From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Jul 1 09:31:58 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters) Date: Tue Jul 1 09:32:13 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Counting Purple Martins Message-ID: <4A84CA73-EB75-4AC2-A853-C9CC8422AF86@earthlink.net> Hello Tweets, hope everyone is enjoying the weather . There is currently an effort underway to organize and conduct a search, survey, and count of the number of breeding pairs of Purple Martins in Washington State. If you are interested in being involved, please let me know. If you know anyone you think may be interested, please let them know. Martin abundance in any region, is generally (always) defined by the known number of breeding pairs, also known as active nests. British Columbia, Oregon, and California have already done this to some extent, but it?s never been done in Washington. There have been estimates in the past, but the fact is that currently nobody really knows. The earliest nesting Purple Martins in Washington State are now tending to young that are about one week old. Soon, in another couple weeks or so, will be the best time to observe the height of activity at a martin colony, when adults will be busy feeding rapidly growing young, many of which by then will be making an appearance being fed at the nest cavity entrance. Counting breeding pairs involves identifying active nests. Some people will be looking into nest cavities to confirm the presence of eggs or young. However, at most sites, nests will not be accessible, so counting will be done by observing and recording bird behaviours. Birds entering nest holes in July and August, especially when carrying food, and removing fecal sacs, are how we determine an active nest without looking inside. Later when young appear at the entrance, that observation alone confirms an active nest. Later in the season after young are fledging, they are often visible returning to their natal cavities at dusk, for a week or more before they begin migration. Covering all of Western Washington over the next couple seasons is going to be a big project, and so the more eyes in the field the better. So, if you are interested in looking for and counting Purple Martins anywhere in Western Washington, please let me know. Thanks Stan Kostka lynnandstan at earthlink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Jul 1 12:02:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Tue Jul 1 12:02:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Project Phoenix Message-ID: <3D9EAFCC-5496-4C1E-ADE3-83F44798FBA3@me.com> Are there any tweeters that were involved with Project Phoenix in the past? Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Jul 1 12:49:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Tue Jul 1 12:49:41 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Purple Martins In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <42db704b-8e0a-44db-91cf-3b90fc90a2a9@jimbetz.com> Stan, ? There is a fairly large "condo village" of Purple Martins at Ship Harbor on Fidalgo Island (Anacortes).? That village was very active a few weeks ago but is now "abandoned" (no activity, what so ever).? My conclusion is that the chicks have fledged.? If I'm correct - then your timeline for nesting has to be modified based upon location, location, location.? *g* This group of nests has been active for a long time. ? I don't know of any other Martin colonies here in Skagit County. ? It also seems to me that several other swallow species (barn and tree) are no longer at their nests ... I can state that the ones at Wylie have all stopped going to cavity nests along the dike (at least 3 weeks ago). ? We have violet greens nesting at our house and they are still coming and going from the nests ... I have not seen the chicks yet.? In past years the chicks would come out of the nest and explore the roof about a week before they fledged. ??????????? - Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 2 09:07:14 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Constance Sidles via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 2 09:07:28 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Merlin app in Japan? Message-ID: Hey tweets, I wonder if anyone out there in tweeterdom has had experience with the Merlin app in Japan? Does it work? I tried finding out by doing an online search and got mixed messages. Thanks for any help you can give. - Connie, Seattle constancesidles@gmail.com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 2 10:17:16 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (William Stafford Noble via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 2 10:17:35 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Merlin app in Japan? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My son just got back from a trip to Japan. He said Merlin works there, but the sound ID coverage is ~40 percent, less in some areas. Bill On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 9:07?AM Constance Sidles via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hey tweets, I wonder if anyone out there in tweeterdom has had experience > with the Merlin app in Japan? Does it work? I tried finding out by doing an > online search and got mixed messages. Thanks for any help you can give. - > Connie, Seattle > > constancesidles@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 Jul 2 11:45:58 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 2 11:46:02 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Counting and Enjoying Purple Martins Message-ID: <006D7AB0-3D5A-4ACE-B606-D6470A72EFBF@uw.edu> Appreciation to Stan and the larger group for this call to organize those interested in Purple Martins (PUMA)! Many of you know that for the last 20 years, there has been a core group of Purple Martin supporters who have carried on the pivotal work of Kevin Li, the individual who essentially brought martins back to the Puget Sound area. These dedicated folks from the King County Environmental Lab Department and volunteers such as Carl Bevis, Michael Hobbs, Larry Hubbell and Martin Muller among others, have worked closely with WDFW to maintain existing ones as well as to install new PUMA housing in the Seattle region. These current local sites range from long-standing collections of gourds that hang along Shilshole Bay and the Duwamish Waterway/Kellogg Island (these birds do like to socialize) to more isolated gourds, gourd racks and wooden homes at sites such as Lake Sammamish, Union Bay Natural Area, Green Lake and the Myrtle Edward fishing pier. And most recently, there are now two racks of gourds on the Expedia Group property near Terminal 91 (thank you, Expedia). Be there early (best vocalization is their Dawn Song) and you might be lucky enough to enjoy the sound of purple at some of these locations! So many more Purple Martins make their homes around the state - join in on this effort by contacting Stan! Elaine Chuang Seattle elc@uw,edu Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 09:31:58 -0700 From: Stan Kostka lynn Schmidt To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Counting Purple Martins Hello Tweets, hope everyone is enjoying the weather . There is currently an effort underway to organize and conduct a search, survey, and count of the number of breeding pairs of Purple Martins in Washington State. If you are interested in being involved, please let me know. If you know anyone you think may be interested, please let them know. Martin abundance in any region, is generally (always) defined by the known number of breeding pairs, also known as active nests. British Columbia, Oregon, and California have already done this to some extent, but it?s never been done in Washington. There have been estimates in the past, but the fact is that currently nobody really knows. The earliest nesting Purple Martins in Washington State are now tending to young that are about one week old. Soon, in another couple weeks or so, will be the best time to observe the height of activity at a martin colony, when adults will be busy feeding rapidly growing young, many of which by then will be making an appearance being fed at the nest cavity entrance. Counting breeding pairs involves identifying active nests. Some people will be looking into nest cavities to confirm the presence of eggs or young. However, at most sites, nests will not be accessible, so counting will be done by observing and recording bird behaviours. Birds entering nest holes in July and August, especially when carrying food, and removing fecal sacs, are how we determine an active nest without looking inside. Later when young appear at the entrance, that observation alone confirms an active nest. Later in the season after young are fledging, they are often visible returning to their natal cavities at dusk, for a week or more before they begin migration. Covering all of Western Washington over the next couple seasons is going to be a big project, and so the more eyes in the field the better. So, if you are interested in looking for and counting Purple Martins anywhere in Western Washington, please let me know. Thanks Stan Kostka lynnandstan at earthlink.net From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 2 12:08:08 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Forrester via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 2 12:10:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Merlin app in Japan? References: <1330615234.2003242.1751483288666.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1330615234.2003242.1751483288666@mail.yahoo.com> Outside the U.S., we've found that the BirdNET app is usually better than Merlin at recognizing birdsong.? The drawback is that you need an internet connection to submit your recordings.? However, it does tell you its level of confidence in its identification, something I wish Merlin did.? 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 3 11:20:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 3 11:20:49 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for July 2nd, 2025 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 35 of us had a nice Summer's Day at the Refuge with cool temperatures in the 50's to 70's degrees Fahrenheit and a low High 8'7" Tide at 11:54am. Highlights included WOOD DUCK ducklings in the Visitor Center Pond, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE feeding young along the Twin Barns Loop Trail between the Twin Barns cut-off and the twin bench overlook south of cut-off, quick looks of both WILSON'S SNIPE and SORA in the freshwater marsh along the Nisqually Estuary Trail or dike, and first of autumnal migration LEAST SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS and WHIMBREL. There were numerous babies being fed including swallows, SWAINSON THRUSH, chickadees, and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. The morning chorus of YELLOW WARBLER, SWAINSON THRUSH, and BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was lovely, although much quieter then in June. We also had very nice looks at Satyr Anglewing Butterfly and a red variety of Meadowhawk. For the day we observed 61 species. A First of Year distant RHINOCEROS AUKLET on the Nisqually Reach has raised our annual count to 159 species. See our eBird report pasted below with details and photos being added. Until we meet again next week at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook at 8am, happy birding! Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jul 2, 2025 7:11 AM - 4:41 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.094 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 8?7? Tide at 11:54am. Mammals seen Townsend?s Chipmunk, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Muskrat, Harbor Seal, Long-tailed Weasel, American Bullfrog. 61 species (+3 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 15 Wood Duck 15 Mallard 25 Hooded Merganser 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 10 Mourning Dove 2 hummingbird sp. 1 Sora 2 Freshwater marsh. Killdeer 2 Whimbrel 1 Seen from Observation Tower on Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail just south is Shannon Slough on mudflats. Photos. Wilson's Snipe 2 Freshwater marsh. Greater Yellowlegs 2 Least Sandpiper 5 Rhinoceros Auklet 1 Nisqually Reach. Ring-billed Gull 100 California Gull 150 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 1 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Caspian Tern 70 Brandt's Cormorant 4 Double-crested Cormorant 40 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 60 Bald Eagle 7 Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Merlin 1 Western Wood-Pewee 4 Willow Flycatcher 6 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 2 Warbling Vireo (Western) 4 American Crow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 9 Bank Swallow 4 Tree Swallow 30 Violet-green Swallow 5 Purple Martin 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Barn Swallow (American) 36 Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 62 Bushtit (Pacific) 22 Brown Creeper 3 Marsh Wren 4 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 2 European Starling 100 Swainson's Thrush 36 American Robin (migratorius Group) 24 Cedar Waxwing 20 Purple Finch 6 Pine Siskin 5 American Goldfinch 30 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 2 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 28 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 4 Bullock's Oriole 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 100 Brown-headed Cowbird 25 Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow Warbler 16 Black-headed Grosbeak 4 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S256377475 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 3 12:04:44 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tim Brennan via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 3 12:04:49 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Columbia County birding 7/1-2 Message-ID: Howdy! I got back yesterday from a nice birding trip in Columbia County. I had a dozen or so species I was hoping to find for my year list, and found ten, pushing the year list total to 155. Looking for 12 and finding 5 is much more my speed, so this felt like an embarrassment of riches! 96 species total for the trip, and many other notable wildlife sightings. Bird-wise, one of the most productive stretches was FR 6436, which loops around from North Touchet Road to meet up with Kendall Skyline Road. I got buzzed by a Rufous Hummingbird off on a spur - 6437, where there were also many Western Tanagers, MacGillivray Warblers, and a distantly calling Pileated Woodpecker. Back on 6436, some tooting for Northern Pygmy Owl got responses from one such owl, and some Canada Jays. Starting here, and for much of the rest of the morning I was treated to amazing views of the blues, wildflowers galore, and a massive movement of California Tortoiseshell butterflies. It had to be thousands of them over the course of the morning - nothing I'd experienced before. Shortly after meeting up with Kendall Skyline Road, I flushed a Dusky Grouse from the roadside, and a second within the next mile or so. There are some nice open spaces for them up there, so this code 4 bird wasn't really a surprise, but still a very welcome find. Up on that stretch I also got my FOY (and only) Turkey Vulture. Approaching Godman CG, there is a hillside view with lots of snags on one side, and brush on the other. I had two Brewer's Sparrows here - a species I have always associated with sagebrush. They've been seen by several observers up in the Blues this year (and, upon research, in other years) on the Kendall Skyline Road. Nice to have this change my picture of their preferred habitat! I heard more, lower down below Godman, and also heard more singing Green-tailed Towhees, not quite in the same spot where I'd had them before. I'd wager that they are not difficult to find annually along Kendall Skyline Road with some understanding of habitat, familiarity with the song, and a little bit of timing. The focus yesterday was Tucannon Road. Lower on the road, I finally got an Eastern Kingbird, in addition to several Westerns. I went to Rainbow Lake, where my target species was Red-eyed Vireo. I didn't find any, but got to enjoy great views of a Striped Skunk, and equally great views of Gray Catbirds. There were so many of them all around the lake. It's a species that I've almost always experienced calling from deep cover, but there were lots of them out in the open, including on the trail I walked around the lake. Spotted Sandpipers are breeding up there, and I even got a look at another bird I don't often see - a Veery! Driving slow as I left Rainbow Lake, with windows down, I did finally come across a Red-eyed Vireo. There are likely quite a few on this little stretch of the Tucannon. I continued to Panjab campground, following up on a Black-backed Woodpecker sighting in the last month or so. I walked 50-60 yards along the road when I saw a bear and cub crossing the road back by my car. This put a damper on any thoughts of doing more hiking in this area for me. I do have bear spray on hand, but didn't have it with me, and there was a lot to explore along the road without venturing far from my car. Inspections of further snag forests got me nothing more exciting than a Lewis' Woodpecker. On the way back down Tucannon Road, I finally found a Swainson's Hawk, having an in-flight conversation with a Red-tailed Hawk. It eventually moved to a nearby ridge and dropped into some tall grass and out of sight. Wonderful trip! I tried to be a little smarter about rattlesnakes this time around, but still got a decent picture of one - unfortunately in the clutches of a Red-tailed Hawk! Lots of insect pictures, including moths, bees, and butterflies. Should be a few days to get pictures sorted, checklists entered, and then I'll get the whole business up in my blog. Cheers, Tim Brennan Renton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 3 12:13:43 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 3 12:14:20 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Merlin app in Japan? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <182401dbec4e$989cf8f0$c9d6ead0$@comcast.net> I would agree with Bill?s comment, as we have been to Japan 5 times now and the sound ID is sketchy at best. The other identifier with the size, color and sighting specifics works much better. Make sure to download the different packs for Japan for your ebird and Merlin app. Ron From: William Stafford Noble via Tweeters Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 10:17 AM To: Constance Sidles Cc: stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Merlin app in Japan? My son just got back from a trip to Japan. He said Merlin works there, but the sound ID coverage is ~40 percent, less in some areas. Bill On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 9:07?AM Constance Sidles via Tweeters > wrote: Hey tweets, I wonder if anyone out there in tweeterdom has had experience with the Merlin app in Japan? Does it work? I tried finding out by doing an online search and got mixed messages. Thanks for any help you can give. - Connie, Seattle constancesidles@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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 much appreciate the time and trouble you took to share what you learned about the app. A big thank-you also to Stan (as well as previous stewards of Tweeters) for keeping this resource alive for the birding community. It certainly is great to learn about rare bird sightings from Tweeters, but even more wonderful to know that we have a whole bunch of people who care about birds, the environment, and each other. - Connie From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 3 18:08:21 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 3 18:08:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-07-03 Message-ID: <531C45CD-3C86-4F92-9B8E-AE01A3A11DA0@earthlink.net> Tweets - 5 of us filled in for an out-of-town Michael today for the weekly Marymoor walk. It was a comfortable dry day - a bit of cloud cover, but not bad ? It did definitely feel like we?ve entered the summer doldrums though, with lower numbers and few surprises. Highlights today included: Green Heron - at the Rowing Club Virginia Rail - heard only, and our first in many weeks Hairy Woodpecker - a pair, our first as well in several weeks Among the species with young spotted today included Canada Goose Wood Duck, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee and Common Yellowthroat. The Lake platform gourds continue to be interesting - today we had Tree Swallow in one gourd, Purple Martin in another ? we are still waiting to see if we ever learn which species hatches from each of the 4 gourds. Misses today included Gadwall, Hooded and Common Mergansers, Rock Pigeon, Red-tailed Hawk, Bullock?s Oriole & Lazuli Bunting. For the day, 51 species [including gull sp.] Matt Bartels Seattle, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 3 19:42:17 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 3 19:42:21 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Costa Rica Kid-Friendly In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <504465177.498860.1751596937116@connect.xfinity.com> Might suggest Peace Lodge. Lots for kids to do and still stuff for adults. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 07/03/2025 3:46 PM PDT rjayrabin via Tweeters wrote: > > > Hi Tweeters, > We're looking to go to Costa Rica early next year, February or March, and are looking for an excellent Eco-Lodge that happens to also be kid-friendly. 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Hans Feddern Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA thefedderns@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 4:53?PM Roger Moyer via Tweeters > wrote: To the keeper of the Turkey Vulture report. There was a kettle of 30+ TVs near the truck stop off I5 at exit 99 in south Olympia today. That's one of the largest kettles I've ever seen in this part of the state. Regards Roger Moyer Chehalis, WA. _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 4 06:45:06 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 4 06:45:12 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] TUVU's Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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And they seem to be pretty much resident here in the area each year since we moved here and for the months from late April thru September (and a few earlier in the year and later in the year). - Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 4 17:05:00 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 4 17:05:09 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] TV In-Reply-To: <0f385def-23db-48ec-9c5d-61e66f378a58@jimbetz.com> References: <0f385def-23db-48ec-9c5d-61e66f378a58@jimbetz.com> Message-ID: <000001dbed40$74bf1010$5e3d3030$@olympus.net> I have seen 3 'early scouts' this week. Jan Jan Stewart 922 E Spruce Street Sequim, WA 98382-3518 jstewart@olympus.net -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Jim Betz via Tweeters Sent: Friday, July 4, 2025 1:42 PM To: via Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] TuVus in Skagit County Hi, We've lived in this house in Skagit since late 2018/early 2019. I've seen TuVu here, soaring around the hill, and elsewhere in Skagit County. And pretty much about half a year at a time (at least late April to late September). I'm new to the area but, from my observations here from our house looking East over the valley and out on the Skagit flats and on Fidalgo Island ... they've "always been here". I'm not saying "always" with respect to the time before we moved here - I'm talking about "since we've been here". And they seem to be pretty much resident here in the area each year since we moved here and for the months from late April thru September (and a few earlier in the year and later in the year). - Jim in Skagit _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Jul 5 03:25:02 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sat Jul 5 03:25:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?So_a_salmon_fell_from_the_sky_before_the_Mar?= =?utf-8?q?iners=E2=80=99_4th_of_July_game?= Message-ID: Tweeters, Likely a fish was dropped by an Osprey being chased for a food drop by a Bald eagle. What?s your speculation? Dan Reiff https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/so-salmon-fell-sky-before-mariners-4th-july-game/EIW5QT5KJNAAVGYWI4CEVD4B7M/ Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Jul 5 05:56:44 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Gary Bletsch via Tweeters) Date: Sat Jul 5 05:56:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] gull ID question References: <806699499.212264.1751720204638.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <806699499.212264.1751720204638@mail.yahoo.com> Dear Tweeters, A relatively new birder, a friend of mine, just sent me a photo that he had taken in March in the Great Lakes region. I am puzzled. The bird looks like it could be a cross between a Herring Gull and a Lesser Black-backed Gull, with the dark (but not black) mantle of a LBBG, but pink legs and baleful eye of an American Herring Gull. It sort of looks like it could have been a Slaty-backed Gull, which would be quite a rare find on the shores of Lake Erie. 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I have observed eagles getting ospreys drop their fish, but the eagles always caught the fish before it hit the ground! *Hans Feddern* Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA thefedderns@gmail.com On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 3:25?AM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Tweeters, > Likely a fish was dropped by an Osprey being chased for a food drop by a > Bald eagle. > What?s your speculation? > Dan Reiff > > > https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/so-salmon-fell-sky-before-mariners-4th-july-game/EIW5QT5KJNAAVGYWI4CEVD4B7M/ > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Jul 5 07:35:08 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (pan via Tweeters) Date: Sat Jul 5 12:26:42 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] fish drop Message-ID: <447620480.139469.1751726108433@fidget.co-bxl> I agree the most probable explanation is an Osprey harangued by an eagle dropping that fish, given the observer saw it as something different, presumably smaller, than the eagle.? (Not surprising but unfortunate that a town with Seahawks is unfamiliar with Osprey.)? I once watched a fight over a fish between two Bald Eagles who eventually dropped the fish over West Seattle, another spot where retrieval could be difficult.? I imagined some kid picking up the still live fish in the yard and yelling to unbelieving parents, who demanded to know where the kid got it.? "I told you.? It fell from the sky!"? 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Rachel Rachel Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: Rob Faucett Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2025 8:31:00 PM To: Rachel Lawson Cc: Bruce LaBar via Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Getting rid of boxed set of The Birds of North America Very interested. ? Rob Faucett +1(206) 619-5569 robfaucett@mac.com Seattle, WA 98105 On Jul 5, 2025, at 4:40?PM, Rachel Lawson via Tweeters wrote: ? Hello Tweets, I am relocating and have decided I don't want to bring my complete boxed set of The Birds of North America with me. Is anyone out there interested in this? If so, please contact me directly. Complete information: The Birds of North America. Life Histories for the 21st Century. 18 Volume Set Alan F. Poole; Peter Stettenheim and Frank B. Gill [eds] Published by American Ornithologists' Union / Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology / Academy of Natural Sciences, 2003 (It may be the earlier 1992 edition) Rachel Lawson Seattle rwlawson5593@outlook.com _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Jul 5 20:58:53 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Rachel Lawson via Tweeters) Date: Sat Jul 5 20:58:57 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Getting rid of boxed set of The Birds of North America In-Reply-To: <6602E795-6CDD-4107-B08C-77DB9D6E970E@gmail.com> References: <6602E795-6CDD-4107-B08C-77DB9D6E970E@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Dan, You are the third person to express interest. Let?s discuss. Rachel Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: Dan Reiff Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2025 7:41:23 PM To: Rachel Lawson Cc: Bruce LaBar via Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Getting rid of boxed set of The Birds of North America Hello Rachel, I am interested. Thank you, Dan Sent from my iPhone On Jul 5, 2025, at 4:40?PM, Rachel Lawson via Tweeters wrote: ? Hello Tweets, I am relocating and have decided I don't want to bring my complete boxed set of The Birds of North America with me. Is anyone out there interested in this? If so, please contact me directly. Complete information: The Birds of North America. Life Histories for the 21st Century. 18 Volume Set Alan F. Poole; Peter Stettenheim and Frank B. Gill [eds] Published by American Ornithologists' Union / Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology / Academy of Natural Sciences, 2003 (It may be the earlier 1992 edition) Rachel Lawson Seattle rwlawson5593@outlook.com _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Jul 5 21:03:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Greg via Tweeters) Date: Sat Jul 5 21:03:47 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] fish drop In-Reply-To: <447620480.139469.1751726108433@fidget.co-bxl> References: <447620480.139469.1751726108433@fidget.co-bxl> Message-ID: <37D1E3B8-0DC4-4419-BA9E-793159BF5834@gmail.com> The misidentification of the probable osprey makes me wonder if the fish was properly identified. I have come to know Angie Mentink as someone who prides herself as a keen observer. I think she would appreciate being informed about Ospreys but I?m not sure how I would accomplish that. Greg Pluth Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2025, at 12:26?PM, pan via Tweeters wrote: > > ? > I agree the most probable explanation is an Osprey harangued by an eagle dropping that fish, given the observer saw it as something different, presumably smaller, than the eagle. (Not surprising but unfortunate that a town with Seahawks is unfamiliar with Osprey.) I once watched a fight over a fish between two Bald Eagles who eventually dropped the fish over West Seattle, another spot where retrieval could be difficult. I imagined some kid picking up the still live fish in the yard and yelling to unbelieving parents, who demanded to know where the kid got it. "I told you. It fell from the sky!" > > Alan Grenon > Seattle > panmail AT mailfence PERIOD com > > > -- > Sent with https://mailfence.com > Secure and private email > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Jul 6 08:57:20 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 6 08:57:35 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] People say the darnedest things Message-ID: <7505C3CE-5253-4CA2-8896-CEEB5D5E4E38@gmail.com> Overheard yesterday at Point Robinson Park: (Swainson?s Thrush singing) Man 1: ?Rewoo-rewoo-rewoo (imitation of SWTH) I really like that bird song. What bird is that?? Man 2: ?I think it?s a Whip-poor-will.? (Pause) Man 2: ?No, I don?t actually know.? Woman: ?I think it was a crow.? Man 2: ?What? A crow??? Man 1: ?A crow says ?Caw caw?.? Woman: ?Well, that?s what I heard, ?Caw caw?.? (Thrush sings) Man 1: ?No, that song.? Woman: ?Oh, I don?t know what that is. I wish I hadn?t lost my phone, I could do bird ID.? Man 1: ?Well, I like it. I wish I knew what it was.? From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 6 09:37:04 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 6 09:37:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] People say the darnedest things In-Reply-To: <7505C3CE-5253-4CA2-8896-CEEB5D5E4E38@gmail.com> References: <7505C3CE-5253-4CA2-8896-CEEB5D5E4E38@gmail.com> Message-ID: That really cracked me up. I hope you recorded it with Merlin Will Merlin identify birders? Bob Obrien portland. On Sunday, July 6, 2025, via Tweeters wrote: > Overheard yesterday at Point Robinson Park: > > (Swainson?s Thrush singing) > > Man 1: ?Rewoo-rewoo-rewoo (imitation of SWTH) I really like that bird > song. What bird is that?? > > Man 2: ?I think it?s a Whip-poor-will.? > > (Pause) > > Man 2: ?No, I don?t actually know.? > > Woman: ?I think it was a crow.? > > Man 2: ?What? A crow??? > > Man 1: ?A crow says ?Caw caw?.? > > Woman: ?Well, that?s what I heard, ?Caw caw?.? > > (Thrush sings) > > Man 1: ?No, that song.? > > Woman: ?Oh, I don?t know what that is. I wish I hadn?t lost my phone, I > could do bird ID.? > > Man 1: ?Well, I like it. I wish I knew what it was.? > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Jul 7 06:14:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tim Brennan via Tweeters) Date: Mon Jul 7 06:14:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Walla Walla and Columbia County Birding blog updated Message-ID: Howdy! I've put two new posts up at "Walla Walla and Columbia County Birding": https://wwccountybirding.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-1-getting-loopy-in-blues.html - Covering a loop that I did including North Touchet Road, NF-64, and Kendall Skyline Road. Lots of views, wildflowers, and butterflies in here from high in the Blue Mountains. https://wwccountybirding.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-2-birding-from-catbird-seat-in.html - Covering the last day of the trip, with a focus on Tucannon Road and a few offshoots. Cheers! Tim Brennan Renton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Peggy MundyBothell WA peggy_busby@yahoo.com@scenebypeggy on Instagram On Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 02:10:12 p.m. PDT, Diann MacRae via Tweeters wrote: Hi - I haven't gotten any Tweeters postings for three days and it's been pretty thinned out earlier. Are there problems or something subscribers should know? I'm about ready to send a report but not if it won't go out.?Cheers Diann ?Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 tvulture@gmx.com_______________________________________________ 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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See our eBird Report below for additional details and embedded photos. For the day we observed 66 species, I thought the American White Pelican was a FOY but apparently not, we have observed 159 species this year. Other fun sightings included Exuviae, Mink and Red-legged Frog. I'll be away next week, Ken/Jon/Pete/Jim/Rob will help co-lead in my absence. I look forward to being back on July 23rd. Until then, happy birding, Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jul 9, 2025 6:12 AM - 4:47 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.304 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with intermittent drizzle and temperatures in the 50?s to 60?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -1?10? Tide at 11:30am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, and Mink. Others seen Red-legged Frog, American Bullfrog, Red-eared Slider and Exuviae of Dragonfly Larva. 66 species (+4 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 150 Wood Duck 10 Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal 1 Mallard 20 Hooded Merganser 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 13 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 4 Mourning Dove 1 Vaux's Swift 1 Rufous Hummingbird 3 Virginia Rail 1 Sora 1 Killdeer 5 Whimbrel 1 Previously reported. Observed for 10 minutes from Tower Observation Platform of Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail on mudflats adjacent to Shannon Slough. Also seen on mudflats west of Leschi Slough. Large brown shorebird with long decurved bill and brown crown stripes. Photos. Wilson's Snipe 1 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Least Sandpiper 15 Western Sandpiper 3 peep sp. 550 Most likely large flock of WESA, but too far out on reach to definitively identify. Spotted by Janel but seen by many, murmuration of peeps 500-1000 birds at 1 mile adjacent to mouth of Nisqually River. Scoped, peep sized shorebirds, mostly white undersides but otherwise brown-gray. No black bellies. Ring-billed Gull 75 California Gull 100 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 10 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Caspian Tern 4 Brandt's Cormorant 9 Pelagic Cormorant 1 Double-crested Cormorant 25 Great Blue Heron 40 American White Pelican 3 Previously reported by Gene Revelas, finely picked up by Wednesday Walk. Large white arial waterbird with distinctive large yellow bill. Roosting at mouth of Nisqually River. Scoped at 1 mile with 60x spotting scope. Turkey Vulture 3 Bald Eagle 20 Nest seen from Puget Sound Observation Platform. Belted Kingfisher 5 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Education Center. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4 Western Wood-Pewee 5 Willow Flycatcher 4 Steller's Jay 1 McAllister Hill American Crow 7 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 Bank Swallow 4 Tree Swallow 15 Violet-green Swallow 2 Purple Martin 4 Luhr Beach. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow (American) 75 Visitor Center. Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 75 Observation Tower and McAllister Observation Platform. Bushtit (Pacific) 14 Brown Creeper 7 Marsh Wren 3 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 3 European Starling 150 Swainson's Thrush 39 American Robin 30 Cedar Waxwing 13 Purple Finch (Western) 2 American Goldfinch 42 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2 West end parking lot. Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 3 Song Sparrow 20 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 3 Bullock's Oriole 3 Access Road west of west end parking lot. And Nisqually River cut off. 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Attached is your original message. - Results: Ignoring non-text/plain MIME parts - Unprocessed: view it in Peggy and Louise=E2=80=99s replies. It does seem to me that more posts a= re missing their content lately. Blythe Horman Lynnwood, WA On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 12:00 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 - Ignored: > than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. question (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) > 2. Re: question (Peggy Mundy via Tweeters) > 3. Re: question (Louise via Tweeters) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 23:09:03 +0200 > From: Diann MacRae via Tweeters > To: tweeters t > Subject: [Tweeters] question > Message-ID: > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709= /f8f5e391/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:59:08 +0000 (UTC) > From: Peggy Mundy via Tweeters > To: tweeters t , Diann MacRae > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] question > Message-ID: <751925612.22652.1752109148540@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" > > Hi Diann,I don't know the technical side of this listserv, but wanted to > let you know your message came through (for me, anyway). > Peggy MundyBothell WA > > peggy_busby@yahoo.com@scenebypeggy on Instagram > > On Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 02:10:12 p.m. PDT, Diann MacRae via > Tweeters wrote: > > Hi - I haven't gotten any Tweeters postings for three days and it's been > pretty thinned out earlier. Are there problems or something subscribers > should know? I'm about ready to send a report but not if it won't go > out.?Cheers Diann > ?Diann MacRae > Olympic Vulture Study > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > Bothell, WA 98021 > tvulture@gmx.com_______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250710= /cb4d4afb/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 18:32:53 -0700 > From: Louise via Tweeters > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] question > Message-ID: > < > CALW_7c4t8QKNoqf7DOjdAQr-isozTCj7PcV-RxY+V5mx+u15uw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" > > I haven't been getting messages through tweeters the last couple of days, > and I didn't get Diann's original query, only Peggy's reply. > > Louise Rutter > Kirkland > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 5:59?PM Peggy Mundy via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > Hi Diann, > > I don't know the technical side of this listserv, but wanted to let you > > know your message came through (for me, anyway). > > > > Peggy Mundy > > Bothell WA > > > > [image: Emoji] > > peggy_busby@yahoo.com > > @scenebypeggy on Instagram > > > > > > On Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 02:10:12 p.m. PDT, Diann MacRae via > Tweeters > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi - I haven't gotten any Tweeters postings for three days and it's bee= n > > pretty thinned out earlier. Are there problems or something subscribers > > should know? I'm about ready to send a report but not if it won't go ou= t. > > > > Cheers Diann > > > > Diann MacRae > > Olympic Vulture Study > > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > > Bothell, WA 98021 > > tvulture@gmx.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709= /4e8d91a9/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@mailman11.u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > ------------------------------ > > End of Tweeters Digest, Vol 251, Issue 9 > **************************************** > - Done. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Blythe Horman To: tweeters@u.washington.edu, tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu Cc: Bcc: Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:08:48 -0700 Subject: Re: Tweeters Digest, Vol 251, Issue 9 I couldn?t see the content of your original email, Diann, but could view it in Peggy and Louise?s replies. It does seem to me that more posts are missing their content lately. Blythe Horman Lynnwood, WA On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 12:00 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. question (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) > 2. Re: question (Peggy Mundy via Tweeters) > 3. Re: question (Louise via Tweeters) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 23:09:03 +0200 > From: Diann MacRae via Tweeters > To: tweeters t > Subject: [Tweeters] question > Message-ID: > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709/f8f5e391/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:59:08 +0000 (UTC) > From: Peggy Mundy via Tweeters > To: tweeters t , Diann MacRae > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] question > Message-ID: <751925612.22652.1752109148540@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Diann,I don't know the technical side of this listserv, but wanted to > let you know your message came through (for me, anyway). > Peggy MundyBothell WA > > peggy_busby@yahoo.com@scenebypeggy on Instagram > > On Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 02:10:12 p.m. PDT, Diann MacRae via > Tweeters wrote: > > Hi - I haven't gotten any Tweeters postings for three days and it's been > pretty thinned out earlier. Are there problems or something subscribers > should know? I'm about ready to send a report but not if it won't go > out.?Cheers Diann > ?Diann MacRae > Olympic Vulture Study > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > Bothell, WA 98021 > > tvulture@gmx.com_______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250710/cb4d4afb/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 18:32:53 -0700 > From: Louise via Tweeters > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] question > Message-ID: > < > CALW_7c4t8QKNoqf7DOjdAQr-isozTCj7PcV-RxY+V5mx+u15uw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I haven't been getting messages through tweeters the last couple of days, > and I didn't get Diann's original query, only Peggy's reply. > > Louise Rutter > Kirkland > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 5:59?PM Peggy Mundy via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > Hi Diann, > > I don't know the technical side of this listserv, but wanted to let you > > know your message came through (for me, anyway). > > > > Peggy Mundy > > Bothell WA > > > > [image: Emoji] > > peggy_busby@yahoo.com > > @scenebypeggy on Instagram > > > > > > On Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 02:10:12 p.m. PDT, Diann MacRae via > Tweeters > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi - I haven't gotten any Tweeters postings for three days and it's been > > pretty thinned out earlier. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 10 14:55:19 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 10 14:55:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-07-10 Message-ID: Tweets - We had a pretty dark overcast today, though the clouds shifted higher later in the morning. Not a great day for seeing every bird, for sure; at least 8 species were heard-only. Highlights: Black Swift - Small numbers seen several times, maybe six total birds. First of Year (FOY) for the survey Green Heron - Mason reported a juvenile below the weir. Minutes later, an adult flew downstream past the weir Osprey - Both nests active, plus several additional birds at the lake Merlin - One seen twice, or two; Dog Area Swainson's Thrush - Seemed notably numerous, with a great deal of singing Western Tanager - Beautiful male flying back and forth across the slough. Seen from the Rowing Club For mammals, we had deer near the mansion, a coyote across the slough near the weir, and probably at least two beavers, in addition to numerous bunnies and a few squirrels. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Killdeer, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, American Barn Owl, Bushtit, Bullock's Oriole, Yellow Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak. For the day, 51 species. For the year, adding Black Swift, I believe we're at 122 species. = 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 Jul 10 17:10:05 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carolyn Heberlein via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 11 01:12:14 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] no posts from tweeters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > > Maybe no one had anything to share? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 10 16:55:05 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jane Hadley via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 11 01:15:21 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] question (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) Message-ID: <85e6df8e-ff83-415e-bad4-706efbe458fd@gmail.com> Dear Tweetsters: For a long time, I have been unable to see the content in Diann MacRae's Tweeters messages -- unless I click on the URL link at the bottom of the message. I get Tweeters via the Digest, so this URL may be available only for those who receive Tweeters via the Digest or at the UW's Tweeters archives. When I click on that URL at the bottom of the message URL:http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709/f8f5e391/attachment-0001.html I am taken to a web page that displays her message, but the message is encased in html markup, that is, commands enclosed in angle brackets saying how the message should be displayed. (It's not just Diann's messages. There are a few other Tweeter contributors whose messages have the same issue.) I suspect the problem is the email client that Diann (and others who are have the same issue) are using. I think there is probably nothing Diann can do other than to use a different device or program to send the messages. The Tweeters listserv software is old and cannot handle all formats. Some Tweeters subscribers choose to get individual Tweeters messages forwarded on to them rather than having a digest that packages up all of a day's messages once a day and sends them out in a single email. I get the digest, so I cannot say how Diann's messages are displayed in the individual emails that are forwarded. I wouldn't be surprised if those messages came through just fine. I just now checked The Birding Lists Digest site that shows Tweeters messages on a web page? ( http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=141 )? and I find that the content of Diann's message is entirely missing. And the URL at the bottom simply links to the Tweeters information page, not to the content of the message. So the solution to this issue depends on how you get your Tweeters messages. If you get them via the Digest, click on the URL at the bottom of the message. If you get individually forwarded emails, I am guessing you don't have a problem, unless you have an email program that is limited in formats it can handle (unlikely in this day and age). But I could be wrong about this, don't know. Finally, if you read your Tweeters messages via the Birders List Digest, then I think you're out of luck there. You will not be able to read the message. But you can go to the UW Tweeters archives and find the message? to get the URL at the bottom of the message and read the content (encased in html markup). Here is the link for that: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/ Regarding the sending side of this question, I believe that the best way to get messages you send to Tweeters to display perfectly is to send them to the extent possible in plain text. Avoid bold, italic, smart quotes, and angle brackets. It's easy enough to do most of these things, but to get rid of smart quotes, you have to either not use quotes at all or compose your message in a plain text editor rather than in something like Word. (A plain text quote is one where the quotes go straight up and down and there's no difference between the opening and closing quotes. Smart or curly quotes slant or curl one way for opening quotes and a different way for closing quotes.) Jane Hadley Seattle, WA hadleyj1725@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 11 08:23:15 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hank Heiberg via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 11 08:23:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Pollinated_Anna=E2=80=99s?= References: Message-ID: ?A Hardy Fuchsia on our patio is a hummingbird attractor. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54646967178/in/dateposted/ They perch in nearby rhododendrons. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54645875702/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54647041065/in/dateposted/ Yesterday an Anna?s with a yellow appearing crown visited the fuchsia. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54645876697/in/dateposted/ This unusual appearing Anna?s was feeding at the fuchsia off and on for quite a while and I took many photos. So I am sure that the yellow was not due to the lighting. I could see the yellow not only in the photos, but also without binocs. Our guess is that the yellow is pollen from our yellow day lilies or some other flower in our yard. Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA hankdotheibergatgmail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 11 12:38:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 11 12:38:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Controversy ... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1ff3854b-3862-4ca6-83cf-5a752a8c045c@jimbetz.com> Hi, ? ... have you seen this youtube video? ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_zTHrFy7c0&t=42s ? I would like to open a dialogue - off list - to discuss these topics and other such "hot items" that most birding list owners would rather just not have to deal with. So, IF you are interested ... send me a direct email and after a week or so we'll get the discussion started (want to be sure enough people have had a chance to see this invite). ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit County From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 11 17:15:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 11 17:16:03 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Do Not Reply to Daily Digests Message-ID: <5615A7FD-E164-442C-A861-014639E97671@gmail.com> Dear Tweeters Community, Please, please quit replying to the daily digests. Those of you who persist in doing that just create a reading mess. It makes it extremely difficult to find the next message in line. Reply to the post that you want to reply to?never to the entire daily digest. If you need the Tweeters email address, it is tweeters at u.washington dot edu. Thank you for being more careful. It helps the rest of us. Good birding, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 11 21:16:04 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 11 21:16:09 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] eBird Location Message-ID: <1752293764.69y2kyzf404wswwo@webmail.sitestar.net> Tweets, I am finally getting all of my historical data into eBird. In 2003 we were at Ocean Shores and birded a bunch of places. Most are easy to find but one has me stumped. It is listed as Jetty Behind Susie's. I am assuming that 'Susie's' must have been a place of business at the time, maybe a restaurant. It could be anywhere in the region but we didn't go south of Tokeland on this trip nor further than Moclips to the north. It is not the Point Brown Jetty. The only ones I can see on Google Earth are the north jetty at Tokeland Marina and the jetties that protect the Ocean Shores Marina. If you know where this might be you can reply privately or post it on Tweeters. 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Larry Schwitters-Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Jul 15 09:58:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters) Date: Tue Jul 15 09:59:09 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Counting Purple Martins Message-ID: Hello Jim, Your observation is a good example of how challenging it can be to try and count pairs of martins early in the season, when martins are for the most part laying and incubating eggs, colonies can appear abandoned much of the day. I visited Ship Harbor yesterday and there are many pairs there, the oldest young are less than two weeks old, and some nests still contain eggs. So, the activity there should be really picking up soon, and will last well into August. Regarding the timeline of nesting, based on some communications with other folks who have been closely following martin breeding in past years, it appears, for the most part, that martins in Washington pretty much follow the same schedule, from the north end of the Olympic Peninsula to the Columbia River. I was surprised to discover this, but it seems to be true, for the most part. I recently returned from a trip through northern California where martin breeding can be widely delayed, by a month or more, between the Central Valley and the Northern Coast, due to the weather differences. It was over 100 in parts of the Valley, while high temps in Humboldt County were in the low 60s, with fog. In any case, there is still plenty of time to observe martins in Washington. Fledging will begin late this month and last well into August. Not many breeding locations in Skagit, besides Ship Harbor, very small colony on Padilla Bay north of Bayview, in a few old nestboxes on pilings that have been rapidly disappearing over the past few years. And martins have been reported using nestboxes on Vendovi Island, but I?ve never personally visited there. Stan Kostka lynnandstan at earthlink dot net. Date: 7/1 12:49 PM From: Jim Betz via Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Purple Martins Stan, There is a fairly large "condo village" of Purple Martins at Ship Harbor on Fidalgo Island (Anacortes). That village was very active a few weeks ago but is now "abandoned" (no activity, what so ever). My conclusion is that the chicks have fledged. If I'm correct - then your timeline for nesting has to be modified based upon location, location, location. This group of nests has been active for a long time. I don't know of any other Martin colonies here in Skagit County. - Jim in Skagit Date: 7/1 9:31 AM From: stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Counting Purple Martins Hello Tweets, hope everyone is enjoying the weather . There is currently an effort underway to organize and conduct a search, survey, and count of the number of breeding pairs of Purple Martins in Washington State. If you are interested in being involved, please let me know. If you know anyone you think may be interested, please let them know. Martin abundance in any region, is generally (always) defined by the known number of breeding pairs, also known as active nests. British Columbia, Oregon, and California have already done this to some extent, but it?s never been done in Washington. There have been estimates in the past, but the fact is that currently nobody really knows. The earliest nesting Purple Martins in Washington State are now tending to young that are about one week old. Soon, in another couple weeks or so, will be the best time to observe the height of activity at a martin colony, when adults will be busy feeding rapidly growing young, many of which by then will be making an appearance being fed at the nest cavity entrance. Counting breeding pairs involves identifying active nests. Some people will be looking into nest cavities to confirm the presence of eggs or young. However, at most sites, nests will not be accessible, so counting will be done by observing and recording bird behaviours. Birds entering nest holes in July and August, especially when carrying food, and removing fecal sacs, are how we determine an active nest without looking inside. Later when young appear at the entrance, that observation alone confirms an active nest. Later in the season after young are fledging, they are often visible returning to their natal cavities at dusk, for a week or more before they begin migration. Covering all of Western Washington over the next couple seasons is going to be a big project, and so the more eyes in the field the better. So, if you are interested in looking for and counting Purple Martins anywhere in Western Washington, please let me know. ThanksStan Kostkalynnandstan at earthlink.net From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Jul 15 12:38:20 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Tue Jul 15 12:38:25 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Purple Martins at Ship - and the Eagles nest at Wylie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Stan, ? Thanks for your explanations and observations.? I find it interesting that what I observed (lots of activity, then NONE) was 'pre-nesting' and not incubating/hatching/fledging.? I'm not saying that isn't what was happening - just noting how difficult it is when there is zero activity around the condos at Ship for more than one visit but the 2 weeks before there were Martins coming and going from the condos in a constant stream. ? There -may- be some Purple Martins at Wylie ... but I can't confirm it. It -is- a "likely habitat" - there certainly are lots of Tree and a fair number of Barn Swallows at Wylie.? Or maybe at English Boom on Camano? (Which isn't exactly Skagit.) ? Is anyone working on putting up more Martin condos?? Or simply maintaining the ones we know about?? There are some nest boxes and tree hollows at Wylie that seem to be UNoccupied since the work on the levees was done (I'm not saying that is the cause - just providing a time frame). ? BTW - in case anyone is wondering ... the eagle nest at Wylie was still very much "active" YESterday.? The chick was very visible for over an hour - but was not seen exercising its wings.? The adults seem to take turns staying close while the other hunts.? It can be a treat to see them bring back a fish ... but sometimes it is pretty uneventful where the adult comes in and drops the fish but the chick doesn't tear into it right away.? I've been going to the nest viewing location at least once a week since early June.? I keep hoping I'll see the chick taking its first flight(s) but so far nothing.? *Frown*.? *VBG* ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Jul 15 14:09:59 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Valerie Anderson via Tweeters) Date: Tue Jul 15 14:10:13 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Virginia Rail chicks Message-ID: Hi Tweets, I have a trail cam set up to see who travels through the pond near our house. It has captured great pictures of Wood Ducks with their chicks, Mallards of course, beaver, river otter, etc. It has also caught the Virginia Rail that we have only been able to hear. This week, I collected the SD card and there are pictures of the Virginia Rail with at least 3 (maybe 4?) chicks. This was exciting for us bird nerds. Hopefully this picture (low resolution) shows them: https://photos.app.goo.gl/EbRBHMeLH9tx6hau8 Valerie Anderson Olympia, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 16 01:45:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 16 01:45:39 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Tropical birds migrate without riding the wind - Earth.com Message-ID: https://www.earth.com/news/tropical-birds-migrate-without-riding-the-wind/ Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 16 13:26:31 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Taunya Schultz via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 16 13:26:36 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] bird ID Message-ID: This was seen near Kent, WA. Anybody have an idea what it is? 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Anybody have an idea what it is? > Taunya Schultz > > Get Outlook for Android > _______________________________________________ > 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 Jul 16 15:30:05 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 16 15:30:09 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagle's Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk -Thursday, July 17 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, July 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. Please park reasonably close to other vehicles as this is a busy time of the year for both golfers and birders. ;>) Also, to remind folks that haven't been here before, even though Eagle's Pride is a US Army recreation facility, you don't need any ID to attend these birdwalks. Hope you're able to make it! Current weather forecast is 58-74degF (61-83 real-feel) and bright sunshine during the walk. 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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First since the 1st week in May (FOF) Green Heron - Two at weir. At one point, a Green Heron chased off a Greater Yellowlegs Great Blue Heron - Only 1 bird at nests (though several dead birds were noted). Only about 5-6 GBHE noted anywhere in the park this morning Osprey - Appear to have young at both nests Red-tailed Hawk - Juvenile flying around calling piteously for most of the morning. What-the-heck happened to free room service??? Merlin - One seen twice, or two Tree Swallow - One of the Martin gourds featured at least 3 baby Tree Swallow gaping mouths Purple Martin - Both of the close gourds had martins, with nest exchanges noted CHIPPING SPARROW - Juvenile along SW edge of the Dog Meadow Orange-crowned Warbler - 1-2 along SW edge of Dog Meadow (FOF) Yellow Warbler - 2-3 along SW edge of Dog Meadow (all female/juvie), with a singing male at the Rowing Club Black-throated Warbler - At least one along SW edge of Dog Meadow (FOF) Western Tanager - Two makes at Rowing Club Misses today, comprised just Rufous Hummingbird, Violet-green Swallow, and Cliff Swallow. For the day, counting the high-flying gulls, 61 species. A good day. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Diane ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of John Riegsecker via Tweeters Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2025 7:52 PM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern with Abnormal Bill I photographed a Caspian Tern with an odd bill deformity today. It also appears to have a damaged left eye, so perhaps both are the result of an injury. eBird list with photos: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS260680713&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cc304bcdd767245f969f008ddc5a61bd4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638884039424640283%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QeeQgH4YJMrLFU3fJP96yvGvGoEQdjyBrtgHhDPnxeY%3D&reserved=0 -- John Riegsecker jriegsecker@pobox.com Gig Harbor _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman11.u.washington.edu%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Ftweeters&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cc304bcdd767245f969f008ddc5a61bd4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638884039424660772%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0GFZ1oXFEY3GjXUoz3MyCA6ojiXqHRnmlQ4O9FaD6tc%3D&reserved=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The season and the heat combined to reduce our species count. It started relatively cool in the morning but pretty quickly warmed up. Anticipating the hot afternoon, we varied from the usual route to get out to the exposed dike earlier. That worked as intended but it was still too warm for many. A moderate high tide peaked while we were on the dike, helping to push the shorebirds in for closer viewing. A flock of 25 Long-billed Dowitchers flew in, then dispersed, mixing in with Least Sandpipers, a couple Killdeer, a few Western Sandpipers, and Greater Yellowlegs. Red-winged Blackbirds, Swallows, and European Starlings dominated on the freshwater side. >From the McAllister Creek boardwalk it seemed that Double-crested Cormorants were holding a convention. They were in large clusters. There were a few Brandt's Cormorants on the Nisqually Reach channel markers, a number of Great Blue Herons on the exposed mud. A few Purple Martins were still using their gourd houses at Luhr Beach. As the temperature rose, we we were faster coming back to the dike than we were going out, stopping longest where there was shade. In the shade of the deciduous forested loop trail, Swainson's Thrush, American Robins, Goldfinches, Chickadees, Flycatchers, and Bewick's Wrens were the most numerous of the smaller passerines When we finished, at least an hour earlier than usual, the thermometer read 97?. Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jul 16, 2025 7:51 AM - 4:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.74 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Sunny with temperatures Sunny 68-97? F. with southerly breeze at 0-5 knots. There was a 10.1-foot high water at 10:00 a.m., ebbing toward a +1.8-foot low water at 4:12 p.m. Mammals included Columbian black-tailed deer, Eastern cottontail, the non-native American bullfrog, the native Pacific chorus frog, the non-native Eastern Grey squirrel, the native Douglas squirrel (chickaree) and Townsend?s Chipmunk, a river otter seen by Pete, and many harbor seals with pups. 56 species (+3 other taxa) Canada Goose 7 Wood Duck 9 Mallard 25 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 At entrance gate Mourning Dove 2 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 1 hummingbird sp. 1 Virginia Rail 3 American Coot 1 Killdeer 2 Long-billed Dowitcher 25 Greater Yellowlegs 18 Least Sandpiper 95 Western Sandpiper 6 peep sp. 65 Ring-billed Gull 140 California Gull 45 Caspian Tern 8 Brandt's Cormorant 6 Nisqually Reach Channel Marker Double-crested Cormorant 230 Great Blue Heron 48 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 16 Juvenile in north McAllister Creek nest Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 3 Northern Flicker 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Western Wood-Pewee 5 Willow Flycatcher 8 Western Flycatcher 1 American Crow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 22 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Tree Swallow 9 Purple Martin 7 5 at the Luhr Beach nest gourds and 2 seen at the Nisqually River overlook Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 40 Cliff Swallow 58 Bushtit (Pacific) 10 Brown Creeper 8 Marsh Wren 5 Bewick's Wren 10 European Starling 75 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 41 American Robin 12 Cedar Waxwing 9 Purple Finch (Western) 5 Male offering food to begging female American Goldfinch 32 Savannah Sparrow 5 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 24 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 4 Red-winged Blackbird 170 Brown-headed Cowbird 15 Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow Warbler 12 Wilson's Warbler 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S260454394 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Any of these might be good observations. They might also be misidentifications or data entry errors. When we have no way of knowing, we opt to leave them off the list. This has been a puzzling summer with respect to Heermann?s and California Gulls. One Heermann?s Gull was the highest number of that species reported in June. The highest for July so far has been 16. This number is notably way below the number for past years. Reports of California Gulls have also been quite low with none higher than 30 or 40 birds and most being in the single digits. By now, the Edmonds summer populations of both species should be well over 100 birds. 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 June, 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 Jul 20 06:23:00 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 07:17:00 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Tweeters ADMINISTRATIVE: missing text in Tweeters Digest References: <4EA30C7D-D64F-4400-B9D0-FFD07DCBBC45@u.washington.edu> Message-ID: Dear Tweets. As many recall, Tweeters is sponsored by the University of Washington which has authority over the our listserve (run on Mailman 2 at present) and its workings. Tweeters is grateful to the UW for just shy of 50 years of that support. Over that near half-century, UW-IT has rolled with changing times and the need for increased internet security, periodically making changes in how things work. As a recent consequence, posts sent in by some of our contributors are being converted into an attachment with a link. This "scrubbed" HTML-converted message essentially hides the text of that post from easy viewing and becomes all that a Digest subscriber sees (there is a way to read that message but it is fraught). Thus, you have likely seen recent dialogue about posts "not showing up" in the Tweeters Digest version. As a reminder, your Tweeters subscription can be set for each post to arrive as it is sent in, or as a single Tweeters Digest of all posts from the prior 24 hours, arriving just before noon Pacific time each day. For perspective, approximately 2/3 of Tweeters subscribers prefer to receive the Digest version. Note that those affected by missing text are the readers of the Digest, most of whom are unaware that anything is missing. But what causes text to go missing lies with the process of posting: it turns out that certain email clients and certain formats signal Mailman to make this conversion. Another twist: many who contribute to Tweeters prefer to receive (and thus read) the post-by-post, non-Digest version. Therefore this sizable group is largely unaware that their contributions are basically invisible to folks who read the Digest. Our purpose in writing is to increase awareness of this issue and to relate that those whose posts are going missing should compose in PLAIN TEXT not rich text format. One can set that from the menu bar when sending an email (commonly used systems Gmail, Outlook, etc. provide options for sending messages this way). Contributors whose posts have been recognized to be "missing" are being contacted directly with this suggestion, to help make sure their posts reach the widest possible distribution. At our Admin end, we will also continue to troubleshoot and of course invite anyone who needs further help to contact us directly (tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu). We are indebted to Jane Hadley (as is so often the case!) for her very helpful post on July 10, 2025, which is pasted below for your reference. Tweeters Administrators, Seattle Elaine Chuang elc at uw dot edu Doug Santoni dougsantoni at gmail dot com From: Jane Hadley Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2025 4:55 PM To: Tweeters, Dear > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] question (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) Dear Tweetsters: For a long time, I have been unable to see the content in Diann MacRae's Tweeters messages -- unless I click on the URL link at the bottom of the message. I get Tweeters via the Digest, so this URL may be available only for those who receive Tweeters via the Digest or at the UW's Tweeters archives. When I click on that URL at the bottom of the message - URL: http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709/f8f5e391/attachment-0001.html I am taken to a web page that displays her message, but the message is encased in html markup, that is, commands enclosed in angle brackets saying how the message should be displayed. (It's not just Diann's messages. There are a few other Tweeter contributors whose messages have the same issue.) I suspect the problem is the email client that Diann (and others who are have the same issue) are using. I think there is probably nothing Diann can do other than to use a different device or program to send the messages. The Tweeters listserv software is old and cannot handle all formats. Some Tweeters subscribers choose to get individual Tweeters messages forwarded on to them rather than having a digest that packages up all of a day's messages once a day and sends them out in a single email. I get the Digest, so I cannot say how Diann's messages are displayed in the individual emails that are forwarded. I wouldn't be surprised if those messages came through just fine. I just now checked The Birding Lists Digest site that shows Tweeters messages on a web page ( http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=141 ) and I find that the content of Diann's message is entirely missing. And the URL at the bottom simply links to the Tweeters information page, not to the content of the message. So the solution to this issue depends on how you get your Tweeters messages. If you get them via the Digest, click on the URL at the bottom of the message. If you get individually forwarded emails, I am guessing you don't have a problem, unless you have an email program that is limited in formats it can handle (unlikely in this day and age). But I could be wrong about this, don't know. Finally, if you read your Tweeters messages via the Birders List Digest, then I think you're out of luck there. You will not be able to read the message. But you can go to the UW Tweeters archives and find the message to get the URL at the bottom of the message and read the content (encased in html markup). Here is the link for that: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/ Regarding the sending side of this question, I believe that the best way to get messages you send to Tweeters to display perfectly is to send them to the extent possible in plain text. Avoid bold, italic, smart quotes, and angle brackets. It's easy enough to do most of these things, but to get rid of smart quotes, you have to either not use quotes at all or compose your message in a plain text editor rather than in something like Word. (A plain text quote is one where the quotes go straight up and down and there's no difference between the opening and closing quotes. Smart or curly quotes slant or curl one way for opening quotes and a different way for closing quotes.) Jane Hadley Seattle, WA hadleyj1725@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Over that near half-century, UW-IT has rolled with changing times and the need for increased internet security, periodically making changes in how things work. As a recent consequence, posts sent in by some of our contributors are being converted into an attachment with a link. This "scrubbed" HTML-converted message essentially hides the text of that post from easy viewing and becomes all that a Digest subscriber sees (there is a way to read that message but it is fraught). Thus, you have likely seen recent dialogue about posts "not showing up" in the Tweeters Digest version. > > As a reminder, your Tweeters subscription can be set for each post to arrive as it is sent in, or as a single Tweeters Digest of all posts from the prior 24 hours, arriving just before noon Pacific time each day. For perspective, approximately 2/3 of Tweeters subscribers prefer to receive the Digest version. Note that those affected by missing text are the readers of the Digest, most of whom are unaware that anything is missing. But what causes text to go missing lies with the process of posting: it turns out that certain email clients and certain formats signal Mailman to make this conversion. > > Another twist: many who contribute to Tweeters prefer to receive (and thus read) the post-by-post, non-Digest version. Therefore this sizable group is largely unaware that their contributions are basically invisible to folks who read the Digest. > > Our purpose in writing is to increase awareness of this issue and to relate that those whose posts are going missing should compose in PLAIN TEXT not rich text format. One can set that from the menu bar when sending an email (commonly used systems Gmail, Outlook, etc. provide options for sending messages this way). Contributors whose posts have been recognized to be "missing" are being contacted directly with this suggestion, to help make sure their posts reach the widest possible distribution. At our Admin end, we will also continue to troubleshoot and of course invite anyone who needs further help to contact us directly (tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu ). > > We are indebted to Jane Hadley (as is so often the case!) for her very helpful post on July 10, 2025, which is pasted below for your reference. > > Tweeters Administrators, Seattle > Elaine Chuang elc at uw dot edu > Doug Santoni dougsantoni at gmail dot com > > > > From: Jane Hadley > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2025 4:55 PM > To: Tweeters, Dear > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] question (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) > > Dear Tweetsters: For a long time, I have been unable to see the content in Diann MacRae's Tweeters messages -- unless I click on the URL link at the bottom of the message. I get Tweeters via the Digest, so this URL may be available only for those who receive Tweeters via the Digest or at the UW's Tweeters archives. > > When I click on that URL at the bottom of the message - URL: http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250709/f8f5e391/attachment-0001.html > > I am taken to a web page that displays her message, but the message is encased in html markup, that is, commands enclosed in angle brackets saying how the message should be displayed. > > (It's not just Diann's messages. There are a few other Tweeter contributors whose messages have the same issue.) > > I suspect the problem is the email client that Diann (and others who are have the same issue) are using. I think there is probably nothing Diann can do other than to use a different device or program to send the messages. > > The Tweeters listserv software is old and cannot handle all formats. > > Some Tweeters subscribers choose to get individual Tweeters messages forwarded on to them rather than having a digest that packages up all of a day's messages once a day and sends them out in a single email. I get the Digest, so I cannot say how Diann's messages are displayed in the individual emails that are forwarded. I wouldn't be surprised if those messages came through just fine. > > I just now checked The Birding Lists Digest site that shows Tweeters messages on a web page ( http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=141 ) and I find that the content of Diann's message is entirely missing. And the URL at the bottom simply links to the Tweeters information page, not to the content of the message. > > So the solution to this issue depends on how you get your Tweeters messages. > > If you get them via the Digest, click on the URL at the bottom of the message. > > If you get individually forwarded emails, I am guessing you don't have a problem, unless you have an email program that is limited in formats it can handle (unlikely in this day and age). But I could be wrong about this, don't know. > > Finally, if you read your Tweeters messages via the Birders List Digest, then I think you're out of luck there. You will not be able to read the message. But you can go to the UW Tweeters archives and find the message to get the URL at the bottom of the message and read the content (encased in html markup). Here is the link for that: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/ > > Regarding the sending side of this question, I believe that the best way to get messages you send to Tweeters to display perfectly is to send them to the extent possible in plain text. Avoid bold, italic, smart quotes, and angle brackets. It's easy enough to do most of these things, but to get rid of smart quotes, you have to either not use quotes at all or compose your message in a plain text editor rather than in something like Word. (A plain text quote is one where the quotes go straight up and down and there's no difference between the opening and closing quotes. Smart or curly quotes slant or curl one way for opening quotes and a different way for closing quotes.) > > Jane Hadley > > Seattle, WA > > hadleyj1725@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Jul 20 10:46:19 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 10:46:24 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 20 11:00:02 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Katherine Steele via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 11:00:19 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I for one have learned from your posts and appreciate them. I hope you continue. Take care. Katherine On Jul 20, 2025, at 10:46?AM, Diann MacRae via Tweeters wrote: ? Dear Tweets, Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff like this. Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some people, at least. I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 tvulture@gmx.com _______________________________________________ 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 Sun Jul 20 11:23:17 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Teresa Michelsen via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 11:23:23 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9bac032e33ef49478224c38eb48f99e6@avocetconsulting.com> I?ll add my vote to ?what the heck? I like your posts!!? Teresa Michelsen Hoodsport, WA From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Katherine Steele via Tweeters Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2025 11:00 AM To: Diann MacRae Cc: tweeters t Subject: Re: [Tweeters] tweeters postings I for one have learned from your posts and appreciate them. I hope you continue. Take care. Katherine On Jul 20, 2025, at 10:46?AM, Diann MacRae via Tweeters > wrote: ? Dear Tweets, Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff like this. Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some people, at least. I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 tvulture@gmx.com _______________________________________________ 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 Sun Jul 20 11:30:16 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kristine Kenny Reilly via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 11:30:32 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: <9bac032e33ef49478224c38eb48f99e6@avocetconsulting.com> References: <9bac032e33ef49478224c38eb48f99e6@avocetconsulting.com> Message-ID: I appreciate them as well! Kristine Reilly Seattle, WA On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 11:24?AM Teresa Michelsen via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I?ll add my vote to ?what the heck? I like your posts!!? > > Teresa Michelsen > Hoodsport, WA > > > > *From:* Tweeters *On Behalf > Of *Katherine Steele via Tweeters > *Sent:* Sunday, July 20, 2025 11:00 AM > *To:* Diann MacRae > *Cc:* tweeters t > *Subject:* Re: [Tweeters] tweeters postings > > > > I for one have learned from your posts and appreciate them. I hope you > continue. Take care. > > Katherine > > > On Jul 20, 2025, at 10:46?AM, Diann MacRae via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > ? > > Dear Tweets, > > > > Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on > tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to > cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years > without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have > caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff > like this. > > > > Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall > discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some > people, at least. > > > > I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. > > > Diann MacRae > Olympic Vulture Study > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > Bothell, WA 98021 > tvulture@gmx.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Jul 20 11:42:06 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 11:42:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] posting on tweeters Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 20 11:52:08 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Faye McAdams Hands via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 11:52:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] posting on tweeters In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Diann and Tweeters, Just adding my perspective here.... Have you ever been in a class, and after a lengthy, involved lecture, the teacher asks "Any Questions?..." And no one says anything? And I wonder to myself, am I the only one that has a question?.... So I ask anyway. And I feel that that is what happened. Other people wondered also, but no one raised their hand. So, Thank You Diann for bringing this up! A worthy topic of discussion. And something that many others learned from! And I also enjoy your TV reports (and sometimes even add to them - when I remember!) and I always enjoy them. Happy Birding, Faye Belfair, WA Faye McAdams Hands Life is Simple -- Eat, Sleep, Bird. ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Diann MacRae via Tweeters Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2025 11:42 AM To: tweeters t Subject: [Tweeters] posting on tweeters Tweeters: how could I not be upset after reading 13 "paragraphs" of a post which mentions only my name four times? (A small mention of possible others - no names - causing the problem.) Then, I am told that "there is probably nothing Diann can do other than to use a different device or program to send the messages." I am sitting at a desktop computer, my only "device" that I use and I have no clue as to "programs" - I've used this forever. THANK you to those sending positive comments to me this morning about my vulture reports. It doesn't seem the reports are causing the trouble but my posting, which has been the same forever. I just do not like being singled out as the culprit for whatever when all I have done my whole life is work for the positiveness of birds. And, no, at this age I don't have a 'thin skin' as far as comments, they just really hit wrong this morning with the length of the criticisms of whatever is the problem. I really don't think it's me and I shall now desist and go watch an eagle . . . Cheers, Diann Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 tvulture@gmx.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 20 12:11:11 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ven. Dhammadinna via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 12:11:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Was there a problem???? I must have missed something... I would miss the TUVU reports if they went away. Dhammadinna On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 10:46?AM Diann MacRae via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Dear Tweets, > > Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on > tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to > cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years > without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have > caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff > like this. > > Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall > discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some > people, at least. > > I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. > > Diann MacRae > Olympic Vulture Study > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > Bothell, WA 98021 > tvulture@gmx.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Jul 20 12:17:30 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tom Benedict via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 12:17:46 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >>Was there a problem???? I must have missed something. Yeah..me too.. It?s not clear to me what the offense taken or given was and I?ve reviewed the thread thoroughly. Perhaps the offensive parts were filtered by my email client? I?m kinda thinking that this format for sharing bird sightings has run its course, at least for me. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Jul 20, 2025, at 12:11, Ven. Dhammadinna via Tweeters wrote: > > Was there a problem???? I must have missed something... > I would miss the TUVU reports if they went away. > Dhammadinna > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 10:46?AM Diann MacRae via Tweeters > wrote: >> Dear Tweets, >> >> Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff like this. >> >> Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some people, at least. >> >> I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. >> >> Diann MacRae >> Olympic Vulture Study >> 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. >> Bothell, WA 98021 >> tvulture@gmx.com _______________________________________________ >> 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 Sun Jul 20 12:24:09 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 12:24:25 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] bird ID In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Back to Taunya's mystery bird and her 'rough' photo of said bird. I've always thought that *any* photo is better than no photo. My potential ID as a White Wagtail was based, as I described, on several features, including a largely gray-white/black plumage, very long tail, and the bird's potential location on the ground, near water. All Wagtail characteristics. But, a _very_ seasoned Tweeter friend sent me the 2-word, concise comment. *"Ummm, No"* I enjoy concise-citity so that gave me pause. Whereupon I decided to 'play around' digitally with the image.and came up with https://www.flickr.com/photos/159695762@N07/54667657758/in/dateposted-public/ It now appears the 'long tail' is an opportnistically located 'twig'. Said "Tweeter Friend' then voted for an immature Violet-green Swallow. A rather strange location for such a swallow, but I'm not arguing. Bob OBrien Portland On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:44?PM Robert O'Brien wrote: > Hmmmm Somehow you got away with attaching a photo to Tweeters. I > didn't think that was possible. Maybe because it was a very small image. > It's a challenging image but I'd say it looks like a White Wagtail. This > has varying morphs/subspecies with varying amounts of Black, like your > bird. A great find if that's what it is. I don't know what else it could > be. What sort of habitat was it in? These are open country birds, not > woods, etc. > Bob OBrien Portland > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:26?PM Taunya Schultz via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> This was seen near Kent, WA. Anybody have an idea what it is? >> Taunya Schultz >> >> Get Outlook for Android >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Sun Jul 20 12:28:39 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Stephen Elston via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 12:28:55 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think the problem here is that the TUVU sightings information is given in a formatted table, rather than simple plain text. The result is the list server strips these tables off of the messages. Plain text tables do not look very nice, but they do not get filtered. Otherwise, I join the list of people wondering what the possible objection can be to TUVU sighting postings. These posts are not only interesting, but spot on target for a birding listserv in my opinion. Happy Birding and Tweeters reading to all, Steve On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 10:46?AM Diann MacRae via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Dear Tweets, > > Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on > tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to > cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years > without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have > caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff > like this. > > Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall > discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some > people, at least. > > I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. > > Diann MacRae > Olympic Vulture Study > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > Bothell, WA 98021 > tvulture@gmx.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Jul 20 12:40:35 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 12:40:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As to tables, I've found that Excel Spreadsheets, cut and pasted into an email submission seem to work quite easily. The formatting seemingly replaced by spaces or tabs Here is a test from my recent Credit Card Statement. Post Date Check Description Debit Credit Status Balance Classification 6/16/2025 Ace Hardware 16.28 Posted 2,094.11 Home Improvement 6/5/2025 Ace Hardware 43.98 Posted 464.95 Home Improvement 7/7/2025 Add External 148.50 Posted 2,711.50 Cash 4/4/2025 Add External 148.50 Posted 1,636.78 Cash 1/6/2025 Add External 148.50 Posted (148.50) Cash The entry 'boxes' were highlighted with the mouse in the Excel Spreadsheet, copied (ctrl c), and then 'Pasted" (ctrl v) into this email. If this works I'll see it because I've also sent it to myself as well as to Tweeters. If interested, someone could check the digest version and see what it looks like with thar re-formatting. Bob OBrien Portland This of course is with a PC No comment on I-Stuff. On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 12:29?PM Stephen Elston via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I think the problem here is that the TUVU sightings information is given > in a formatted table, rather than simple plain text. The result is the list > server strips these tables off of the messages. Plain text tables do not > look very nice, but they do not get filtered. > > Otherwise, I join the list of people wondering what the possible objection > can be to TUVU sighting postings. These posts are not only interesting, but > spot on target for a birding listserv in my opinion. > > Happy Birding and Tweeters reading to all, Steve > > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 10:46?AM Diann MacRae via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Dear Tweets, >> >> Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on >> tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to >> cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years >> without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have >> caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff >> like this. >> >> Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall >> discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some >> people, at least. >> >> I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. >> >> Diann MacRae >> Olympic Vulture Study >> 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. >> Bothell, WA 98021 >> tvulture@gmx.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Sun Jul 20 12:45:50 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 12:46:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: P.S. As to non-digest (individual Tweeters') messages i have no problem reading Diann's posts. Bob OBrien On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 12:40?PM Robert O'Brien wrote: > As to tables, I've found that Excel Spreadsheets, cut and pasted into an > email submission seem to work quite easily. The formatting seemingly > replaced by spaces or tabs Here is a test from my recent Credit Card > Statement. > Post Date Check Description Debit Credit Status Balance Classification > 6/16/2025 Ace Hardware 16.28 Posted 2,094.11 Home Improvement > 6/5/2025 Ace Hardware 43.98 Posted 464.95 Home Improvement > 7/7/2025 Add External 148.50 Posted 2,711.50 Cash > 4/4/2025 Add External 148.50 Posted 1,636.78 Cash > 1/6/2025 Add External 148.50 Posted (148.50) Cash The entry 'boxes' were > highlighted with the mouse in the Excel Spreadsheet, copied (ctrl c), and > then 'Pasted" (ctrl v) into this email. > If this works I'll see it because I've also sent it to myself as well as > to Tweeters. If interested, someone could check the digest version and see > what it looks like with thar re-formatting. Bob OBrien Portland > This of course is with a PC No comment on I-Stuff. > > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 12:29?PM Stephen Elston via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> I think the problem here is that the TUVU sightings information is given >> in a formatted table, rather than simple plain text. The result is the list >> server strips these tables off of the messages. Plain text tables do not >> look very nice, but they do not get filtered. >> >> Otherwise, I join the list of people wondering what the possible >> objection can be to TUVU sighting postings. These posts are not only >> interesting, but spot on target for a birding listserv in my opinion. >> >> Happy Birding and Tweeters reading to all, Steve >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 10:46?AM Diann MacRae via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> Dear Tweets, >>> >>> Having been singled out, partially, as the very negative poster on >>> tweeters, I'm not quite sure what to say. It has Never been my intent to >>> cause problems: I have sent the same turkey vulture reports for years >>> without hearing complaints. So, I am truly sorry for any problems I have >>> caused: understand please, I know little about computer managing re stuff >>> like this. >>> >>> Quite frankly, I didn't know there was a major problem. I shall >>> discontinue my monthly turkey vulture reports and hope that will help some >>> people, at least. >>> >>> I don't know what else to do and I'm sorry. And not happy. >>> >>> Diann MacRae >>> Olympic Vulture Study >>> 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. >>> Bothell, WA 98021 >>> tvulture@gmx.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 Sun Jul 20 13:35:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jane Hadley via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 13:36:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tweeters postings Message-ID: <8d1bf32c-6fe6-4630-bbce-e3c8a406378c@gmail.com> Dear Tweetsters and Diann Macrae - I apologize for my post about the problems Tweeters Digest subscribers are having receiving the content from some Tweeters contributors. I was responding to Tweeters contributors who mentioned they were not able to receive the content of Diann's messages, so I made reference to her messages. I can understand why Diann felt singled out, even though she is not the only one whose messages don't get through to Digest subscribers. I apologize for making her feel singled out. I like many others on this list very much appreciate Diann's posts about vultures and other topics and would be very sad if they did not continue. Let me say what I should have made clearer in my message: neither Diann (nor any other folks) are to blame for the content of their messages not getting through to Digest subscribers. They are simply using the email clients that they (and many other people) normally use and had no way to know that their messages were not being properly being handled by the old listserv software. I did not intend to cast blame of any kind in my post. I was trying to provide ideas about why the problem was happening and what were potential solutions. I should have done a better job of it. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. The solutions vary according to how a person sends and receives Tweeters messages. And nobody deserves any blame for how they are doing either. Nor does the listserv deserve any blame. It is free software created and maintained by volunteers. As Elaine Chuang mentioned, the UW has hosted the Tweeters list for many years at no cost.? Thanks to Elaine, a tireless volunteer, for her latest post explaining the issues. Digest subscribers who receive messages with no content, should just click on the URL below the message that looks like this: URL:http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20250720/d2193670/attachment-0001.html (I removed angle brackets that open and close the URL because the listserv may not be able handle the angle brackets) Jane Hadley Seattle, WA hadleyj1725@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 20 13:39:40 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Peter Cavanagh via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 13:39:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] How Birds Fly talk Message-ID: On Tuesday July 22 at 7pm, I will be presenting a talk on my book ?HOW BIRDS FLY: The Science and Art of Avian Flight? at Elliott Bay Book Company (1521 10th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122). It would be great to meet other Tweeters in person there! 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"Ummm, No" I enjoy concise-citity so that gave me pause. Whereupon I decided to 'play around' digitally with the image.and came up with https://www.flickr.com/photos/159695762@N07/54667657758/in/dateposted-public/ It now appears the 'long tail' is an opportnistically located 'twig'. Said "Tweeter Friend' then voted for an immature Violet-green Swallow. A rather strange location for such a swallow, but I'm not arguing. Bob OBrien Portland On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:44?PM Robert O'Brien > wrote: Hmmmm Somehow you got away with attaching a photo to Tweeters. I didn't think that was possible. Maybe because it was a very small image. It's a challenging image but I'd say it looks like a White Wagtail. This has varying morphs/subspecies with varying amounts of Black, like your bird. A great find if that's what it is. I don't know what else it could be. What sort of habitat was it in? These are open country birds, not woods, etc. Bob OBrien Portland On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 1:26?PM Taunya Schultz via Tweeters > wrote: This was seen near Kent, WA. Anybody have an idea what it is? Taunya Schultz Get Outlook for Android _______________________________________________ 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 Sun Jul 20 19:20:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hank Heiberg via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 20 19:20:39 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Blue Bullfrog at Juanita Bay Park References: Message-ID: ?Today we saw a Blue Bullfrog at Juanita Bay Park https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54667233347/in/dateposted/ I did not edit the photo in any way other than cropping it. Someone pointed this frog out to us. At first I thought that it was plastic until it moved. Google ?blue bullfrog? for information about what causes the blue color and the very low frequency of these frogs. I have been around bullfrogs all of my life starting as a grade school kid at Bonney Lake and have never seen or heard of a Blue Bullfrog. We did not see the Horned Grebe that has been reported at Juanita. We did hear a Sora close the eastern of the two wooden platforms. Photo album for the day. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720327686803/ Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA hankdotheibergatgmail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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An adult and two juvenile Pileated Woodpeckers: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54675475790/in/photostream/ Adult Pileated feeding a juvenile: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54675377613/in/photostream/ One of the juvenile Pileateds: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54675381904/in/dateposted/ Second juvenile Pileated: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54674316467/in/dateposted/ The adult Pileated: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54675476085/in/photostream/ Northern Flicker: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54675150966/in/dateposted/ Hairy Woodpecker: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54675382134/in/dateposted/ Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA hankdotheibergatgmail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Highlights included many recently fledge young including WOOD DUCK, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, nesting BARN SWALLOW and CLIFF SWALLOW, we had great looks of BAND-TAILED PIGEON and PURPLE FINCH, a fun surprise was a BARRED OWL flushed from the stand of trees between the slough adjacent to the Twin Barns and the Nisqually Estuary Trail, in the afternoon we had high counts of BANK SWALLOW and RING-BILLED GULL on the tide flats on the incoming tide. For the day, we observed a total of 64 species. With Barred Owl as FOY, we are now at 160 species this year. See our eBird lists pasted below. Others seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend's Chipmunk, Muskrat, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, Columbian Black-tailed Deer and Coyote pup. There are two birders who I have misplaced their contact information, Jack, and Jared. Please feel welcome to text or email your information so I can add you to the report. Next week I'll be away on a Westport Pelagic, Ken Brown and all will lead in my absence. Until next week when the walk meets 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 Jul 23, 2025 6:55 AM - 1:42 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.128 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy in the morning with clearing skies in the afternoon. Temperatures in the 60?s to 90?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -3? Tide at 11:08am and a High 14?1? Tide at 7:02pm. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Muskrat, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Harbor Seal. Split walk into two segments. Morning segment including Orchard, Access Roads, Twin Barns Loop Trail and Nisqually Estuary Trail. Afternoon segment included the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. 52 species (+2 other taxa) Wood Duck 12 Mallard 10 Hooded Merganser 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 6 Mourning Dove 4 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 2 hummingbird sp. 2 Killdeer 1 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Larus sp. 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 5 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 7 Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 1 Barred Owl 1 Flushed from stand of trees between slough adjacent to Twin Barns and Nisqually Estuary Trail. Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 7 Western Wood-Pewee 8 Willow Flycatcher 5 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1 Heard only. East side of Twin Barns Loop Trail on inside of trail near Beaver Deceiver. Warbling Vireo (Western) 1 Heard behind Education Center. American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 11 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 Bank Swallow 4 Tree Swallow 10 Violet-green Swallow 3 Purple Martin 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow (American) 75 Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 15 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Heard only, near Nisqually Land Trust building or Tech Building. Brown Creeper 5 Marsh Wren 1 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 6 European Starling 100 Swainson's Thrush 26 American Robin 6 Cedar Waxwing 55 House Finch 3 Purple Finch 6 American Goldfinch 30 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 6 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 26 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 2 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 200 Brown-headed Cowbird 18 Common Yellowthroat 6 Yellow Warbler (Northern) 8 Wilson's Warbler 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S262383713 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jul 23, 2025 2:59 PM - 3:03 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.035 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Afternoon session. Walk out to the end of the boardwalk and back. 4 miles. 39 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 150 Wood Duck 5 Northern Shoveler 1 Mallard 6 Mourning Dove 1 Virginia Rail 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Least Sandpiper 60 Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 500 Counted, probably more. Observed upwards of 600-800 birds. California Gull 75 Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 50 Caspian Tern 3 Brandt's Cormorant 5 Double-crested Cormorant 200 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 75 Bald Eagle 4 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Steller's Jay (Coastal) 1 American Crow 2 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Bank Swallow 25 Counted individually on a snag on the mudflats. Photo. Scoped with 60x spotting scope. Tree Swallow 1 Purple Martin 5 Barn Swallow (American) 50 Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group) 20 Marsh Wren 1 European Starling 150 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 8 American Robin 2 American Goldfinch 15 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 3 Red-winged Blackbird 200 Brown-headed Cowbird 25 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S262273103 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 24 14:00:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 24 14:01:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-07-24 Message-ID: Tweets - It was a fine morning, warm but not too hot, only a bit of occasional breeze. It was fairly quiet, though; not as active as last week. Highlights: Eurasian Collared-Dove - One at NE corner of off-leash area Glaucous-winged Dove - One, our first identifiable gull since May Pileated Woodpecker - One heard several times, just after 6:00 a.m. Merlin - One, mobbed by swallows. Third straight week, and 5th of last 7 weeks Orange-crowned Warbler - One along SW edge of Dog Meadow Black-throated Gray Warbler - At least 3, probably 5 or more, SW edge of Dog Meadow Western Tanager - One or two, probably juvenile females, west edge of Dog Meadow At least 2 juvenile OSPREY on the western nest platform. At least 2 juvenile PURPLE MARTINS in the right-most gourd. I saw at least 9 EASTERN COTTONTAIL and 1 COYOTE. Misses today included American Barn Owl, Warbling Vireo, Violet-green Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Marsh Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, and Brown-headed Cowbird. For the day, 56 species. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 24 18:06:05 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (B B via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 24 18:06:12 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Blog Post - First Half of Recent Birding Trip to Colombia - Including Santa Marta References: <155437967.1599673.1753405565814.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <155437967.1599673.1753405565814@mail.yahoo.com> I have finished two of what will probably be three blog posts on my recent trip to Colombia with guide Breiner Tarazona.? I will post the the first one here later today.? It is an introduction and gives some background - my international birding history.? The post here covers the first 5 days/half of the whole trip. https://blairbirding.com/2025/07/25/colombia-2025-the-tour-begins-days-1-through-5-barranquilla-through-santa-marta/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Last year at this exact spot I watched an eagle pluck a juvenile from a flock of 225 terns and carry it off. ebird list with photos: https://ebird.org/checklist/S262502496 -- John Riegsecker Gig Harbor From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 24 21:27:39 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Franny Drobny via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 24 21:27:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Sicily In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've used birdingpal.org before. Even though on a quick search for contacts in Italy, I didn?t see anything for Sicily. I did find elsewhere: https://www.getyourguide.com/sicily-l65/birdwatching-tc43/ I haven't used , but it lists a few places. Also, try using AI. Good luck and happy birding. Franny Drobny Seattle WA On Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 6:41?PM Amy Shumann via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Tweets, > > My husband and I will be in Sicily (South and SE) next May and I'm hoping > to take a break from gelato and cannoli eating to go birding. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 25 05:32:54 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 25 05:33:10 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Biden plan to shoot 450, 000 owls at $3, 000 each under fire In-Reply-To: <4C10A1F7-C9BA-4A00-AA38-7D36BBFA6BB4@gmail.com> References: <4C10A1F7-C9BA-4A00-AA38-7D36BBFA6BB4@gmail.com> Message-ID: Last year I wrote an article about this that explains a few key things that I think most of the media and public misunderstood: No, They?re not Really Going to Shoot 450,000 Owls First, it was never a "plan;" it was a permit. And it never came with any funding or staffing. And it was reliant on partner agencies (federal, state, county, tribal) to opt in - on their own dime. It came with no cost estimate (I read the whole EIS and related documents and interviewed the USFWS about it). Second, the 450,000 number was always an absurdity. The permit evaluation required an upper bound; that was it. They put it in the executive summary and the media ran with it. That works out to killing about 80 owls per night, every night, for 30 years - an absurdity because it's quite labor intensive, limited by seasons, and slow-going. The permit itself notes that Barred Owl removal would be largely limited to areas with known Spotted Owl territories, of which there are VERY FEW. Even removing a few Barred Owls per night seems a stretch. To my knowledge, Olympic NP, one of the places where it would make some sense in a few contexts (which I can count on one hand), had not decided to participate. This was probably due to staffing issues even before Trump took office. In northern Calif, CDFW and the Yurok Tribe (near Redwood NP) had received modest federal grants to fund limited participation. Again, it was slow-going and labor intensive, working out to $3000 per bird. That's no surprise (see my article). The current Washington Examiner article is among the most misleading. It offers none of the context above and relies on the dubious statements of a Texas Republican, who apparently took the $3000 figure, multiplied it by the 450,000 permit cap, and assumed "Biden" had allocated those funds. Yes, 450,000 x $3,000 = $1.35 billion. But no and no and no. It's fantasy Trumpian math. With or without the current fiscal assault on the federal government, this was never a plan with funding nor staffing and was always going to be implemented in an anemic piece-meal fashion. That's the reality, no matter where you stand on the actual permit. On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 12:55?AM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Well, Tweeters, what do you think of this? > Dan Reiff > Note: As always, if you do not have an Apple phone or computer, or the > link cannot be opened, copy and paste the subject headline into your > Internet browser, like Google or Safari and Search. By this method, you > will usually be able to find and view the article. > > *Biden plan to shoot 450,000 owls at $3,000 each under fire* > July 23, 2025 A bipartisan parliament of House and Senate members today is > calling on Congress to kill an expensive plan ordered by former President > Joe Biden to shoot 450,000 barred owls bullying the endangered northern > spotted owl in Northwest forests. A resolution being introduced today, led > by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) in the House and Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) in the > Senate, would trigger the Congressional Review Act and stop the Biden-era > initiative. Recommended Stories In addition to saving > > Read in Washington Examiner: https://apple.news/AfbZ26W90RvO-_Z5sVfgBgw > > > Shared from Apple News > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 25 06:16:44 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Char via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 25 06:16:59 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Biden plan to shoot 450, 000 owls at $3, 000 each under fire In-Reply-To: References: <4C10A1F7-C9BA-4A00-AA38-7D36BBFA6BB4@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thank you, Steve, that's really interesting and good to know. Thanks for doing that leg work! On Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 5:33?AM Steve Hampton via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Last year I wrote an article about this that explains a few key things > that I think most of the media and public misunderstood: No, They?re not > Really Going to Shoot 450,000 Owls > > > > First, it was never a "plan;" it was a permit. And it never came with any > funding or staffing. And it was reliant on partner agencies (federal, > state, county, tribal) to opt in - on their own dime. It came with no cost > estimate (I read the whole EIS and related documents and interviewed the > USFWS about it). > > Second, the 450,000 number was always an absurdity. The permit evaluation > required an upper bound; that was it. They put it in the executive summary > and the media ran with it. That works out to killing about 80 owls per > night, every night, for 30 years - an absurdity because it's quite labor > intensive, limited by seasons, and slow-going. The permit itself notes that > Barred Owl removal would be largely limited to areas with known Spotted Owl > territories, of which there are VERY FEW. Even removing a few Barred Owls > per night seems a stretch. > > To my knowledge, Olympic NP, one of the places where it would make some > sense in a few contexts (which I can count on one hand), had not decided to > participate. This was probably due to staffing issues even before Trump > took office. In northern Calif, CDFW and the Yurok Tribe (near Redwood NP) > had received modest federal grants to fund limited participation. Again, it > was slow-going and labor intensive, working out to $3000 per bird. That's > no surprise (see my article). > > The current Washington Examiner article is among the most misleading. It > offers none of the context above and relies on the dubious statements of a > Texas Republican, who apparently took the $3000 figure, multiplied it by > the 450,000 permit cap, and assumed "Biden" had allocated those funds. Yes, > 450,000 x $3,000 = $1.35 billion. But no and no and no. It's fantasy > Trumpian math. > > With or without the current fiscal assault on the federal government, this > was never a plan with funding nor staffing and was always going to be > implemented in an anemic piece-meal fashion. That's the reality, no matter > where you stand on the actual permit. > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 12:55?AM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Well, Tweeters, what do you think of this? >> Dan Reiff >> Note: As always, if you do not have an Apple phone or computer, or the >> link cannot be opened, copy and paste the subject headline into your >> Internet browser, like Google or Safari and Search. By this method, you >> will usually be able to find and view the article. >> >> *Biden plan to shoot 450,000 owls at $3,000 each under fire* >> July 23, 2025 A bipartisan parliament of House and Senate members today >> is calling on Congress to kill an expensive plan ordered by former >> President Joe Biden to shoot 450,000 barred owls bullying the endangered >> northern spotted owl in Northwest forests. A resolution being introduced >> today, led by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) in the House and Sen. John Kennedy >> (R-LA) in the Senate, would trigger the Congressional Review Act and stop >> the Biden-era initiative. Recommended Stories In addition to saving >> >> Read in Washington Examiner: https://apple.news/AfbZ26W90RvO-_Z5sVfgBgw >> >> >> Shared from Apple News >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > > > -- > ?Steve Hampton? > Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I don?t really know how to report this, although I can look things up on eBird I don?t seem to be able to enter a new location (it doesn?t recognize Lake Kokanee as a place) and I don?t have precise coordinates due to the way sound echoes up here. I grew up with a family cabin on Loon Lake north of Spokane, so I know the sound well. Is this important enough to try to report somehow? I also have bald eagles nesting each year. I don?t know if this lake is considered part of the river, or what (although it?s dammed on each end). It?d be nice to know how to report sightings that seem significant or unusual. Sorry, I am an eBird novice, so any advice is helpful. Mostly I would use my computer for this, not a phone. Teresa Michelsen Hoodsport WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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All the regular inshore species were seen in good numbers which gave everyone a chance to acclimate to binocular viewing from a boat and studying the varying patterns of gray, black and white that are the prominent colors of the wildlife of the marine environment. Word spread slowly that Captain Phil was heading to a few shrimp boats that were working the edge of the Continental Shelf which had us excited about seeing a myriad of birds circling the boats looking for a free meal or two or three. On the way, lumbering Pink-footed Shearwaters (367) joined the numerous Sooty Shearwaters (7430), occasional flocks of diminutive Red-necked Phalaropes (82) flew through, and an uncooperative Pomarine Jaeger (1) led the *Monte Carlo* towards the shrimp boats. Shrimp boats (shrimpers) are a blessing and a curse for pelagic birders. When they are in the area, great, they have loads of feeding birds around them. When they are plying the waters much further away, the birds tend to follow them and there are fewer in the area visited by the pelagic trip. We lucked out today and spent some quality time with the fleet this morning. In addition to the Sooties and Pink-footeds, several Short-tailed Shearwaters (3) were called out but not seen satisfactorily by all. This is one of the most difficult identifications to make. The similarity to Sooty Shearwaters is annoying but very rewarding once you find one! A surprise was the first of the day's pristine Flesh-footed Shearwaters (2), a life bird for many. Interesting that both sightings were of birds that seemed to be associating with dolphin pods. This species that breeds in New Zealand and on Indo Pacific Islands is always a highlight! Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels (197) vied for attention with Northern Fulmars (6) and impressive Black-footed Albatrosses (27) that were in the area. Great to see small, medium, and large tubenoses in one place for great comparison of flight style, plumage, and feeding habits. Crisp Sabine's Gulls (12) joined the fray and a Common Tern (1) flew through. Another highlight was a flock of Arctic Terns (4) that came out of nowhere and hung out over the *Monte Carlo* for a minute or two for profoundly great viewing for those not deterred by looking straight up. Cassin's Auklets (28) flew by but never really stopped for that incredible view of one of our smallest local alcids. Three Red Phalaropes (8) were seen well which included two that still retained a lot of their breeding plumage red coloration. Of course, even 30 miles offshore, gulls happen and we looked through those too but no real surprises. Eventually, Captain Phil pointed the *Monte Carlo* west towards deep water and we anticipated our sought after Leach's Storm-Petrels (25) which call the waters off the shelf edge home. We were not disappointed with quite a few close views! I heard one of the participants opine after the trip that the birds were great but the mammals took top billing. I totally understood that sentiment. The mammals were numerous and diverse. We saw at least three different mixed pods of dolphins which included Pacific White-sided (225) and sleek, acrobatic Northern Right Whale Dolphins (54). Pixels and many videos were taken as they bow rode for minutes at a time. Not to be outdone, we also had bow riding Dall's Porpoises (8 - some WOW videos!). These were way cool moments! Humpback Whales (11), the aforementioned Gray Whales (6), a Northern Elephant Seal, several Northern Fur Seals (3 - couldn't confirm that any were Guadalupe FS), and at least two far offshore Harbor Seals (6) rounded out the impressive mammal show. If that weren't enough, numerous Blue Sharks (26) were observed (thanks to the flat calm sea) and some pretty humongous Ocean Sunfish (8) too! As we neared the breakwater, our birding wasn't finished. An adult Tufted Puffin came out of nowhere and flew right over the boat for all to see. This is always a highlight on any Westport Seabirds trip. A final surprise was a full sized apparent young of the year Ancient Murrelet that stayed for prolonged views for all to see. For me, an Ancient Murrelet in July just seemed a bit strange but a great addition to our list of wildlife sightings which included numerous Rhinoceros Auklets (140), Common Murres (189), Brown Pelicans (500) and the host of gulls and all three species of cormorants that regularly hang out along the breakwater. Loafing Steller's Sea Lions ((4) were on their usual channel marker perches. Wandering Tattlers (4) were seen along the breakwater for a fitting climax to this great trip. Our last birds and mammals were Pigeon Guillemots (12) and the ever present bobbing heads of Harbor Seals that saw us disembark. Westport Seabirds thanks all of the enthusiastic participants who make these trips a success. A special thanks to Shawneen Finnegan and Dave Irons and their group of hearty travelers from England. Also, thanks to Captain Phil and first mate Chris for their consummate professionalism, natural history knowledge, bright smiles, and ginger cookies! Also,a big thanks to our guides Bill Tweit, Bruce LaBar, and your trip reporter. Even though the Westport Seabirds schedule ( http://westportseabirds.com/2025-schedule/) shows all trips as full, it's always a good idea to think of future pelagic opportunities (last minute openings happen)! I hope to see you onboard! Jim Danzenbaker for Westport Seabirds. -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am thinking "jay" or "mockingbird" ... but searches for either - in ebird - did not produce any strong hits for Skagit County (especially at this time of year and at Wylie or similar habitat). ? anybody? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Jul 25 21:11:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri Jul 25 21:11:28 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wylie Slough - Bird ID Help Needed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1d9b01dbfde3$58dccaf0$0a9660d0$@comcast.net> Jim, My wife and I saw an Eastern Kingbird out there a few days ago - could that be what it was? Eric Kraig Anacortes, WA erickraig@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Jim Betz via Tweeters Sent: Friday, July 25, 2025 8:43 PM To: via Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Wylie Slough - Bird ID Help Needed Hi, I was at Wylie Slough today (yes, the eagle chick is -still- on the nest) and saw a medium-sized bird (slightly larger than a robin) that had a long body, dark/black on top and white belly. Medium length bill. And medium length dark tail. The bird was sitting on a branch about 20 feet from me - it flew away before I could get the camera up. It was not a shorebird of any kind. The coloring was 'solid' not mottled. I am thinking "jay" or "mockingbird" ... but searches for either - in ebird - did not produce any strong hits for Skagit County (especially at this time of year and at Wylie or similar habitat). anybody? - Jim in Skagit _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Jul 26 05:36:36 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Loitz via Tweeters) Date: Sat Jul 26 05:36:51 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wylie Slough - Bird ID Help Needed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Eastern Kingbird? Steve Loitz Ellensburg On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 8:43?PM Jim Betz via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi, > I was at Wylie Slough today (yes, the eagle chick is -still- on the > nest) > and saw a medium-sized bird (slightly larger than a robin) that had a > long body, dark/black on top and white belly. Medium length bill. And > medium length dark tail. The bird was sitting on a branch about 20 feet > from me - it flew away before I could get the camera up. > It was not a shorebird of any kind. The coloring was 'solid' not > mottled. > > I am thinking "jay" or "mockingbird" ... but searches for either - in > ebird - did not produce any strong hits for Skagit County (especially at > this time of year and at Wylie or similar habitat). > > anybody? > - Jim in Skagit > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Steve Loitz Ellensburg, WA steveloitz@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Semipalmated Plover - 1 adult Killdeer - a few Lesser Yellowlegs - 3 juvs & likely more Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 3 juvs https://flic.kr/p/2riX2Ss https://flic.kr/p/2riYcWk Least Sandpiper - about 20 adults and juveniles This has been an unusual July for SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at M Street. There have been at least 6 individuals since July 3. Three adults and three juveniles. On July 24 alone, there were 4 individuals: three juveniles and one adult. Links above show 3 semis in the same videos Over several visits I have witnessed Merlin, Peregrine Falcon and Cooper's Hawks hunting the shorebirds. Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 27 14:16:58 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ian Paulsen via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 27 14:17:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: HI ALL: I posted about 5 bird and 3 non-bird books at my blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-titles.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 27 16:03:08 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 27 16:03:24 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] County Year List Project at the half-way point for 2025 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters and Inland NW Birders - An updated version of the 2025 County Year List Project is up and available at Washington Birder. All 39 counties sent in updates of the year list at the mid-way point. Thanks compilers for all your work, and thanks everyone who has contributed. The mid-year check-in as a relatively stable time of year to compare across years ? The end of June finds us mostly done with spring migration, and still ahead of fall migration (except for some shorebirds). Overall, it looks like this year is shaping up to be pretty similar to usual when it comes to county year lists. Here?s how things look compared with recent years: We?ve tallied 364 species statewide as of the mid-way point in 2025. That?s right in line with the mid-year average total at this point [364.5], 5 lower than our total at this point last year. In Western WA, our 329 total is 7 lower than last year?s at this point. That?s right in line with our average [329.0] of the past 14 years. In Eastern WA, our 304 species tallied is tied for our 4th highest mid-tear total and two above our usual EWA average [301.9]. 13 counties are higher than they were at this point last year, 24 are lower, and 2 [Skagit & Thurston] were at exactly the same total as last year?s check-in. 33 Counties have a total within 10 species of the check-in at this point last year, a sign of the continued consistency of this effort. Okanogan [256] King [249] and Walla Walla [249] are in the lead with the highest county totals. If we compare counties based on the percentage of their overall life list that has been found so far this year, the top five counties are all in Eastern WA: Okanogan [77.9%, 256], Klickitat [75.6%, 238], Garfield [73.0%, 184], Whitman [72.6%, 223], and Yakima [72.4%, 239] 75 species have been seen in all 39 counties (last year that number was 68). and 157 species have been found in 30 or more counties ? that?s our core of wide-spread regulars. If you'd like to take a look at where things stand, the list and many other interesting files are at the Washington Birder website: http://www.wabirder.com/index.html A direct link to the 2025 county yearlist & the list of county compilers contact info: http://www.wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html Thanks to all the compilers and all those pitching in to sketch a picture of another year's birds in WA. Good birding, Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Jul 27 19:59:29 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Sun Jul 27 19:59:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wylie Slough - Bird ID Help Needed In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6316eed7-290c-427c-b812-cc1f15b894d5@jimbetz.com> Hi all, ? There were multiple suggestions for this bird - grouping into Eastern Kingbird and Townsends Solitaire.? Since one person said "we recorded an Eastern Kingbird at Wylie" about a day or two different from when I spotted my bird I'm going to go with Eastern Kingbird. ? Thanks to all who responded (both on and off Tweeters). ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit On 7/26/2025 12:00 PM, via Tweeters wrote: > Re: Wylie Slough - Bird ID Help Needed From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Jul 28 07:58:18 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Patty Cheek via Tweeters) Date: Mon Jul 28 07:58:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Shorebirds online course WAS References: <7F18B6B4-3530-4EB0-913A-4812B1E8F7DA.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <7F18B6B4-3530-4EB0-913A-4812B1E8F7DA@yahoo.com> Get ready for the fall shorebird migration through Whidbey Island and the Puget Sound with this online class and field trip by David Droppers! This three-class series will be held at 7:30 PM on Tuesday August 12, 19 and 26, and will be followed by an in-person field trip on Saturday, September 6.. Shorebirds, such as sandpipers, plovers, and oystercatchers, can be challenging for beginning birders, but in this class we'll focus on identification and teach you some tricks that will make tackling shorebirds much less intimidating! A field trip around Whidbey Island during fall migration will help solidify what we learn in class. $100 Online class + included field trip: https://www.whidbeyaudubonsociety.org/class-and-presentation-store/p/shorebirds $25 Field trip only: https://www.whidbeyaudubonsociety.org/class-and-presentation-store/p/shorebirds Patty Cheek Whidbey Audubon Society Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Jul 30 10:09:14 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Faye McAdams Hands via Tweeters) Date: Wed Jul 30 10:09:19 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Calidris Birding Tours? Message-ID: Has anyone out there in Tweeters Land used Calidris Birding Tours (based out of the UK) for any Tours? Considering a trip with them and just curious.... 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Who knows where they might show up next and how long they might remain. Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 31 12:28:56 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kenneth Brown via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 31 12:29:02 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually Wednesday Message-ID: <666110497.246147.1753990136996@connect.xfinity.com> "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer..." (Nat King Cole, 1963) The day started out with the crazy. A car fire on I5 brought north bound traffic to a crawl delaying the start of the walk while a few frustrated birders trickled in. It was hazy, at least down in the Nisqually valley, though the haze burned off late morning. The lazy part came later in the afternoon as the birds went silent and still. One birder remarked near the end of the day that was a "silent summer" a slightly depressing reference to Rachel Carson's famous book. Still, it was a beautiful day, sunny and low to mid 60's in the morning. The orchard was relatively active to start. We watched plump fledgling Brown-headed Cowbirds being fed by a more petite Common Yellowthroat and a Warbling Vireo. Yellow Warblers were feeding themselves, as were Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees. A single male House Finch, more orange than red, was foraging on the ground while a Purple Finch sang from it's perch in a tree. A flock of 20 Pine Siskins showed briefly. Mourning Doves and Band-tailed Pigeons made an appearance. Overhead, Barn Swallows and a few Tree Swallows swooped to snag their prey. Unusual for this part of the Refuge, the other swallows were joined by their Purple Martin cousins. As we walked the service road, we heard the twangy voice of more Purple Martins. A Red-tailed Hawk perch briefly just north of the freeway. In the fields west of the road were large flocks of European Starlings, along with smaller flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds. A couple of Great Blue Herons flew low northerly along the tree line on the west side. A Savanah Sparrow plucked at a seed head on a clump of grass. Barn and Tree Swallows were active overhead and once again quite a few Purple Martins joined in. This was the highest count of Martins I can recall on a Wednesday walk. We couldn't tell what they were feeding on. The center pond held a couple of Mallards and a few young Wood Ducks. More Starlings decorated the trees along the eastern bank. An American Beaver swam a few feet away. In the trees near the trail were more Chickadees, Swainson's Thrush and American Robins, Yellow Warblers, a Wilson's Warbler, Downy Woodpeckers, a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers, Bewick's Wrens, and a Brown Creeper. A pair of Red Crossbills were heard but not seen. A young Muskrat was feeding, it's whiskers twitching, on the edge of the small slough crossing to the Twin Barns. Out on the dike, things slowed down as the day warmed. A couple Mallards shared the little bit of visible open water with one of the highlights of the day, a young American Bittern, a sight that has become rare lately. (thanks Ellen) We were treated to a long look at the bird, watching it snatch and swallow a Stickleback.(fish) We heard a Marsh Wren and a Virginia Rail call. An Osprey flew southwesterly over the marsh. McAllister Creek looked beautiful and inviting in the warm sunlight. A slight breeze kept the heat from being oppressive for the few of us that took to the boardwalk. A couple of Belted Kingfishers fished the water, Double-crested Cormorants and Great Blue Herons lined the mud along with numerous Harbor Seals. A few Greater Yellowlegs, (the only shorebirds for the day), patrolled the shore. There was not a duck to be found on either the creek or the reach. Many more Cormorants and Herons were seen from the Puget Sound viewing platform along with a couple hundred Gulls too distant to identify given the heat shimmer. The gulls close enough to identify as we walked back were predominantly Ring-billed. We picked out a single Short-billed (thanks Anders) a California Gull, and a smattering of "big guys". A few Caspian Terns remained, near by but separated from the Gulls. Once back on the dike and along the eastern side of the forested loop the birds dropped to a trickle, a few Robin's, Song Sparrows, and Chickadees. The dearth of shorebirds and ducks, a complete absence of geese, reminded us that we're still in the summer doldrums. The complete checklist follows: Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jul 30, 2025 8:15 AM - 12:24 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.872 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Sunny, slight haze in the am, clearing and warming as the day progressed. 62?-87? F . Light , 2-3 mph breeze, off and on, out of the NE. Mammals seen include Black-tailed Deer, Harbor Seals, American Beaver, Muskrat, Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Townsend's Chipmunk. Duration and distance shown are inaccurate, my bad. (more like 7.5 hours, 5.25 miles travelled.) 58 species (+3 other taxa) Wood Duck 9 Northern Shoveler 2 reported by the esteemed Ellen. Mallard 13 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10 Band-tailed Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 3 Rufous Hummingbird 2 Virginia Rail 1 Greater Yellowlegs 6 Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 100 California Gull 1 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 5 Larus sp. 200 Caspian Tern 7 Brandt's Cormorant 4 Double-crested Cormorant 120 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 60 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 7 Western Wood-Pewee 13 Willow Flycatcher 3 Warbling Vireo 2 American Crow 3 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Tree Swallow 8 Violet-green Swallow 1 Purple Martin 40 Barn Swallow 30 Cliff Swallow 5 Brown Creeper 1 Marsh Wren 1 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 600 Swainson's Thrush 11 American Robin 8 Cedar Waxwing 6 House Finch 1 Purple Finch 2 Red Crossbill 2 Pine Siskin 20 American Goldfinch 3 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 15 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Yellow Warbler 8 Wilson's Warbler 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S263900219 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 31 18:01:14 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 31 18:01:29 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-07-31 Message-ID: <3F69C619-71E5-47C7-BB1B-A06F9A47481C@earthlink.net> Hi Tweets - Another clear and sunny summer day at Marymoor park today ? Michael was out of town but the rest of us covered the park to see what was around. Not surprisingly, birding was a bit slow - the doldrums are in full swing. Highlights: Green Heron - always nice to have them back and pretty regular again at the park Spotted Sandpiper - one along the slough below the weir Wilson?s Warbler - one popped up in the dog area for a nice surprise The Great Blue Heron rookery is all emptied out, with only a few GB Heron seen along the slough today Both Osprey nests appear to have two hungry young in them Only 1 Warbling Vireo found, over at the Rowing Club and we dipped on Yellow Warbler and Black-headed Grosbeak for the first time of the fall Misses today included: Gadwall, Band-tailed Pigeon, Vaux?s Swift, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow, Purple Finch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Marsh Wren, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Yellow Warbler and Black-headed Grosbeak. For the day, 45 species. Good birding, Matt Bartels Seattle, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 31 20:20:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Louis via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 31 20:21:03 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Curlew sp Northbound from Montlake Fill Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Those of you to the north of UW might consider stepping onto your porch. At 8:04pm a curlew of some sort flew over Montlake Fill and continued north. Bill dimensions were perfect for Whimbrel, but the call was a rising ?kerwee? repeated every few seconds best matching Long-billed Curlew calls, and photos appear to show underparts to be buffy and un-streaked, with faint streaking on the sides of the nape. Apparently juvenile Long-billed Curlew retains a short bill, not sure for how long after fledging. I?ll look at my photos and post an ID later, but worst case, you might get a Whimbrel. Louis Kreemer Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Jul 31 22:49:52 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters) Date: Thu Jul 31 22:50:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Twin Lakes Merlin and Dragonflies Message-ID: This morning I was treated to some great views of our resident Merlin hunting dragonflies over Lake Lorene, Treasure Island Park, Twin Lakes in Federal Way. It would zoom very low over the water and snatch dragonflies on the wing. It even landed on a bare branch in an alder close to me, affording even better views. while it was crunching and munching on its prey. It was a very dark bird of the Pacific race. We have a nesting pair here in Twin Lakes for several years now. There may have been a second bird, but I never saw two at the same time. I also saw one again this evening. Dragonflies seem to be more abundant this year - Dennis? Unfortunately there were no swallows for the Merlin to catch. I haven't even seen a single one over the lake for weeks now! 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