From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 1 02:15:54 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 1 02:23:50 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] 17 Birds That Can Mimic Sound (With Photos) - Bird Nature Message-ID: <8EA3D557-91ED-4593-85B4-DEC156860514@gmail.com> Nice set of summaries about the 17 species. I listen and look for, and Audio record many Yellow -breasted chats each year. Really special and not uncommonly in the same general environments as Great Horned and Western Screech owls . I frequently capture audio recordings of all three calling in the same area at night in hearable range. The males sing territorial songs for several weeks in the late spring and summer, off and on, all night long. So I frequently hear them why forvowls. https://www.birdnature.com/birds-that-can-mimic-sound/ Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 1 02:26:01 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 1 02:26:24 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] 17 Birds That Can Mimic Sound (With Photos) - Bird Nature In-Reply-To: <8EA3D557-91ED-4593-85B4-DEC156860514@gmail.com> References: <8EA3D557-91ED-4593-85B4-DEC156860514@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3A0CB1F1-2F6B-48E3-B15B-8616E087D0C8@gmail.com> ??..So I frequently hear them when I?m surveying owls. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 1, 2026, at 2:15?AM, Dan Reiff wrote: > > ?Nice set of summaries about the 17 species. > I listen and look for, and Audio record many Yellow -breasted chats each year. Really special and not uncommonly in the same general environments as Great Horned and Western Screech owls . > I frequently capture audio recordings of all three calling in the same area at night in hearable range. > The males sing territorial songs for several weeks in the late spring and summer, off and on, all night long. > So I frequently hear them why forvowls. > > > > > https://www.birdnature.com/birds-that-can-mimic-sound/ > > Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 1 09:18:33 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 1 09:18:39 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Nest Building Question? Message-ID: Hi, ? I was just watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qvYCbvbeN8 and the chick was moving a large stick on the nest (practising for later in life?). It got me to think about other times I've seen video of nest building by hawks, osprey, and eagles ... and it occurred to me that "they really don't do that task very purposefully" when I compared what this Osprey soon to fledge bird was doing -vs- what I've seen in the past. ? Yes, there is a purpose (nest building) - but it is my impression that they sort of 'move stuff around' much more than 'pick up a stick and place it where they want it'.? I will go so far as to speculate ... "maybe they don't really have the eyesight for this task" (seeing both ends of the stick and maneuvering it to place it precisely). ? If you watch beaver building a dam they are -very- precise about placement compared to what avian nest building I've seen. ? What are your thoughts on this sticky subject? ? I went to Reifel this week.? Pretty unbirdy - well LOTS of Mallards and Canada Geese and not a lot else (a fair number of Blue-winged Teal).? I arrived about 11:30 and left about 2. ? I'm hoping to get in at least one more Puffin trip to Smith Island soon.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 1 10:06:41 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Paul Bannick via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 1 10:06:55 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: Binoculars for Beginner Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Would anyone like to give advice on binoculars for a beginning birder? Ideally they would be of high quality and leave room for growth. Thanks so much! Paul -- Paul Bannick Photography 206-940-7835 www.paulbannick.com Author/Photographer of: - *Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers* (2025 INDIE Publshier Book of the Year Siver Medal) - Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls (2017 Independent Publisher Book of the Year Gold Medal) - The Owl and the Woodpecker (Washington State Book Award Finalist) - Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History - Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 1 10:12:47 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Paul Bannick via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 1 10:13:01 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: Binoculars for Beginner In-Reply-To: <002935ef-4a1c-441a-a0c8-895cb8b4c168@Spark> References: <002935ef-4a1c-441a-a0c8-895cb8b4c168@Spark> Message-ID: Hi Greg, Thanks for the tip! Best, Paul On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 10:09?AM Greg Pasquariello wrote: > $250 pair of Vortex Diamondback HD. Fantastic binoculars, excellent price > > Greg Pasquariello > On Aug 1, 2026 at 10:07?AM -0700, Paul Bannick via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu>, wrote: > > Hi Tweets, > Would anyone like to give advice on binoculars for a beginning birder? > Ideally they would be of high quality and leave room for growth. > Thanks so much! > Paul > > -- > Paul Bannick Photography > 206-940-7835 > www.paulbannick.com > > Author/Photographer of: > > - *Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers* > (2025 INDIE Publshier Book of the Year Siver Medal) > - Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls (2017 Independent > Publisher Book of the Year Gold Medal) > - The Owl and the Woodpecker (Washington State Book Award Finalist) > - Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History > - Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > -- Paul Bannick Photography 206-940-7835 www.paulbannick.com Author/Photographer of: - *Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers* (2025 INDIE Publshier Book of the Year Siver Medal) - Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls (2017 Independent Publisher Book of the Year Gold Medal) - The Owl and the Woodpecker (Washington State Book Award Finalist) - Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History - Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 1 10:13:54 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kathy Kaplan via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 1 10:14:06 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: Binoculars for Beginner In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Paul. I love my vortex diamondback 10*42 and they were about $200 so pretty great price. Broke them once and vortex fixed them quickly for free. They have some stability and allow pretty great views of small passerines flitting up in the trees, etc. They were my beginning pair and I still use them basically daily (though finally thinking about upgrading now after several years of using them!) Kathy Kaplan :) On Sat, Aug 1, 2026, 10:07?AM Paul Bannick via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi Tweets, > Would anyone like to give advice on binoculars for a beginning birder? > Ideally they would be of high quality and leave room for growth. > Thanks so much! > Paul > > -- > Paul Bannick Photography > 206-940-7835 > www.paulbannick.com > > Author/Photographer of: > > - *Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers* > (2025 INDIE Publshier Book of the Year Siver Medal) > - Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls (2017 Independent > Publisher Book of the Year Gold Medal) > - The Owl and the Woodpecker (Washington State Book Award Finalist) > - Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History > - Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History > > _______________________________________________ > 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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In-Reply-To: <95CDC123-DB2F-4253-9F4D-500141A5260C@icloud.com> References: <95CDC123-DB2F-4253-9F4D-500141A5260C@icloud.com> Message-ID: Hawai'i's Birds is the guide to everything on the islands. https://hiaudubon.org/product/hawaiis-birds-book/ Louise Rutter On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 12:37?PM Pauline Sterin via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a bird guide to take me on a day trip on Oahu in > early March? Thanks for any suggestions. > > Pauline Sterin > Bellingham > _______________________________________________ > 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 Aug 1 13:51:05 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Caryn Schutzler via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 1 13:51:22 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Beginning Binocs Message-ID: Hey Paul?guess whoooo? Both Gene and I have a pair of Nikon Monarchs we?ve had for years now and have seen many a bird with them! (We do have a Vortex scope so those Vortex binocs sound interesting, too!) Your pal, Caryn From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 3 15:02:07 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:02:31 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Vauxhappening in Monroe Message-ID: 800 swifts spent last night in the Monroe Wagner roost. Thats the most we?ve ever documented the first week of August since 2008. Start of the southbound migration? In chimney cam still working. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 3 21:07:23 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 3 21:07:29 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] TASTING TABLE: This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In The US Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hawai'i's Birds is the guide to everything on the islands. https://hiaudubon.org/product/hawaiis-birds-book/ Louise Rutter On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 12:37?PM Pauline Sterin via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a bird guide to take me on a day trip on Oahu in > early March? Thanks for any suggestions. > > Pauline Sterin > Bellingham > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 13:51:05 -0700 From: Caryn Schutzler via Tweeters To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Beginning Binocs Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hey Paul?guess whoooo? 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 4 09:32:08 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Rachel Lawson via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 4 09:32:14 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] TASTING TABLE: This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In The US In-Reply-To: <192165032.93069.1785854436864@connect.xfinity.com> References: <192165032.93069.1785854436864@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: I lost all respect for the late chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain after, in one of his books, he wrote about a top secret, very selective, no-names-named chefs' dinner he gladly attended in New York. The point of the event was that one of the chefs smuggled in Ortolan Buntings, which were then cooked and eaten in traditional fashion with napkins over heads to capture the aromas. The whole dinner was illegal and unethical. Rachel Lawson rwlawson5593@outlook.com Now in Arnside, England ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 3:40 PM To: Dan Reiff ; Dan Reiff via Tweeters ; Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] TASTING TABLE: This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In The US I've heard stories from the early 50s that had small passerines being consumed for specific "festival meals" in some ethnic enclaves in Northern California. I read that in parts of Europe this still continues, just well under the radar. Hal Michael Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net On 08/03/2026 9:07 PM PDT Dan Reiff via Tweeters wrote: I wonder if that was how the restaurant chain got its name!: This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In The US Although federal conservation laws banned eating this small bird more than a century ago, it used to be a pretty popular protein in America. 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The point of the event was that one of the chefs smuggled in Ortolan Buntings, which were then cooked and eaten in traditional fashion with napkins over heads to capture the aromas. The whole dinner was illegal and unethical. Rachel Lawson rwlawson5593@outlook.com Now in Arnside, England ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2026 3:40 PM To: Dan Reiff ; Dan Reiff via Tweeters ; Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] TASTING TABLE: This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In The US I've heard stories from the early 50s that had small passerines being consumed for specific "festival meals" in some ethnic enclaves in Northern California. I read that in parts of Europe this still continues, just well under the radar. Hal Michael Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net On 08/03/2026 9:07 PM PDT Dan Reiff via Tweeters wrote: I wonder if that was how the restaurant chain got its name!: This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In The US Although federal conservation laws banned eating this small bird more than a century ago, it used to be a pretty popular protein in America. Read in Tasting Table: https://apple.news/A7yrLDKyvQLyxyFOm-qnivw Shared from Apple News Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I read that in parts of Europe this still continues, just well > under the radar. > > Hal Michael > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > > > > On 08/03/2026 9:07 PM PDT Dan Reiff via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > I wonder if that was how the restaurant chain got its name!: > > *This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In > The US* > Although federal conservation laws banned eating this small bird more than > a century ago, it used to be a pretty popular protein in America. > > Read in Tasting Table: https://apple.news/A7yrLDKyvQLyxyFOm-qnivw > > > Shared from Apple News > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ?Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ? it?s about learning how to dance in the rain.? 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I read that in parts of Europe this still continues, just well > under the radar. > > Hal Michael > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > > > > On 08/03/2026 9:07 PM PDT Dan Reiff via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > I wonder if that was how the restaurant chain got its name!: > > *This Small Bird Was Once A Dinner Staple, But Is Now Illegal To Eat In > The US* > Although federal conservation laws banned eating this small bird more than > a century ago, it used to be a pretty popular protein in America. > > Read in Tasting Table: https://apple.news/A7yrLDKyvQLyxyFOm-qnivw > > > Shared from Apple News > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ?Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ? it?s about learning how to dance in the rain.? 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By way of explanation, we start additions to our year list based on birders letting me know about sightings. We then review eBird reports to see if we can add further species based on information included in checklists. With rarer birds, code 3 or rarer, we look for something more than a checklist tick. Those of us who use eBird know that we occasionally make data entry errors, so those have to be ruled out for our purposes. We then look for evidence such as a description of critical field marks, photos, or recordings. If none of those is included, we then decline to add the species at this time. This has no effect on an eBirder?s personal records. 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 2026 Edmonds city checklist, please request it from this email address: checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. 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High count for the year Spotted Sandpiper - One at Dog Central; only our 4th sighting of the year LEAST SANDPIPER - Matt heard several flying past the Lake Platform pre-dawn. First of Year (FOY) Pied-billed Grebe - One from the Lake Platform, inly our 3rd since May Green Heron - Three (both adult and juvie) at the Rowing Club pond. Outnumbered Great Blue Herons by one for the day Hairy Woodpecker - Two near the east end of the boardwalk were only our 2nd since early June Brown-headed Cowbird - Juveniles being attended to by COMMON YELLOWTHROATS and by WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS Black-throated Gray Warbler - Mini-flock of ~6 along the west edge of the Dog Meadow Western Tanager - One near the BTYWs Lazuli Bunting - One male and 1-2 juveniles/females, East Meadow. We've only ever had three later sightings Today's hotspot was looking west from the bench along the west edge of the Dog Area at the NW corner of the southern triangle. This is often a really good spot, so much so that we visit it twice each survey. Today's birds there, in part: ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, OSPREY (flyby), WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, WESTERN WARBLING VIREO, STELLER'S JAY, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, BUSHTIT, AMERICAN ROBIN, many PURPLE FINCH, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NORTHERN YELLOW WARBLER, the 6 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS, WESTERN TANAGER, and BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. Probably crows and other incidentals too. Would have been a pretty notable Stationary checklist on eBird. I've never come up with a name for this spot; I think I'll refer to it now as the SW Dog Meadow Bench. Coordinates are 47.656099, -122.112188, as best I can figure. Misses today included American Barn Owl, Violet-green Swallow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Marsh Wren, and Red-winged Blackbird. For the day, 54 species. 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An Anna's Hummingbird zigged and zagged in the near brush before zipping away. Young Cedar Waxwings posed as Flycatchers in the Alder tree to the north. The remaining Cliff and Barn Swallow nests under the covered deck/walkway held young nestlings still. Red Crossbills were heard overhead as we walked the parking lot, a Steller's Jay perched briefly in a bare tree, unusual for the Refuge proper, and Chickadees worked on the Alder cones. In the orchard were Northern Flicker, American Robin, Red-breasted Sapsucker, and a Band-tailed Pigeon sharing the leafless top of an apple tree with Starlings. Along the west side of the entrance road Cedar Waxwings flitted in the trees. Near the green-gated junction with the service road, Jon heard Hutton's Vireo song and with some searching found a shaggy looking juvenile. Barn Swallows, fewer Tree Swallows, a couple Violet-green Swallows, and a single Bank Swallow swirled above the fields west of the service road, mixed with a half-dozen Vaux's Swifts. A few Red-winged Blackbirds were scattered in the remaining cattails. >From the boardwalk loop trail, there were juvenile Wood Ducks, Mallards, and a Pied-billed Grebe on the pond. An American Bittern flushed, flying Southwest and out of sight. Along the trail a young Swainson's Thrush sat still and nearly hidden on a branch on the ground. Waiting to be fed? Thinking itself invisible? Or both? Yellow Warblers and Common Yellowthroat were in the Willows, as were Western Wood-Pewees and Willow Flycatchers. A tree Swallow poked it's head from a hole high up in an Alder snag, claiming the former Sapsucker cavity for it's own. In the slough where the loop trail meets the side spur to the Twin Barns, a Virginia Rail was briefly spotted before it disappeared into the reeds and grass. A Hairy Woodpecker announced it's presence near the Maple grove. We went out to the dike, skipping the Twin Barns platform, to catch whatever the incoming tide might push in. There wasn't much. A few Bald Eagles were perched in the distant tree line along the river. Gulls, mostly Ring-billed, were scattered sparingly on the exposed mud. Three Mourning Doves sat in an unusual location, just above the ground in a low bush on the saltwater side of the dike. A small flock of Canada Geese foraged along the border of the mud flat and the grass line. There were fewer shorebirds than we hoped for, a few Killdeer and Least Sandpipers along with Greater Yellowlegs as we neared the beginning of the McAllister Creek boardwalk. The high tide being lower than is typical, there was still exposed mud and gravel along either side of the boardwalk. Another Killdeer and a few more Least Sandpipers were close by. Several Caspian Terns roosted in a larger flock of Ring-billed Gulls on the east side of the boardwalk. Nothing in the creek itself but a few Harbor Seals. Matt saw Spotted Sandpipers flying stiff-winged down the creek, we didn't locate them along the shore. The fledgling Eagle's have finally left their nest across the creek, they were nowhere to be seen. From the Gazebo at the end of the boardwalk, visibility was poor enough not to be able to see the narrows bridge, but good enough to see Brandt's Cormorants on the channel marker and Purple Martins at Luhr Beach. Looking north, in the water were Double-crested Cormorants, a couple dozen Great Blue Herons clustered between us and the waters edge. Closer in were several more Least Sandpipers and Yellowlegs. Across the mouth of the creek, a large flock of Band-tailed Pigeons were on the beach at the waters edge, apparently drinking from the brackish water. Jon suggested they might be taking in salt and other minerals in order to make "crop milk" for their young. As we returned south to the dike, a flock of "peeps" too distant to identify, flashed light and dark far to the east. The Nisqually River overlook was bird free, as it was last week, with the exception of three "Olympic" type Gulls flying swiftly downstream. Turning south on the east side of the loop, we encountered a few Brown Creepers, more Cedar Waxwings and a large combined flock of Bushtits that just kept coming. Then back to the Visitor's Center for the final tally. The checklist follows: Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Aug 5, 2026 7:47?AM - 2:54?PM Protocol: Traveling 5.36 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Today?s Wednesday Walk; a walk through the Smokes of Hades. The walk began with moderately heavy smoke from fires in eastern Washington, on a calm and otherwise sunny 57? F morning, with the temperatures rising to 87? F with a 3-5 knot north breeze by the end of our walk at 2:30 p.m. A low +1.20-foot tide at 05:20 flooded to a +10.10 foot high water at 11:33 a.m., providing a bit of a ?push? for gulls and peeps from the mudflats. Other species seen included Columbian black-tailed deer, Eastern Cottontail, Pacific chorus frog, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Harbor Seal, lots of American Bullfrogs, Blue-eyed Darner, and Western Swallow-tailed Butterfly. 65 species (+7 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 17 Wood Duck 7 Mallard 14 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12 Band-tailed Pigeon 45 Several in orchard and along the Nisqually River. Many flocks flying along the timber west of McAllister Creek and taking salt along the McAllister Cr. estuary. Mourning Dove 3 Vaux's Swift 6 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Virginia Rail 2 Killdeer 4 Greater Yellowlegs 21 Least Sandpiper 45 peep sp. 65 shorebird sp. 1 Potential dowitcher; unclear observation Ring-billed Gull 195 California Gull 8 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 13 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 21 Larus sp. 250 Caspian Tern 11 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Visitors' Center pond Brandt's Cormorant 4 Nisqually Reach channel marker Double-crested Cormorant 60 cormorant sp. 20 American Bittern 1 Great Blue Heron 55 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Seen by Matt west of service road Bald Eagle 7 McAllister Creek nest was empty; young presumed to have fledged Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 2 Belted Kingfisher 4 Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) 2 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) 1 Bruce photo of male with Red moustache and red crescent on nape. Western Wood-Pewee 7 Willow Flycatcher 4 Hutton's Vireo 2 Western Warbling Vireo 1 Steller's Jay (Coastal) 2 One in the orchard; one vocalizing from timber west of McAllister Creek American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 20 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1 Bank Swallow 1 Tree Swallow 18 Purple Martin 12 Most at nesting gourds at Luhr Beach Barn Swallow 85 Cliff Swallow 8 Bushtit (Pacific) 30 Brown Creeper 5 Marsh Wren 2 Bewick's Wren 7 European Starling 1545 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 12 American Robin 35 Cedar Waxwing 25 House Finch 2 Purple Finch (Western) 3 Red Crossbill 6 American Goldfinch 25 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 17 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 3 Red-winged Blackbird 24 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 A immature being fed by two Bewick's Wrens, and one being fed by a Song Sparrow Common Yellowthroat 4 Northern Yellow Warbler 16 Wilson's Warbler 1 Western Tanager 2 Black-headed Grosbeak 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S380363175 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 9 16:03:15 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Pauline Sterin via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 9 16:03:52 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Guides Message-ID: ?Yes, 'bird guide' is non-specific. I should have asked for recommendations for a person who could guide us when we visit Oahu in March. Would still appreciate replies... Pauline Sterin Bellingham From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 10 11:55:41 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 10 11:55:46 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Enjoying Purple Martins: AUGUST 10 IS National Purple Martin Conservation Day References: <006D7AB0-3D5A-4ACE-B606-D6470A72EFBF@uw.edu> Message-ID: <75376BF6-ED0E-4A8C-AACC-781CDAF9CD23@uw.edu> 2026 marks the 20th year since the passing of Kevin Li, King County Environmental Scientist. As many of you know, through his efforts beginning in 1996, Kevin Li is acknowledged as the individual who essentially brought Purple Martins back to the Puget Sound area after their marked decline over the preceding decades. Many dedicated folks in the region have followed his example, working closely with WDFW to maintain housing at existing sites as well as installing new Purple Martin housing at newer locations. Today is National Purple Martin Conservation Day! Encouraged by the Purple Martin Conservation Association (https://www.purplemartin.org), U.S. legislators in 2024 passed a resolution that each year on August 10th, we would celebrate Purple Martins, and recognize the vital conservation work done on their behalf. Right now is prime time for enjoying the sound of purple as young birds fledge and the colonies in our region start setting their compasses for Brazil. Sites range from the long-standing collections of gourds that hang along Shilshole Bay and the Duwamish Waterway/Kellogg Island in Seattle, to smaller groups of gourds and wooden homes at sites such as Lake Sammamish, Union Bay Natural Area, Green Lake and the Myrtle Edwards / Centennial Park fishing pier as well as gourds on the Expedia Group property near Terminal 91 and others. Check in with the Olympic Peninsula Audubon and Whidbey Island Audubon Societies if you are in these areas. Be there early (best vocalization is their Dawn Song) and you might be lucky enough to enjoy the sound of purple at some of these locations! Elaine Chuang Seattle elc@uw.edu From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 10 15:31:00 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 10 15:31:14 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Enjoying Purple Martins: AUGUST 10 IS National Purple Martin Conservation Day In-Reply-To: <75376BF6-ED0E-4A8C-AACC-781CDAF9CD23@uw.edu> References: <006D7AB0-3D5A-4ACE-B606-D6470A72EFBF@uw.edu> <75376BF6-ED0E-4A8C-AACC-781CDAF9CD23@uw.edu> Message-ID: Rainshadow Bird Alliance is tracking ~50 boxes around Port Townsend, Cape George, down to Port Ludlow and Quilcene. Most were installed and are overseen by various dedicated volunteers who preceded my involvement. Occupancy is near 100% if you exclude some of the unused boxes within a duplex of two boxes. We worked with a local school group to build/rehab boxes, 12 of which are here locally and the other 8 gifted to Crockett Lake on Whidbey Island. On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 11:58?AM Elaine Chuang via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > 2026 marks the 20th year since the passing of Kevin Li, King County > Environmental Scientist. As many of you know, through his efforts > beginning in 1996, Kevin Li is acknowledged as the individual who > essentially brought Purple Martins back to the Puget Sound area after their > marked decline over the preceding decades. Many dedicated folks in the > region have followed his example, working closely with WDFW to maintain > housing at existing sites as well as installing new Purple Martin housing > at newer locations. > > Today is National Purple Martin Conservation Day! Encouraged by the > Purple Martin Conservation Association (https://www.purplemartin.org), > U.S. legislators in 2024 passed a resolution that each year on August 10th, > we would celebrate Purple Martins, and recognize the vital conservation > work done on their behalf. Right now is prime time for enjoying the sound > of purple as young birds fledge and the colonies in our region start > setting their compasses for Brazil. > > Sites range from the long-standing collections of gourds that hang along > Shilshole Bay and the Duwamish Waterway/Kellogg Island in Seattle, to > smaller groups of gourds and wooden homes at sites such as Lake Sammamish, > Union Bay Natural Area, Green Lake and the Myrtle Edwards / Centennial Park > fishing pier as well as gourds on the Expedia Group property near Terminal > 91 and others. Check in with the Olympic Peninsula Audubon and Whidbey > Island Audubon Societies if you are in these areas. 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I just tried to find the PM nestboxes at Crockett Lake - using Google Earth - and was unable to locate them/anything that looked like it might be them. Can you direct me to the part of Crockett Lake the Purple Martin boxes are located? All, ? There is an established PM colony at Ship Harbor in Anacortes (Wa State Ferry dock to the San Juan Islands).? The PMs have been coming there for a long time. ? IIRC there is another PM colony at English Boom on Camano. ? I took a "Puffing Tour" out of Skyline Marina Sunday.? The seas to get to Smith Island were 10 foot swells so we did not go to Smith.? We did see a -few- Rhinocerous Auklets (maybe 10?) and a good number of Pidgeon Guillemots (over 30, perhaps even 50) in Burrows Pass in groups of 1,2, to as many as 6 or more. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 11 15:45:34 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jerry Broadus via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 11 15:45:43 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] film on Falco the owl In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It was shown for one day last week at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma. Clarice Clark ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Diann MacRae via Tweeters Sent: Monday, August 10, 2026 4:18 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] film on Falco the owl Hi, Tweets Does anyone know if the Falco owl documentary has been shown, or will be shown, in our area? Cheers, Diann Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. 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One of my favorite species. https://www.audubon.org/news/monitoring-snowy-plovers-great-salt-lake From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 12 09:19:23 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (B B via Tweeters) Date: Wed Aug 12 09:19:34 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Program Tonight - Around the World in 80 Birds References: <1252919063.1338873.1786551563282.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1252919063.1338873.1786551563282@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets: I will be giving a program tonight for my Condominium Community (my 8th on bird and travels) called "Around the World in 80 Birds - Part I - Western Hemisphere".? It has photos (mine) and some videos (thank you YouTube contributors) of 80 amazing species found in the Western Hemisphere - many from Washington and the U.S. and more from Central and South America.? The program is live at the Condominium Clubhouse beginning at? 6:30 P.M. for condo community, but if you are interested, you can watch the program on Zoom. To Join Zoom Meeting Copy and Paste in Your Browser https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2029393193?pwd=UWkweloxWWtRQU1kSVQ3SCs5ODVWQT09 Meeting ID:? 202 939 3193Passcode: 429276 The Zoom is limited to 50 viewers so not sure how many spots will be available. Hope you can join in. Blair Bernson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 12 13:40:11 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jeff Borsecnik via Tweeters) Date: Wed Aug 12 13:40:21 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake access on foot (or tiny boat)? Message-ID: Can one get IN to wander around on the shores of Crockett Lake or paddle the pond? Or is it not very approachable terrain (in addition to being at least partially private property)? I was interested recently in seeing if I could get a closer view of the pelicans than is available from the south, but there's no access from the north, apparently, and I'm not sure if you can practically walk in from the other directions. A quick web search says ... You primarily view Crockett Lake from a distance, as it is a highly sensitive wetland and mudflat environment rather than a recreational park with trails winding directly through the water. While the Crockett Lake Preserve is technically open to the public, its physical geography severely limits direct foot travel. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 12 14:39:59 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Wed Aug 12 14:40:20 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Good paws Message-ID: Lynnwood P.A.W.S went all the way to Selleck Monday to release 2 rehabbed Vaux?s into a flock circling their roost chimney. Standing ovation please. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 12 16:43:52 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Diann MacRae via Tweeters) Date: Wed Aug 12 16:43:57 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] July 2026 TUVU report Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 13 07:27:09 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Scott R via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 13 07:27:23 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Tokeland Common Ringed Plover weekend outlook Message-ID: The MEGA may be worth chasing this weekend, as it was reported Wednesday morning. ? https://wa.chasereport.com/detail/5267128?sp=corplo&cty=US-WA-049 Scott Ray Catron Co, NM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Seattle, Phinney Ridge AKopitov AMK17 From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 13 09:25:19 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 13 09:25:24 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] RE-POST Turkey Vulture post from Diann MacRae References: <65129C53-EAA7-4A9F-8957-C1D15DC72126@uw.edu> Message-ID: <83629758-3903-41D9-9F44-EC79BB2C6198@uw.edu> Re-posted below is the message Diann MacRae wished all Turkey Vulture fans to see. Her post was scrubbed from the Digest by the UW-IT?s "HTML / rich text-removing mechanism." Thank you as always, Diann. Elaine Chuang Seattle elc at uw dot edu Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 11:17:31 -0700 Subject: turkey vultures Hi, Tweets - If you have any vulture sightings you'd like to include for July, let me know since August is upon us. August isn't the busiest month for our vultures but it may be interesting at times with fledglings about and a new roost or two, plus August will gradually build up to the September departures. Any help would be appreciated - a few people do read my reports. Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 tvulture@gmx.com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 13 09:59:23 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ann Kramer via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 13 10:00:04 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Migration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We had a small flock of Red Crossbills in our yard this week. I heard them on Merlin a few days ago and thought it must be a mistake. Then I saw one preening high up in the fir trees after hearing them again yesterday. Even better, about 3 of them landed in our fountain about 3 feet from where I was sitting. Looked like one male with more red and two females or fledglings. So exciting to see them close up. I'm in Stanwood, by the way. *Ann* Ann Pultz Kramer Stanwood, WA "If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes". Charles Lindbergh" On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 8:36?AM AMK17 via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > > Typically only see yellow warblers and rufous hummingbirds in the yard > during migration. The hummingbirds arrived a couple of days ago and this > morning yellow warblers were in the yard. > > > Any one else observe migrants? > > > Seattle, Phinney Ridge > AKopitov > AMK17 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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First of Year (FOY), and first in just over a year, for the survey Black-throated Gray Warbler - Again a small flock in the Oregon Ash tree, seen from near the SW Dog Meadow bench area Western Tanager - One or two heard, one glimpsed American Beaver - One with the crew shells, from the Lake Platform Muskrat - One along the slough, just south of the Dog Area Raccoon - One on the far side of the slough opposite the heronry, our 2nd sighting of the year Misses were numerous: Hooded Merganser, Band-tailed Pigeon, Vaux's Swift, Spotted Sandpiper, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Barn Swallow (Matt might have seen one), Bushtit, Savannah Sparrow, and Wilson's Warbler have all been seen in at least half of previous years for Week 33, but not today. We managed only 49 species. For the year, adding the crossbills, we're at 117 for survey in 2026. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 13 13:25:15 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Carol Riddell via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 13 13:25:29 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake Access Message-ID: <535D9532-9733-4D16-9248-4F22802CB0FD@gmail.com> There is a path on the west side of Callen?s Restaurant. Park in the state park parking lot across the street and use your Discover card. Most birders walk that path to its end. It gives you somewhat closer viewing of the pelicans. Crockett Lake has been an Island County bird magnet seemingly forever. Private property has been problematic there as recreationists began launching sailboards and other craft into the lake, thereby disturbing the birds that use it for nesting or migration stopovers. Whidbey Camano Land Trust bought up as much as they could to protect the lake and the birds that use it. Get a good, powerful scope and view from a distance. Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:40:11 +0000 From: Jeff Borsecnik via Tweeters > To: tweeters TWEETERS >, "tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu " > Subject: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake access on foot (or tiny boat)? Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Can one get IN to wander around on the shores of Crockett Lake or paddle the pond? Or is it not very approachable terrain (in addition to being at least partially private property)? I was interested recently in seeing if I could get a closer view of the pelicans than is available from the south, but there's no access from the north, apparently, and I'm not sure if you can practically walk in from the other directions. A quick web search says ... You primarily view Crockett Lake from a distance, as it is a highly sensitive wetland and mudflat environment rather than a recreational park with trails winding directly through the water. 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Greg Pasquariello Vancouver, WA From: Tweeters on behalf of Ann Kramer via Tweeters Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 10:00?AM To: AMK17 Cc: tweeters@uw.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Migration We had a small flock of Red Crossbills in our yard this week. I heard them on Merlin a few days ago and thought it must be a mistake. Then I saw one preening high up in the fir trees after hearing them again yesterday. Even better, about 3 of them landed in our fountain about 3 feet from where I was sitting. Looked like one male with more red and two females or fledglings. So exciting to see them close up. I'm in Stanwood, by the way. Ann Ann Pultz Kramer Stanwood, WA "If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes". Charles Lindbergh" On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 8:36?AM AMK17 via Tweeters > wrote: Typically only see yellow warblers and rufous hummingbirds in the yard during migration. The hummingbirds arrived a couple of days ago and this morning yellow warblers were in the yard. Any one else observe migrants? Seattle, Phinney Ridge AKopitov 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 Thu Aug 13 14:40:07 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (greg@pasq.net via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 13 14:40:14 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Migration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Well that didn?t take long. 6 or 8 of them in the evergreens on my road frontage. I?ve had numerous good yard birds in various houses? Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Upland Plovers, Barn Owls. This is a yard bird first, and I think it?s a good one. Greg Pasquariello Vancouver WA. From: Tweeters on behalf of greg@pasq.net via Tweeters Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 2:21?PM To: Ann Kramer ; AMK17 Cc: tweeters@uw.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Migration Also Red Crossbills in my yard. Merlin has been reporting them for a week now, but today was the first day I?ve heard them. Now I need to see them, but our evergreens are loaded with cones, so I?m sure they?ll make themselves known! Greg Pasquariello Vancouver, WA From: Tweeters on behalf of Ann Kramer via Tweeters Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 10:00?AM To: AMK17 Cc: tweeters@uw.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Migration We had a small flock of Red Crossbills in our yard this week. I heard them on Merlin a few days ago and thought it must be a mistake. Then I saw one preening high up in the fir trees after hearing them again yesterday. Even better, about 3 of them landed in our fountain about 3 feet from where I was sitting. Looked like one male with more red and two females or fledglings. So exciting to see them close up. I'm in Stanwood, by the way. Ann Ann Pultz Kramer Stanwood, WA "If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes". Charles Lindbergh" On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 8:36?AM AMK17 via Tweeters > wrote: Typically only see yellow warblers and rufous hummingbirds in the yard during migration. The hummingbirds arrived a couple of days ago and this morning yellow warblers were in the yard. Any one else observe migrants? Seattle, Phinney Ridge AKopitov 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 Thu Aug 13 20:58:13 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kenneth Brown via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 13 20:58:17 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday at Nisqually. Message-ID: <1051234699.284939.1786679893308@connect.xfinity.com> The morning started cool and overcast. The doldrums continue. Nothing was stirring, not the air, not the water in the pond, not many birds. Some young Goldfinch perched and fluttered in the reeds next to the deck, apparently waiting to be fed. A single nestling remained in the Cliff Swallow's mud gourd. A few Barn Swallows perched under the walkway cover, their cup nests mostly demolished, the hatchlings seen last week, were missing. Birders were slow to trickle in. A check of the tide chart showed the tide falling, the low to occur around noon. We decided to skip the orchard and head out to the dike earlier in hopes of finding shorebirds closer in, which proved to be a miscalculation. A brief scan of the fields west of the service road revealed a small flock of European Starlings, a Savannah Sparrow, a scant population of Red-winged Blackbirds, and only a few Swallows mixed with Vaux's Swifts plying the air high above the grass. Near the start of the west side of the boardwalk loop trail, an Anna's Hummingbird levitated in and around the brush next to the railing. The calls of Western Wood-Pewees and a Virginia Rail were heard by birders with that ability. A Purple Martin perched in the top of a tree across the pond. Downy Woodpecker, Norther Flicker, American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, Black-capped Chickadees, Spotted Towhees, Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Bewick's Wren were all encountered along the trail. Once again we had under-estimated the group dawdle factor. By the time we made it onto the dike, the surge plain was mostly mud. The sun was beginning to break through and it was warming up. To the north a couple Bald Eagles perched on distant snags. A half dozen distant small Sandpipers foraged on the mud. Some heard the call of a Black-bellied Plover, but could not locate it. South of the dike, a Cooper's Hawk flew over the fresh water marsh landing in an Alder on the eastern edge, showing the streaked breast of a juvenile bird. On the edge of the remaining water near the dike, another juvenile, this one a young Virginia Rail poked in and out of the Cattails. Nearby in the water a Cinnamon Teal in non-breeding plumage shared space with a female Mallard. Small flocks of European Starlings decorated a couple of the skeletal snags, while a flock of female red-winged Blackbirds clung to the stalks of dried Cattails. A few Western Sandpipers could be seen along the slough upstream of the base of the McAllister Creek estuary boardwalk. It was sunny and warm as we walked out the boardwalk. Already a minus tide and still falling, mud lined both sides of the slender creek and formed a broad plain to the east. Greater Yellowlegs worked along the waterline on either side of the creek, gulls dotted the mud, mostly Ring-billed but a few California's. Further north, a couple Least Sandpipers on the near shore gave us a good opportunity for close examination. A flock of 16 American White Pelicans flew directly over our heads, from east to west, then over the timbered ridge west of the creek, catching a thermal. We watched them spiral higher for several minutes, the black flight feathers on the trailing edge of long wings a sharp contrast to their otherwise white bodies and large yellow bills. A captivating sight before they soared off further west. Further out, Anders picked up four Spotted Sandpipers that flew downstream and landed on the far shore. A flock of Band-tailed Pigeons flew up the opposite bank. Canada Geese and Greater Yellowlegs collected in larger groups on the mud islands near the mouth of the creek, a Turkey Vulture soared above the ridge. From the Gazebo at the end of the boardwalk, we could see a few Purple Martins on their white gourd condo's at Luhr Beach. Double-crested Cormorants were in the water and on distant piling. Great Blue Herons were spread across the northerly view along the waters edge, a few more Bald Eagles sprinkled in. Returning south, as we neared the dike, a dozen Semipalmated Plovers foraged on the mud before taking flight. The Nisqually River overlook was again bird-free, the water invitingly blue-green in the bright sunlight. Turning south along the east side of the loop trail, we came across Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Bushtits, Brown Creepers, and Bewick's Wren. At the junction with the riparian spur was a Hutton's Vireo in a Big Leaf Maple. We walked the orchard we had skipped in the morning and as expected, the late afternoon produced almost no birds, a few Cedar Waxwings in the trees along the entrance road the only exception. Then back to the Visitor's Center for the final tally. The complete checklist follows: Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Aug 12, 2026 7:54?AM - 3:30?PM Protocol: Traveling 5.38 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Today?s Wednesday Walk began with overcast skies on a calm 63? F morning; the clouds burning off around 10:30 a.m., and temperatures rising to 78? F with a 3-5 knot northwest breeze by the end of our walk at 2:30 p.m. A high +10.86-foot tide at 04:53 a.m. ebbed to a -2.36-foot low water at 11:51 a.m. Other species seen included Columbian black-tailed deer, Eastern Cottontail, Pacific chorus frog, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Harbor Seal, lots of invasive American Bullfrogs, and green shore crabs. 61 species (+6 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 98 Wood Duck 7 Cinnamon Teal 1 Mallard 30 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4 Band-tailed Pigeon 14 Vaux's Swift 4 Anna's Hummingbird 3 Virginia Rail 3 One at Visitors' Center pond; two in cattail marsh Sora 1 Vocalizing in Cattail marsh Black-bellied Plover 1 Seen and heard vocalizing in estuary restoration area Semipalmated Plover 12 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Four together (family group?) landed on west bank of McAllister Creek Greater Yellowlegs 40 Least Sandpiper 6 Western Sandpiper 18 Ring-billed Gull 170 California Gull 14 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 4 Larus sp. 175 On mudflats north and east of estuary overlook; much heat shimmer Caspian Tern 1 Double-crested Cormorant 17 cormorant sp. 40 Nisqually Reach north and east of estuary overlook; much heat shimmer Great Blue Heron 54 American White Pelican 16 Flock of 16 flew over the estuary restoration area, and caught a thermal above ridge west of McAllister Creek, soaring off. Large white birds with black primary and secondary flight feathers, orange bills Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 2 Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 12 Inexplicably flagged for high count at a site where dozens of birds may be encountered year-round. Counted 1x1 Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 5 Northern Flicker 4 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Western Wood-Pewee 8 Willow Flycatcher 1 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1 Hutton's Vireo 1 American Crow 7 Black-capped Chickadee 28 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 Bank Swallow 2 Tree Swallow 7 Violet-green Swallow 2 Purple Martin 7 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 145 Cliff Swallow 2 Bushtit (Pacific) 13 Brown Creeper 6 Bewick's Wren 5 European Starling 450 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 2 American Robin 12 Cedar Waxwing 17 Purple Finch (Western) 1 American Goldfinch 30 Savannah Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 6 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 2 Red-winged Blackbird 55 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 All juveniles Common Yellowthroat 4 Northern Yellow Warbler 4 Wilson's Warbler 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S383009220 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 14 10:52:53 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (AMK17 via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 14 10:52:57 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Phinney birds Message-ID: <1178dc90-46cc-1fbc-31eb-36ab034238ac@earthlink.net> Thanks for posting the migration observations. Interesting to read Experiences. Today a new wave of yellow warblers were in the yard, mostly first year birds. The yard was quite busy with orange crowned warblers, brown creepers, golden crowned kinglets and a swarm of chickadees. With the loss of urban habitat here in Seattle (including several trees and shrubs behind my lot), the yard seems to be busier. Much prefer more trees and microhabitats in Seattle. A kopitov seattle AMK17 From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 14 14:08:08 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (David Parent via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 14 14:08:21 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake Access Message-ID: Hello Tweeters, There is another access to shorebird habitat on the northeast corner of Crockett Lake. Park at the gravel pullout between the two borrow pit ponds on the south (Admiralty Inlet) side of Highway 20. Look across the road for a 1foot tall concrete monument. The faint trail begins near the monument and winds around ponds and marsh. This time of year with our dry summer you may be able to walk out there without knee boots. The canal and mudflats there can be very productive during shorebird migration. When the vegetation ends, use extreme caution as the mud is very deep on the flats. Dave Parent DVM Langley WA dpdvmatwhidbey.com Sent from my iPad From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 14 14:27:48 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Kevin Black via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 14 14:34:57 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: Maui Message-ID: Hello All, I was wondering if anyone had any information such as guides, endemic-birding finding information or advice on birding Maui, Hawaii. Any information would be appreciated! Thank you in advance, Kevin Black Vancouver, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 14 15:59:08 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Tom Benedict via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 14 15:59:23 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Phinney birds In-Reply-To: <1178dc90-46cc-1fbc-31eb-36ab034238ac@earthlink.net> References: <1178dc90-46cc-1fbc-31eb-36ab034238ac@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Thanks for the ongoing early migration reports. Hopefully some of these birds will stop in the Seahurst area of Burien as they continue southward. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Aug 14, 2026, at 10:52, AMK17 via Tweeters wrote: > > Thanks for posting the migration observations. Interesting to read Experiences. > > Today a new wave of yellow warblers were in the yard, mostly first year birds. The yard was quite busy with orange crowned warblers, brown creepers, golden crowned kinglets and a swarm of chickadees. With the loss of urban habitat here in Seattle (including several trees and shrubs behind my lot), the yard seems to be busier. Much prefer more trees and microhabitats in Seattle. > > A kopitov > seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 15 08:03:09 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jim Betz via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 08:03:14 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Fall Migration is in progress (Skagit version) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, ? I saw a grosbeak, a chickadee, and a nuthatch at our fountain yesterday.? Of those 3 the nuthatch is the least likely/least frequent visitor here in our yard. ? I have not been out to 'survey' the shorebirds here recently. ? I may have reported this before - but in case I didn't ... I went to Reifel about 10 days ago and it was the least birdy visit I've ever experienced there. Notable misses were Sandhill cranes and wood ducks which are both species I sort of "rely upon" at Reifel. ? I rarely go out that I don't post at least one checklist on eBird.? For locations such as Reifel what I typically do is to start a checklist when I get there, run it for the hike out to the furthest point, stop/post it, and start another checklist for the hike back to my car. ? eBird -often- doesn't record the 'track' of where I've been and instead wants me to select a location based upon the actual time I'm posting ... I can't figure out when it will record a track and when it doesn't.? Probably has something to do with whether or not my phone has gone into sleep mode during the hike ... ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - Jim in Skagit From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 15 10:29:51 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (AMK17 via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 10:29:55 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] More early Seattle yard birds and maybe a migrant or two Message-ID: This morning, about 645, I managed to get bins on an orange crowned warbler but it was still a bit dark son didn?t see much else. With tea and camera in hand, I managed to get out and sit while the sprinklers were active. I was greeted to a lovely rufous hummingbird bathing as the sprinkler cycled over its perch. What a treat! I don?t think I?ve had this many rufous hummingbirds in the yard on consecutive days. The usual year round residents also bathed in the wet leaves - black-capped and chestnut chickadees, re-breasted nuthatches, a golden-crowned kinglet and juncos. A bit later, to my surprise, I spotted a Townsend?s warbler gleaning insects in my neighbor?s birch. No yellow warblers today, at least not yet. A black-headed grosbeak continues to visit a feeder. Merlin recorded an evening grosbeak - hhmmm. Happy birding. AKopitov Seattle AMK17 From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 15 13:07:25 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Sharon Howard via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 13:07:40 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch?? Message-ID: Hi, ALL: I am beginning to think my eyes failed me. Yesterday and today among normal yellow and black American goldfinches at one of our feeders was one that all the usual black cap and wing stripes, except instead of yellow it was nearly white?a bit of a creamy white. I could not get a photo, but it looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this? Sharon Howard Lower Sunset Hill/Ballard From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 15 13:40:13 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 13:40:34 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Migrants for sure Message-ID: <3AF0A008-B3B6-46F7-80E8-DD3E631729E5@me.com> At Lake Sammamish State Park this AM 50 Lesser Canada Geese. Weren?t there yesterday. Looked like both moffitti and parvipes were present. Vaux?s have yet to make a serious move. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 15 14:39:19 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Diane Doles via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 14:39:35 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Bowerman Basin Message-ID: Was there yesterday around noon at low tide. Many, many, many Sandpipers on the mudflats. Mostly Western, some Least. My estimate would be 75,000-100,000 on the mudflats looking E from the wooden walkway. Also had raucous flyovers from an active group of Caspian Terns. 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I could not get a photo, but it > looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and > white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this? > Sharon Howard > Lower Sunset Hill/Ballard > _______________________________________________ > 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 Aug 15 17:18:27 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Louise via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 17:18:41 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch?? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Lovely bird, Hank, thanks for sharing! Louise Rutter Kirkland On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 5:15?PM Hank Heiberg via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Sharon, > > Here is a photo of a white Goldfinch that we saw in Carnation on 6/4/22. > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/52169628157/in/album-72157633104966153 > > > Hank & Karen Heiberg > Issaquah > hankdotheiberggmail > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 1:07?PM Sharon Howard via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, ALL: >> >> I am beginning to think my eyes failed me. Yesterday and today among >> normal yellow and black American goldfinches at one of our feeders was one >> that all the usual black cap and wing stripes, except instead of yellow it >> was nearly white?a bit of a creamy white. I could not get a photo, but it >> looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and >> white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this? >> Sharon Howard >> Lower Sunset Hill/Ballard >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 15 17:58:40 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Nancy Crowell via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 17:58:47 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch?? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Beautiful! Nancy "Images for the imagination." www.crowellphotography.com ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Hank Heiberg via Tweeters Sent: Saturday, 15 August 2026 17:14:14 To: Sharon Howard Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch?? Sharon, Here is a photo of a white Goldfinch that we saw in Carnation on 6/4/22. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/52169628157/in/album-72157633104966153 Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah hankdotheiberggmail On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 1:07?PM Sharon Howard via Tweeters > wrote: Hi, ALL: I am beginning to think my eyes failed me. Yesterday and today among normal yellow and black American goldfinches at one of our feeders was one that all the usual black cap and wing stripes, except instead of yellow it was nearly white?a bit of a creamy white. I could not get a photo, but it looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this? 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In-Reply-To: <4CCC1A72-2666-44AA-B816-CBC111B791DE@comcast.net> References: <4CCC1A72-2666-44AA-B816-CBC111B791DE@comcast.net> Message-ID: <898926C2-8CA9-4F93-AB77-78235379180B@comcast.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 15 21:42:13 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 15 21:42:40 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Migrants for sure In-Reply-To: <3AF0A008-B3B6-46F7-80E8-DD3E631729E5@me.com> References: <3AF0A008-B3B6-46F7-80E8-DD3E631729E5@me.com> Message-ID: Vaux?s just made a serous move. A thousand into Selleck tonight. Larry Schwitters Issaquah > On Aug 15, 2026, at 1:40?PM, Larry Schwitters via Tweeters wrote: > > At Lake Sammamish State Park this AM 50 Lesser Canada Geese. Weren?t there yesterday. Looked like both moffitti and parvipes were present. > > Vaux?s have yet to make a serious move. > > Larry Schwitters > Issaquah > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 16 14:21:12 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 16 14:21:16 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] BBC SCIENCE FOCUS MAGAZINE: These terrifying (and wacky) birds ruled Earth after the dinosaurs Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 16 18:31:04 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Roger Moyer via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 16 18:31:09 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] TUVU Report Message-ID: To the keeper of the Turkey Vulture report. There were 5 TUVUs at Graveyard Spit this morning. 5 more between Tokeland and Raymond. 3 near Menlo. 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We meet at 8:00AM through October 2026. (Change to 9:00AM in November.) 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. 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 57degF-72degF start to finish (RealFeel 60-80) with 0% chance of rain during the walk. Lookin' good for a "doldrums" 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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On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 6:53?PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I was just sent a photo of a pair of Northern Bobwhites seen on private > property on 16 August in Burien, somewhere in the Three Tree Point area. No > other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be > picked up by recordkeepers. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > 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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No other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be picked up by recordkeepers. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 17 20:49:42 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 17 20:49:55 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it In-Reply-To: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804@gmail.com> References: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804@gmail.com> Message-ID: The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky, who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more on his work, check out his presentation here: The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E and this wonderful film: The Birdman of Cooper Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film. George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to be evacuated due to them. He lives in Seattle. On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This > is why it did it* > The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast, > driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry > polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies > for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and > published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region?s most > imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It?s a > change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice > > Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA > > > Shared from Apple News > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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No other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be picked up by recordkeepers. >> >> Dennis Paulson >> Seattle >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 18 13:08:17 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ann Kramer via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 18 13:08:58 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County In-Reply-To: <65FCEDCA-EAC8-4221-85B9-221721330E19@me.com> References: <65FCEDCA-EAC8-4221-85B9-221721330E19@me.com> Message-ID: Pardon my confusion, of the Bobwhite and the Bobolink. The Bobwhite and the Bobolink Are birds so seemingly distinct Therefore, I was not amused For one with the other I was confused An Icterid, the eye can see Is not an Odontophoridae In one, a reversed tuxedo tail While the other is a lovely quail Searching Sibley who the expert Brahman Cites preference for pasture common And likely found in Eastern ranges To spot in the West, a likely strangeness As both are sadly in decline Any sighting brings a happy sign And so forgive the mistaken switch resulting in a error for which Excitement, making one?s heart throb I mistook the bird with the name of bob. *Ann* Ann Pultz Kramer Stanwood, WA "If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes". Charles Lindbergh" On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 10:50?PM Larry Schwitters wrote: > Had a pair of Bobwhite with 8 or 10 little ones near Issaquah Costco 3 > days ago. Could have been just one adult. > > Larry Schwitters > Issaquah > > On Aug 17, 2026, at 6:57?PM, Ann Kramer via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > Thank you Dennis, > Being newer to Washington, I assumed Burien would be on the Eastern side, > but I'm surprised to see they are so far West. When I was in Yakima, I > spent some unsuccessful time looking for them in an area they were > suggested to be. > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 6:53?PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> I was just sent a photo of a pair of Northern Bobwhites seen on private >> property on 16 August in Burien, somewhere in the Three Tree Point area. No >> other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be >> picked up by recordkeepers. >> >> Dennis Paulson >> Seattle >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 18 13:17:15 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 18 13:17:21 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Baird's Sandpipers in Seattle Message-ID: Netta Smith just sent me a photo of two juvenile Baird?s Sandpipers on Discovery Park?s North Beach. Dennis Paulson Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 18 14:55:44 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Jane Hadley via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 18 14:55:58 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County Message-ID: The entry for Northern Bobwhite in the annotated checklist in the second edition of A Birder's Guide to Washington says: Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus ? Introduced from eastern U.S. Rare year-round resident of South Sound Prairies, where populations probably not self-sustaining. Frequently released in small numbers in other parts of state but rarely survives for more than one or two seasons. (You can see the bird guide online at https://wabirdguide.org Jane Hadley Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kim Kim Marie Thorburn, MD, MPH Spokane, WA (509) 465-3025 home (509) 599-6721 cell-please use for texting ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Dennis Paulson via Tweeters Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 1:17 PM To: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Baird's Sandpipers in Seattle Netta Smith just sent me a photo of two juvenile Baird?s Sandpipers on Discovery Park?s North Beach. 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Frequently released in small numbers in other parts of state but rarely survives for more than one or two seasons. > > (You can see the bird guide online at https://wabirdguide.org > > Jane Hadley > Seattle, 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 Tue Aug 18 15:41:32 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 18 15:41:38 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <877640282.77822.1787092892153@connect.xfinity.com> Back in the mid-70s there was a small population of Bobwhite in the Sequim area, often seen on one of the local golf courses. Hal Michael Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 08/18/2026 2:55 PM PDT Jane Hadley via Tweeters wrote: > > > The entry for Northern Bobwhite in the annotated checklist in the second edition of A Birder's Guide to Washington says: > > Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus ? Introduced from eastern U.S. Rare year-round resident of South Sound Prairies, where populations probably not self-sustaining. Frequently released in small numbers in other parts of state but rarely survives for more than one or two seasons. > > (You can see the bird guide online at https://wabirdguide.org > > Jane Hadley > Seattle, 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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JULY 02 -- One turkey vulture along Hwy 97 four miles north of Omak at 08:53, Okanogan County. 08 ? One above Hihium Lake, BC, (w of Kamloops then, n of Cache Creek), el.4,480 ft. at 17:33. 12 ? One soaring south over mid-Vashon Island at 15:00, King County. 14 ? One above Riverside Golf Course in Chehalis at 15:22, Lewis County. 16 ? Six turkey vultures, maybe more, soaring with a few bald eagles over North Peapod Island (Lat. 48?38'31.51"N; Long. 122?44'43.51"W), seen from a boat of the Salish Sea School, there were Harbor Seals w/pups so might have been food attracting them, San Juan County (photo). 17 ? Six at Freshwater Bay at 10:05, Clallam County. 18 ? Thirteen turkey vultures at the Wickershm area of the Samish River at 14:11, Whatcom. 21 ? One flying over SR 532 in Stanwood at about 13:30, Snohomish County. 28 ? One along I-90 about a mile west of George at 12:07, Grant County; one along Hwy 95, just north of Bonner?s Ferry, Idaho, Boundary County; 4 along Hwy 95, just north of Fort Steele at 19:28, East Kootenay, BC 29 ? One flying above Cartwright Lake at 12:01, East Kootenay BC. 30 ? One along Hwy 95, 5 miles north of Skookumchuck at 16:32, East Kootenay, BC. Thank you for the great reports. I imagine August will be about the same but they will be starting on their way south towards the end of the month. Have a good rest of your summer. Cheers, Diann Diann MacRae Olympic Vulture Study 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E. Bothell, WA 98021 tvulture@gmx.com From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 18 20:30:06 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 18 20:30:16 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] NEW SCIENTIST: Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets? Message-ID: <908D9057-A0DB-4C8F-9546-5F9EF70BAD11@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Not to pick on Dan R, but sometimes his posts (and some others' posts) within the digest come across to me as having no content (yet, sometimes, when someone has replied to such a post, the replying post shows the entire original post) For example: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:28 -0700 From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost ??? entire??? colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it Message-ID: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: yet? Message: 6 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:49:42 -0700 From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters To: Dan Reiff Cc: Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys ??? almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it Message-ID: ??? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky, who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more on his work, check out his presentation here: The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E and this wonderful film: The Birdman of Cooper Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film. George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to be evacuated due to them. He lives in Seattle. On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This > is why it did it* > The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast, > driven by climate change. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 19 23:10:33 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Wed Aug 19 23:10:37 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Vets advise ban on over the counter flea treatment for pets Message-ID: <38E22AE2-C3F2-44F6-A424-FB683F250C35@gmail.com> Here is one of the articles that came up when I Googled the original title: Let me know if all could open this one: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9pd4d3m5ko Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 19 21:58:01 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Douglas Santoni via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 20 00:33:30 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Tweeters Digest Posts having no content? In-Reply-To: <50BBDF01-D80A-4B91-B679-E5100422A438@mac.com> References: <974C2AAD-6165-4853-916F-89A2F6C67DDF@gmail.com> <50BBDF01-D80A-4B91-B679-E5100422A438@mac.com> Message-ID: <19D28C2F-A529-4C11-B87B-25D9C2913FDB@yahoo.com> Hello Tweeters ? As one of your Tweeters administrators (along with Elaine Chuang), I am responding to a question posed by Rob Faucett and earlier by Peter Relson, wondering why some Tweeters Digest postings show up with no content. All that one can see is a cryptic message stating, An HTML attachment was scrubbed. This scrubbing process occurs because our listserv host, UW-IT, has an HTML / rich text-removing mechanism. Without going into detail, this mechanism is in place for security purposes. This issue is not new and still occurs with a few regular posters (including Dan Reiff). Although we administrators have spent considerable time over the past year or so trying to eliminate this scrubbing problem entirely, the solutions we?ve explored have actually been worse than the current situation. We have worked offline and on a one-on-one basis with some of the posters encountering this problem. We do encourage posters to post using plain text when possible; many e-mail systems allow you to format a message in plain text in the message composition window or as a toolbar option. Hopefully, this sheds some light on this topic! Thanks for your continued support for Tweeters. Doug Santoni One of Your Tweeters Administrators tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu Seattle, WA > On Aug 19, 2026, at 5:11?PM, Rob Faucett via Tweeters wrote: > > So curious. Thought this had been fixed. > > rcf > ? > Rob Faucett > +1(206) 619-5569 > robfaucett@mac.com > Seattle, WA 98105 > >> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:41?PM, Dan Reiff via Tweeters wrote: >> >> ?Hello Peter, >> Unfortunately, it?s one of the disadvantages of receiving a post by digest. >> I also included instructions for those who could not open an article from me or another person. >> It?s very easy. >> Copy the title of the article and then paste it into google for a search. >> You will then find one or many links to the same article. >> Try it and let me know if it works for you. >> So far, it seems to work for everyone else. And every time I?ve tried it, it works. >> I hope that helps. >> Dan Reiff >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:24?PM, Peter Relson via Tweeters wrote: >>> >>> ?I read tweeters via the daily digest. Not to pick on Dan R, but sometimes his posts (and some others' posts) within the digest come across to me as having no content (yet, sometimes, when someone has replied to such a post, the replying post shows the entire original post) >>> >>> For example: >>> >>> >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:28 -0700 >>> From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters >>> To: Tweeters >>> Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost >>> entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it >>> Message-ID: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804@gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> >>> >>> >>> yet >>> >>> >>> >>> Message: 6 >>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:49:42 -0700 >>> From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters >>> To: Dan Reiff >>> Cc: Tweeters >>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys >>> almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it >>> Message-ID: >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky, >>> who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying >>> climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more >>> on his work, check out his presentation here: >>> >>> The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E >>> >>> and this wonderful film: >>> The Birdman of Cooper Island >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE >>> The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film. >>> >>> George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to >>> be evacuated due to them. >>> He lives in Seattle. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < >>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This >>> > is why it did it* >>> > The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast, >>> > driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry >>> > polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies >>> > for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and >>> > published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region?s most >>> > imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It?s a >>> > change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice >>> > >>> > Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA >>> > >>> > >>> > Shared from Apple News >>> > >>> > Sent from my iPhone >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Tweeters mailing list >>> > Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ?Steve Hampton? >>> Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Might anyone know what could be causing this (including something I might have inadvertently done) that I could rectify? >>> >>> I looked in the archive and it shows the same thing. This lessens the likelihood that this is due to something I did or that my mail platform does. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Peter Relson >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 20 08:39:27 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Douglas Santoni via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 20 08:39:44 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] More on Posts Having No Visible Content In-Reply-To: <19D28C2F-A529-4C11-B87B-25D9C2913FDB@yahoo.com> References: <974C2AAD-6165-4853-916F-89A2F6C67DDF@gmail.com> <50BBDF01-D80A-4B91-B679-E5100422A438@mac.com> <19D28C2F-A529-4C11-B87B-25D9C2913FDB@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0126020A-28DE-4460-966C-CF02ACCEE0B8@yahoo.com> Hello Again Tweeters ? To add more on the topic of Digest postings that are not easily viewable after the IT scrubbing process occurs, please see this note by Peter Relson: FWIW, if you click on the URL shown for the scrubbed HTML attachment, you seem to get to the HTML source of the post. That HTML source is fairly readable when you ignore all the HTML-ese (and you can copy/paste from that if you want to use that to access a provided link). Doug Santoni Seattle, WA > On Aug 19, 2026, at 9:58?PM, Douglas Santoni via Tweeters wrote: > > Hello Tweeters ? > > As one of your Tweeters administrators (along with Elaine Chuang), I am responding to a question posed by Rob Faucett and earlier by Peter Relson, wondering why some Tweeters Digest postings show up with no content. All that one can see is a cryptic message stating, An HTML attachment was scrubbed. > > This scrubbing process occurs because our listserv host, UW-IT, has an HTML / rich text-removing mechanism. Without going into detail, this mechanism is in place for security purposes. > > This issue is not new and still occurs with a few regular posters (including Dan Reiff). > > Although we administrators have spent considerable time over the past year or so trying to eliminate this scrubbing problem entirely, the solutions we?ve explored have actually been worse than the current situation. > > We have worked offline and on a one-on-one basis with some of the posters encountering this problem. We do encourage posters to post using plain text when possible; many e-mail systems allow you to format a message in plain text in the message composition window or as a toolbar option. > > Hopefully, this sheds some light on this topic! Thanks for your continued support for Tweeters. > > Doug Santoni > One of Your Tweeters Administrators > tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu > Seattle, WA > >> On Aug 19, 2026, at 5:11?PM, Rob Faucett via Tweeters wrote: >> >> So curious. Thought this had been fixed. >> >> rcf >> ? >> Rob Faucett >> +1(206) 619-5569 >> robfaucett@mac.com >> Seattle, WA 98105 >> >>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:41?PM, Dan Reiff via Tweeters wrote: >>> >>> ?Hello Peter, >>> Unfortunately, it?s one of the disadvantages of receiving a post by digest. >>> I also included instructions for those who could not open an article from me or another person. >>> It?s very easy. >>> Copy the title of the article and then paste it into google for a search. >>> You will then find one or many links to the same article. >>> Try it and let me know if it works for you. >>> So far, it seems to work for everyone else. And every time I?ve tried it, it works. >>> I hope that helps. >>> Dan Reiff >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:24?PM, Peter Relson via Tweeters wrote: >>>> >>>> ?I read tweeters via the daily digest. Not to pick on Dan R, but sometimes his posts (and some others' posts) within the digest come across to me as having no content (yet, sometimes, when someone has replied to such a post, the replying post shows the entire original post) >>>> >>>> For example: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:28 -0700 >>>> From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters >>>> To: Tweeters >>>> Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost >>>> entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it >>>> Message-ID: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804@gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> yet >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Message: 6 >>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:49:42 -0700 >>>> From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters >>>> To: Dan Reiff >>>> Cc: Tweeters >>>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys >>>> almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it >>>> Message-ID: >>>> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky, >>>> who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying >>>> climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more >>>> on his work, check out his presentation here: >>>> >>>> The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E >>>> >>>> and this wonderful film: >>>> The Birdman of Cooper Island >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE >>>> The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film. >>>> >>>> George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to >>>> be evacuated due to them. >>>> He lives in Seattle. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < >>>> tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This >>>>> is why it did it* >>>>> The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast, >>>>> driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry >>>>> polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies >>>>> for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and >>>>> published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region?s most >>>>> imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It?s a >>>>> change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice >>>>> >>>>> Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Shared from Apple News >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Tweeters mailing list >>>>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>>>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ?Steve Hampton? >>>> Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Might anyone know what could be causing this (including something I might have inadvertently done) that I could rectify? >>>> >>>> I looked in the archive and it shows the same thing. 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A Common Raven may have been heard/glimpsed. I also had one flycatcher that appeared to have an eye-ring, so possibly Western or Hammond's. Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Vaux's Swift, Barn Swallow, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak. For the day, 52 species. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 20 12:24:23 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Avery Meeker via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 20 12:24:38 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Pish Rarity Birding App Message-ID: <61E07FE2-8B9A-4CA3-8E76-FEF2FBAA88FE@gmail.com> Hey all, If you?ve ever wanted rare bird alerts to your phone instead of eBird emails check out this new birding resource called Pish (search ?Go Pish? in the Apple App Store). It?s a birding tool to track local rarities from Ebirds API directly to your phone. You can also browse the website to see global rarities. Any feedback is welcome just shoot me an email! Https://Gopish.app Avery Meeker From tweeters at u.washington.edu Thu Aug 20 13:12:40 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Martha Jordan via Tweeters) Date: Thu Aug 20 13:13:09 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] flea treatments Message-ID: Flea treatments on pets: topical treatments expose us to the chemicals every time with pet or snuggle with our fuzzy buddies, and the chemical does get on whatever they are touching: rugs, furniture, bed spreads, .... So, if you do need to treat for fleas (and prevent heartworm} use something the pet can ingest. Yes, there are potential downsides to any pesticide or other chemical, but this keeps it more safe for all involved. Flea collars to the same thing: expose you and your kids and other pets of all kinds to the pesticide. 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Dan McDougall-Treacy From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 21 07:52:58 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Douglas Santoni via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 21 07:53:16 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] The Sink and Maps on WOS Website In-Reply-To: <94F8A3BC-6FDC-47FD-98B6-1F806B12A9CF@gmail.com> References: <94F8A3BC-6FDC-47FD-98B6-1F806B12A9CF@gmail.com> Message-ID: A question was posed about the location of The Sink at the Montlake Fill. Some but not all of the locations mentioned in the email below can be found on the Washington Ornithological Society website. I refer to these maps often. They are one of many birding resources available on the WOS website. https://wos.org/birding-resources/maps/ It is a great resource. I wish I knew where The Sink was! Doug Santoni Seattle, WA > On Aug 20, 2026, at 11:05?PM, Dan McDougall-Treacy via Tweeters wrote: > > At Montlake Fill we have a number of mini-habitats ? canoe island, wedding rock, Boy Scout pond, the swamp, the bathtub, etc. Now a new one. > The Sink. What?s that? > > Dan McDougall-Treacy > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 21 09:38:20 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Louis via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 21 09:38:37 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] The Sink and Maps on WOS Website In-Reply-To: References: <94F8A3BC-6FDC-47FD-98B6-1F806B12A9CF@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Dan and Doug, Connie?s map that you linked in your email is very useful. It is true that it doesn?t include all of the more recent name additions. The Sink is a small seasonal pond that is between the Bathtub and Carp Pond. It?s small enough to generally not have much activity, but there has been a Northern Waterthrush in the area the last two days, found by Alec Roseto. It was last heard on the north end of Carp Pond around 8am this morning, where it was foraging for at least an hour. Louis Kreemer Seattle On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 7:53 AM Douglas Santoni via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > A question was posed about the location of The Sink at the Montlake Fill. > > Some but not all of the locations mentioned in the email below can be > found on the Washington Ornithological Society website. I refer to these > maps often. They are one of many birding resources available on the WOS > website. https://wos.org/birding-resources/maps/ It is a great resource. > > I wish I knew where The Sink was! > > Doug Santoni > Seattle, WA > > > On Aug 20, 2026, at 11:05?PM, Dan McDougall-Treacy via Tweeters < > tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > At Montlake Fill we have a number of mini-habitats ? canoe island, > wedding rock, Boy Scout pond, the swamp, the bathtub, etc. Now a new one. > > The Sink. What?s that? > > > > Dan McDougall-Treacy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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It?s really different from any others of our regularly occurring bird species, with beautiful black, gray and white plumage and frenetic tail-pumping behavior. It is a vagrant from Alaska or Siberia but seems to be making its home at Neah Bay, right next to the Warmhouse Restaurant. We saw it there on 8/19, foraging in the intertidal just to the west of the restaurant. It flew away when a crow scared it, then was back in 10 minutes. Again, a crow actually chased it away, but it returned while we were eating lunch in the restaurant, foraging right below our window! We hadn?t brought our cameras to lunch, but we took some cell phone photos of it then. Quite a wonderful experience. Dennis Paulson Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 21 15:47:17 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 21 15:47:23 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 8-20-2026 Message-ID: Tweeters, A fine weather day (60degF-75degF) with clear skies and no-to-light breeze for the 12 of us who birded the JBLM Eagle's Pride GC. We cut short the usual route - missing Hodge Lake - yet again due to a golf tournament that we didn't want to interfere with. Standout observations: DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - 1 - the first since 2022. RED CROSSBILL - estimated 60 - were calling all along our route from start to finish. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - estimated 41 - were also heard in most parts of the route. BARN SWALLOW - about 50 - many juveniles - were seen in proximity to the driving range building where they have had quite a few nests this year. BROWN CREEPER - 12 - a high number but likely many birds of the year contributed to the number. PURPLE MARTIN - 9 - likely on migratory passage. BUSHTIT - 40 - in two large flocks. CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAY - 6 - a high count for this site. Finding only ONE Song Sparrow was disconcerting, considering how often we usually see this species. Mammals included: rabbit; coyote; Douglas squirrel. The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM from March-October and 9:00AM November to February. The starting point is the Driving Range building, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. (Turn left immediately after entering the parking lot to take the road leading to the driving range building.) Upcoming walks include the following: * September 17 * October 15 * November 19 (9am start) Everyone is welcome! >From the eBird PNW report: 34 species Wood Duck 9 Mallard 1 Band-tailed Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 1 Anna's Hummingbird 8 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 6 Western Wood-Pewee 6 Steller's Jay 3 California Scrub-Jay 6 A high count for this site. American Crow 3 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 Purple Martin 9 Barn Swallow 50 Bushtit 40 In flocks of 16 and 24. Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 41 Brown Creeper 12 Bewick's Wren 1 European Starling 35 American Robin 14 Cedar Waxwing 6 House Finch 12 Red Crossbill 60 Pine Siskin 15 American Goldfinch 1 Dark-eyed Junco 20 White-crowned Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 1 Spotted Towhee 3 Townsend's Warbler 3 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS385556498&data=05%7C02%7C%7C5223ede6f61e4b68dc9708deffcf75ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639229463659385781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AhWocewd51ClT32Baor%2FQxUzPRqmsSNA0P%2B349zCJPU%3D&reserved=0 May all your birds be identified, Denis Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scientists track 69 ravens in Yellowstone ? and make a remarkable discovery > Instead of trailing predators, clever corvids use landscape patterns to find their next meal > > Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AVTae1JObQ6ioCzdcLxPvHw > > > Shared from Apple News https://www.apple.com/news > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scientists track 69 ravens in Yellowstone ? and make a remarkable discovery > Instead of trailing predators, clever corvids use landscape patterns to find their next meal > > Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AVTae1JObQ6ioCzdcLxPvHw > > > Shared from Apple News https://www.apple.com/news > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 22 10:57:07 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 22 10:57:43 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Juvenile Black Chinned Hummingbirds in Seattle?! Message-ID: <2DE8A2A1-ADFA-4AE1-8ACA-0C541EAD7B0F@shelflifestories.com> I have a water mister outside my window that puts me about 3? from all the birds that visit it. This morning there were two hummingbirds who sat in the mist for a very long time, and they were not Anna?s. In fact, an Anna?s came by while they were there, making the size difference unmistakable. They were there for so long that I was able to get a really good look at them. Wing white tips. White belly. Hint of a collar. I wonder if the fires in B.C. and Eastern WA are pushing migrants westward. These birds were definitely resting and taking full advantage of the opportunity to clean every feather. I?m in the Central District neighborhood, Seattle. Jill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 23 01:27:58 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 23 01:28:04 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] GPS tracking study shows invasive barred owls crowding California forests where spotted owls nest Message-ID: <9510F566-4E62-4C55-8E77-219E48A10C81@gmail.com> Important research findings: https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/gps-tracking-study-shows-invasive-035600795.html Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 23 01:59:50 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dan Reiff via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 23 01:59:55 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?We_Know_What=E2=80=99s_Killing_Loons_and_How?= =?utf-8?q?_to_Stop_It=2E_So_Why_Are_They_Still_Dying=3F_=E2=80=93_Mother_?= =?utf-8?q?Jones?= Message-ID: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/we-know-whats-killing-loons-and-how-to-stop-it-so-why-are-they-still-dying/ From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 23 07:36:33 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 23 07:36:47 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] GPS tracking study shows invasive barred owls crowding California forests where spotted owls nest In-Reply-To: <9510F566-4E62-4C55-8E77-219E48A10C81@gmail.com> References: <9510F566-4E62-4C55-8E77-219E48A10C81@gmail.com> Message-ID: Now is a good time for an update on the supposed "plan to shoot 450,000" Barred Owls. As I explained back in 2024, it's really a *permit *that federal, state, local, and tribal agencies can obtain to target Barred Owls in the vicinity of Spotted Owls. And it comes with no funding or personnel. It's just a permit. They gotta pay for it themselves. Here is my 2024 article, which was published in Post Alley: *No, They?re not Really Going to Shoot 450,000 Owls * The 450,000 number appeared in the executive summary of the USFWS programmatic permit, estimating the maximum number of owls that could potentially be removed over 30 years. It was a ludicrously high estimate, but the media ran with it. In reality, shooting owls is labor intensive and can involve lots of planning, closing trailheads, etc. Under both the early pilot studies and currently, costs run about $2000 per owl removed, plus the loss of staff time toward the effort. Under this permit, Barred Owl removal is primarily happening in northwest California, which is the front edge of the Barred Owl expansion. They cobbled together funding from the state of Calif, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, and the USDA and USFS. They've killed over 3,000 Barred Owls and are monitoring the benefit to Spotted Owls. You can read their first peer-reviewed paper here, which includes a map showing exactly where the removals have taken place. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13121 I think there will be follow-up papers focusing on Spotted Owls in the area. I'm not sure what's happening in Oregon - I think nothing (except more logging of old growth). In Washington, the Yakama Nation has just begun some limited Barred Owl removal. I expect this to be quite limited, as their lands don't overlap Spotted Owl habitat very much. To date, no national park in Washington, no state park, not WDFW, no local agency, and no other tribes are participating. The federal agencies, of course, have lost staff and struggle to do their basic tasks. all for now, On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 1:28?AM Dan Reiff via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Important research findings: > > > https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/gps-tracking-study-shows-invasive-035600795.html > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In the water and on the stranded logs of the delta, there were a shoveler and three Green-winged Teal - haven't seen those species for quite some time. And on the logs there were Caspian Terns on their way south - 10 adults and one juvenile (it's also a long time since I've seen a juvie Caspian here). Fingers crossed that this August/September on the delta will be as good for migrant shorebirds as it was last year! It's time to start checking it out. > > Odette James, Lakeshore Retirement Community (with a lovely view of the mouth of the Cedar River) > _______________________________________________ > 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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Sorry for the delayed report, but as you might imagine, we had another fabulous day at the Refuge with our wonderful Wednesday Walk group on 8/19. Temperatures ranged from the 50s to the 80s Fahrenheit, and a high tide of 10'5" at 12:17 p.m. gave us decent looks at shorebirds. Highlights included excellent autumnal migration with decent looks of BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, and WESTERN TANAGER in the Riparian Forest. And first of year BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS out on the mudflats with good numbers of peeps. Another interesting behavior new to many of us was observing predominantly BARN SWALLOWS foraging on seeds from plants in the field south of the Twin Barns. Approximately 100 Barn Swallows, with an occasional Bank Swallow, were feasting on seed clusters atop knee-high brown plants in the dried up field. We observed 72 species for the day. With FOY MacGillivray's Warbler, Evening Grosbeak, Baird's Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs... we have now observed 158 species so far this year. Please see our eBird Report pasted below for additional details. Until next week, when we meet again at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook at 8am, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Aug 19, 2026 7:25?AM - 4:56?PM Protocol: Traveling 3.129 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy in the morning, sunny in the afternoon, temperatures in the 50?s to 80?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 10?5? Tide at 12:17pm. Others seen Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Townsend?s Chipmunk, Muskrat, Harbor Seal, and California Sealion. 72 species (+3 other taxa) Wood Duck 10 Juveniles. Mallard 100 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 28 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 8 Mourning Dove 4 Anna's Hummingbird 2 hummingbird sp. 2 Killdeer 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Saltwater side of dike. Just before Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Greater Yellowlegs 20 Baird's Sandpiper 3 Observed with WESA and LESA with bins and scope at 100 feet on saltwater mudflats north of Nisqually Estuary Trail. Long winged attenuated small shorebird with black legs, buffy head and scaly patterned feathers on mantle with moderate sized straight bill. Appears to be juveniles. Least Sandpiper 150 Mixed with WESA. Counted in groups of 50. Western Sandpiper 850 Mixed with LESA, counted in groups of 50. Approximately 1000 peep sized shorebirds seen and counted. Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 100 California Gull 18 Glaucous-winged Gull 4 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Larus sp. 200 Caspian Tern 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Brandt's Cormorant 5 Nisqually River Channel marker. Double-crested Cormorant 40 American Bittern 1 Seen by Laurie and Ellen flying over freshwater marsh. Great Blue Heron 40 Osprey (American) 3 Cooper's Hawk 1 Seen by several in area of Twin Barns. Northern Harrier 1 Seen by Anders south of Twin Barns. Bald Eagle 6 Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) 1 Pear trees near land trust building. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4 Merlin 1 Observed by Jim flying over McAllister creek. Western Wood-Pewee 4 Willow Flycatcher 2 Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1 Western Warbling Vireo 10 American Crow 20 Common Raven 5 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4 Bank Swallow 1 Foraging on plants with BASW in field south of Twin Barns. Violet-green Swallow 2 Purple Martin 2 Luhr Beach gourds. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow (American) 100 Numerous swallow perched and feeding on brown seeds in fields south of Twin Barns. Bushtit (Pacific) 25 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 3 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 4 European Starling 500 Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 2 American Robin (migratorius Group) 12 Cedar Waxwing 20 Evening Grosbeak 1 Heard by Shep in tall Cottonwooods on the inside of the Twin Barn Loop Trail across from the Twin Barns cut-off. Purple Finch (Western) 2 Red Crossbill (Douglas-fir or type 4) 5 Heard by several around the west side parking lot. American Goldfinch 30 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 4 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 3 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 15 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1 Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 15 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 Juveniles. Twin Barns Loop Trail. 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URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Tue Aug 25 19:27:23 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Neil Zimmerman via Tweeters) Date: Tue Aug 25 19:27:40 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] AZ accommodations Message-ID: <718BCB2F-D135-4A6C-830C-44CD4B2F30F5@comcast.net> I have been to AZ numerous times but the last few years we have been in our camper van. This winter we want to try renting a few places to see what area we might want to snow bird in the future. We are looking for recommendations for birdy places to rent near Apache Junction and Tucson. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Neil Sent from my iPhone From tweeters at u.washington.edu Wed Aug 26 08:22:12 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Forrest Gamble via Tweeters) Date: Wed Aug 26 08:22:26 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Arizona Message-ID: Neil, Check out Tubac, about 20 miles south of Tucson. 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We had distant looks of BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and first of year SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER were observed from the dike on a falling tide at 7am. We had good looks of the AMERICAN BITTERN in the freshwater marsh, and PEREGRINE FALCON harassing several RED-TAILED HAWKS soaring over the Refuge. For the day we observed 74 species. With the FOY Semipalmated Sandpiper, we have now seen 159 species so far this year. See our eBird report below for additional details. Other fun sightings included BARN SWALLOW eating vegetation off the road along the old McAllister Creek Access Road and a Coyote. Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, happy birding and be well. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Aug 26, 2026 6:37?AM - 5:04?PM Protocol: Traveling 3.275 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Temperatures in the 60?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. Overcast skies in the morning with sunny skies in the afternoon. A Low -0?5? Tide at 11:21am. Others seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Coyote, Harbor Seal, American Bullfrog and Pacific Chorus Frog. 74 species (+5 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 80 Wood Duck 8 Cinnamon Teal (Northern) 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Mallard 50 Northern Pintail 35 Green-winged Teal (American) 30 Hooded Merganser 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40 Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 11 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Mourning Dove 1 Vaux's Swift 3 Anna's Hummingbird 2 hummingbird sp. 1 American Coot (Red-shielded) 1 Killdeer 1 Semipalmated Plover 10 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Greater Yellowlegs 25 Baird's Sandpiper 2 Mudflats north of Nisqually Estuary Trail and west of Leschi Slough. Least Sandpiper 60 Western Sandpiper 25 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Observed foraging with LESA and WESA just north of Nisqually Estuary Trail and west of Leschi Slough at 7am on falling tide. peep sp. 400 Short-billed Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 150 California Gull 11 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Caspian Tern 3 Brandt's Cormorant 3 Double-crested Cormorant 25 American Bittern 2 Freshwater Marsh. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 35 Osprey (American) 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 8 Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 4 Belted Kingfisher 2 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 American Kestrel (Northern) 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Western Wood-Pewee 6 Willow Flycatcher 1 Empidonax sp. 1 Hutton's Vireo (Pacific) 1 Western Warbling Vireo 2 Steller's Jay (Coastal) 2 American Crow 15 Common Raven 6 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 Tree Swallow 2 Violet-green Swallow 10 Purple Martin 1 Barn Swallow (American) 90 Cliff Swallow 1 Bushtit (Pacific) 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 Brown Creeper 3 Pacific Wren (Pacific) 1 Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 4 European Starling 250 Swainson's Thrush 5 American Robin (migratorius Group) 20 Cedar Waxwing 40 Purple Finch 6 Red Crossbill 11 American Goldfinch 12 White-crowned Sparrow 4 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1 Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 15 Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Common Yellowthroat 4 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S387236360 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Highlights: Gadwall - Female at the weir; first since early July American Kestrel - Female at Viewing Mound and heading to Model Airplane Field. First of Year (FOY) for the survey Merlin - Made several passes over the Dog Meadow; last one featured high-speed moves in pursuit of goldfinch Western Wood-Pewee - Heard a couple; may have seen one, or that could have been a dark Willow Flycatcher Barn Swallow - 3 or 4 at the East Meadow were our only swallows Red Crossbill - One flyover near Dog Central Northern Yellow Warbler - One below weir Western Tanager - One near Windmill There were several "common" birds with very low numbers today. CANADA GOOSE, heard only, and maybe just a couple; GREAT BLUE HERON, only 2?; AMERICAN ROBIN, perhaps fewer than the number of SWAINSON'S THRUSH we heard (both less than 10); PURPLE FINCH, fewer than 5 perhaps; DARK-EYED JUNCO, I only saw/heard one; SONG SPARROW, certainly less than 15. Misses were very numerous today: Hooded Merganser, Band-tailed Pigeon, Vaux's Swift, Killdeer, Green Heron, Cooper's Hawk, American Barn Owl, Willow Flycatcher (??? see above), Western Warbling Vireo, Marsh Wren, Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak. These have all been recorded in at least 16 or the previous 32 years for this week. With that large number of misses, we were left with just 46 species for the day. Adding AMERICAN KESTREL, we're at 118 species for the survey in 2026. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 28 12:02:35 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 28 12:02:39 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?El_Ni=C3=B1o_effects?= Message-ID: <42A449EF-6684-441A-B820-8A972DFC02FA@comcast.net> Hello tweets, I?m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Ni?o. But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann?s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd. I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren?t they here in even greater numbers this summer? So I?m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well. Dennis Paulson Seattle From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 28 12:10:30 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Steve Hampton via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 28 12:10:43 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?El_Ni=C3=B1o_effects?= In-Reply-To: <42A449EF-6684-441A-B820-8A972DFC02FA@comcast.net> References: <42A449EF-6684-441A-B820-8A972DFC02FA@comcast.net> Message-ID: We have our usual ~400 Heermann's up here in Port Townsend this summer. No juveniles at all. I went thru 380 birds this morning -- all adults and a dozen or so 2nd cycles. We did have a small surge of Brown Pelicans in early summer. I think over a dozen photographed on the beach at once in Port Townsend. Again, no juveniles. They've not hung around. On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 12:02?PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters < tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Hello tweets, > > I?m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of > Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three > species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably > fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of > El Ni?o. > > But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the > lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann?s Gulls in our > waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of > these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd. > > I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the > Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive > waters. So why aren?t they here in even greater numbers this summer? > > So I?m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 28 14:00:38 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 28 14:00:59 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Ecuador In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000201dd3730$48730bc0$d9592340$@northbeachlandscapes.com> Have any of you used this company (Bird Ecuador ), and if so, how was your experience and would you recommend it? Thank you, Janine Anderson Port Townsend janine@northbeachlandscapes.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri Aug 28 18:24:35 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters) Date: Fri Aug 28 18:24:39 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?El_Ni=C3=B1o_effects?= In-Reply-To: <42A449EF-6684-441A-B820-8A972DFC02FA@comcast.net> References: <42A449EF-6684-441A-B820-8A972DFC02FA@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1125748471.279410.1787966675182@connect.xfinity.com> haven't been to the coast a lot but, yeah, it seems to be fewer pelicans and Heermans. The "biggest" change is almost no Heermans up at Westport. Normally, quite a few. Is it possible that they had a nesting failure and the population pressure up the coast is just not enough to push them up here. Hal Michael Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 08/28/2026 12:02 PM PDT Dennis Paulson via Tweeters wrote: > > > Hello tweets, > > I?m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Ni?o. > > But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann?s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd. > > I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren?t they here in even greater numbers this summer? > > So I?m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 29 10:15:17 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Hubbell via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 29 10:15:38 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Union Bay Watch } Acuity - PIWO Message-ID: <94262E17-9BFD-4084-B9CF-78E7A79CFE9F@comcast.net> Friends, This post is focused on developmental changes experienced by Pileated Woodpeckers - specifically their feathers and eyes. I hope you find it both surprising and interesting. https://unionbaywatch.blogspot.com/2026/08/acuity.html Have a great day on Union Bay...where nature lives in the city! 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One of the best birding trips we've taken (of about 10 total where ? ? ? ?you travel specifically for birding). ? 2) We started in Quito and were never more than 4 hours away - and always on ? ? ? ?the West side of the Andes.? It is still "jungle" ... just not the drippy rain forest ? ? ? ?of the Amazon.? I had originally looked at a location that was on the East ? ? ? ?side of the Andes and "clearly upper Amazon" ... but I'm not disappointed ? ? ? ?with what we saw.? Besides - that means that we can go back for the Amazon ? ? ? ?side!? *G*. ? 3) We travelled from one birding oriented lodge to the next.? All at different ? ? ? ?elevations and never "low" ... think "Cloud Forest".? Since the elevation was ? ? ? ?changing - the mix of birds at each location was different. Some times some of ? ? ? ?the same species but always some new species we hadn't seen before.? The ? ? ? ?rooms were more than adequate - always clean ... and the dining facilities ? ? ? ?were similar.? Not 5 star - but excellent. ? 4) Be prepared for hummingbirds!? They will be "every where there is food". ? ? ? ?And, for the most part they will be up close and personal and 'lingering' right ? ? ? ?in front of you. ? 5) All of the lodges have feeders - nectar, fruit and seed feeders.? That means ? ? ? ?that every meal was punctuated by the presence of birds. ? 6) The food was basic and delicious with each lodge having a specialty or two ? ? ? ?that none of the others had - and each lodge seemed to have their own ? ? ? ?wrinkle to the recipe they used for dishes we'd had before. Yummy!? Also, ? ? ? ?be prepared for a 'new' (?) experience ... when they serve any kind of soup ? ? ? ?they also have a bowl of popcorn and you put it in the soup. ? 7) The beverages were good - but not "gourmet/connoiseur". ? 8) You will see some very special/unique species ... but you will also see some ? ? ? ?birds that you've seen before (but perhaps just not the exact same species ? ? ? ?but rather a closely related "cousin" with slightly different coloring and ? ? ? ?range. ? 9) I don't remember if you are a photographer or not.? I was -very- happy with ? ? ? ?my 100-500 and even got "keepers" from birds that I -thought- were too ? ? ? ?far away and I just took the shot as a record.? Live and Learn! Everyone, ? Here is a link to my Ecuador birding pictures ... just ignore stuff about "how to buy". ?https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Ecuador-2026 (If tweeters strips off the link just send an email to jim betz at jim betz dot com )? ... Jim From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 29 15:56:11 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Odette James via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 29 15:56:18 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Nazca Booby References: <1879958777.2218139.1788044171997.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1879958777.2218139.1788044171997@mail.yahoo.com> I was on the Puget Sound Express Puffin Tour last Tuesday, August 25, and the highlight was an immature Nazca Booby. Totally unexpected, and probably a life bird for me. I may have seen it on the Galapagos trip I took back in 1986, back when it was a Masked Booby, but I seem to have lost my Galapagos list - but it's definitely a newbie on my North American life list, now it's no longer a Masked Booby. We went to Smith Island. Lots and lots of Heerman's Gulls and Rhinoceros Auklets (still in breeding plumage), and a half dozen gorgeous Tufted Puffins (also still in breeding plumage). And quite a few Common Murres, and a few Pigeon Guillemots, Red-necked Grebes, and Brandt's Cormorants. And lots of Glaucous-winged and Olympic Gulls (nobody paid any attention to the gulls). And there was a nice orca on the way back to Edmonds - T137A aka Jack, a 24 year old male. The company puts their trip lists on Facebook, so if you don't do Facebook (I don't), you won't know what they have been seeing, so I figured I'd let the Tweeter folks know.? The weather was perfect and it was a glorious day. Heck, with the Nazca Booby, it would have been a glorious day no matter what the weather was like! CheersOdette James, Lakeshore Retirement Community -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sat Aug 29 20:32:16 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Bob Boekelheide via Tweeters) Date: Sat Aug 29 20:32:32 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?El_Ni=C3=B1o_effects?= Message-ID: <7F151C2A-9FDA-49CD-AD9F-B9C2572B785C@olympus.net> You may have also heard that Southern California and Baja California have experienced extreme marine heat wave conditions since last year, akin to the ?Blob? here in 2014-2015. Even prior to the development of the upcoming El Nino, sea surface temperatures at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla have set numerous high-temperature records this spring and summer. Numbers of pelicans, alcids, cormorants, and other birds have been found dead on SoCal beaches. It sounds pretty bleak. Breeding seabirds in the Gulf of California were right in the eye of the marine heat wave during the last nesting season. There's also a large marine heat wave lurking offshore right now in the north Pacific, as discussed on the NOAA marine heatwave tracker site. Again, this is before the predicted strong El Nino even gets going. https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker Prepare to meet your doom... Bob Boekelheide Dungeness From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] El Ni?o effects Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:02:35?PM PDT To: TWEETERS tweeters > Reply-To: Dennis Paulson > Hello tweets, I?m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Ni?o. But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann?s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd. I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren?t they here in even greater numbers this summer? So I?m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well. Dennis Paulson Seattle From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Ni?o effects Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:10:30?PM PDT To: TWEETERS tweeters > Reply-To: Steve Hampton > We have our usual ~400 Heermann's up here in Port Townsend this summer. No juveniles at all. I went thru 380 birds this morning -- all adults and a dozen or so 2nd cycles. We did have a small surge of Brown Pelicans in early summer. I think over a dozen photographed on the beach at once in Port Townsend. Again, no juveniles. They've not hung around. Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Ni?o effects Date: August 28, 2026 at 6:24:35?PM PDT To: Dennis Paulson >, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters > Reply-To: HAL MICHAEL > haven't been to the coast a lot but, yeah, it seems to be fewer pelicans and Heermans. The "biggest" change is almost no Heermans up at Westport. Normally, quite a few. Is it possible that they had a nesting failure and the population pressure up the coast is just not enough to push them up here. Hal Michael > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 30 08:55:38 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 30 08:55:44 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?El_Ni=C3=B1o_effects?= In-Reply-To: <7F151C2A-9FDA-49CD-AD9F-B9C2572B785C@olympus.net> References: <7F151C2A-9FDA-49CD-AD9F-B9C2572B785C@olympus.net> Message-ID: Well, to add to what I wrote before, we spent yesterday at the outer coast and saw what I considered completely normal numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann?s Gulls. I wish I could send photos to tweeters of the enormous roosting flocks we found of both species on the beach at the end of the Warrenton Cannery Road and the very active feeding flocks of the two species (plus alcids and other gulls) off the Westport Marina. I have never seen that many pelicans feeding at once in Grays Harbor, and hopefully they were successful! On the downside, we found no Elegant Terns or boobies to admire. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Aug 29, 2026, at 8:32 PM, Bob Boekelheide wrote: > > You may have also heard that Southern California and Baja California have experienced extreme marine heat wave conditions since last year, akin to the ?Blob? here in 2014-2015. Even prior to the development of the upcoming El Nino, sea surface temperatures at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla have set numerous high-temperature records this spring and summer. Numbers of pelicans, alcids, cormorants, and other birds have been found dead on SoCal beaches. It sounds pretty bleak. Breeding seabirds in the Gulf of California were right in the eye of the marine heat wave during the last nesting season. > > There's also a large marine heat wave lurking offshore right now in the north Pacific, as discussed on the NOAA marine heatwave tracker site. Again, this is before the predicted strong El Nino even gets going. > > https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker > > Prepare to meet your doom... > > Bob Boekelheide > Dungeness > > > > > > From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters > > Subject: [Tweeters] El Ni?o effects > Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:02:35?PM PDT > To: TWEETERS tweeters > > Reply-To: Dennis Paulson > > > > Hello tweets, > > I?m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Ni?o. > > But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann?s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd. > > I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren?t they here in even greater numbers this summer? > > So I?m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Ni?o effects > Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:10:30?PM PDT > To: TWEETERS tweeters > > Reply-To: Steve Hampton > > > > We have our usual ~400 Heermann's up here in Port Townsend this summer. No juveniles at all. I went thru 380 birds this morning -- all adults and a dozen or so 2nd cycles. > > We did have a small surge of Brown Pelicans in early summer. I think over a dozen photographed on the beach at once in Port Townsend. Again, no juveniles. They've not hung around. > > Steve Hampton? > Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) > > From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Ni?o effects > Date: August 28, 2026 at 6:24:35?PM PDT > To: Dennis Paulson >, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters > > Reply-To: HAL MICHAEL > > > > haven't been to the coast a lot but, yeah, it seems to be fewer pelicans and Heermans. The "biggest" change is almost no Heermans up at Westport. Normally, quite a few. > > Is it possible that they had a nesting failure and the population pressure up the coast is just not enough to push them up here. > > > Hal Michael > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Totally unexpected, and probably > a life bird for me. I may have seen it on the Galapagos trip I took back in > 1986, back when it was a Masked Booby, but I seem to have lost my Galapagos > list - but it's definitely a newbie on my North American life list, now > it's no longer a Masked Booby. > > We went to Smith Island. Lots and lots of Heerman's Gulls and Rhinoceros > Auklets (still in breeding plumage), and a half dozen gorgeous Tufted > Puffins (also still in breeding plumage). And quite a few Common Murres, > and a few Pigeon Guillemots, Red-necked Grebes, and Brandt's Cormorants. > And lots of Glaucous-winged and Olympic Gulls (nobody paid any attention to > the gulls). And there was a nice orca on the way back to Edmonds - T137A > aka Jack, a 24 year old male. The company puts their trip lists on > Facebook, so if you don't do Facebook (I don't), you won't know what they > have been seeing, so I figured I'd let the Tweeter folks know. > > The weather was perfect and it was a glorious day. Heck, with the Nazca > Booby, it would have been a glorious day no matter what the weather was > like! > > Cheers > Odette James, Lakeshore Retirement Community > _______________________________________________ > 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 Aug 30 13:00:45 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 30 13:01:00 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Nest Failures and Second Attempts of Purple Martins Message-ID: <97CB98C5-F95D-4BE3-B5F8-6663BBF8CE80@earthlink.net> Hi Tweets, This year at English Boom on the north end of Camano Island martins laid eggs in twenty nests in June. Several days of unfavorable weather at the end of June and first few days of July caused five of those nests to fail, and the eggs or newly hatched young disappeared. Fortunately we found no dead adults. By the middle of July three of the five failed nests had new eggs. No way to know with certainty if the same pairs renested, since none of the birds are banded, but we think they most likely are the same pairs, since all attending birds are full after second year adults, which ordinarily would not be nesting so late. Thursday we observed adults still feeding young at all three of these second attempts. Some additional details and photo are posted here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/606234379093464/ Stan Kostka lynnandstan at earthlink.net Arlington From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 30 15:01:10 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Ian Paulsen via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 30 15:01:14 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: HI ALL: I posted about two bird books at my blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-titles.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 30 16:30:41 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Anna via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 30 16:30:58 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Migration Message-ID: A mixed flock just arrived here in Phinney Ridge. First flycatcher, plus Wilson?s and yellow warblers. Hope things will pick up.,. Happy birding! AKopitov Seattle Sent from my iPhone with all the auto correct quirks. From tweeters at u.washington.edu Sun Aug 30 17:02:28 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Dennis Paulson via Tweeters) Date: Sun Aug 30 17:02:33 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Migration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A Swainson?s Thrush visited our fountain this morning and again this afternoon, presumably the same bird and the first I?ve seen since fall 2024. We don?t see them in the yard every year, so this was exciting, especially as it stayed long enough on both visits for photos. 23 August is my earliest fall date. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Aug 30, 2026, at 4:30 PM, Anna via Tweeters wrote: > > A mixed flock just arrived here in Phinney Ridge. First flycatcher, plus Wilson?s and yellow warblers. Hope things will pick up.,. > > Happy birding! > > AKopitov > Seattle > > Sent from my iPhone with all the auto correct quirks. > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 31 10:30:02 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Greg Pasquariello via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 31 10:30:17 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Evening Grosbeaks in Vancouver Message-ID: Just had Evening Grosbeaks come in, a new yard bird. Yay. Saw them first, as they flew over? the white wing patches were backlit and evident. They disappeared, but I turned on the Merlin and sure enough, first bird it heard. Managed to get binoculars on them a few minutes later, and have been hearing them on and off for a few hours now. In Vancouver, Salmon Creek area. -Greg Pasquariello Vancouver From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 31 12:45:26 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (Arden Hagen via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 31 12:45:37 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Cocos booby Message-ID: <17wcxHUUl2ZNa17wjxCpLG.1788205534.f13cec81d1f1dd33ee6d9d294a665079.MISSINGID@comcast.net> Cocos booby still being seen this morning at Bonneville dam spillway on the Washington side.Sent from my Galaxy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tweeters at u.washington.edu Mon Aug 31 15:33:39 2026 From: tweeters at u.washington.edu (mary hrudkaj via Tweeters) Date: Mon Aug 31 15:33:46 2026 Subject: [Tweeters] Turkey Vulture movement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Turkey Vulture migration may be beginning. Around noon there were two TVs circling over Belfair. As we headed out on North Shore on the north side of Hood Canan, they were headed the same direction. They must have followed North Shore Rd down Hood Canal as I saw two TV from my house near Tahuya about 11 miles SW of Belfair about 20 minutes later (average time to drive home). The wind has been from the ESE today which would create some nice thermals or up-rising just above the Canal. From here they can catch the Tahuya thermals and head south toward Olympia. Mary Hrudkaj Belfair/Tahuya Mason County -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: