From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 1 11:12:40 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (William K Cirino via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 1 11:13:00 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Scope needed. References: <8C47B80B-B5DC-4EEC-9432-79B5D9D0AC86.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8C47B80B-B5DC-4EEC-9432-79B5D9D0AC86@yahoo.com> Hi all, first post here, but I've been a lurker for many years. I hope this is an allowed post. I'm trying to find a scope for my "cousin of choice" who is in collage studying environmental sciences but is likely moving to an ornithology degree. We had a great time birding this summer but she is suffering from a lack of decent optics. She is a person of color and doesn't come from generational wealth. I gave her my Nikon monarch 7's and Im trying to help her mom out with getting her a half decent scope. At the moment we are looking at about $500 plus or minus for a scope. That's not a lot so I'm hoping to find a half decent used scope. Ideally a small scope in the 50-60mm range (Nikon ed50 or similar) as she is a tiny person and lugging an 80mm around isn't ideal. If anyone has a decent quality scope or scope and tripod they would be willing to let go for a good price i and particularly Maeve and her mom would really appreciate it. You can text me at 206-290-6620 Bill Cirino -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 1 13:24:59 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 1 13:25:02 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_October_6=2C_2025=3A_?= =?utf-8?q?=28on-line_only=29?= Message-ID: <20251001202459.38419.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our new season of Monthly Meetings, which commence on Monday, Oct 6 when Kersti Muul will present, "When Science Meets Serendipity." Is our fascination and engagement with wildlife fueled more by familiarity with the individual or the entire species? How about both? Our opening Monthly Meeting of the season explores how one determined wildlife field biologist and a single Bald Eagle's uniqueness brought a community together, solved a mystery and ultimately brought the eagle back home. It's a compelling case for the power of curiosity, community and hope, especially meaningful during these challenging times. Kersti Muul is a wildlife field biologist, urban conservation specialist and science educator whose work focuses on the intersection of wildlife and urban environments. She is a frequent contributor to local and national media and her efforts centers on the impacts of human activity on natural spaces and biodiversity. She also works to empower and educate the community through outreach, monitoring, photography and community science projects. Kersti is the founder of Salish Wildlife Watch - dedicated to promoting responsible recreation, diversity and free access to awe in the outdoors. This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance). Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm. Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page: https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/ for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link. When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off. This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend. Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at https://wos.org Please join us! Elaine Chuang WOS Program Support From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 1 13:47:02 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Marty via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 1 13:47:12 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Re tripods Message-ID: <536B4321-5BFD-4885-B55E-6742BDB10908@wavecable.com> I too enjoy carbon fiber because of the weight. I have been using a Gitzo for many years. Additionally, I strongly recommend one without a column. It is easier to carry, with legs extended and legs pulled in (of course) on your shoulder for short and long distances, as well as the ability to get closer to the ground. Marty Port Orchard, Washington -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 1 14:38:31 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Al Wagar via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 1 14:38:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Inexpensive light tripods Message-ID: Hi all, Recent posts on light tripods are at the opposite end of my approach. I use a light aluminum tripod bought from Goodwill for $10. (As people do more of their photography with phones, thrift shops seem to have a variety of cast-off tripods.) This tripod, together with a bridge camera having 42X zoom, weighs 2 1/2 pounds. I shoot mostly video, where high resolution and cropping aren?t important. And, after seeing a video on taking video of birds, sponsored by National Audubon and assuming high-end equipment, I put togeher ?Shooting Nature Video on the Cheap.? Here?s the link if you are interested. https://youtu.be/E5GaNoU-6N0 My camera and tripod are shown at 6:21 along the time line. Al Wagar Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 2 02:17:17 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 2 02:17:22 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] The Bearded Vulture as an accumulator of historical remains: Insights for future ecological and biocultural studies - Margalida - 2025 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library Message-ID: <4FB6A7A8-C276-4183-AEF5-EF276AB94ED2@gmail.com> https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70191 Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 2 16:34:03 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 2 16:34:18 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-10-02 Message-ID: Tweets - It was a pleasant morning, with yesterday's wind and rain having cleared out long before sunrise. We had a dark overcast to start, steady clearing throughout the morning, and a sweater was sufficient for warmth. What we lacked this morning were birds; it was very quiet, with few sightings of note. Highlights: Canada Goose - ONE. And, our only goose, despite having had Cackling Geese the last two weeks Northern Shoveler - One female above the weir; flew off before most could see it. First of Fall (FOF) Gadwall - Female with three males in the slough. The males were displaying with head's puffed up. Lots of neck stretching and posing Common Merganser - Seven or more around the weir Turkey Vulture - Several waiting for warm air in tall trees near the lake, probably 7+ total Pileated Woodpecker - Finally saw a male, just south of the heronry; he'd been calling regularly for at least half an hour before we saw him Violet-green Swallow - Dozens high in the air over the park, perhaps 75 total Today was the first time we've had multiple vultures in trees. In fact, it may well be the first time we've had ANY vulture in a tree. I searched through checklist comments as well as all the photographs, and none indicate perching. And this was just the 5th time with more than 5 vultures reported. Three times we've had 20+ kettling. All of these 5+ days have been between Sept 21 and Oct 6. A late scan of the lake turned up one CALIFORNIA GULL (FOF). Misses were numerous: Cackling Goose, Hooded Merganser, American Coot, Wilson's Snipe, Green Heron, American Barn Owl, Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Pipit, Western Meadowlark, and Common Yellowthroat. Our only warbler was one (maybe 2) heard-only Yellow-rumps. For the day, just 49 species. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 2 20:25:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 2 20:26:03 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 10/1/2025 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 25 of us had a wet and windy Wednesday at the Refuge with mostly cloudy skies, intermittent rain, and temperatures in the 50's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 12'3" Tide at 3:24pm. Highlights included, we could bird the Refuge! With the Federal Government shutdown, we did not know until 5am if the gate would be open. Please check the Refuge webpage prior to visiting to make sure trails are open and the gate is not locked. In the morning, the Orchard was very birdy with sightings of WESTERN TANAGER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. Laurie and Kelly got on our First Of Year WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in the Orchard as well. We had GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GEESE in the flooding fields along with CACKLING GEESE and a push of High Count VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS. A skulking VIRGINIA RAIL begrudgingly showed at the Twin Barns cut-off bridge from the Twin Barns Loop Trail. We had a nice raptor show with great looks of SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, MERLIN dive bombing both COOPER'S HAWK and PEREGRINE FALCON, AMERICAN KESTREL and RED-TAILED HAWK. The Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail was great for viewing WHIMBREL, LEAST SANDPIPER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS and various Gulls. On our return we got closer looks of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on the incoming tide and took some photos of likely two First of Year PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER. I was so preoccupied trying to document and photo the PGPL, that there may have been other species in the surge plain (thinking other shorebirds). So it's worth spending time on the dike during a high tide of 11' or more. For the day we observed 78 species, with FOY White-throated Sparrow and Pacific Golden Plover, we know have seen 171 species this year. See our eBird Report with embedded photos pasted below. Others seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend's Chipmunk, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, Pacific Chorus Frog, Isabella Tiger Moth Caterpillar and Paddle-tailed Darner. The end of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail will be closed during hunting season from October 11th until the beginning of February. Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR Website: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/billy-frank-jr-nisqually Map of Refuge with noted locations: https://wos.org/documents/Birding%20Resources/NisquallyMap2014.pdf Until next week when we hopefully meet again at 8am if the Refuge is open to visitors, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 1, 2025 7:44 AM - 4:38 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.092 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Intermittent light rain with sun breaks and temperatures in the 50?s to 60?s degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 12?3? Tide at 3:24pm, so did our routine walk. Others seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal. Pacific Chorus Frog. Paddle-tailed Darner. 78 species (+5 other taxa) Greater White-fronted Goose (Western) 6 Flooded field between Access Road and Entrance Road. Cackling Goose (minima) 12 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 13 Wood Duck 12 Visitor Center Pond. Northern Shoveler 6 American Wigeon 125 Mallard 50 Northern Pintail 300 Green-winged Teal (American) 400 Surf Scoter 1 Puget Sound Observation Platform. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 4 Mourning Dove 2 pigeon/dove sp. 1 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Virginia Rail 2 Black-bellied Plover 10 Surge plain and mudflats. Pacific Golden-Plover 2 Photos. Two golden plovers observed at a 1/4 mile with spotting scopes for 20 minutes on surge plain on 12 foot high tide. One likely juvenile with more golden wash over entire body, the other likely an adult with more gray on breast and body. Both birds with darker crowns, smaller bills, more discrete head patterns and more gray/color on sides of under tail coverts. Based on location and migration, most likely PGPL, markings look good for this species, unable to really assess primary projection to completely rule out AGPL. Seen by several on walk. Whimbrel 3 Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail between entrance and McAllister Creek Viewing Platform. Long-billed Dowitcher 20 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 35 Least Sandpiper 30 Western Sandpiper 15 Ring-billed Gull 200 California Gull 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 3 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 6 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 15 Larus sp. 150 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Western Grebe 25 Puget Sound Viewing Platform. Common Loon 2 Brandt's Cormorant 10 Nisqually Channel Marker. Double-crested Cormorant 60 Great Blue Heron 35 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 9 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Orchard. Northern Flicker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 American Kestrel (Northern) 1 Merlin 2 Peregrine Falcon 2 American Crow 12 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 30 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 Violet-green Swallow 200 Minimum, probably more. Counted in groups of 20. Suspect big migration pushing through region. Barn Swallow (American) 1 Bushtit (Pacific) 20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Brown Creeper 6 Pacific Wren (pacificus Group) 3 Marsh Wren 4 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 2 European Starling 50 American Robin 50 Cedar Waxwing 25 House Finch 4 Purple Finch (Western) 5 American Goldfinch 4 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2 Golden-crowned Sparrow 8 White-throated Sparrow 1 Orchard. Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 2 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 20 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 4 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 75 Brown-headed Cowbird 3 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 4 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 Green gate on access road across from Orchard and entrance to Education Center parking lot. Mixed flock with YRWA. Western Tanager 2 Orchard. Two females with pale orange tanager bills, light yellow wash, very pale wing bars. 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I really regretted leaving my camera at home, but again used my phone to take the following photo. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54828870828/in/photostream/ During the two hours that we were with our granddaughters we also had a Great Blue Heron fly by as did a Belted Kingfisher. Maybe our best incidental birding ever. Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA hankdotheiberg gmail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Oct 3 10:12:37 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Alan Roedell via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 3 10:12:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Incidental Birding In-Reply-To: <0D66CDCF-0C3F-4DA3-86DB-E60E8D3124A1@gmail.com> References: <76C6FF5D-C748-4F73-91B3-63757766D89E@gmail.com> <0D66CDCF-0C3F-4DA3-86DB-E60E8D3124A1@gmail.com> Message-ID: Nice experience to share with your granddaughters. On Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 7:15?AM Hank Heiberg via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > ?Yesterday we were sitting lakeside at Beaver Lake in the city of > Sammamish talking with two of our granddaughters when a Cooper?s Hawk > landed on a nearby dock. I didn?t have my camera, but managed the > following video using my phone. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54827765207/in/dateposted/ > > Seemed like strange behavior for a Cooper?s Hawk. Maybe it thought that > it was a Crow. > > A little while later a California Quail appeared walking along the > shoreline right in front of us. I really regretted leaving my camera at > home, but again used my phone to take the following photo. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/54828870828/in/photostream/ > > During the two hours that we were with our granddaughters we also had a > Great Blue Heron fly by as did a Belted Kingfisher. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Oct 3 12:06:07 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Nick Bayard via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 3 12:06:22 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Trips Message-ID: Hello Tweeters, I wanted to spotlight some great birding trips we have available in the BirdNote auction this year: Birding in Paraguay for 2: https://app.galabid.com/birdnote-celebration/items/cae2a16e-8470-42c9-8dc9-a82cef5d0340?backPath=%2Fbirdnote-celebration%2Fitems&from=cae2a16e-8470-42c9-8dc9-a82cef5d0340 Birding in Paraguay for 4: https://app.galabid.com/birdnote-celebration/items/7334735b-5bbb-40b1-9257-126c84e2a320?backPath=%2Fbirdnote-celebration%2Fitems&from=7334735b-5bbb-40b1-9257-126c84e2a320 VIP Owl Prowl at Seward Park: https://app.galabid.com/birdnote-celebration/items/e882f66d-33d7-4d5d-83ae-141ebf13277e?backPath=%2Fbirdnote-celebration%2Fitems&from=e882f66d-33d7-4d5d-83ae-141ebf13277e Birding from Suncadia Resort: https://app.galabid.com/birdnote-celebration/items/f0d8b9ba-b8cd-426b-945a-ce3fb9408afa?backPath=%2Fbirdnote-celebration%2Fitems&from=f0d8b9ba-b8cd-426b-945a-ce3fb9408afa More to come! 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Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Oct 4 14:53:06 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Sat Oct 4 14:53:29 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Vauxs Happening Message-ID: Heres kind of a chart showing how many NA Vaux?s Swift roost entries our project documented each year durning their Southbound migration. 2008 348,501 2009 538,940 2010 609,860 2011 944,183 2012 1,079,190 2013 964,937 2014 1,145,468 2015 1,049,759 2016 1,139,987 2017 1,248,587 2018 1,544,242 2019 1,353,712 2020 1,197,318 2021 1,576,944 2022 1,671,983 2023 2,206,103 2024 2,045,652 2025 1,874,637 as of 10/3. 50,000 + roosted near San Quentin last night. This looks like the species has been having a major population increase. Numbers from the Northbound migrations suggest otherwise. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Oct 4 15:01:26 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (GENE BULLOCK via Tweeters) Date: Sat Oct 4 15:01:30 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Kitsap Audubon Oct. 9 program - Birding Bainbrdige Island Message-ID: <673503139.61396.1759615286449@connect.xfinity.com> Kitsap Audubon program Thursday, October 9th, 6:30 p.m. - Bainbridge Island birder and author Mark Salvadalena will talk about his new book, Birding Bainbridge Island: A Guide to the Birds and Birding Locations of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Birding Bainbridge Island is a practical and beautifully designed guide to the bird species regularly observed on Bainbridge Island, Washington. To join Zoom Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 9th: https://zoom.us/j/91811374785?pwd=Tm12VlBHWGhRYnRQUmg2RlUrMkJpdz09 Meeting ID: 918 1137 4785; Passcode: 935230 To join by telephone: 1 253 215 8782 Meeting ID: 918 1137 4785; Passcode: 935230in -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 5 10:57:20 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 5 10:57:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - September 2025 Message-ID: <3982BD71-77C7-42A5-973D-6167961F0201@gmail.com> Hi Tweeters, With September additions we have reached 178 for our Edmonds 2025 list. In taxonomic order, the new species are: Sanderling (code 2), 2 in flight on the waterfront (ID photos), 9-13-25. Cassin?s Auklet (code 4), 1 in flight on the waterfront, 9-26-25. Great Egret (code 4), 1 briefly at Edmonds marsh (ID photos), 9-14-25. Lapland Longspur (code 4), 1 at the waterfront (rattle call heard from a bird seen in flight), 9-13-25. Other birds of interest: There were five California Scrub-Jay (code 4) sightings in September: Edmonds Way, 9-3-25; Chase Lake Elementary School neighborhood, 9-4-2025; two at Edmonds marsh, 9-12 and 9-22-2025; and Water Street, 9-25-25. There was a high number of 13 American Pipits (code 3) on a north Edmonds beach, 9-10-25. The male Lesser Goldfinch (code 5), after an absence of about 5 months, returned to the same feeders for a one-day appearance, 9-29-25. A skein of about 20 Greater White-fronted Geese (code 3) passed over Edmonds marsh, heading southeast, 9-30-25. There were no reported Turkey Vulture (code 3) sightings this month. Declined species for lack of documentation: at Edmonds marsh, Sanderling (code 2) (this species is not found in the marsh), Cassin?s Vireo (code 3), MacGillivray?s Warbler (code 4); at the waterfront, Black-bellied Plover (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 September, 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 From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 6 07:41:14 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Blue via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 6 07:41:19 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Migrating Vultures Message-ID: I live in the May Valley area between Renton and Issaquah. I went outside to sit in the sun yesterday afternoon and was fortunate to see a large number of migrating Turkey Vultures and a few other birds. At 1430 a flock of 80 birds flew past in a long line that stretched at least a mile. Between 1430 and 1530 I saw passing flocks of 43, 14 ,12, 10, 43, and 9 vultures, for a total of 211 birds. Also seen were 7 Red-tailed Hawks, 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks, a Coopers Hawk and a single Bald Eagle. We typically see <10 Turkey Vultures a year from the house so I was surprised to see so many. -Mike Blue Renton, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 7 09:11:15 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Mark Walton via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 7 09:11:30 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Shearwaters in Edmonds In-Reply-To: <68e53a84.170a0220.114d91.7d53@mx.google.com> References: <68e53a84.170a0220.114d91.7d53@mx.google.com> Message-ID: It seems to be a huge year for short-tailed shearwaters in the Puget Sound area. Mark Walton Ar M?irt 7 DF?mh 2025 ag 09:07, scr?obh mombiwheeler via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu>: > > Hi tweeters, > > I'm currently at the Edmonds pier with 4 other birders. We spotted 2 > flocks of shearwaters (21 and 7) flying south too distant for a specific > ID. If you in the area, keep your eyes peeled for them. > > Lonnie Somer > Seattle > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 7 12:42:49 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (mark girling via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 7 12:43:00 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Prime accommodation at Birch Bay References: <2080201576.429760.1759866169320.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2080201576.429760.1759866169320@mail.yahoo.com> https://www.facebook.com/share/1CZEz3sA8S/This may not be acceptable but for us birders who want more time in the field but find accommodation costs too costly. Well here's an alternative. 3rd of the cost of a hotel and right in the middle of great birding. Reifel to the north, Skagit to the south and Mt Baker to the east all about an hour.I actually bought a condo and have been loving all the birding spots like Pt Whitehorn Marine Park.Enjoy the Fall migrationMarkgirling@yahoo.com? Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 8 10:32:51 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 8 10:32:56 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Come Join The Big Sit! Sat, Oct 11, 2025 (Discovery Park, Seattle) References: <261DA201-3434-4EF4-A67B-1A5109A62B7F@uw.edu> Message-ID: <63E569D6-582A-4424-A132-B6B4F5934E1D@uw.edu> If you're casting about for something birdy to do this Saturday, Oct 11, consider taking part in The Big Sit , birding's most sedentary activity. Or as our local longtime leader, Neil Zimmerman calls it, The Big SNACK. Join our intrepid team at Discovery Park where we will be stationed within the requisite 17 foot circle at the Sand Dunes (47?39'25.2"N 122?25'17.8"W), next to the bluff. We take up our post there starting at 6:00AM (for owls) and will persevere racking up species, seen or heard, for as long as we can manage (the rule is to confine the count to a 24 hour period). Come by for as short or as long a visit as you wish. We welcome your eyes and ears, encouragement, snacks, etc. Wave if you are sailing by on Elliott Bay, or clue us into Brown Pelicans or shearwaters heading our way around Westpoint. Our team, the "South Meadowlarks" formally finds 55 - 60 species each year from within the constraints of that 17 foot circle. The question is, how many will we identify this year? Hope to see ya for some good birding and camaraderie! Elaine, Seattle elc at uw dot edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 9 11:23:18 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Joshua Hayes via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 9 11:23:27 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Enormous global database of bird info Message-ID: This came across my bow in one of my daily science newsletters. Probably the link will get scrubbed, but I think if you go to springernature.fighshare.com and search for "birdbase" you'll be able to find it. It's a lot of information, not just taxonomy, but distributions, average body mass, and so on. Worth poking around in if that's your bag. https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/BIRDBASE_A_Global_Database_of_Avian_Biogeography_Conservation_Ecology_and_Life_History_Traits/27051040?file=55634729&utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=e8dee72b13-nature-briefing-daily-20251009&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-50411776 Josh Hayes Joshuaahayes@proton.me Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 9 13:54:49 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 9 13:55:05 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-10-09 Message-ID: Tweets - The weather forecast might have scared off some people, since we were only three people today. Lo and behold, there was only about 40 minutes of noticeable precipitation, and while it was very dark at the start, we actually saw our shadows before the end. Temps were quite reasonable, and there was no wind. It wasn't particularly birdy, but the walk was definitely not a waste of time. Highlights: Greater White-fronted Goose - 13, all adults, on Fields 7-8-9 with about 100 Cackling Geese. First of Fall (FOF) American Wigeon - One male above the weir (FOF) Ring-necked Duck - One just above the weir (FOF) Sharp-shinned Hawk - Adult at the south end of the East Meadow, harassed by crows. First of Year (FOY) for the survey Northern Shrike - One north of Fields 7-8-9 (FOF). Tied for the 6th-earliest fall sighting for shrike American Pipit - At least two flying over Fields 7-8-9 Fox Sparrow - Notably widespread and numerous, several singing, and several good looks (not just heard-only, nor merely skulking deep under the bushes) White-crowned Sparrow - Both gambelii and pugetensis song-types heard Western Meadowlark - Six or more, north of Fields 7-8-9 and on the grass & gravel lot to the east The Pea Patch was notably full of birds today, but we didn't manage to spot any rarities amongst the many White-crowned, Golden-crowned, Song, and Savannah Sparrows, juncos, finches, robins, crows, and blackbirds. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, Western Grebe, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Harrier, Cedar Waxwing, and Purple Finch. For the day, 55 species. Adding the Sharp-shinned Hawk, I believe we're at 130 species for 2025. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 9 15:40:48 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 9 15:41:04 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 10/8/2025: split list AM and PM Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 30 of us had another fine Fall Day at the Refuge with sunny skies and temperatures in the 40's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 13'7" Tide at 7:11am and a Low 4'2" Tide at 1:02pm, so we changed up our route and chased the tide in the morning heading directly out to the dike or Nisqually Estuary Trail and the Nisqually Boardwalk Estuary Trail. I had to leave early, so it was also a split list day with an AM list by me and a PM list by Ken Brown. Highlights included a BARRED OWL hunting in the vicinity of the Orchard. First of Fall VARIED THRUSH along the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Great looks of a continuing PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER in the mud flats just north of the dike and just west of Leschi Slough. And First Of Year SWAMP SPARROW, heard by Jon, Brian and Darchelle in the freshwater marsh near the entrance to the boardwalk. The morning chorus has re-ignited with the "autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge". We had lots of fun sightings with Fall migration and many shorebirds to pick through with the tidal push. For the day we observed a total of 72 species, and with FOY Swamp Sparrow we now have observed 172 species so far this year. Photos are being uploaded as this is being posted. The Refuge remains open to the public, despite the Federal Government shut down. We are very lucky that our supervisors at the Refuge have allowed us to continue the walk, but we are not wearing our uniforms. This was our last Wednesday to walk out to the end of the boardwalk, as the gate closure occurs Saturday October 11th for the last 750 feet of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail for hunting season until February 2026. Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 8, 2025 7:40 AM - 12:39 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.09 mile(s) Checklist Comments: First half of Wednesday Walk from 8am until 12pm with Shep listing. Sunny with temperatures in the 40?s-60?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 13?7? Tide at 7:11am and Low 4?2? Tide at 1:02pm. Mammals seen included Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel and Harbor Seal. 58 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 50 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 2 Wood Duck 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Gadwall 1 American Wigeon 500 Mallard 50 Northern Pintail 250 Green-winged Teal (American) 200 Common Merganser 1 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 4 Black-bellied Plover 11 Pacific Golden-Plover 1 Previously reported. Photos. Observed at 50-150 feet with spotting scope. Roosting and foraging on marsh plain and mudflats. Yellow washed Plover with contrasting darker cap, prominent supercillium, ear spot and dark sides to under tail coverts. Primary projection 3-4 primaries, likely too short for AGPL. Slightly smaller and longer legged the juvenile BBPL in immediate area. Killdeer 8 Whimbrel 2 Previously reported large Shorebird. Photos. Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 21 Too far to discern. Likely LBDO Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 30 Least Sandpiper 150 Western Sandpiper 50 Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 250 California Gull 4 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 3 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 15 Caspian Tern 1 Double-crested Cormorant 20 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 16 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 2 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 6 Barred Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Northern Flicker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 American Kestrel 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Steller's Jay 1 American Crow 100 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Barn Swallow 1 Bushtit (Pacific) 26 Pacific Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 1 European Starling 40 Varied Thrush 3 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 21 Cedar Waxwing 10 American Goldfinch 10 Fox Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 4 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 11 Song Sparrow 11 Western Meadowlark 5 Red-winged Blackbird 20 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S278075592 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 8, 2025 11:19 AM - 3:49 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.498 mile(s) 53 species (+3 other taxa) Greater White-fronted Goose 18 West side of Peek-a-boo pond. Cackling Goose 600 Wood Duck 6 American Wigeon 120 Mallard 100 Northern Pintail 50 Green-winged Teal 150 Common Merganser 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 9 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Black-bellied Plover 6 Pacific Golden-Plover 1 Continuing bird. Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 35 Least Sandpiper 6 Ring-billed Gull 200 California Gull 9 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 20 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 30 Larus sp. 250 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Brandt's Cormorant 8 Double-crested Cormorant 200 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 8 Cooper's Hawk 1 Flushed, then flew over Ed. Center. Presumed same bird perched in snag over Visitor's Center pond. Bald Eagle 3 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Barred Owl 1 Pale morph, in children's play area. Belted Kingfisher 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 In maple grove near twin barns. Northern Flicker 3 Steller's Jay 1 Heard across McAllister Ck. American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 18 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Brown Creeper 6 Pacific Wren 2 Marsh Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 8 European Starling 350 American Robin 5 Cedar Waxwing 2 American Goldfinch 2 Fox Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 4 In cottonwood in front of Nisqually Land Trust bldg. White-crowned Sparrow 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 12 Savannah Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 14 Swamp Sparrow 1 Heard by Jon A., Darchelle, and Brian Pendleton. Red-winged Blackbird 24 Yellow Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S278084007 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 9 16:30:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Danzenbaker via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 9 16:31:09 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] September 26, 2025 Westport Seabirds trip report Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Today was a memorable day for Westport Seabirds. The birds were great, the whale numbers were remarkable, but the behind the scenes story was what made this day most memorable. More on that in a future email. The birds and mammals. This trip was rescheduled from September 24 during a narrow window of pelagic trip worthy weather. We were indeed lucky - a bit of rain in the morning gave way to a mostly sunny sky. What wind there was as the *Monte Carlo *departed the wharf had mostly subsided by the time we cleared the jetty and headed to open water. This day would have no sheep on the pond (white caps). Soon, all optics were pointed at the numerous Sooty Shearwaters (611) streaming by and the Common Murres (299 - many (13) with their full grown chick in tow) resting on the water. These were joined by Rhinoceros Auklets (11) and Pink-footed Shearwaters (124) and a growing number of California (256) and Western/Glaucous-winged Gulls (121) and some gull soup (intergrades) too. Not too long after participants gained confidence in identifying these species, we added a few uncooperative Buller's Shearwater (3) and Cassin's Auklets (22). The day's first Parasitic Jaeger (3) flew by but apparently it wasn't as interested in us as we were with it. Eventually, we reached the good stuff that we had all hoped to see. Although a fishing boat wasn't doing anything worthy of study and had already left the area, it had done its job by attracting birds to a small area for us to park alongside, toss suet and some yummy cod liver oil and watch the avian mayhem. Soon, we were surrounded by numerous Northern Fulmars (157), Black-footed Albatrosses (38), Pink-footed Shearwaters (124), Sabine's Gulls (73), and a few diminutive Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels (48). There were many mega-pixel moments enjoyed by all! Unfortunately, the Parasitic and Pomarine Jaegers (6) that winged by didn't stay for prolonged views - they had other plans. A few Short-tailed Shearwaters (16) circled the boat several times before alighting on the water for a good study of this often very difficult avian identification. The birds weren't the only things that highlighted our morning. At one point, numerous Humpback Whales (42) seemed to be everywhere - a pair of blows to the right, a group of three beyond them, another feeding group of four to the left. It was one of those moments that will live in our collective memories. Several Dall's Porpoises (5) were seen too but they were not bow riders today. Our first Fur Seal of the day turned out to be a Guadalupe Fur Seal (1), a species once on the brink of extinction but currently making a strong comeback thanks to the end of the fur trade on the Mexican islands where they breed. We later saw the more numerous Northern Fur Seals (5), a few with their flippers in typical jughandle position. Our return trip had us following a line that was several miles off from our trek outward and, therefore, we were treated to a second helping of numerous Humpback Whales. There was apparently a large food supply from 60-200 feet down so the whales were not having to dive far for a meal. No huge fluke show today but numerous views of blows, nubby dorsal fins and low level flukes gave away their numbers and their feeding strategy. We also saw Gray Whales (4) as we got closer to shore. Not to be outdone, long awaited South Polar Skuas (2) were seen on the way in - both birds being seen well as they came close to the *Monte Carlo* before disappearing towards their next meal. A flock of Cackling Geese (59) were assumed to be the Aleutian race making a bee line from the Aleutians to somewhere in southern Oregon and beyond. All three of the expected loons, White-winged and Surf Scoters, and a single Pigeon Guillemot rounded out the avian show. I can't forget to mention several *Mola molas* that, although not the most energetic creatures on the planet, still garnered many photo snaps and gasps of wonder. With the weather cancelling the scheduled trips for September 29 and 30, this was the last pelagic trip of the season. However, this was also the last trip on the *Monte Carlo*. We've made many fine pelagic memories onboard this boat and hosted so many customers from all over the world who we call family. As stated before, more on this in a future email. Westport Seabirds thanks all of the enthusiastic participants who make these trips a success. 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, Charlie Wright, Bruce LaBar, and your trip reporter. Westport Seabirds will likely live on in 2026 in a different form and we're looking forward to the new season. Keep monitoring the Westport Seabirds website (https://westportseabirds.com) for updates and for the 2026 schedule which will be posted in January. We look forward to sharing the next chapter of Westport Seabirds with everyone, as we continue the evolution of Westpost Seabirds. We 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... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 9 17:05:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Scott Ramos via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 9 17:05:51 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Trip blog for Peru. Selva Baja Message-ID: Blog pages for our trip to Peru this summer are now available for the first part, in what Peruvians call La Selva Baja, the lowland rainforest. https://naturenw.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/peru-2025-lago-sandoval/ https://naturenw.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/peru-2025-refugio-amazonas/ https://naturenw.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/peru-2025-puerto-maldonado/ Light was not always that good for photography so we often focused instead on audio recording. More parts of the blog will be forthcoming, maybe soon. ;-) Scott Ramos Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 9 18:51:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 9 18:52:02 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] [obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for you In-Reply-To: <908044670.198791164.1760040040600.JavaMail.zimbra@peak.org> References: <908044670.198791164.1760040040600.JavaMail.zimbra@peak.org> Message-ID: To carry on Wayne's comments, over the last few years there has been growing realization and publications that such feeding by widespread organisms spreads nutrients from the salmon throughout the watershed. Thereby distributing theses nutrients not only in the steam but widespread onto the land. I would never had thought of that. Here is one reference of many, many. Not necessarily the best one, but what I found with limited effort. Bob OBrien Carver OR https://pacificwild.org/salmon-a-keystone-species/ On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 1:01?PM Wayne Hoffman wrote: > About 25 years ago I heard a seminar by researchers who studied a small > river tributary to Hood Canal, WA, where Chum Salmon spawned *en masse*. > They recorded well over 100 different species of vertebrates feeding on > salmon eggs and/or the carcasses of spawned-out salmon. In addition to the > expected bears, eagles, and ravens, these ranged from Black-tailed Deer > biting chunks of flesh from carcasses, to Song Sparrows and other small > songbirds carrying off eggs one at a time. > > Salmon grow from small smolts to large adults at sea, then return and die, > significantly enriching the streams and surrounding forest where they spawn. > > Wayne > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Dan Gleason" > *To: *"rickd" > *Cc: *"Oregon Birders OnLine" , "COBOL" < > COBOL@groups.io>, tweeters@u.washington.edu > *Sent: *Thursday, October 9, 2025 3:02:46 PM > *Subject: *[obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for you > > What you are saying is the expanded skin showing the contents of the gular > pouch not the crop. The large gular pouch enable Steller's J's to carry a > large number of seeds, which they then carry away and store and small > cashes for later use. The amount that they can carry in this pouch, of > course varies with the size of the seeds or other food they are taking, but > it is a significant number. I want watched a Steller's Jay taking four hole > on shelled peanuts before flying off. > > > On Oct 9, 2025, at 7:00?AM, rick wrote: > > Good morning. > > In the attached picture of a Steller?s Jay gathering Salmon eggs from a > small river which we visited recently, it appears that the Jay is filling > its craw with Salmon eggs. > > The craw appears to have transparent properties?or is the craw > damaged/ripped? > > Researching this question on the internet did not provide me an answer to > this question. > > Your help in answering this question is appreciated. > > No, this picture was not taken in Oregon or Washington. > > Rick > > <_52J7010 v2 lowres.jpg> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 9 23:29:46 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Alan Roedell via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 9 23:30:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] [obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for you In-Reply-To: References: <908044670.198791164.1760040040600.JavaMail.zimbra@peak.org> Message-ID: Remarkable! Firm evidence that farmed salmon are not an acceptable substitute for wild fish. On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:52?PM Robert O'Brien via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > To carry on Wayne's comments, over the last few years there has been > growing realization and publications that such feeding by widespread > organisms spreads nutrients from the salmon throughout the watershed. > Thereby distributing theses nutrients not only in the steam but widespread > onto the land. I would never had thought of that. Here is one reference > of many, many. Not necessarily the best one, but what I found with limited > effort. > Bob OBrien Carver OR > https://pacificwild.org/salmon-a-keystone-species/ > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 1:01?PM Wayne Hoffman > wrote: > >> About 25 years ago I heard a seminar by researchers who studied a small >> river tributary to Hood Canal, WA, where Chum Salmon spawned *en masse*. >> They recorded well over 100 different species of vertebrates feeding on >> salmon eggs and/or the carcasses of spawned-out salmon. In addition to the >> expected bears, eagles, and ravens, these ranged from Black-tailed Deer >> biting chunks of flesh from carcasses, to Song Sparrows and other small >> songbirds carrying off eggs one at a time. >> >> Salmon grow from small smolts to large adults at sea, then return and >> die, significantly enriching the streams and surrounding forest where they >> spawn. >> >> Wayne >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Dan Gleason" >> *To: *"rickd" >> *Cc: *"Oregon Birders OnLine" , "COBOL" < >> COBOL@groups.io>, tweeters@u.washington.edu >> *Sent: *Thursday, October 9, 2025 3:02:46 PM >> *Subject: *[obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for you >> >> What you are saying is the expanded skin showing the contents of the >> gular pouch not the crop. The large gular pouch enable Steller's J's to >> carry a large number of seeds, which they then carry away and store and >> small cashes for later use. The amount that they can carry in this pouch, >> of course varies with the size of the seeds or other food they are taking, >> but it is a significant number. I want watched a Steller's Jay taking four >> hole on shelled peanuts before flying off. >> >> >> On Oct 9, 2025, at 7:00?AM, rick wrote: >> >> Good morning. >> >> In the attached picture of a Steller?s Jay gathering Salmon eggs from a >> small river which we visited recently, it appears that the Jay is filling >> its craw with Salmon eggs. >> >> The craw appears to have transparent properties?or is the craw >> damaged/ripped? >> >> Researching this question on the internet did not provide me an answer to >> this question. >> >> Your help in answering this question is appreciated. >> >> No, this picture was not taken in Oregon or Washington. >> >> Rick >> >> <_52J7010 v2 lowres.jpg> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > 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 Oct 10 10:36:52 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (George Miller via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 10 10:37:07 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] [obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for you In-Reply-To: References: <908044670.198791164.1760040040600.JavaMail.zimbra@peak.org> Message-ID: IIRC , the German forester Peter Wohlleben expounds into the subject of salmon and nutrient distribution in his book ?Forest Walking?. On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 23:30 Alan Roedell via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Remarkable! Firm evidence that farmed salmon are not an acceptable > substitute for wild fish. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:52?PM Robert O'Brien via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> To carry on Wayne's comments, over the last few years there has been >> growing realization and publications that such feeding by widespread >> organisms spreads nutrients from the salmon throughout the watershed. >> Thereby distributing theses nutrients not only in the steam but widespread >> onto the land. I would never had thought of that. Here is one reference >> of many, many. Not necessarily the best one, but what I found with limited >> effort. >> Bob OBrien Carver OR >> https://pacificwild.org/salmon-a-keystone-species/ >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 1:01?PM Wayne Hoffman >> wrote: >> >>> About 25 years ago I heard a seminar by researchers who studied a small >>> river tributary to Hood Canal, WA, where Chum Salmon spawned *en masse*. >>> They recorded well over 100 different species of vertebrates feeding on >>> salmon eggs and/or the carcasses of spawned-out salmon. In addition to the >>> expected bears, eagles, and ravens, these ranged from Black-tailed Deer >>> biting chunks of flesh from carcasses, to Song Sparrows and other small >>> songbirds carrying off eggs one at a time. >>> >>> Salmon grow from small smolts to large adults at sea, then return and >>> die, significantly enriching the streams and surrounding forest where they >>> spawn. >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From: *"Dan Gleason" >>> *To: *"rickd" >>> *Cc: *"Oregon Birders OnLine" , "COBOL" < >>> COBOL@groups.io>, tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> *Sent: *Thursday, October 9, 2025 3:02:46 PM >>> *Subject: *[obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for >>> you >>> >>> What you are saying is the expanded skin showing the contents of the >>> gular pouch not the crop. The large gular pouch enable Steller's J's to >>> carry a large number of seeds, which they then carry away and store and >>> small cashes for later use. The amount that they can carry in this pouch, >>> of course varies with the size of the seeds or other food they are taking, >>> but it is a significant number. I want watched a Steller's Jay taking four >>> hole on shelled peanuts before flying off. >>> >>> >>> On Oct 9, 2025, at 7:00?AM, rick wrote: >>> >>> Good morning. >>> >>> In the attached picture of a Steller?s Jay gathering Salmon eggs from a >>> small river which we visited recently, it appears that the Jay is filling >>> its craw with Salmon eggs. >>> >>> The craw appears to have transparent properties?or is the craw >>> damaged/ripped? >>> >>> Researching this question on the internet did not provide me an answer >>> to this question. >>> >>> Your help in answering this question is appreciated. >>> >>> No, this picture was not taken in Oregon or Washington. >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> <_52J7010 v2 lowres.jpg> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Fri Oct 10 10:48:18 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 10 10:48:22 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] [obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for you In-Reply-To: References: <908044670.198791164.1760040040600.JavaMail.zimbra@peak.org> Message-ID: <624054464.114787.1760118498654@connect.xfinity.com> There is quite a robust literature about how salmon deliver nutrients from the marine waters to freshwater and then out into the rest of the terrestrial ecosystems. Wayne mentions the work on Kennedy Creek where so many species were documented as using the carcasses. Even down to hummingbirds. And trees show significant benefits, too. While this nutrient transfer has been recognized for more than a century it was beginning in the late 1989s/90s that interest and studies really boomed. At least part of the reason was the development of chemical methods to track the nutrients. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 10/10/2025 10:36 AM PDT George Miller via Tweeters wrote: > > > IIRC , the German forester Peter Wohlleben expounds into the subject of salmon and nutrient distribution in his book ?Forest Walking?. > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 23:30 Alan Roedell via Tweeters wrote: > > > Remarkable! Firm evidence that farmed salmon are not an acceptable substitute for wild fish. > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:52?PM Robert O'Brien via Tweeters wrote: > > > > > To carry on Wayne's comments, over the last few years there has been growing realization and publications that such feeding by widespread organisms spreads nutrients from the salmon throughout the watershed. Thereby distributing theses nutrients not only in the steam but widespread onto the land. I would never had thought of that. Here is one reference of many, many. Not necessarily the best one, but what I found with limited effort. > > > Bob OBrien Carver OR > > > https://pacificwild.org/salmon-a-keystone-species/ > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 1:01?PM Wayne Hoffman wrote: > > > > > > > About 25 years ago I heard a seminar by researchers who studied a small river tributary to Hood Canal, WA, where Chum Salmon spawned en masse. They recorded well over 100 different species of vertebrates feeding on salmon eggs and/or the carcasses of spawned-out salmon. In addition to the expected bears, eagles, and ravens, these ranged from Black-tailed Deer biting chunks of flesh from carcasses, to Song Sparrows and other small songbirds carrying off eggs one at a time. > > > > > > > > Salmon grow from small smolts to large adults at sea, then return and die, significantly enriching the streams and surrounding forest where they spawn. > > > > > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > From: "Dan Gleason" > > > > To: "rickd" > > > > Cc: "Oregon Birders OnLine" , "COBOL" , tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 9, 2025 3:02:46 PM > > > > Subject: [obol] Re: Steller's Jay with Salmon eggs - A question for you > > > > > > > > What you are saying is the expanded skin showing the contents of the gular pouch not the crop. The large gular pouch enable Steller's J's to carry a large number of seeds, which they then carry away and store and small cashes for later use. The amount that they can carry in this pouch, of course varies with the size of the seeds or other food they are taking, but it is a significant number. I want watched a Steller's Jay taking four hole on shelled peanuts before flying off. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 9, 2025, at 7:00?AM, rick wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Good morning. > > > > > > > > > > In the attached picture of a Steller?s Jay gathering Salmon eggs from a small river which we visited recently, it appears that the Jay is filling its craw with Salmon eggs. > > > > > > > > > > The craw appears to have transparent properties?or is the craw damaged/ripped? > > > > > > > > > > Researching this question on the internet did not provide me an answer to this question. > > > > > > > > > > Your help in answering this question is appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > No, this picture was not taken in Oregon or Washington. > > > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > <_52J7010 v2 lowres.jpg> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tweeters mailing list > > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto: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... 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I stayed at Godman Campground, and hiked a bit of the West Butte trail. The Blues, over time (if I am accurately remembering a piece I read years ago) have been shifting in many areas from Ponderosa Pine to Douglas Fir, making some of those Ponderosa specialists (Pygmy Nuthatch, White-headed Woodpecker, Flammulated Owl) more and more challenging to find. Several sources seemed to be pointing me towards the southeastern-most parts of the county for these. I didn't quite get there, but even along the West Butte Trail, I could feel this shift in trees, and it gave me some hope. I also had hopes for American Three-toed Woodpecker (seen in this area ON the day I was there, but not by me), and Pine Grosbeak (same). I had multiple rounds of invisible-molt woodpeckers... or at least woodpeckers that refused to move to convenient branches for me to view them. Oof. I had plans to drive to Table Rock, and to the Twin Buttes trailhead, trying for Boreal Owl along that whole stretch. A tree across the Forest Road ended the plans for Table Rock, but I did the rest of this stretch, trying calls for Boreal, Northern Saw-whet, and (if things had been otherwise silent) Barred Owl. I was able to pick up three Northern Saw-whet "skiews" (a very familiar call, and not the Boreal call I was hoping for!), and a single Barred Owl - my second in the Blues this year - both in Columbia County. As it turned to morning, I drove back to camp, and picked up a Northern Pygmy Owl as well - also not new for the year, but a fun find. Dusky Grouse were out on the roads, tame enough for me to get pictures... even though my actual camera had no charge! But at such short range, even flip phone + binoculars allowed for a few ID pics. Interesting to talk to Chris Lindsey, who has put together 189 species in Columbia for the year and counting (eclipsing the previous record of 172). Despite what seemed like a bust of a trip for me, I found three species that he still needs for the year (Barred Owl, Evening Grosbeak, Dusky Grouse). Together with the species that I needed that were found by others (American Three-toed Woodpecker, Pine Grosbeak), it just highlights how fun this whole search can be. Amazing trip, and it was an absolute joy to be hiking sparse ridges, then driving deep mountain roads on a quiet, still, full-moonlit night. Cheers, Tim Brennan Renton (Blog will be coming! Just trying to navigate an album of flip phone pictures!) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks to tips from various points, we did manage to add Short-tailed Shearwater to our history, as the several days' incursion in the Sound continued.? Our only jaeger, though, was the vessel, "Northern Jaeger."? We missed Elaine C., especially for kind public relations ("Are you looking for whales?"), but we had Neil Z's capable leadership.? The snacks were at or better than par, and the raven show was great all day. Good birding, Alan Grenon Seattle panmail AT mailfence DOT com Cackling Goose Northern Shoveler American Wigeon Northern Pintail Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter Common Merganser Rock Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Anna's Hummingbird Rhinoceros Auklet Bonaparte's Gull Heermann's Gull California Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Horned Grebe Common Loon Short-tailed Shearwater Pelagic Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Belted Kingfisher Northern Flicker Merlin Peregrine Falcon Steller's Jay American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Bewick's Wren European Starling Varied Thrush American Robin Cedar Waxwing House Finch Purple Finch American Goldfinch Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco White-crowned Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Song Sparrow Spotted Towhee Yellow-rumped Warbler -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 12 12:42:04 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 12 12:42:10 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] bird activity Message-ID: <9600F64F-881F-4A98-A41D-D375AB2071D5@comcast.net> I don?t recall seeing so much bird activity at our feeders for a long time. I put out seed on the window ledge outside my office (at home), and it has been deluged with birds today, mostly Black-capped Chickadees and Red-breasted Nuthatches taking away sunflower seeds to cache, but also other species. I think they know that winter is coming. Among the chickadees are at least several with short tails, presumably offspring from a rather late brood. Dennis Paulson Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 12 14:39:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (mark girling via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 12 14:40:07 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birch Bay References: <934277003.1815243.1760305197366.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <934277003.1815243.1760305197366@mail.yahoo.com> Quick walk out by the State Park at high tide. Good numbers of Harlequin ducks, White winged Scoters, Common Loons. Each evening the sound of Geese returning is a sound of the wild I never tire of. As we move closer to winter the bay only gets busier which for birders is a delight.markgirling@yahoo.com? Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 12 15:00:39 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 12 15:00:44 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] bird activity In-Reply-To: <9600F64F-881F-4A98-A41D-D375AB2071D5@comcast.net> References: <9600F64F-881F-4A98-A41D-D375AB2071D5@comcast.net> Message-ID: On Oct 12, 2025 at 12:42:04, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I don?t recall seeing so much bird activity at our feeders for a long > time. I put out seed on the window ledge outside my office (at home), and > it has been deluged with birds today, mostly Black-capped Chickadees and > Red-breasted Nuthatches taking away sunflower seeds to cache, but also > other species. I think they know that winter is coming. > I?m seeing a similar increase in usage, especially with the suet feeder, but I?ve had both a Pileated and at least one Flicker start visiting daily this fall (along with a continuing Downy). We?re at about 500? elevation, and we had the seasonal army of Robins move through going downslope a couple of weeks early this year (it?s amazing to suddenly have 100ish Robins in the yard for a couple of days, and then disappear again) It looks like the summer Juncos are gone, and the winter Juncos have started showing up in numbers. We have a very nice population of Red-Breasted Nuthatches and Spotted Towhees here year round. The summer birds (Tanagers, Grosbeaks, Swainson?s Thrush, Western Flycatcher et al) are gone. The Stellar Jays are really busy stashing for the winter as well. All this indicates to me a cool, wet winter (and with La Ni?a officially in place, that seems more likely). Chuq --------------------------------------- Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) Silverdale, Washington Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 13 12:48:38 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Mark Egger via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 13 12:48:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] re chickadees and feeders Message-ID: <8457D0CD-B0A5-463D-B68F-D21C3377B391@comcast.net> Dennis?s post stimulated me to share my experiences with a hanging bird bath/watering hole I?ve maintained in my yard for years (not far from Dennis?s BTW). I don?t maintain a feeder, except suet when there?s snow, but I do clean and put new water in the bath every day, especially in the Washington dry season. Both Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees are common in the neighborhood, and both use the water as a drinking source but never for bathing. Same with the Red-breasted Nuthatches. But other species, including juncos, Song Sparrows, towhees, and occasional jays and House Finches use it for splashing around in but not for drinking! Finally, The Black-caps come only once or twice during a typical day, while the Chestnut-backs get drinks many times a day. Interesting how these little bird behavioral patterns happen in response to a human artifact added to their environment. Mark From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 13 12:49:20 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 13 12:49:24 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagle's Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk-Thursday, October 16 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The next Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, at 8:00AM. Note: The JBLM Eagle's Pride Golf Course generates its own profits and will stay open despite the Federal Government shut-down ;>). 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 41-55degF (37-52 real-feel - BRRRR!) and mostly sunny during the walk. As always, dress for success! 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What a powerful and > magical force for good. > > She was a great mentor to me. > > I?ll pass along more information as it becomes available. > > My thoughts are with here family and remembrances of how wonderful she > was. > > Best to you all. > > Rob > ? > Rob Faucett > +1(206) 619-5569 > robfaucett@mac.com > Seattle, WA 98105 > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ? it?s about learning how to dance in the rain.? Deborah Tuck -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jim On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 2:13?PM Rob Faucett via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > *From:* Rob Faucett > *Date:* October 13, 2025 at 12:45:31?PM PDT > *Subject:* *Jane Hadley* > > ?Hello All - Jane Hadley passed away yesterday. What a powerful and > magical force for good. > > She was a great mentor to me. > > I?ll pass along more information as it becomes available. > > My thoughts are with here family and remembrances of how wonderful she > was. > > Best to you all. > > Rob > ? > Rob Faucett > +1(206) 619-5569 > robfaucett@mac.com > Seattle, WA 98105 > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 13 18:01:01 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 13 18:01:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Jane Hadley In-Reply-To: <81E68DBF-0997-41CB-B4C2-61B743580C55@harbornet.com> References: <81E68DBF-0997-41CB-B4C2-61B743580C55@harbornet.com> Message-ID: Jane was simply a treasure and a wonderful person. So sad to hear of this sad news. Denis May all your birds be identified, Denis DeSilvis avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Bruce LaBar via Tweeters Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 2:35:09 PM To: J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> Cc: TWEETERS Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Fwd: Jane Hadley So sorry to hear this terrible news. I was with her on the WOS board several years ago and became good friends! On Oct 13, 2025, at 2:27?PM, J Christian Kessler via Tweeters wrote: ? wow, what a loss of such a wonderful, special person Chris On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 2:13?PM Rob Faucett via Tweeters > wrote: From: Rob Faucett > Date: October 13, 2025 at 12:45:31?PM PDT Subject: Jane Hadley ?Hello All - Jane Hadley passed away yesterday. What a powerful and magical force for good. She was a great mentor to me. I?ll pass along more information as it becomes available. My thoughts are with here family and remembrances of how wonderful she was. Best to you all. Rob ? Rob Faucett +1(206) 619-5569 robfaucett@mac.com Seattle, WA 98105 _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -- ?Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ? it?s about learning how to dance in the rain.? 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In addition I think of her work with Randy on the Birders Dashboard so many of us use, daily on projects like the annual list of CBCs in WA , the Tweeters searchable archive and other resources built out on the https://wos.org/birding-resources/ page. She?s been a presence behind so much for our community?. We?ll definitely be feeling this loss , Matt Bartels Seattle, WA > On Oct 13, 2025, at 6:01 PM, Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters wrote: > > Jane was simply a treasure and a wonderful person. So sad to hear of this sad news. > > Denis > > May all your birds be identified, > Denis DeSilvis > avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com > From: Tweeters on behalf of Bruce LaBar via Tweeters > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2025 2:35:09 PM > To: J Christian Kessler <1northraven@gmail.com> > Cc: TWEETERS > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Fwd: Jane Hadley > > So sorry to hear this terrible news. I was with her on the WOS board several years ago and became good friends! > >> On Oct 13, 2025, at 2:27?PM, J Christian Kessler via Tweeters wrote: >> >> ? >> wow, what a loss of such a wonderful, special person >> >> Chris >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 2:13?PM Rob Faucett via Tweeters > wrote: >> >>> From: Rob Faucett > >>> Date: October 13, 2025 at 12:45:31?PM PDT >>> Subject: Jane Hadley >>> >>> ?Hello All - Jane Hadley passed away yesterday. What a powerful and magical force for good. >>> >>> She was a great mentor to me. >>> >>> I?ll pass along more information as it becomes available. >>> >>> My thoughts are with here family and remembrances of how wonderful she was. >>> >>> Best to you all. >>> >>> Rob >>> ? >>> Rob Faucett >>> +1(206) 619-5569 >>> robfaucett@mac.com >>> Seattle, WA 98105 >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> >> >> -- >> ?Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ? it?s about learning how to dance in the rain.? >> Deborah Tuck >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... 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I?ll pass along more information as it becomes available. My thoughts are with here family and remembrances of how wonderful she was. Best to you all. Rob ? Rob Faucett +1(206) 619-5569 robfaucett@mac.com Seattle, WA 98105 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 13 19:14:18 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Rob Faucett via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 13 19:14:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Jane Hedberg and apologies. [was] Re: Jane Hadley In-Reply-To: <251521FA-3D29-4E75-B493-07F0612AA455@earthlink.net> References: <251521FA-3D29-4E75-B493-07F0612AA455@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <71464D1B-99F5-42C3-9E62-95680E256DF0@mac.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 14 14:36:23 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (mark girling via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 14 14:36:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birch Bay CBC. References: <427305518.2494031.1760477783403.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <427305518.2494031.1760477783403@mail.yahoo.com> For a number of years I've done the Mercer Island CBC.This year I have a base at Birch Bay and was wondering if anyone knew who to contact in regards to a Birch Bay or Whatcom County CBC. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 14 21:04:36 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Randy Robinson via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 14 21:04:51 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Jane Hadley did not die Message-ID: I would like to assure all Tweeters subscribers that my wife, Jane Hadley, is alive and well. A message announcing her death had mixed her up with another Jane (Jane Hedberg). That mistaken message was later corrected, but, unfortunately, the correction was scrubbed from the digest, so digest subscribers would be unaware of the correction. 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That mistaken message was later corrected, but, unfortunately, the correction was scrubbed from the digest, so digest subscribers would be unaware of the correction. > > Jane and I appreciate very much the kind messages posted here on Tweeters and sent privately to me. > > Randy Robinson > Seattle, Washington > rwr DOT personal AT gmail DOT 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 Oct 15 13:33:23 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 15 13:33:28 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: The best wildlife photos of 2025 Message-ID: <2D7DEB15-68F2-438D-9E1A-543406A034B2@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The research I've done tells me that if you are at Napo everything is great - but getting there and back is the problem ... ? ? Security in Ecuador between the landing in Quito and when you leave Coca (small city in the interior of Ecuador) for Napo ... and then getting back out of Ecuador ... is "dicey".? ??? ? The birds and the entire Amazon rain forest experience is the carrot. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bYuRUjORI8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Jim From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 16 13:14:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 16 13:15:13 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 10/15/2025 Message-ID: Dear Tweets, Approximately 25 of us had a beautiful Fall day at the Refuge with sunny skies and temperatures in the 40's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 13'3" Tide at 3:08pm. Highlights included a very birdy morning in the Orchard with great looks of both RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, both BLACK-CAPPED and CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, HUTTON'S VIREO, numerous sparrows including FOX SPARROW, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, SONG SPARROW and SPOTTED TOWHEE, nice looks of RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, and fly over of RED-TAILED HAWK and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. A large flock of CACKLING GEESE, mostly minima and few taverners were in the mowed fields south of the Twin Barns. Several birders heard the 'keeyuur" cry of a distant First of Year RED-SHOULDERED HAWK calling from the riparian stand west of the field either side of the old McAllister Creek Access Road. The Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail and Nisqually Estuary Trail (dike) had nice views of WHIMBREL, GREATER YELLOW-LEGS, both peeps LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. We had distant views of First of Season DUNLIN. There was a nice raptor show with good looks of AMERICAN KESTREL, NORTHERN HARRIER x 4 birds (male, female, 2 immature), and MERLIN x 2 birds. For the day we observed 80 species, with FOY heard only Red-shouldered Hawk, we now have seen 173 species so far this year. Other notables were Columbian Black-taile Deer buck with a nice antler rack, Long-tailed Weasel on the dike near the Twin Barns, and numerous Isabella Tiger Moth caterpillars on the trails. See our eBird list with photos pasted below. Until next week, when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, happy birding, Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 15, 2025 7:38 AM - 4:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.014 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Sunny, temperatures in the 30?s to 60?s. A High 13?3? Tide at 3:08pm. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Douglas Squirrel, Long-tailed Weasel, and Harbor Seal. Numerous Isabella Tiger Moth caterpillar on the trail. 80 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 250 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 15 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 11 Wood Duck 2 Visitor Center Pond Northern Shoveler 6 Gadwall 1 Visitor Center Pond. American Wigeon 3500 Mallard 50 Northern Pintail 500 Green-winged Teal (American) 750 Surf Scoter 15 McAllister Creek and Nisqually Reach White-winged Scoter 2 Bufflehead 4 Nisqually Reach Hooded Merganser 1 Visitor Center Pond Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Virginia Rail 3 Heard only in the Freshwater Marsh Black-bellied Plover 6 Surge plain, and mudflats west of Leschi slough. Killdeer 15 Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 2 Previously reported. Photos. Observed along the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail between the Observation Tower and McAllister Creek Observation Platform. Long-billed Dowitcher 8 Surge plain on high tide. Wilson's Snipe 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 West side of McAllister Creek. Greater Yellowlegs 30 Dunlin 6 Seen on mudflats between Leschi Slough and Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail north of McAllister Creek Observation Platform. Least Sandpiper 75 Western Sandpiper 15 Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 175 California Gull 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 8 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Visitor Center Pond Common Loon 1 Nisqually Reach Brandt's Cormorant 8 Nisqually Channel Marker. Double-crested Cormorant 20 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 35 Turkey Vulture 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Orchard. Cooper's Hawk 1 Riparian Forest Overlook. Northern Harrier 4 Bald Eagle 8 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Heard only. Repeated ?keeyurr? call heard from the stand of Riparian Forest west of the fields west of the west side parking lot. Red-tailed Hawk 3 Belted Kingfisher 2 McAllister Creek Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Orchard. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Twin Barns Picnic Bench Northern Flicker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 American Kestrel (Northern) 1 Merlin 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 Hutton's Vireo (Pacific) 2 Education Center. Steller's Jay (Coastal) 2 American Crow 100 Common Raven 8 Black-capped Chickadee 25 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8 Bushtit (Pacific) 30 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Brown Creeper 8 Pacific Wren (pacificus Group) 4 Marsh Wren 6 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 6 European Starling 400 Varied Thrush 2 American Robin 31 Cedar Waxwing 30 Evening Grosbeak 1 West End. Parking Lot Area. House Finch 4 West End Parking Lot Purple Finch (Western) 10 American Goldfinch 4 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 5 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 26 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 8 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 33 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 7 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 70 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S279722977 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 16 13:24:08 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Bob Boekelheide via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 16 13:24:19 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-green Vireo? Message-ID: FYI - there is a vireo on the Sandpiper Trail at Graysmarsh Harbor NWR that could possibly be a Yellow-green Vireo. My wife Barb and I found it yesterday (10/15) and it is still there today (10/16). We initially thought it is a Red-eyed Vireo, but field marks suggest it could be a Yellow-green Vireo. Both days the bird has been near the start of the Sandpiper Trail in alders and willows just beyond the ?Important Bird Area? sign. We need more eyes to help identify the bird, if you?re in the area. Bob Boekelheide Dungeness Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 16 14:09:29 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Candace C. Plant via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 16 14:09:35 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Buenos Aires Message-ID: Hi Everyone, We will be in Buenos Aires few days on way back from Antarctica trip November 2026. Looking for recommendations on birdwatching. Prefer day trip with guide. Thanks Candy Plant Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 16 15:36:12 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 16 15:36:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Sept. 2025 turkey vulture report (long) Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 16 16:04:12 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Georgia Conti via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 16 16:04:27 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Buenos Aires In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: V?a Facebook, contact Alec Earnshow who is an avid birder, bird photographer and bird guide. Years ago he met me in BA at Reserva Ecol?gica Costanera Sur to orient me before he had to head to a different job. On my trip to Argentina, my husband and I mostly birded the the whole country (except Patagonia because I had lived in Alaska for nearly 20 years and I wanted to experience different habitat zones). After nearly a month, I came home with a huge list of first seen birds. If you want to visit outside of Buenos Aires, send me a private request or ask Alec. He was very helpful to me and if you mention my name, give him my regards. Georgia Conti Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico On Thu 16 Oct 2025 at 3:10?p.m. Candace C. Plant via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > We will be in Buenos Aires few days on way back from Antarctica trip > November 2026. Looking for recommendations on birdwatching. Prefer day > trip with guide. > Thanks > Candy Plant > 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... 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We also had 1-2 accipidrine hawks we could not get to species Pileated Woodpecker - Heard several times, seen both at the beginning and towards the end of the walk Bushtit - Flock of ~50 near the mansion. It can be hard to count that long a stream of tiny birds White-throated Sparrow - One in blackberries and alders near Dog Area portapotties. First of Year (FOY) Western Meadowlark - Several in the NE part of the park, including some vocalizing Orange-crowned Warbler - One near southernmost dog swim beach - Quite bright A late scan of the lake turned up a single male BUFFLEHEAD (FOF). Misses today included Hooded Merganser, California Gull, Western Grebe, Merlin, and Cedar Waxwing. For the day, 58 species. For the year, adding White-throated Sparrow, we're at 131 species for the survey = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 16 19:25:52 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Bob Boekelheide via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 16 19:26:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-green Vireo? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oops - my message should have said Grays Harbor NWR, not Graysmarsh Harbor NWR. Sorry about that. It?s the Sandpiper Trail at Bowerman Basin near Hoquiam, on the boardwalk. Thanks very much to Liam Hutcheson and everyone else who helped confirm the bird is a Yellow-green Vireo. Bob Boekelheide > On Oct 16, 2025, at 1:24?PM, Bob Boekelheide wrote: > > FYI - there is a vireo on the Sandpiper Trail at Graysmarsh Harbor NWR that could possibly be a Yellow-green Vireo. My wife Barb and I found it yesterday (10/15) and it is still there today (10/16). We initially thought it is a Red-eyed Vireo, but field marks suggest it could be a Yellow-green Vireo. Both days the bird has been near the start of the Sandpiper Trail in alders and willows just beyond the ?Important Bird Area? sign. We need more eyes to help identify the bird, if you?re in the area. > Bob Boekelheide > Dungeness -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 16 20:23:35 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 16 20:23:41 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 10-16-2025 Message-ID: Tweeters, For the eleven of us that traveled the JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birding route, it was a bit chilly to start (36degF) but ended with a nice selection of birds and warmer (58degF). The waterfowl are starting to come in, with high numbers of HOODED MERGANSERS (23) and MALLARDS (59). However, the stars of the day were a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (feeding less than 10 meters away) and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, which was feeding on the nearby mudflat at Hodge Lake. A Steller's Jay spooked a GREAT HORNED OWL, which landed back in the forest on the side of a Douglas-fir giving us a peek-a-boo view. Very low numbers recorded of the usual chickadees as well as Red-breasted Nuthatches. Note: The last (only!) WHITE-THROATED SPARROW we listed was on October 17, 2013, almost exactly 12 years ago. That sighting was about 35 meters from the one we saw today. Mammals seen: Several Douglas Squirrels. The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 9:00AM from November to February. (Meeting time is 8:00AM March-October.) The starting point is the Driving Range building, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. (Turn left immediately after entering the parking lot to take the road leading to the driving range building.) Upcoming walks include the following: * November 20 * December 18 * January 15 >From the eBird PNW report: 33 species (+1 other taxa) Cackling Goose 50 Wood Duck 3 American Wigeon 12 Mallard 59 Ring-necked Duck 1 At Hodge Lake. Hooded Merganser 23 At Hodge Lake. Anna's Hummingbird 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 At the 9th hole pond, a first-ever sighting at this pond. Great Blue Heron 1 Flying over Hodge Lake. Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1 Unable to positively parse this because the bird flew quickly into a forested area. Great Horned Owl 1 Northern Flicker 8 Steller's Jay 9 California Scrub-Jay 2 American Crow 8 Black-capped Chickadee 5 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 50 Found almost everywhere along the route. Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 Brown Creeper 2 Pacific Wren 4 European Starling 3 Varied Thrush 4 American Robin 11 House Finch 8 Purple Finch 1 Fox Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 6 Golden-crowned Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 1 See comments. Song Sparrow 16 Spotted Towhee 7 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS279797019&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cabd7834b07fb4b243d9108de0d2b0d32%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638962675703810115%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hF0G%2Fp2MxKWhns0KHjbk1TW0jACGD7Bh0QlZ7Us9ra0%3D&reserved=0 May all your birds be identified, Denis Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We need more > eyes to help identify the bird, if you?re in the area. > Bob Boekelheide > Dungeness > 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 Fri Oct 17 08:09:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Rob Faucett via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 17 08:11:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Napo Wildlife Center in Ecuador? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6DA782E7-2CDF-47AC-8984-7D7BF48D6C11@mac.com> Hi Jim Et al., I?ve spent quite a bit of time in Ecuador and Napo specifically. I?ve never felt at risk or in danger. Traveling to new places always comes with some risk. And so does waking up in the morning. I think normal/usual travel precautions are sufficient. I wouldn?t hesitate for a minute to take that trip. We are all different and have different tolerances risk. I?d take my family there in a heart beat. And they have very different tolerances the do I. Feel free to call anytime. I have friends that live there and could give up to the day assessments if that would be helpful. Go!! Beet birding to all. Rob President, Washington Ornithological Society ? Rob Faucett +1(206) 619-5569 robfaucett@mac.com Seattle, WA 98105 > On Oct 16, 2025, at 12:18?PM, Jim Betz via Tweeters wrote: > > ?Hi, > Has anyone on this list been to Napo - or anywhere in Ecuador? The > research I've done tells me that if you are at Napo everything is great - > but getting there and back is the problem ... ? > Security in Ecuador between the landing in Quito and when you leave > Coca (small city in the interior of Ecuador) for Napo ... and then getting > back out of Ecuador ... is "dicey". ??? > The birds and the entire Amazon rain forest experience is the carrot. > > www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bYuRUjORI8 > > - Jim > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Oct 17 09:36:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Teresa Michelsen via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 17 09:36:55 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Napo Wildlife Center in Ecuador? In-Reply-To: <6DA782E7-2CDF-47AC-8984-7D7BF48D6C11@mac.com> References: <6DA782E7-2CDF-47AC-8984-7D7BF48D6C11@mac.com> Message-ID: It's my experience that Ecuador is generally variable. It's not the same at any given time. Sometimes it's 100% safe and beautiful, but there can be political instability. If you have guides or other locals with you, trust in them to know what to do. Keep an eye on what's going on the country before you go. One could say the same about the US right now, honestly. Our family may have had bad luck, but we've had two trips to Ecuador cancelled due to basically revolutions or deposing of current leadership. My aunt and uncle were on a cruise ship so it was no big deal for them, they just didn't stop in that port. In my case, I was on an ABA tour and exchange program and we had the bad luck of landing the day the President was deposed. Everyone who had arrived early either stayed safely at their remote lodges and enjoyed the birds OR folks in Quito were safely transported to the airport by the local guides, who also made sure we had food and water, and everyone shared their trip supplies. Several people got home on the last commercial flights out and the rest of us actually chartered a plane between us from Guatemala, which the officials held the airport open long enough for that plane to land and take off. It was clear that nobody on either side in government wanted a situation where foreigners were being held hostage in the airport or anything like that. It felt safe inside the airport, and at all times people were helpful not only to us but to all the travelers there, vendors staying open to supply meals, airport officials maintaining calm and making good decisions, etc. I don't feel like it's a particularly dangerous country to travel in, it just isn't 100% stable. 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We also booked a trip out of Tandayapa Lodge and covered cloud forest birds from ~ 500 to 3000 m of elevation John Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Oct 18 09:50:37 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Toby Ross via Tweeters) Date: Sat Oct 18 09:50:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Trips To Ecuador Message-ID: Hey Jim, I organize birding trips all over the world, including Ecuador next February, and do not hesitate taking people to that amazing country. Before planning a trip, make sure you do your own research, which you're obviously doing, and check the US Travel Advisory website. But make sure to keep things in perspective, currently Ecuador is considered Level 2 (of 4 levels) "Exercise Increased Caution", but then so is the UK! The areas that are of concern in Ecuador are mostly on the Peru and Colombian borders, which are not close to the Coca/Napo area you're planning to visit. If you can, find a trustworthy contact in-country who can provide you with the reality on the ground. And lastly, many countries, including Ecuador, rely heavily on tourism, and the LAST thing they want is an international incident with foreign tourists, so they will do all they can to take care of you. I hope that's helpful. Toby Ross Owner Operator Alight Tours ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:17:54 -0700 > From: Jim Betz via Tweeters > To: via Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Napo Wildlife Center in Ecuador? > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Hi, > ? Has anyone on this list been to Napo - or anywhere in Ecuador? The > research I've done tells me that if you are at Napo everything is great - > but getting there and back is the problem ... ? > ? Security in Ecuador between the landing in Quito and when you leave > Coca (small city in the interior of Ecuador) for Napo ... and then getting > back out of Ecuador ... is "dicey".? ??? > ? The birds and the entire Amazon rain forest experience is the carrot. > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bYuRUjORI8 > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Jim -- ________________ Toby Ross Seattle www.alighttours.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Oct 18 13:11:43 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Avery Meeker via Tweeters) Date: Sat Oct 18 13:12:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Friendly Coffee at Seattle Coffee Fest Message-ID: <03FCDDB7-9AD9-4F14-9ABA-B25E9A94E0B2@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 19 09:00:16 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 19 09:00:22 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] the fun of birding Message-ID: <8D1CC9FE-F92C-4E4F-A877-84B41C088F41@comcast.net> By now, I assume all the tweeters who wish to have gone to the Grays Harbor NWR (Bowerman Basin) and seen the Yellow-green Vireo. Elaine Chuang, Netta Smith and I did so yesterday and had a great time. Hard as it was to photograph among those leaves and branches, we all got satisfactory photos. I don?t get many life birds in North America these days, but photographing a species for the first time is just as good as a life bird in my book. But half or more of the fun was seeing so many familiar faces, some from long ago. In my advanced age, I wish everyone we saw in the field had a name tag, so I could put names to faces, and I apologize if I didn?t recognize someone I should have! We stopped at the Cedar River mouth on the way home and with good luck spotted both the American Golden-Plover that had been there for a while and an unexpected adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, both of which we photographed. That one was especially welcome, as we had gone to the Chittenden Locks three times to look for the one that was there, but it was never there when we were. Fortunately, the Glaucous-winged antics (swallowing sea stars!) and pinniped presence made up for it, and we even saw a salmon in the viewing room. To me, the biggest surprise was seeing a few Heermann?s Gulls with the California Gulls that flew high in the air over the ship channel heading for Lake Washington. I?ve never seen one in fresh water, and maybe when they got there, they said ?eeew? and flew back to Puget Sound. Good birding to all, Dennis Paulson Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 19 10:09:19 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (AMK17 via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 19 10:09:24 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI Tripod and Nikon 8 x 35 bins Message-ID: <6438d98c-9ec6-f4bd-7271-e7279998a9d3@earthlink.net> Thanks for all the replies to my tripod RFI. I was set on a carbon fiber tripod but ended up with a Manfrotto aluminum tripod 290Lite. Purchased spur of the moment on way up to Fir Island. Less than $200 and With my scope iabout 5-6 pounds - light for me. Wasn't planning on keeping it but it was light and held up well in strong gusty winds. The panning is annoyingly jerky at times but I can live with that. Otherwise, suits my needs very well! Cleaning house and wonder if anyone heading to Central or South America would be willing to take a pair of Nikon 8x 35 bins to donate to a birder or rainforest lodge. It's been a long time since I traveled there but I recall the excellent guides sometimes had old gear. These are old but in great shape. just a thought. Email directly if interested. Thanks, AKopitov Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 19 14:03:06 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Paul Bannick via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 19 14:03:21 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Vietnam Birding / Bird Photography? Message-ID: Does anyone have experience with Birding or Bird Photography in Vietnam? Any best places? Best Guides? Other advice? Thanks for any input! Paul -- Now Available: Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls at: http://paulbannick.com/shop/owl-a-year-in-the-lives-of-north-american-owls/ Paul Bannick Photography www.paulbannick.com 206-940-7835 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 19 21:27:01 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 19 21:27:05 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_November_3=2C_2025=3A?= =?utf-8?q?_=28on-line_only=29?= Message-ID: <20251020042701.1719646.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our next Monthly Meeting: on Monday, November 3, Ashley Martens will present "Birds of Washington's Old Growth Forests.? All forest stages have an important ecological role to play. The old-growth stage of a forest is especially important because of its unique make-up, including trees with hollow cavities and other features critical to bird populations. Multiple canopy layers and berry-producing plants are beneficial for many bird species, providing food and shelter. Ashley Martens, is the Intermountain West Regional Manager of the Old-Growth Forest Network (https://www.oldgrowthforest.net/). Her organization seeks to identify and preserve remnant old growth forests in all US counties through partnerships with private, tribal, state and federal entities. Her educational and experiential background in ecology, wildlife biology, education, restoration and mindfulness primed her perfectly for work with the Old-Growth Forest Network. She will discuss the types of old growth forests found in Washington State and key bird species found in them. This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance).?Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm.?Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page:?https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link. When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off. This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend.?Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel:?https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at?https://wos.org Please join us! Elaine Chuang WOS Program Support From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 20 12:48:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Karen P via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 20 12:49:26 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows vs. Owl Message-ID: I had the good fortunate to witness a protracted interaction between my neighborhood crow gang and a barred owl perched on my neighbor's garage roof. The owl's utter indifference prompted me to write a fun little story about the experience and its relevance to current events. If you're interested, you can find it, plus photos, on my Substack: Crows vs. Owl: Is it a fight if only one side engages? -- Karen Povey Conservation Writer and Photographer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 20 13:00:01 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 20 13:00:15 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows vs. Owl In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Karen, that is wonderful! Everyone should check it out, as it has so much relevance for human behavior. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Oct 20, 2025, at 12:48?PM, Karen P via Tweeters wrote: > > I had the good fortunate to witness a protracted interaction between my neighborhood crow gang and a barred owl perched on my neighbor's garage roof. The owl's utter indifference prompted me to write a fun little story about the experience and its relevance to current events. If you're interested, you can find it, plus photos, on my Substack: Crows vs. Owl: Is it a fight if only one side engages? > > -- > Karen Povey > Conservation Writer and Photographer > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Oct 20 13:47:53 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 20 13:47:57 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Sept. 2025 Turkey Vulture report Message-ID: This is a re-post of Diann MacRae's October 16 message, sharing her data on Turkey Vultures and their movements. Thank you, Diann for decades of dedication to TUVU. Sept. 2025 Turkey Vulture report (long) Hi, Tweets Sorry this is a little late. Had a minor accident and haven't been able to type/keyboard well lately - plus, no large turkey vulture numbers except for the note at the bottom from Rocky Point, B.C. plus a couple coming up in October's report. Thanks for the great reports, which I'm sorry I couldn't acknowledge - this report is almost all from Tweeters' reports from Washington, a few from Oregon plus a couple from e-bird. SEPTEMBER 02 -- Three turkey vultures seen from I-90 while heading west, one at mp 75, one at mp 34, and a third a mile or two west, early afternoon. 03 -- 14 turkey vultures circling over the Nisqually River, suspect foraging on dead salmon along the River, Pink Salmon seen along the river last week: weekly walk at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston County, (photo); three southbound above Bear Ridge Road/Queen Ann in North Mason area near Tahuya, air quality very poor today. 06 -- Two flying around the north end of Channel Drive near La Conner, they landed in barren fields staying about 20 minutes then harassed by a common raven and left to the east. 10 -- 15 probably feeding on salmon on the Nisqually, Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston County, cloudy to sunny, warm (photo). 14 -- 20 at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery Multnomah County, Orregon, cloudy, light rain, (photos in trees/flying). 15 -- Four circling the parking area for Barnaby Slough near Rockport (also 3 kestrels near the end of Martin Ranch Road), Skagit County. 17 -- 11 turkey vultures at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston County, sunny and warm, peregrines seen, too, (photos). 18 -- One over Bow, Skagit County at 14:10, four over Edison, Skagit County (with a red-tailed hawk circling with them), one over I-5 at the Stillaguamish River bridge at 15:50. 19 -- 13 turkey vultures at Breitenbush Hot Springs, Marion County, Oregon; 14 seen at Dossewallips State Park, Jefferson County. 22 -- 22 at Wa'atch River Valley (Neah Bay area), Clallam County. 24 -- Five at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston County, 60-80*, (photo), plus all three falcons: merlin, peregrine, kestrel. 27 -- Ten came off their roost at Basset Park this morning, Washtucna, Adams County. 28 -- Seven circling over Gorst this morning at 10:00, Kitsap County. 30 -- Seven turkey vultures above the Cle Elum River bridge on I-90 a few miles from Cle Elum, seen often in this area in the evening. NOTE: These are two brief postings from Rocky Point at the tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. When doing our study at Salt Creek we figured most of our migrants had come from that and the immediate surrounding areas. 29 Sept - 05 Oct: Turkey Vultures took full advantage of the thermals, with an impressive estimated daily high of over 700 birds seen kettling and heading south on their way to cross the Strait. "Largest aggregation seen at one time (500+) shortly after 12:30. Not many vultures or raptors over East Sooke. The large flocks were over Rocky Point, specifically over Church Hill, streaming out several km into the Strait in a south-southwesterly trajectory. Many birds were at eyelevel or higher, so over 230 m in elevation. There were kettles forming over the water with aggregations of 50-90 birds vortexing, trying to gain elevation. After reaching a bank of low clouds with fog patches below, the birds returned toward Rocky Point. Several more attempts were made by smaller formations but by 13:45 almost all vultures went out of view to the east. No more flocks of vultures were seen either over Church Hill or East Sooke Park until 14:30 at which time the effort of counting them was halted." 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 Mon Oct 20 14:54:27 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Stephen Elston via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 20 14:54:44 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows vs. Owl In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Quite enjoyable. Thank you for sharing, Karen. Steve On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 12:49?PM Karen P via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I had the good fortunate to witness a protracted interaction between my > neighborhood crow gang and a barred owl perched on my neighbor's garage > roof. The owl's utter indifference prompted me to write a fun little story > about the experience and its relevance to current events. If you're > interested, you can find it, plus photos, on my Substack: Crows vs. Owl: > Is it a fight if only one side engages? > > > -- > Karen Povey > Conservation Writer and Photographer > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Oct 20 16:54:31 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 20 16:54:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Early-2025 "Eastern" Song Sparrow Message-ID: Tweets - I am trying to track down reports of the "Eastern" Song Sparrow that was at Marymoor Park early this year. I don't seem to have a way to extract information from eBird. Please, if you saw the bird, could you email me the date(s) at BirdMarymoor@gmail.com Thanks = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 20 19:20:16 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jeff Fleischer via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 20 19:20:31 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Winter raptor surveys References: <0FE26A50-1994-48DA-8DDC-9D0D25821633.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0FE26A50-1994-48DA-8DDC-9D0D25821633@yahoo.com> Hi Everyone, My name is Jeff Fleischer and I am Project Developer / Manager for the Winter Raptor Survey Project sponsored by the East Cascades Bird Alliance based in Bend, OR. Last winter (our 21st survey season), we had 614 active survey routes throughout all of WA, ID, and OR, the northern parts of CA and UT, western MT, and for the first time in southern BC Canada. We had over 500 primary volunteers covering more than 35,000 miles of transects surveyed. The purpose of this message is to advertise available established routes around the state. We ask our volunteers to commit to doing one survey each month during the months of December through February. Optional months for additional surveys include November and/or March. Folks can do their surveys on a day of their choosing and should have a good working ID knowledge for the more common species such as Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrels, Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles, and Rough-legged Hawks. These 5 species account for more than 90% of all species counted in this project each winter. Here is a list of available routes and their driving lengths: Washougal - Fern Prairie. 43 Aberdeen. 37 Centralia East 55 Boistfort - PeEll 64 McCleary 39 Enumclaw. 77 Sedro Woolley East 56 Sedro Woolley North 72 Lyndon South 62 Wenatchee North 48 Waterville NE 75 Pleasant Valley 57 Deer Park 66 Spokane North 72 Othello SE 68 Almira North 60 Almira South 85 Odessa SW 90 Kennewick South. 79 Kennewick SW. 55 Walla Walla NW. 84 Walla Walla East. 53 These 22 routes are out of a total of 187 existing routes throughout all of WA. With 165 routes already committed for this winter, it shows how serious WA folks are for enjoying / surveying for the various raptor species wintering in the state :) If you are interested in any of these routes, please email me directly and I will be happy to provide further information to get you started. I will necessarily fill these on a first come first served basis so if you wish to do a particular route, please get back to me at your earliest convenience :). These surveys are fun to do, especially with family or friends along to share the experience. I can guarantee that going through one season of survey work will enhance your knowledge of this wonderful family of birds to your delight :). Hope to hear from you soon, Jeff Fleischer Project Developer / Manager Winter Raptor Survey Project East Cascades Bird Alliance - Bend, OR. (project sponsor) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 21 08:42:20 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 21 08:42:30 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Ecuador - Napo Wildlife Center ... and Cape May, N.J. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9d042ca7-69e1-4332-97cb-92b846904b75@jimbetz.com> Hi all, ? Thanks for the -many- responses ... both on list and off ... to my request for information about travel to Ecuador for birding in the Napo area. They are valuable. ? My summary of the responses is "Just Go!" ... be careful (Ecuador is not the safest country in the world) but if you take reasonable care you will be fine. And - everyone who has been to Ecuador for birding says "one of the best" in terms of the overall experience and the birds and other wildlife seen.? And Ecuador is one of the places where you can experience the Amazon RainForest. ? We have not been to South America and are still 'making up our mind' about where we will go in 2026. ? BTW - I recently returned from an unguided birding week in Cape May, N.J. Since I had been there on a guided tour just the previous fall we went without a guide and that worked out well.? We actually had a guide for the first day only - just to get re-oriented and 'the latest scoop'.? The weather this year didn't cooperate as well as last year where we had sun every day - while this year it was mostly heavy overcast with a few bright spots but not every day.? And the migration was just ramping up the week we were there - "we just need a good Noreaster to push the birds this far South". ? Still the trip was well worth it.? Cape May is a -very- "birding friendly place". With lots of birding related trails and locations.? If you go do not miss the boat trip on the "Osprey" - the owner/operator is very good at what he does and puts you "on the birds" (we also went on the same boat last year). ? Saw my FOF Short-Eared Owl - at the East 90 - last week.? Many reports by others.? My wife saw some Snows (but I'm a miss ... so far).? There even seem to be a few swans here in Skagit.? The White Birds of Winter are here! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 21 09:19:53 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Constance Sidles via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 21 09:20:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey over Puget Sound Message-ID: <7AECCA3D-6E3A-488D-B044-EE137682B8A3@gmail.com> Hey tweets, yesterday my husband John and I were tooling down the waterfront, gawking at the new parks, when we came upon a driveway with access to the shore: Jack Perry Memorial Park. We drove to the end and looked around for birds, of which there was a notable dearth. We resolved not to leave until we saw at least one bird, even a crow. Lo and behold, an Osprey came winging down the channel, its wings white against the blue sky. What a sight. I note that BirdWeb says Ospreys are uncommon in the Puget Trough in October - I was surprised both by the bird and BirdWeb. I thought the Ospreys would be all gone by now. Perhaps this one was a transient from the far north. - Connie, Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 21 11:51:29 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ronda Stark via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 21 11:51:46 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey over Puget Sound In-Reply-To: <7AECCA3D-6E3A-488D-B044-EE137682B8A3@gmail.com> References: <7AECCA3D-6E3A-488D-B044-EE137682B8A3@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Connie, This is especially of note considering our Osprey at UW and Magnuson left early this year with the exception of a juvenile at 74th and Sandpoint. I heard that the Osprey who depart late in the season are simply not migrating as far and may possibly only fly as far as southern California for the winter. Your thoughts? Thanks, Ronda On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 9:20?AM Constance Sidles via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hey tweets, yesterday my husband John and I were tooling down the > waterfront, gawking at the new parks, when we came upon a driveway with > access to the shore: Jack Perry Memorial Park. We drove to the end and > looked around for birds, of which there was a notable dearth. We resolved > not to leave until we saw at least one bird, even a crow. Lo and behold, an > Osprey came winging down the channel, its wings white against the blue sky. > What a sight. > > I note that BirdWeb says Ospreys are uncommon in the Puget Trough in > October - I was surprised both by the bird and BirdWeb. I thought the > Ospreys would be all gone by now. 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This part describes our experiences along the Manu Road, perhaps the birdiest transect in Peru, encompassing multiple habitats and elevations. https://naturenw.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/peru-2025-manu-road-cockrock/ https://naturenw.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/peru-2025-manu-road-manu-biolodge/ https://naturenw.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/peru-2025-manu-road-wayquecha/ In the six days we traversed the road--down and then back up--we observed over 320 species, an indication of just how rich this region is. Scott Ramos Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 22 08:28:00 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (N.K. Crowell via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 22 08:28:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] raptor survey request References: <188786396.3114542.1761146880295.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <188786396.3114542.1761146880295@mail.yahoo.com> Hi - I sent an email to someone volunteering to help with a raptor survey and he replied but now I cannot find the email with the routes. Can the person I was in touch with please email me again? I'm not sure what's going on with my email but I seem to missing quite a few lately. thanks,Nancy Crowellnkcrowell@hotmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 22 08:45:09 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 22 08:45:22 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Winter raptor surveys In-Reply-To: <0FE26A50-1994-48DA-8DDC-9D0D25821633@yahoo.com> References: <0FE26A50-1994-48DA-8DDC-9D0D25821633.ref@yahoo.com> <0FE26A50-1994-48DA-8DDC-9D0D25821633@yahoo.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jeff Fleischer via Tweeters Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 7:20?PM Subject: [Tweeters] Winter raptor surveys To: , inland-nw-birders < inland-nw-birders@uidaho.edu> Hi Everyone, My name is Jeff Fleischer and I am Project Developer / Manager for the Winter Raptor Survey Project sponsored by the East Cascades Bird Alliance based in Bend, OR. Last winter (our 21st survey season), we had 614 active survey routes throughout all of WA, ID, and OR, the northern parts of CA and UT, western MT, and for the first time in southern BC Canada. We had over 500 primary volunteers covering more than 35,000 miles of transects surveyed. The purpose of this message is to advertise available established routes around the state. We ask our volunteers to commit to doing one survey each month during the months of December through February. Optional months for additional surveys include November and/or March. Folks can do their surveys on a day of their choosing and should have a good working ID knowledge for the more common species such as Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrels, Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles, and Rough-legged Hawks. These 5 species account for more than 90% of all species counted in this project each winter. Here is a list of available routes and their driving lengths: Washougal - Fern Prairie. 43 Aberdeen. 37 Centralia East 55 Boistfort - PeEll 64 McCleary 39 Enumclaw. 77 Sedro Woolley East 56 Sedro Woolley North 72 Lyndon South 62 Wenatchee North 48 Waterville NE 75 Pleasant Valley 57 Deer Park 66 Spokane North 72 Othello SE 68 Almira North 60 Almira South 85 Odessa SW 90 Kennewick South. 79 Kennewick SW. 55 Walla Walla NW. 84 Walla Walla East. 53 These 22 routes are out of a total of 187 existing routes throughout all of WA. With 165 routes already committed for this winter, it shows how serious WA folks are for enjoying / surveying for the various raptor species wintering in the state :) If you are interested in any of these routes, please email me directly and I will be happy to provide further information to get you started. I will necessarily fill these on a first come first served basis so if you wish to do a particular route, please get back to me at your earliest convenience :). These surveys are fun to do, especially with family or friends along to share the experience. I can guarantee that going through one season of survey work will enhance your knowledge of this wonderful family of birds to your delight :). Hope to hear from you soon, Jeff Fleischer Project Developer / Manager Winter Raptor Survey Project East Cascades Bird Alliance - Bend, OR. (project sponsor) _______________________________________________ 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 Oct 22 13:29:50 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Joe Buchanan via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 22 13:29:55 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding in Peru Message-ID: <1512248768.214362.1761164990773@connect.xfinity.com> Hi Tweeters ? We just returned from a 40-day trip to Peru. Based in part on David Cook?s Tweeter post (2/15/2025) about Peru guides, we worked with Danny Vargas, of Manakin Expeditions. Danny is an experienced guide and well-respected by other guides in Peru. He is an awesome guide and a wonderful person. He is also a student of Peruvian culture, and one of his tours is a combination of birding and culture, with visits to Machu Picchu and other fascinating locales. If you are thinking about traveling to Peru and have questions about Manakin Expeditions or their tours, contact me for discussion. Joe Buchanan (jlrj at comcast dot net) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 22 15:08:40 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jane Hadley via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 22 15:08:55 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] (no subject) Message-ID: Hi Eric - You might take a look at A Birder's Guide to Washington 2nd Edition, which is free and online. It describes good birding spots around the state. The book was written and updated by dozens of WOS volunteers. WOS paid to put the book online and make the content available to all. https://wabirdguide.org/table-of-contents/ Jane Hadley Seattle, WA hadleyj1725@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 23 11:56:40 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 23 11:56:55 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr NWR for 10/22/2025 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 30 of us had a really nice Fall day at the Refuge with temperatures in the 40's to 50's degrees Fahrenheit and mostly cloudy skies with intermittent sun and light rain. There was a High 12'10" Tide at 7:28am and a Low 6'2" Tide at 1pm. Highlights included BARN OWL seen at the Twin Barns Observation Platform at 7:15am by Steve, PILEATED WOODPECKER seen in the Orchard in the morning, a nice raptor show with PEREGRINE FALCON X 2/MERLIN/AMERICAN KESTREL-male/NORTHERN HARRIER-one male, AMERICAN BITTERN flying over the freshwater marsh, hybrid AMERICAN X EURASIAN WIGEON spotted by Laurie on the mudflats, continuing WHIMBREL near the McAllister Creek Viewing Platform, nice views from the closure gate on the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail including First Of Year PARASITIC JAEGER harassing some SHORT-BILLED GULLs on the reach near Anderson Island, PECTORAL SANDPIPER with KILLDEER in the surge plain on our return at 2pm, and First Of Year HOUSE SPARROW spotted by Heather in the Orchard. For the day we observed 81 species, with FOY Parasitic Jaeger and House Sparrow, we now have seen 175 species so far this year. See eBird Report pasted below. It was a nice wildlife day with sightings of Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Harbor Seal, Mink, Townsend's Chipmunk, Douglas Squirrel, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Coyote, Pacific Chorus Frog, Red-legged Frog and Puget Sound Garter Snake. Some interesting mushrooms as well. Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, enjoy Fall in to Birding, ;-). Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 22, 2025 7:41 AM - 4:29 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.032 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly cloudy, intermittent sun breaks and light rain. Temperatures in the 40?s-50?s degrees. A Low 6?2? Tide at 1:00pm. Others seen Harbor Seal, Mink, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Coyote, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Pacific Chorus Frog, Red-legged Frog, Puget Sound Garter Snake. 81 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 300 Wood Duck 2 Visitor Center Pond Northern Shoveler 6 Gadwall 1 Visitor Center Pond American Wigeon 500 Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) 1 Spotted by Laurie, mixed in with large group of AMWI north of dike on mudflats west of Leschi Slough. Red head with green eyepatch. Blended gray and red sides. Very prominent white coverts of wing and white horizontal line between side and folded wing on swimming bird. Mallard 150 Northern Pintail 700 Green-winged Teal (American) 1000 Surf Scoter 30 McAllister Creek and Nisqually Reach Common Merganser 3 Spotted by Anders flying over the Refuge and flushed from Nisqually River by boat. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 45 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 Seen in the morning. Flying over Ed Center parking lot. Mourning Dove 2 Flying over dike. Anna's Hummingbird 1 Orchard. Virginia Rail 2 Visitor Center Pond and Freshwater Marsh. Black-bellied Plover 10 Surge plain. Could not observe any yellow-tan juveniles. Killdeer 32 Whimbrel 1 Continuing rarity. Photo. McAllister Creek Platform. Long-billed Dowitcher 35 Wilson's Snipe 1 Fly over dike south of green closure gate. Spotted Sandpiper 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek Greater Yellowlegs 15 Dunlin 250 Least Sandpiper 100 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Surge plain seen at 2:00pm during low tide with large group of Killdeers and a few BBPL and DUNL. Western Sandpiper 6 Parasitic Jaeger 1 Observed harassing two gulls closer to Anderson Island across the reach from the closure gate. Dark bird similar size to gulls with pointed wings and white flashes in proximal primaries. Behavior and wing pattern consistent with PAJA. Observed for 30 seconds with 60?s spotting scope. Rhinoceros Auklet 14 Gray fast flying alcids with white belly, relative large flat head with dark throat and chest. Minimal rocking back and forth in flight. Short-billed Gull 3 Ring-billed Gull 150 California Gull 1 Spotted by Janel on Nisqually Boardwalk Trail. Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 10 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Horned Grebe 1 Scoped by Janel on Nisqually Reach from closure gate. Western Grebe 1 Scoped by Ken at mouth of McAllister Creek from closure gate. Red-throated Loon 1 Scoped by Jon on Reach from closure gate. Common Loon 2 Brandt's Cormorant 11 Channel marker. Double-crested Cormorant 40 American Bittern 1 Spotted twice, once by Ken and again by Steve. Flushed and flew over the freshwater marsh. Great Blue Heron 25 Northern Harrier 3 Bald Eagle 8 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Barn Owl 1 Spotted by Steve at Twin Barns Observation Platform at 7:15am. Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 3 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Spotted by Tim, Samara and Robin in the Orchard in the morning. Northern Flicker 4 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 American Kestrel (Northern) 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 American Crow 100 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 21 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8 Bushtit (Pacific) 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Brown Creeper 4 Pacific Wren (pacificus Group) 8 Marsh Wren 8 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 4 European Starling 200 Varied Thrush 1 Heard only on the inside of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. American Robin 53 Cedar Waxwing 8 House Sparrow 1 FOY! Spotted by Heather in the Orchard American Pipit 3 House Finch 3 Purple Finch 4 American Goldfinch 6 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 5 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 3 Golden-crowned Sparrow 30 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 27 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Spotted by Jim off dike or Nisqually Estuary Trail. 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First of Fall (FOF) Northern Shrike - "Other Matt" photographed one at the south end of the East Meadow, the rest of us missed it American Robin - Super-ubiquitous. 20+ seen every time we looked anywhere Western Meadowlark - 19, or maybe 20, on the grass/gravel parking area north of the Viewing Mound And that's about it for highlights, except for two COYOTES across the slough below the weir. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, California Gull (though there may well have been some in the gulls while it was still too dark to really see), Pine Siskin, Lincoln's Sparrow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler (!). We did manage 54 species today, but at least 9 of those were heard-only, and about 15 were represented by only 1 or 2 individuals. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Oct 24 00:11:05 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Constance Sidles via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 24 00:11:19 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Montlake Fill bird list Message-ID: Hey tweets, I'm compiling a comprehensive checklist of birds of Montlake Fill, and I have a question about hummingbirds. I have a vague recollection of running into a birder years ago who said they had seen either a Costa's or a Black-chinned Hummingbird, I think maybe in the Yesler Swamp area, if memory serves. Neither species is listed in eBird's list of all the birds of the Fill, and I don't have anything in my own notes. I know not all of you post to eBird, and this sighting would have been before most of us got into the habit of posting to eBird. If you have spotted such a hummer at the Fill, would you please respond privately to me? Thanks! - Connie, Seattle P.S. My current list is at 278 species; eBird lists 264. My collection of records goes back to 1898, but I haven't yet had the time to post my own older records to eBird. I'm working on it! constancesidles@gmail.com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Oct 24 02:47:30 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carla Conway via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 24 02:47:46 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Watch "Feather artist Chris Maynard creates art inspired by nature" on YouTube In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, The King County Library System has three copies of this book. I just reserved one and am looking forward to reading it soon. https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S82C1496677?locale=en-US Smiles, Carla On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 6:20?PM Rachel Lawson via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I highly recommend Chris Maynard's book, beautifully illustrated with > photos of his artwork. 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Dennis Paulson Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Oct 24 14:24:50 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 24 14:24:55 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Potholes-Moses Lake CBC Message-ID: <1761341090.xpxkta3pxc0w4w0w@webmail.sitestar.net> Hi all, We are doing a test run of the new Potholes-Moses Lake CBC. We are doing this test on Saturday, December 13th (yes I know this is outside the CBC date range). If the test run goes well we will choose a date in 2026 to have the first official Potholes-Moses Lake CBC. We are doing this test run to see if the Count Circle, Count Circle areas, Directions, and descriptions are adequate for all participants. I saw nothing in the literature that disallows this, the birds counted do not go into the CBC database, and since it is only a single day off I see no harm in having it a day early. If someone knows otherwise please let me know. I encourage all who might want to participate to contact me with an email so I can start getting a head count. If we end up with fewer than 10 participants this test count will not happen and I will let everyone who contacted me know. Cheers Doug Schonewald Compiler-Potholes-Moses Lake CBC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Oct 25 07:15:08 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Danzenbaker via Tweeters) Date: Sat Oct 25 07:15:23 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Request for information on Christmas Bird Counts that didn't happen last year Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, I've started the process of gathering information for the upcoming 2025-2026 CBC season and sent an e-mail to all of last year's organizers/compilers for information about their counts. However, the e-mail only went to CBCs that happened last year. My request to you is that if you know of a new CBC this year or one that didn't happen last year, can you shoot me a quick e-mail and let me know the specifics so that I can include it in the summary? I greatly appreciate it. This is the list of last year's CBCs: https://wos.org/cbc/. The updated summary will appear on the WOS website in about 4 weeks depending on how long it takes to receive feedback on all the counts and the time required to update the final document. Thanks in advance. Jim -- Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-702-9395 jdanzenbaker@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Oct 25 09:53:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sat Oct 25 09:54:02 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Rough-legged Hawk Message-ID: <272d45b7fa97c2f4de9562f0b69f43b1@homenetnw.net> I have been told there is a Rough-legged Hawk near Chester Butte and west of Rd. L in Douglas County. I did not see any Rough-legs last year, so this is my first sighting this year. No idea if this is unusual or not. Meredith Spencer, Bridgeport From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Oct 25 10:04:06 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Loitz via Tweeters) Date: Sat Oct 25 10:04:21 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Rough-legged Hawk In-Reply-To: <272d45b7fa97c2f4de9562f0b69f43b1@homenetnw.net> References: <272d45b7fa97c2f4de9562f0b69f43b1@homenetnw.net> Message-ID: No, not unusual this time of year in that part of WA. IME, RLHAs typically first appear E of the Cascades in Washington in early October, give or take a week or two. This week I saw my first Roughie of the season a few miles east of Ellensburg. In past years, I've seen my FOS Roughie in early to mid-October near Big Bend, c. 20 miles NE of Chester Butte. Steve Loitz Ellensburg On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 9:54?AM via Tweeters wrote: > > I have been told there is a Rough-legged Hawk near Chester Butte and > west of Rd. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Oct 26 14:28:37 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ian Paulsen via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 26 14:28:43 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: HI ALL: I posted about 4 bird and 2 non-bird books at my blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2025/10/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 Oct 26 23:19:06 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sun Oct 26 23:19:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia Message-ID: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Hello Tweeters, This is a species we see only twice a year, in the last five years, one bird, once in the spring and once in the fall, for one day and occasionally two. We usually will hear them before we see them at our feeders. The four resident Stellar Jays seem to give them the clear message that: nope, this is our territory and food source! Time to move along! I found the behavior section of this article to be very interesting. Very smart, neat birds. This Wikipedia article has some useful references. You can click on them if you want to see the some of the original research articles. Dan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_scrub_jay Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 27 05:29:54 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 05:30:10 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: Here is my article in the WOS newsletter about their expansion into the PNW. They have become a regular species in Port Townsend, with multiple breeding pairs. I encounter them daily now, when just 4 years ago they were flagged on eBird. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://wos.org/documents/wosnews/wosnews192.pdf On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 11:19?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello Tweeters, > This is a species we see only twice a year, in the last five years, one > bird, once in the spring and once in the fall, for one day and occasionally > two. > We usually will hear them before we see them at our feeders. > The four resident Stellar Jays seem to give them the clear message that: > nope, this is our territory and food source! Time to move along! > I found the behavior section of this article to be very interesting. > Very smart, neat birds. > This Wikipedia article has some useful references. You can click on them > if you want to see the some of the original research articles. > Dan > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_scrub_jay > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mon Oct 27 11:36:37 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Stephen Elston via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 11:36:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks for sharing your article, Steve. Very interesting. I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. Happy birding everyone! Steve On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 5:30?AM Steve Hampton via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Here is my article in the WOS newsletter about their expansion into the > PNW. > > They have become a regular species in Port Townsend, with multiple > breeding pairs. I encounter them daily now, when just 4 years ago they were > flagged on eBird. > > > chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://wos.org/documents/wosnews/wosnews192.pdf > > > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 11:19?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Hello Tweeters, >> This is a species we see only twice a year, in the last five years, one >> bird, once in the spring and once in the fall, for one day and occasionally >> two. >> We usually will hear them before we see them at our feeders. >> The four resident Stellar Jays seem to give them the clear message that: >> nope, this is our territory and food source! Time to move along! >> I found the behavior section of this article to be very interesting. >> Very smart, neat birds. >> This Wikipedia article has some useful references. You can click on them >> if you want to see the some of the original research articles. >> Dan >> >> >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_scrub_jay >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 27 11:39:35 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Mark Rodgers via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 11:39:40 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, I saw a Scrub Jay while driving through the View Ridge neighborhood last week?probably the first time I?ve seen one in northeast Seattle. Best, Mark -- Mark Rodgers (he/him) Assistant Teaching Professor, Music History School of Music University of Washington The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. On October 27, 2025 at 11:36:37?AM, Stephen Elston via Tweeters ( tweeters@u.washington.edu) wrote: > Thanks for sharing your article, Steve. Very interesting. > > I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood > of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. > > Happy birding everyone! Steve > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 5:30?AM Steve Hampton via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Here is my article in the WOS newsletter about their expansion into the >> PNW. >> >> They have become a regular species in Port Townsend, with multiple >> breeding pairs. I encounter them daily now, when just 4 years ago they were >> flagged on eBird. >> >> >> chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://wos.org/documents/wosnews/wosnews192.pdf >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 11:19?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hello Tweeters, >>> This is a species we see only twice a year, in the last five years, one >>> bird, once in the spring and once in the fall, for one day and occasionally >>> two. >>> We usually will hear them before we see them at our feeders. >>> The four resident Stellar Jays seem to give them the clear message that: >>> nope, this is our territory and food source! Time to move along! >>> I found the behavior section of this article to be very interesting. >>> Very smart, neat birds. >>> This Wikipedia article has some useful references. You can click on them >>> if you want to see the some of the original research articles. >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_scrub_jay >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 Oct 27 11:45:04 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 11:45:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood > of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. > For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban environments. Chuq --------------------------------------- Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) Silverdale, Washington Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 27 12:12:56 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Loitz via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 12:13:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to see one north of Yakima. Steve Loitz Ellensburg WA On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood >> of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. >> > > > For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. > Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring > regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go > from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only > a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I > expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays > keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them > an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds > do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban > environments. > > Chuq > > > --------------------------------------- > > Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) > Silverdale, Washington > Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer > > Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com > Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org > > Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ > My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks > > > _______________________________________________ > 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... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 27 13:26:30 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 13:26:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birds and Fruit Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Following the recent storm, the Asian Pear trees are still hanging on to the last of their overly ripened fruit. Just now during a sun break, I spied five flickers, and one Pileated Woodpecker, all in one tree, having lunch. Also, two hummingbirds were busy working the rain filled hollows on the torn pears. Hard to tell if the hummers were only drinking, or if they were getting any of the abundant fruit flies. A lovely sunny moment. Stan Kostka lynnandstan at earthlink.net Arlington From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 27 19:41:44 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Greg via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 19:41:59 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Oct 27 21:03:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ann Kramer via Tweeters) Date: Mon Oct 27 21:03:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area. We are heavily forested with NGPA forests around, and I've only seen one Scrub Jay over the years. The Stellar's come to the suet as a family unit, and they are the only brave enough to harass a Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned Hawk far from the busy feeders we have. They are amazing to watch, as they work as a team to chase the Hawks and then quickly fly away, squawking, as it turns on them. Such a lot of moxie!!! Ann On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:13?PM Steve Loitz via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to > see one north of Yakima. > > Steve Loitz > Ellensburg WA > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood >>> of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. >>> >> >> >> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. >> Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring >> regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go >> from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only >> a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I >> expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays >> keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them >> an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds >> do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban >> environments. >> >> Chuq >> >> >> --------------------------------------- >> >> Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) >> Silverdale, Washington >> Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer >> >> Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com >> Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org >> >> Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ >> My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > > > -- > Steve Loitz > Ellensburg, WA > steveloitz@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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Each year there are media reports of owls ?attacking?, sometimes with direct physical contact, people in parks and other areas. Does someone have a way for me to contact people that reported owl aggression in Lincoln Park? I?m also interested in hearing from members of the Tweeters community regarding their experiences with aggressive Owls. I spend a large amount of time each year studying and recording the behaviors of owls. Based upon my experiences and the collected stories of others, I speculate and believe that the explanation given by media sources are insufficient and may not be correct. However, I would like to collect more data that is based on the experience and recall of others that have had interaction with owls. Thank you, Dan Reiff, PhD Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 28 08:01:15 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Loitz via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 28 08:01:33 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: Ann, I have not seen any evidence that CASJs are pushing out STJAs in and around Ellensburg. There is little overlap of their respective habitats. Our CASJs are mostly in riparian zones and residential landscaped areas. STJAs tend to stick to areas with confiers. We have seen them on the same property, but no obvious antagonism. OTOH, CASJs may well be competition with Black-billed Magpies in some places in our areas. I have some bickering between those two species. YMMV on the Wet Side of the Cascades, of course. Steve Loitz Ellensburg On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 9:03?PM Ann Kramer wrote: > I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area. We are > heavily forested with NGPA forests around, and I've only seen one Scrub Jay > over the years. The Stellar's come to the suet as a family unit, and they > are the only brave enough to harass a Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned Hawk far > from the busy feeders we have. They are amazing to watch, as they work as > a team to chase the Hawks and then quickly fly away, squawking, as it turns > on them. Such a lot of moxie!!! > > Ann > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:13?PM Steve Loitz via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to >> see one north of Yakima. >> >> Steve Loitz >> Ellensburg WA >> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters < >>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood >>>> neighborhood of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them >>>> significantly. >>>> >>> >>> >>> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. >>> Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring >>> regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go >>> from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only >>> a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I >>> expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays >>> keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them >>> an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds >>> do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban >>> environments. >>> >>> Chuq >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >>> Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) >>> Silverdale, Washington >>> Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer >>> >>> Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com >>> Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org >>> >>> Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ >>> My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tweeters mailing list >>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Loitz >> Ellensburg, WA >> steveloitz@gmail.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 28 08:19:19 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 28 08:19:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: <004501dc481e$3daf9c50$b90ed4f0$@mycci.net> We had both Steller?s and CA Scrub Jays when we lived in Eugene, OR. We were in far south Eugene, near Spencer Butte. If anything, the Steller?s bossed the Scrub Jays, but really, they seemed to co-exist and stick to their own turf. I enjoyed both species. Lori Markoff Citrus Heights, CA From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Steve Loitz via Tweeters Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 8:01 AM To: Ann Kramer Cc: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia Ann, I have not seen any evidence that CASJs are pushing out STJAs in and around Ellensburg. There is little overlap of their respective habitats. Our CASJs are mostly in riparian zones and residential landscaped areas. STJAs tend to stick to areas with confiers. We have seen them on the same property, but no obvious antagonism. OTOH, CASJs may well be competition with Black-billed Magpies in some places in our areas. I have some bickering between those two species. YMMV on the Wet Side of the Cascades, of course. Steve Loitz Ellensburg On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 9:03?PM Ann Kramer > wrote: I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area. We are heavily forested with NGPA forests around, and I've only seen one Scrub Jay over the years. The Stellar's come to the suet as a family unit, and they are the only brave enough to harass a Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned Hawk far from the busy feeders we have. They are amazing to watch, as they work as a team to chase the Hawks and then quickly fly away, squawking, as it turns on them. Such a lot of moxie!!! Ann -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 28 09:22:08 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tom Benedict via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 28 09:22:24 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: <282B4246-BADA-4964-99D8-5D739272BC4E@comcast.net> > I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area. Are these birds documented? Have they crossed our borders legally? If not I say we ship ?em back to where they came from, and if they don?t want that, send ?em to El Salvador or Eswatini! We can?t let these illegal criminals continue to terrorize and displace our birds. >> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters > wrote: >>> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters > wrote: >>>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. >>> >>> >>> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds do). 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We can?t let these illegal criminals continue to terrorize and displace our birds. > >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters > wrote: >>>> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters > wrote: >>>>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. >>>> >>>> >>>> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban environments. >>>> >>>> Chuq > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Oct 28 21:43:16 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Tue Oct 28 21:43:39 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Pacific Loon Message-ID: <536B98C8-458F-46C6-B503-CFFE3B177ED0@me.com> Two of the last three days theres been a Pacific Loon close in at Issaquah Sunset Beach. That critter can travel a long ways under water very quickly. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 29 12:38:07 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 29 12:38:14 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Issaquah Sunset Beach? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5e7006d2-2311-475f-84d1-b8bb84a8acac@jimbetz.com> Larry, ? I'm gonna need help finding anything even closely resembling a "beach" in Issaquah ... ??? > From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Pacific Loon > Message-ID: <536B98C8-458F-46C6-B503-CFFE3B177ED0@me.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Two of the last three days theres been a Pacific Loon close in at Issaquah Sunset Beach. That critter can travel a long ways under water very quickly. > > Larry Schwitters > Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 29 15:01:36 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 29 15:02:21 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Lk Sam swan Message-ID: <1F5DC4A0-5041-41E6-AA6B-69B2AC3FCB93@me.com> Juvenile, calling it a Trumpeter, Swan at the mouth of Issaquah Creek this morning. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 29 15:23:22 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (munari2000@gmail.com via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 29 15:24:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Issaquah Sunset Beach? In-Reply-To: <5e7006d2-2311-475f-84d1-b8bb84a8acac@jimbetz.com> References: <5e7006d2-2311-475f-84d1-b8bb84a8acac@jimbetz.com> Message-ID: Hi Jim, It's adjacent to Issaquah Creek at Lake Sammamish State Park. John Munari Seattle, King Co., Washington munari2000 [at] gmail [dot] com On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 12:39?PM Jim Betz via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Larry, > I'm gonna need help finding anything even closely resembling a > "beach" in Issaquah ... ??? > > From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters > > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: [Tweeters] Pacific Loon > > Message-ID: <536B98C8-458F-46C6-B503-CFFE3B177ED0@me.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Two of the last three days theres been a Pacific Loon close in at > Issaquah Sunset Beach. That critter can travel a long ways under water very > quickly. > > > > Larry Schwitters > > Issaquah > _______________________________________________ > 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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Her organization seeks to identify and preserve remnant old growth forests in all US counties through partnerships with private, tribal, state and federal entities. Her educational and experiential background in ecology, wildlife biology, education, restoration and mindfulness primed her perfectly for work with the Old-Growth Forest Network. She will discuss the types of old growth forests found in Washington State and key bird species found in them. This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance). Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm. Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page: https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link. When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off. This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend. Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at https://wos.org Please join us! Elaine Chuang WOS Program Support From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Oct 29 20:21:49 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ronda Stark via Tweeters) Date: Wed Oct 29 20:22:03 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Lk Sam swan In-Reply-To: <1F5DC4A0-5041-41E6-AA6B-69B2AC3FCB93@me.com> References: <1F5DC4A0-5041-41E6-AA6B-69B2AC3FCB93@me.com> Message-ID: Hi Larry, Do you plan to be back in that area tomorrow? Perhaps you can update? I worry about a juvenile by itself as that is most unusual. Unfortunately, I live too far away to visit that area. Thank you, Ronda On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 3:02?PM Larry Schwitters via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Juvenile, calling it a Trumpeter, Swan at the mouth of Issaquah Creek this > morning. > > Larry Schwitters Issaquah > _______________________________________________ > 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 Thu Oct 30 13:04:12 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 30 13:04:19 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Chewelah CBC Message-ID: <037501dc49d8$5d21ebe0$1765c3a0$@gmail.com> Hello everyone. Wanted to let everyone know the Chewelah Christmas Bird count is set for January 2. It has several thousand feet of elevation range from the Colville River Valley to Chewelah Peak and the 49 Degrees North Ski area. With a corresponding range of habitats. Depending on how snowy the winter is we may have open water on Waits Lake and may be able to access portions of the Colville National Forest. Interested folks can reach out to me for more information. Mike Munts Strix.nebulosa1987@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Oct 30 15:08:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Oct 30 15:08:50 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR Message-ID: Dear Tweets, Approximately 20 of us had a really nice Fall day at the Refuge with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 40's to 50's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 12'9" Tide at 1:14pm, so we did our usual route. Highlights included a large flock of over 1000 CACKLING GEESE in the fields south of the Twin Barns (mostly minima with a few taverner's mixed in), good numbers of CEDAR WAXWING around the west parking lot, a nice mixed flock of feeding birds including ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER along the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, nice looks of WESTERN MEADOWLARK-WILSON'S SNIPE-and SORA in the freshwater marsh along the Nisqually Estuary Trail or dike, two late CASPIAN TERNS on the mudflats west of Leschi Slough, continuing two WHIMBREL along the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail between the Tower and McAllister Creek Observation Platform, both COMMON LOON and BUFFLEHEAD seen in McAllister Creek, and First Of Year MARBLED MURRELET on Nisqually Reach seen from the closure gate at the end of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. For the day we observed 82 species, with FOY Marbled Murrelet, we now have seen 176 this year. See our eBird report pasted below with additional details and photos. Until next week when we meet again at 8am, good birding and Happy Halloween. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 29, 2025 7:48 AM - 4:34 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.945 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the 40?s to 50?s. A High 12?9? Tide at 1:14pm. Others seen included Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit. Pacific Chorus Frog. 82 species (+7 other taxa) Greater White-fronted Goose 2 Spotted by Gene flying east over dike at 10am. Cackling Goose (minima) 1000 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 10 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 6 Trumpeter Swan 2 Spotted by Mike flying over dike at 1pm. Northern Shoveler 50 Gadwall 5 American Wigeon 400 Mallard 75 Northern Pintail 400 Green-winged Teal 1000 Greater Scaup 30 Nisqually Reach beyond mouth of McAllister Creek. Surf Scoter 41 White-winged Scoter 3 Mixed in with Surf Scoters on Nisqually Reach. Bufflehead 25 McAllister Creek and Nisqually Reach. Hooded Merganser 2 Visitor Center Pond. Common Merganser 15 Flock fly over parking lot at 8:15 am. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 Anna's Hummingbird 3 Sora 1 Freshwater marsh. Black-bellied Plover 5 Surge plain. Hudsonian Whimbrel 2 Previously reported. Photos. Seen from Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail between Tower and McAllister Creek Viewing Platform on saltwater marsh along Shannon Slough. Long-billed Dowitcher 15 Surge plain. Observed at 2:30pm on falling tide. Some birds flushed flying over dike with vocalization of LBDO, high pitched Kik-Kik-Kik. Wilson's Snipe 3 Freshwater marsh. Spotted Sandpiper 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek Greater Yellowlegs 40 Dunlin 300 Least Sandpiper 75 Western Sandpiper 5 Rhinoceros Auklet 4 Marbled Murrelet 1 Observed from gate closure at end of Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Observed with spotting scope on Nisqually Reach foraging along side Horned Grebes and Surf Scoters. Small alcid with dark head white throat and sides and white patch on back. Short neck, no observable eyeline. Observed opening wings before diving. Seen on surface swimming 3 times over 10-15 seconds. Short-billed Gull 5 Ring-billed Gull 150 California Gull 1 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 11 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Larus sp. 300 Caspian Tern 2 Late birds. Adult feeding chick. Mudflats west of Leschi Slough and north of Nisqually Estuary Trail. Pied-billed Grebe 2 Visitor center pond. Horned Grebe 15 Red-necked Grebe 1 Spotted by Mary Linders, dark necked grebe with yellow bill. Seen from gate closure at end of Nisqually Estuary Trail. Horned/Eared Grebe 3 Likely Eared Grebe. Peaked head, darker neck. Too distant to be certain of ID. Common Loon 5 One loon seen from McAllister Creek Viewing Platform in confluence of McAllister Creek and Shannon Slough. Brandt's Cormorant 12 Nisqually River Channel Marker. Double-crested Cormorant 15 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 30 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Surge plain. Cooper's Hawk 1 Surge plain Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 6 Red-tailed Hawk 2 owl sp. 1 Likely Barred Owl, flushed along Nisqually Estuary Trail/Dike where Leschi Slough aqueduct connects slough next to Twin Barns. Owl flew into stand adjacent to slough. Belted Kingfisher 4 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 3 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Northern Flicker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 American Kestrel (Northern) 2 Peregrine Falcon 2 Steller's Jay 2 American Crow 50 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 Bushtit (Pacific) 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 10 Brown Creeper 4 Pacific Wren (Pacific) 2 Marsh Wren 10 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 150 American Robin 40 Cedar Waxwing 40 House Finch 3 Purple Finch 4 American Goldfinch 2 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 2 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1 Spotted by Laurie near the west entrance of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Golden-crowned Sparrow 15 Savannah Sparrow 1 Spotted by Gene along the dike. Song Sparrow 25 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Spotted by Miles along the dike. Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 2 Western Meadowlark 2 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 West side of n Twin Barns Loop Trail. 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Pileated Woodpecker - Female calling from INSIDE the nest hole! Joined later by a 2nd bird Merlin - One or two quick flybys Northern Shrike - Adult in East Meadow, briefly White-throated Sparrow - Glimpsed in the NW corner of the Dog Area Western Meadowlark - 10+ continue BREWER'S BLACKBIRD - Pair south of the Velodrome (FOY) BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS are not frequently seen at Marymoor, and have been completely absent some years. Misses today included Bufflehead, American Coot, California Gull (possibly present among fog-shrouded flock at sunrise), Western Grebe, Pine Siskin, and Lincoln's Sparrow. For the day, 59 species, though 10+ were heard-only. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Exactly, and has been this way for 50 years. We get Scrub Jays coming up to us from the residential areas along the Clackamas River only in the summer when the babies are demanding a lot of food and we have available feeders in a coniferous/mixed habitat.. Always overrun by Steller's Jays. Bob OBrien Portland On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 8:01?AM Steve Loitz via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Ann, I have not seen any evidence that CASJs are pushing out STJAs in and > around Ellensburg. There is little overlap of their respective habitats. > Our CASJs are mostly in riparian zones and residential landscaped areas. > STJAs tend to stick to areas with confiers. We have seen them on the same > property, but no obvious antagonism. > > OTOH, CASJs may well be competition with Black-billed Magpies in some > places in our areas. I have some bickering between those two species. > > YMMV on the Wet Side of the Cascades, of course. > > Steve Loitz > Ellensburg > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 9:03?PM Ann Kramer wrote: > >> I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area. We are >> heavily forested with NGPA forests around, and I've only seen one Scrub Jay >> over the years. The Stellar's come to the suet as a family unit, and they >> are the only brave enough to harass a Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned Hawk far >> from the busy feeders we have. They are amazing to watch, as they work as >> a team to chase the Hawks and then quickly fly away, squawking, as it turns >> on them. Such a lot of moxie!!! >> >> Ann >> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:13?PM Steve Loitz via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to >>> see one north of Yakima. >>> >>> Steve Loitz >>> Ellensburg WA >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters < >>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters < >>>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood >>>>> neighborhood of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them >>>>> significantly. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. >>>> Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring >>>> regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go >>>> from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only >>>> a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I >>>> expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays >>>> keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them >>>> an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds >>>> do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban >>>> environments. >>>> >>>> Chuq >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) >>>> Silverdale, Washington >>>> Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer >>>> >>>> Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com >>>> Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org >>>> >>>> Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ >>>> My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tweeters mailing list >>>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Steve Loitz >>> Ellensburg, WA >>> steveloitz@gmail.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tweeters mailing list >>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>> >> > > -- > Steve Loitz > Ellensburg, WA > steveloitz@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 Fri Oct 31 10:38:45 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 31 10:39:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: P.S. And I don't believe I've ever had fledgling Scrubs come to these feeders. The Steller's Jays, on the other hand, bring their fledglings immediately to the feeders, telling them *You're on your own now, kids.* On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:33?AM Robert O'Brien wrote: > Here 20mi SE of Portland in a rural area ,the Scrub/Stellar (sic) > Situation is exactly the same as Steve Loitz states. Exactly, and has been > this way for 50 years. We get Scrub Jays coming up to us from the > residential areas along the Clackamas River only in the summer when the > babies are demanding a lot of food and we have available feeders in a > coniferous/mixed habitat.. Always overrun by Steller's Jays. > Bob OBrien Portland > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 8:01?AM Steve Loitz via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Ann, I have not seen any evidence that CASJs are pushing out STJAs in and >> around Ellensburg. There is little overlap of their respective habitats. >> Our CASJs are mostly in riparian zones and residential landscaped areas. >> STJAs tend to stick to areas with confiers. We have seen them on the same >> property, but no obvious antagonism. >> >> OTOH, CASJs may well be competition with Black-billed Magpies in some >> places in our areas. I have some bickering between those two species. >> >> YMMV on the Wet Side of the Cascades, of course. >> >> Steve Loitz >> Ellensburg >> >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 9:03?PM Ann Kramer wrote: >> >>> I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area. We are >>> heavily forested with NGPA forests around, and I've only seen one Scrub Jay >>> over the years. The Stellar's come to the suet as a family unit, and they >>> are the only brave enough to harass a Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned Hawk far >>> from the busy feeders we have. They are amazing to watch, as they work as >>> a team to chase the Hawks and then quickly fly away, squawking, as it turns >>> on them. Such a lot of moxie!!! >>> >>> Ann >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:13?PM Steve Loitz via Tweeters < >>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to >>>> see one north of Yakima. >>>> >>>> Steve Loitz >>>> Ellensburg WA >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters < >>>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters < >>>>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood >>>>>> neighborhood of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them >>>>>> significantly. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding >>>>> territory. Back when I was living in California there was an area I was >>>>> monitoring regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we >>>>> saw it go from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory >>>>> with only a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded >>>>> areas. I expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub >>>>> Jays keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives >>>>> them an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern >>>>> Mockingbirds do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and >>>>> urban environments. >>>>> >>>>> Chuq >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) >>>>> Silverdale, Washington >>>>> Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer >>>>> >>>>> Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com >>>>> Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org >>>>> >>>>> Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ >>>>> My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Tweeters mailing list >>>>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>>>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Steve Loitz >>>> Ellensburg, WA >>>> steveloitz@gmail.com >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tweeters mailing list >>>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Steve Loitz >> Ellensburg, WA >> steveloitz@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 Fri Oct 31 11:13:21 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters) Date: Fri Oct 31 11:13:24 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] California scrub jay - Wikipedia In-Reply-To: References: <25C08B55-A07D-4321-97F0-AEFC6271C45F@gmail.com> Message-ID: <737389075.405778.1761934401366@connect.xfinity.com> At my previous location, south of Lacey, two out of about 20 Scrubs I banded were hatch-year birds. More may have come to the feeders but weren't trapped. Steller's, on the other hand, seem to have a lot more hatch-year participants. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 10/31/2025 10:38 AM PDT Robert O'Brien via Tweeters wrote: > > > P.S. And I don't believe I've ever had fledgling Scrubs come to these feeders. The Steller's Jays, on the other hand, bring their fledglings immediately to the feeders, telling them You're on your own now, kids. > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:33?AM Robert O'Brien wrote: > > > Here 20mi SE of Portland in a rural area ,the Scrub/Stellar (sic) Situation is exactly the same as Steve Loitz states. Exactly, and has been this way for 50 years. We get Scrub Jays coming up to us from the residential areas along the Clackamas River only in the summer when the babies are demanding a lot of food and we have available feeders in a coniferous/mixed habitat.. Always overrun by Steller's Jays. > > Bob OBrien Portland > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 8:01?AM Steve Loitz via Tweeters wrote: > > > > > Ann, I have not seen any evidence that CASJs are pushing out STJAs in and around Ellensburg. There is little overlap of their respective habitats. Our CASJs are mostly in riparian zones and residential landscaped areas. STJAs tend to stick to areas with confiers. We have seen them on the same property, but no obvious antagonism. > > > > > > OTOH, CASJs may well be competition with Black-billed Magpies in some places in our areas. I have some bickering between those two species. > > > > > > YMMV on the Wet Side of the Cascades, of course. > > > > > > Steve Loitz > > > Ellensburg > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 9:03?PM Ann Kramer wrote: > > > > > > > I will be sad if the Steller's Jay's are pushed out of our area. We are heavily forested with NGPA forests around, and I've only seen one Scrub Jay over the years. The Stellar's come to the suet as a family unit, and they are the only brave enough to harass a Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned Hawk far from the busy feeders we have. They are amazing to watch, as they work as a team to chase the Hawks and then quickly fly away, squawking, as it turns on them. Such a lot of moxie!!! > > > > > > > > Ann > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 12:13?PM Steve Loitz via Tweeters wrote: > > > > > > > > > CASJs are now in and around Ellensburg. A few years ago, it was rare to see one north of Yakima. > > > > > > > > > > Steve Loitz > > > > > Ellensburg WA > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:45?AM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 2025 at 11:36:37, Stephen Elston via Tweeters wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am regularly seeing California Scrub Jay in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. The Stelars Jays still outnumber them significantly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For better and worse, Scrub Jays are quite good at expanding territory. Back when I was living in California there was an area I was monitoring regularly over a number of years, and over about a decade, we saw it go from being primarily a Stellar?s Jay area to Scrub Jay territory with only a couple of isolated Stellar?s families in the deeper wooded areas. I expect by now the Stellar?s have been completely pushed out. Scrub Jays keep more of a family unit going than Stellar?s, which I think gives them an advantage when competing for territory (much like Northern Mockingbirds do). The Scrub Jays adapt much more easily to suburban and urban environments. > > > > > > > > > > > > Chuq > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > Chuq Von Rospach (http://www.chuq.me) > > > > > > Silverdale, Washington > > > > > > Birder, Nature and Wildlife Photographer > > > > > > > > > > > > Email me at: chuqvr@gmail.com mailto:chuqvr@gmail.com > > > > > > Mastodon: @chuqvr@fosstodon.org mailto:chuqvr@fosstodon.org > > > > > > > > > > > > Stay Updated with what I'm doing: https://www.chuq.me/6fps/ > > > > > > My latest e-book: https://www.chuq.me/ebooks > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Tweeters mailing list > > > > > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > > > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Steve Loitz > > > > > Ellensburg, WA > > > > > steveloitz@gmail.com mailto:steveloitz@gmail.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Tweeters mailing list > > > > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Steve Loitz > > > Ellensburg, WA > > > steveloitz@gmail.com mailto:steveloitz@gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tweeters mailing list > > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto: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... 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