[Tweeters] Possible rare hybrid_Kai Tai Lagoon, Port Townsend

MIRANDA MIKESH mlmolympics at hotmail.com
Sat Mar 19 15:55:11 PDT 2022

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Greetings Fellow Birders,

On Sunday March 13th, while locally birding at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend, I happened upon what I think may be a rare hybrid: Chestnut-backed Chickadee x Yellow-bellied tit(?). Please note the eBird link for accompanying comments and photos: https://ebird.org/checklist/S105173896

I would be very grateful for knowledgeable feedback and opinions from the Tweeters community of folks. Unfortunately I only had my iPhone for capturing pictures in the moment - as in person the vibrant yellow belly on this bird was remarkable and really stood out. I would have (perhaps should have) posted to Tweeters sooner, I've more or less still been trying to discern what I viewed, as I've never seen anything like this bird. Better said aloud to my young daughters in the moment, "Look at this Chestnut-backed chickadee with the yellow belly!....Wait a minute, how can that be??"

Much appreciation for thoughts and comments therein....

Kindly,
~Miranda Maxwell
mlmolympics at hotmail.com
Port Townsend, WA

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1. My first post. Which scope should I purchase? (nancy)
2. What occurred with some Tweeters subscriptions in March
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3. Red-flanked Bluetail in King Co. (Dave Slager)
4. Farewell Monroe Whooper Swan? (Josh Adams)
5. Re: Farewell Monroe Whooper Swan? (B B)
6. Red-flanked Bluetail observations on March 18 (Nancy Morrison)
7. Informal Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for
3/16/2022 (Shep Thorp)
8. Bluetail today (Ian Paulsen)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:52:16 -0700
From: nancy <biz4nikki at gmail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] My first post. Which scope should I purchase?
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I don't want anything super heavy due to my arthritis.

A splurge retirement present for myself.

I do have a bad neck that may be fused someday.

Could purchased used - but new is alright, too.

And, where should I purchase? I reside in Oly area but surely willing to
drive north.

Thank you!

Nancy
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:55:05 -0700
From: Elaine Chuang <elc at uw.edu>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] What occurred with some Tweeters subscriptions in
March (hopefully, the only 2022 snafu)
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It was a painful week.5, and the why remains a bit unclear. As some of you Gmail folks experienced, something of a wrench landed beneath the UW hood (on Sunday, March 6, to be exact), triggering the UW Mailman (a program) system to start sending out notifications, inexplicably. A few days later, loads of legitimate Tweeters subscriber addresses were removed (unsubscribed), including those belonging to two collating sites (ABA and Bird List Digest) which are used by many.

As soon as we became aware of all of this a few days after it started to unfold, we were able to point the UW-IT mechanics at it. In week two, a few days ago, those heroes managed to batch restore 190 cancelled Tweeters subscriptions. Etiology: was it related in some fashion to new UW software, possibly interacting with some type of Gmail change? It?s a mystery. But it can be pointed out that all who were affected seem to have been Gmail users, yet the latest clue pointing to the fallibility of many free email programs. Ah, the thorns along the digital superhighway that we course along!

Stay safe, all - thank you for using this listserv. We will continue to try to Do The Right Thing here at Tweeters, which if my math is correct, turns 30 years of age this year.

- Elaine C, List Administrator ? along with Hal O and Dan V, the original masterminds of Tweeters (est. 1992)

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:58:34 -0700
From: Dave Slager <dave.slager at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Red-flanked Bluetail in King Co.
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Tweeters,

There has been a Red-flanked Bluetail seen the past 2 days in Lake
Forest Park, King Co. The bird was seen twice yesterday by a local
resident and posted to a Meta group. It has been very sporadically
relocated in the neighborhood this morning, but has seemingly moved
around a bit and has by no means been "easy" so far. See the eBird
for more info <https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35705>.

Dave Slager
Seattle, WA

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:43:10 -0700
From: Josh Adams <xjoshx at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Farewell Monroe Whooper Swan?
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Hello Tweets,
I just saw on the ABA Rare Facebook that a Whooper Swan was found today in
Vancouver, BC with a flock of Trumpeters and is believed to be the same
individual that spent most of the last couple months in Monroe (and was
last reported in Monroe yesterday). Neat to be able to have information
about this bird migrating.

Josh Adams
Cathcart, WA
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:38:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: B B <birder4184 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Farewell Monroe Whooper Swan?
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Supports its wild origins.? And it was reported as flying north out of Vancouver.

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On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 5:44 PM, Josh Adams<xjoshx at gmail.com> wrote: Hello Tweets,I just saw on the ABA Rare Facebook that a Whooper Swan was found today in Vancouver, BC with a flock of Trumpeters and is believed to be the same individual that spent most of the last couple months in Monroe (and was last reported in Monroe yesterday). Neat to be able to have information about this bird migrating.

Josh AdamsCathcart, WA
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:06:49 -0700
From: Nancy Morrison <weedsrus1 at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Red-flanked Bluetail observations on March 18
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The bird did show itself around the neighborhood several times today. It
was seen on NE 32, NE 33, and NE 34th streets. All the sightings were
between NE 160th Street and NE 163rd Street. In my yard, we got a few brief
views around 11:30 am. I want to thank people for being respectful of my
property and neighbors as well. It can be tough when the paparazzi show up.
I will let you all know if there are further sightings in my yard.

Nancy Morrison
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:26:16 -0700
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Subject: [Tweeters] Informal Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr
Nisqually NWR for 3/16/2022
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Hi Tweets,

We had a really nice day at the Refuge with partly cloudy skies, occasional
light rain, and temperatures in the 40's-50's degrees Fahrenheit. There
was a Low 5.53ft Tide at 12:07pm, so we decided to do our regular walk.
Highlights included PILEATED WOODPECKER and VARIED THRUSH in the Orchard,
FOY WOOD DUCK in the northwest section of the Visitor Center Pond, FOY
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at the Twin Barns Overlook along with great looks of
AMERICAN BITTERN and EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, FOY HERMIT THRUSH along
the new dike where bramble along the slough meets the dike, FOY GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE mixed in with CACKLERS, and a great variety of plumages
of HORNED GREBE in McAllister Creek. We did not relocate Red-shouldered
Hawk, Cinnamon Teal, or Sandhill Crane.

Starting out at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, we had great
viewing of RING-NECKED DUCK, HOODED MERGANSER and PIED-BILLED GREBE. Many
TREE SWALLOWS were flying over the pond and checking out cavities in snags
and trees for nesting.

The Orchard was good for BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, CHESTNUT BACKED CHICKADEE,
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, FOX SPARROW along with our
observations of PILEATED WOODPECKER and VARIED THRUSH. There were good
numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, Audubon's variety, in the Orchard and
across the entrance road where the Access Road goes over the slough towards
the flooded fields.

The flooded fields were terrific for enjoying VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW,
CACKLING GEESE (both minima and taverner's), NORTHERN SHOVELER, AMERICAN
GREEN WINGED TEAL, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, MALLARD, and AMERICAN
COOT. We ended up seeing three EURASIAN WIGEON amongst the American
Wigeon. And by afternoon the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was mingling with
the Cacklers.

The Twin Barns Loop Trail provided folks with looks of WOOD DUCK, BEWICK'S
WREN, PACIFIC WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY CROWNED KINGLET and BROWN
CREEPER.

The AMERICAN BITTERN continues in the slough adjacent to the Twin Barns
Overlook. We had really spectacular views of our FOY RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
perched atop an Alder Tree overlooking Indian Plumb in bloom. The EURASIAN
GREEN-WINGED TEAL was relocated in the flooded fields immediately west of
the Twin Barns, along with nice viewing of all waterfowl. We did not hear
or see the Red-shouldered Hawk. Over the weekend, there were reports of
Sandhill Crane and Cinnamon Teal, neither of which made an appearance. The
BALD EAGLE nest in the Cottonwood Trees over the Twin Barns is active with
restorations by the breeding pair.

MARSH WREN were very vocal along the new dike or NISQUALLY ESTUARY TRAIL.
A FOY HERMIT THRUSH was seen and heard by many in the bramble where the
slough runs under the dike. The freshwater marsh had a good number of
GREAT BLUE HERON roosting. A WILSON'S SNIPE was picked out across from the
boardwalk . NORTHERN HARRIER hunted both sides of the dike.

The Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail was great for COMMON GOLDENEYE,
BUFFLEHEAD, SURF SCOTER and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. There were many
GREATER YELLOWLEGS foraging along the watersedge. We also had good looks
of gulls including SHORT-BILLED GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, GLAUCOUS-WINGED
GULL, WESTERN X GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL and WESTERN GULL. There were 6 HORNED
GREBE in McAllister Creek in various stages of molt from non-breeding
plumage to breeding plumage leading to much discussion about possible Eared
Grebe and Red-necked Grebe (neither of which were seen). SPOTTED SANDPIPER
and BELTED KINGFISHER were also seen. From the Puget Sound Viewing
Platform we had decent looks of BRANT GEESE, GREATER SCAUP and large flocks
of DUNLIN out on the reach.

On our return we picked up COMMON MERGANSER in Nisqually River, and
RED-TAILED HAWK in the riparian forest surrounded by the Twin Barns Loop
Trail.

We observed 75 species for the day, with 107 species for the year. Mammals
seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and
Harbor Seal.

Until next week, happy birding. Be well!

Shep Thorp

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Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:46:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Bluetail today
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HI ALL:
The Bluetail is once again playing hide and seek with birders today!

sincerely
Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here:
https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/

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