<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="font-family: ArialMT;">Hi Tweeters,</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">With March additions we have reached 121 species for our 2025 year list. In taxonomic order, the new species are:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Northern Pintail (code 3), 1 drake at Edmonds marsh (ID photos), 3-5-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Sora (code 5), 1, maybe 2, at Edmonds marsh (ker-wee calls described), 3-13-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">American Kestrel (code 4), 1 at Edmonds-Woodway High School ball fields, 3-30-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Say’s Phoebe (code 4), 1 in the Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood (ID photos), 3-28-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Violet-green Swallow (code 1), 1 at Edmonds marsh and 1 in Pine Ridge neighborhood, 3-25-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Barn Swallow (code 1), 1 or 2 at Edmonds marsh, 3-27-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Brown-headed Cowbird (code 2), 1 adult male on Puget Drive, 3-29-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">Brewer’s Blackbird (code 3), 1 adult female on Puget Drive (ID photos), 3-19-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">There were a couple code 3 or rarer species reported in eBird with no or inadequate documentation. We will wait to review any subsequent reports that are evidence based. These include American Herring Gull (code 4) and Peregrine Falcon (code 3). </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" 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 2025 city checklist, with 283 species, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. The 2025 checklist, with sightings through March, is in the bird information box at the Olympic Beach Visitor Station at the base of the public pier.<br><br>Good birding,<br><br>Carol Riddell<br>Edmonds, WA</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">cariddellwa at gmail dot com</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT;">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" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>