[Tweeters] Evening Grosbeak

[Iris Gately via Tweeters]

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).

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  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
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 12:21:16 -0700
From: Martha Jordan via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: [Tweeters] TRUS in Snohomish County
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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 at gmail.com

Thanks.
Northwest Swan Conservation Association
Martha Jordan
Everett, WA
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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 17:58:07 -0700
From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Eugene Hunn
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Does anyone have contact info for Eugene Hunn? Thanks!

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 18:31:15 -0700
From: Rob Faucett via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Pretty sure I do. Hold on. 

rcf
?
Rob Faucett
+1(206) 619-5569
robfaucett at mac.com
Seattle, WA  98105


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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:05:56 -0700
From: Catherine Alexander via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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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

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Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 11:35:42 -0700
From: Shep Thorp via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR
   5/30/2024
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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
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