From vkbirder at gmail.com Mon Feb 28 12:11:05 2022 From: vkbirder at gmail.com (Vicki King) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:42 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] March 2, 6 pm Presentation about Native Plants that Feed Birds, Moths and Butterflies Message-ID: If any of you Tweeters are inspired to plant native plants to help feed moths, nesting birds, and butterflies but are not sure which ones will work best, I encourage you to sign in to Julie O'Donald's presentation to the Washington Butterfly Association (WBA) on Wednesday evening, March 2, at 6 pm. Julie will emphasize the best native plants for gardens and elements that create and sustain habitat. You do not need to be a member of WBA; you DO need to register in advance. Here's the notice about the meeting from the WBA website. Wednesday ? March 2 ? 6 pm ? Julie O?Donald on Native Plants that Feed Birds, Moths and Butterflies Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdu6hpjIpGNFVpB_8nzZOAfsJtYFLukx1 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Community Wildlife Habitat Steward, Julie O?Donald will give an overview of landscapes and native plants that create beautiful gardens for people, birds and wildlife. Julie is the team leader for the Brier Wildlife Habitat Project, *a community wildlife habitat *in Snohomish County. Please join us for our program night with Julie, as we delve into the fascinating world of creating garden habitat. Julie will emphasize the best native plants for gardens and elements that create and sustain habitat. Photos of birds with their food plants and their relationship with Lepidoptera, will show how to bring nature home to any size property. Julie has been actively involved in community education and outreach for the Pilchuck Audubon Society, Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, the Washington Native Plant Society and the Adopt-a-Stream Foundation. In addition, Julie?s personal certified wildlife habitat garden contains over 200 species of native plants and has been successfully attracting birds, butterflies and pollinators for more than 25 years. It has been featured in Pacific Horticulture, The Butterfly Gardener, Bird Watching Magazine and Sunset publications. Thank you, Vicki King, Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kelliekvinne at hotmail.com Mon Feb 28 17:47:23 2022 From: kelliekvinne at hotmail.com (Kellie Sagen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:42 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding in Trout Lake Area (SW Washington) Message-ID: Hello Tweets, If anyone has knowledge of the Trout Lake area I would love to hear where some good birding spots are. I was looking at eBird checklists under the hotspot name of "Trout Lake area" - a man named Mark Lundgren seems to be the main birdwatcher. I viewed a satellite map of that hotspot and it appears to be in the middle of a brown field. I am thinking that is not the actual location the birds on those checklists are being seen. Would like to visit sometime in June to see the Hermit and Nashville warblers. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Kellie Sagen Lake Stevens -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gorgebirds at juno.com Mon Feb 28 19:59:06 2022 From: gorgebirds at juno.com (Wilson Cady) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:42 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding in Trout Lake Area (SW Washington) Message-ID: <20220228.195906.12471.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> Some good birding spots to check around Trout Lake for Nashville and Hermit Warblers would be along the 8040 Road that leads to the Climbers Route on Mt. Adams. This road starts just a few miles north of Trout Lake. Other birds along this road include Black-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers, Williamson's Sapsucker, Canada Jay and Clark's Nutcracker. Visit the Elk Meadows R.V. Park just west of town and walk the DNR trail along Trout Creek, a very birdy spot and if you have time check out the Conboy NWR for White-headed Woodpecker, Gray Flycatcher and nesting Sandhill Cranes. Wilson Cady Columbia River Gorge, WA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Kellie Sagen To: "tweeters@U.WASHINGTON.EDU" Subject: [Tweeters] Birding in Trout Lake Area (SW Washington) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 01:47:23 +0000 Hello Tweets, If anyone has knowledge of the Trout Lake area I would love to hear where some good birding spots are. I was looking at eBird checklists under the hotspot name of "Trout Lake area" - a man named Mark Lundgren seems to be the main birdwatcher. I viewed a satellite map of that hotspot and it appears to be in the middle of a brown field. I am thinking that is not the actual location the birds on those checklists are being seen. Would like to visit sometime in June to see the Hermit and Nashville warblers. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Kellie SagenLake Stevens -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vikingcove at gmail.com Mon Feb 28 20:30:55 2022 From: vikingcove at gmail.com (Kevin Lucas) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:42 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding in Trout Lake Area (SW Washington) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Kellie, First -- We've seen many, in fact mostly, hybrid Hermit x Townsend's warblers in that area. I enjoy the challenge of birding by ear, my high frequency hearing is very good, and I can't tell the difference between the songs of Hermit Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, and hybrid Hermit x Townsend's Warbler that I see and hear. Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze has a motif that each of the three sing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK_p1vay-AY Based on my visual with auditory observations, I doubt accurate auditory identification distinction can be made between them, at least anywhere near areas like the area near Trout Lake where overlap between Hermit & Townsend's occurs. Similarly, it would be easy to misidentify one of these three visually. There's a very good description, with a nice set of cover color illustrations available online, an Auk journal article. The Auk Volume 115 Number 2 April 1998 pages 284 - 310 THREE HYBRID ZONES BETWEEN HERMIT AND TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON SIEVERT ROHWER ? AND CHRISTOPHER WOOD Burke Museum and Department of Zoology, Box 353010, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA I downloaded it & printed it out and have carried it with us whenever we've visited the area. Front page in color: https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v115n02/front.pdf Body text: https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v115n02/p0284-p0310.pdf We've often camped at Pineside Sno-Park (a parking lot). https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sno-Park:+Pineside/@46.0130563,-121.5270951,7822m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x5496678335de9e69:0x6f46feb695c9333d!2sTrout+Lake,+WA+98650!3b1!8m2!3d45.9973427!4d-121.5281369!3m4!1s0x54965c3979a1dc67:0xcd0e550fb9e78eea!8m2!3d46.048887!4d-121.499662!5m1!1e4 It's 4 miles (straight line distance) north-northeast of Trout Lake Ranger Station, just east of the Mt. Adams Recreation Area Road, a.k.a. NF-8225. The first time we camped there we were serenaded by Northern Saw-whet Owls. We've heard them at night every subsequent visit. We don't harass them. https://blog.aba.org/2012/02/the-jerk-snowy-owls.html We awoke early the next morning with a glorious chorus of bird songs and calls, among them Townsend's Warblers, Hermit Warblers, and hybrid Townsend's x Hermit Warblers. At the same spot we found, photographed, and enjoyed wonderful views of other warblers including Black-throated Gray Warblers, Williamson's and Red-breasted and Red-naped Sapsuckers, Pileated and Hairy Woodpeckers, hummers, flycatchers, Band-tailed Pigeons, Purple Finches, Evening and Black-headed Grosbeaks, Townsend's Solitaires, Red Crossbills, Pine Siskins, vireos, thrushes, Northern Goshawk,..., and more. Since then we've camped there and at other places including nearby SnowKing Sno-Park https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sno-Park:+SnowKing/@46.0313675,-121.5016458,7838m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x5496678335de9e69:0x6f46feb695c9333d!2sTrout+Lake,+WA+98650!3b1!8m2!3d45.9973427!4d-121.5281369!3m4!1s0x54965c0d1103447d:0x3d65564c3fc0f9ee!8m2!3d46.0543!4d-121.4722!5m1!1e4 with the same wonderful variety & slew of birds. Be sure to use the eBird checklist entry "Townsend's/Hermit Warbler" for any bird that looks like either Townsend's or Hermit, but that you haven't clearly seen ALL nine distinguishing plumage characteristics. For hybrids, "Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid)" is the appropriate entry. Hermit Warbler, Townsend's/Hermit Warbler, and Townsend's x Hermit Warbler (hybrid) have all been appropriately designated by eBird as "Rare" in that area, if for no other reason than for how extremely easy it is to not accurately distinguish between the three. I think Townsend's Warbler should be treated as rare there too, for the same reason. Perhaps it is. Happy Trails & Good Luck, Kevin Lucas Yakima County, Washington https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/ *Qui tacet consentire videtur* On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 5:48 PM Kellie Sagen wrote: > Hello Tweets, > > If anyone has knowledge of the Trout Lake area I would love to hear where > some good birding spots are. I was looking at eBird checklists under the > hotspot name of "Trout Lake area" - a man named Mark Lundgren seems to be > the main birdwatcher. I viewed a satellite map of that hotspot and it > appears to be in the middle of a brown field. I am thinking that is not the > actual location the birds on those checklists are being seen. Would like to > visit sometime in June to see the Hermit and Nashville warblers. 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