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<div dir="ltr">Tweeters,</div>
<div dir="ltr">I took some time out to walk around our property before the rains settled in. The weather was
<span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">mild (54degF). Light rain started to fall about
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: currentcolor;">11:10</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">. Highlight was the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW singing from the hedgerow to the west of the house. Have heard it for the
last week and I finally managed to record it. This is likely the same bird that has been here since early November 2024.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">From the eBirdPNW report.</div>
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</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">41 species</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Mallard 4</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">California Quail 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Band-tailed Pigeon 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Mourning Dove 6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Anna's Hummingbird 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Rufous Hummingbird 1 Persistently displaying near the red currant patch to the east of the house.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Virginia Rail 1 In wetland to the east of house.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Killdeer 1 Overhead calling.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Turkey Vulture 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Bald Eagle 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Red-tailed Hawk 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Red-breasted Sapsucker 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Downy Woodpecker 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Hairy Woodpecker 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Northern Flicker 3</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Steller's Jay 6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">California Scrub-Jay 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">American Crow 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Common Raven 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Black-capped Chickadee 8</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Tree Swallow 22</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Violet-green Swallow 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Bushtit 10</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Red-breasted Nuthatch 4</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Marsh Wren 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Bewick's Wren 2</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">European Starling 6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">American Robin 7</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">House Sparrow 6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Evening Grosbeak 4</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">House Finch 11</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Purple Finch 3</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Pine Siskin 15</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Dark-eyed Junco 12</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">White-crowned Sparrow 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Golden-crowned Sparrow 6</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">White-throated Sparrow 1</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Song Sparrow 14</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Spotted Towhee 5</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Red-winged Blackbird 9</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">View this checklist online at
</span><span style="font-size: 15.546666px; color: rgb(0, 90, 158);"><a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S223521623" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(0, 90, 158);">https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS223521623&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cd1c6f0ff65e54d3a51e508dd75714b23%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638795851632344112%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rZKMLz5Y%2FByScIxrBkx5hdzzKPNarx2woLZBIycwHac%3D&reserved=0</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<div dir="ltr">May all your birds be identified,</div>
<div dir="ltr">Denis DeSilvis</div>
<div dir="ltr">avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com </div>
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