<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">“That … is not a Red-tailed Hawk” … the day’s most memorable utterance, by Alan G, from atop our Big Sit location this last Saturday (yes, we stayed within our 17 foot diameter circle). The youngster, a light morph Broad-winged Hawk, gave us fabulous looks as it soared and kettled and circled over the bluff - not once, not twice but in 5 circuits over close to an hour. No question, this (for us an ultra rare) lovely raptor will be chalked up as the highlight (here’s our eBird list with some so-so photos <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S120343220" class="">https://ebird.org/checklist/S120343220</a> … P.S. this young BWHA has continued to show daily over Disco, including yesterday), but equally joyous was spotting folks with familiar field marks trucking along, heading up to our sandy hill. All on a near-perfect day (fog early on and a slight orange cast to views as well as photos due to wildfire smoke). On top of all that, we merrily engaged a steady stream of the public (what-the-heck are you looking at … whales?) into a chance to mold tomorrow’s bird-nutties! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Celebrate, all who joined the South Meadowlark’s 14th Annual Big Sit, for minutes or hours… great camaraderie (and yes, snacks too). Owls eluded us at both ends of our 11 hour vigil! Notwithstanding, it was a very fine day spent among very fine folks … and birds (52 species).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Elaine</div><div dir="ltr" class="">elc at uw dot edu</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Seattle</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class="elementToProof"><font color="#000000" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class="elementToProof"><font color="#000000" class=""><b class="">From:</b> Elaine Chuang <<a href="mailto:elc@uw.edu" class="">elc@uw.edu</a>><br class=""></font></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Sunday, October 2, 2022 11:50 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b> <a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> [Tweeters] The Big Sit! (2022) … Sat, October 8 at Discovery Park</font> <div class=""> </div></div><div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word; line-break:after-white-space"><div class="">Greetings to birding friends in the Seattle area and beyond. For those unfamiliar, the <a href="https://www.thebigsit.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="">The Big Sit!</a> was
founded in New Haven, Connecticut in 1992 and is conducted annually for
fun, internationally in fact. Without question, this is birding’s most
sedentary event (also designated The Big Snack by Neil our founder).
This year, veteran devotees (AS, KS, AG, EC et al) are again joining
together for an autumn dose of Community Science and Camaraderie over
birds. Specifically, the South Meadowlarks will take up our posts in
the required 17-foot diameter circle, from pre-dawn until who knows when
on Saturday, October 8. The goal is to identify as many species as
possible by sight and / or sound (to date, our team record is 56
species), and per the rules, participants cannot venture outside of that
tiny circle. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We
can be found at Discovery Park's South Bluff, Sand Dunes this coming
Saturday. Stop by to say hi, encourage the team, get involved in the
fun and maybe help find a birdie or two... </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Elaine</div><div dir="ltr" class="">elc at uw dot edu</div><div dir="ltr" class="">Seattle</div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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