<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Tweeters - Several topics today. First, it's always great to see Gary Bletsch's name on a Tweeters message. The more we hear from him, the better, even though he has decamped to a far-away place.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Second, the Tweeters Archive has been updated to include all the messages sent in the year 2025. The archive now includes all messages from 1994 through 2025. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You can both search and browse the messages. The archive is paid for and sponsored by the Washington Ornithological Society (WOS).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The University of Washington hosts the Tweeters site, and volunteers Elaine Chuang and Doug Santoni manage the mailing list. However, the UW retains messages for only two years; hence, the need for the archive. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The WOS Tweeters Archive is at:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://tweetersarchives.org/index.html">https://tweetersarchives.org/index.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To search messages for the current year at the UW: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/">https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Third, WOS has offered a number of field trips this year. Three of them are filled, but two field trips are still available and more might be added. Keep current on WOS field trips at:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://wos.org/field-trips/">https://wos.org/field-trips/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Next, the USA County Checklists program on the WOS website has been updated with some bug fixes. This web page allows you to download a checklist for any county in the US. You can choose between two printable formats.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You can find this at: <a href="https://wos.org/documents/USA-county-checklists/usa-county-checklist.html">https://wos.org/documents/USA-county-checklists/usa-county-checklist.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Finally, Elaine Thomas has asked for recommendations of "high-yield" birding spots in order to plan a birding itinerary for an out-of-town visitor. I would like to recommend WOS's free online bird-finding guide: A Birder's Guide to Washington, Second Edition.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You can find it at; <a href="https://wabirdguide.org/">https://wabirdguide.org/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jane Hadley</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Seattle, WA</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:hadleyj1725@gmail.com">hadleyj1725@gmail.com</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style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