<html aria-label="message body"><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><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Hi Tweets,</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">We ended November with 186 species on the Edmonds year list. New species, in taxonomic order, include:</div></div><div><br></div>Trumpeter Swan (code 4), 18 in flight along the waterfront and vocalizing honks, 11-26-25. (There were multiple other eBird reports on different days but none described the swans or in any way distinguished them from Tundra Swans.)</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;">Lesser Scaup (code 3), several on the water near the ferry dock, 11-30-25.</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-tailed Duck (code 3), one drake in flight on the waterfront, 11-30-25.</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;">American Herring Gull (code 4), one adult at the waterfront (critical field marks described), 11-30-25.</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;">Snowy Owl (code 4), one on the waterfront, seen and photographed by multiple birders, 11-19-25.</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;">Other birds of interest: A pair of Great Horned Owls (code 4), were heard calling during the evening near Olympic View Drive and Cherry Street, 11-23-25. There was one report of a Snohomish County Turkey Vulture in November, but it was near Arlington—none in Edmonds.<br><div><br></div><div><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 in their checklists to add critical field mark 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 November.</span></div><div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">Good birding,<br><br>Carol Riddell<br>Edmonds, WA</div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;">cariddellwa at gmail dot com</div></div></div></div></body></html>