From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 1 08:26:53 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Eric Ellingson via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 1 08:27:25 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] A Puffin Love Story ... Message-ID: An Unlikely Pair This summer, the Salish Sea School team stumbled upon something we believe has never been documented before?an unexpected and heart-warming love story between two different puffin species: a Tufted Puffin and a Horned Puffin! It all began on June 22nd ... read the rest HERE Eric Ellingson 360-820-6396 esellingson@gmail.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 1 10:06:07 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 1 10:06:23 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Burdoin Fire effects near Lyle? Message-ID: Tweets - Does anybody know how the birding areas around Lyle fared in the Burdoin fire this summer? We're planning to head out that way this month, and are wondering what areas are closed or ruined. Thanks = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 1 11:08:28 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 1 11:08:44 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Seattle crow roosts Message-ID: I've heard that crows are no longer roosting at the UW Bothell campus. Where are they now? - Michael Hobbs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 1 12:37:23 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Linda Phillips via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 1 12:37:29 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] crow roost Message-ID: Michael and any other Tweeters who may be interested, I live in Kenmore and still see a stream of crows headed east to roost on the evenings. (in fact, I use them as an indication that it's time to put my chickens and ducks to bed for the night) I too have heard that they no longer roost on the UW Bothell campus. I heard they have moved to Woodinville or is it Redmond near 60 Acres Park Linda Phillips Kenmore, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 2 14:05:19 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jenn Jarstad via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 2 14:05:35 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] crow roost Message-ID: I didn't realize the crows had changed their roosting location. Thanks for sharing this info. Jenn Jarstad Seattle, WA From: Linda Phillips via Tweeters To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" , Michael Hobbs Michael and any other Tweeters who may be interested, I live in Kenmore and still see a stream of crows headed east to roost on the evenings. (in fact, I use them as an indication that it's time to put my chickens and ducks to bed for the night) I too have heard that they no longer roost on the UW Bothell campus. I heard they have moved to Woodinville or is it Redmond near 60 Acres Park Linda Phillips Kenmore, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 2 15:36:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 2 15:36:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Question: Channel Drive-Shorebirds and tides. What is the highest tide level that shorebirds feed at Channel drive? Message-ID: Hello Tweeters, September is such a sweet month in Western Washington. I look forward to it every year. Many good options for observing birds. I had planned on filming sandpipers and yellowlegs at channel Drive this evening between 4 and 8 PM. However, I read that the high tide was at 4:19 PM and stayed pretty high until several hours later. So assumed 7-8 feet would cover the mud flats and the birds would not be present. I would appreciate Responses to my question regarding channel Drive and tides: What is the highest tide level that shorebirds feed (water shallow enough for the birds to reach the mud)at Channel Drive? Thank you, Dan Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 2 16:04:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (mary hrudkaj via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 2 16:04:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Early Turkey Vulture Migration? Message-ID: Living out in the North Mason County area I've had a great view of all the smoke from the Bear Gulch fire near Lake Cushman. I'm wondering how the low hanging smoke along the southern end of Hood Canal may effect the migration pattern of the Turkey Vultures this year. Yesterday afternoon, around 4:30pm two TV, one adult and one juvenile, came south down the Tahuya River below my house. They rode a thermal up and then over the ridge I live on to the east of the river. I haven't seen any TV in my immediate area for a few weeks now. This morning around 10:45am, while stopped at the traffic light on Hwy 3 in Gorst, I watched two TV come up from a roosting area just north of the intersection and that lead my eye to six more TV rising on a thermal a bit farther north. The birds riding the thermal started to peel off and head south. I almost missed the green light as I was distracted by the TV rising. " Sorry officer, I just got distracted by some birds so missed the light" might work as a defense for a traffic ticket. I've observed TV using the more central route through Kitsap County down to Gorst then SW toward Belfair during past migrations. That route is used depending on winds throughout the western Puget Sound area. Otherwise, they come down the east side of the Olympics, catching thermals off the road and cliffs in the Tahuya area near the great bend of Hood Canal. This year that area has had a lot of smoke cover from the fire which may change migration patterns. Keep watching the skies. Mary Hrudkaj Belfair/Tahuya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 2 17:33:02 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 2 17:33:07 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] crow roost Message-ID: <003d01dc1c6a$4ec337c0$ec49a740$@gmail.com> I have a friend who has noticed huge numbers coming to 60 Acres in Redmond over the summer. Cindy Willis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 2 21:24:32 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Alan Roedell via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 2 21:24:46 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Summer '25 TUVU report In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Late? Report. One tv meandering South along Copalis Beach this afternoon. alanroedell@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 6, 2025, 7:44?PM Diann MacRae via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi, Tweets > > I only had four reports from Washington, I'm sure probably because of my > grumbling earlier in the month about Tweeters, so the rest is from e-bird. > I just wish there was more detail given in reports to e-bird. Anyway, we > certainly don't need to worry too much about turkey vultures in our area, > they seem to be doing just fine. The main problems turkey vultures face is > lead poisoning from bullets in carcasses, HPAI and occasional shootings. > > I had hoped there would be some comments about vulture families but maybe > in August. September is the big migration month so by then we will be > seeing both red- and black-headed vultures preceding southward. Always an > interesting time if you are where they are congregating to be on their way. > Following are a few reports from Washington, British Columbia and Oregon. > > *OLDER reported sightings*: One on 15 April at 204 St in Kent and two > with a Swainson's hawk on 29 April. > > *JUNE* > 01 -- Six turkey vultures in a "cauldron" rising in a thermal above the > Palouse-to-Cascades trail at Hall Creek, King county. Beautiful! (map) > 02 -- Seven at Freshwater Bay, Clallam county; 26 in 2 groups, 18 and 8, > at Chilliwack, Jesperson Dyke, Fraser Valley, B.C. > 04 -- Three at the Neawanna Wetlands Ecological Observatory, Clatsop > county, Oregon. > 05 -- One seen from the Baker River Trail, Concrete, Whatcom county. > 07 -- Seventeen seen at the town and bay section of Neah Bay, Clallam > county. > 09 -- Thirteen seen at Cape Flattery, Clallam county. > 10 -- One turkey vulture seen soaring in the sky over Kataluna Horse > Rescue property in Fall City at 3807 324th Ave SE., King county > , > at 10:07 am. (photo) > 13 -- One at the M Street Marsh in Auburn, King county; seven at East > Sooke Park, Aylard Farm, B.C. > 18 -- Five turkey vultures at St. George's Kayak Landing, Spokane (county, > too). > > *JULY* > 09 -- Three turkey vultures flew over the Access Road at the Billy Frank > Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston county, temp 50-60F with intermittent drizzle. > 11 -- Nine at Harewood Plains, Nanaimo, B.C.; three seen at the Tokeland > Marina, Pacific county. > 21 -- Six at Country Charm Conservation Area, Snohomish county - circling > then landing to feed on something near a big-leaf maple. > 22 -- Four seen from Jackson Creek Road, Corvallis, Benton county, Oregon. > 24 -- Three at Cassimer Bar, Okanogan county, 80F, no wind. > 25 -- Three at Steamboat Rock State Park, Grant county. > 31 -- and three at Whistler, Function Junction, Squamish, B.C. > > Reports are always welcome and thank you to those who have sent reports in > - even non-endangered birds need to be kept track of for the future - and > now! > Cheers, Diann > > Diann MacRae > Olympic Vulture Study > 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. > > Bothell, WA 98021 > > tvulture@gmx.com > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 09/03/2025 9:39 AM PDT Adrienne Dorf via Tweeters wrote: > > > A Cooper's Hawk was on the telephone wire in front of my house. Two Steller's Jay were nearby on the wire. When the Hawk flew over to another nearby wire the Jay followed and sat within 2-3 feet of the Hawk. Would love to know the meaning of this interaction? > _______________________________________________ > 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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Free to good home. https://ollin.co/products/snapshot-snapcase?variant=46159910666495 Patti Loesche Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Sep 3 13:40:27 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (LMarkoff via Tweeters) Date: Wed Sep 3 13:40:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Steller's Jay and Cooper's Hawk In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00b101dc1d12$fee464f0$fcad2ed0$@mycci.net> The Steller?s Jays were surveilling it. Their following maneuver was their way of saying, ?Don?t even think about it.? If the Cooper?s Hawk tried anything those jays would give the alarm and backup would appear within seconds, overwhelming the Coop. That?s my take anyway, Lori Markoff From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Adrienne Dorf via Tweeters Sent: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 9:40 AM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Steller's Jay and Cooper's Hawk A Cooper's Hawk was on the telephone wire in front of my house. Two Steller's Jay were nearby on the wire. 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For example, I arrived at Channel Drive today a little after 10 and there was still plenty of "action".? And there were at least a half dozen birders. After Channel I went to Hayton and it was "lonely".? The lower the tide the more birds are working the mud at Channel Drive.? Hayton wants a 'change happening' where the water is flowing in/out of the basin for the best birding.? No surprise. ? Please note - the property owner at Channel Drive has gotten more aggressive about where you can go (or can't go) easily ... by changing the fencing at the dike trail going North from the Channel Drive parking area.? Since that change I have yet to see anyone walking the dike North (beyond the new/improved fence). ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Sep 3 16:19:07 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters) Date: Wed Sep 3 16:19:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley Shorebirds 9.3.25 Message-ID: Today at the Cedar River Mouth: American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Wilson's Snipe - 5 Short-billed Dowitcher - 3 juv Long-billed Dowitcher - 1 juv Spotted Sandpiper Red Knot Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 juv Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Also, one American Pipit videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Take a look on the live cam: https://vaux-swift-inside1.click2stream.com/ Swifts Night Out in Monroe is this Saturday at the Frank Wagner Elementary School in Monroe (639 W Main St). The event starts at 4:30pm and runs until sunset, with a presentation on the swifts at 6pm in the auditorium. We hope to see you there! Learn more about Swifts Night Out: https://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/swifts-night-out Swiftly, Brian -- [image: Logo] Brian Zinke Executive Director phone: (425) 232-6811 email: director@pilchuckaudubon.org Pilchuck Audubon Society 1429 Avenue D, PMB 198, Snohomish, WA 98290 [image: Facebook icon] [image: Twitter icon] [image: Instagram icon] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A big surprise was a juvenile HUDSONIAN GODWIT roosting/foraging in the marsh surrounded by tidal water/mudflats just west of Leschi Slough and 100 yards north of the dike spotted by Janel on our return during the high tide. We had many good looks at migrating Warblers and Waterfowl. For the day we observed 91 species, thanks to all the eyes and the contributing reports. With FOY Eastern Kingbird, Pectoral Sandpiper and AMERICAN PIPIT, we now have observed 168 species so far this year. See our eBird report pasted below with additional details. Photos to be added. Others seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend's Chipmunk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal and River Otter. Both American Bullfrog and Pacific Choral Frog were seen as well. 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 Sep 3, 2025 7:15 AM - 7:21 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.347 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday walk. Clear skies with temperatures in the 60?s-80?s degrees. A Low 0?3? Tide at 9:02am and a High 12?6? Tide at 5:11pm. Mammals seen include Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Harbor Seal and River Otter. Others seen American Bullfog, Pacific Choral Frog, Pacific Sand Lance Fish. 91 species (+5 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 25 Wood Duck 8 Visitor Center Pond overlook and slough east side of Twin Barns Loop Trail. Cinnamon Teal (Northern) 2 Spotted by Matt flying into flooded tide flats north of dike and west of Leschi Slough on high tide. Northern Shoveler 20 American Wigeon 100 Mallard 30 Northern Pintail 150 Green-winged Teal (American) 125 White-winged Scoter 1 Scoped from Puget Sound Observation Platform between Nisqually Reach and Anderson Island. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50 Refuge entrance. Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 10 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove 3 Vaux's Swift 5 Anna's Hummingbird 3 Virginia Rail 4 Freshwater marsh. Sora 2 Freshwater marsh. Black-bellied Plover 3 Scoped by Bill from Nisqually Estuary Trail or dike on north section of mud flats west of Leschi Slough and east of Madrone Slough. Birds also heard calling on incoming tide. Killdeer 8 Semipalmated Plover 1 Heard by Gene in the morning on the Nisqually Estuary Trail. Hudsonian Godwit 1 Spotted by Janel at 5:40pm on a high tide from the Nisqually Estuary Trail or new dike in the saltwater marsh surrounded by mudflats just 100 yards north of the trail and west of Leschi slough. Observed for 1 hour roosting, flying and foraging a gray Godwit with two toned bill, light supercilium, and mild black spotting on mantle. In flight, bird had a black tail, white rump and dark underwing. Appears to be a juvenile. Photos. Long-billed Dowitcher 3 Spotted by several flying over the dike and landing in the surge plain. Wilson's Snipe 2 Flying over freshwater marsh and dike. Spotted Sandpiper 1 Spotted flying along the west side McAllister Creek. Greater Yellowlegs 40 Least Sandpiper 100 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Spotted by Heather adjacent to the Nisqually Estuary Trail immediately before the entrance to the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail on the saltwater side. Western Sandpiper 1000 Several large flocks breaking up and coalescing. Counting in groups of 100, approximately 1000 birds. Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Difficult to find and relocate amongst hundreds of Western Sandpiper. A peep sized shorebird with short stubby bill, white throat, black legs and lacking the rufous scapulars and crown feathers more typically seen in surrounding WESA. Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Rhinoceros Auklet 1 Spotted by Janel from Puget Sound Viewing Platform flying between between Reach and Anderson Island. Short-billed Gull 2 Spotted by Jon and Charlie flying over mudflats. Ring-billed Gull 250 California Gull 1 Glaucous-winged Gull 4 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 10 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 25 Larus sp. 200 Caspian Tern 4 Brandt's Cormorant 5 Nisqually Channel Marker Double-crested Cormorant 75 American Bittern 1 Spotted by Gene in the morning flying over the freshwater marsh. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 50 Turkey Vulture 14 Circling over the Nisqually River, suspect foraging on dead salmon along the River. Pink Salmon seen along River last week. Osprey (American) 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 2 Bald Eagle 6 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 6 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Heard by Don in the morning at the Riparian Forest Overlook. Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 American Kestrel (Northern) 3 1 female and 2 males reported. Peregrine Falcon 1 Western Wood-Pewee 4 Willow Flycatcher 2 Western Flycatcher 1 Heard in stand south of Flagpole and in woods east of Visitor Center. Eastern Kingbird 1 Previously reported. Relocated by Gene in the morning spotted flying from Freshwater Marsh to the Spruce Tree adjacent to gate for central access road next to aqueduct. Bird seen multiple times from dike and Twin Barns Observation Platform. Best views were in slough between dike and Twin Barns, and out on snags in freshwater marsh. Photos. Black and white Kingbird with terminal white tail band. Warbling Vireo (Western) 10 Orchard and Loop Trail. Steller's Jay 1 West bank of McAllister Creek California Scrub-Jay 4 Orchard and Twin Barns Overlook. American Crow 10 Common Raven 8 Foraging, calling along Nisqually River. Black-capped Chickadee 20 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 9 Violet-green Swallow 2 Tree/Violet-green Swallow 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Spotted by Whittier along the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Barn Swallow 150 Brown Creeper 10 Pacific Wren 1 Marsh Wren 3 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 300 Swainson's Thrush 9 American Robin 3 Cedar Waxwing 12 American Pipit 2 Heard/seen by Jon and Whittier flying over the dike. House Finch 2 Purple Finch 2 American Goldfinch 34 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 3 Savannah Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 25 Spotted Towhee 2 Red-winged Blackbird 80 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 3 Common Yellowthroat 10 Yellow Warbler 7 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 Spotted by Tim in the morning in the Orchard. Townsend's Warbler 1 Spotted by Lisa along the east side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Wilson's Warbler 1 Observed by Bruce and others in the Orchard. Black-headed Grosbeak 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S271448666 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 4 14:29:56 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 4 14:30:01 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] More Migrating TuVus ... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34857236-a361-4840-8d63-718887f6f657@jimbetz.com> Mary, ? Although the TUVUs you are seeing -may- be "migrating" ... it is not a certainty. Yes, when you saw them and even for as long as you saw them they were moving South that doesn't mean that they were 'migrating'.? It only means that, at that time, they were moving South. ? Yes, they might have been in migration - but simple directional travel does not directly mean "migrating". ? I've lived here in Skagit County for over 6 years now.? I've seen -lots- of TUVU here.? Flying in every direction, circling to gain altitude and just transiting.? About the only thing I can say relative to migration is that they are less likely to be seen in the Winter than in the other 3 seasons. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 4 15:46:54 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 4 15:47:25 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-04 Message-ID: Hi Tweets - A pleasant but mostly quiet day today at Marymoor Park - Michael was away, so the crew of 6 were eager to find rarities to make Michael jealous. For the most part, we did not succeed Highlights: Cinnamon Teal - 2 at the lake platform, hanging out with a Wood Duck - these two kept us wondering for a while, thinking we might also have Blue-winged - but after looking over the photos, I think Cinnamon for both is the correct id. Osprey - the young at the nest are remaining vocal - gotta be leaving soon Pileated Woodpecker - heard several times throughout the day, never spotted Swainson?s Thrush - still several around, heard only giving their whit-calls Purple Finch & Brown Creepers seemed particularly vocal today Misses included many species - we missed Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Hooded Merganser, any flycatchers, any warblers other than Common Yellowthroat, swifts and swallows? For the day, we eeked out 41 species Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Note that British Columbia has a peak migration in early September, which means those vultures are passing through Washington about now?both flying south and migrating. Also note that Washington is included among the states that see vulture migration between September 1 and October 23. ?Apparently individuals leave their breeding areas in North America between late August and early November, but early and late season migrants are often hard to distinguish from summer residents and overwintering birds. Eastern migrants (subspecies septentrionalis) from Ohio and Pennsylvania begin their outbound migration around 28 September, but the average departure day is around 24 October with latest departure around 12 December (n = 13, 160, 211). Traditional communal roosts often swell with the arrival of migrants, and serve as staging areas in the north; numbers are generally higher and for a longer period in fall than in spring. In southern Wisconsin (Baraboo Hills), the arrival of migrants is first evident in early September, with numbers peaking in mid-October (e.g., one summer roost of 60?130 birds grows to 200?280 individuals). The latest departure dates are related to the mildness of weather, and range from 26 October to 16 December (1986?2005, median 12 November, n = 11), and progressively later as population has increased and late autumns have become warmer (last departure dates for 1966?1985 were 6 October?26 November, median 22 October, n = 18) (212, 213, M. J. Mossman). In Ohio, migration begins around 15 to 25 September with the largest movements through 15 October (up to 270 counted at established roosts; 154). Migrants depart from northern and central Ohio counties by around 25 October to 5 November, and from southern counties by 15 November (154). Fall migration of central migrants in Saskatchewan (subspecies meridionalis or intergrades) starts on 3 September; the average start day is around 29 September, but some individuals depart no earlier than 12 October (n = 12, 160, 211). Migratory individuals in western North America leave their breeding areas in Washington, California, and Arizona to begin their outbound migration between 1 September and 23 October with the average start day around 4 October (n = 28, 160). In British Columbia, migration peaks in early September, with most birds departing by late October (158); at Becher Bay headlands (near Victoria, British Columbia), numbers peak during the last 10 days of September, and all birds have departed by mid-October (214). The duration of fall migration in eastern (subspecies septentrionalis), central (subspecies meridionalis), and western (subspecies meridionalis) North American birds averages 24 days ? 2 SE, 45 days ? 3 SE, and 17 days ? 1 SE, respectively (n = 53, 160, 211).? Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 5 09:48:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 5 09:49:09 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Access to Cornell's Birds of the World Message-ID: <112A205A-B5D2-4D60-9824-99CD43F21F86@gmail.com> Hi Tweets, There is a wealth of information on the world?s bird species available at Cornell?s Birds of the World. Unfortunately it is a subscription data base for most folks. I understand that access to it is a benefit for members of the Washington Ornithological Society. Most Washington residents can also access it as a patron benefit by becoming a registered user of the Sno-Isle library system. One type of eligibility for Sno-Isle is to be a resident of another jurisdiction within Washington that provides equitable tax support for public library service. That should cover most Washington residents. This is the link to the Sno-Isle registration page: https://www.sno-isle.org/new-registration-english Once you have become a registered user, go to the Sno-Isle home page (sno-isle.org ) and log in once you have set up your online account (user name and password). Then click on "Online Resources." Under Subject open "Science & Nature." Birds of the World is the first data base listed under Science & Nature. Click on it and then begin your in depth exploration of the planet?s birds. 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Elizabeth 425-677-4923 On Fri, Sep 5, 2025, 1:01?PM ck park wrote: > i live about a mile north of the town center. i keep a mental list of the > approximately 100 or so bird species i've seen within a few blocks of my > home... was there something in particular you were interested in, or more > "i just moved here, and wouldn't mind knowing what flies around the > neighbourhood"? > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 12:50?PM Elizabeth Fuchs via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Are there any birders that have data on birds in Sammamish? >> >> Elizabeth >> 425-677-4923 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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That album is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene-s_photos/albums/72157705004440592/ Gene Beall Sammamish, WA gene.beall@gmail.clm On 9/5/25 1:00 PM, ck park via Tweeters wrote: > i live about a mile north of the town center.? i keep a mental list of > the approximately 100 or so bird species i've seen within a few blocks > of my home...? was there something in particular you were interested > in, or more "i just moved here, and wouldn't mind knowing what flies > around the neighbourhood"? > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 12:50?PM Elizabeth Fuchs via Tweeters > wrote: > > Are there any birders that have data on birds in Sammamish? > > Elizabeth > 425-677-4923 > _______________________________________________ > 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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That was in Veracruz, Mexico and they were clearly participating in the behavior of many soaring birds ... circling in a stack ("kettle") and then peeling off at the top of the stack and gliding towards the next thermal.? I have not seen TUVU doing this here in the PNW - perhaps due to the different climate/geography?? Yes, there are thermals here in the PNW - and yes, I've seen TUVU using them to gain altitude.? I just haven't observed them using method in any way that I would call "migration".? The kettles in Veracruz are "a sight to behold" - several different species all using the same thermal(s) to gain altitude and then to glide to the next thermal and do it all over again. Mary, it was never my intent to criticize you - I was simply trying to help with "identifying what is/is not migration behavior".? I apologize if you took it as a criticism. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 5 15:12:34 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jon Houghton via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 5 15:12:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Mouth of the Cedar: Misplaced Bins!?! Message-ID: <1353312817.579927.1757110354833@connect.xfinity.com> Hi Tweeterdom - Anyone happen to see/salvage a pair of Swarovski 10x42 binoculars that may have been left on the bench by the corner of the boathouse at the Cedar River mouth on Tuesday, early afternoon? I was regrettably distracted by showing my 5-yr old granddaughter some scope views and may have left them there. Yikes! If you saw/have them, please contact me off line: Jon Houghton, jonbirder@ccmcast.net mailto:jonbirder@ccmcast.net (206) 601-0773 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As usual, the birding was intense--we were > up by 5 am every day--but we had a guide that was knowledgeable and > patient. > > A blog post about the trip will be forthcoming (I hope!); in the meantime, > I have uploaded trip photos to Flickr: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/farpost/albums/72177720328762527. Hope you > enjoy. > > Scott Ramos > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Sep 6 14:35:09 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Nick Bayard via Tweeters) Date: Sat Sep 6 14:35:25 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] BirdNote's Year-End Auction Message-ID: Hello Tweets, We're gearing up for BirdNote's annual fundraiser auction (this year featuring J. Drew Lanham), and we could use your help! 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Afterwards, I walked the Sammamish Commons Park since the developers have dug and filled in areas on this park. The birds are on the perimeter in the wetland, lots of chickadees, some bewicks wrens, a lone sparrow, a couple towhees. even a red-breasted nuthatch! This is riparian habitat that is not enjoyed by many people. The thicket is so blackberries along edges and people are not allowed to go into it. 38 townhomes are being built. Lots of people at the library, Y. As the population grows, how can the people become more concerned about birds and their habitat? -- Elizabeth 425-677-4923 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you, Kevin Burke Owner/Guide ll Carolina Nature Tours Guide ll Victor Emanuel Nature Tours On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 1:29?PM pan via Tweeters wrote: > Tweets, > > Another amazing find at the Cedar River mouth this morning (Eric Hope)! > There's a Red-necked Stint foraging for good views there today, still there > when I left before noon, with lots of birders to point the way to > newcomers. And lots of other species, including the two Stilt Sandpipers > and the long-staying Red Knot. I'm sure there will be pictures in e-bird. > > 7 September, 2025, > > Alan Grenon > Seattle > panmail AT mailfence DOT com > > > > -- > Sent with https://mailfence.com > Secure and private email > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a free program offered by South Sound Bird Alliance (formerly Black Hills Audubon). https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84143029547?pwd=f1T2b6JRvigMsWdEXO0u1elawbw12d.1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 8 07:45:59 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 8 07:46:12 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Western Tanager, Seattle Message-ID: I didn't see or hear a single Western Tanager this spring but now there's one loud and clear in our red leaf maple. Jill Seattle, Central District -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Doug Santoni One of Your Tweeters Administrators Tweeters@mailman11.u.washington.edu > On Sep 7, 2025, at 1:04?PM, Carolyn Krall via Tweeters wrote: > > Please discontinue my participation in Tweeters remove me from your mailing list. > Thank you > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 8 11:42:09 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (pan via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 8 11:42:16 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Ruff, King Cty. Message-ID: <582334506.70269.1757356929280@fidget.co-bxl> Tweets, The mouth of the Cedar River, and Eric Hope, continue afire this morning.? Eric found a Ruff foraging there today, and it has continued long enough for many people to see it.? I was surprised to see it was a male molting out of breeding plumage, with various glossy black splotches below, and on closer inspection, above, as well.? And its legs are a bright orange-yellow.? So this is a flashier Ruff than I think I've seen in North America.? Two Stilt Sandpipers and the Red Knot continue, but I haven't heard of any stint reports today.? Also various other shorebirds and such. 8 September, 2025, Alan Grenon Seattle panmail AT mailfence PERIOD com -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 9 12:58:32 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Julia H via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 9 12:58:47 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Contact info for eBird hotspot editor for Seattle area? Message-ID: Hi all! I have a friend who goes birding in Union Bay pretty frequently. He makes a separate checklist for when he's birding Yesler Swamp versus the rest of Union Bay. However, whenever he's tried to make checklists for Yesler Swamp, they kept getting merged into the larger Union Bay hotspot, which isn't what he wants. (And I think this makes sense?Yesler Swamp is distinct enough that it probably makes sense to be its own hotspot/location.) In response, he's started making all his Yesler Swamp checklists private, to prevent eBird editors from merging his checklists into something unrepresentative. He asked me if I knew who the editor/moderator was for hotspots in the Seattle area, and if so, if I could ask them why the checklists keep getting merged into the Union Bay hotspot, and if there's any way to avoid that other than making his checklists private. I don't know who that person is, but I thought that Tweeters might! Does anyone here know who might be able to help my friend? 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 9 13:15:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Peggy Mundy via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 9 13:15:28 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Contact info for eBird hotspot editor for Seattle area? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <714081080.1794148.1757448924353@mail.yahoo.com> Has your friend tried to suggest Yesler Swamp as a hotspot? https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001009443-ebird-hotspot-faqs#anchorSuggestHotspot peggy_busby@yahoo.com@scenebypeggy on Instagram On Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 12:59:41 PM PDT, Julia H via Tweeters wrote: Hi all! I have a friend who goes birding in Union Bay pretty frequently. He makes a separate checklist for when he's birding Yesler Swamp versus the rest of Union Bay. However, whenever he's tried to make checklists for Yesler Swamp, they kept getting merged into the larger Union Bay hotspot, which isn't what he wants.? (And I think this makes sense?Yesler Swamp is distinct enough that it probably makes sense to be its own hotspot/location.) In response, he's started making all his Yesler Swamp checklists private, to prevent eBird editors from merging his checklists into something unrepresentative. He asked me if I knew who the editor/moderator was for hotspots in the Seattle area, and if so, if I could ask them why the checklists keep getting merged into the Union Bay hotspot, and if there's any way to avoid that other than making his checklists private. I don't know who that person is, but I thought that Tweeters might!? Does anyone here know who might be able to help my friend? Thanks, Julia Hansbrough_______________________________________________ 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 Sep 9 13:28:09 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 9 13:28:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Bewick's Wren roosting behavior? Message-ID: <553C8289-49CC-4D66-AE09-295779A20CBE@shelflifestories.com> Every evening, a Bewick?s Wren sits on the fence making all kinds of noise, just before dusk turns to night, and then it disappears into the bird block on the outside of the garage attic. Bird block is wood 2x4 sections with holes drilled for ventilation and steel mesh covering the holes to, not surprisingly, block birds from entering the attic. There is a tiny ledge in each hole before the steel mesh. It is less than an inch of ledge. This is definitely not enough space for even a wren to have built a nest. Could this wren just be using that tiny space as a place to spend the night? I?ve never seen this behavior before. Jill Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 9 15:43:25 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kevin Burke via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 9 15:43:41 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Chestnut-sided Warbler Bottle Beach Message-ID: Our group just found a Chestnut-sided Warbler at Bottle Beach in Grays Harbor County. Where the boardwalk from the parking lot turns into pavement and goes out to the water. Kevin Burke Owner/Guide ll Carolina Nature Tours Guide ll Victor Emanuel Nature Tours -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 9 19:13:13 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 9 19:13:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Bewick's Wren roosting behavior? In-Reply-To: <553C8289-49CC-4D66-AE09-295779A20CBE@shelflifestories.com> References: <553C8289-49CC-4D66-AE09-295779A20CBE@shelflifestories.com> Message-ID: <079AF7A2-7A6B-4DFC-BD5D-5BB83B6DB19B@comcast.net> Jill, Bewick?s Wrens roost in cavities of all kinds, and I?m not at all surprised if one was roosting for the night in a place such as you describe. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Sep 9, 2025, at 1:28 PM, Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters wrote: > > Every evening, a Bewick?s Wren sits on the fence making all kinds of noise, just before dusk turns to night, and then it disappears into the bird block on the outside of the garage attic. Bird block is wood 2x4 sections with holes drilled for ventilation and steel mesh covering the holes to, not surprisingly, block birds from entering the attic. There is a tiny ledge in each hole before the steel mesh. It is less than an inch of ledge. This is definitely not enough space for even a wren to have built a nest. Could this wren just be using that tiny space as a place to spend the night? I?ve never seen this behavior before. > > Jill > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Sep 10 15:14:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters) Date: Wed Sep 10 15:14:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Cedar River Mouth 9.10.25 Message-ID: During a "normal" year, today would have been a very satisfactory day, shorebird wise, at the Cedar River Mouth in Renton. However, compared to the previous few days, it seems a bit less than that. But what will tomorrow bring? This is what I saw during the 2 hours or so I was there this morning: Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Wilson's Snipe Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Red Knot Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Also: Green Heron American Pipit Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com ....that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors ... - Thomas Paine, from Common Sense -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Sep 10 18:21:27 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Vicki via Tweeters) Date: Wed Sep 10 18:21:56 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Larkwire Message-ID: Hello, I used Larkwire several years ago to prep for Magee Marsh and it really helped a lot. I tried to open it and get it running again and it?s not working. Only one YouTube that I could find. I really need to get this running again. Any idea? It shows games, they?re blank and won?t load. Last time I focused strictly on warblers, but that was about 4 yrs ago. Does it even work now? Vicki Biltz Buckley, WA. 98321 vickibiltz@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Sep 10 23:01:22 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters) Date: Wed Sep 10 23:01:27 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Larkwire In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 10, 2025 at 18:21:27, Vicki via Tweeters wrote: > I used Larkwire several years ago to prep for Magee Marsh and it really > helped a lot. > I tried to open it and get it running again and it?s not working. > It?s still being updated and live on the IOS App Store. Doesn?t seem to be an android version today. If you haven?t updated the app you?ll definitely need to update it before it?ll work again. https://www.larkwire.com/ 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 Thu Sep 11 09:28:06 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Phil Mitchell via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 11 09:28:48 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Larkwire In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Phil Mitchell from Larkwire here. Vicki, please get in touch and we'll sort out your Larkwire for you! support@larkwire.com cheers, Phil On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 11:01?PM Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > On Sep 10, 2025 at 18:21:27, Vicki via Tweeters > wrote: > >> I used Larkwire several years ago to prep for Magee Marsh and it really >> helped a lot. >> I tried to open it and get it running again and it?s not working. >> > > It?s still being updated and live on the IOS App Store. Doesn?t seem to be > an android version today. 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First of Year (FOY) Bald Eagle - One heard pre-dawn Red-tailed Hawk - One SE of the East Meadow American Barn Owl - Tony had one, pre-dawn, East Meadow American Kestrel - One flew west past the Viewing Mound. First of Fall (FOF) Western Wood-Pewee - One near the heronry. Likely our last flycatcher of the year Lincoln's Sparrow - Three just south of the East Meadow (FOF) Orange-crowned Warbler - Pretty one in the Pea Patch (FOF) Black-throated Gray Warbler - At least two We also had a deceased American Shrew-Mole along the trail near the boardwalk. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Vaux's Swift, Green Heron, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Willow Flycatcher, Barn Swallow, Bushtit, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, and Western Tanager. For the day, 51 species. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 11 16:53:54 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 11 16:54:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR 9/10/2025 Message-ID: Hi Tweets! Approximately 30 of us had a very nice Fall walk at the Refuge. Temperatures were in the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit with cloudy skies in the morning and sunny skies in the afternoon. There was a High 12?9? Tide at 8:01am and a Low 2?9? Tide at 2:05pm. Highlights included nice close looks of a BARRED OWL along the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail between the access road cut through and the twin bench overlook north, a probable BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the same twin bench overlook that kept us guessing, an up close and very visible VIRGINIA RAIL at the bridge of the Twin Barns cut-off, and great looks of SORA in the freshwater marsh. Other nice finds were both male and female AMERICAN KESTREL, MERLIN, brief looks of WILSON'S SNIPE and AMERICAN BITTERN. We also had decent looks of first of season GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW and SURF SCOTER. We have high numbers of TURKEY VULTURE most likely feeding on Pink Salmon carcasses along the Nisqually River. For the day we observed 74 species, we have seen 168 species so far this year. With the early high tide, we skipped the Orchard in the morning to get out on the dike. Unfortunately the tide moves fast and there are acres of mud, resulting in very distant shorebirds. 9'-11' seems best. So we did not enjoy the recent good luck of the hot spot Cedar River Mouth. See our eBird Report posted below. Others seen included Townsend?s Chipmunk, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray-squirrel and Harbor Seal. Also seen are American Bullfrog, Pacific Chorus Frog, Pink Salmon, Red-legged Frog and Puget Sound Common Garter Snake. The Riparian Forest Overlook Slough has spawning Pink Salmon. Until next 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 Sep 10, 2025 7:38 AM - 4:22 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.091 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Temperatures in the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit with cloudy skies in the morning and sunny skies in the afternoon. There was a High 12?9? Tide at 8:01am and a Low 2?9? Tide at 2:05pm. Mammals seen included Townsend?s Chipmunk, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray-squirrel and Harbor Seal. Also seen Pacific Chorus Frog, Pink Salmon, Red-legged Frog and Puget Sound Common Garter Snake. 74 species (+4 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 2 Wood Duck 7 Visitor Center Pond Blue-winged Teal 1 Observed for 5 minutes at Twin Bench overlook south of Twin Barns cut-off. Seen with bins and scope dabbling for food in duck weed. Female type teal with no Buffy markings around tail, smaller bill then expected with CITE with rather plain warm face and facial markings included light spot near base of bill, moderate split eye ring and eyeline. Photos pending. May need to be slash/bird sighting. Northern Shoveler 1 American Wigeon 20 Mallard 25 Northern Pintail 6 Green-winged Teal (American) 10 Surf Scoter 1 Puget Sound Viewing Platform. Hooded Merganser 2 Visitor Center Pond. Common Merganser 16 Mouth of Madrone Slough. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 9 Anna's Hummingbird 8 Virginia Rail 3 Seen at bridge to Twin Barns cut-off. Heard in freshwater marsh as well. Sora 2 Seen in freshwater marsh. Black-bellied Plover 3 Surge plain. Killdeer 3 Wilson's Snipe 2 Freshwater marsh Greater Yellowlegs 35 Least Sandpiper 10 Western Sandpiper 150 Ring-billed Gull 150 California Gull 3 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 25 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 25 Caspian Tern 6 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Visitor Center Pond. Double-crested Cormorant 75 American Bittern 2 Freshwater Marsh. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 30 Turkey Vulture 15 Nisqually River. Osprey (American) 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 9 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Barred Owl 1 Foraging on the inside of the Twin Barns Loop Trail on the west section between the access road cut-through and the Twin Bench overlook north. Photos. Belted Kingfisher 5 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Northern Flicker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 American Kestrel (Northern) 2 Merlin 1 Western Wood-Pewee 2 Western Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo (Western) 2 Steller's Jay 1 American Crow 20 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 25 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 Violet-green Swallow 1 Barn Swallow (American) 30 Cliff Swallow 1 Bushtit (Pacific) 30 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 15 Marsh Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 6 European Starling 200 Swainson's Thrush 4 American Robin 20 Cedar Waxwing 6 Purple Finch (Western) 3 Pine Siskin 20 American Goldfinch 5 White-crowned Sparrow 4 Golden-crowned Sparrow 4 Savannah Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 20 Spotted Towhee 1 Red-winged Blackbird 62 Common Yellowthroat 4 new world warbler sp. 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S272807493 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: Anyone know how the number of swifts in the Monroe Wagner site are trending the past couple nights? Thank you! Gene Beall gene.beall@gmail.com Sammamish, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 12 16:53:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 12 16:54:02 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] swift numbers in Monroe? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Gene, we were there yesterday evening, and there were a couple hundred swifts. We got there at 6:30 pm, saw hardly any until around 7:30, when they started aggregating overhead (a few singles, surprisingly, did drop into the chimney), and the great majority went into the chimney in a flurry of bodies and wings around 7:45. I suppose it might be slightly earlier each day. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Sep 12, 2025, at 4:29 PM, Gene Beall via Tweeters wrote: > > Anyone know how the number of swifts in the Monroe Wagner site are trending the past couple nights? > > Thank you! > > Gene Beall > gene.beall@gmail.com > Sammamish, WA > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 12 17:21:31 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 12 17:21:56 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] swift numbers in Monroe? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <10C40C7D-F7A7-407A-82F1-CF9B28AC489D@me.com> 9/6 1000 circling. But Merlins made swifts go high and then the majority else where. 9/7 526 9/8 446 9/9 335 9/10 83 9/11 212 They didn?t leave until 1:25 this afternoon which suggests today was not a travel day. Observers comment below. 9/12 Just as a group of about 600 to 650 swifts were about to swarm into the chimney, a Falcon chased them away . The swifts flew away at a very high altitude and did not return. I suspect most tweeters know that the wee birds abandoned Portland Chapman a year ago. Larry > On Sep 12, 2025, at 4:29?PM, Gene Beall via Tweeters wrote: > > Anyone know how the number of swifts in the Monroe Wagner site are trending the past couple nights? > > Thank you! > > Gene Beall > gene.beall@gmail.com > Sammamish, WA > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'll give the app a try and see if I can curate it any better. Louise Rutter Kirkland On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 2:33?PM Carol Riddell via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Louise and Tweets, > > Our own local Randy Robinson developed apps to cull rare bird information > from eBird. The Washington Dashboard is of greatest use to local birders, > but he also has versions for the World and for the US & Canada. > Birddash.net will get you there. Users usually refer to them as birders > dashboards. > > The Washington Dashboard allows you to set the time period from one to > thirty days. You can look at all of the state or limit it to the county of > your choice. The sightings are listed in chronological order from most > recent to oldest. With each sighting, you can access the location and the > eBird checklist so you can see any photos, listen to a recording if there > is one, or read the description of field marks. 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Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 14 09:36:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 14 09:36:51 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: 'The Slow Motion Beauty and Skill of an Ospreys Dive: Wild Birds Revealed' on YouTube References: Message-ID: <83546C51-2766-478F-8F75-30A92F6C8B0D@comcast.net> If you like Ospreys, you don?t want to miss this video. > https://youtu.be/doYuBVUUXZg?si=BPjc9ezcGvwongeT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 14 13:34:02 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 14 13:34:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: 'The Slow Motion Beauty and Skill of an Ospreys Dive: Wild Birds Revealed' on YouTube In-Reply-To: <83546C51-2766-478F-8F75-30A92F6C8B0D@comcast.net> References: <83546C51-2766-478F-8F75-30A92F6C8B0D@comcast.net> Message-ID: Fantastic Fotos. Thanks for sharing. Amazing how hard they hit the water. Although Nikon dealers might have questions. Seems like a bit of Canon Product Placement. With the Cornell name on it. Bob OBrien Portland On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 9:37?AM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > If you like Ospreys, you don?t want to miss this video. > > https://youtu.be/doYuBVUUXZg?si=BPjc9ezcGvwongeT > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 14 18:10:13 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 14 18:10:18 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Swans and TUVU in Skagit and a visit to Reifel on Thursday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, ? Sorry for the delayed reply - I was in B.C.? I am still seeing TUVU here in Skagit County ... today's count was 8 at one time.? Also saw 2 more in Whatcom County up near the border as we were coming South today. ? I have not seen any Swans ... yet ... ? Was at Reifel on Thursday.? Saw 8 Sandhill Cranes in one of the fields on the way in to Reifel but none in the actual sanctuary.? A lot of birders in Reifel that day ... all in search of the elusive Stilt Sandpipers (and many saying they saw them).? We did not see them, but did see a fair number of Lesser Yellowlegs which are similar. ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit P.S. LOTS of crows in Vancouver (typical). From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 14 19:35:01 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Scott Ramos via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 14 19:35:32 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birder's Dashboard In-Reply-To: <68BA8921-F099-4BBC-B945-ACC0FBF56389@gmail.com> References: <68BA8921-F099-4BBC-B945-ACC0FBF56389@gmail.com> Message-ID: Although there is no app for Birders Dashboard, it?s easy to make an icon for it on an iPhone (probably Android as well). - Navigate in your phone?s browser to https://birddash.net/us/wa/md - click the share icon (middle icon at bottom of screen) - scroll the screen upwards to show various choices and select Add to Home Screen - move the icon where you want it; I have a Birding folder for this and other links - clicking it takes you directly to the Birders Dashboard page Scott Ramos Seattle Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2025, at 9:36?AM, Carol Riddell via Tweeters wrote: > > ?A couple of Tweeters members have asked me about an app for the Washington Birder's Dashboard. I keep very few apps on my phone and I access the dashboards through my internet browser. I just checked the Apple App Store and no dashboard app came up when I searched. The Help page in the Washington Dashboard is silent as to an app. I find the several dashboards very easy to access and read on my phone when opened on the web. Just make it a favorite site in whichever internet browser you use for quick access in the field. > > Carol Riddell > Edmonds, WA > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 14 20:00:22 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 14 20:00:39 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: 'The Slow Motion Beauty and Skill of an Ospreys Dive: Wild Birds Revealed' on YouTube In-Reply-To: References: <83546C51-2766-478F-8F75-30A92F6C8B0D@comcast.net> Message-ID: Whoops. I heard from a camera buff far more knowledgeable than I. The 'white' lenses are not Canon as I had guessed. But, still product placement, and who knows, likely Canon benefited more than either Nikon or the correct ID from mistaken people such as I. *You must have been tricked by the white lenses - those cameras and lenses are not Canon, but OM System, formerly know as Olympus. * On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 1:34?PM Robert O'Brien wrote: > Fantastic Fotos. Thanks for sharing. Amazing how hard they hit the > water. > Although Nikon dealers might have questions. Seems like a bit of Canon > Product Placement. With the Cornell name on it. > Bob OBrien Portland > > On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 9:37?AM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> If you like Ospreys, you don?t want to miss this video. >> >> https://youtu.be/doYuBVUUXZg?si=BPjc9ezcGvwongeT >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Sep 15 10:18:11 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 15 10:18:16 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Paul Bannick at Town Hall, Oct 8 References: <846FB91B-D8C6-4482-96B6-365A07ED3A66@u.washington.edu> Message-ID: Paul Bannick is a longtime Tweeters contributor and advocate for birds and their place in our world, as well as conservation champion, teacher and author. 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Watch a Sneaky Roadrunner Nab a Hummingbird While It's Feeding | Audubon Message-ID: https://www.audubon.org/magazine/whoa-watch-sneaky-roadrunner-nab-hummingbird-while-its-feeding Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 15 13:41:17 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 15 13:41:20 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Monitoring Snowy Plovers at Great Salt Lake | Audubon Message-ID: <5D088365-FCAC-4C06-9BCF-30D93B1A7B9F@gmail.com> Great article and photos! https://www.audubon.org/news/monitoring-snowy-plovers-great-salt-lake Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 15 15:15:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Randy Robinson via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 15 15:16:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Birder's Dashboard Message-ID: Thanks to Carol Riddell and Scott Ramos for providing information about the Birder's Dashboard. The information provided by both is spot-on. There is no native iPhone or Android app, only the browser app. Birder's Dashboard requires an internet connection to get its information from eBird, so a native phone app would not provide any additional usability. It would be a lot of work for me to write native phone apps, and I just haven't done it. As Carol said, you can make the Dashboard a favorite, or bookmark, in whatever browser you use. Or, as Scott said, you can add it to your home screen. Scott's instructions are exactly correct for the iPhone (Safari). To see instructions for Android (Chrome), see https://birddash.net/dashversions.html. This gives a description of the different versions of the Dashboard, and, at the bottom of the page, gives directions for adding it to the home screen for iPhone and Android. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Randy Robinson Seattle, WA rwr DOT personal AT gmail DOT com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Did not see it and it was moving away relatively fast and noisily when we first heard it. ? Excellent lunch at the 5 B's Bakery in Concrete. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 16 10:06:29 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 16 10:06:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagle's Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk-Thursday, September 18 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The next Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, September 18. 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 55-71degF (57-71 real-feel) and sunny during the walk. As always, dress for success! May all your birds be identified, Denis Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I tried to count, by and large failing, but my rough estimate is ?dozens?, seen over a period of no more than 5-10 minutes. I took some quick photos, a few showing 8 or 9 birds in the same frame. Their general direction of flight seemed to be southeast and they soon were gone. In years past I?ve spotted other small groups of Vaux?s Swifts passing overhead at WQA, always about this time of year. I never see them from this location at other times so I assume these are fall migrants. This was by far the most I?ve seen on a single occasion at WQA. There have been a few bats in the air as well on recent evenings. Tom Leschine Seattle tml at you dubyah dot edu P.S. Apologies if this message goes only to Douglas Brown. When I click on the email link on the ?Using Tweeters? page that?s how it comes up. From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 16 19:31:43 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Rachel Lawson via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 16 19:31:47 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Scrub-Jay vs lizard Message-ID: Yesterday, Joseph and I were driving down the street in our Magnolia, Seattle neighborhood, when we saw a California Scrub-Jay in a hedge along the sidewalk. Because we rarely see scrub-jays in Magnolia,we stopped to watch it. The jay flew down and started to peck at something on the sidewalk, which turned out to be a small lizard! The four-inch-long lizard managed to fend off the jay for a full minute before the jay finally grabbed it and carried it back into the hedge. We were quite surprised to see this jay-lizard encounter. We have never before seen a lizard of any kind in our neighborhood. It probably was a Northern Alligator Lizard, based on range, but we did not get a close look. 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Highlights included nice looks of RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER in both the Orchard and Twin Barns Picnic Area, continuing BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the twin bench overlook just south of the Twin Barns cut-off, continued nice looks at SORA/VIRGINIA RAIL/WILSON'S SNIPE/and AMERICAN BITTERN in the freshwater marsh, and great looks of WESTERN SANDPIPER next to LEAST SANDPIPER on the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail on the incoming high tide. We also had a nice raptor day with two PEREGRINE FALCON, AMERICAN KESTREL, NORTHERN HARRIER, and COOPERS HAWK. For the day we observed 70 species, we have seen 168 species this year. Check out our eBird list pasted below for further details. Others seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend's Chipmunk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, American Bullfrog, Pacific Chorus Frog, Garter Snake, Eastern Red-eared Slider. I'll be away next week on a Westport Seabirds Pelagic. Ken, Jim and all will lead in my absence. Happy birding, Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Sep 17, 2025 7:21 AM - 4:35 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.18 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Sunny skies with temperatures in the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -0?3? Tide at 8:51am and a High 13?3? Tide at 4:42pm. Others seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, American Bullfrog, Pacific Chorus Frog, and Garter Snake. 70 species (+4 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 6 Wood Duck 8 Visitor Center Pond. Blue-winged Teal 1 Double bench overlook south of Twin Barns cut-off. Northern Shoveler 4 American Wigeon 6 Mallard 30 Northern Pintail 300 Green-winged Teal (American) 20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50 Band-tailed Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 1 Orchard. Anna's Hummingbird 3 Virginia Rail 2 Sora 2 Killdeer 11 Semipalmated Plover 6 Long-billed Dowitcher 5 Wilson's Snipe 1 Greater Yellowlegs 50 Least Sandpiper 40 Western Sandpiper 200 Ring-billed Gull 100 California Gull 3 Glaucous-winged Gull 5 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 10 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Larus sp. 50 Caspian Tern 25 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Brandt's Cormorant 2 Nisqually River channel marker. Double-crested Cormorant 50 American Bittern 1 Nisqually Estuary Trail south of green gate. Great Blue Heron 50 Turkey Vulture 11 Cooper's Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 3 Belted Kingfisher 4 Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 Orchard and Picnic Area around Twin Barns. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Northern Flicker 2 American Kestrel (Northern) 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 California Scrub-Jay 1 American Crow 110 Common Raven 11 Black-capped Chickadee 13 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 Tree/Violet-green Swallow 2 Barn Swallow (American) 20 Bushtit (Pacific) 20 Golden-crowned Kinglet 4 Brown Creeper 8 Marsh Wren 2 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 6 European Starling 100 Swainson's Thrush 3 American Robin 24 Cedar Waxwing 12 Purple Finch (Western) 3 Pine Siskin (Northern) 20 American Goldfinch 15 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 3 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 5 Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 10 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 25 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 4 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 80 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 6 Yellow Warbler (Northern) 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S274060795 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Probably COLO American Barn Owl - Matt had one pre-dawn Barred Owl - One next to the boathouse at the Rowing Club, with prey Merlin - One near the weir California Scrub-Jay - Eric had one near the East entrance American Pipit - Heard overhead, mostly pre-dawn, never seen (FOF) Fox Sparrow - Two (FOF) Golden-crowned Sparrow - Several (FOF) At the Pea Patch, I had an unusual sparrow that I believe was a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, but I lost it and could not refind. Made for a 9 sparrow day. Summer/migrant birds still or again present: VAUX'S SWIFT (Karen had 1), OSPREY (still with young on the nest), WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE (1), VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW (2), BARN SWALLOW (5?), SWAINSON'S THRUSH (heard pre-dawn), COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (5?), YELLOW WARBLER (2), YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (1), BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER (1), and WESTERN TANAGER (1-2). Nice to get a 4 warbler day. We had some animals too, including four noisy RACCOONS below the weir, and a DOUGLAS SQUIREL at the Pea Patch parking lot. 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I did some driving around Dayton, up Tucannon Road, and up Cemetery Road, hoping for sparrows (I picked up Lincoln's along Tucannon Road at a private residence where I was looking for Barn Owls), and shorebirds (Solitary Sandpipers at Watson and Beaver Lakes!). Shorebirds are especially tough in the county, although Solitaries seem to make themselves an exception, stopping at a few different lakes in the lower reaches of the Blues. Super fun to actually find some, following findings by Christopher Lindsey (who is moving up the county year list record with every new bird he finds! It's in the 180s now...) In Walla Walla County, I finally got out and gave it a solid effort. North Coppei Creek was productive for me, adding 10 new species for me, including birds as common as Golden-crowned Kinglet and Black-capped Chickadee to a Williamson's Sapsucker. 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Yours for the Birds n? the Bees Jim Ullrich Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 19 14:43:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 19 14:43:14 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 09-18-2025 Message-ID: Tweeters, The cooler weather is here and the JBLM Eagle's Pride GC monthly birdwalk started cool, gradually warming (51degF-66degF) for the 15 of us that strolled the route. Initially the walk had few birds, and the final tally of species was relatively low. However, we scored big for us with our first ever GREEN HERON. This species was on our "expected" list and Hodge Lake produced it (thanks to Tom for initially spotting it! The habitat on several of these ponds seems pretty ideal for Green Heron but with only once-per-month birding, finding it turned out to be problematic. As it was, the heron was only visible to us for less than 10 minutes. Timing worked out! A FIVE woodpecker day was special with DOWNY, HAIRY, PILIATED, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, AND NORTHERN FLICKER attending. Two juvenile PIED-BILLED GREBES and one adult were at Hodge Lake. The young grebes likely were from the nest we found there last month. Other highlights include the following: WOOD DUCK - 12 with one male in full color and several in eclipse. BROWN CREEPER - 7, a nice total. GREAT HORNED OWL - 1 seen briefly as it flew across a trail through a wooded area. HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER - 1 heard first, then seen. (Nice catch, Merlin!) We've only had this species three times before, all in May. BELTED KINGFISHER - 1 and although not a rarity, we don't find one often despite the ponds on the course. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET - 2 FOS. The only mammals identified were five Douglas squirrels and one eastern gray squirrel. The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM except for November to February, when the start time is at 9:00AM. Starting point is the Driving Range building, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. (Turn left immediately after entering the parking lot to take the road leading to the driving range building.) Upcoming walks include the following: * October 16 * November 20 (9AM start) * December 18 (9AM start) >From the eBird PNW report: 35 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 6 Wood Duck 12 Mallard 7 Hooded Merganser 2 Band-tailed Pigeon 3 Anna's Hummingbird 4 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Young likely from nest spotted at Hodge Lake last month. Green Heron 1 At Hodge Lake. Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1 Great Horned Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 7 Hammond's Flycatcher 1 Hutton's Vireo 1 Steller's Jay 9 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch 9 Brown Creeper 7 Pacific Wren 1 Bewick's Wren 5 European Starling 2 American Robin 7 Cedar Waxwing 2 Dark-eyed Junco 12 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 21 Spotted Towhee 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS274305789&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ce8ca844cc19f4caab80808ddf7c48229%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638939145542122082%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EdsByu1hFnHL3RMP4FL0YdCZotu%2FWyWPSCZD%2BUzEj58%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... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Sep 20 08:59:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Sat Sep 20 08:59:51 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Swifts at Wagner (not) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Last night we officially stuck a fork in our Wagner swift documenting. Birds all gone. Camera still working. Good numbers still at Rainier and massive numbers are already south of Mexico City. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Sep 20 09:48:47 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Teresa Michelsen via Tweeters) Date: Sat Sep 20 09:48:53 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] 50th Yard Bird In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Very early this morning I woke up to resonant, solitary hoots from obviously far off in the forest. My house backs up on the pine forest surrounding Lake Kokanee in Mason County, with a very steep incline down to the lake, so you can hear quite a lot from there. Obviously not a Barred Owl, which are my usual visitors of the owl variety. As I lay in bed, I thought... Great Horned Owl. But to be honest, every time I've seen them, they've been still and silent, sitting far off in a tree. So I've not had the privilege previously. Checked it online this morning and sure enough, they're here and that's what they sound like. ? #50 for my "yard" list, I've only lived here for 3 years so that's pretty good. Most of the birds are wayyy up in the tops of the pine trees so I've been re-honing my birding by ear skills. My yard list includes anything I can see or hear from my yard, as well as those critters actually in the yard. The non-bird list so far includes black-tailed deer, black bear, mountain lion (also bobcats heard), raccoon, opossum, skunk, snowshoe hare, Olympic shrew, common garter snake, Pacific tree frog, banana slug, long-horn grasshopper, Douglas Squirrel and Townsend's chipmunk + only a couple of isolated grey squirrels. All of these were actually on the property. For anyone who knows me, I have retired and my e-mail address has changed.. see above. Good birding, all! Teresa Michelsen Hoodsport WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 10:23:24 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kersti Muul via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 10:23:38 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher Message-ID: Yesterday morning at Me Kwa Mooks (West Seattle beach drive area) a young peregrine was hunting a kingfisher right in front of me. The peregrine continually diving after it, while the kingfisher evaded it by diving shallowly in the nearshore. It went on for several minutes. The kingfisher did not end up being breakfast; rather - unfortunately *perhaps* met its end by a glass deck or window. The Peregrine did an immediate about face when the kingfisher hit the deck. Peregrine did not take advantage like a coops would.... Likely because young... I knocked on the door of the house it struck to see if they could see if it was recovering, or deceased, but nobody answered. I did not hear or see the kingfisher after that and I left about 10 minutes later. I don't believe a window strike at that speed would be recoverable for any bird, much less a kingfisher who are stressy birds already. I have several videos if anyone is interested in seeing this cool interaction. (Cool before the glass that is). -K -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 10:27:18 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hubbell via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 10:27:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Union Bay Watch } Tiger Stripes - SBDO Message-ID: Tweeters, This post follows my learning about Tiger Stripes and wings. ttps://unionbaywatch.blogspot.com/2025/09/tiger-stripes.html I hope you find it interesting! Sincerely, Larry Hubbell Ldhubbell at Comcast dot net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 10:38:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 10:39:04 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher -- window hit In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002701dc2b1e$9c56a6d0$d503f470$@olympus.net> Just thinking: If a bird hits a ?window?, you can try to revive it; but, it likely has severe head (brain) damage; and will not survive the unkind world. All responses welcome. Wings, Jan Jan Stewart 922 E Spruce Street Sequim, WA 98382-3518 jstewart@olympus.net From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Kersti Muul via Tweeters Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 10:23 AM To: tweeters t Subject: [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher Yesterday morning at Me Kwa Mooks (West Seattle beach drive area) a young peregrine was hunting a kingfisher right in front of me. The peregrine continually diving after it, while the kingfisher evaded it by diving shallowly in the nearshore. It went on for several minutes. The kingfisher did not end up being breakfast; rather - unfortunately perhaps met its end by a glass deck or window. The Peregrine did an immediate about face when the kingfisher hit the deck. Peregrine did not take advantage like a coops would.... Likely because young... I knocked on the door of the house it struck to see if they could see if it was recovering, or deceased, but nobody answered. I did not hear or see the kingfisher after that and I left about 10 minutes later. I don't believe a window strike at that speed would be recoverable for any bird, much less a kingfisher who are stress birds already. I have several videos if anyone is interested in seeing this cool interaction. (Cool before the glass that is). -K -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 11:04:43 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kersti Muul via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 11:04:58 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher -- window hit In-Reply-To: <002701dc2b1e$9c56a6d0$d503f470$@olympus.net> References: <002701dc2b1e$9c56a6d0$d503f470$@olympus.net> Message-ID: For sure - brain trauma with window strikes...among other things. Even when they 'recover' and fly off they don't usually make it much longer. On Sun, Sep 21, 2025, 10:39?AM wrote: > Just thinking: > > > > If a bird hits a ?window?, you can try to revive it; but, it likely has > severe head (brain) damage; and will not survive the unkind world. > > > > All responses welcome. > > Wings, > > Jan > > > > > > Jan Stewart > > 922 E Spruce Street > > > Sequim, WA 98382-3518 > > > jstewart@olympus.net > > > > *From:* Tweeters *On Behalf > Of *Kersti Muul via Tweeters > *Sent:* Sunday, September 21, 2025 10:23 AM > *To:* tweeters t > *Subject:* [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher > > > > Yesterday morning at Me Kwa Mooks (West Seattle beach drive area) a young > peregrine was hunting a kingfisher right in front of me. > > > > The peregrine continually diving after it, while the kingfisher evaded it > by diving shallowly in the nearshore. It went on for several minutes. > > > > The kingfisher did not end up being breakfast; rather - unfortunately > *perhaps* met its end by a glass deck or window. > > > > The Peregrine did an immediate about face when the kingfisher hit the > deck. Peregrine did not take advantage like a coops would.... Likely > because young... > > > > I knocked on the door of the house it struck to see if they could see if > it was recovering, or deceased, but nobody answered. > > > > I did not hear or see the kingfisher after that and I left about 10 > minutes later. I don't believe a window strike at that speed would be > recoverable for any bird, much less a kingfisher who are stress birds > already. > > > > I have several videos if anyone is interested in seeing this cool > interaction. (Cool before the glass that is). > > > > -K > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 11:19:53 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 11:20:08 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher -- window hit In-Reply-To: <002701dc2b1e$9c56a6d0$d503f470$@olympus.net> References: <002701dc2b1e$9c56a6d0$d503f470$@olympus.net> Message-ID: Well, here is an example that was recently posted to OBOL (Oregon Birders On Line) in Oregon. First is the window hit observation, and then a response. This is from the OBOL archives and may be a little clunky. Bob OBrien Portland https://www.freelists.org/post/obol/SuperThrush On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 10:39?AM via Tweeters wrote: > Just thinking: > > > > If a bird hits a ?window?, you can try to revive it; but, it likely has > severe head (brain) damage; and will not survive the unkind world. > > > > All responses welcome. > > Wings, > > Jan > > > > > > Jan Stewart > > 922 E Spruce Street > > Sequim, WA 98382-3518 > > jstewart@olympus.net > > > > *From:* Tweeters *On Behalf > Of *Kersti Muul via Tweeters > *Sent:* Sunday, September 21, 2025 10:23 AM > *To:* tweeters t > *Subject:* [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher > > > > Yesterday morning at Me Kwa Mooks (West Seattle beach drive area) a young > peregrine was hunting a kingfisher right in front of me. > > > > The peregrine continually diving after it, while the kingfisher evaded it > by diving shallowly in the nearshore. It went on for several minutes. > > > > The kingfisher did not end up being breakfast; rather - unfortunately > *perhaps* met its end by a glass deck or window. > > > > The Peregrine did an immediate about face when the kingfisher hit the > deck. Peregrine did not take advantage like a coops would.... Likely > because young... > > > > I knocked on the door of the house it struck to see if they could see if > it was recovering, or deceased, but nobody answered. > > > > I did not hear or see the kingfisher after that and I left about 10 > minutes later. I don't believe a window strike at that speed would be > recoverable for any bird, much less a kingfisher who are stress birds > already. > > > > I have several videos if anyone is interested in seeing this cool > interaction. (Cool before the glass that is). > > > > -K > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 11:30:46 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 11:30:49 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_October_6=2C_2025=3A_?= =?utf-8?q?=28on-line_only=29?= Message-ID: <20250921183046.38307.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> Ah, the autumn solstice is upon us, and with it comes the beginning of a new season of WOS Monthly Meetings.??The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our next Monthly Meeting: on Monday, Oct 6, 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 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 Sun Sep 21 11:50:40 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 11:51:05 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Juv Peregrine v Kingfisher In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4FEF4004-4ACE-424B-AF67-F7C41F040288@gmail.com> Hello Kersti, Very neat that you were able to see those interactions. Please send the video clips. Thank you, Dan Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 21, 2025, at 10:23?AM, Kersti Muul via Tweeters wrote: > > ? > Yesterday morning at Me Kwa Mooks (West Seattle beach drive area) a young peregrine was hunting a kingfisher right in front of me. > > The peregrine continually diving after it, while the kingfisher evaded it by diving shallowly in the nearshore. It went on for several minutes. > > The kingfisher did not end up being breakfast; rather - unfortunately perhaps met its end by a glass deck or window. > > The Peregrine did an immediate about face when the kingfisher hit the deck. Peregrine did not take advantage like a coops would.... Likely because young... > > I knocked on the door of the house it struck to see if they could see if it was recovering, or deceased, but nobody answered. > > I did not hear or see the kingfisher after that and I left about 10 minutes later. I don't believe a window strike at that speed would be recoverable for any bird, much less a kingfisher who are stressy birds already. > > I have several videos if anyone is interested in seeing this cool interaction. (Cool before the glass that is). > > -K > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 17:24:12 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 17:24:16 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] message from Dan Tallman Message-ID: <513C6103-015C-4B1C-B862-80E72E697454@comcast.net> Dan tried to send this today, and it was rejected as spam. Is there someone in the managerial ranks who doesn?t like gulls? Or is it AI having fun with us, as it often does? ?Does anyone know about banded Western Gulls? Erika and I photographed what I presume is an immature Western Gull at Westport last Thursday. The bird's right foot has a whitish color band with a red spot (or square shape) above a regulation silver band. The numbers on the regulation band are not easy to decipher.? Respond to Dan at danerika@gmail.com Dennis Paulson Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 19:29:31 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Mark Borden via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 19:29:45 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Peregrine vs Kingfisher -Birds vs Glass In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi K, I would love to see the video. I have had 3 coopers brought to me (over the last 20 years) after window strikes, that were immobile in cardboard boxes(2) and a pet carrier(1). Each time I gently placed the hawk on the floor of one of my mews (hawk/falcon enclosures) and the next morning they were fully recovered and quickly flew out the door when I left it open. Several owls were not so lucky, and had signs of pupillary asymmetry, and did not recover. It is always worth moving the bird gently into a cool, quiet place that is safe and inaccessible to predators. There is often not much more to do than that, unfortunately. The damage is variable depending upon speed and angle of impact. The worst injuries happen when the hawk/bird intends to fly in one window and out another. If the corner of the house/building has two windows, and the ?fly in one and out the other? scenario is likely, then birds can be saved by using a drape or series of bird stickers on one window. Reflective coating helps, since it eliminates the ?fly through? and a bird will put on the brakes to avoid crashing into an identical bird! The downside is territorial assault upon a reflection? With a single window the hawk will almost always brake somewhat reflexively and decrease the impact to survivable speed. Mark Borden MD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 21 19:57:29 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kim Thorburn via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 21 19:57:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] message from Dan Tallman In-Reply-To: <513C6103-015C-4B1C-B862-80E72E697454@comcast.net> References: <513C6103-015C-4B1C-B862-80E72E697454@comcast.net> Message-ID: Hi, Point Blue has a long-standing banding project banding WEGU from breeding colonies on the Farallon Islands. The bands are placed on chicks, and the color band varies with the year of banding. https://www.pointblue.org/farallones_blog/the-wonderful-wegu/ [https://www.pointblue.org/] The Wonderful WEGU - Point Blue Spring and Summer on the Farallon Islands is abundant with breeding seabirds (13 species, to be exact), but Western Gulls are one of my favorites to observe. www.pointblue.org Good birding, Kim Kim Marie Thorburn, MD, MPH Spokane, WA (509) 465-3025 home (509) 599-6721 cell ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Dennis Paulson via Tweeters Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2025 5:24 PM To: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] message from Dan Tallman Dan tried to send this today, and it was rejected as spam. Is there someone in the managerial ranks who doesn?t like gulls? Or is it AI having fun with us, as it often does? ?Does anyone know about banded Western Gulls? Erika and I photographed what I presume is an immature Western Gull at Westport last Thursday. The bird's right foot has a whitish color band with a red spot (or square shape) above a regulation silver band. The numbers on the regulation band are not easy to decipher.? Respond to Dan at danerika@gmail.com Dennis Paulson Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 22 10:57:31 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 22 10:57:54 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Lots of swifts In-Reply-To: <20250921183046.38307.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> References: <20250921183046.38307.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> Message-ID: <768C2A92-075F-413E-BFB6-A76875BA85D5@me.com> You do know the swifts abandoned Portland Chapman last September. JBLM was abandoned this September. Monroe Wagner hasn?t seen a feather for a week. Rainier Riverside Church still has thousands. It is suspected there is a connection. For the last ten years more and more of the southbound migrating swifts have been spending more and more time at a large industrial roost near North SF Bay. We?ve documented over a million roostings there each of the last two years. This year it?s gotten out of control. The swifts are going to roost in the middle of the afternoon and it continues nearly nonstop until too dark for humans to detect swifts. They clicked off 107,000 Saturday and got there later in the day Sunday and only got 101,000 clicked. Hard on the fingers. We got rain. Issaquah Hatchery got enough Salmon for an exciting Salmon Days. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Sep 22 19:37:25 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 22 19:37:41 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Lots of swifts In-Reply-To: <768C2A92-075F-413E-BFB6-A76875BA85D5@me.com> References: <20250921183046.38307.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> <768C2A92-075F-413E-BFB6-A76875BA85D5@me.com> Message-ID: Those are some pretty impressive 'stacks'. >From my sister in the Bay Area https://marinaudubon.org/event/vauxs-swifts-at-mcnear-brick-and-block-san-rafael/ Bob OBrien Poertand On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 10:58?AM Larry Schwitters via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > You do know the swifts abandoned Portland Chapman last September. JBLM was > abandoned this September. Monroe Wagner hasn?t seen a feather for a week. > Rainier Riverside Church still has thousands. It is suspected there is a > connection. For the last ten years more and more of the southbound > migrating swifts have been spending more and more time at a large > industrial roost near North SF Bay. We?ve documented over a million > roostings there each of the last two years. This year it?s gotten out of > control. The swifts are going to roost in the middle of the afternoon and > it continues nearly nonstop until too dark for humans to detect swifts. > They clicked off 107,000 Saturday and got there later in the day Sunday and > only got 101,000 clicked. Hard on the fingers. > > We got rain. Issaquah Hatchery got enough Salmon for an exciting Salmon > Days. > > 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 Tue Sep 23 06:00:19 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Bartels via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 23 06:00:42 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] County Year List Project updated through August [WA Birder] Message-ID: <5696EF9C-5495-4DB0-91B1-0807C143BA7E@earthlink.net> Hi Tweeters & InlandNW Birders An updated version of the 2025 County Yearlist Project is up and available at Washington Birder. http://wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html Thanks compilers for all your work, and thanks everyone who has contributed. This update, coming at the end of August and as Fall Migration was just beginning, is less ?stable? in timing that some of the other updates - some migrants might show up just a little earlier or later and bend the numbers - nevertheless, it is interesting to see where things stand. Here?s how things look compared with recent years: We?ve tallied 375 species statewide as of the end of August in 2025. That?s 4 below last year at this point, and 2 above 2023?s totall. For Western WA, our 343 total is 6 lower than last year, and 1 lower than 2023. For Eastern WA, our 310 total is 4 lower than last year, and 2 higher than 2023. Overall, things are pretty consistent, but we are doing a bit low compared to last year when it comes to diversity of species seen. 11 Counties have higher totals than this time last year, while 26 have lower totals than at this point last year. Two counties have exactly the same total as at this point last year. 86 species have been seen in all 39 counties, and 162 species have been found in 30 or more counties. A handful of species new to the year list have come in since the end of August- It looks like we?ll add Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Upland Sandpiper, Hooded Oriole and probably others in September. We?ve still got plenty of time for more fall vagrants to pop up, along with winter surprisesl. And Neah Bay season is just getting going?., who knows what surprises remain?. If you'd like to take a look at where things stand, the list and many other interesting files are at the Washington Birder website: http://www.wabirder.com/ A direct link to the 2025 county yearlist & the list of county compilers contact info: http://www.wabirder.com/county_yearlist.html Thanks to all the compilers and all those pitching in to sketch a picture of another year's birds in WA. Good birding, Matt Bartels Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 10:17:11 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shep Thorp via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 10:17:27 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 9/24/2025 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 25 of us had a nice first of Fall walk at the Refuge with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50's to 70's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 12'2" Tide at 8:04am so we skipped the Orchard in the morning to catch the falling tide out on the Nisqually Estuary Trail or dike. Highlights included first of Fall CACKLING GEESE and GREATER WHITE FRONTED GEESE both in the flooded fields and the surge plain, a nice WILSON'S SNIPE show in the freshwater marsh, all three falcons - AMERICAN KESTREL/MERLIN/PEREGRINE FALCON made an appearance, great looks of WHIMBREL at the McAllister Creek Viewing Platform, and Ken scoped 75 plus First of Year WESTERN GREBEs from the Puget Sound Observation Platform between Nisqually Reach and Anderson Island. We puzzled over an immature Black-bellied/Pacific Golden type plover at a significant distance and were not able to relocate species reported by others such as Lesser Yellowlegs and Red-shouldered Hawk. For the day, we observed 70 species. With Western Grebe being our FOY, we now have observed 169 species so far this year. eBird report pasted below. Other observations included the Isabella Tiger Moth, or Wooly Caterpillars on the dike. A Muskrat continued in the afternoon at the cut-off bridge towards the Twin Barns from the Twin Barns Loop Trail. We heard of a pack of Coyotes calling east of the old Nisqually River dike north of the Riparian Forest Overlook Trail. Until next week when we meet again at 8am, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Sep 24, 2025 7:35 AM - 4:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.15 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Sunny skies with temperatures in the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 12?2? Tide at 8:04am and a Low 4?9? Tide at 1:52pm. Others seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit; Eastern Gray Squirrel; Pacific Chorus Frog; Isabella Tiger Mouth Caterpillar; Harbor Seal; Muskrat; American Bullfrog; Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar; Coyote; and Townsend?s Chipmunk. 70 species (+5 other taxa) Greater White-fronted Goose (Western) 14 Cackling Goose (minima) 150 Wood Duck 10 Visitor Center Pond. Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 1 American Wigeon 20 Mallard 115 Northern Pintail 150 Green-winged Teal (American) 20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 1 hummingbird sp. 1 Virginia Rail 1 Freshwater Marsh Black-bellied Plover 3 Mudflats Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp. 1 Associated with BBPL, smaller, golden wash, could not differentiate between immature BBPL and PGPL. Killdeer 2 Whimbrel (Hudsonian) 1 McAllister Creek Viewing Platform. Long-billed Dowitcher 3 Wilson's Snipe 3 Freshwater marsh. Spotted Sandpiper 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek. Greater Yellowlegs 30 Least Sandpiper 300 Western Sandpiper 600 Counted in groups of 100 with spotting scopes at 1/4 mile on mudflats of surge plain and adjacent to Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Ring-billed Gull 200 California Gull 3 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 5 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Larus sp. 300 Caspian Tern 3 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Western Grebe 75 Between Nisqually Reach and Anderson Island. Scoped from Puget Sound Viewing Platform. Common Loon 1 Viewed from Puget Sound Viewing Platform beyond Nisqually Reach. Brandt's Cormorant 4 Nisqually River Channel Marker. Double-crested Cormorant 40 American Bittern 1 Freshwater marsh. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 25 Turkey Vulture 5 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 4 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4 American Kestrel (Northern) 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 American Crow 10 Common Raven 5 Black-capped Chickadee 16 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 Barn Swallow (American) 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 16 Brown Creeper 9 Pacific Wren (pacificus Group) 2 Marsh Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 30 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin (migratorius Group) 25 Cedar Waxwing 10 American Pipit 4 Purple Finch (Western) 6 American Goldfinch 6 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 2 Golden-crowned Sparrow 18 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 10 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 2 Western Meadowlark 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 30 Common Yellowthroat 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275330194 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 12:08:25 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Stacey T via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 12:08:39 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Southern Mexico birding guides Message-ID: <4426870D-982D-4F02-8D07-863F08745BB5@gmail.com> Hi Tweets, I will be in Mexico City next March and want to tack on a few extra days of birding. Does anyone have any recommendations for guides or birding tours in southern Mexico? From my research, it sounds like Oaxaca and/or Chiapas would be good places to start. I have never been to Mexico so I am open to any recommendations. Thanks, Stacey Taylor TKO107130 at gmail dot com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 12:15:58 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (jimullrich via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 12:16:22 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually Refuge Watershed Festival Message-ID: Howdy Tweets: Great weather in this Saturdays forecast. Please consider joining us for our 36th Annual Nisqually Watershed Festival this Saturday 10am to 4pm!! Visit https://nisquallyrefuge.org Yours for the Birds n? the Bees Jim Ullrich Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 12:31:57 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 12:32:13 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 Message-ID: Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too. Highlights: Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get fairly few sightings after mid-September Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely to get another sighting this year American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a two falcon day Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen (FOF) Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the year Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF) We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but hard to be sure. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler. Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species (not counting the mystery ducks). 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 12:36:16 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ronda Stark via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 12:36:30 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Michael, I try to monitor our Osprey on the Seattle side of the lake and we still have 2 juveniles that I know of-- could you determine whether the remaining Osprey at Marymoor was an adult or a juvenile? Thank you, Ronda On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:32?PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 > degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too. > > Highlights: > Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get > fairly few sightings after mid-September > Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the > slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location > Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely > to get another sighting this year > American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow > Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a > two falcon day > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog > Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) > Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen > (FOF) > Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the year > Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF) > > We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks > flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but > hard to be sure. > > Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California > Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some > yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have > heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler. > > Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species > (not counting the mystery ducks). Not a bad day. > > = Michael Hobbs > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sep 25 14:58:56 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Philomena O'Neill via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 14:59:11 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8C332BB2-9E3F-4D72-AB35-AB7C61F1710C@comcast.net> >> Highlights: >> Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get >> fairly few sightings after mid-September I am still getting about 5-8 band-tails to the bird feeders every day. Philomena -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 15:04:18 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Matt Hucke via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 15:04:33 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I saw an osprey at Marymoor last night. It was distant and the light was poor, so the photo quality is rubbish, but here it is - hope this helps: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275443696 On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:36?PM Ronda Stark via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I try to monitor our Osprey on the Seattle side of the lake and we still > have 2 juveniles that I know of-- could you determine whether the remaining > Osprey at Marymoor was an adult or a juvenile? > > Thank you, > Ronda > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:32?PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 >> degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too. >> >> Highlights: >> Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get >> fairly few sightings after mid-September >> Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the >> slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location >> Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely >> to get another sighting this year >> American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow >> Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a >> two falcon day >> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog >> Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) >> Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen >> (FOF) >> Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the >> year >> Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF) >> >> We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks >> flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but >> hard to be sure. >> >> Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California >> Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some >> yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have >> heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler. >> >> Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species >> (not counting the mystery ducks). 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 16:12:01 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ronda Stark via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 16:12:17 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Matt, That is a very interesting photo-- is the Osprey carrying a large fish or is that potentially new nesting material to round out the nest prior to migration? I swim at Lake Sammamish this time of year and, while I did not see any Osprey fishing yesterday, I believe I have seen the male from the Marymoor platform in the area as late as October 1st. Thank you for the link to the photo. Ronda On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 3:04?PM Matt Hucke wrote: > I saw an osprey at Marymoor last night. It was distant and the light was > poor, so the photo quality is rubbish, but here it is - hope this helps: > > https://ebird.org/checklist/S275443696 > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:36?PM Ronda Stark via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> I try to monitor our Osprey on the Seattle side of the lake and we still >> have 2 juveniles that I know of-- could you determine whether the remaining >> Osprey at Marymoor was an adult or a juvenile? >> >> Thank you, >> Ronda >> >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:32?PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters < >> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >> >>> Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 >>> degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too. >>> >>> Highlights: >>> Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get >>> fairly few sightings after mid-September >>> Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the >>> slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location >>> Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely >>> to get another sighting this year >>> American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow >>> Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a >>> two falcon day >>> Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog >>> Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) >>> Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen >>> (FOF) >>> Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the >>> year >>> Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF) >>> >>> We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks >>> flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but >>> hard to be sure. >>> >>> Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California >>> Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some >>> yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have >>> heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler. >>> >>> Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species >>> (not counting the mystery ducks). Not a bad day. >>> >>> = Michael Hobbs >>> = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com >>> = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > -- > Matt Hucke (hucke@cynico.net) (he/him). > https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthucke > "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so." - D. Adams > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please consider joining us for our 36th Annual Nisqually Watershed Festival this Saturday 10am to 4pm!! > Visit https://nisquallyrefuge.org > Yours for the Birds n? the Bees > Jim Ullrich > Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 17:14:27 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 17:14:34 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" References: Message-ID: Wait, did that Anna's male just do a "J" dive display?! Have you been hearing bird song or observing somewhat unseasonal behavior lately? We have begun to enjoy the annual avian phenomenon that's based upon partial reactivation of breeding behavior. Whether triggered by the effects of changing light levels on birdy hormones (the prevailing explanation), or other factors, the shift has poetically become known as, "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge." Please honor Susan Stiles, who gave us this lovely bit of verse (plus thanks to Dennis Paulson and Teri Martine): "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" - by Susan Stiles (December 1973) When the birds are cacaphonic in the trees and on the verge Of the fields in mid-October when the cold is like a scourge. It is not delight in winter that makes feathered voices surge, But autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge. When the frost is on the punkin' and when leaf and branch diverge, Birds with hormones reawakened sing a paean, not a dirge. What's the reason for their warbling? Why on earth this late-year splurge? The autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge. In my humble opinion, the scientifically best and yet 'readable' article (2016) on the general topic, is by the wonderful "GrrlScientist" (https://about.me/grrlscientist ): "Why do songbirds sing in autumn?" https://medium.com/@GrrlScientist/why-do-songbirds-sing-in-the-autumn-grrlscientist-2017eeec7e03 Elaine Chuang Seattle elc at uw dot edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 17:26:38 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ed Dominguez via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 17:26:52 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have recited this poem for 15 years in my role as Lead Naturalist at Seward Park Audubon Center...a beautiful "paean" for this annual phenomenon. Ed Dominguez On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 5:14?PM Elaine Chuang via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Wait, did that Anna's male just do a "J" dive display?! Have you been > hearing bird song or observing somewhat unseasonal behavior lately? We have > begun to enjoy the annual avian phenomenon that's based upon partial > reactivation of breeding behavior. Whether triggered by the effects of > changing light levels on birdy hormones (the prevailing explanation), or > other factors, the shift has poetically become known as, "The Autumnal > Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge." Please honor Susan Stiles, who gave us > this lovely bit of verse (plus thanks to Dennis Paulson and Teri Martine): > > "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" - by Susan Stiles > (December 1973) > > When the birds are cacaphonic in the trees and on the verge > > Of the fields in mid-October when the cold is like a scourge. > > It is not delight in winter that makes feathered voices surge, > > But autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge. > > > When the frost is on the punkin' and when leaf and branch diverge, > > Birds with hormones reawakened sing a paean, not a dirge. > > What's the reason for their warbling? 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 19:55:40 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Georgia Conti via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 19:55:54 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Southern Mexico birding guides In-Reply-To: <4426870D-982D-4F02-8D07-863F08745BB5@gmail.com> References: <4426870D-982D-4F02-8D07-863F08745BB5@gmail.com> Message-ID: Contact Eric Antonio Martinez in Oaxaca to see if he can guide you. He?s the father of a young daughter so if he?s not able to be your guide, he can put you in touch with excellent birders throughout Mexico. Tell him what birds you want to see along with an idea of your birding skills. I have lived on Lake Patzcuaro full time since 2008 and I know most of the Mexican bird guides. Eric?s email is mirmidons_1987 AT yahoo DOT com. His phone is +52-314-110-1548. He?s one of the best. Georgia Conti A grad of SAS master birder program On Thu 25 Sep 2025 at 1:09?p.m. Stacey T via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Tweets, > > I will be in Mexico City next March and want to tack on a few extra days > of birding. Does anyone have any recommendations for guides or birding > tours in southern Mexico? From my research, it sounds like Oaxaca and/or > Chiapas would be good places to start. I have never been to Mexico so I am > open to any recommendations. > > Thanks, > Stacey Taylor > > TKO107130 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 Thu Sep 25 20:24:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Michael Hobbs via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 20:24:27 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I wanted to add some notes, because several people have commented about both Osprey and Band-tailed Pigeon occurrences in fall. First, my comments about the likelihood of these species was strictly relevant only to Marymoor and specifically to the Marymoor Survey. With regards to Osprey, our next survey is not until October 2. While it is likely that Osprey might be seen during the next 6 days, we've only had Osprey sightings in 9 out of 31 years after October 1st, so it's quite likely we've seen our last for the 2025 Survey. Also, even though we've had Osprey as late as December 15th, there's no reason to believe any Osprey that nested at Marymoor are still around by October. What we've noted in those 9 years are almost certainly birds from further north who are migrating south. They may catch a fish to eat while at the park, but they aren't living at the park. If they were still resident, we'd see them more often during the 4-5 hours we're at the park each Thursday morning. BTW, this is true of many species. Our nesting Savannah Sparrows seem to clear out pretty quickly after nesting season, and we have a big drop in numbers and even gaps in occurance. Then, in late August and September, we get a push of Savannahs through the park. These birds tend to be in locks of up to a dozen, and appear larger and brighter than our nesting birds. I've heard that the American Robins that nest around Seattle mostly leave, being replaced during winter by robins who nested further north. The breeding Fox Sparrows in our mountains are a different subspecies than our wintering lowland Fox Sparrows, so even though Fox Sparrows are present all year round in the state, there may be no individual which lives in the state all the time. As for Band-tailed Pigeons, Marymoor is not at all an ideal habitat for them; not for breeding, and especially not in winter. There are wintering Band-tails in the county, and several people have them at their feeders in the winter, but they are pretty much only at (or often just flying over) Marymoor during the summer when they are nesting in nearby areas. We've had no indication that they nest in the park. And many Band-tailed Pigeons do migrate south. We were just in Klickitat County on the Columbia River over the weekend, and 3 or 4 times we saw tight flocks of dozens of Band-tailed Pigeons flying around. These are almost certainly migrants who were massing for the flight across the river, something they likely do at night to avoid Peregrine Falcons. One of the things that make Washington a great place to bird is the incredible number of micro-habitats. Even at the county level, we typically have great diversity of habitats, such that every county has a long list of species possible. Within King County, birds are very definitely not uniformly distributed, even when you adjust for elevation. What's true about Marymoor is not necessarily true about other places that are quite close to the park. Marymoor has no natural conifer forest, with pretty much all of the conifers being in an equal-aged stand of Doug Firs around the mansion. Parks mows under those trees, so there isn't a trace of the typical understory of a conifer forest. Thus, Marymoor has no breeding Pacific Wrens, although they nest in forested areas just upslope from Lake Sammamish. For Marymoor, Pac wrens are only a winter species (probably comprising individuals that nested in areas of the Cascades that get covered by snow). The lack of conifers extends to the park not having any good mixed forest areas, so Hutton's Vireos are very unusual in the park. Hutton's seem to prefer wet forests with a mix of deciduous trees ,madrones, and conifers (especially Red Cedars). Hutton's are common on Mercer Island and at Lincoln Park, but not at Marymoor. Marymoor does, itself, have a great mix of habitats. We make up for the absence of good conifer forests by having better grasslands than much of the county. Thus we have a pretty good chance for meadowlarks, shrikes, Savannah Sparrows, etc. than many parts of the county. Lake Sammamish is a large enough lake to lure in some diversity of water birds. Marymoor is also large enough to be visible to fly-over birds as a bit of a green oasis. That likely explains how we can have a park list currently at 246 species. And all of this is why I can still find great interest and enjoyment in birding at the park, even after more than 31 years. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:31?PM Michael Hobbs wrote: > > Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 > degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too. > > Highlights: > Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get > fairly few sightings after mid-September > Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the > slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location > Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely > to get another sighting this year > American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow > Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a > two falcon day > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog > Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) > Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen (FOF) > Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the year > Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF) > > We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks > flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but > hard to be sure. > > Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California > Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some > yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have > heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler. > > Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species > (not counting the mystery ducks). Not a bad day. > > = Michael Hobbs > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Sep 25 22:41:12 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Alan Roedell via Tweeters) Date: Thu Sep 25 22:41:26 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Interesting natural history account. Well done, thank you for sharing. On Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 8:24?PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I wanted to add some notes, because several people have commented > about both Osprey and Band-tailed Pigeon occurrences in fall. > > First, my comments about the likelihood of these species was strictly > relevant only to Marymoor and specifically to the Marymoor Survey. > > With regards to Osprey, our next survey is not until October 2. While > it is likely that Osprey might be seen during the next 6 days, we've > only had Osprey sightings in 9 out of 31 years after October 1st, so > it's quite likely we've seen our last for the 2025 Survey. Also, even > though we've had Osprey as late as December 15th, there's no reason to > believe any Osprey that nested at Marymoor are still around by > October. What we've noted in those 9 years are almost certainly birds > from further north who are migrating south. They may catch a fish to > eat while at the park, but they aren't living at the park. If they > were still resident, we'd see them more often during the 4-5 hours > we're at the park each Thursday morning. > > BTW, this is true of many species. Our nesting Savannah Sparrows seem > to clear out pretty quickly after nesting season, and we have a big > drop in numbers and even gaps in occurance. Then, in late August and > September, we get a push of Savannahs through the park. These birds > tend to be in locks of up to a dozen, and appear larger and brighter > than our nesting birds. I've heard that the American Robins that nest > around Seattle mostly leave, being replaced during winter by robins > who nested further north. The breeding Fox Sparrows in our mountains > are a different subspecies than our wintering lowland Fox Sparrows, so > even though Fox Sparrows are present all year round in the state, > there may be no individual which lives in the state all the time. > > As for Band-tailed Pigeons, Marymoor is not at all an ideal habitat > for them; not for breeding, and especially not in winter. There are > wintering Band-tails in the county, and several people have them at > their feeders in the winter, but they are pretty much only at (or > often just flying over) Marymoor during the summer when they are > nesting in nearby areas. We've had no indication that they nest in > the park. And many Band-tailed Pigeons do migrate south. We were > just in Klickitat County on the Columbia River over the weekend, and 3 > or 4 times we saw tight flocks of dozens of Band-tailed Pigeons flying > around. These are almost certainly migrants who were massing for the > flight across the river, something they likely do at night to avoid > Peregrine Falcons. > > One of the things that make Washington a great place to bird is the > incredible number of micro-habitats. Even at the county level, we > typically have great diversity of habitats, such that every county has > a long list of species possible. Within King County, birds are very > definitely not uniformly distributed, even when you adjust for > elevation. What's true about Marymoor is not necessarily true about > other places that are quite close to the park. Marymoor has no > natural conifer forest, with pretty much all of the conifers being in > an equal-aged stand of Doug Firs around the mansion. Parks mows under > those trees, so there isn't a trace of the typical understory of a > conifer forest. Thus, Marymoor has no breeding Pacific Wrens, > although they nest in forested areas just upslope from Lake Sammamish. > For Marymoor, Pac wrens are only a winter species (probably comprising > individuals that nested in areas of the Cascades that get covered by > snow). The lack of conifers extends to the park not having any good > mixed forest areas, so Hutton's Vireos are very unusual in the park. > Hutton's seem to prefer wet forests with a mix of deciduous trees > ,madrones, and conifers (especially Red Cedars). Hutton's are common > on Mercer Island and at Lincoln Park, but not at Marymoor. > > Marymoor does, itself, have a great mix of habitats. We make up for > the absence of good conifer forests by having better grasslands than > much of the county. Thus we have a pretty good chance for meadowlarks, > shrikes, Savannah Sparrows, etc. than many parts of the county. Lake > Sammamish is a large enough lake to lure in some diversity of water > birds. Marymoor is also large enough to be visible to fly-over birds > as a bit of a green oasis. That likely explains how we can have a > park list currently at 246 species. > > And all of this is why I can still find great interest and enjoyment > in birding at the park, even after more than 31 years. > > = Michael Hobbs > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:31?PM Michael Hobbs > wrote: > > > > Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 > > degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too. > > > > Highlights: > > Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get > > fairly few sightings after mid-September > > Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the > > slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location > > Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely > > to get another sighting this year > > American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow > > Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a > > two falcon day > > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog > > Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) > > Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen > (FOF) > > Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the > year > > Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF) > > > > We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks > > flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but > > hard to be sure. > > > > Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California > > Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some > > yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have > > heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler. > > > > Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species > > (not counting the mystery ducks). Not a bad day. > > > > = Michael Hobbs > > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com > > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sep 26 07:02:28 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Teresa Michelsen via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 07:02:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Some thoughts, we do have a pine forest up in the Lake Kokanee-Cushman area in Mason County where I live. It?s pretty native in a lot of areas around here including the slopes down to the lakes (which I live on the edge of), we do have breeding Pacific Wrens, Barred and Great Horned Owls, etc. I have a flock of about 6 Band-Tailed Pigeons at my feeders now stocking up for the winter. I can?t say for sure they?re resident but they are around pretty regularly. Canada Jays are around as well at various times of year, but this is when I really get a lot of traffic so I put out some extra food for the coming winter. Teresa Michelsen Up above Hoodsport From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Alan Roedell via Tweeters Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2025 10:41 PM To: Michael Hobbs Cc: Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2025-09-25 Interesting natural history account. Well done, thank you for sharing. On Thu, Sep 25, 2025, 8:24?PM Michael Hobbs via Tweeters > wrote: I wanted to add some notes, because several people have commented about both Osprey and Band-tailed Pigeon occurrences in fall. First, my comments about the likelihood of these species was strictly relevant only to Marymoor and specifically to the Marymoor Survey. With regards to Osprey, our next survey is not until October 2. While it is likely that Osprey might be seen during the next 6 days, we've only had Osprey sightings in 9 out of 31 years after October 1st, so it's quite likely we've seen our last for the 2025 Survey. Also, even though we've had Osprey as late as December 15th, there's no reason to believe any Osprey that nested at Marymoor are still around by October. What we've noted in those 9 years are almost certainly birds from further north who are migrating south. They may catch a fish to eat while at the park, but they aren't living at the park. If they were still resident, we'd see them more often during the 4-5 hours we're at the park each Thursday morning. BTW, this is true of many species. Our nesting Savannah Sparrows seem to clear out pretty quickly after nesting season, and we have a big drop in numbers and even gaps in occurance. Then, in late August and September, we get a push of Savannahs through the park. These birds tend to be in locks of up to a dozen, and appear larger and brighter than our nesting birds. I've heard that the American Robins that nest around Seattle mostly leave, being replaced during winter by robins who nested further north. The breeding Fox Sparrows in our mountains are a different subspecies than our wintering lowland Fox Sparrows, so even though Fox Sparrows are present all year round in the state, there may be no individual which lives in the state all the time. As for Band-tailed Pigeons, Marymoor is not at all an ideal habitat for them; not for breeding, and especially not in winter. There are wintering Band-tails in the county, and several people have them at their feeders in the winter, but they are pretty much only at (or often just flying over) Marymoor during the summer when they are nesting in nearby areas. We've had no indication that they nest in the park. And many Band-tailed Pigeons do migrate south. We were just in Klickitat County on the Columbia River over the weekend, and 3 or 4 times we saw tight flocks of dozens of Band-tailed Pigeons flying around. These are almost certainly migrants who were massing for the flight across the river, something they likely do at night to avoid Peregrine Falcons. One of the things that make Washington a great place to bird is the incredible number of micro-habitats. Even at the county level, we typically have great diversity of habitats, such that every county has a long list of species possible. Within King County, birds are very definitely not uniformly distributed, even when you adjust for elevation. What's true about Marymoor is not necessarily true about other places that are quite close to the park. Marymoor has no natural conifer forest, with pretty much all of the conifers being in an equal-aged stand of Doug Firs around the mansion. Parks mows under those trees, so there isn't a trace of the typical understory of a conifer forest. Thus, Marymoor has no breeding Pacific Wrens, although they nest in forested areas just upslope from Lake Sammamish. For Marymoor, Pac wrens are only a winter species (probably comprising individuals that nested in areas of the Cascades that get covered by snow). The lack of conifers extends to the park not having any good mixed forest areas, so Hutton's Vireos are very unusual in the park. Hutton's seem to prefer wet forests with a mix of deciduous trees ,madrones, and conifers (especially Red Cedars). Hutton's are common on Mercer Island and at Lincoln Park, but not at Marymoor. Marymoor does, itself, have a great mix of habitats. We make up for the absence of good conifer forests by having better grasslands than much of the county. Thus we have a pretty good chance for meadowlarks, shrikes, Savannah Sparrows, etc. than many parts of the county. Lake Sammamish is a large enough lake to lure in some diversity of water birds. Marymoor is also large enough to be visible to fly-over birds as a bit of a green oasis. That likely explains how we can have a park list currently at 246 species. And all of this is why I can still find great interest and enjoyment in birding at the park, even after more than 31 years. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:31?PM Michael Hobbs > wrote: > > Tweets - A pretty good day at Marymoor. Though a bit nippy (49 > degrees at the start), it was sunny and windless. Fairly birdy too. > > Highlights: > Band-tailed Pigeon - Two sightings of a single bird. We get > fairly few sightings after mid-September > Wilson's Snipe - Two landed in the mud on the far side of the > slough opposite one of the Dog Beaches. Great looks, unusual location > Osprey - Only one silent bird; nests are empty. We are unlikely > to get another sighting this year > American Kestrel - One in the East Meadow > Merlin - One streaked by us near the start of our walk; thus a > two falcon day > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least one, singing weakly near Dog > Central, never seen. First of Fall (FOF) > Pacific Wren - One at the Rowing Club, heard calling but not seen (FOF) > Swainson's Thrush - One heard pre-dawn, probably the last for the year > Western Meadowlark - Five in the East Meadow (FOF) > > We also had a tight flock of more than a dozen pale-bellied ducks > flying down the slough fairly high - possibly American Wigeon, but > hard to be sure. > > Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, California > Gull, Green Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, Bushtit (though I had some > yesterday in the Dog Meadow), American Pipit (though we might have > heard one), Savannah Sparrow, and Orange-crowned Warbler. > > Despite the rather long list of misses, we still managed 56 species > (not counting the mystery ducks). Not a bad day. > > = Michael Hobbs > = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm _______________________________________________ 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 Sep 26 11:34:54 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Nancy Tom via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 11:34:59 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 26 11:49:28 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jeremy Schwartz via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 11:49:43 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Ravens in Lake Forest Park Message-ID: Hello all! I work from home in the Lake Forest Park area and I've been keeping my office windows open regularly for the last week or so. I have heard prolonged Common Raven communications between multiple individuals for at least 10 to 15 minutes every day this week. They've been super active! I've also gotten to see four at a time wheeling over head once this week while taking out the garbage. This is the most raven activity I've ever heard anywhere around here, and have lived here for eight years. Any other Lake Forest Park residents here seeing/hearing raven activity? Keep watching the skies! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 26 12:29:32 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 12:30:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Return of the Snow Geese Message-ID: <45383374-4190-4F97-A192-92890F748A79@gmail.com> Hi Tweets, Just to add to Nancy's Skagit sighting of some Snow Geese, there are eBird reports east of the Cascades, too. At Potholes the first reports of several geese were September 5th with over 40 by September 24th. There are also a few early September reports of one to several geese along the Columbia in the vicinity of Tri-Cities. A great hallmark of fall. Happy birding. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:36:02 +0000 From: Nancy Crowell via Tweeters To: "Tweeters@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Tweeters] First snow geese Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi all - I heard a rumor some snow geese had started arriving here in Skagit yesterday. I confirmed this morning. Saw a small flock of about 40 mixed in with white-fronted foraging on Fir Island. A sure sign fall has arrived! Nancy "Images for the imagination." www.crowellphotography.com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 26 12:41:22 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Trileigh Tucker via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 12:41:32 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" Message-ID: Hello Tweeters, I was just reciting Stiles?s phrase this very morning, watching two Northern Flickers dance around the trunk and along the branches of one of our big Doug Firs! Love this season. I believe the original version of the phrase came from a 1920 Auk article by Charles Townsend, here, in which he refers to ?autumnal recrudescence of the amatory instinct?: The song of courtship produced by the vocal organs of the bird varies from the rasping, vibrating note of the Golden-eye or the aa-ou of the Eider, emitted at the height of the dance and display, the harsh scream of the Kingbird or the tis-ik of the Henslow' Sparrow to the clear, plantive, whistle of the White- throated Sparrow, and the serene, spiritual hymn of the Hermit Thrush. While the simpler, more primitive songs are given forth only during courtship excitement, it is evident that many, especially the more complicated and aesthetic ones, although at their best and sometimes elaborated or extended under courtship excitement, are often continued and repeated for the mere enjoyment of the performer in his own music. The autumnal recrudescence of the amatory instinct, often displayed in song, is well known. (As always, I?d welcome correction if an earlier version is out there.) Good autumnal excitement (in whatever form) to you all, Trileigh Trileigh Tucker Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com tri@seattleu edu From: Elaine Chuang via Tweeters Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 5:14?PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" Wait, did that Anna's male just do a "J" dive display?! Have you been hearing bird song or observing somewhat unseasonal behavior lately? We have begun to enjoy the annual avian phenomenon that's based upon partial reactivation of breeding behavior. Whether triggered by the effects of changing light levels on birdy hormones (the prevailing explanation), or other factors, the shift has poetically become known as, "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge." Please honor Susan Stiles, who gave us this lovely bit of verse (plus thanks to Dennis Paulson and Teri Martine): "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" - by Susan Stiles (December 1973) When the birds are cacaphonic in the trees and on the verge Of the fields in mid-October when the cold is like a scourge. It is not delight in winter that makes feathered voices surge, But autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge. When the frost is on the punkin' and when leaf and branch diverge, Birds with hormones reawakened sing a paean, not a dirge. What's the reason for their warbling? Why on earth this late-year splurge? The autumnal recrudescence of the amatory urge. In my humble opinion, the scientifically best and yet 'readable' article (2016) on the general topic, is by the wonderful "GrrlScientist" (https://about.me/grrlscientist): "Why do songbirds sing in autumn?" https://medium.com/@GrrlScientist/why-do-songbirds-sing-in-the-autumn-grrlscientist-2017eeec7e03 Elaine Chuang Seattle elc at uw dot edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 26 13:08:01 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 13:08:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Santa Clara County Bird Alliance Centenary Message-ID: (Out of area, but I can?t help but celebrate something?s 100th birthday) Santa Clara County Bird Alliance is celebrating its 100th birthday in October. Before moving to Washington a few years ago I put a lot of sweat equity into the organization, and I?m thrilled to see it thriving and celebrating itself next month. One of the things they did was solicit many of the photographers in the county for photos from the area to celebrate the birds seen there, and I?m glad to see a couple of mine have been included: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-RGpzKZ If you?re one of those folks who visits down there for work or pleasure (this county is the core center of Silicon Valley, home to Apple, Google, Intel and many others) it?s an incredible birding area with a large group of really good birders and photographers and is an area that?s had a strong commitment to open space and bird habitats. It?s well worth a birding trip if you haven?t considered it (I wish I could have gotten down there next month, but couldn?t make the details work). (It also is the place where that one day wonder Dark-Sided Flycatcher was found and photographed recently. Hope you enjoy the photos, and if you happen to be down in California in October, consider checking out some of the activities these folks have planned for the next month? 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 Fri Sep 26 14:08:46 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Martha Jordan via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 14:09:16 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] newest Audubon magazine snow goose article Message-ID: For those who are members of National Audubon, you likely have the newest issue of the magazine in hand. It has a very informative article: The Great North American Goose Chase. It is about snow geese that breed in an area of northern Alaska (North Slope) and east across the Canadian western arctic (not the mid-Continent population). Well done article, except for one glaring error regarding Washington State's wintering snow geese. This error only applies to Washington State. Recent research has shown that the snow geese that winter in the Skagit Valley (and other areas of western WA) breed on Wrangel Island, north of Siberia: Russia. They are not the Western Arctic population. In eastern WA, the vast majority of those snow geese are also from Wrangel Island. A small percentage are Western Arctic population. So where do most of these geese go: the rest of the article is accurate, and you can always plan a trip to Chico, California for the Jan 22-23, 2026 Snow Goose Festival (1 million snow geese along with other waterfowl), a spectacular sight. Even the Cornell Lab All About Birds website lacks any information on differentiating the Lesser Snow Goose from the Greater Snow Goose (sub-species) Both are lumped into: snow geese. Sad to see this educational opportunity missed. If you want more information on snow geese, contact me off-list. mj.cygnus at gmail.com Martha Jordan Everett, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 26 16:51:45 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 16:52:00 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] "The Autumnal Recrudescence of the Amatory Urge" Message-ID: In reference to "Why do songbirds sing in autumn?? Nancy Tom kindly provided this updated link to the article by GrrlScientist (the other reference had been withdrawn): https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/why-do-songbirds-sing-in-autumn Elaine Chuang Seattle elc at uw dot edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Sep 26 18:01:17 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 18:01:21 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Marbled Murrelet article Message-ID: <9A952207-8DDB-42EB-B981-80C37DE666C6@uw.edu> Ellen Cohen shared this NYT article on the Marbled Murrelet a few days ago, but the message was scrubbed by those pesky IT gremlins. "A Tiny Seabird Faces Growing Threats in the Forest" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/science/marbled-murrelet-endangered-redwoods.html?smid=url-share There?s a nice reference to the work of our very own Scott Pearson: "Scott Pearson, a senior research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has been doing sea surveys of murrelets for 20 years as part of a team monitoring the health of old growth forests. He said that the murrelet's decline is worst in northern Washington, where the number of birds has dropped to roughly 4,500 from 10,000 just two decades ago." Elaine Chuang Seattle elc at uw dot edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 6:02?PM Elaine Chuang via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Ellen Cohen shared this NYT article on the Marbled Murrelet a few days > ago, but the message was scrubbed by those pesky IT gremlins. > > "A Tiny Seabird Faces Growing Threats in the Forest" > https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/science/marbled-murrelet-endangered-redwoods.html?smid=url-share > > There?s a nice reference to the work of our very own Scott Pearson: "Scott > Pearson, a senior research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish > and Wildlife, has been doing sea surveys of murrelets for 20 years as part > of a team monitoring the health of old growth forests. He said that the > murrelet's decline is worst in northern Washington, where the number of > birds has dropped to roughly 4,500 from 10,000 just two decades ago." > > Elaine Chuang > Seattle > elc at uw dot edu > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sep 26 19:53:42 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Fri Sep 26 19:53:47 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Marbled Murrelet article (NYT) References: <9A952207-8DDB-42EB-B981-80C37DE666C6@uw.edu> Message-ID: Apologies for my ineptitude with NYT gift articles. Trying again here. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/science/marbled-murrelet-endangered-redwoods.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.cg0a.d_6ULn7w_xk0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Elaine Chuang Seattle elc at uw dot edu From: Elaine Chuang Subject: Marbled Murrelet article Date: September 26, 2025 at 6:01:17 PM PDT To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Ellen Cohen shared this NYT article on the Marbled Murrelet a few days ago, but the message was scrubbed by those pesky IT gremlins. "A Tiny Seabird Faces Growing Threats in the Forest" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/science/marbled-murrelet-endangered-redwoods.html?smid=url-share There?s a nice reference to the work of our very own Scott Pearson: "Scott Pearson, a senior research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has been doing sea surveys of murrelets for 20 years as part of a team monitoring the health of old growth forests. 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I plan to check this by storing a few in my attic and garage, but am doubtful, as this behavior has been constant over the years, but while I've had many cedar, hemlock and fir volunteers, I've never had a volunteer spruce. Also I'm curious why our local Cooper's hawks don't seem to consider the Douglas squirrels as dinner possibilities. Could anyone enlighten me on this behavior or at least point me in a direction to research it? judyem at olypen dot com in Port Angeles WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Sep 27 21:19:00 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Sat Sep 27 21:19:06 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Santa Clara ;;; In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <53149785-e744-4ad2-8e94-56a9aa63e93f@jimbetz.com> Chuq, ? Thank you for posting the link to those Wonderful photos!? 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AKopitov Seattle AMK17 From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 28 13:17:01 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Stan Bezimienny via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 28 13:17:18 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Ravens in Lake Forest Park Message-ID: <34FA3ACA-DD5B-43AB-94A0-04CE552C5DB3@gmail.com> Jeremy, I hear (more often than see) ravens in Lake Forest Park regularly for several years now. Stan in LFP From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 28 14:00:20 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tom Benedict via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 28 14:00:36 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Ravens in Lake Forest Park In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 26, 2025, at 11:49, Jeremy Schwartz via Tweeters wrote: > > Hello all! > > I work from home in the Lake Forest Park area and I've been keeping my office windows open regularly for the last week or so. I have heard prolonged Common Raven communications between multiple individuals for at least 10 to 15 minutes every day this week. They've been super active! I've also gotten to see four at a time wheeling over head once this week while taking out the garbage. > > This is the most raven activity I've ever heard anywhere around here, and have lived here for eight years. > > Any other Lake Forest Park residents here seeing/hearing raven activity? > Urban and suburban CORA populations seems to be growing in this region. We?ve had a small group here in Seahurst (Burien, WA) for a nearly 10 years now. We frequently see one or two of them harassed by AMCR groups. Their vocalizations are fascinating and diagnostic. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Sep 28 15:00:33 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ian Paulsen via Tweeters) Date: Sun Sep 28 15:00:36 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: HI ALL: I just posted about 3 bird and 2 non-bird books at my blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2025/09/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 Mon Sep 29 05:36:29 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 29 05:36:37 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] VOX: The Air Quality Index and how to use it, explained Message-ID: <9231E7F6-1428-44E4-8C74-FDD0A726F650@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some are little backpacks/knapsacks, others even more basic, like the 9 ounce Tripack Tripod Pack that I see on the bigpockets.com website. Happy Trails! Kevin Lucas https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ Yakima County, Washington *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 10:07?AM AMK17 via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello birders, > > I am in the market for a new lighter weight scope tripod that is stable > for my 2lb Kowa TSN 820 scope. Tried Sirui 1204 but the VA5 head It comes > with is too flimsy and unsteady even with added weight. The head alone is > just shakes. Previous scope was a rock solid manfrotto aluminum 'Mac truck' > but quite heavy. Tried Glazers ... No luck. > > Hoping to find some under 5-6 lbs with scope and video head ideally.Any > suggestions appreciated. > > Looking for recommendations. Please email directly if you can. > > Thanks in advance! > > AKopitov > Seattle > > AMK17 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sep 29 12:37:10 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Rob Faucett via Tweeters) Date: Mon Sep 29 12:37:27 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Off topic - scope tripods In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <826E6BD1-BAB0-47E4-802F-D79520BC2D14@mac.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There were no Turkey Vulture reports in Edmonds for August. Declined: Short-billed Dowitcher (code 4), American Herring Gull (code 4), Bank Swallow (code 4), and MacGillivray?s Warbler (code 4) at Edmonds marsh. All were single reports of rare birds for Edmonds with no details or photos. 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 August, 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 Tue Sep 30 00:09:05 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dee Dee via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 30 00:09:32 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Lesser Goldfinch (again!) References: <637F12DD-C671-4433-AC42-7F99E986AE1E.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <637F12DD-C671-4433-AC42-7F99E986AE1E@yahoo.com> Wow, fellow Tweeters, have to share that a beautiful male Lesser Goldfinch (LEGO) put in an unexpected appearance at my seed feeder at 2pm on Monday (September 29, 2025). That?s almost 2 months earlier than last year?s Very First Ever yardbird LEGO sighting (November 21, 2024). To say I was surprised and excited is an understatement! The good news is that despite being in the middle of brushing my teeth and not having my glasses on, I managed to get several decent photos of him (2 of which can be seen in my E-bird submitted checklist). Thank heavens for auto-focus?. Not daring to hope that my winter months might again be graced with intermittent sightings of such a pretty little bird like happened last winter (late November through early March, 14 sightings) but?fingers crossed. Be on the lookout?Hint: This bird was in company of a few American Goldfinches, which was fairly typical for last winter?s sightings as well. Happy Autumn birding, all! Dee Warnock Edmonds From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 30 02:02:27 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 30 02:02:32 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] 2025 Bird of the Year - Wikipedia Message-ID: Good summary of the contest history, previous winners, 2025 winner and additional information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_the_Year Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Sep 30 14:03:55 2025 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Martha Jordan via Tweeters) Date: Tue Sep 30 14:04:26 2025 Subject: [Tweeters] tripods Message-ID: I truly enjoy the strength and lighter weight of a carbon fiber tripod. Yes, more expensive, but worth it if you have to keep carrying it around. Martha -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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