<div dir="ltr"><div>Karen, I think of fledging as ready for departing the nest and independent movement (applied to shorebirds, waterfowl, alcids?) . I'd go with the FL code.</div><div><br></div><div>Dan MT, the improved hombre</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 12:17 PM Karen Wosilait via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I was at Soap Lake yesterday hoping to see the Willet that has been there. Instead I saw an American Avocet with 3 young, still fuzzy with shorter stubbier bills (relative to an adult).<br>
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I thought I’d add a breeding code to my eBird checklist. “Recently fledged” didn’t seem right since they couldn’t fly. Would “recently hatched” be the right term for a fluffy shorebird that can’t yet fly? <br>
Karen Wosilait (she/her)<br>
Seattle, WA<br>
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