[Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - May 2025

[Carol Riddell via Tweeters]

Hi Tweeters,

With May additions we have reached 161 species for the 2025 Edmonds city year list. In chronological order the new species are:

Black-headed Grosbeak (code 2), 1 at Southwest County Park, 5-2-25.

Western Kingbird (code 4), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-3-25.

Yellow Warbler (code 2), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-4-23.

Olive-sided Flycatcher (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (recording), 5-5-25.

Black Oystercatcher (code 4), 2 at the waterfront (ID photo), 5-6-25.

Yellow-headed Blackbird (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (ID photo), 5-7-25.

Swainson’s Thrush (code 2), 1 each at Maplewood and Yost Parks, 5-7-25.

Northern Harrier (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (described), 5-8-25.

Western Wood-Pewee (code 2), 1 at Yost Park, 5-8-25.

Semipalmated Plover (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (ID photo), 5-9-25.

Parasitic Jaeger (code 3), 1 at waterfront (described), 5-11-25.

Lazuli Bunting (code 5), 1 male at a Sierra Park neighborhood yard (ID photo), 5-12-25.

Brown Pelican (code 4), 1 at waterfront (ID photo), 5-17-25.

Red-necked Phalarope (code 3), 3 at waterfront (described), 5-18-25.

Spotted Sandpiper (code 3), 1 at waterfront, 5-24-25.

Green Heron (code 3), 2 in a flyby seen from Point Edwards, 5-27-25.

There were a number of rarer species for Edmonds reported in eBird but had no or inadequate documentation. That made it impossible to add these species to the city’s year list with any confidence. They include Black Swift (code 4), Black-bellied Plover (code 4), Bank Swallow (code 4), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (code 3), Northern House Wren (code 4), Nashville Warbler (code 4), and MacGillivray’s Warbler (code 4). 

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 May, is in the bird information box at the Olympic Beach Visitor Station at the base of the public pier.

Good birding,

Carol Riddell
Edmonds, WA
cariddellwa at gmail dot com

Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records
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