<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;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Hi Tweeters,</span><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">With August additions we have reached 184 for our Edmonds 2024 list. In taxonomic order, the new species are:</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Baird’s Sandpiper (code 3), 2-3 at the waterfront (photo ID), 8-10-24.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Pectoral Sandpiper (code 3), 4 at Edmonds marsh (critical field marks described), 8-24-24.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Short-billed Dowitcher (code 4), 2 at Edmonds marsh (photo ID), 8-31-24.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Ring-billed Gull (code 3), at the waterfront (photo ID), 8-19-24.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></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 July, 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><div dir="auto"><br>Good birding,<br><br>Carol Riddell<br>Edmonds, WA</div><div dir="auto">cariddellwa at gmail dot com<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></div></body></html>