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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I, usually, have 2 over winter yellow rumps. They are present. ---Sequim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I have had 2 Townsend’s in my yard this month. A first.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Wings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Jan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jan Stewart<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>922 E Spruce Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sequim, WA 98382-3518<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>jstewart@olympus.net<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tweeters <tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeannine Carter<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2023 12:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson@comcast.net>; Hans-Joachim Feddern <thefedderns@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warblers or the lack of ...<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Zero Townsend’s this year for me. 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler prominently arrived Feb 8 when they took over birdfeeder ownership from the Dark-eyed Junco. They disappeared for several days then reappeared last Wednesday mid-molt. They haven’t been as conspicuous since then.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jeannine<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>North Beach, NW Seattle<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu">tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu</a>> on behalf of Dennis Paulson <<a href="mailto:dennispaulson@comcast.net">dennispaulson@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 27, 2023 11:38:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> Hans-Joachim Feddern <<a href="mailto:thefedderns@gmail.com">thefedderns@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> TWEETERS tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tweeters] Townsend's Warblers or the lack of ...</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have had a male Townsend’s all winter here in Maple Leaf, as well as two Yellow-rumped. We have been truly amazed at the 10 or so (Audubon’s) Yellow-rumped that arrived in the yard on 26 February and have thronged the feeders ever since. They clearly travel as a flock, as one minute they are all over the yard, then they’re gone for a while, but they visit numerous times during the day. Like juncos, they form flocks, but they can be very aggressive to one another within the flock. They are just starting to molt into breeding plumage. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dennis Paulson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seattle<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 27, 2023, at 10:00 AM, Hans-Joachim Feddern <<a href="mailto:thefedderns@gmail.com">thefedderns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To change the subject of Varied Thrushes, has anybody noticed a lack of Townsend's Warblers this winter? I normally have at least two coming to my suet feeders, but have not seen a single one so far! <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good Birding!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hans<br><span class=xgmailsignatureprefix>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white'>Hans Feddern</span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'><br><span style='background:white'>Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA</span><br></span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#000066;background:white'><a href="mailto:thefedderns@gmail.com" target="_blank">thefedderns@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Tweeters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu">Tweeters@u.washington.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters">http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>