<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">Hi Tweets:</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">With February additions we have reach 115 species for our 2023 year list. In taxonomic order, the new species are:</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">Cackling Goose (code 3), Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood, 2-18-23</span><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">California Scrub-Jay (code 4), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 2-25-23</font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Barn Swallow (code 1), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 2-3-23</font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Purple Finch (code 3), 2 in north Edmonds, 2-16-23</font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Savannah Sparrow (code 2), 1 on marina breakwater, 2-7-23</font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class="">Other activity: There was a second Northern Shrike (code 3) sighting, this time at Edmonds marsh on 2-1-23. There was another Townsend’s Solitaire in the vicinity of 6th & Elm, seen on 2-12 and 2-14-23.<br class=""></font><div class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: ArialMT;" class="">There were several reports of Herring Gull (code 4) along the waterfront. None was supported with any evidence for this rarity—neither description nor photo. We will not be adding this species to our year list based on these eBird checklist ticks.</span></div><div class=""><font face="ArialMT" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">As always, I appreciate it when birders get in touch with me to share sightings, photos, or audio. It helps us build our collective year list. If you would like a copy of our 2023 city checklist, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. (It reflects a species total of 280, including the Nazca Booby.) If eBirders will use the details field for unusual Edmonds birds, it will help us build the city year list. Photographs or recordings are also helpful. The 2023 checklist is posted in the bird information box at the Visitor Station at the base of the public pier and is up to date through February. </span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Good birding,</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Carol Riddell</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Edmonds, WA</span><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span class="" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records</span></div></div></body></html>