From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 07:57:54 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (David B. Williams via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 07:58:21 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] ian and the birdbooker report In-Reply-To: <4D5FB426-A0C0-4D7B-8EFA-D6794B477BF3@seanet.com> References: <4D5FB426-A0C0-4D7B-8EFA-D6794B477BF3@seanet.com> Message-ID: Ian, Thanks for mentioning my new book, Wild in Seattle: Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature, on your blog. Though the book isn?t about birding per se, I do have a couple of essays about birds, including pigeons, gulls, and terra cotta eagles. Plus, the book is about observation and paying attention to the natural world around us, certainly two key attributes of birders. Cheers, David p.s. Sorry if this goes through twice. I got a bounce back from Tweeters and couldn?t tell if the original was blocked or not. > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:11:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: Ian Paulsen via Tweeters > > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > > HI ALL: > I posted about 2 bird and 2 non-bird books at my blog here: > > https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2025/03/new-titles.html > > sincerely > Ian Paulsen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David B. Williams www.geologywriter.com Free newsletter: https://streetsmartnaturalist.substack.com/ I live and work on the land of the Coast Salish peoples and am trying to honor with gratitude the land and those who have inhabited it since time immemorial. I know that I have much more to learn and hope to continue that journey. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 08:32:32 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 08:32:47 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birds Connects Seattle Re-embraces Audubon Name Message-ID: The day after revealing their new downtown location, Birds Connect Seattle announced that they will be changing their name back to include the Audubon name that everyone knows. The 'Birds Connect Seattle' name has drawn reactions ranging from bewilderment to scorn, forcing the organization to re-think the change. Legal complications mean they cannot merely revert to their old name of Seattle Audubon Society, so they have chosen a new name, Audubon Society of Seattle. 'Birds Connect Seattle' will remain as their slogan, despite those who have wondered how birds connect Ballard to Beacon Hill, or Seattle to Spanaway. The name change will become official upon the opening of their new physical location this summer in the heart of downtown Seattle at 616 Olive Way. The new space will be a hub for members, bird enthusiasts, shoppers, and visitors. They will host exhibits on local birds and conservation, offer optics and gifts for purchase from their Nature Shop, and community spaces will welcome attendees for classes and events. The siting of that new location is excellent because of good access to buses, light rail, and especially the South Lake Union Trolley, which will make it very easy for people to pick up 50 lb. bags of birdseed and take them home without needing to drive a car and park near the store. Which is good, because there is very limited parking near the store. They also announced that they have hired the firm of Thor, Majestic, and Hulk to provide security for those wanting to try out optics while looking at pigeons and starlings from the sidewalk outside the store. 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Prop bets such as how many reports there be of Hermit Thrushes being reported as Swainson?s Thrush before April 1st will be of particular interest to some salty birding veterans. Cut-off dates of bets and fantasy team creations will prevent coordinating with birders to try to manipulate the bet or birder fantasy points. Of course you can?t bet or draft yourself as a birder on your own fantasy team. Needless to say, the world of birding has taken an interesting turn enmeshing with the world of gambling and fantasy sports. Cheers! Kevin Black Vancouver, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 09:55:29 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tom Benedict via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 09:55:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] A New Development in Birding In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1999977D-259A-43E8-A696-FB82FB7A77EF@comcast.net> Happy April 1st! Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:51, Kevin Black via Tweeters wrote: > > Hi All, > > A surprising new partnership has been developed between eBird and Draft Kings. Ebird has flown to new heights (or some may say stooped to new lows) to raise funds for conservation through FANTASY birding and annual bird species prop betting. Prop bets include whether or not a birder will break the ABA big year record in a specific calendar year, how many new ABA species there will be and the over under on which new ABA-area species will be added. Prop bets such as how many reports there be of Hermit Thrushes being reported as Swainson?s Thrush before April 1st will be of particular interest to some salty birding veterans. > > Cut-off dates of bets and fantasy team creations will prevent coordinating with birders to try to manipulate the bet or birder fantasy points. Of course you can?t bet or draft yourself as a birder on your own fantasy team. > > Needless to say, the world of birding has taken an interesting turn enmeshing with the world of gambling and fantasy sports. > > Cheers! > > Kevin Black > Vancouver, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 09:58:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Samara Hoag via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 09:59:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birds Connects Seattle Re-embraces Audubon Name In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Michael I think a lot of your email is ?tongue in beak? but? As a 30-year member of Seattle Audubon I must say that this difficult-to-say name birding organization got a F grade in transparency in fully explaining the name change choice and location rationale to the members..It is baffling. I just don?t recall reading about the reason that Birds Connect Seattle name was chosen and if a name that had the word ?Alliance? was ever considered. Many Audubon groups adopted Alliance in their new name which is easy to understand. Black Hills Audubon implemented a systematic, thorough process in its quest to change their name. Members got frequent communication and education emails before the vote. We will know of the new name soon and I felt very included and informed during this process. I applaud their board and President for this process. As for the new location, I was surprised that a place in Rainier valley wasn?t chosen. I wish we could have learned about their thought process during this venture. How can Seattle afford the rent on a place downtown? I wonder how mobility -challenged people will get there. How much money was made in selling the prior property? Do they think people are going to hop on busses to go to classes downtown after work? Will there be security doors so that the homeless will stay on the sidewalk? Will volunteers get training to handle mentally ill and substance users who come in? Sami Hoag On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 8:33?AM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > The day after revealing their new downtown location, Birds Connect Seattle > announced that they will be changing their name back to include the Audubon > name that everyone knows. > > The 'Birds Connect Seattle' name has drawn reactions ranging from > bewilderment to scorn, forcing the organization to re-think the change. > Legal complications mean they cannot merely revert to their old name of > Seattle Audubon Society, so they have chosen a new name, Audubon Society of > Seattle. > > 'Birds Connect Seattle' will remain as their slogan, despite those who > have wondered how birds connect Ballard to Beacon Hill, or Seattle to > Spanaway. > > The name change will become official upon the opening of their new > physical location this summer in the heart of downtown Seattle at 616 > Olive Way > . > The new space will be a hub for members, bird enthusiasts, shoppers, and > visitors. They will host exhibits on local birds and conservation, offer > optics and gifts for purchase from their Nature Shop, and community spaces > will welcome attendees for classes and events. > > The siting of that new location is excellent because of good access to > buses, light rail, and especially the South Lake Union Trolley, which will > make it very easy for people to pick up 50 lb. bags of birdseed and take > them home without needing to drive a car and park near the store. Which > is good, because there is very limited parking near the store. > > They also announced that they have hired the firm of Thor, Majestic, and > Hulk to provide security for those wanting to try out optics while looking > at pigeons and starlings from the sidewalk outside the store. > > You can learn more about Audubon Society of Seattle their new location > near the South Lake Union Trolley line at: https://ASS.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Apr 1 10:02:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tom Benedict via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 10:02:25 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birds Connects Seattle Re-embraces Audubon Name In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <05D91895-1F75-4B9F-B9E4-CE5A1C61D9D8@comcast.net> Happy April 1st! Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Apr 1, 2025, at 08:32, Michael Hobbs via Tweeters wrote: > > The day after revealing their new downtown location, Birds Connect Seattle announced that they will be changing their name back to include the Audubon name that everyone knows. > > The 'Birds Connect Seattle' name has drawn reactions ranging from bewilderment to scorn, forcing the organization to re-think the change. Legal complications mean they cannot merely revert to their old name of Seattle Audubon Society, so they have chosen a new name, Audubon Society of Seattle. > > 'Birds Connect Seattle' will remain as their slogan, despite those who have wondered how birds connect Ballard to Beacon Hill, or Seattle to Spanaway. > > The name change will become official upon the opening of their new physical location this summer in the heart of downtown Seattle at 616 Olive Way. The new space will be a hub for members, bird enthusiasts, shoppers, and visitors. They will host exhibits on local birds and conservation, offer optics and gifts for purchase from their Nature Shop, and community spaces will welcome attendees for classes and events. > > The siting of that new location is excellent because of good access to buses, light rail, and especially the South Lake Union Trolley, which will make it very easy for people to pick up 50 lb. bags of birdseed and take them home without needing to drive a car and park near the store. Which is good, because there is very limited parking near the store. > > They also announced that they have hired the firm of Thor, Majestic, and Hulk to provide security for those wanting to try out optics while looking at pigeons and starlings from the sidewalk outside the store. > > You can learn more about Audubon Society of Seattle their new location near the South Lake Union Trolley line at: https://ASS.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <043801dba342$dee01cc0$9ca05640$@comcast.net> I hope that the April 2nd and following Tweeters will let us know how much of today's messages are real. Carrying 50-pounds of birdseed on public transportation seems like a challenge-however handy that transportation may be. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 17:53:28 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Pamela Okano via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 17:53:33 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Terrible Place for the Audubon Society of Seattle Message-ID: <8510156.127776.1743555208913@connect.xfinity.com> I cannot think of a worse place for the new Audubon office. How am I, a 90 lb woman, supposed to get 25 lb of bird seed onto light rail from downtown???? Pamela A Okano Seattle, WA 98105 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 20:17:45 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 20:18:00 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] A (maybe) bird question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I hope somebody answers, Carol. I heard it today just as you described, tall fir trees.. But my phone's battery was dead so no chance for Merlin. Hopefully I'll hear it again tomorrow with charged batteries. But, no, you said Merlin could not iD it. A mystery to be solved.. Bob OBrien rural Portland. On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 12:43?PM Tom and Carol Stoner via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I'm hoping for a hint from the combined wisdom/experience of the Tweeters > community to resolve this mystery. For the past month or so, I've been > hearing a soft buzz-buzz from high in tall Douglas Firs along California > Ave. near the base of Gatewood Hill in West Seattle. Today I tried Merlin > to see if it could identify the sound. No joy. The pair of buzzes repeats > every 4 - 5 seconds. > > Any hints or suggestions about what this might be or resources to check? > > Thanks-- > Carol Stoner > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Apr 1 20:35:22 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 20:35:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] A (maybe) bird question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tweets - I'm pretty sure I've heard juncos do that sound at this time of year. They seem to have FAR more vocalizations than we give them credit for. - Michael Hobbs On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 8:18?PM Robert O'Brien via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I hope somebody answers, Carol. I heard it today just as you described, > tall fir trees.. But my phone's battery was dead so no chance for Merlin. > Hopefully I'll hear it again tomorrow with charged batteries. But, no, you > said Merlin could not iD it. A mystery to be solved.. Bob OBrien rural > Portland. > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 12:43?PM Tom and Carol Stoner via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> I'm hoping for a hint from the combined wisdom/experience of the Tweeters >> community to resolve this mystery. For the past month or so, I've been >> hearing a soft buzz-buzz from high in tall Douglas Firs along California >> Ave. near the base of Gatewood Hill in West Seattle. Today I tried Merlin >> to see if it could identify the sound. No joy. The pair of buzzes repeats >> every 4 - 5 seconds. >> >> Any hints or suggestions about what this might be or resources to check? >> >> Thanks-- >> Carol Stoner >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Tue Apr 1 21:15:15 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jon Houghton via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 21:15:20 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Pelagic trip April 19?? Message-ID: <1581684857.116095.1743567315811@connect.xfinity.com> Hi Tweeterdom! Anybirdy out there who is on the April 19 Westport Seabirds pelagic trip who would like to carpool from the (north?) Seattle area?? I plan to leave Edmonds fairly early (7ish) on April 18 and make several birding stops through the day on my way out to Westport (Brady Loop, Tokeland, Grayland, Bottle Beach, etc.) and would return to the Seattle area after the trip on Saturday. I'm booked at the (luxurious!?) Ocean Avenue Inn for Friday night and would provide transport to Dock 10 in the morning. If interested, please contact me off-line at jonbirder@comcast.net mailto:jonbirder@comcast.net. - Jon Houghton, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 1 21:57:28 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kevin Lucas via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 21:57:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] A (maybe) bird question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <195f4dc86c0.28ff.72de57011b8194b7f6cd87b3d7546c36@gmail.com> Carol We've a 40 ft Doug Fir in our front yard, and I hear a sound like what I understand you to describe, from juncos in it, as well as from juncos in our arbor vitae. I'll try for a recording if I get the opportunity. Merlin misses many birds I hear, and mis-identifies plenty (recently Black-backed Chickadees misidentified repeatedly as if they were Mountain Chickadees). I'm not at all convinced that's what you're hearing. I'd love to hear what others suggest and what you think later on. Regards, Kevin Lucas Yakima County, WA Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On April 1, 2025 12:43:46 PM Tom and Carol Stoner via Tweeters wrote: > I'm hoping for a hint from the combined wisdom/experience of the Tweeters > community to resolve this mystery. For the past month or so, I've been > hearing a soft buzz-buzz from high in tall Douglas Firs along California > Ave. near the base of Gatewood Hill in West Seattle. Today I tried Merlin > to see if it could identify the sound. No joy. The pair of buzzes repeats > every 4 - 5 seconds. > > Any hints or suggestions about what this might be or resources to check? > > Thanks-- > Carol Stoner > > > > ---------- > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue Apr 1 22:06:54 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kevin Lucas via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 1 22:07:24 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Terrible Place for the Audubon Society of Seattle In-Reply-To: <8510156.127776.1743555208913@connect.xfinity.com> References: <8510156.127776.1743555208913@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Pamela, I've no delusion this will be helpful, but being helpful is genuinely my intent. Perhaps the Birds Connect folks will, or could, or have already set up an online "store" that provides delivery by low carbon or "no carbon" (yes, there's no such thing as no carbon vehicles) vehicles. Even my bicycle 'costs' carbon and more. Amazon delivery vans, here in Podunk Yakima, are to my aged, yet still very sensitive ears, and to our dog's extremely sensitive ears, electric. While I cannot visit the Birds Connect store/center over there on the 'dark side', I ask you to contact them and ask them to arrange for a low-impact delivery service of seed to you. For years here in Yakima I scrounged tons of bird seed that was destined to a landfill, and delivered it to folks using my gas-hog van, compact pickup, and later fuel-'efficient' 33 mpg Corolla, and, even better, had folks come get at our home in Selah using their often 'fuel efficient' vehicles. Where there's a will, there's a pretty good way. When people gave me money in thanks, I gave that to Cowiche Canyon Conservancy in their names. If you wish to visit the Birds Connect store in person, and want/need to use a low cost and/or low carbon method, please ask them for advice, and ask them to advertise and promote it. Perhaps a Tweeters reader can offer advice to all of us on public transportation transport of 25 pound cargo, or help you with that more directly, as my family similarly did with others for years, both giving and receiving, where I grew up in southern New Jersey over 50 years ago. That wheel has already been invented. I intend none of this to come across to you as being in any way chiding. It's my asking you for help to work towards sharing good and lessening harm. If I've pissed you off, please accept my sincere apology, then re-read this to understand my good intent. Perhaps Birds Connect Seattle being downtown is a problem for some in some ways, but I think it's not taking coals to Newcastle. I hope they'll reach and connect with folks there in need. https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ https://www.nycaudubon.org/events-birding/birding-resources/birding-law-ethics#:~:text=Stay as far away as,linger to get better photographs. Sincerely, Kevin Lucas A tall, strong, large, white, overfed, ambulatory male in Yakima County, WA Who loves birds On April 1, 2025 5:54:28 PM Pamela Okano via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I cannot think of a worse place for the new Audubon office. How am I, a 90 > lb woman, supposed to get 25 lb of bird seed onto light rail from > downtown???? > > Pamela A Okano > Seattle, WA 98105 > _______________________________________________ > 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 Apr 2 07:55:28 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carlos Andersen via Tweeters) Date: Wed Apr 2 07:56:03 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] The Nature Shop - Birds Connect Seattle Message-ID: <51AA6080-AF67-47F2-98D2-AFB8AE5C07F3@gmail.com> Looks like they are doing a trial run with a delivery van delivering goods (seeds) to local neighborhoods! Very nice! Carlos https://birdsconnectsea.org/thenatureshop/ From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Apr 2 19:57:25 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Wed Apr 2 19:57:41 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR on 4/2/2025 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Fourty of us enjoyed a nice Spring day at the Refuge with mostly cloudy skies, intermittent light rain and temperatures in the 40's to 50's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 13'9" Tide at 8:20am, so we skipped the Orchard and Access Roads in the morning to make the most of the falling tide. Highlights included First Of Year COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, both RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER and HAIRY WOODPECKER working on nest cavities in the snag to the right of the Visitor Center entrance, continuing hybrid AMERICAN X EURASIAN WIGEON in the flooded field south of the Twin Barns, continuing SNOW GOOSE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on the Nisqually Estuary Trail, two occupied BALD EAGLE nests one on the Nisqually River and the other on the McAllister Creek, and upwards of three Mink seen on the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. For the day we observed 72 species, and with FOY Common Yellowthroat and EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE, we now have seen 114 species this year. See our eBird Report with details pasted below. Additional observations included the increase in numbers of female RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS in the freshwater marsh. As well, we still have not observed Cinnamon Teal or Osprey this spring which seems late to me. Other sightings included Townsend's Chipmunk, Puget Sound Garter Snake, Pacific Tree Frog and Harbor Seal. 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 Apr 2, 2025 7:18 AM - 4:35 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.953 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly cloudy with intermittent light rain and temperatures in the 40?s to 50?s degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 13?9? Tide at 8:20am. Mammals seen included Townsend?s Chipmunk, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Mink x 3, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Harbor Seal. Others seen included Puget Sound Garter Snake, Pacific Tree Frog, and Northwest Salamander Egg Mass. 72 species (+8 other taxa) Snow Goose 1 Continues in fresh water marsh. Greater White-fronted Goose (Western) 29 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Brant (Black) 100 Nisqually Reach. Cackling Goose (minima) 600 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 18 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 30 Wood Duck 4 Northern Shoveler 100 Gadwall 40 Eurasian Wigeon 3 Twin Barns Overlook, Fresh Water marsh along Nisqually Estuary Trail, and McAllister Observation Platform. American Wigeon 700 Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) 1 Flooded field south of Twin Barns. Mallard 150 Northern Pintail 360 Green-winged Teal (American) 1000 Ring-necked Duck 9 Surf Scoter 30 Bufflehead 125 Common Goldeneye 20 Hooded Merganser 10 Common Merganser (North American) 12 Red-breasted Merganser 30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 5 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Mourning Dove 3 Rufous Hummingbird 4 hummingbird sp. 1 American Coot (Red-shielded) 150 Wilson's Snipe 5 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 30 Dunlin 600 Least Sandpiper 40 Short-billed Gull 200 Ring-billed Gull 30 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 15 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 30 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Brandt's Cormorant 12 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 15 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 30 Occupied nests: 1) Large Cottonwood west side of Nisqually River north of Nisqually Estuary Trail, 2) West Bank of McAllister Creek across from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 Left of entrance to Visitor Center and Twin Barns Picnic Area. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Left of entrance to Visitor Center Northern Flicker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 American Crow 10 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6 Tree Swallow 76 Violet-green Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 2 Bushtit (Pacific) 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Heard Brown Creeper 15 Pacific Wren 1 Marsh Wren 11 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 10 European Starling 35 American Robin 40 Purple Finch (Western) 5 Pine Siskin 25 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 18 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 34 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 200 Common Yellowthroat 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 15 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S222570103 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Apr 2 20:55:17 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (jimullrich via Tweeters) Date: Wed Apr 2 20:55:35 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=9CA_Terrible_Place_for_Audubon_Seattl?= =?utf-8?b?ZeKAnQ==?= Message-ID: <50152F36-36BC-4BE7-8581-1329E2E8628A@gmail.com> To Pamela Okano you can get bird seed delivered free to your home by ordering from the locally owned Wild Birds Unlimited stores in greater Seattle area. Go online and order: https://www.wildbirdsunlimited.com Hope this helps Jim Ullrich Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Apr 3 16:01:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carolyn Heberlein via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 3 16:02:10 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] New Location for Birds Connect Message-ID: The new location is in Pacific Place in downtown Seattle? Why is this a good location? Oh yeah, lots of public transportation there? I can hardly lift 50 pounds of birdseed. Even 25 pounds will be difficult if I have to carry it to my light rail or metro bus. And then a few blocks to my home. Oh well, there is always Wild Birds Unlimited and Fred Meyer where I can park my car next to the store. Probably Amazon for seed delivery will also work. I never thought of it, but I'm sure it is an option. Oh yeah, lots of birders in downtown high-rise Seattle? Maybe all of the fans of the Peregrine Falcons at the 1201 Third Avenue Building? https://1201third.info/main.cfm?sid=oservices&pid=falcons And what the hell with the name change? Again?! Either stick with the anti-Audubon theme or not. As you can tell, this upsets me very much. I will continue my bird watching with Pilchuck Audubon or Seward Park Audubon. Carolyn - - *Carolyn Heberlein* - *Seattle Washington USA* - *Fremont Neighborhood* - *coheberlein at yahoo dot com* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Apr 3 16:43:31 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Teresa Michelsen via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 3 16:43:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] New Location for Birds Connect In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wild Birds Unlimited also delivers and they have stores all over the place? Teresa M. From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Carolyn Heberlein via Tweeters Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2025 4:02 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] New Location for Birds Connect The new location is in Pacific Place in downtown Seattle? Why is this a good location? Oh yeah, lots of public transportation there? I can hardly lift 50 pounds of birdseed. Even 25 pounds will be difficult if I have to carry it to my light rail or metro bus. And then a few blocks to my home. Oh well, there is always Wild Birds Unlimited and Fred Meyer where I can park my car next to the store. Probably Amazon for seed delivery will also work. I never thought of it, but I'm sure it is an option. Oh yeah, lots of birders in downtown high-rise Seattle? Maybe all of the fans of the Peregrine Falcons at the 1201 Third Avenue Building? https://1201third.info/main.cfm?sid=oservices&pid=falcons And what the hell with the name change? Again?! Either stick with the anti-Audubon theme or not. 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On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 4:43?PM Teresa Michelsen wrote: > Wild Birds Unlimited also delivers and they have stores all over the place? > > Teresa M. > > > > *From:* Tweeters *On Behalf > Of *Carolyn Heberlein via Tweeters > *Sent:* Thursday, April 3, 2025 4:02 PM > *To:* tweeters@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Tweeters] New Location for Birds Connect > > > > The new location is in Pacific Place in downtown Seattle? > > Why is this a good location? > > Oh yeah, lots of public transportation there? > > I can hardly lift 50 pounds of birdseed. > > Even 25 pounds will be difficult if I have to carry it to my light rail or > metro bus. And then a few blocks to my home. > > Oh well, there is always Wild Birds Unlimited and Fred Meyer where I can > park my car next to the store. > > Probably Amazon for seed delivery will also work. I never thought of it, > but I'm sure it is an option. > > Oh yeah, lots of birders in downtown high-rise Seattle? > Maybe all of the fans of the Peregrine Falcons at the 1201 Third Avenue > Building? > > https://1201third.info/main.cfm?sid=oservices&pid=falcons > > > > And what the hell with the name change? Again?! > > Either stick with the anti-Audubon theme or not. > > As you can tell, this upsets me very much. > > I will continue my bird watching with Pilchuck Audubon or Seward Park > Audubon. > > Carolyn > > > > > > - > - *Carolyn Heberlein* > - *Seattle Washington USA* > - *Fremont Neighborhood* > - *coheberlein at yahoo dot com* > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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HTH, Tom Benedict > On Apr 3, 2025, at 16:01, Carolyn Heberlein via Tweeters wrote: > > The new location is in Pacific Place in downtown Seattle? > Why is this a good location? > > And what the hell with the name change? Again?! > Either stick with the anti-Audubon theme or not. > As you can tell, this upsets me very much. > I will continue my bird watching with Pilchuck Audubon or Seward Park Audubon. > > Carolyn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Apr 3 17:48:30 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 3 17:48:46 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-04-03 Message-ID: Tweets - We had a really good day at Marymoor today. Temps in the 40's, overcast shifting to partly sunny, no wind, lots of birds. Highlights: Cackling Goose - A flock of 20 flew south just before 7:00 Eurasian Collared-Dove - One near the slough, First of Year (FOY) Green Heron - One flying fairly high towards the lake, (FOY), though Mason thought he might have glimpsed one last week Osprey - Jordan spotted one way high up, way far away, but it gave good-though-distant views (FOY) Sharpie/Cooper's - NE of mansion, being chased by a crow. Thinking Sharpie on this one, but couldn't be positive Bald Eagle - A total of at least 7, I figure, with one in a nest Red-breasted Sapsucker - Again several, with much drumming Five Woodpecker Day American Goldfinch - Three near the park office (FOY) The best highlight was a BOBCAT just south of the windmill on the Clise Mansion lawn. The dawn chorus was very loud. Misses today were Common Goldeneye, American Coot, Belted Kingfisher, Brown-headed Cowbird (might have heard), and Common Yellowthroat. The latter two will be present next week, or I'll eat my hat. For the day, 63 species, our highest total so far this year. Adding EUCD, GRHE, OSPR, and AMGO, we're at 87 species for the survey in 2025. = 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 Apr 3 18:18:50 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Peggy Willis via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 3 18:19:05 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] 2nd Request: Please unsubscribe me from Tweeters Message-ID: <7058D42A-09FC-4F73-958D-DF76FDE0B47E@gmail.com> Please unsubscribe me from Tweeters. Thank you. Peggy Willis 206 601-6773 Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Apr 3 18:23:09 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Doug Santoni via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 3 18:23:20 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] 2nd Request: Please unsubscribe me from Tweeters In-Reply-To: <7058D42A-09FC-4F73-958D-DF76FDE0B47E@gmail.com> References: <7058D42A-09FC-4F73-958D-DF76FDE0B47E@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Peggy ? I?m one of the administrators for Tweeters, and just unsubscribed you. Please let us know if there are any problems, but you should be set with the ?unsubscribe? now. Doug Santoni ? Tweeters@u.washington.edu > On Apr 3, 2025, at 6:18?PM, Peggy Willis via Tweeters wrote: > > Please unsubscribe me from Tweeters. > > Thank you. > > Peggy Willis > 206 601-6773 > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Apr 4 10:04:23 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jack Nolan via Tweeters) Date: Fri Apr 4 10:04:48 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] First Osprey? Message-ID: <171334E0-FD83-4C34-B3DF-6816E725E877@comcast.net> Greetings, My friend Tom Gelatt who works at NOAA and hopefully will for a while, has reported that the Osprey nest nearby has new nesting material on it. I was just thinking about the Osprey as I rose my bike across 520 yesterday. Always good to see them. Jack Nolan Shoreline,wa. Sent from my iPhone. Pardon my brevity and typos. From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Apr 4 10:33:35 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ronda Stark via Tweeters) Date: Fri Apr 4 10:33:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] First Osprey? In-Reply-To: <171334E0-FD83-4C34-B3DF-6816E725E877@comcast.net> References: <171334E0-FD83-4C34-B3DF-6816E725E877@comcast.net> Message-ID: That's great news! I checked the nest near the tennis courts yesterday and I didn't see any Osprey. Ronda On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 10:24?AM Jack Nolan via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Greetings, > My friend Tom Gelatt who works at NOAA and hopefully will for a while, has > reported that the Osprey nest nearby has new nesting material on it. > I was just thinking about the Osprey as I rose my bike across 520 > yesterday. > > Always good to see them. > > Jack Nolan > Shoreline,wa. > Sent from my iPhone. 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I checked the nest near the tennis courts yesterday and > I didn't see any Osprey. > > Ronda > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 10:24?AM Jack Nolan via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Greetings, >> My friend Tom Gelatt who works at NOAA and hopefully will for a while, >> has reported that the Osprey nest nearby has new nesting material on it. >> I was just thinking about the Osprey as I rose my bike across 520 >> yesterday. >> >> Always good to see them. >> >> Jack Nolan >> Shoreline,wa. >> Sent from my iPhone. Pardon my brevity and typos. >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Apr 4 15:04:04 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kevin Lucas via Tweeters) Date: Fri Apr 4 15:04:10 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] First Osprey? In-Reply-To: References: <171334E0-FD83-4C34-B3DF-6816E725E877@comcast.net> Message-ID: <19602d51c38.28ff.72de57011b8194b7f6cd87b3d7546c36@gmail.com> I saw my first of year bicycling Yakima County Osprey today. Kevin Lucas Yakima County, WA Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On April 4, 2025 2:54:51 PM Steve Loitz via Tweeters wrote: > I got my FOY WA Osprey near Yakima one week ago on March 28. I saw one on a > nest platform at Helen McCabe Lake south of Eburg a couple days ago. > > -- > Steve Loitz > Ellensburg, WA > steveloitz@gmail.com > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 10:34?AM Ronda Stark via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> That's great news! I checked the nest near the tennis courts yesterday and >> I didn't see any Osprey. >> >> Ronda >> >> On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 10:24?AM Jack Nolan via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> My friend Tom Gelatt who works at NOAA and hopefully will for a while, >>> has reported that the Osprey nest nearby has new nesting material on it. >>> I was just thinking about the Osprey as I rose my bike across 520 >>> yesterday. >>> >>> Always good to see them. >>> >>> Jack Nolan >>> Shoreline,wa. >>> Sent from my iPhone. Pardon my brevity and typos. >>> >> > > > > ---------- > _______________________________________________ > 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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I saw one on >> a nest platform at Helen McCabe Lake south of Eburg a couple days ago. >> >> -- >> Steve Loitz >> Ellensburg, WA >> steveloitz@gmail.com >> >> On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 10:34?AM Ronda Stark via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> That's great news! I checked the nest near the tennis courts yesterday >>> and I didn't see any Osprey. >>> >>> Ronda >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 10:24?AM Jack Nolan via Tweeters < >>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> My friend Tom Gelatt who works at NOAA and hopefully will for a while, >>>> has reported that the Osprey nest nearby has new nesting material on it. >>>> I was just thinking about the Osprey as I rose my bike across 520 >>>> yesterday. >>>> >>>> Always good to see them. >>>> >>>> Jack Nolan >>>> Shoreline,wa. >>>> Sent from my iPhone. 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Is a permit or permission required in order to place new ?????? nest boxes? ? 2) Anyone know the process to get new/additional benches?? I'd donate one if I knew ????? how.? Contact DWFW? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? ? ? ? ?? ??????? - Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Apr 5 13:31:27 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sat Apr 5 13:31:30 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?REMINDER=3A__WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_April_7?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_2025?= Message-ID: <20250405203127.34151.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our next Monthly Meeting: on Monday, April 7, Kim Thorburn will present, "Biodiversity Conservation and the Endangered Species Act." At 50 years+, the Endangered Species Act is considered one of our most successful conservation policies.??More than 200 species? extinctions have been prevented to date, which is 99% of species that have been listed as endangered.??Yet, as the earth faces the sixth great extinction, the Act?s imperfections require a shift in the approach to conservation and management with more focus on ecosystems than individual species.??In this presentation, Kim will draw from her experience with wildlife conservation work to discuss contemporary conservation strategies and challenges. Kim Thorburn is a retired public health physician. Her love of animals and the outdoors dates from her childhood farm life in the Central Valley of California.??Upon retirement from medicine, she turned to these avocations full time.??Kim was drawn to birding by way of a class given by the Spokane Audubon Society, and by a certain Canyon Wren in the Santa Rosa mountains of Nevada.??She played an important role volunteering in Washington Fish and Wildlife Department Prairie Grouse recovery efforts, and served for eight years as a Fish and Wildlife Commissioner.??She has served on the Board of the WOS as Treasurer and for two terms, as Trustee.??Kim?s habitat is in Washington's sagebrush country. This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance).??Sign-in 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 participation and to get the Zoom link. When joining the meeting, we ask that you 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 Please join us! Elaine Chuang WOS Program Support From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Apr 5 16:39:49 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sat Apr 5 16:39:54 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] A hit of dopamine tells baby birds when their song practice is paying off | ScienceDaily Message-ID: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/03/250325191424.htm Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 6 09:26:50 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 6 09:27:05 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - March 2025 Message-ID: <4DAC58D8-7144-45DF-9DAE-3D2385103787@gmail.com> Hi Tweeters, With March additions we have reached 121 species for our 2025 year list. In taxonomic order, the new species are: Northern Pintail (code 3), 1 drake at Edmonds marsh (ID photos), 3-5-25. Sora (code 5), 1, maybe 2, at Edmonds marsh (ker-wee calls described), 3-13-25. American Kestrel (code 4), 1 at Edmonds-Woodway High School ball fields, 3-30-25. Say?s Phoebe (code 4), 1 in the Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood (ID photos), 3-28-25. Violet-green Swallow (code 1), 1 at Edmonds marsh and 1 in Pine Ridge neighborhood, 3-25-25. Barn Swallow (code 1), 1 or 2 at Edmonds marsh, 3-27-25. Brown-headed Cowbird (code 2), 1 adult male on Puget Drive, 3-29-25. Brewer?s Blackbird (code 3), 1 adult female on Puget Drive (ID photos), 3-19-25. There were a couple code 3 or rarer species reported in eBird with no or inadequate documentation. We will wait to review any subsequent reports that are evidence based. These include American Herring Gull (code 4) and Peregrine Falcon (code 3). 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 2025 city checklist, with 283 species, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. The 2025 checklist, with sightings through March, 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 cariddellwa at gmail dot com Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 6 10:17:18 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Douglas Resnick via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 6 10:17:26 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Hotspot Homeacres Rd Message-ID: <1e895b33-de85-4496-8103-dca0ccbf38c3@comcast.net> Tweeters: I noticed on the eBird map of Everett a hotspot called Homeacres Rd.? Where do folks who bird there park their cars?? Thanks for any help you may offer. Douglas Resnick Edmonds, WA dresnick1@comcast.net From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 6 11:39:46 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 6 11:40:00 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - March 2025 Addition Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Inadvertently I left off this species from the post I just sent this morning: Rufous Hummingbird (code 2), 1 at Pine Ridge Park, 3-20-25. Good birding, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA cariddellwa at gmail dot com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 6 15:24:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 6 15:24:39 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - March 2025 Second Addition Message-ID: <18E0314A-B1F1-4D3A-926E-77B26506F546@gmail.com> Hi Tweeters, It hasn?t been the best month for the roundups. I see I also neglected to include in my original post: Wood Duck (code 3), 1 at Pine Ridge Park, 3-21-25. Although there is a Wood Duck nest box on the private portion of the park?s Goodhope Pond, this species is becoming more challenging to see at Pine Ridge Park. Cattails have overtaken most of the public section of the pond and the growth of vegetation along the park path makes it almost impossible to see into the private portion of the pond. Neither the Rufous Hummingbird nor the Wood Duck, both of which I omitted from my original post, affects our year number. It remains at 121 species, including all March sightings. Good birding, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA cariddellwa at gmail dot com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 6 18:23:14 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 6 18:23:20 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Home birding - Roy WA Message-ID: Tweeters, I took some time out to walk around our property before the rains settled in. The weather was mild (54degF). Light rain started to fall about 11:10. Highlight was the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW singing from the hedgerow to the west of the house. Have heard it for the last week and I finally managed to record it. This is likely the same bird that has been here since early November 2024. >From the eBirdPNW report. 41 species Mallard 4 California Quail 2 Band-tailed Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 6 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 1 Persistently displaying near the red currant patch to the east of the house. Virginia Rail 1 In wetland to the east of house. Killdeer 1 Overhead calling. Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Steller's Jay 6 California Scrub-Jay 2 American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6 Tree Swallow 22 Violet-green Swallow 2 Bushtit 10 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 Marsh Wren 1 Bewick's Wren 2 European Starling 6 American Robin 7 House Sparrow 6 Evening Grosbeak 4 House Finch 11 Purple Finch 3 Pine Siskin 15 Dark-eyed Junco 12 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 14 Spotted Towhee 5 Red-winged Blackbird 9 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS223521623&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cd1c6f0ff65e54d3a51e508dd75714b23%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638795851632344112%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rZKMLz5Y%2FByScIxrBkx5hdzzKPNarx2woLZBIycwHac%3D&reserved=0 May all your birds be identified, Denis DeSilvis avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To view via Zoom, registration is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YDPSZ034QwykAaw9BO0Haw This free program is sponsored by Black Hills Audubon Society. You can also join us at Temple Beth Hatfiloh for refreshments and social time starting at 6:30, 201 8th Ave SE Olympia. We will then view the program on a big screen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 8 13:18:22 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (John Puschock via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 8 13:18:29 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Found camera battery at Seattle Harris's Sparrow Message-ID: Hi all, I found a camera battery at the Seattle Harris's Sparrow location about 2 weeks ago. Email me privately if you think this is yours. I apologize to the rightful owner for waiting so long to mention it. I put it in a coat pocket and forgot about it. 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I?ve had them for about 10 months and they have been very lightly used and are like new with original box and accessories including ocular lens rain cover, field bag, microfiber cloth, and carrying strap. They are a great size for carrying just about everywhere. It normally retails for $989 plus tax, and I am asking $850 (and no sales tax). > > If interested or if you have questions, send me a private message at podoces iCloud dot com. > > Best, Alan > > Alan J. Knue > Edmonds, 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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Purple Finch and Yellow-rumped Warblers were constantly singing throughout the day, but overall the numbers of birds seen seemed low. Highlights: Common Yellowthroat - first of yer for the walk - we _thought_ we heard several, but finally in the east meadow had a male singing and sesn for sure. Osprey - after a single high-flying bird was our only signting last week, this week it seemed as if they were moved in - we heard and saw them several times throughout the day, though the Canada Geese are still clinging to the two Osprey nest platforms for now. Wilson?s Snipe - several below the weir still Only one Fox Sparrow heard today, and we got close to missing Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Misses included Common Goldeneye, Rock Pigeon, Hairy Woodpecker, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow, American Goldfinch. For the day, 55 species [counting ?accip. sp] Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Over the weekend the photographers located an occupied RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD nest on the east side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail in a broken vertical branch at eye level over the borough slough just 8 railing planks north of the "beaver deceiver". While enjoying this nest, James and Leo located two additional nests in the same area. We had a spectacular display of four RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER males confronting each other in either territorial or perhaps breeding pair disputes in the large Maple Tree at the Nisqually River Overlook. SNOW GOOSE and GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE continue along the Nisqually Estuary Trail. Out on the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail we observed a BLACK SCOTER off Luhr Beach. Anders spotted a PEREGRINE FALCON which initiated a prolonged hunt over the mudflats and freshwater marsh in the afternoon on the incoming tide. We stomached multiple collisions of Peregrine on waterfowl, but did not observe a successful kill. For the day we observed 86 species, with FOY American Bittern, American Goldfinch, Brown-headed Cowbird and Northern Rough-winged Swallow we have seen 118 species this year. Notable misses included Osprey, Cliff Swallow, Cinnamon Teal, Great Egret, and Caspian Tern. Cinnamon Teal and Great Egret have been reported in the last week, but we could not relocate. Many of these species seem to be late in arriving in comparison to previous years, not sure why? Mammals seen include Townsend's Chipmunk, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, Muskrat, and Mary spotted a River Otter in McAllister Creek. Others seen include NW Salamander Egg Masses and Puget Sound Garter Snake. See our eBird report below for additional information and photos. Until next week, when we meet again at 8am, happy birding! Be well, Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 do-not-reply@ebird.org 10:19?AM (6 hours ago) to me Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Apr 9, 2025 7:10 AM - 5:33 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.788 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 40?s to 50?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 3?9? Tide at 11:16am and a High 10?9? Tide at 4:38pm. Mammals seen Townsend?s Chipmunk, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, River Otter, Muskrat, Puget Sound Garter Snake, NW Salamander egg mass. 86 species (+8 other taxa) Snow Goose 1 Freshwater marsh. Greater White-fronted Goose (Western) 29 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Brant (Black) 90 Observed at 3pm from Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail at mouth of Leschi Slough with scopes. Cackling Goose (minima) 750 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 35 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Wood Duck 12 Northern Shoveler 100 Gadwall 25 Eurasian Wigeon 2 Flooded field south of Twin Barns. Fresh water marsh. American Wigeon 400 Mallard 110 Northern Pintail 300 Green-winged Teal (American) 1000 Ring-necked Duck 20 Greater Scaup 80 Observed from Puget Sound Observatory Platform with scopes off Luhr Beach. Surf Scoter 20 White-winged Scoter 100 Observed from Puget Sound Observatory Platform with scopes on Nisqually Reach. Black Scoter 1 Seen from Puget Sound Observatory Platform with scopes off Luhr Beach. Male. Bufflehead 100 Common Goldeneye 30 Hooded Merganser 10 Common Merganser 2 Nisqually River Overlook. Red-breasted Merganser 12 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 14 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 12 Visitor Center, Education Center and Orchard. Mourning Dove 4 Rufous Hummingbird 8 Nest observed on inside of east side of Twin Barns Loop Trail 40-80 feet north of Beaver Deceiver at eye level on precariously located vertical branch over borough slough. Two other nests see just north of Beaver Deceiver. Virginia Rail 2 Calling from Visitor Center Pond. American Coot (Red-shielded) 150 Killdeer 2 Wilson's Snipe 4 Spotted Sandpiper 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek. Greater Yellowlegs 20 Dunlin 500 Least Sandpiper 20 Short-billed Gull 175 Ring-billed Gull 20 California Gull 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 5 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 15 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 100 gull sp. 100 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Horned Grebe 1 Nisqually Reach. Brandt's Cormorant 4 Nisqually River channel marker. Double-crested Cormorant 4 American Bittern 1 FOY! Great looks from Nisqually Estuary Trail between Willow ?bush? Tree on inside of trail and entrance to Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail hunting in Freshwater Marsh. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 20 Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.) 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 16 Occupied nest West Bank of Nisqually River north of Nisqually River Observatory Platform and West Bank of McAllister Creek across from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 6 One bird seen in nest snag right of Visitor Center entrance, four males seen displaying in Maple on west side of Nisqually River Observatory Platform, and one bird seen in Twin Barns Picnic Area. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Heard only from West Bank of McAllister Creek from Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Northern Flicker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Peregrine Falcon 1 Actively hunting entire Refuge. American Crow 8 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Tree Swallow 60 Violet-green Swallow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow (American) 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Brown Creeper 8 Pacific Wren (pacificus Group) 1 Marsh Wren 16 Bewick's Wren 8 European Starling 50 Varied Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Seen by Steve from Nisqually River Overlook. American Robin (migratorius Group) 30 Purple Finch (Western) 6 Pine Siskin 30 American Goldfinch 1 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 1 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 15 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 2 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 32 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 20 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 6 Townsend's Warbler 3 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S224328476 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Apr 10 20:06:44 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 10 20:07:07 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening Message-ID: <853A7CA9-C671-4C65-BF1B-8E739DAD074B@me.com> Tweeters, We could use a couple more observers for both the Monroe and Selleck Vaux?s Swift roost sites. 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We have had a Townsend's warbler, goldfinches, yellow-rumped warblers on and off and I did hear a Varied Thrush a few weeks ago. But these are rarities rather than regulars even in good years. Hoping for reassurance. Thank you Laura-Mae -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Apr 12 04:32:30 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (cj flick via Tweeters) Date: Sat Apr 12 04:32:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Bottle Beach State Park, WA on Thurs, April 10, 2025 Message-ID: Bottle Beach State Park, WA on Wednesday, April 10, 2025 Two Common Yellowthroats counter-sing at REDMAN SLOUGH Catherine J. Flick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Apr 12 12:31:45 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Sat Apr 12 12:32:05 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Worried about lack of birds at my feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4ae623a7-03d7-4cb6-8843-4c15ed9619da@jimbetz.com> Laura-mae, ? Do you have water out that is suitable for both drinking -and- bathiing?? We have a "bubbling fountain" and if that is off the birds are not here/very small numbers and varieties ... and when it is on we have an entirely different backyard.? The important water source that is missing may not be in your yard - perhaps at a neighbor's house? ? We all have to be very careful about phrases like "collapse of bird population in the area" when we are basing our observations on just one data point such as our own backyard. ? I am -not- saying that there "is no collapse" (I don't know/can't answer that question) ... I'm saying that it takes a lot more data from a -lot- more sources to call a local/temporary/this season/this year/in my yard ... noticeable reduction a "collapse". ? I am also concerned (a recent presentation to the Skagit Audubon Society made me also worried) ... but I don't have the data to say "here also". ? Have you checked eBird ("explore") for checklists in your area (a local hotspot?)? Have you used that in ways that show trends both year-to-year and month-to-month? Are you using eBird to log what you see - so you can go back and check against previous years? ? ? ????? - Jim in Skagit > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:13:30 +0000 > From: Laura-Mae Baldwin via Tweeters > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Tweeters] Worried about lack of birds at my feeders > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I live north of the University in Seattle and near both the Roosevelt reservoir and Ravenna Park. Usually we have a robust showing of chickadees, nuthatches, Bewick's wrens, Stellars jays, and crows and all seem to be largely missing this year. Crows have always been regulars, but I put out peanuts days ago and no one has come to claim them. I fear a collapse of the bird population in this area. Are others experiencing the same? > > We have had a Townsend's warbler, goldfinches, yellow-rumped warblers on and off and I did hear a Varied Thrush a few weeks ago. But these are rarities rather than regulars even in good years. > > Hoping for reassurance. > Thank you > Laura-Mae From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 13 12:12:44 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Martha Jordan via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 13 12:13:16 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] birds at feeders - numbers Message-ID: I have heard this from several people up in the Snohomish County area. Yet, at my feeders in south Everett area, abundant birds everyday. The composition has shifted, and I attribute that to the weather/season change. Good numbers of house finch and pine siskin. I also have some juncos, less than in winter but perhaps they are thinking of nesting as I have seen this in their behavior. And the band-tailed pigeons are back...fewer this year, but I did not feed them last year as they can be really messy and voracious eaters. I have seen other species coming and going all day, everyday. I believe people when they say numbers are down, but the bird numbers are likely not down everywhere. Curious. Martha Jordan Everett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 13 15:59:23 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (gnbuzz@comcast.net via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 13 15:59:28 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Help for Tri-Cities Message-ID: <08D2667F-9C78-3D4D-8533-23632A5B69CE@hxcore.ol> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 13 16:56:35 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Joshua Hayes via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 13 16:56:44 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Worried about lack of birds at my feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have two seed feeders and a suet feeder in the back and just suet in the front; we live near North Seattle College. I have not noticed any fall-off in bird activity. It's true they're taking less seed, but I assume this is because insect populations are rising with rising temperatures and increasing degree-days. We do provide water in back by rotating several scrubbed/bleached clay pot-bottoms out daily (that is, scrubbed every day. We have six, so we can always have one out, one scrubbed and bleached, and one drying before filling). We're seeing the usual numbers of both chickadees, house finches, white-crowned sparrows, song sparrows, towhees, juncos, nuthatches, flickers, downies, and bushtits, although the bushtits have definitely gone from groups of about 20 down to what I presume are close family groups of 2-6. I'm guessing there may also be birds on eggs, so they're keeping a low profile in general. Josh Hayes Joshuaahayes@proton.me Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Sunday, April 13th, 2025 at 12:00 PM, via Tweeters wrote: > Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to > tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > 1. Re: Worried about lack of birds at my feeders > (Jim Betz via Tweeters) > [snipped] > > Message: 1 > > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:13:30 +0000 > > From: Laura-Mae Baldwin via Tweeters tweeters@u.washington.edu > > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: [Tweeters] Worried about lack of birds at my feeders [snipped] From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 13 22:07:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 13 22:08:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Eastern Washington Message-ID: My wife Carole and I went birding in the Wllds of Eastern Washington last Wednesday and Thursday (4/9 - 4/10). We started with a FOY Osprey on the nesting platform just before getting off I-90 at the first Cle Elum exit as expected. It has been a reliable spot for an Osprey for many years.. Continuing on to the Railroad Ponds, we hoped to find a Pygmy Nuthatch, instead we found a pair of lively Red-breasted Nuthatches. Seems they took over the territory. A single FOY Turkey Vulture was patrolling over the ponds. Next we headed east on SR 10 and stopped at the Teanaway River Dipper Bridge where we found the resident pair of American Dippers waiting for us under the bridge on our side of the river. They are always fun to watch and this pair had a bulky nest visible on a beam under the bridge and was actively feeding young. A little further on SR 10 is a rock formation over which 7 Turkey Vultures were circling while a Common Raven showed off his flying skills to them. We passed through Ellensburg and continued on Old Vantage Road with a brief side trip down Parke Creek Road to a pond. There we found our First-Of-Year Yellow-headed Blackbirds, an American Coot, a pair of Killdeer and a single male Common Goldeneye. Next stop was at Ginkgo State Park in Vantage. Other than the resident Say's Phoebe things were still quiet there, except for some Gold - and House Finches and several Yellow-rumped Warblers. We spent the night in Moses Lake. To my surprise, Eurasian Collared-Doves are all over town there. I had yet to find one in the Seattle area this year.Their tooting must be annoying in some neighborhoods! Good Birding! Hans -- *Hans Feddern* Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA thefedderns@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Apr 14 00:13:04 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters) Date: Mon Apr 14 00:13:23 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Potholes Snow GeeseHans Message-ID: The first bird on the second day of our Eastern Washington trip was a Common Loon seen from our lakeshore room in Moses Lake.. A first for me to start a day's birding! The main target on this trip was Sandhill Crane. Since I had not been able to get to Othello any sooner, I thought it was unlikely to still find any cranes, but it was worth a try. - More later- We headed south on SR 17 and took the turn west to Potholes State Park. On the way we stopped at a pull-out on O'Sullivan Dam at Potholes Reservoir. Here we were treated to an amazing spectacle, one only nature can present: East of the bird island(s) and further north on Potholes Reservoir there was a heavy white line on the water. it stretched close to mile from east to west. and consisted of a solid mass of snow geese! Above were several thousand other geese high in the sky circling and waiting for their turn to corkscrew in for a landing. There must have been a ground controller guiding them in for a safe landing! It was fascinating to watch how they managed not to collide and find a spot to land. My conservative estimate would be of at least 30,000 + birds. Actually I had watched the same thing happen last year from the same pull out. That time the Snow Geese were still flying in from the south, while this year they were already high up in the sky over the reservoir.. Last year it was one V-formation and one line after the other. I watched them for half an hour and there were still more coming when I left. My guess is that these geese are wintering in California making a rest stop on their northward migration, but why this large compact concentration on the water? More later in another post. Good Birding! -- *Hans Feddern* Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA thefedderns@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Apr 14 00:50:58 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters) Date: Mon Apr 14 00:51:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Para Ponds Othello Message-ID: After the Snow Goose spectacle we stopped at Potholes State Park. There always is a nice variety of birds there, but nothing unusual this time. >From there we headed for the Para Ponds in Othello. On the water and on the meadows around the ponds were several thousand Cackling Geese and also some Canada Geese and a single Greater White-fronted Goose. There was a good variety of duck species, but no Redheads and hundreds of American Coots. Also no Black-necked Stilts had come in yet. Next we stopped at the County Line Ponds on SR 26. I have never seen the main pond on the southside so quiet! There were barely a dozen ducks there and even they were hard to find. The pond on the northside had a pair of Bufflehead and a pair of Green-winged Teal, but also a pair of Redhead, 7 Black-necked Stilts and a single American Avocet. The last two First-of-Year birds for me. >From there we took B SE road south towards Lower Crab Creek. The hole in the road has been fixed and there are two one lane bridges over the two branches of the creek. A lone male Northern Harrier was patrolling low over the sage brush, He had to climb to let a circling Red-tailed Hawk know that he was not invited. While I was watching them I noticed a small group of Canada Geese landing in a field quite distant. But wait, two large birds kept on flying towards me! They had a different wing beat, flapping and gliding almost like a butterfly! A pair of Sandhill Cranes! My lucky day. We did hear some other cranes trumpeting, but could not locate them. I hope that I have not bored you too much! Good Birding! Hans -- *Hans Feddern* Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA thefedderns@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Apr 14 05:25:38 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Bob Flores via Tweeters) Date: Mon Apr 14 05:25:43 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Para Ponds Othello In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was there before dark. One snow goose, less than 100 cackles, 2 black-neck stilts, 2 ring-necked ducks, one common goldeneye were the highlights Sent from my iPad On Apr 14, 2025, at 00:51, Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters wrote: ? After the Snow Goose spectacle we stopped at Potholes State Park. There always is a nice variety of birds there, but nothing unusual this time. From there we headed for the Para Ponds in Othello. On the water and on the meadows around the ponds were several thousand Cackling Geese and also some Canada Geese and a single Greater White-fronted Goose. There was a good variety of duck species, but no Redheads and hundreds of American Coots. Also no Black-necked Stilts had come in yet. Next we stopped at the County Line Ponds on SR 26. I have never seen the main pond on the southside so quiet! There were barely a dozen ducks there and even they were hard to find. The pond on the northside had a pair of Bufflehead and a pair of Green-winged Teal, but also a pair of Redhead, 7 Black-necked Stilts and a single American Avocet. The last two First-of-Year birds for me. From there we took B SE road south towards Lower Crab Creek. The hole in the road has been fixed and there are two one lane bridges over the two branches of the creek. A lone male Northern Harrier was patrolling low over the sage brush, He had to climb to let a circling Red-tailed Hawk know that he was not invited. While I was watching them I noticed a small group of Canada Geese landing in a field quite distant. But wait, two large birds kept on flying towards me! They had a different wing beat, flapping and gliding almost like a butterfly! A pair of Sandhill Cranes! My lucky day. We did hear some other cranes trumpeting, but could not locate them. I hope that I have not bored you too much! Good Birding! 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Here is the female - https://www.flickr.com/gp/138163614@N02/7ma8vt2816 Here is the male - https://www.flickr.com/gp/138163614@N02/njwoFUMe58 And here is the pair in a tree, the male probably foraging and the female robbing nesting material from a bushtit nest.. - https://www.flickr.com/gp/138163614@N02/54y0a5uAA9 Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Apr 14 17:39:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Mon Apr 14 17:39:29 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagle's Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk - Thursday, April 17 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, April 17. The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM March-Oct. (Starting time changes to 9:00AM Nov-Feb). 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! Current weather forecast is 44-61degF (48-69 real-feel) during the walk with lots of sun. As always, dress for success! 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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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will host its second virtual public meeting to discuss the 2025 update to the State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) on Monday, May 5, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This meeting is part of the process of revising and updating Washington?s SWAP every 10 years. WDFW?s SWAP Coordinator will present information from the 2024 survey that followed the last round of engagement, updating the draft Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) list, important habitat concepts, conservation themes that will be considered in the SWAP revision, and the timeline for public draft reviews this summer. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. All members of the public are welcome to attend. Meeting materials will be available on WDFW?s website and event webpage on April 28, 2025, before the meeting. Washington's SWAP is a comprehensive plan for conserving the state's fish and wildlife and the natural habitats they depend on. It is part of a nationwide effort by all 50 states and five U.S. territories to develop conservation action plans and participate in the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants (SWG) Program. The purpose of the SWG Program is to support state actions that broadly benefit fish and wildlife, and particularly the habitats and landscapes that support those species, as identified by each individual state. In 2005, the Department completed its first SWAP called the Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS). The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service requires these plans be updated every 10 years to remain eligible for SWG funding. The plan was last updated in 2015. The 2025 SWAP will be a complete revision of the 2015 SWAP with a revised SGCN list; new frameworks for habitats, threats, and conservation actions; and organization by ecoregions. The SWAP presents information about the status of the state's wildlife and habitats, identifies key problems they face, and outlines the actions needed to conserve biodiversity over the long term. For information about the SWAP, and to learn about additional public meetings discussing the 2025 revision, please visit the SWAP webpage. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife works to preserve, protect, and perpetuate fish, wildlife, and ecosystems while providing sustainable fish, wildlife, and recreational and commercial opportunities. May all your birds be identified, Denis DeSilvis avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 15 15:43:53 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Marilynn Leland via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 15 15:44:32 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Prairie falcon References: <539FFB0E-4D7B-414D-B43E-3631CCCC8A23.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <539FFB0E-4D7B-414D-B43E-3631CCCC8A23@yahoo.com> I?m a novice birder, but believe I saw a nesting pair of prairie falcon at Island Crest Park on Mercer Island. They are on the light standard overlooking the ball field. I was surprised to see them in a forested area, but they appeared to be prairie as opposed to peregrine. Is this unusual. They appeared to enjoy the baseball game! Marilynn From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 15 16:10:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 15 16:10:48 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey Nest Re: Prairie falcon In-Reply-To: <539FFB0E-4D7B-414D-B43E-3631CCCC8A23@yahoo.com> References: <539FFB0E-4D7B-414D-B43E-3631CCCC8A23@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0221691F-10D7-4C43-A903-CAB2BB8C6741@gmail.com> Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2025, at 3:44?PM, Marilynn Leland via Tweeters wrote: > > ?I?m a novice birder, but believe I saw a nesting pair of prairie falcon at Island Crest Park on Mercer Island. They are on the light standard overlooking the ball field. I was surprised to see them in a forested area, but they appeared to be prairie as opposed to peregrine. Is this unusual. They appeared to enjoy the baseball game! > Marilynn > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 15 17:38:00 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (STEVE KOHL M.D. via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 15 17:38:04 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Harlequin ducks on the Wallace River Message-ID: A pair seen one half mile from trailhead at Wallace Falls State Park. Second time in several years at the same spot Steve and Sybil Kohl Seatte Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Apr 15 18:02:52 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (B B via Tweeters) Date: Tue Apr 15 18:03:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Eastern WA References: <1707853136.1238626.1744765372663.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1707853136.1238626.1744765372663@mail.yahoo.com> Thought I would add some reports following others on Eastern WA lately.? All from April 14. Cassin's finches are active on Wood Duck Road across from Bullfrog Pond just West of Cle Elum.? Can also find both Purple and House Finches among other species there.? Can be a good place for Chipping Sparrows, Western Bluebirds and Pygmy Nuthatch.? CAUTION:? it is a private road.? Years ago I asked someone there if I could bird there.? "Sure, just don't want anyone camping."? I have gone back every year and many locals have seen me and never a question.? I guess an old fart with bins and a camera isn't threatening.? You can bird from the road. Not as plentiful as usual but Pygmy Nuthatches are present and responsive at the usual location (near fenced in area) at the Railroad Ponds in So. Cle Elum.? 3 species of Chickadees there as well. House Wren wasn't there "yet". On Durr Road just South of Ellensburg off Umptanum Road, Sage Thrasher, Vesper and Brewer's Sparrows and both Mountain and Western Bluebirds are active.? Lots of Meadowlarks.? No Shrike this visit. For anyone who hasn't birded along Old Vantage Highway for a few years? it has changed greatly with much sagebrush lost to fires.? But birds can still be found.? Sage Thrashers and the two sparrows are singing at appropriate remaining sagebrush habitat along Old Vantage Highway...Mountain Bluebirds as well and a Rough Legged Hawk is over staying.? (Did not see Prairie Falcon or Say's Phoebe this trip.)? Sagebrush Sparrows can be found hiking up trail (half mile at most) at the East Entrance to the Quilomene Wildlife area on Old Vantage Highway.? Vesper and Brewer's possible there as well. Several Say's Phoebes and Rock Wrens (missed Canyon Wren) along Recreation Road and Gingko Overlook near Vantage. White Throated Swifts are back in Yakima Canyon and all swallows (except Bank and Purple Martins) were seen in many areas as were Ospreys - at least a dozen both hunting and on platforms. Only focused birding in Yakima County was at Kerry's Pond where my goal was to see a Cackling Goose which would be species #200 for the County.? There were more than 200 Cacklers there.? At least a dozen Black Necked Stilts (in pond and in adjoining field).? Two American Avocets were also in the field.? Both male and female Redheads were present.? A highlight was intersecting with the Pond's namesake while there.? I ran out of time to venture into Grant County.? Maybe tomorrow but if not I won't be free to do any Eastern Washington birding for awhile so glad to get yesterday in. Migration is happening.? Love springtime! Blair Bernson? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Apr 16 09:16:56 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Marty via Tweeters) Date: Wed Apr 16 09:17:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] White breasted that hatch-Ridgefield NWR S Loop Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Once again, we have a variety of field trips, classes, beer socials, and talks planned. We would love to have you join us this month and help us reach our fundraising goal. Here are two suggestions: Our first field trip will take us to Robinson Canyon. See more information here: Birdathon Field Trip - Robinson Canyon - Eastside Audubon Society Want to learn to use Merlin and eBird (or get better at them)? Consider this course: Master Merlin Bird ID and eBird: Essential Tools for Birders - Eastside Audubon Society For our full Birdathon calendar, see our May 2025 events here: Calendar - Eastside Audubon Society Jeremy Lucas Vice President Eastside Audubon I www.eastsideaudubon.org Sent by Andy McCormick Bellevue, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Apr 16 12:44:40 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Mark Borden via Tweeters) Date: Wed Apr 16 12:44:56 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] MI Prairie (Merlin?) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <05A2BE4B-6B7C-4190-AB01-2E7D2F6A4FB4@gmail.com> Hi Marilynn, Having a nesting pair of Prairie Falcons on MI is about as close to an impossibility as anything in this world of ours. A pair of lighter colored Merlins would be possible. My captive breeding Prairie Falcon laid her third egg (of the usual 4) yesterday, so the timing is right. Mark Borden Coupeville, WA. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2025, at 12:04?PM, 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. Prairie falcon (Marilynn Leland via Tweeters) > 2. Osprey Nest Re: Prairie falcon (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) > 3. Harlequin ducks on the Wallace River > (STEVE KOHL M.D. via Tweeters) > 4. Eastern WA (B B via Tweeters) > 5. White breasted that hatch-Ridgefield NWR S Loop > (Marty via Tweeters) > 6. Question about Arrival Time for BRown PElicans at Westport, > WA - April 8th (cj flick via Tweeters) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:43:53 -0700 > From: Marilynn Leland via Tweeters > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Prairie falcon > Message-ID: <539FFB0E-4D7B-414D-B43E-3631CCCC8A23@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I?m a novice birder, but believe I saw a nesting pair of prairie falcon at Island Crest Park on Mercer Island. They are on the light standard overlooking the ball field. I was surprised to see them in a forested area, but they appeared to be prairie as opposed to peregrine. Is this unusual. They appeared to enjoy the baseball game! > Marilynn > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:10:24 -0700 > From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters > To: Marilynn Leland > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey Nest Re: Prairie falcon > Message-ID: <0221691F-10D7-4C43-A903-CAB2BB8C6741@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 15, 2025, at 3:44?PM, Marilynn Leland via Tweeters wrote: >> >> ?I?m a novice birder, but believe I saw a nesting pair of prairie falcon at Island Crest Park on Mercer Island. They are on the light standard overlooking the ball field. I was surprised to see them in a forested area, but they appeared to be prairie as opposed to peregrine. Is this unusual. They appeared to enjoy the baseball game! >> Marilynn >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:38:00 +0000 > From: "STEVE KOHL M.D. via Tweeters" > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Tweeters] Harlequin ducks on the Wallace River > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > A pair seen one half mile from trailhead at Wallace Falls State Park. Second time in several years at the same spot > Steve and Sybil Kohl > Seatte > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 01:02:52 +0000 (UTC) > From: B B via Tweeters > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Eastern WA > Message-ID: <1707853136.1238626.1744765372663@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thought I would add some reports following others on Eastern WA lately.? All from April 14. > Cassin's finches are active on Wood Duck Road across from Bullfrog Pond just West of Cle Elum.? Can also find both Purple and House Finches among other species there.? Can be a good place for Chipping Sparrows, Western Bluebirds and Pygmy Nuthatch.? CAUTION:? it is a private road.? Years ago I asked someone there if I could bird there.? "Sure, just don't want anyone camping."? I have gone back every year and many locals have seen me and never a question.? I guess an old fart with bins and a camera isn't threatening.? You can bird from the road. > Not as plentiful as usual but Pygmy Nuthatches are present and responsive at the usual location (near fenced in area) at the Railroad Ponds in So. Cle Elum.? 3 species of Chickadees there as well. House Wren wasn't there "yet". > On Durr Road just South of Ellensburg off Umptanum Road, Sage Thrasher, Vesper and Brewer's Sparrows and both Mountain and Western Bluebirds are active.? Lots of Meadowlarks.? No Shrike this visit. > For anyone who hasn't birded along Old Vantage Highway for a few years? it has changed greatly with much sagebrush lost to fires.? But birds can still be found.? Sage Thrashers and the two sparrows are singing at appropriate remaining sagebrush habitat along Old Vantage Highway...Mountain Bluebirds as well and a Rough Legged Hawk is over staying.? (Did not see Prairie Falcon or Say's Phoebe this trip.)? Sagebrush Sparrows can be found hiking up trail (half mile at most) at the East Entrance to the Quilomene Wildlife area on Old Vantage Highway.? Vesper and Brewer's possible there as well. > Several Say's Phoebes and Rock Wrens (missed Canyon Wren) along Recreation Road and Gingko Overlook near Vantage. > White Throated Swifts are back in Yakima Canyon and all swallows (except Bank and Purple Martins) were seen in many areas as were Ospreys - at least a dozen both hunting and on platforms. > Only focused birding in Yakima County was at Kerry's Pond where my goal was to see a Cackling Goose which would be species #200 for the County.? There were more than 200 Cacklers there.? At least a dozen Black Necked Stilts (in pond and in adjoining field).? Two American Avocets were also in the field.? Both male and female Redheads were present.? A highlight was intersecting with the Pond's namesake while there.? I ran out of time to venture into Grant County.? Maybe tomorrow but if not I won't be free to do any Eastern Washington birding for awhile so glad to get yesterday in. > Migration is happening.? Love springtime! > Blair Bernson? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:16:56 -0700 > From: Marty via Tweeters > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] White breasted that hatch-Ridgefield NWR S Loop > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:57:54 -0700 > From: cj flick via Tweeters > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Question about Arrival Time for BRown PElicans at > Westport, WA - April 8th > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > What is the usual arrival date for BRown PElicans in March or April each > Year? 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The odd thing is the ones we could see well with scopes looked to be adults, which should be in the middle of nesting right now in Mexico or California. Here is an article about pelicans having trouble right now with toxic algae blooms and domoic acid in California, causing deaths of adults and and nesting failures this nesting season. Curiously, there may even be a connection to the big wildfires and subsequent mudslides down there, causing run-off of nutrients into coastal waters, adding to the algae bloom. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-adult-pelicans-falling-victim-toxic.html Maybe a connection to the pelicans showing up early here? 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Curious what this season brings for them. 4/12 - 1 individual ship canal area 4/15 - 20 on Kellogg Island tide flats at low tide 4/16 - 2 vocalizing and circling each other at high altitude eventually moving NE towards Duwamish Head Kersti E. Muul ED - SALISH WILDLIFE WATCH Urban Conservation & Wildlife Biologist/Specialist - Response and Rescue Washington Animal Response Team, BCS, Osprey Solutions and MMSN referral Wildlife Field Biologist IV Marbled murrelet forest certified and USFWS marine certified Animal Care Specialist/Animal & Off the Grid First Aid Certified -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Apr 16 16:17:34 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Bill Tweit via Tweeters) Date: Wed Apr 16 16:17:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Space available on Westport Seabirds pelagic trip THIS FRIDAY Message-ID: Tweeters, Sorry for the all caps in the title, but I wanted to call attention to a last minute pelagic trip opportunity. Westport Seabirds has 3 spaces available for the upcoming pelagic trip. It will be on FRIDAY, moved one day earlier than scheduled as the weather is forecast to deteriorate significantly throughout the day on Saturday, and Friday promises to be considerably more favorable. Unfortunately not every one who was signed up for Saturday was able to make the switch, which means that there are 3 openings for the trip. Call Phil and Chris Anderson of Westport Seabirds quickly if you are interested, at 360.268.9141. I suspect these spaces will fill up quickly, so act quickly. 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For those of you on social media, you can see a screenshot of the wee birds deep inside the chimney here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1059835016177764&set=a.611656090995661 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIjVedxPxa6/ We're always looking for some more help counting the swifts around sunset in Monroe during the spring and fall migrations (mid-April to late May; mid-August to late September). If interested, please let me know. Thanks! Brian Zinke -- [image: Logo] Brian Zinke Executive Director phone: (425) 232-6811 email: director@pilchuckaudubon.org Pilchuck Audubon Society 1429 Avenue D, PMB 198, Snohomish, WA 98290 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Apr 17 16:24:48 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 17 16:25:05 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-04-17 Message-ID: Tweets - It was a gorgeous morning without a cloud in the sky nor a breath of wind. Pre-dawn was stunning. But clear skies overnight mean a cold start; I wasn't really prepared for 36 degrees and frost on the ground. I'd been more worried I'd get too warm - it was 56 degrees when we finished. It's hard to dress for a 20-degree swing. The dawn chorus was loud, varied, and lasted at least an hour after sunrise. At least 20 species were heard singing! Highlights: Great Blue Heron - Grum-grum-grum-grum calls from the nests indicate young have hatched Bald Eagle - So many sightings, including a juvenile in the heronry. Maybe 7-9 eagles seen today Merlin - A couple of quick fly-bys PURPLE MARTIN - At least one male checking out the gourds. Maybe another one heard to the east. First of Year (FOY) Barn Swallow - One at the East Meadow, two at the lake late (FOY) Bushtit - We now know of at least nests CHIPPING SPARROW - One seen singing just east of the Dog Area portapotties (FOY) Brown-headed Cowbird - Finally confirmed for the survey for the year. Several males seen and heard (FOY) Orange-crowned Warbler - Probably at least three seen singing (FOY) A late scan of the lake turned up a host of species we hadn't seen earlier: Ring-necked Duck - One pair. Any seen after next week will be notably late Bufflehead - Two males. Might still be around for a couple more weeks AMERICAN COOT - Two under the cabana, first since February Pied-billed Grebe - Only one remaining COMMON LOON - Confirmation of a bird seen far out from the platform on the main survey (FOY) Both AMERICAN COOT and PIED-BILLED GREBE used to be regular nesting species at Marymoor, but have only rarely been noted during breeding season the last several years. Misses today included Rock and Band-tailed Pigeon (though two *pigeon sp.* were glimpsed), Double-crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfisher, and Cliff Swallow. For the day, 61 species. For the year, adding the six species noted above, we're at 94 species for the survey in 2025. = 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 Apr 17 18:20:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Thu Apr 17 18:21:02 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 04-17-2025 Message-ID: Tweeters, This gorgeous, nearly cloud-free day at JBLM Eagle's Pride GC started cool (38degF) but ended at 60degF, although the shady spots still meant most of the 17 of us making the birding round kept our top clothing layer on. A major surprise was that Hodge Lake didn't have ANY birds on/around it - a first for the 12 years we've been birding here. (Three large, imported carp of some kind (possibly black or grass carp) at the 12th hole pond were later reported to a biologist at JBLM. These fish are definitely an invasive species.) Highlights: EURASIAN WIGEON - The female was still seen, for the fourth consecutive month, at the 9th hole pond. BARN, TREE, and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS made their first of season (FOS) appearance. PURPLE FINCHES were singing in many areas. They're likely here all winter but rarely seen or heard until spring, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS (FOS) were quite prevalent, with some good views. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were also in many areas. BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD - FOS PINE SISKINS were again uncountable due to their abundance everywhere we roamed. I put 500 down on the list just to give some idea of what we thought was relevant. The mammals included four black-tailed deer and six Douglas squirrels. The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM except for November to February, when the start time is at 9:00AM. 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: * May 15 * June 19 * July 17 >From the eBirdPNW report: 42 species Wood Duck 4 All at the 12th hole pond. Eurasian Wigeon 1 Continuing bird (fourth consecutive month) at the 9th hole pond. American Wigeon 3 9th hole pond Mallard 6 Ring-necked Duck 2 9th hole pond. Band-tailed Pigeon 6 Anna's Hummingbird 4 Rufous Hummingbird 1 Great Blue Heron 1 12th hole pond. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 3 Hutton's Vireo 1 Steller's Jay 7 American Crow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 26 Tree Swallow 21 Violet-green Swallow 7 Barn Swallow 10 Taking up residence at the driving range building. Bushtit 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 16 Brown Creeper 4 Pacific Wren 1 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 2 American Robin 40 House Finch 6 Purple Finch 24 Red Crossbill 10 Pine Siskin 500 Heard the entire 3.2-mile walk - abundant everywhere. Dark-eyed Junco 6 White-crowned Sparrow 17 Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 29 One seen carrying nesting material. Spotted Towhee 7 Red-winged Blackbird 10 All in the area of the maintenance-building pond. Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Orange-crowned Warbler 12 Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS226482010&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ca32e60cbcfb440bb9a0d08dd7e10125b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638805329677096159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Qdq8eNBC5dYe0d68PHrCMuJs5DMFwE3JSokKR6q2V6w%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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Here is our eBird Checklist from April 8, 2025 at Westport, WA: *https://ebird.org/checklist/S225171830 * *Our photo shows ALL breed plumaged adults except for ONE, which I assumed was an immature plumaged born in 2024, but maybe it was born in 2025 and is a juvenile???* *Yours most appreciatively,* cjflick / White Salmon, WA On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 2:13?PM Bob Boekelheide wrote: > Hi CJ and Tweeters, > > Two days ago (4/16/25), a group of us also saw 40 Brown Pelicans flying > low over the waves to the north past Cape Flattery, and other pelicans > roosting on Tatoosh Island in the evening. The odd thing is the ones we > could see well with scopes looked to be adults, which should be in the > middle of nesting right now in Mexico or California. > > Here is an article about pelicans having trouble right now with toxic > algae blooms and domoic acid in California, causing deaths of adults and > and nesting failures this nesting season. Curiously, there may even be a > connection to the big wildfires and subsequent mudslides down there, > causing run-off of nutrients into coastal waters, adding to the algae bloom. > > https://phys.org/news/2025-04-adult-pelicans-falling-victim-toxic.html > > Maybe a connection to the pelicans showing up early here? > > Bob Boekelheide > Dungeness > > > On Apr 16, 2025, at 12:03?PM, via Tweeters > wrote: > > *From: *cj flick via Tweeters > *Subject: **[Tweeters] Question about Arrival Time for BRown PElicans at > Westport, WA - April 8th* > *Date: *April 16, 2025 at 10:57:54?AM PDT > *To: *tweeters@u.washington.edu > *Reply-To: *cj flick > > > What is the usual arrival date for BRown PElicans in March or April each > Year? We thought our sight record on April 8th was on the early side. > > CJ Flick / White Salmon, WA > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Flying, vocalizing, and some intimate moments. I had a nice view from the bleachers. From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Apr 18 18:22:51 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (J Christian Kessler via Tweeters) Date: Fri Apr 18 18:23:31 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Musk now in charge of National Parks Message-ID: ?Elon Musk is now effectively in charge of America?s public lands,? says Jennifer Rokala, executive director at the Center for Western Priorities. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum just issued an order ceding oversight of the Department of the Interior to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (which is not a government department at all), and handing to it total authority over DOI?s workforce and budget. -- ?Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ? it?s about learning how to dance in the rain.? Deborah Tuck -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Muul ED - SALISH WILDLIFE WATCH Urban Conservation & Wildlife Biologist/Specialist - Response and Rescue Washington Animal Response Team, BCS, Osprey Solutions and MMSN referral Wildlife Field Biologist IV Marbled murrelet forest certified and USFWS marine certified Animal Care Specialist/Animal & Off the Grid First Aid Certified On Fri, Apr 18, 2025, 7:52?PM Diann MacRae wrote: > Hello - I assume it's Caspian Tern but many people don't know the > acronyms. It helps to identify completely especially for those unfamiliar > with West Seattle. > > Diann MacRae > Olympic Vulture Study > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > > Bothell, WA 98021 > > tvulture@gmx.com > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM > *From:* "Kersti Muul via Tweeters" > *To:* tweeters@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Tweeters] CATE back in West Seattle > Every year I look forward to this day, especially now after so many > catastrophic nest failures. 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Visit our webpages for schedules: https://www.shorebirdfestival.com Yours for the Birds ? the Bees Jim Ullrich From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Apr 19 12:51:46 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Danzenbaker via Tweeters) Date: Sat Apr 19 12:52:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Loads of shorebirds at River S section of Ridgefield NWR, Clark County Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, If you want to feed your need for shorebirds, there are loads (344) of them at the River S unit of Ridgefield NWR, Clark County. Most of the shorebirds are in the large pond just before the parking lot for the bird blind. Highlights are 2 Black-necked Stilts, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 15+ Lesser Yellowlegs, 19 Black-bellied Plovers and 1 Semipalmated Plover. Here's today's ebird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S227130373 Keep your eyes and ears skyward .... or on the mudflats. 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A male Rufous Hummingbird displayed his spring finest from a perch in an Alder at the Play Area entrance, Golden-crowned and Song Sparrows entertained us along the way. A Purple Finch sang from a tree top and Pine Siskins were ubiquitous. Mourning Dove and a Band-tailed Pigeon were in the orchard, as was a Brown-headed Cowbird and a single Ruby-crowned Kinglet. (Tom, passing the orchard a hour or so later reported 5 Steller's Jays.) Seen from the entrance road, a Kildeer and a Greater Yellowlegs shared the far shore of the Peek-a-boo Pond (Jon calls it the Forbidden Pond) with a male Mallard. After turning onto the service road, some of the group heard a Hutton's Vireo, those of us further along the road missed it. Mallards and a couple of American Wigeon occupied the pond south of the bend in the road. A large flock of Cackling Geese flew north in "V" shaped squadrons towards the freshwater marsh further west. The flooded field west of the service road held a first of the year pair of Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, American Coots, Northern Shovelers, Northern Pintails, and Mallards. American Crows harassed a Cooper's Hawk while it tried to imitate a Northern Harrier, hunting low over the marshy grass. At the start of the loop trail a Common Yellowthroat and an Orange-crowned Warbler played hide and seek in an Alder. A pair of Virginia Rail played a similar game in the grass clumps on the west side of the center pond, near the Beaver lodge. A couple Ring-necked Ducks were in the north end of the pond and a pair of Canada Geese shepherded their newly-hatched 6 goslings in the leaf litter under the Alders north of the pond. Bewick's Wren, At the turn toward the Twin Barns a pair of Northern Rough-winged Swallows checked out the hollow on east side of the Bigleaf Maple, where they have nested for the last couple of years. Tree Swallows swooped around the Twin Barns and the overlook, from which we saw more Mallards, Pintail Shovelers and Wigeon. Among the Swallows was at least one Violet-Green and one Cliff Swallow. A pale and shaggy looking Opossum wandered haphazardly and flopped on it's side out in the sunlit grass in front of the overlook. We suspected that it might be ill. In the Alders along the dike were Savannah and Song Sparrows, Golden -crowned and a White-crowned Sparrow. A south-bound Merlin crossed overhead. Greater White-fronted Geese were in the shallow water on the freshwater side, along with Coots, Canada and Cackling Geese, Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Mallards, Gadwall, Northern Shovelers, and Northern Pintail. Virginia Rails were heard calling from the Marsh. Marsh Wrens sang and built nests in the cattails south of the dike. The Tide was very low as we headed out along McAllister Creek. Bufflehead, American Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Surf Scoters, and Red-breasted Mergansers were scattered along the creek. The number of ducks has dropped significantly from their winter peak. Several Greater Yellowlegs and a Spotted Sandpiper were spotted along the far shore while the near shore hosted small flocks of Least Sandpiper. A solo Double-crested Cormorant swam in the creek. Looking east from the boardwalk it was mud as far as we could see. Gulls, mostly Short- billed and Ring-billed were seen in smallish clusters. A California Gull and a few "Big Guys" (Glaucous-winged and Western Gull hybrids) added to the decoration. Just east of Leschi Slough a single Long-billed Curlew stalked the mud in search of a meal. No Bald Eagles were visible in the nest on the ridgetop seen from the viewing platform at the end of the boardwalk, perhaps because they were out finding food on the mud exposed by the minus tide. At least 50 Eagles were seen from the platform. A few presumed Brant's Cormorants perched on the Channel marker. Heat shimmer obscured identification of any birds further out on the reach. Returning to the dike and then to the Nisqually River overlook we noted the absence of birds on the river. Along the east side of the loop trail we found a couple Rufous Hummingbird nests, occupied by females. Chickadees and Yellow-rumped Warblers made their presence known, pairs of Hooded Mergansers swam in the adjacent slough. Back at the Visitor's Center deck for our tally we saw a male American Goldfinch to top of our walk. See the following checklist for the complete list. Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Apr 16, 2025 8:00 AM - 4:52 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.54 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. The Day was Sunny, 43-64 ? F, and calm in the morning with a north breeze at 5 knots by afternoon. A High 11.9-foot tide at 7:24 a.m. ebbed to a -0.9-foot Low Water 2:32 p.m. Non-birds seen included Townsend?s Chipmunk, Easter Bunny (E. Cotton-tailed Rabbit), Eastern Gray Squirrel, Long-tailed Weasel, Pacific Chorus Frog, Columbian black-tailed deer, Opossum, Red-eared Slider, NW Salamander egg masses, Mourning Cloak and Satyr Anglewing butterflies. 75 species (+6 other taxa) Snow Goose 1 Adult associating with a pair of Canada Geese Greater White-fronted Goose 26 25 in fresh-water marsh and 1 flying with Canada Goose pair Cackling Goose (minima) 1350 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 20 Canada Goose 48 6 goslings with parents in the woods at the north end of the Visitors' Center pond from the west boardwalk loop Wood Duck 9 Cinnamon Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 65 Gadwall 8 American Wigeon 75 Mallard 45 Northern Pintail 20 Green-winged Teal 18 Ring-necked Duck 2 Bufflehead 190 Common Goldeneye 12 Hooded Merganser 8 Red-breasted Merganser 20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 3 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 7 Virginia Rail 4 Two in Visitors' Center pond near the beaver lodge, two vocalizing in cattail marsh American Coot 50 Killdeer 3 Long-billed Curlew 1 Large shorebird, long bill, no stripes on crown, warm plumage Spotted Sandpiper 1 West bank of McAllister Creek Greater Yellowlegs 42 Least Sandpiper 60 Short-billed Gull 55 Ring-billed Gull 35 California Gull 1 Immature seen from estuary boardwalk Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 6 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 12 gull sp. 40 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Brandt's Cormorant 4 Nisqually Reach channel marker Double-crested Cormorant 1 McAllister Creek Great Blue Heron 24 Cooper's Hawk 1 Adult actively hunting, and being harassed by crows and blackbirds, in flooded field west of Visitors' Center Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 60 Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker 8 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Northern Flicker 4 Merlin 1 Hutton's Vireo 1 Steller's Jay 7 Five seen by Tom B in orchard at 10 a.m., two Vocalizing from west of McAllister Creek American Crow 8 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 9 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 Tree Swallow 50 Violet-green Swallow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Entering the hole in the large maple east of the twin barns, where nested last 2 years Barn Swallow 8 Cliff Swallow 1 Bushtit (Pacific) 1 Single male seen in orchard Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Brown Creeper 3 Marsh Wren 18 Bewick's Wren 7 European Starling 36 American Robin 45 Purple Finch (Western) 7 Pine Siskin 35 American Goldfinch 2 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 16 Savannah Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 38 Red-winged Blackbird 35 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 2 Common Yellowthroat 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 5 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S226217837 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Has anyone else been experiencing such problems with iBird Pro? Ray Hamlyn From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 20 15:24:15 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 20 15:24:32 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] FOYwhite pelicans Deer Lagoon Message-ID: <7B5B6EB8-6822-4466-9A94-16C38762528A@uw.edu> Saw 2 white pelicans today at Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island?.FOY for us. Also whimbrels, plovers in breeding plumage, 100s of Dunlin, caspian terns, and still all the common ducks. Lots of Savannah sparrows have also come in. David Armstrong Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Apr 20 16:53:04 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Laurel Parshall via Tweeters) Date: Sun Apr 20 16:53:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Ibird Pro problems Message-ID: Ray, I have an Android phone and Ibird pro was the first birding app that I bought. It still is the one that I use for North America birds more frequently than the Sibley's. 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