<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;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Hi Tweeters,</span><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Well finished December with no new species. Our Edmonds 2024 year list then remains at 195. That is the same number we reached in 2023.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">We had some obvious misses in 2024. Code 3 species that we would have liked to add to the 2024 list include Common Tern (has not been seen here for a couple of years), Peregrine Falcon, Cassin’s Vireo, Northern Shrike, and Bullock’s Oriole (has not been reported for several years).</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Other birds of interest: The Lesser Goldfinch, first seen on November 21 at a Puget Drive property, made three additional appearances in December.</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 new 2025 city checklist, with 283 species (adding Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Lesser Goldfinch), please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. The 2024 checklist, with sightings through December, is in the bird information box at the Olympic Beach Visitor Station at the base of the public pier. We will change it out for the 2025 checklist in February.</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><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>