[Tweeters] replying to: Broad-winged Hawk in West Seattle

[Megan Lyden]

Hi Tweeters,

I would not be surprised that a Broad-winged Hawk was spotted in West Seattle.  I volunteer with Rocky Point Bird Observatory, which is between Victoria and Sooke and juts out into the strait of Juan de Fuca.  We get a lot of raptors migrating over Rocky Point and in the two weeks that I was up there (September 15-October 1), there were many Broad-winged Hawks among the Turkey Vultures, accipitors, and Red-tailed Hawks.  

Megan Lyden
Bellevue

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Today's Topics:

   1. Broad-winged hawk in West Seattle? (Jennifer Walsh Fisher)
   2. Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-10-13 (Michael Hobbs)
   3. Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for	10/12/22
      (Shep Thorp)


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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:51:49 +0000
From: Jennifer Walsh Fisher <jenwalsh1219 at msn.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Broad-winged hawk in West Seattle?
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At 12:40 today I watched two red tailed hawks soaring above my house. Another buteo looked different. It was smaller than the red tailed, short one white band on tail. Anyone else the broad-winged today in West Seattle or nearby? I live in West Seattle on the bluff overlooking Lincoln Park.


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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:42:42 -0700
From: Michael Hobbs <birdmarymoor at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2022-10-13
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Tweets - It was cold enough this morning that we lingered wherever we found sun to linger in.  There weren't huge numbers of birds, and if we hadn't kept stopping to warm up we would have finished far too quickly.  Long stretches of Not Much, but there were some birds including four species of goose, four species of woodpecker, and eight species of sparrow.

Highlights:

   - Snow Goose - One juvenile in slough, with Canadas.  Also there
   yesterday.  First of Fall (*FOF*)
   - Greater White-fronted Goose - Two flew over the Viewing Mound just
   before sunrise (*FOF*)
   - American Wigeon - Small number heard flying overhead pre-dawn
   - American Coot - Four in slough (*FOF*)
   - American Pipit - Unknown number flying around Viewing Mound pre-dawn.
   Caught sight of a few in flight
   - White-throated Sparrow - One near the Dog Area porta-potties (*FOF*)

A late scan of the lake turned up a few RING-NECKED DUCKS in the NE corner of the the lake, and a WILSON' S SNIPE flying past the Lake Platform.  Two other species were seen too far south for the Marymoor list:  one Marsh Wren, and nine RUDDY DUCKS.

Misses today included Gadwall, Western Grebe, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Barn Owl, Chestnut-backed Chickadee*, Bushtit*, Marsh Wren*, Cedar Waxwing*, and Lincoln's Sparrow.

The ones above marked with an asterisk* were birds I did see yesterday.
Other birds I had 10/12 but not today included CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAY and WESTERN MEADOWLARK.

For the day, 51 species (and 57 for the week).

= Michael Hobbs
= www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
= BirdMarymoor at gmail.com
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:00:03 -0700
From: Shep Thorp <shepthorp at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for
	10/12/22
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Hi Tweets,

approximately 25 of us had a really nice Fall day at the Refuge with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50's to 70's degrees Fahrenheit.  The smog did not really roll in until later afternoon.  There was a High 13.1ft Tide at 8:22am, so we decided to skip the Orchard in the morning to make our way out to the dike to catch the falling tide.  Highlights included good numbers of CACKLING GOOSE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, VIRGINIA RAIL and WILSON'S SNIPE, FOX SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and a nice raptor show with RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL and PEREGRINE FALCON.  We also had a nice flock of shorebirds including DUNLIN and likely SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.

Starting out our morning at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, we had continuing good looks at WOOD DUCK.  We were also treated to several nice looks of a River Otter foraging in the pond and Columbian Black-tailed Deer.

The fields along the Access Road are beginning to flood, managed by Refuge biologists, these fields are intentionally flooded every Autumn for returning waterfowl.  We had very nice numbers of CACKLING GOOSE (minima, and a few taverners), and approximately twelve GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.

The west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail was very good for VIRGINIA RAIL and WILSON'S SNIPE.  The Visitor Center Pond is still dried up and very boggy, so there is plenty of mud and water's edge to survey for these species.  We also had really nice looks of CEDAR WAXWING and ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD.  A GREAT BLUE HERON was perched in the Peregrine Tree.

Out on the new dike or Nisqually Estuary Trail, we enjoyed a good raptor show.  An AMERICAN KESTREL harassing a PEREGRINE FALCON.  A territorial dispute between a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and RED-TAILED HAWK.  Plenty of BALD EAGLES and two NORTHERN HARRIERs.  There were good numbers of AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL and NORTHERN PINTAIL out on the restored surge plain.

We spent a good deal of time working with a group of 200+ shorebirds from the dike west of Leschi Slough.  We had really nice looks of LEAST SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.  We observed a couple of peeps with short stubby bills that seemed slightly smaller than the surrounding WESA which we suspected were likely SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.

The Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail was good for HOODED MERGANSER, AMERICAN WIGEON, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, HORNED GREBE, COMMON LOON, RING-BILLED GULL, GLAUCOUS WINGED/WESTERN GULL and SHORT-BILLED GULL.  From the Puget Sound Observation Platform we picked up BRANDT'S CORMORANT roosting on the channel marker and a fly by of four RHINOCEROS AUKLETS.
After this week, the last 700 feet of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail will be gated off, temporarily closed, for hunting season until the end of January.

On our return, we had really nice looks of CALIFORNIA SCRUBJAY, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, BROWN CREEPER, both KINGLETS, and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW.

We observed 73 species for the day and have seen 167 species this year.
Mammals seen included River Otter, Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer and Harbor Seal.  Our frog show continues numerous sightings of Pacific Chorus Frog, Red-legged Frog, and Bullfrog.

I'll be away for the next 6 weeks travelling the world, Brazil-New Zealand-Fiji.  Ken Brown, Rob Chrisler, Jon Anderson along with many other volunteers and regulars will continue the walk in my absence.

Happy Fall, and good birding,
Shep

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Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 12, 2022 7:37 AM - 4:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.156 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Sunny with temperatures in the 50?s
to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 13.1ft Tide at 8:22 am.  Mammals seen Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, River Otter, Harbor Seal.
73 species (+9 other taxa)

Greater White-fronted Goose  12
Cackling Goose  500
Cackling Goose (Taverner's)  4
Canada Goose  20
Wood Duck  2
Northern Shoveler  2
Gadwall  1
American Wigeon  150
Mallard  75
Northern Pintail  500
Green-winged Teal  700
Hooded Merganser  4
duck sp.  2000
Horned Grebe  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25
Mourning Dove  1
Anna's Hummingbird  3
Virginia Rail  3
Black-bellied Plover  2
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  24
Dunlin  1
Least Sandpiper  150
Western Sandpiper  25
Semipalmated/Western Sandpiper  3
peep sp.  300
Wilson's Snipe  1
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  25
shorebird sp.  200     Seen at a distance. Suspect mixed flock of peeps
including Western Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper.
Rhinoceros Auklet  4
Short-billed Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  300
California Gull  4
Glaucous-winged Gull  3
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  25 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  25 Larus sp.  400 Common Loon  3 Brandt's Cormorant  5 Double-crested Cormorant  100 Great Blue Heron  30 Northern Harrier  2 Cooper's Hawk  1 Bald Eagle  8
Red-shouldered Hawk  1     Heard and seen along the east side of the surge
plain. Barred tail, red head and breast. Aggressive behavior with Red-tailed Hawk. Distinctive call, ?keeyurr?, heard during interaction with RTHA. Previously observed. Adult.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)  1 American Kestrel  1 Peregrine Falcon  1 Steller's Jay  5 California Scrub-Jay  4 American Crow  30 Common Raven  2 Black-capped Chickadee  10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee  10 Bushtit  6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3 Golden-crowned Kinglet  17 Brown Creeper  8 Pacific Wren  5 Marsh Wren  2 Bewick's Wren  4 European Starling  320 American Robin  60 Cedar Waxwing  30 American Pipit  8 Purple Finch  6 Fox Sparrow  5 White-crowned Sparrow  2 Golden-crowned Sparrow  6 Savannah Sparrow  2 Song Sparrow  30 Lincoln's Sparrow  4 Spotted Towhee  2 Western Meadowlark  4 Red-winged Blackbird  25 Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120601532Billy
Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Oct 12, 2022 7:37 AM - 4:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.156 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Sunny with temperatures in the 50?s
to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 13.1ft Tide at 8:22 am.  Mammals seen Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, River Otter, Harbor Seal.
73 species (+9 other taxa)

Greater White-fronted Goose  12
Cackling Goose  500
Cackling Goose (Taverner's)  4
Canada Goose  20
Wood Duck  2
Northern Shoveler  2
Gadwall  1
American Wigeon  150
Mallard  75
Northern Pintail  500
Green-winged Teal  700
Hooded Merganser  4
duck sp.  2000
Horned Grebe  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25
Mourning Dove  1
Anna's Hummingbird  3
Virginia Rail  3
Black-bellied Plover  2
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  24
Dunlin  1
Least Sandpiper  150
Western Sandpiper  25
Semipalmated/Western Sandpiper  3
peep sp.  300
Wilson's Snipe  1
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  25
shorebird sp.  200     Seen at a distance. Suspect mixed flock of peeps
including Western Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper.
Rhinoceros Auklet  4
Short-billed Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  300
California Gull  4
Glaucous-winged Gull  3
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  25 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  25 Larus sp.  400 Common Loon  3 Brandt's Cormorant  5 Double-crested Cormorant  100 Great Blue Heron  30 Northern Harrier  2 Cooper's Hawk  1 Bald Eagle  8
Red-shouldered Hawk  1     Heard and seen along the east side of the surge
plain. Barred tail, red head and breast. Aggressive behavior with Red-tailed Hawk. Distinctive call, ?keeyurr?, heard during interaction with RTHA. Previously observed. Adult.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  6
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)  1 American Kestrel  1 Peregrine Falcon  1 Steller's Jay  5 California Scrub-Jay  4 American Crow  30 Common Raven  2 Black-capped Chickadee  10 Chestnut-backed Chickadee  10 Bushtit  6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3 Golden-crowned Kinglet  17 Brown Creeper  8 Pacific Wren  5 Marsh Wren  2 Bewick's Wren  4 European Starling  320 American Robin  60 Cedar Waxwing  30 American Pipit  8 Purple Finch  6 Fox Sparrow  5 White-crowned Sparrow  2 Golden-crowned Sparrow  6 Savannah Sparrow  2 Song Sparrow  30 Lincoln's Sparrow  4 Spotted Towhee  2 Western Meadowlark  4 Red-winged Blackbird  25 Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120601532
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