<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;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><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;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Hi Tweets,</span><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;"><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">As of the end of April, the Edmonds 2025 year list is at 144 species. New species for the month are listed chronologically rather than taxonomically so you can see how migration began unfolding in Edmonds.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Osprey (code 2), 1 at Hwy 99 cell tower nest site, 4-5-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Chipping Sparrow (code 4), 1 at Edmonds marsh (field marks described), 4-5-25. Early.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">American Pipit (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 4-9-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Western Meadowlark (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 4-11-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Marbled Murrelet (code 2), 2 at waterfront (photos), 4-12-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Black-throated Gray Warbler (code 2), at Southwest County Park (recording), 4-14-25. Early arrival.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Least Sandpiper (code 1), 3 in Edmonds marsh, 4-16-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dunlin (code 3), 1 in Edmonds marsh (black breeding patch visible), 4-18-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Western Sandpiper (code 1), 3 in Edmonds marsh, 4-18-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Turkey Vulture (code 3), 1 in Pine Ridge neighborhood (ID photos), 4-18-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Red-naped Sapsucker (code 5), 1 in the Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood (ID photos), 4-18-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Wilson’s Warbler (code 1), 1 at Yost Park (recording, visual), 4-19-25. Early arrival.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Townsend’s Solitaire (code 4), 1 at Yost Park (ID photo), 4-19-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Common Yellowthroat (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 4-20-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Peregrine Falcon (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh (field marks described), 4-22-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Warbling Vireo (code 2), 1 at Hickman Park, 4-22-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Evening Grosbeak (code 3), 1 at Yost Park, 4-22-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Purple Martin (code 3), 2 at the Olympic Beach nest box pilings, 4-24-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">California Quail (code 3), 1 heard in a Southwest County Park neighborhood, 4-25-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Long-billed Dowitcher (code 3), 2 at Edmonds marsh (ID photos), 4-26-25.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hammond’s Flycatcher (code 2), 2 at Yost Park, 4-30-25.<br><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Western Flycatcher (code 2), 1 each at Yost and Southwest County Parks, 4-30-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Western Tanager (code 2), 1 at Yost Park, 4-30-25.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">The Lesser Goldfinch. The first known Lesser Goldfinch, a male, appeared at Puget Drive feeders in late November 2024. He continued to appear intermittently each month through March 5, 2025. His appearances were so brief that only the homeowner was able to see him and photo document his presence.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">We continue to decline to add American Herring Gull (code 4) to this year’s list. eBird reports from the waterfront omit descriptions of field marks or photos. Given how many mistakes are made with gulls, and how infrequently American Herring Gull appears here, we will wait for an evidence-based report. There was a report of a Northern House Wren (code 4) at Yost Park. The bird was not seen and the recording was only four seconds. It was not sufficient to confirm that species. We also do not add birds to the year list when they are reported by anonymous eBirders and are not documented in the checklists.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="ArialMT">A word of caution about using Merlin’s Sound ID to support low land Chipping Sparrows. Sound ID is a great tool and is improving with each upgrade. Nevertheless, at this time of year it continues to offer both Dark-eyed Junco and Chipping Sparrow as possibilities when juncos are being seen and heard. The better practice, when completing an eBird checklist, is not to list Chipping Sparrow without having seen the species. And an even better practice is to note the visual in the details window and include the field marks seen.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">As always, I appreciate it when birders get in touch with me to share sightings, photos, or audio. It helps us build our collective year list. If you would like a copy of our 2025 city checklist, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. (It reflects a species total of 283) If eBirders will use the details field for unusual Edmonds birds (code 3 or rarer), it will help us build the city year list. Photographs or recordings are also helpful. The 2025 checklist is posted in the bird information box at the Visitor Station at the base of the public pier and is up to date through April. </span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Good birding,</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Carol Riddell</span><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Edmonds, WA</span></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">cariddellwa at gmail dot com<br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span 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</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>