Barns Loop Trail in snag across for old Owl Nest Tree. Nest cavity outside of west side Twin Barns Loop Trail just north of Double Bench Overlook south of Twin Barns cut-off. Nest in Twin Barns Picnic Area. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Northern Flicker 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Western Wood-Pewee 6 Willow Flycatcher 4 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 3 Warbling Vireo 8 California Scrub-Jay 1 American Crow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Bank Swallow 6 Probably more. Three to six seen foraging over flooded fields south os Twin Barns. Another 4-8 seen foraging over freshwater marsh. Tree Swallow 30 Violet-green Swallow 10 Purple Martin 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Check knot hole big Maple Tree at Twin Barns cut-off. Barn Swallow (American) 60 Visitor Center. Cliff Swallow 50 Bushtit (Pacific) 6 Brown Creeper 8 Marsh Wren 6 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 30 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 30 American Robin 15 Cedar Waxwing 30 Evening Grosbeak 4 Purple Finch 6 Pine Siskin 2 American Goldfinch 25 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 6 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 27 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 2 Bullock's Oriole 4 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 40 Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Common Yellowthroat 16 Yellow Warbler (Northern) 30 Wilson's Warbler 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176783110 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US May 22, 2024 3:57 PM - 7:39 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.253 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Afternoon: Wednesday Walk. Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 40?s to 60?s degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 12?6? Tide at 4:34am, Low -1?4? Tide at 11:49am and a High 12?11? Tide at 7:11pm. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-Tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, Harbor Seal, and Long-tailed Weasel carrying young from saltwater side of dike to freshwater side. 55 species (+4 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 75 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 8 American Wigeon 6 Mallard 30 Green-winged Teal (American) 1 Surf Scoter 3 Common Goldeneye 5 Observed at length in Shannon Slough and McAllister Creek. Male, females and immature males. Characteristic head shape with appropriate markings. Barrows not typically seen in Creek. Hooded Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 5 Observed at 1 mile with 60x spotting scope. Large thin billed merganser with little contrast between red head and gray neck in females and lacking white breast in males (in comparison to COME). Band-tailed Pigeon 1 Vaux's Swift 3 Virginia Rail (Virginia) 1 Sora 1 Whimbrel 20 Counted individually on mudflats. Long-billed Dowitcher 2 Western Sandpiper 2 Rhinoceros Auklet 1 Pigeon Guillemot 2 alcid sp. 5 Ring-billed Gull 50 California Gull 5 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 1 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Caspian Tern 60 Common Loon 2 Brandt's Cormorant 2 Double-crested Cormorant 15 cormorant sp. 6 Great Blue Heron 20 Bald Eagle 20 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 3 American Crow 7 Bank Swallow 6 Counted in groups of three to four over freshwater marsh and flooded fields. Tree Swallow 20 Violet-green Swallow 10 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 Barn Swallow 35 Cliff Swallow 20 Marsh Wren 4 European Starling 15 Swainson's Thrush 6 American Robin 6 Cedar Waxwing 6 Purple Finch 2 American Goldfinch 15 Savannah Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 6 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Common Yellowthroat 6 Yellow Warbler 12 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S176784327 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 24 16:29:40 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kersti Muul via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 24 16:29:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Turkey vulture time in West Seattle Message-ID: It's that time again. Two seen last night above Seaview area. Kersti E. Muul SALISH WILDLIFE WATCH Urban Conservation & Wildlife Biologist/Specialist - Response and Rescue WASART, MMSN and BCS referral Wildlife Field Biologist IV Marbled murrelet forest certified and USFWS marine certified Birds Connect Neighborhood Bird Project Site Leader Climate Watch Coordinator Animal Care Specialist/Animal & Off the Grid First Aid Certified -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 24 16:39:05 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kersti Muul via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 24 16:39:19 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Re turkey vulture Message-ID: Sorry scratch that submission please! Kersti E. Muul SALISH WILDLIFE WATCH Urban Conservation & Wildlife Biologist/Specialist - Response and Rescue WASART referral Wildlife Field Biologist IV Marbled murrelet forest certified and USFWS marine certified Birds Connect Neighborhood Bird Project Site Leader Climate Watch Coordinator Animal Care Specialist/Animal & Off the Grid First Aid Certified -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 24 17:37:14 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Roger Moyer via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 24 17:37:21 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Turkey Vultures Message-ID: There are still quite a few TVs transiting the gorge. I saw probably 15 between The Dalles and Portland. Also while driving this afternoon just outside Centralia there was a group if 5 in a field. Roger Moyer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 25 11:54:08 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hubbell via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 25 11:54:52 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Union Bay Watch } Sounds of Comfort - AMRA Message-ID: Tweeters, Watching the carefree development of young birds is one of the greatest joys of birdwatching. Plus, Ravens maybe the most intriguing of all birds. https://unionbaywatch.blogspot.com/2024/05/comfort-sounds.html I hope you enjoy this post. Have a great day on Union Bay, where nature lives in the city and Black Birders are welcome! Larry ldhubbell at compacts dot ne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 25 12:10:04 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hubbell via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 25 12:10:25 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] CORA not AMRA Message-ID: <3B63E2B8-5856-4B4A-AA10-5836A3956A37@comcast.net> Tweeters, My apologies. In the prior email I mixed up the abbreviations for American Crows (AMCR) and Common Ravens CORA). I have been reading ?In the Company of Crows and Ravens? by John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell. That is not a valid excuse, but it is the best I have to offer. It is a great read! All the best! Larry From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 25 12:15:58 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 25 12:16:14 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Monroe swift roost Message-ID: <26584750-32FA-4E9A-B52D-7E82BCB5E49C@me.com> Another big night for the Vaux?s at their Audubon and MSD saved Monroe Wagner roost. Calling it 14,000 but the chimney was absolutely full. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 25 15:15:52 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Roger Moyer via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 25 15:15:57 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Great Knot Message-ID: The Great Knot that was seen in earler this week on the mud flats at Bay Center was present around 230 -330. Roger Moyer Chehalis, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 25 19:41:33 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Danzenbaker via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 25 19:41:47 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Cape Disappointment Sea watch(es) Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, There are four things that really turn me on in the birding world: shorebirds, pelagic birds, raptors, and anything that is in active migration. Sea watches essentially cover three of those four facets so I fed my obsession this morning and visited the North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment State Park in Pacific County. David Irons and Shawneen Finnegan were my cohorts today. The 7 hour sea watch produced 3 (three) MANX SHEARWATERs, 9 Parasitic Jeagers, and healthy numbers of many other species including locally unusual species like Clark's Grebe. A link to the ebird list is attached as well as that from a sea watch at the same location on May 19. Although no earth shatteringly rare species, totally fun birding! today: https://ebird.org/checklist/S177105941 May 19: https://ebird.org/checklist/S175782757 Keep your ears and eyes alert for everything. Jim -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat May 25 21:44:21 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tim Brennan via Tweeters) Date: Sat May 25 21:44:29 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] White-crowned Sparrow subspecies and. . . dialects? Message-ID: Hey Tweets, Bird songs have always grabbed my attention, and one of the first songs that I learned as I got into birding was the one you may be hearing everywhere right now - White-crowned Sparrows. They're so ubiquitous. It's easy to pick up the song once you recognize it. In Puget Sound, we get, the Pugetensis subspecies, and it generally sings this song: XC647617 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) :: xeno-canto. My kids know it, and occasionally thank me, "Thanks, Dad. . . White crowned Sparrow sang through my entire math test. . . Big help." Sprinkled in with that subspecies is the Gambelii subspecies. There are distinctive field marks for these as well, with bill color being distinctly different between the two, but they sing this song: XC830272 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) :: xeno-canto. This subspecies is prevalent on the East side of the state, although some Pugetensis can be heard over there too, just rarely. A couple of weeks ago, I as down in North Beach, and heard this kind of song: XC143211 White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) :: xeno-canto in multiple locations, along with the (to me) more typical Pugetensis songs. I didn't have my binoculars with me at the time, but this bugged me for a bit, and then I forgot about it. Today, I came across this article: Song overproduction, selective attrition and song dialects in the white-crowned sparrow - PubMed (nih.gov), which identifies the Columbia River as the border between two dialects. Fun to come across something to make sense of the strange third song, and looking closer on Xeno-Canto, they clearly identified those types of songs as Pugetensis. It's about the only song you can find for them once you get deeper into Oregon. Fun find, and I'm curious if anyone else had been puzzled by the "outrageous accents" from south of the border. 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Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun May 26 14:29:51 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ian Paulsen via Tweeters) Date: Sun May 26 14:30:05 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: HI ALL: I just posted about 3 bird and 6 non-bird books at my blog here. https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2024/05/new-titles.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun May 26 17:16:57 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Vicki via Tweeters) Date: Sun May 26 17:17:15 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] 63 and counting more Evening Grosbeaks Message-ID: Hello, I?ve gone through 40 pounds of sunflower since Thursday. I?ve counted 63 on the feeders, ground and pond, they?re still large numbers in the trees. I?m managing to keep them fed, despite the 30 plus Band-Tailed pigeons that don?t want to leave yet. 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I?ve counted 63 on the feeders, ground and pond, they?re still large numbers in the trees. > I?m managing to keep them fed, despite the 30 plus Band-Tailed pigeons that don?t want to leave yet. > Vicki Biltz > Buckley, Wa 98321 > > > > vickibiltz@gmail.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 27 12:08:07 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 27 12:08:06 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Washington Bird Records Committee recent decisions - Spring Meeting (May 13 meeting) Message-ID: <23021329-7191-4F41-9103-06188F5D0637@earthlink.net> Hi all - Happy to report that the results of the Spring 2024 meeting of the Washington Bird Records Committee (WBRC) are now on the WOS website. With this report, two new species were added to the official state checklist. Spring results are copied below and also are available online at: https://wos.org/records/votingsummary/spring-2024/ Spring 2024 WBRC Meeting Summary On Monday, May 13, 2024, the Washington Bird Records Committee met via Zoom for its spring meeting. Here is a summary of our results: ? 38 reports were accepted as valid new records. ? 1 additional record was accepted as a continuing sighting of a record previously accepted at an earlier meeting. ? 9 reports were not accepted. Two species were added to the official Washington state list with the discovery of a Cassin?s Sparrow on 7 October 2023 and a Song Thrush on 12 January 2024. The state checklist is now 525 species, including 513 species fully accredited (supported by specimen, photograph, or recording) and 12 species which are sight-only records (supported only by written documentation). Key: Votes in parentheses (# accepted ? # not accepted ? # abstain) [Notations: p=photo, v = video, a = audio, s = sketch] ACCEPTED RECORDS: WHOS-2024-1, Whooper Swan ? 14 February - 17 March 2024, Allen West Rd., Samish Flats, Skagit County. Ethan Aron [p], Breyden Beeke [p], Dave Beeke [p], Sierra Downes [p], Louis Kreemer [p], David Poortinga [p], Cordia Sammeth [p], Ellen Stepniewski [p] (7-0-0). NOTE: 2 birds. KIEI-2023-1, King Eider ? 10 October - 7 November 2023, Tokeland, Pacific County. Teresa Descher [p], Liam Hutcheson [p], Christopher Lindsey [p] (7-0-0). SLBG-2023-3, Slaty-backed Gull ? 10 August 2023, Bird Rocks, 48.4839586, -122.810948, San Juan County. Amanda Colbert [w, p] (6-1-0). SLBG-2024-1, Slaty-backed Gull ? 8 - 12 March 2024, Woodland Bottoms, Cowlitz County and Marine Park, Vancouver, Clark County. Cowlitz: Louis Kreemer [w, p], Clark: Les Carlson [w], Jim Danzenbaker [w] (7-0-0). NOTE: The WBRC voted to consider the two sightings most likely to be of the same individual bird. NABO-2023-1, Nazca Booby ? 30 September 2023, Off-shore Westport Pelagic, Grays Harbor County. Liam Hutcheson [p], Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). NABO-2023-2, Nazca Booby ? 1-7 October 2023, Joemma Beach SP, McNeil St. Trail, Nisqually Reach Pierce County, and Luhr Beach, Billy Jay Frank Nisqually NWR, Thurston County. Jordan Gunn [p], Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Mark Alan Iantosca [p], Marcus Roening [p], Jason Zolle [w] (7-0-0). NABO-2024-1, Nazca Booby ? 6 February 2024, Dickman Mill Park, Tacoma, Pierce County. Peter Wimberger [p] (7-0-0). NOTE: Found dead. RFBO-2023-1, Red-footed Booby ? 25 September 2023, 48.276837, -123.014733, Strait of Juan de Fuca between San Juan Island national historic park and Dungeness., Clallam County. Marilyn Duncan [w, p], Maya Kurkhill [w, p, v] (7-0-0). NOTE: The WBRC voted to consider the two sightings more likely to be separate individuals (6-1-0). RFBO-2023-2, Red-footed Booby ? 11 October 2023, East Elwha Beach, Clallam County. Linda Campbell [w, p] (7-0-0). Found dead. NOTE: The WBRC voted to consider the two sightings more likely to be separate individuals (6-1-0). YBSA-2023-2, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ? 18 November - 19 December 2023, 10th and Montgomery, Mount Vernon, Skagit County. Joel Brady-Power [p], Ryan J Merrill [p], David Poortinga [p] (7-0-0). YBSA-2024-1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ? 4 - 7 January 2024, Olympic Discovery Trail, Port Angeles, Clallam County. Michael Barry [w], Roger Hoffman [w, p] (7-0-0). STFL-2023-2, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ? 25 October - 27 November 2023, Tokeland, Pacific County. Tasha Dimarzio [p], Liam Hutcheson [p], Christopher Lindsey [w, p] (7-0-0). PIJA-2023-1, Pinyon Jay ? 8 October 2023, Olympia, Thurston County. Michelle Napoleon [w, p] (7-0-0). EUSK-2023-1, Eurasian Skylark ? 28 November 2023, Vancouver lowlands, Clark County. Cindy McCormack [w, a] (7-0-0). WIWR-2023-1, Winter Wren ? 25 November 2023 - 7 January 2024, Barnaby Slough, Skagit County. Ryan Merrill [w, a, p] (7-0-0). SOTH-2024-1, Song Thrush ? 12 January 2024, West Port Angeles, Clallam County. Scott Gremel [w, p] (7-0-0). NOTE: State first record/ WHWA-2024-1, White Wagtail (M.a. ocularis) ? 12 March 2024, Port Susan Bay TNC reserve, Snohomish County. Richard Andrews [w, p, v] (Species ID: 7-0-0, Subspecies ID: ocularis = 7 votes). LIBU-2023-1, Little Bunting ? 27 October 2023, Hobuck Beach, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Liam Hucheson [w, p], Alex Meilleur [p], Maxine Reid [p], Jason Vassallo [p] (7-0-0). CASP-2023-1, Cassin's Sparrow ? 7 October 2023, Waadah Heights Rd., Neah Bay, Clallam County. Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Jason Zolle [w] (7-0-0). NOTE: State first record. OROR-2023-1, Orchard Oriole ? 29 September ? 14 October 2023, Neah Bay, Ba'adah Village Loop, Clallam County. Liam Hutcheson [p], Alex Meilleur [p], Ryan J Merrill [p], Maxine Reid [p], Lin Stern [p], Jason Vassallo [p] (7-0-0). OROR-2023-4, Orchard Oriole ? 21 October 2023, Neah Bay [town], Clallam County. Randy Dzenkiw [p], Jordan Gunn [p] (7-0-0). OROR-2023-5, Orchard Oriole ? 10 November 2023, Neah Bay [jetty], Clallam County. Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). HOOR-2024-1, Hooded Oriole ? 20 March 2024, Kelly Ct., Lacey, Thurston County. Gretchen Williams [w, p] (7-0-0). BAOR-2023-1, Baltimore Oriole ? 30 September 2023, Education Hill, n of Marymoor Park, Redmond, King County. Ken Warnecke [w, p] (7-0-0). COGR-2023-3, Common Grackle ? 7 May 2023, Grayland, Grays Harbor County. Chelsea Stewart [w, p, v] (7-0-0). GTGR-2023-1, Great-tailed Grackle ? 12 November 2023 ? 11 April 2024, Moses Lake Shopping Mall Audubon Kiosk, Grant County. Margaret Heming [p], Liam Hutcheson [p], Becky Kent [p], Maxine Reid [p], Darchelle Worley [p] (7-0-0). HOWA-2023-1, Hooded Warbler ? 7 - 25 November 2023, E 26th Ave., Spokane Valley, Spokane County. Liam Hutcheson [p, a], Andrew Thomas [w, p], Michael Woodruff [w, p] (7-0-0). HOWA-2023-2, Hooded Warbler ? 10 November 2023 - 1 January 2024, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Andy DeBroux [p], Jordan Gunn [p], Steve Hampton [p], Liam Hutcheson [p, a], Chris Jay [p], Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). MAWA-2023-2, Magnolia Warbler ? 11 June 2023, Cle Elum, Kittitas County. Nicholas Hamill [w, p, a] (7-0-0). BTBW-2023-1, Black-throated Blue Warbler ? 16 November 2023 - 10 January 2024, North Anna J Drive, Spokane, Spokane County. Victor Hubbard [w, p], Andrew Thomas [w, p], Michael Woodruff [w, p] (7-0-0). SUTA-2023-1, Summer Tanager ? 25 November 2023, NW 96th St., Seattle, King County. Eric Running [w, p] (7-0-0). BLGR-2023-1, Blue Grosbeak ? 18 October 2023, Hansville, Kitsap County. George Gerdts [w, p], Mary Anne Rossing [w] (7-0-0). INBU-2023-4, Indigo Bunting ? 14 - 20 October 2023, The Village RV Parking Lot, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). INBU-2024-1, Indigo Bunting ? 2 February 2024, Lower Elwha Rd., Port Angeles, Clallam County. Stephanie Kinnaman [w, p] (7-0-0). PABU-2023-1, Painted Bunting ? 29 September 2023, Cape Disappointment SP, Pacific County. Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Ryan J Merrill [w, p] (7-0-0). PABU-2023-2, Painted Bunting ? 21 - 22 October 2023, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Joshua Galpern [p], Jordan Gunn [p], Christian Hagenlocher [p] (7-0-0). PABU-2023-3, Painted Bunting ? 24-29 October 2023, Seattle, King County. Jane Hadley [w, p], Hank & Karen Heiberg [p, v], Ryan Merrill [p], Randy Robinson [w, p] (7-0-0). DICK-2023-1, Dickcissel ? 16 October 2023, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Brad Waggoner [p], Kevin Waggoner [p] (7-0-0). RECORDS ACCEPTED AS CONTINUING SIGHTINGS OF PREVIOUSLY-ACCEPTED RECORDS: Slaty-backed Gull in Eastern Washington: The committee agreed that the November 2023 ? February 2024 record of a Slaty-backed Gull in Benton and Franklin counties (formerly treated as SBGU-2023-4) is best treated as a returning instance of SBGU-2016-1, the prior sighting of this species in the area the previous seven winters. The two records are merged and treated as SBGU-2016-1. Dates and observation info for November 2023 ? February 2024 occurrence: Slaty-backed Gull ? 11 November 2023 ? 17 February, Chiawana Park and Carpet Island, Pasco, Franklin County and Columbia Park Marina and Bateman Island, Benton County Phil Bartley [p], Elke Davis [p], Rowan Young-McMurchie [p] (7-0-0). REPORTS NOT ACCEPTED: COHU-2024-1, Costa's Hummingbird ? 21 - 23 March 2024, Meadowlark Lane, Moxee, Yakima County (1-6-0). MASA-2023-1, Marsh Sandpiper ? 22 September 2023, Long Beach Peninsula, Pacific County (0-5-2). TBMU-2024-1, Thick-billed Murre ? 13 January 2024, Point No Point, Hansville, Kitsap County (0-7-0). BHGU-2024-1, Black-headed Gull ? 24 January 2024, Edmonds Pier, Edmonds, Snohomish County (0-7-0). HERG-2023-1, Vega Herring Gull ? 5 November 2023, Wenzel Slough Rd., Satsop, Grays Harbor County (0-5-2). WTSH-2023-1, Wedge-tailed Shearwater ? 24 September 2023, ~ 35 miles off shore, 46 deg, 29? 26.946 N, 125 deg, 16? 14.538 W, Pacific County (2-5-0). GRAH-2024-1, Gray Heron ? 29 January 2024, Port Ludlow Yacht Club, Port Ludlow, Jefferson County (0-7-0). BLBW-2024-1, Blackburnian Warbler ? 27 January 2024, Normandy Park, King County (0-7-0). DICK-2016-4, Dickcissel (2) ? 7 September 2016, Wylie Slough, Skagit County (0-7-0). Thanks everyone for the reports Matt Bartels Secretary, WBRC From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 27 12:48:42 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Sharon Howard via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 27 12:48:57 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sick bird at feeder in Green Lake area Message-ID: <4BA24641-3871-44AA-9CAA-D326254F71D1@comcast.net> A friend reports she found a very sick bird at her feeder yesterday. She said it was sitting immobile on the feeder and not eating for a long time. Eyes were closed, but no sign of infection. It was puffed up. She thinks it was a pine siskin. She took down her feeder for sterilization. She said she checked the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife and saw nothing about wild bird concerns other than avian flu. Symptoms didn?t seem to match those for the bird she saw. Thus, the question is whether others are aware of some virus or illness that is now a risk or health worry for our local wild birds, aside from avian flu. Thank you for any information or ideas. Sharon Howard Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon May 27 13:38:32 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Mon May 27 13:38:39 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] THE ATLANTIC: Washington State has been sitting on a secret weapon against climate change Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun May 26 17:19:54 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Tue May 28 10:40:03 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Washington Bird Records Committee recent decisions - Spring Meeting (May 13 meeting) Message-ID: Hi all - Happy to report that the results of the Spring 2024 meeting of the Washington Bird Records Committee (WBRC) are now on the WOS website. With this report, two new species were added to the official state checklist. Spring results are copied below and also are available online at: https://wos.org/records/votingsummary/spring-2024/ Spring 2024 WBRC Meeting Summary On Monday, May 13, 2024, the Washington Bird Records Committee met via Zoom for its spring meeting. Here is a summary of our results: ? 38 reports were accepted as valid new records. ? 1 additional record was accepted as a continuing sighting of a record previously accepted at an earlier meeting. ? 9 reports were not accepted. Two species were added to the official Washington state list with the discovery of a Cassin?s Sparrow on 7 October 2023 and a Song Thrush on 12 January 2024. The state checklist is now 525 species, including 513 species fully accredited (supported by specimen, photograph, or recording) and 12 species which are sight-only records (supported only by written documentation). Key: Votes in parentheses (# accepted ? # not accepted ? # abstain) [Notations: p=photo, v = video, a = audio, s = sketch] ACCEPTED RECORDS: WHOS-2024-1, Whooper Swan ? 14 February - 17 March 2024, Allen West Rd., Samish Flats, Skagit County. Ethan Aron [p], Breyden Beeke [p], Dave Beeke [p], Sierra Downes [p], Louis Kreemer [p], David Poortinga [p], Cordia Sammeth [p], Ellen Stepniewski [p] (7-0-0). NOTE: 2 birds. KIEI-2023-1, King Eider ? 10 October - 7 November 2023, Tokeland, Pacific County. Teresa Descher [p], Liam Hutcheson [p], Christopher Lindsey [p] (7-0-0). SLBG-2023-3, Slaty-backed Gull ? 10 August 2023, Bird Rocks, 48.4839586, -122.810948, San Juan County. Amanda Colbert [w, p] (6-1-0). SLBG-2024-1, Slaty-backed Gull ? 8 - 12 March 2024, Woodland Bottoms, Cowlitz County and Marine Park, Vancouver, Clark County. Cowlitz: Louis Kreemer [w, p], Clark: Les Carlson [w], Jim Danzenbaker [w] (7-0-0). NOTE: The WBRC voted to consider the two sightings most likely to be of the same individual bird. NABO-2023-1, Nazca Booby ? 30 September 2023, Off-shore Westport Pelagic, Grays Harbor County. Liam Hutcheson [p], Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). NABO-2023-2, Nazca Booby ? 1-7 October 2023, Joemma Beach SP, McNeil St. Trail, Nisqually Reach Pierce County, and Luhr Beach, Billy Jay Frank Nisqually NWR, Thurston County. Jordan Gunn [p], Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Mark Alan Iantosca [p], Marcus Roening [p], Jason Zolle [w] (7-0-0). NABO-2024-1, Nazca Booby ? 6 February 2024, Dickman Mill Park, Tacoma, Pierce County. Peter Wimberger [p] (7-0-0). NOTE: Found dead. RFBO-2023-1, Red-footed Booby ? 25 September 2023, 48.276837, -123.014733, Strait of Juan de Fuca between San Juan Island national historic park and Dungeness., Clallam County. Marilyn Duncan [w, p], Maya Kurkhill [w, p, v] (7-0-0). NOTE: The WBRC voted to consider the two sightings more likely to be separate individuals (6-1-0). RFBO-2023-2, Red-footed Booby ? 11 October 2023, East Elwha Beach, Clallam County. Linda Campbell [w, p] (7-0-0). Found dead. NOTE: The WBRC voted to consider the two sightings more likely to be separate individuals (6-1-0). YBSA-2023-2, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ? 18 November - 19 December 2023, 10th and Montgomery, Mount Vernon, Skagit County. Joel Brady-Power [p], Ryan J Merrill [p], David Poortinga [p] (7-0-0). YBSA-2024-1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ? 4 - 7 January 2024, Olympic Discovery Trail, Port Angeles, Clallam County. Michael Barry [w], Roger Hoffman [w, p] (7-0-0). STFL-2023-2, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ? 25 October - 27 November 2023, Tokeland, Pacific County. Tasha Dimarzio [p], Liam Hutcheson [p], Christopher Lindsey [w, p] (7-0-0). PIJA-2023-1, Pinyon Jay ? 8 October 2023, Olympia, Thurston County. Michelle Napoleon [w, p] (7-0-0). EUSK-2023-1, Eurasian Skylark ? 28 November 2023, Vancouver lowlands, Clark County. Cindy McCormack [w, a] (7-0-0). WIWR-2023-1, Winter Wren ? 25 November 2023 - 7 January 2024, Barnaby Slough, Skagit County. Ryan Merrill [w, a, p] (7-0-0). SOTH-2024-1, Song Thrush ? 12 January 2024, West Port Angeles, Clallam County. Scott Gremel [w, p] (7-0-0). NOTE: State first record/ WHWA-2024-1, White Wagtail (M.a. ocularis) ? 12 March 2024, Port Susan Bay TNC reserve, Snohomish County. Richard Andrews [w, p, v] (Species ID: 7-0-0, Subspecies ID: ocularis = 7 votes). LIBU-2023-1, Little Bunting ? 27 October 2023, Hobuck Beach, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Liam Hucheson [w, p], Alex Meilleur [p], Maxine Reid [p], Jason Vassallo [p] (7-0-0). CASP-2023-1, Cassin's Sparrow ? 7 October 2023, Waadah Heights Rd., Neah Bay, Clallam County. Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Jason Zolle [w] (7-0-0). NOTE: State first record. OROR-2023-1, Orchard Oriole ? 29 September ? 14 October 2023, Neah Bay, Ba'adah Village Loop, Clallam County. Liam Hutcheson [p], Alex Meilleur [p], Ryan J Merrill [p], Maxine Reid [p], Lin Stern [p], Jason Vassallo [p] (7-0-0). OROR-2023-4, Orchard Oriole ? 21 October 2023, Neah Bay [town], Clallam County. Randy Dzenkiw [p], Jordan Gunn [p] (7-0-0). OROR-2023-5, Orchard Oriole ? 10 November 2023, Neah Bay [jetty], Clallam County. Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). HOOR-2024-1, Hooded Oriole ? 20 March 2024, Kelly Ct., Lacey, Thurston County. Gretchen Williams [w, p] (7-0-0). BAOR-2023-1, Baltimore Oriole ? 30 September 2023, Education Hill, n of Marymoor Park, Redmond, King County. Ken Warnecke [w, p] (7-0-0). COGR-2023-3, Common Grackle ? 7 May 2023, Grayland, Grays Harbor County. Chelsea Stewart [w, p, v] (7-0-0). GTGR-2023-1, Great-tailed Grackle ? 12 November 2023 ? 11 April 2024, Moses Lake Shopping Mall Audubon Kiosk, Grant County. Margaret Heming [p], Liam Hutcheson [p], Becky Kent [p], Maxine Reid [p], Darchelle Worley [p] (7-0-0). HOWA-2023-1, Hooded Warbler ? 7 - 25 November 2023, E 26th Ave., Spokane Valley, Spokane County. Liam Hutcheson [p, a], Andrew Thomas [w, p], Michael Woodruff [w, p] (7-0-0). HOWA-2023-2, Hooded Warbler ? 10 November 2023 - 1 January 2024, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Andy DeBroux [p], Jordan Gunn [p], Steve Hampton [p], Liam Hutcheson [p, a], Chris Jay [p], Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). MAWA-2023-2, Magnolia Warbler ? 11 June 2023, Cle Elum, Kittitas County. Nicholas Hamill [w, p, a] (7-0-0). BTBW-2023-1, Black-throated Blue Warbler ? 16 November 2023 - 10 January 2024, North Anna J Drive, Spokane, Spokane County. Victor Hubbard [w, p], Andrew Thomas [w, p], Michael Woodruff [w, p] (7-0-0). SUTA-2023-1, Summer Tanager ? 25 November 2023, NW 96th St., Seattle, King County. Eric Running [w, p] (7-0-0). BLGR-2023-1, Blue Grosbeak ? 18 October 2023, Hansville, Kitsap County. George Gerdts [w, p], Mary Anne Rossing [w] (7-0-0). INBU-2023-4, Indigo Bunting ? 14 - 20 October 2023, The Village RV Parking Lot, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Ryan J Merrill [p] (7-0-0). INBU-2024-1, Indigo Bunting ? 2 February 2024, Lower Elwha Rd., Port Angeles, Clallam County. Stephanie Kinnaman [w, p] (7-0-0). PABU-2023-1, Painted Bunting ? 29 September 2023, Cape Disappointment SP, Pacific County. Liam Hutcheson [w, p], Ryan J Merrill [w, p] (7-0-0). PABU-2023-2, Painted Bunting ? 21 - 22 October 2023, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Joshua Galpern [p], Jordan Gunn [p], Christian Hagenlocher [p] (7-0-0). PABU-2023-3, Painted Bunting ? 24-29 October 2023, Seattle, King County. Jane Hadley [w, p], Hank & Karen Heiberg [p, v], Ryan Merrill [p], Randy Robinson [w, p] (7-0-0). DICK-2023-1, Dickcissel ? 16 October 2023, Neah Bay, Clallam County. Brad Waggoner [p], Kevin Waggoner [p] (7-0-0). RECORDS ACCEPTED AS CONTINUING SIGHTINGS OF PREVIOUSLY-ACCEPTED RECORDS: Slaty-backed Gull in Eastern Washington: The committee agreed that the November 2023 ? February 2024 record of a Slaty-backed Gull in Benton and Franklin counties (formerly treated as SBGU-2023-4) is best treated as a returning instance of SBGU-2016-1, the prior sighting of this species in the area the previous seven winters. The two records are merged and treated as SBGU-2016-1. Dates and observation info for November 2023 ? February 2024 occurrence: Slaty-backed Gull ? 11 November 2023 ? 17 February, Chiawana Park and Carpet Island, Pasco, Franklin County and Columbia Park Marina and Bateman Island, Benton County Phil Bartley [p], Elke Davis [p], Rowan Young-McMurchie [p] (7-0-0). REPORTS NOT ACCEPTED: COHU-2024-1, Costa's Hummingbird ? 21 - 23 March 2024, Meadowlark Lane, Moxee, Yakima County (1-6-0). MASA-2023-1, Marsh Sandpiper ? 22 September 2023, Long Beach Peninsula, Pacific County (0-5-2). TBMU-2024-1, Thick-billed Murre ? 13 January 2024, Point No Point, Hansville, Kitsap County (0-7-0). BHGU-2024-1, Black-headed Gull ? 24 January 2024, Edmonds Pier, Edmonds, Snohomish County (0-7-0). HERG-2023-1, Vega Herring Gull ? 5 November 2023, Wenzel Slough Rd., Satsop, Grays Harbor County (0-5-2). WTSH-2023-1, Wedge-tailed Shearwater ? 24 September 2023, ~ 35 miles off shore, 46 deg, 29? 26.946 N, 125 deg, 16? 14.538 W, Pacific County (2-5-0). GRAH-2024-1, Gray Heron ? 29 January 2024, Port Ludlow Yacht Club, Port Ludlow, Jefferson County (0-7-0). BLBW-2024-1, Blackburnian Warbler ? 27 January 2024, Normandy Park, King County (0-7-0). DICK-2016-4, Dickcissel (2) ? 7 September 2016, Wylie Slough, Skagit County (0-7-0). 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Thanks! > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed May 29 19:05:56 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Catherine Alexander via Tweeters) Date: Wed May 29 19:06:12 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Spotting scope question Message-ID: There?s an Osprey nest about 380 yards from our house. We?d like to get a second hand spotting scope that will allow us to see what?s going on there better than we can see with binocs. What should we be looking for? Catherine Alexander Lakewood Neighborhood South Seattle Sent from my telegraph machine From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 30 11:35:42 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 30 11:35:57 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR 5/30/2024 Message-ID: Dear Tweets, Approximately 30 of us had a bit of a wet Wednesday at the Refuge with partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 50's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit and two windy rain squalls that rolled through the Refuge. There was a High 10'1" Tide at 9:32 so we skipped the Orchard in the morning and started out on the west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail to chase the falling tide. There was a beautiful morning chorus full of SWAINSON THRUSH, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, WARBLING VIREO, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, YELLOW WARBLER and PURPLE FINCH. Highlights included nice looks at breeding BLUE-WINGED TEAL and CINNAMON TEAL in the Visitor Center Pond and flooded field south of the Twin Barns, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE and DOWNY WOODPECKER feeding young in nest cavities, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in the freshwater marsh, 10 remaining WHIMBREL on the mudflats west of Leschi Slough, and high count 20 BANK SWALLOWS feeding over the flooded fields and freshwater marsh. There was a hen WOOD DUCK with at least 10 ducklings in the Visitor Center Pond. Kathleen and Jon, then Jason and Tom located late COMMON GOLDENEYE and BUFFLEHEAD, as all our other winter visitors have moved on. Laurie observed a late HERMIT THRUSH in the Twin Barns area. The Red-breasted Sapsucker and Chestnut-backed Chickadee nest cavities are in a Y shaped snag outside the north section of the Twin Barns Loop Trail across from the old owl nest tree. The Downy Woodpecker nest hole is in a large Maple Tree to the right of the entrance to the Visitor Center. Sadly, I lost a large part of the group at the Tower Observation Platform at the beginning of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail because I was overly zealous in making it to the McAllister Creek Observation Platform during our first rain squall. In hindsight, I should have camped out with everyone under the Observation Tower during the rain. My apologies to those I left behind, I hope the remainder of your day was fun! We observed 75 species for the day, and have seen 153 species this year. See additional details and photos in the eBird list pasted below. Mammals seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer - two spikes in velvet, Harbor Seal and River Otter. Others seen included Pacific Tree Frog, Bullfrog, Red-eared Slider and Garter Snake. Until next week when we meet again 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 May 29, 2024 7:07 AM - 4:26 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.964 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Partly cloudy with intermittent rain. Temperatures in the 50?s to 60?s. A High 10?1? Tide at 9:32am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer-two point buck with velvet, Harbor Seal, River Otter. Other seen Pacific Tree Frog, Bullfrog, Red-eared Slider, Garter Snake. 75 species (+4 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Wood Duck 17 Blue-winged Teal 5 Cinnamon Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Mallard 60 Bufflehead 1 Seen in freshwater marsh by Jason and Tom. Photograph taken. Late female or immature male type. Common Goldeneye 2 One seen in confluence of Shannon Slough and McAllister Creek spotted by Kathleen. The other spotted in freshwater marsh by Jon. Both immature males. Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 2 Nisqually River Overlook. Pied-billed Grebe 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 5 Mourning Dove 3 Vaux's Swift 5 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 4 hummingbird sp. 1 Virginia Rail (Virginia) 2 Sora 4 Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 10 Mudflats north and west of Leschi Slough. Red-necked Phalarope 1 Spotted by Ken in freshwater marsh. Rhinoceros Auklet 1 Flying south beyond reach. Pigeon Guillemot 1 Foraging outside of reach. Ring-billed Gull 175 California Gull 10 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Caspian Tern 75 Brandt's Cormorant 9 Channel Marker. Double-crested Cormorant 85 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 60 Bald Eagle 25 Nest across McAllister Creek from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 4 Feeding young in cavity in Y shaped snag outside of Twin Barns Loop Trail along the north section north of the old owl nest tree. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Feeding young in a nest cavity in a large Maple Tree to the right or east of the entrance to the Visitor Center. Northern Flicker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Willow Flycatcher 5 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1 Warbling Vireo (Western) 5 Steller's Jay (Coastal) 1 American Crow 12 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8 Feeding young in cavity in Y shaped snag outside of Twin Barns Loop Trail along north section north of the old owl nest tree. Bank Swallow 20 Counted minimum of 14 over flooded fields south of Twin Barns. Counted minimum of 6-8 over freshwater marsh. Tree Swallow 25 Violet-green Swallow 2 Purple Martin 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 Barn Swallow (American) 60 Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 40 Bushtit (Pacific) 8 Brown Creeper 2 Pacific Wren 1 Marsh Wren 8 Bewick's Wren 6 European Starling 400 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 30 Hermit Thrush 1 Seen by Laurie at Twin Barns area. Red tailed thrush with a distinctive eye ring. American Robin 25 Cedar Waxwing 40 Purple Finch 4 Red Crossbill 8 Pine Siskin 4 American Goldfinch 12 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 4 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 30 Spotted Towhee 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 55 Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Common Yellowthroat 12 Yellow Warbler (Northern) 40 Wilson's Warbler 1 Western Tanager 2 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S178224681 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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First of Year (FOY) MacGillivray's Warbler - One singing and glimpsed SW of the concert stage; may have heard another earlier (FOY) The heronry has many large juveniles stuffing the nests. There were baby birds of several species. Misses today included Rock Pigeon, Glaucous-winged Gull, Green Heron, Cliff Swallow, Wilson's Warbler, and Western Tanager. For the day, 61 species. I believe we're now at 123 species for the year. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 30 12:37:16 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Brian Huntoon via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 30 12:37:19 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed? Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Has any one seen a Black-backed Woodpecker or American Three-toed Woodpecker recently? I live in Bothell, and get a wide variety of woodpeckers on my Suet feeder, as there are bunch of old snags near my deck that the woodpeckers like. For a short time the other day there were two woodpeckers with yellow crowns hanging onto the side of a bird feeder on my deck. They were on the other side, with just their heads showing, so I couldn?t see if they had white barring on their backs or other ID details. They stayed for a while, but just watched the Downys and Hairys come and go, but never flew over to the suet feeder and used it themselves. They were about 9? long, similar in size to the Hairy Woodpeckers on the suet feeder. Any thoughts on what they likely were? thanks! Brian Huntoon From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 30 13:04:54 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Iris Gately via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 30 13:05:33 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Evening Grosbeak Message-ID: Folks who have never seen evening grosbeaks or would like great looks are still welcome to visit the flock at my house. The birds should stay at least a few more days. Visiting times are between 11 AM and 5 PM for the best showing on the backyard feeder. Later isn't great but they are present in the treetops. I have had more than a week to study them from my bedroom window, which is right by the tree that they perch in, and they are a fascinating species with a very quiet vocabulary underlying the main high calls and song. Ornithologists wishing to study from inside the house are welcome to make appointments. Not enough is known about these birds! Folks who want to see the birds can stand in my driveway between 11 and 5, just email me and I will send you my address. Sorry we can't allow visitors any earlier, as I need my morning privacy. With loud chirps and flocking trills, Nadine Lake Kathleen near Issaquah/East Renton Highlands (off 128th/SR900). On May 30, 2024, at 12:08, via Tweeters wrote: ?Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to tweeters@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." Today's Topics: 1. TRUS in Snohomish County (Martha Jordan via Tweeters) 2. Eugene Hunn (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) 3. Re: Eugene Hunn (Rob Faucett via Tweeters) 4. Spotting scope question (Catherine Alexander via Tweeters) 5. Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR 5/30/2024 (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 12:21:16 -0700 From: Martha Jordan via Tweeters To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] TRUS in Snohomish County Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" There have been two areas where a Trumpeter Swan has been observed over the past month. Actually more than that, but these are in Snohomish County. One at Bob Heirman Wildlife Park at Shadow Lake, and the other at Fobes Rd wetland area. Since I have physically not been able to get out and observe either of these birds, I am reaching out to get more information on them. From the photo of the bird at Fobes Rd wetland it appears this bird has a serious wing injury and is unable to fly. I am not sure about the one reported at BHWP. They do not seem to be "the same bird". If you have more information on these birds or want to help track them, please let me know. I hope to be getting back to the field in about 2 weeks. Please write or contact me off tweeters: 206-713-3684 mj.cygnus@gmail.com Thanks. Northwest Swan Conservation Association Martha Jordan Everett, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 17:58:07 -0700 From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters To: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Eugene Hunn Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Does anyone have contact info for Eugene Hunn? Thanks! Dennis Paulson Seattle ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 18:31:15 -0700 From: Rob Faucett via Tweeters To: Dennis Paulson Cc: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Eugene Hunn Message-ID: <4C36875C-C6E1-45AA-B4F8-A10BCA99EB73@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Pretty sure I do. Hold on. rcf ? Rob Faucett +1(206) 619-5569 robfaucett@mac.com Seattle, WA 98105 > On May 29, 2024, at 5:58?PM, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters wrote: > > ?Does anyone have contact info for Eugene Hunn? Thanks! > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:05:56 -0700 From: Catherine Alexander via Tweeters To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Spotting scope question Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 There?s an Osprey nest about 380 yards from our house. We?d like to get a second hand spotting scope that will allow us to see what?s going on there better than we can see with binocs. What should we be looking for? Catherine Alexander Lakewood Neighborhood South Seattle Sent from my telegraph machine ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 11:35:42 -0700 From: Shep Thorp via Tweeters To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR 5/30/2024 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Tweets, Approximately 30 of us had a bit of a wet Wednesday at the Refuge with partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 50's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit and two windy rain squalls that rolled through the Refuge. There was a High 10'1" Tide at 9:32 so we skipped the Orchard in the morning and started out on the west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail to chase the falling tide. There was a beautiful morning chorus full of SWAINSON THRUSH, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, WARBLING VIREO, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, YELLOW WARBLER and PURPLE FINCH. Highlights included nice looks at breeding BLUE-WINGED TEAL and CINNAMON TEAL in the Visitor Center Pond and flooded field south of the Twin Barns, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE and DOWNY WOODPECKER feeding young in nest cavities, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in the freshwater marsh, 10 remaining WHIMBREL on the mudflats west of Leschi Slough, and high count 20 BANK SWALLOWS feeding over the flooded fields and freshwater marsh. There was a hen WOOD DUCK with at least 10 ducklings in the Visitor Center Pond. Kathleen and Jon, then Jason and Tom located late COMMON GOLDENEYE and BUFFLEHEAD, as all our other winter visitors have moved on. Laurie observed a late HERMIT THRUSH in the Twin Barns area. The Red-breasted Sapsucker and Chestnut-backed Chickadee nest cavities are in a Y shaped snag outside the north section of the Twin Barns Loop Trail across from the old owl nest tree. The Downy Woodpecker nest hole is in a large Maple Tree to the right of the entrance to the Visitor Center. Sadly, I lost a large part of the group at the Tower Observation Platform at the beginning of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail because I was overly zealous in making it to the McAllister Creek Observation Platform during our first rain squall. In hindsight, I should have camped out with everyone under the Observation Tower during the rain. My apologies to those I left behind, I hope the remainder of your day was fun! We observed 75 species for the day, and have seen 153 species this year. See additional details and photos in the eBird list pasted below. Mammals seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer - two spikes in velvet, Harbor Seal and River Otter. Others seen included Pacific Tree Frog, Bullfrog, Red-eared Slider and Garter Snake. Until next week when we meet again 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 May 29, 2024 7:07 AM - 4:26 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.964 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Partly cloudy with intermittent rain. Temperatures in the 50?s to 60?s. A High 10?1? Tide at 9:32am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer-two point buck with velvet, Harbor Seal, River Otter. Other seen Pacific Tree Frog, Bullfrog, Red-eared Slider, Garter Snake. 75 species (+4 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Wood Duck 17 Blue-winged Teal 5 Cinnamon Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Mallard 60 Bufflehead 1 Seen in freshwater marsh by Jason and Tom. Photograph taken. Late female or immature male type. Common Goldeneye 2 One seen in confluence of Shannon Slough and McAllister Creek spotted by Kathleen. The other spotted in freshwater marsh by Jon. Both immature males. Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 2 Nisqually River Overlook. Pied-billed Grebe 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 5 Mourning Dove 3 Vaux's Swift 5 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 4 hummingbird sp. 1 Virginia Rail (Virginia) 2 Sora 4 Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 10 Mudflats north and west of Leschi Slough. Red-necked Phalarope 1 Spotted by Ken in freshwater marsh. Rhinoceros Auklet 1 Flying south beyond reach. Pigeon Guillemot 1 Foraging outside of reach. Ring-billed Gull 175 California Gull 10 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Caspian Tern 75 Brandt's Cormorant 9 Channel Marker. Double-crested Cormorant 85 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 60 Bald Eagle 25 Nest across McAllister Creek from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 4 Feeding young in cavity in Y shaped snag outside of Twin Barns Loop Trail along the north section north of the old owl nest tree. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Feeding young in a nest cavity in a large Maple Tree to the right or east of the entrance to the Visitor Center. Northern Flicker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Willow Flycatcher 5 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1 Warbling Vireo (Western) 5 Steller's Jay (Coastal) 1 American Crow 12 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8 Feeding young in cavity in Y shaped snag outside of Twin Barns Loop Trail along north section north of the old owl nest tree. Bank Swallow 20 Counted minimum of 14 over flooded fields south of Twin Barns. Counted minimum of 6-8 over freshwater marsh. Tree Swallow 25 Violet-green Swallow 2 Purple Martin 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 Barn Swallow (American) 60 Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 40 Bushtit (Pacific) 8 Brown Creeper 2 Pacific Wren 1 Marsh Wren 8 Bewick's Wren 6 European Starling 400 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 30 Hermit Thrush 1 Seen by Laurie at Twin Barns area. Red tailed thrush with a distinctive eye ring. American Robin 25 Cedar Waxwing 40 Purple Finch 4 Red Crossbill 8 Pine Siskin 4 American Goldfinch 12 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 4 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 30 Spotted Towhee 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 55 Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Common Yellowthroat 12 Yellow Warbler (Northern) 40 Wilson's Warbler 1 Western Tanager 2 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S178224681 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Only $2,569 and available to touch and see at this weekends Pilchuck Audubon Spring Bird Festival, Edmonds WA. Yours for the Birds n? the Bees Jim Ullrich Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 30 13:51:24 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (LMarkoff via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 30 13:51:40 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003001dab2d3$246d08e0$6d471aa0$@mycci.net> Juvenile male Hairy Woodpeckers have a patch on their crown that can range from yellow to orange to red. Here are some examples of some with the color leaning towards yellow: https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/juvenile-hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-600w-475962328.jpg https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-close-up-juvenile-green-background-76571715.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/4b/7a/5b4b7a5f9efc2afe4854135bc121e3b4.jpg Perhaps that is what you saw? Just a thought, best wishes, Lori Markoff Citrus Heights, CA -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Brian Huntoon via Tweeters Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 12:37 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed? Hi Tweeters, Has any one seen a Black-backed Woodpecker or American Three-toed Woodpecker recently? I live in Bothell, and get a wide variety of woodpeckers on my Suet feeder, as there are bunch of old snags near my deck that the woodpeckers like. For a short time the other day there were two woodpeckers with yellow crowns hanging onto the side of a bird feeder on my deck. They were on the other side, with just their heads showing, so I couldn?t see if they had white barring on their backs or other ID details. They stayed for a while, but just watched the Downys and Hairys come and go, but never flew over to the suet feeder and used it themselves. They were about 9? long, similar in size to the Hairy Woodpeckers on the suet feeder. Any thoughts on what they likely were? thanks! Brian Huntoon _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 30 13:56:50 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tim Brennan via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 30 13:56:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Jefferson and Kitsap County blog updates Message-ID: Hey Tweets, It's been a couple of weeks, but I have updated my blog to include late April/early May/mid-May trips to Jefferson and Kitsap counties. https://jkcountybirding.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-15th-mount-walker-jefferson-county.html includes more rambling on white-crowned sparrow dialects. Some digging shows there are nearly a dozen out there! Also, plenty of blurry pictures of warblers with blurry family trees. Quite likely some of the "hermit" warblers that Merlin has been finding out there! https://jkcountybirding.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-14th-kitsap-county-off-of-my-beaten.html is a Kitsap focused day, including a couple of spots I'd not previously visited, discovering how not to die at the west kingston wetlands, and some good finds on Peninsula no Peninsula. Cheers, Tim Brennan Renton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 30 16:09:31 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Brian Huntoon via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 30 16:09:35 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed? In-Reply-To: <003001dab2d3$246d08e0$6d471aa0$@mycci.net> References: <003001dab2d3$246d08e0$6d471aa0$@mycci.net> Message-ID: <160EDCE9-D31C-407B-BBAB-4C031714F8A0@huntoonphoto.com> Thanks, Lori. The yellow on the crown looked a lot more solid and larger than the patches in the photos of the juvenile Hairys. But who knows. There?s so much variation. The color was definitely yellow, not gold or orange. I should ask the Pileated on my suet feeder right now if he got a good look. ? thanks again! Brian > On May 30, 2024, at 1:51 PM, LMarkoff wrote: > > Juvenile male Hairy Woodpeckers have a patch on their crown that can range from yellow to orange to red. Here are some examples of some with the color leaning towards yellow: > > https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/juvenile-hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-600w-475962328.jpg > https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-close-up-juvenile-green-background-76571715.jpg > https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/4b/7a/5b4b7a5f9efc2afe4854135bc121e3b4.jpg > > Perhaps that is what you saw? Just a thought, best wishes, > > Lori Markoff > Citrus Heights, CA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tweeters > On Behalf Of Brian Huntoon via Tweeters > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 12:37 PM > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed? > > Hi Tweeters, > > Has any one seen a Black-backed Woodpecker or American Three-toed Woodpecker recently? > > I live in Bothell, and get a wide variety of woodpeckers on my Suet feeder, as there are bunch of old snags near my deck that the woodpeckers like. > > For a short time the other day there were two woodpeckers with yellow crowns hanging onto the side of a bird feeder on my deck. They were on the other side, with just their heads showing, so I couldn?t see if they had white barring on their backs or other ID details. > > They stayed for a while, but just watched the Downys and Hairys come and go, but never flew over to the suet feeder and used it themselves. They were about 9? long, similar in size to the Hairy Woodpeckers on the suet feeder. > > Any thoughts on what they likely were? > > thanks! > > Brian Huntoon > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu May 30 22:06:41 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Douglas Resnick via Tweeters) Date: Thu May 30 22:07:09 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] eBird - exploring by month Message-ID: <4287986b-bfb7-44bd-9e6d-d35ed010a98c@comcast.net> Recently, I noticed that the user interface of Explore in eBird (https://ebird.org/explore) had changed.? As I recall, I used to be able to view checklists for a given month of the year at a given hotspot by choosing Explore Hotspots, setting the date range to the month, setting the location somewhere near the hotspot, clicking on the hotspot, then clicking on something in the resulting window.? The obvious thing to click in that last window in the current eBird is View Details; I can't remember whether that label has changed.? Clicking View Details in the current eBird opens eBirding This Month, which is the current month, not the chosen month.? I haven't yet found any way to get a list of checklists for a given month for a given hotspot.? Can anyone tell me how to do that? Thanks. Douglas Resnick Edmonds, WA dresnick1@comcast.net From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 31 00:19:53 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kris Anderson via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 31 00:19:58 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Evening Grosbeak Message-ID: I want to reach out to Nadine, who offered to birders who would like to come view the Evening Grosbeaks visiting her yard. You mentioned emailing you, but I don't see your e-mail and am not sure how to find it. Hopefully you'll see this post. I haven't seen this bird before and would love a chance to view them. My e-mail is kmanderson35@hotmail.com. Thanks for the lovely opportunity! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 31 09:13:56 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Eric Ellingson via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 31 09:14:26 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bullock's Orioles & tent caterpillars. Message-ID: I would think the annual infestation of tent caterpillars would be a feast for some birds. I just learned that Bullock's Orioles have a taste for insects, including what some birds might find unpleasant, like hairy caterpillars. The photo at this link shows the common Western tent (right) and the less common Forest tent (left) caterpillars with a beautiful Bullock's Oriole in the middle. There were at least 4 if not 6+ at Lake Terrell yesterday, seen near the entrance and at the main parking area. Later, I saw a pair on Douglas Rd (Ferndale) while watching a Western Kingbird, after watching the group of American Pelicans in Lummi Bay. Twas a good day birding. Eric Ellingson 360-820-6396 esellingson@gmail.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 31 13:34:16 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Louise via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 31 13:34:29 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Lesser nighthawk Message-ID: Non-birding things are taking me over to Othello tomorrow and back on Sunday. Since I'll be passing through Vantage along the way, does anyone have advice on best times etc to find the lesser nighthawk? Louise Rutter Kirkland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 31 14:24:16 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Vicki via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 31 14:24:33 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Todays yard list including many Evening Grosbeaks Message-ID: I?ll be honest, I didn?t count numbers today, but while we were doing yard work my husband counted over 40 of the Grosbeaks. We?ve been planting in the yard, mostly stuff for bees and hummers, not finished though. Here?s the morning to early afternoon list, no particular order American Robin Stellers Jay Black-Headed Grosbeak Evening Grosbeak Band-Tailed Pigeon American Goldfinch Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch Red-Breasted Nuthatch Chestnut Backed Chickadee Black Capped Chickadee Pine Siskin Pileated Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker (with young) Northern Flicker Anna?s Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird (lots of babies) Dark Eyed Junco (babies galore) Song Sparrow Western Tanager Starling Crow Wilson?s Warbler Bewick?s Wren So, to put it mildly, yard work can be a lot of fun, and we get easily distracted Vicki Biltz Buckley WA 98321 vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 31 15:29:11 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Bruce LaBar via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 31 15:29:25 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Westport Pelagic Trip Tomorrow Message-ID: <8FF4FFBB-1F3F-4196-B15F-F572F88AD281@harbornet.com> Received a message that there is one spot opening for tomorrows June 1 trip. Weather looks good! If interested please go to www.westportseabirds.com website and sign up or call the phone number to make a reservation. Bruce LaBar From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri May 31 18:22:11 2024 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (pan via Tweeters) Date: Fri May 31 18:22:17 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] bird in trouble - Seattle Message-ID: <431527562.247803.1717204931672@ichabod.co-bxl> Hi, There's a male House Finch trapped in a mesh enclosure under the ceiling above the south elevator on the upper platform at the Northgate light rail station.? Someone needs to release it, then fix the mesh so more birds don't get caught.? I've contacted: Sound Transit at 206-398-5268, which gets you a quick response, at least to texts, but they suggested I call King County animal control. K. C. Animal Control at 206-296-7387 has recordings about various situations, but seems uninterested in wildlife unless to tell you to hand it off to a rehabilitator, and suggests calling Fish and Wildlife. WA Fish and Wildlife, at 360-902-2936 also has recordings and takes messages (it's after hours), but likewise seems unprepared to respond to a trapped animal unless it's "dangerous."? This bird will be dead by business hours Monday (and I'll be out of town).? If you have a better idea, please pursue it. Thanks, Alan Grenon Seattle panmail AT mailfence dot com -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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