[Tweeters] Green heron names Vol 252, Issue

[Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters]

Thank you Sally! Yes, I go back to Green-backed Heron, but could not
remember the name. Despite checking in old field guides and even the remake
of Peterson’s original field guide showed Green Heron!

Hans

*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
thefedderns at gmail.com


On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM Sally Walters via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


>

> Green heron’s naming woes… I'm old enough to remember the green-backed

> heron’s name change. Given the brief small amount of green …. Woe with me!

> Perhaps the gray green-backed rufous necked heron. Multi colored heron?

> Sally M. Walters

> Sacramento CA

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>  1. Green Heron Name? (Jim Betz via Tweeters)

>  2. Re: Green Heron Name? (Elaine Anderson via Tweeters)

>  3. Cedar River Mouth shorebirding 8.17.25

>     (MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters)

>  4. POPULAR SCIENCE: Bald eagles stun scientists with    bizarre

>     migration pattern (Dan Reiff via Tweeters)

>  5. DISREGARD - Missing msgs #1 (Rob Faucett via Tweeters)

>  6. Re: DISREGARD - Missing msgs #2 [was] #1

>     (Rob Faucett via Tweeters)

>  7. Edmonds Roundup - July 2025 (Carol Riddell via Tweeters)

>  8. Blackberries (via Tweeters)

>  9. Off-Topic: Backroads from Ellensburg to Wenatchee?

>     (dick via Tweeters)

> 10. Vaux's Migration begins (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters)

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> Message: 1

> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:37:12 -0700

> From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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

> Subject: [Tweeters] Green Heron Name?

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> Larry,

>

> ? We, the people in the field, don't get to choose the names for the

> birds.? It's best to just

>

> accept whatever name they have rather than lobby for a change ... ????

> At least the name

>

> of the Green Heron hasn't changed like the Marsh Hawk and some others

> ...? - Jim in Skagit

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> Message: 2

> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:16:18 -0700

> From: Elaine Anderson via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> To: jimbetz at jimbetz.com

> Cc: via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Green Heron Name?

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> I didn?t get the sense that Larry was lobbying for a change, but that he

> was having a bit of fun with physical descriptors.

>

> I never did understand where ?green heron? came from!

>

> Elaine

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> On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 12:37?PM Jim Betz via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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> > Larry,

> >

> >  We, the people in the field, don't get to choose the names for the

> > birds.  It's best to just

> >

> > accept whatever name they have rather than lobby for a change ... ???

> > At least the name

> >

> > of the Green Heron hasn't changed like the Marsh Hawk and some others

> > ...  - Jim in Skagit

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> From: MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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> Subject: [Tweeters] Cedar River Mouth shorebirding 8.17.25

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> Today (8.17.25<http://17.25>) at the mouth of the Cedar River in Renton:

>

>

> Least Sandpiper - a few

> Western Sandpiper - a few juveniles & 1 adult

> Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 juv     https://flic.kr/p/2ro64eE   &

> https://flic.kr/p/2ro5uVA

> Long-billed <https://flic.kr/p/2ro5uVALong-billed> Dowitcher - 1 adult

> Solitary Sandpiper - 1 juv    https://flic.kr/p/2ro4i3M    &

> https://flic.kr/p/2rnZ3aQ

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> Marv Breece

> Tukwila, WA

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> From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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> Subject: [Tweeters] POPULAR SCIENCE: Bald eagles stun scientists with

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> From: Rob Faucett via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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> Subject: [Tweeters] DISREGARD - Missing msgs #1

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> Hi Folks - Sorry to trouble you.  We?re trying to figure out the missing

> messages problem.

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> MAKE PLAIN TEXT = ENABLED

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> --

> Rob Faucett

> Seattle, WA

> (206) 619-5569

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> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:45:55 -0700

> From: Rob Faucett via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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> Last one.

> ?

> Rob Faucett

> +1(206) 619-5569

> robfaucett at mac.com

> Seattle, WA  98105

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> > On Aug 17, 2025, at 3:44?PM, Rob Faucett <robfaucett at mac.com> wrote:

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> > ?Hi Folks - Sorry to trouble you.  We?re trying to figure out the

> missing messages problem.

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> > MAKE PLAIN TEXT = ENABLED

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> > --

> > Rob Faucett

> > Seattle, WA

> > (206) 619-5569

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> Message: 7

> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:47:42 -0700

> From: Carol Riddell via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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

> Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - July 2025

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> Hi Tweeters,

>

> With July additions we have reached 170 species for our Edmonds 2025 list.

> In taxonomic order, the new species are:

>

> Vaux?s Swift (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 7-3-2025.

>

> Semipalmated Sandpiper (code 3), 2 at Edmonds marsh, 7-1-2025 (critical

> field marks described).

>

> Leach?s Storm-Petrel (code 5), 1 at waterfront, 7-16-2025 (critical field

> marks described).

>

> American White Pelican (code 4), approximately 35 flying over Edmonds

> marsh, 7-5-2025 (ID photos).

>

> Of interest: A Green Heron (code 3) was at Edmonds marsh throughout the

> month, with two seen together on 7-10-2025.

>

> Declined: Short-billed Dowitcher (code 4), Lesser Yellowlegs (code 4),

> Baird?s Sandpiper (code 3), Bank Swallow (code 4), Northern Rough-winged

> Swallow (code 3). These were just ticks on eBird checklists with no

> documentation. They could be data entry errors, misidentifications, or

> correct identifications. Without some documentation, we cannot add these

> species to the year list.

>

> 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 July, 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

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> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 20:46:50 -0700

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> Subject: [Tweeters] Blackberries

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> The discussion about Himalayan blackberries sufficiently addressed, I?ll

> just add that I was taught by the natural resources staff for the Forest

> Steward program on Mercer Island the following method of removing

> blackberries:

>

> Cut the canes starting from the top into 8? to 12? pieces.  Let them fall

> where they may.  When you?re down to about 8? left, dig out the roots.

> Keep doing that over the area of work.  Rake up the pieces and root wads

> into a pile and let them compost on site.

>

> I find this method prevents them from attaching to my sleeves, jacket,

> pants, hat, and what all.  Likewise prevents lots of cursing.  Lots of fun!

>

> Carolyn Boatsman

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> Message: 9

> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 20:57:43 -0700

> From: dick via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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

> Subject: [Tweeters] Off-Topic: Backroads from Ellensburg to Wenatchee?

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> Does anyone know if there is a summertime route from Ellensburg to

> Wenatchee through the Colockum Area? Maybe accessing Mission Ridge from the

> South?ThanksDick, BellinghamSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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> Message: 10

> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 22:24:06 -0700

> From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

> Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Migration begins

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> Every night since the rain hit Wagner and Selleck have been sheltering low

> thousands of swifts.

>

> You don?t want to go to Selleck. You might want to go to Monroe.

>

> Larry Schwitters  Issaquah

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