<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Hi Tweeters,</span><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">With May additions we have reached 167 species for our 2024 year list. In taxonomic order, the new species are:</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Blue-winged Teal (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (ID photo), 5-15-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Mourning Dove (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (ID photo), 5-2-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Vaux’s Swift (code 3), 2 at Edmonds marsh (field marks described), 5-29-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Sora (code 5), 1 at Edmonds marsh (whinny heard), 5-21-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Long-billed Dowitcher (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-5-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Spotted Sandpiper (code 3), 3 at Edmonds marsh (ID photo), 5-27-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Black-legged Kittiwake (code 4), 1 at waterfront (field marks described), 5-13-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Heermann’s Gull (code 1), 1 at waterfront, 5-17-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Olive-sided Flycatcher (code 3), 1 at Yost Park, 5-10-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Western Wood-Pewee (code 2), 1 at Yost Park and 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-11-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">California Scrub-Jay (code 4), 2 in Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood, 5-17-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Townsend’s Solitaire (code 4), Edmonds marsh (ID photo), 5-15-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Swainson’s Thrush (code 2), 1 at Yost Park , 5-8-2024</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Evening Grosbeak (code 3), 1 at a central Edmonds yard, 5-17-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Yellow-headed Blackbird (code 3), 4 at Edmonds marsh (field marks described), 5-11-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Nashville Warbler (code 4), 1 in Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood (field marks described), 5-10-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">MacGillivray’s Warbler (code 4), 1 in Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood (field marks described), 5-24-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Common Yellowthroat (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (song described), 5-15-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Yellow Warbler (code 2), 1 at Yost Park, 5-2-2024</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Black-headed Grosbeak (code 2), 1 at a north Edmonds yard, 5-7-24.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Lazuli Bunting (code 5), 1 at Edmonds marsh (described), 5-11-24</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Late Reports: Green Heron (code 3), Edmonds side of Lake Ballinger, 4-28-24; Cliff Swallow (code 3), Edmonds side of Lake Ballinger, 4-28-24; Brewer’s Blackbird (female) (code 3), Edmonds side of Lake Ballinger, 4-28-24.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Declined species: There were more reports of Ring-billed Gulls, none described or photographed and reports of upwards of six birds at a time. This is an elusive Edmonds species, frequently confused with other gulls and rarely seen as more than a single bird. It does not go on the collective list without evidence of its presence. That continues to be lacking this year. We are also declining to add Bank Swallow (code 4), House Wren (code 4), or Red Crossbill (code 3) to the year list as none of the three species was described, recorded, or photographed. Species that are code 3 or rarer need some evidence to support the tick before we will add it to the collective list.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Of interest: May 10th brought a migration fallout to a couple of homes in the Seaview neighborhood. There were about 30 Western Tanagers and four Black-headed Grosbeaks that lingered for much of the day.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">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 2024 city checklist, with 281 species, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. The 2024 checklist, with sightings through May, is in the bird information box at the Olympic Beach Visitor Station at the base of the public pier.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><div dir="auto"><br>Good birding,<br><br>Carol Riddell<br>Edmonds, WA<br><br>Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>