From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Dec 1 01:52:52 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Full Moon and Bird Migration Counting Methods Message-ID: <6B15D113-A0DF-4FD0-B517-86091D46F3D8@gmail.com> Hello all, I am seeking information regarding how Bird migration counters in the past counted birds crossing the full moon. Also, did they count birds seen crossing near the moon or just in front of the moon? Were counts also done during other moon phases? These questions arise for me, because I was recently filming the full moon in the Skagit valley after dark, with within one hour after sunset, at 100-600 mm. When I later viewed the video clips on my computer screen, I was able to clearly see the silhouettes of large numbers of birds migrating south, crossing in front of the moon, and many more visible within several degrees of the moon. Most appeared to be Cackling geese, but I am not certain. It was very neat to see. Thank you, Dan Reiff, PhD Sent from my iPhone From nreiferb at gmail.com Fri Dec 1 07:14:04 2023 From: nreiferb at gmail.com (Nelson Briefer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Counting birds by the full moon Message-ID: Years ago in a publication by Smithsonian, was an article by a scientist, I believe his name was, last name Evans. The method used was the method used by hawk watchers. Using shape and proportions, and wing beats, the identification of some birds can be afforded as they pass in front of the moon. This method can also be used when the sun is well below the horizon and the sky is dark and a raptor passes overhead at close range. In other words, color and pattern, are just the skin of the bird, not the meat of the bird. Nelson Briefer, Anacortes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nelson Briefer, Anacortes. > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- Dan or Erika Tallman Olympia, Washington danerika@gmail.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....??H. D. Thoreau -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From 2carlosandersen at gmail.com Fri Dec 1 07:41:11 2023 From: 2carlosandersen at gmail.com (Carlos Andersen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Test Message-ID: <7FC980CC-F5B6-4FC3-A1B4-396475DB1F50@gmail.com> From 2carlosandersen at gmail.com Fri Dec 1 07:48:17 2023 From: 2carlosandersen at gmail.com (Carlos Andersen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Test2 Message-ID: <18275C7C-81BF-45D3-8AED-C07CE6842744@gmail.com> Test? From stevechampton at gmail.com Fri Dec 1 08:05:10 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Counting birds by the full moon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The moon-migration research was described in detail in Rebecca Heisman's book, Flight Paths , and in her recent presentation to the Washington Ornith Society. Her talk is online. The moon topic starts around minute 8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K92bd6JGgPY On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 7:37?AM dan&erika wrote: > https://www.jstor.org/stable/4083149 > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 7:14?AM Nelson Briefer wrote: > >> Years ago in a publication by Smithsonian, was an article by a scientist, >> I believe his name was, last name Evans. The method used was the method >> used by hawk watchers. Using shape and proportions, and wing beats, the >> identification of some birds can be afforded as they pass in front of the >> moon. This method can also be used when the sun is well below the horizon >> and the sky is dark and a raptor passes overhead at close range. In other >> words, color and pattern, are just the skin of the bird, not the meat of >> the bird. Nelson Briefer, Anacortes. >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Olympia, Washington > danerika@gmail.com > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that > require new clothes ....??H. D. Thoreau > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Fri Dec 1 11:13:42 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Full Moon and Bird Migration Counting Methods In-Reply-To: <6B15D113-A0DF-4FD0-B517-86091D46F3D8@gmail.com> References: <6B15D113-A0DF-4FD0-B517-86091D46F3D8@gmail.com> Message-ID: <67BA0C69-FD58-4676-A718-3503B37E7A1A@comcast.net> Dan, I participated in those counts long ago when I lived in Miami. As I recall. we counted birds only that crossed the face of the moon, and we recorded where they entered and left the orb using it as a clock face. With the time and location known, researchers could calculate the exact direction of the bird?s flight. It was really fun, with identifiable birds or types of birds often going past. I recall Green Herons, for example. We also got to hear the calls of many nocturnal migrants. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 1, 2023, at 1:52 AM, Dan Reiff wrote: > > Hello all, > I am seeking information regarding how Bird migration counters in the past counted birds crossing the full moon. > Also, did they count birds seen crossing near the moon or just in front of the moon? > Were counts also done during other moon phases? > These questions arise for me, because I was recently filming the full moon in the Skagit valley after dark, with within one hour after sunset, at 100-600 mm. > When I later viewed the video clips on my computer screen, I was able to clearly see the silhouettes of large numbers of birds migrating south, crossing in front of the moon, and many more visible within several degrees of the moon. Most appeared to be Cackling geese, but I am not certain. > It was very neat to see. > > Thank you, > Dan Reiff, PhD > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From nagi.aboulenein at gmail.com Fri Dec 1 17:12:10 2023 From: nagi.aboulenein at gmail.com (Nagi Aboulenein) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Full Moon and Bird Migration Counting Methods In-Reply-To: <67BA0C69-FD58-4676-A718-3503B37E7A1A@comcast.net> References: <6B15D113-A0DF-4FD0-B517-86091D46F3D8@gmail.com> <67BA0C69-FD58-4676-A718-3503B37E7A1A@comcast.net> Message-ID: I?m curious - what is the purpose of such counts? I would imagine that whether a bird appears to be crossing the face of the moon will be dependent on the vantage point of the observer. From one point it may appear to be crossing while from another it doesn?t. Am I missing something? Thanks! Nagi > On Dec 1, 2023, at 11:13, Dennis Paulson wrote: > > Dan, I participated in those counts long ago when I lived in Miami. As I recall. we counted birds only that crossed the face of the moon, and we recorded where they entered and left the orb using it as a clock face. With the time and location known, researchers could calculate the exact direction of the bird?s flight. It was really fun, with identifiable birds or types of birds often going past. I recall Green Herons, for example. We also got to hear the calls of many nocturnal migrants. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > >> On Dec 1, 2023, at 1:52 AM, Dan Reiff wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> I am seeking information regarding how Bird migration counters in the past counted birds crossing the full moon. >> Also, did they count birds seen crossing near the moon or just in front of the moon? >> Were counts also done during other moon phases? >> These questions arise for me, because I was recently filming the full moon in the Skagit valley after dark, with within one hour after sunset, at 100-600 mm. >> When I later viewed the video clips on my computer screen, I was able to clearly see the silhouettes of large numbers of birds migrating south, crossing in front of the moon, and many more visible within several degrees of the moon. Most appeared to be Cackling geese, but I am not certain. >> It was very neat to see. >> >> Thank you, >> Dan Reiff, PhD >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From baro at pdx.edu Sat Dec 2 00:28:41 2023 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Full Moon and Bird Migration Counting Methods In-Reply-To: References: <6B15D113-A0DF-4FD0-B517-86091D46F3D8@gmail.com> <67BA0C69-FD58-4676-A718-3503B37E7A1A@comcast.net> Message-ID: It was an early way of doing migration counts. Before it was superseded by radar. Actually not that much different from standing in one location and watching migrants go through the trees above and around you and then reporting the results to eBird. Bob O'Brien Portland On Friday, December 1, 2023, Nagi Aboulenein wrote: > I?m curious - what is the purpose of such counts? I would imagine that > whether a bird appears to be crossing the face of the moon will be > dependent on the vantage point of the observer. From one point it may > appear to be crossing while from another it doesn?t. > > Am I missing something? > > Thanks! > > Nagi > > > > On Dec 1, 2023, at 11:13, Dennis Paulson > wrote: > > > > Dan, I participated in those counts long ago when I lived in Miami. As I > recall. we counted birds only that crossed the face of the moon, and we > recorded where they entered and left the orb using it as a clock face. With > the time and location known, researchers could calculate the exact > direction of the bird?s flight. It was really fun, with identifiable birds > or types of birds often going past. I recall Green Herons, for example. We > also got to hear the calls of many nocturnal migrants. > > > > Dennis Paulson > > Seattle > > > >> On Dec 1, 2023, at 1:52 AM, Dan Reiff wrote: > >> > >> Hello all, > >> I am seeking information regarding how Bird migration counters in the > past counted birds crossing the full moon. > >> Also, did they count birds seen crossing near the moon or just in front > of the moon? > >> Were counts also done during other moon phases? > >> These questions arise for me, because I was recently filming the full > moon in the Skagit valley after dark, with within one hour after sunset, at > 100-600 mm. > >> When I later viewed the video clips on my computer screen, I was able > to clearly see the silhouettes of large numbers of birds migrating south, > crossing in front of the moon, and many more visible within several degrees > of the moon. Most appeared to be Cackling geese, but I am not certain. > >> It was very neat to see. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Dan Reiff, PhD > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tweeters mailing list > >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu > >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sat Dec 2 18:00:17 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Research suggests sentinel warning calls may be universally understood across continents Message-ID: <706CAF3D-29D6-4472-BFD9-2B9085CFF631@gmail.com> https://phys.org/news/2023-11-sentinel-universally-understood-continents.html Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sat Dec 2 18:01:56 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Penguins snatch 11 hours of sleep through seconds-long micronaps Message-ID: <2B9D2E58-D401-4E1C-B3A6-623E651144CF@gmail.com> https://phys.org/news/2023-11-penguins-hours-seconds-long-micronaps.html Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sat Dec 2 18:15:07 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Stunning footage captures tiny bird's fight for survival in massive Saharan sandstorm | Live Science Message-ID: https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/stunning-footage-captures-tiny-birds-fight-for-survival-in-massive-saharan-sandstorm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sat Dec 2 18:16:20 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Penguins snatch seconds-long microsleeps | Science Message-ID: <90C29FF2-2497-42E2-91C3-7769D89E4727@gmail.com> https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl2398 Sent from my iPhone From vickibiltz at gmail.com Sat Dec 2 19:59:42 2023 From: vickibiltz at gmail.com (Vicki) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Looking for swans in Enumclaw area Message-ID: Hello, I?ve been doing the swan counts in the Enumclaw to Puyallup valley, this being my second year. I?m having trouble locating any swans in the Enumclaw area so far. I?m heavily relying on past reports I made, as well as any EBird reports that people are kind enough to post. Last year the Bewicks Swan kept the count area running nicely, but of course that?s not the case yet. Several corn fields have yet to be harvested. So I?m waiting on those. I do have a question about EBird maps. I tried to get last years maps to give me direction, no such luck. Any ideas are welcome. Thank you, Vicki Biltz Connells Prairie Road Buckley, WA 98321 Vickibiltz@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Sun Dec 3 14:43:15 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] How much difference the Light can make for an ID In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20231203144315.Horde.F28bz4fxTjLs7pIGKaAQTnt@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi all, Take a look at the picture in this link. https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-xPwGQWH/A We're in Mexico. This pic is of a Great-Tailed Grackle (used to be the much more colorful "Boat-tailed"). Not how much the blue-black color has shifted towards the gold! This picture was taken at least a half hour after the sun came over the horizon and late enough that there weren't -any- remnants of color in the clouds. The color has not been shifted during the post-processing of the image. - Jim P.S. To Vicki who is "looking for swans". My experience is that the swans return to the same fields for days at a time. So using the eBird reports should produce good opportunities. Many ebird reports are done of sightings from a distance. I assume you know how to use the eBird "Explore" and are putting in a region to get the latest reports. Also - my other advice is to try to find potato fields in addition to corn fields because the swans love potatoes and will bury their heads up to 6 or more inches deep in the mud to find them. The increase in rain in the area should produce lots of flooded places in the fields ... again this is a 'swan producing situation'. With all of the rain - the swans are quite likely to go to different locations than they were just last week. *G* From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Mon Dec 4 12:22:57 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] How much difference the Light can make for an ID In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20231204122257.Horde.eyifdUTxLSu_gE9XZvpn223@webmail.jimbetz.com> Sorry ... that link is one photo off ... see the next one https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-7ZGLh6J/A - Jim From byers345 at comcast.net Mon Dec 4 13:39:10 2023 From: byers345 at comcast.net (byers345@comcast.net) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds Message-ID: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> Dear Tweeters, Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we haven't seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these together in a Flickr album which you can access here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has made a less wonderful destination. The information about each bird-name, location of photo and date, is below each picture. We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the New Year. Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Mon Dec 4 13:52:47 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds In-Reply-To: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> References: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <3CF72701-2D5A-4C49-AFFB-751785C2C95F@comcast.net> Charlotte, thanks to you and Bill for the wonderful collection of photos! Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 4, 2023, at 1:39 PM, wrote: > > Dear Tweeters, > > Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we haven?t seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these together in a Flickr album which you can access here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has made a less wonderful destination. The information about each bird?name, location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the New Year. > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nagi.aboulenein at gmail.com Mon Dec 4 14:04:13 2023 From: nagi.aboulenein at gmail.com (Nagi Aboulenein) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds In-Reply-To: <3CF72701-2D5A-4C49-AFFB-751785C2C95F@comcast.net> References: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> <3CF72701-2D5A-4C49-AFFB-751785C2C95F@comcast.net> Message-ID: I?ll second that - thank you for sharing such a great collection of photos. All best, Nagi On Dec 4, 2023 at 11:53 -1000, Dennis Paulson , wrote: > Charlotte, thanks to you and Bill for the wonderful collection of photos! > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > On Dec 4, 2023, at 1:39 PM, wrote: > > > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > ????????? Another year has just about elapsed.? Once again Bill and I have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we haven?t seen in a while, or birds that we like!? ?I have gathered these together in a Flickr album which you can access here: > > ???????????????https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there are still over 100 photos!? Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, our home location.? Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every corner of the state but the northwest.? The lack of good ferry service has made a less wonderful destination.? The information about each bird?name, location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the New Year. > > > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From paq at olypen.com Mon Dec 4 14:11:02 2023 From: paq at olypen.com (Patricia Quyle Grainger) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds In-Reply-To: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> References: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <36EB12B4-0D2F-4168-AB97-228BB839CF6F@olypen.com> Amazing what you saw in a year! Thank you! Pat Grainger Port Townsend Sent from my iPad > On Dec 4, 2023, at 1:40?PM, byers345@comcast.net wrote: > > ? > Dear Tweeters, > > Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we haven?t seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these together in a Flickr album which you can access here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has made a less wonderful destination. The information about each bird?name, location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the New Year. > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krtrease at gmail.com Mon Dec 4 14:22:26 2023 From: krtrease at gmail.com (Kenneth Trease) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds In-Reply-To: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> References: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Fantastic collection of year birds-I think you may have posted a little early; I feel like a great rarity is still to show before the end of the year ?. Good Birding Ken On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 1:40?PM wrote: > Dear Tweeters, > > > > Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I have > travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we haven?t > seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these together in > a Flickr album which you can access here: > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there > are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, > our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every > corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has > made a less wonderful destination. The information about each bird?name, > location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the New > Year. > > > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Re: How much difference the Light can make for an ID > (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) > 2. Year end photo round-up, Washington birds (byers345@comcast.net) > 3. Re: Year end photo round-up, Washington birds (Dennis Paulson) > 4. Re: Year end photo round-up, Washington birds (Nagi Aboulenein) > 5. Re: Year end photo round-up, Washington birds > (Patricia Quyle Grainger) > 6. Re: Year end photo round-up, Washington birds (Kenneth Trease) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:22:57 -0800 > From: jimbetz@jimbetz.com > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] How much difference the Light can make for an > ID > Message-ID: > <20231204122257.Horde.eyifdUTxLSu_gE9XZvpn223@webmail.jimbetz.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes > > Sorry ... that link is one photo off ... see the next one > > > > https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-7ZGLh6J/A > > - Jim > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 13:39:10 -0800 > From: > To: > Subject: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds > Message-ID: <001a01da26fa$520ceff0$f626cfd0$@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I have > travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we haven't > seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these together in > a Flickr album which you can access here: > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there > are > still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, our > home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every corner > of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has made a > less wonderful destination. The information about each bird-name, location > of photo and date, is below each picture. > > > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the New > Year. > > > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20231204/a55acf9c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 13:52:47 -0800 > From: Dennis Paulson > To: byers345@comcast.net > Cc: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds > Message-ID: <3CF72701-2D5A-4C49-AFFB-751785C2C95F@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Charlotte, thanks to you and Bill for the wonderful collection of photos! > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > On Dec 4, 2023, at 1:39 PM, > wrote: > > > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I > have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we > haven?t seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these > together in a Flickr album which you can access here: > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663> > > > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there > are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, > our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every > corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has > made a less wonderful destination. The information about each bird?name, > location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the > New Year. > > > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20231204/999fabcd/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 12:04:13 -1000 > From: Nagi Aboulenein > To: byers345@comcast.net, Dennis Paulson > Cc: TWEETERS tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I?ll second that - thank you for sharing such a great collection of photos. > > All best, > > Nagi > On Dec 4, 2023 at 11:53 -1000, Dennis Paulson , > wrote: > > Charlotte, thanks to you and Bill for the wonderful collection of photos! > > > > Dennis Paulson > > Seattle > > > > > On Dec 4, 2023, at 1:39 PM, < > byers345@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > > > ????????? Another year has just about elapsed.? Once again Bill and I > have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we > haven?t seen in a while, or birds that we like!? ?I have gathered these > together in a Flickr album which you can access here: > > > ??????????????? > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > > > > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but > there are still over 100 photos!? Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish > County, our home location.? Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about > every corner of the state but the northwest.? The lack of good ferry > service has made a less wonderful destination.? The information about each > bird?name, location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > > > > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the > New Year. > > > > > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Tweeters mailing list > > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20231204/56f08fc5/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 14:11:02 -0800 > From: Patricia Quyle Grainger > To: byers345@comcast.net > Cc: Tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds > Message-ID: <36EB12B4-0D2F-4168-AB97-228BB839CF6F@olypen.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Amazing what you saw in a year! Thank you! > > Pat Grainger > Port Townsend > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Dec 4, 2023, at 1:40?PM, byers345@comcast.net wrote: > > > > ? > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I > have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we > haven?t seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these > together in a Flickr album which you can access here: > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there > are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, > our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every > corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has > made a less wonderful destination. The information about each bird?name, > location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the > New Year. > > > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20231204/2d0decfc/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 14:22:26 -0800 > From: Kenneth Trease > To: byers345@comcast.net > Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds > Message-ID: > < > CAHDgZa4+bYkJ5mC3aWkLA_8FS8GFkreN78z+GFm8NUdJe5nUuw@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Fantastic collection of year birds-I think you may have posted a little > early; I feel like a great rarity is still to show before the end of the > year ?. > Good Birding > Ken > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 1:40?PM wrote: > > > Dear Tweeters, > > > > > > > > Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I > have > > travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we > haven?t > > seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these together > in > > a Flickr album which you can access here: > > > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 > > > > > > > > I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there > > are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish > County, > > our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every > > corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service > has > > made a less wonderful destination. The information about each bird?name, > > location of photo and date, is below each picture. > > > > > > > > We wish you all a warm and dry holiday season and good birding in the New > > Year. > > > > > > > > Charlotte Byers, Edmonds > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20231204/6da5acef/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@mailman11.u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > ------------------------------ > > End of Tweeters Digest, Vol 232, Issue 5 > **************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Dec 5 14:25:19 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?BBC_WILDLIFE_MAGAZINE=3A_Wildlife_Photograph?= =?utf-8?q?er_of_the_Year_People=E2=80=99s_Choice_Award=3A_25_unforgettabl?= =?utf-8?q?e_images_of_the_natural_world?= Message-ID: <22B8ABF1-F076-454C-9F92-271D6B6B8F7E@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fleckenstein1 at COMCAST.NET Tue Dec 5 15:26:54 2023 From: fleckenstein1 at COMCAST.NET (Fleckenstein) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Traveling to China and Viet Nam Message-ID: Friends, My wife and I are traveling to China and Viet Nam in March. I?m looking for advice in two areas. Field guides to natural history and birds. Guides: I?ll have time in the area of Beijing and hopefully in Guilin, around Hanoi and possibly south along the coast. Any locations you would recommend? John Fleckenstein From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Dec 5 21:18:58 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Year end photo round-up, Washington birds In-Reply-To: <36EB12B4-0D2F-4168-AB97-228BB839CF6F@olypen.com> References: <36EB12B4-0D2F-4168-AB97-228BB839CF6F@olypen.com> Message-ID: <61ABC412-6384-4C71-BF1D-2DD2988D71E8@gmail.com> I also enjoyed them, Charlotte. Your photos included many of my favorite species. Thank you for sharing them. Dan Reiff, PhD Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 4, 2023, at 2:12?PM, Patricia Quyle Grainger wrote: > > ?Amazing what you saw in a year! Thank you! > > Pat Grainger > Port Townsend > > > Sent from my iPad > >>> On Dec 4, 2023, at 1:40?PM, byers345@comcast.net wrote: >>> >> ? >> Dear Tweeters, >> >> Another year has just about elapsed. Once again Bill and I have travelled all over Washington to find birds that are rare, birds we haven?t seen in a while, or birds that we like! I have gathered these together in a Flickr album which you can access here: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720313129663 >> >> I tried to be selective in choosing the birds to include here, but there are still over 100 photos! Quite a few pictures are from Snohomish County, our home location. Beyond that, we looked for birds in just about every corner of the state but the northwest. The lack of good ferry service has made a less wonderful destination. 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It looks like the Forest Service is seeking input about the proposed removal of Barred Owls from Spotted Owl territory. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-propose-shooting-one-owl-to-save-another-in-pacific-northwest/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1 Dhammadinna Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From byers345 at comcast.net Wed Dec 6 16:09:06 2023 From: byers345 at comcast.net (byers345@comcast.net) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Many thanks! Message-ID: <000601da28a1$98bd4f00$ca37ed00$@comcast.net> Dear Tweeters, Your response to the set of photos I shared on Tweeters a few days ago (Holiday Roundup) has exceeded all my expectations. Many of you have written to say you enjoyed looking at the pictures. Naturally, this is always gratifying. You may not know that Flickr keeps a running tally of the number of people that look at albums. Since I posted the link to the album a couple of days ago, over 800 people have looked at some portion of the pictures! That's pretty incredible. Possibly has something to do with the really wretched weather we've had, but I'll take it as viewer interest. Thank you all so much! Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baro at pdx.edu Wed Dec 6 17:00:30 2023 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Feds propose shooting one owl to save another in Pacific Northwest | The Seattle Times In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This didn't come out of the blue. It has aleady been going on for years. >From this article: *In four study areas in Oregon, Washington and northern California, killing barred owls under an agency research study brought spotted owls to almost stable populations, whereas in a neighboring control population, spotted owl populations declined by 12%.* One far-out option I've thought of is to have an open season on Barred Owls, very similar to, say, ducks and geese, Goose shooting was allowed during the time when the Dusky Canada Goose was under extreme protection. There was a rigid checking system to guarantee (so much as possible) Duskies were not shot, and hunters had to learn how to ID them. When you think about it, this is not too different from protection for the Kirtland's Warbler, wherein to this day (I'm pretty sure). Cowbirds are regularly trapped and killed. Cowbirds are of course native american birds, normally protected as with most of the other birds. They are just easier to catch (by trapping) and dispose of. Bob OBrien Portland On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 2:02?PM Dan Reiff wrote: > > > https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-propose-shooting-one-owl-to-save-another-in-pacific-northwest/ > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sdd.bodhiheart at gmail.com Wed Dec 6 17:35:43 2023 From: sdd.bodhiheart at gmail.com (Ven. Dhammadinna) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Feds propose shooting one owl to save another in Pacific Northwest | The Seattle Times In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For excellent reporting on the Spotted Owl and Old Growth and Logging: https://www.opb.org/show/timberwars/ Also, The Final Forest by William Dietrich is wonderfully written and researched, looking at all sides of this. Dhammadinna Seattle On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 1:56?PM Dan Reiff wrote: > > > https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-propose-shooting-one-owl-to-save-another-in-pacific-northwest/ > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It has aleady been going on for years. > From this article: > > *In four study areas in Oregon, Washington and northern California, > killing barred owls under an agency research study brought spotted owls to > almost stable populations, whereas in a neighboring control population, > spotted owl populations declined by 12%.* > > One far-out option I've thought of is to have an open season on Barred > Owls, very similar to, say, ducks and geese, Goose shooting was allowed > during the time when the Dusky Canada Goose was under extreme protection. > There was a rigid checking system to guarantee (so much as possible) > Duskies were not shot, and hunters had to learn how to ID them. > > When you think about it, this is not too different from protection for > the Kirtland's Warbler, wherein to this day (I'm pretty sure). Cowbirds > are regularly trapped and killed. Cowbirds are of course native american > birds, normally protected as with most of the other birds. They are just > easier to catch (by trapping) and dispose of. > > Bob OBrien Portland > > > > On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 2:02?PM Dan Reiff wrote: > >> >> >> https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/feds-propose-shooting-one-owl-to-save-another-in-pacific-northwest/ >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From downess at charter.net Wed Dec 6 18:16:48 2023 From: downess at charter.net (Scott Downes) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Feds propose shooting one owl to save another in Pacific Northwest | The Seattle Times In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2C330157-4557-43F0-9BB0-F0B99BA0307C@charter.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Wed Dec 6 19:42:30 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] White Winged Scoter at Dash Point State Park Message-ID: Last Saturday, Dec 2, I saw my first White Winged Scoter of the season. There was a pair quite aways offshore, not associated with any of the Surf Scoter groups. There were also 20+ Greater Scaup, even farther offshore. Most were females. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA From hank.heiberg at gmail.com Wed Dec 6 20:39:39 2023 From: hank.heiberg at gmail.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snoqualmie Valley Today In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Today we went to the Snoqualmie Valley to check out the flooding that resulted from the Pineapple Express and to look for birds. Flood photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53381166879/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53381023628/in/dateposted/ Snoqualmie Falls video: (Flickr has not fixed the problem with videos. If the following link leads to a black screen, then click on the double arrows in the upper right corner of the black screen.) https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53380852026/in/dateposted/ Despite the rushing waters of Tokul Creek, a tributary of the Snoqualmie River, an American Dipper found a salmon egg to eat (near the end of the video). Dipper Video: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53379965892/in/dateposted/ Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alanroedell at gmail.com Wed Dec 6 23:02:02 2023 From: alanroedell at gmail.com (Alan Roedell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snoqualmie Valley Today In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wow! Nice photos. On Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 8:40 PM Hank Heiberg wrote: > Today we went to the Snoqualmie Valley to check out the flooding that > resulted from the Pineapple Express and to look for birds. > > Flood photos: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53381166879/in/dateposted/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53381023628/in/dateposted/ > > Snoqualmie Falls video: > > (Flickr has not fixed the problem with videos. If the following link > leads to a black screen, then click on the double arrows in the upper right > corner of the black screen.) > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53380852026/in/dateposted/ > > Despite the rushing waters of Tokul Creek, a tributary of the Snoqualmie > River, an American Dipper found a salmon egg to eat (near the end of the > video). > > Dipper Video: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53379965892/in/dateposted/ > > Hank & Karen Heiberg > Issaquah, WA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You really got into the life of that dipper. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 6, 2023, at 8:39 PM, Hank Heiberg wrote: > > Today we went to the Snoqualmie Valley to check out the flooding that resulted from the Pineapple Express and to look for birds. > > Flood photos: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53381166879/in/dateposted/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53381023628/in/dateposted/ > Snoqualmie Falls video: > > (Flickr has not fixed the problem with videos. 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URL: From shepthorp at gmail.com Thu Dec 7 11:41:58 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 12/6/2023 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 20 of us enjoyed a break in the rain for some nice late Autumn birding at the Refuge with cloudy skies, temperatures in the 40's to 50's degrees Fahrenheit, and a High 13'6" Tide at 12:37pm. The Refuge Biologist and their Team of Volunteers were performing a monthly bird survey within the Sanctuary. There activity, along with hunting BALD EAGLE, RED-TAILED HAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER, and MERLIN, we observed large numbers of waterfowl and shorebirds moving around the Refuge. Highlights included PINE SISKIN in the Orchard, nice observation of WILSON'S SNIPE along the Access Road and from the Twin Barns Overlook, a showy VARIED THRUSH at the cut-off between the Twin Barns and Nisqually Estuary Trail, high count of LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS in both the Estuary and Freshwater Marsh, great looks of LINCOLN'S SPARROW across from the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Entrance, perched LEAST SANDPIPER on the gum weed at high tide at the end of the boardwalk, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER in the Maple Trees at the Twin Barns and east side of the Loop Trail, and First of Year EVENING GROSBEAK heard just south of the Nisqually River Overlook. See our eBird Report below with locations and click on the list to check out photos. For the day we observed 72 species, and with FOY Evening Grosbeak we have now seen 173 species for the year. Mammals seen included Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion (in the Nisqually River), and Columbian Black-tailed Deer. A huge thank you to the Refuge Maintenance Department for clearing and repairing the Twin Barns Loop Trail after fallen trees on Sunday. We are fortunate and appreciative to have rapid attention to the trail system. Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center, happy birding! Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Dec 6, 2023 7:26 AM - 4:13 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.658 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with temperatures in the 40?s to 50?s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 13?6? Tide at 12:37pm. Occasional light rain. Mammals seen Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion and Columbian Black-tailed Deer. 72 species (+5 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 1200 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 100 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 13 Northern Shoveler 200 Gadwall 30 Eurasian Wigeon 3 Flooded field south of Twin Barns and Shannon Slough. American Wigeon 2000 Mallard 150 Northern Pintail 800 Green-winged Teal (American) 900 Ring-necked Duck 6 Surf Scoter 8 Bufflehead 100 Common Goldeneye 20 Hooded Merganser 2 Common Merganser 1 Photo by Alex of male flying up McAllister Creek. Red-breasted Merganser 4 Horned Grebe 2 Mourning Dove 1 American Coot (Red-shielded) 40 Long-billed Dowitcher 100 Wilson's Snipe 7 One along Access Road and six seen from Twin Barns Observation Platform. Greater Yellowlegs 35 Dunlin 600 Least Sandpiper 200 Western Sandpiper 1 Bonaparte's Gull 3 Short-billed Gull 60 Ring-billed Gull 70 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 8 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20 Larus sp. 50 Brandt's Cormorant 10 Nisqually River Channel Marker Double-crested Cormorant 30 Great Blue Heron 25 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 20 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Heard between the Access Road and Entrance Road, heard north of the Nisqually Estuary Trail in the surge plain area. Photographed by Alex at 9:30am north of the Nisqually Estuary Trail across from the Access Road cut-off to the Twin Barns. Seen in a snag in the surge plain. Red-tailed Hawk 3 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 3 Picnic Area Twin Barns and East side of Twin Barns Loop Trail. Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1 Northern Flicker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 Merlin 1 American Crow 300 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 20 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10 Golden-crowned Kinglet 16 Brown Creeper 6 Pacific Wren 3 Marsh Wren 6 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 50 Varied Thrush 3 Parking Lot and Twin Barns American Robin 15 American Pipit 7 Evening Grosbeak 1 Heard just south of the Nisqually River Overlook on the outside of the old Nisqually River Dike. House Finch 2 Twin Barns. Purple Finch (Western) 1 Feeding on small crabapple fruit with Golden-crowned Sparrows where Leschi Slough aqueduct goes under dike. Pine Siskin 1 Orchard. Seen by some of our group. Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 3 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1 Orchard. White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 5 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Golden-crowned Sparrow 20 Song Sparrow 22 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Nice views in freshwater marsh across from entrance to Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 4 Western Meadowlark 3 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Red-winged Blackbird 60 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 Education Center Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S155902824 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deedeeknit at yahoo.com Thu Dec 7 13:06:03 2023 From: deedeeknit at yahoo.com (Dee Dee) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Twin Lakes Pine Siskins References: <67B4DABC-9C6B-4D13-BFCC-4E5C7B46671A.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <67B4DABC-9C6B-4D13-BFCC-4E5C7B46671A@yahoo.com> ? ?Enjoyed reading Hans? post about Pine Siskins in Twin Lakes. Yesterday (Wednesday) a flock of about 15-20 arrived in my Edmonds neighborhood and immediately started giving the Red-winged Blackbirds a run for the money on who would be intermittently (fortunately for our usual bunch of yard birds) dominating the feeder scene in our suburban garden, much like they did for a couple in winters of 2020-21. They were very sparse in 2022, so when the FOS loner showed up on 19 Nov, I was wondering (pocketbook half hoping) if there might be a repeat of the 2022 ?siskin lull?. Not to be, if the past couple of days are any indication. They are pretty and interesting little birds to watch, so will enjoy them for what they are, and consider it part of the entertainment budget?. While I?m Tweeters-ing, I?ll share what a pleasure it was to have had our first 2 White-throated Sparrows visit the yard this Fall (got photos of each?2 different individuals, both posted in e-Bird). First from 30 Oct - 5 Nov, the 2nd from 19 Nov - 3 Dec. Having read posts about them more and more in this area, I?d been hoping one would eventually show up?well, no complaints now! Dee Warnock Edmonds From falcophile at comcast.net Thu Dec 7 14:07:27 2023 From: falcophile at comcast.net (ED DEAL) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Barred Owl vs Spotted Owl Message-ID: <697043359.547226.1701986847498@connect.xfinity.com> Tweets, I would recommend reading the monograph cited below by J. Wiens et al. that describes the rigorous science behind the proposal for Barred Owl removal. They studied the Spotted Owl populations in 3 areas, one near Cle Elum, WA and 2 in Oregon that had BDOW lethal removal and 3 paired areas that served as controls. Over several years, the Spotted Owl population stabilized in the 3 study areas while continuing in free-fall in the three controls. Effects of Barred Owl (Strix varia) Removal on Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon, 2015?18 ? 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This isn't a one-off action. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 12/07/2023 2:07 PM PST ED DEAL wrote: > > > Tweets, > > I would recommend reading the monograph cited below by J. Wiens et al. that describes the rigorous science behind the proposal for Barred Owl removal. They studied the Spotted Owl populations in 3 areas, one near Cle Elum, WA and 2 in Oregon that had BDOW lethal removal and 3 paired areas that served as controls. Over several years, the Spotted Owl population stabilized in the 3 study areas while continuing in free-fall in the three controls. > Effects of Barred Owl (Strix varia) Removal on Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon, 2015?18 ? 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URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Thu Dec 7 16:15:08 2023 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Best Bird Books of 2023 Message-ID: <6c158a1f-bac3-30cf-70d7-a5c192107041@zipcon.net> HI ALL: My picks for the Best Bird Books of 2023: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2023/12/best-bird-books-of-2023.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From dantufford at yahoo.com Thu Dec 7 16:36:37 2023 From: dantufford at yahoo.com (Dan Tufford) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Barred Owl vs Spotted Owl In-Reply-To: <1493735426.597755.1701989891522@connect.xfinity.com> References: <697043359.547226.1701986847498@connect.xfinity.com> <1493735426.597755.1701989891522@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <2030071183.860577.1701995797487@mail.yahoo.com> Is there any concern with shooting the wrong bird? During the Spotted Owl wars a few decades ago there were t-shirts encouraging people to eat them. "Save a logger, eat an owl" There is one on display at the Washington History Museum in Tacoma. Dan TuffordLacey, WA On Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 02:59:00 PM PST, HAL MICHAEL wrote: I think there is pretty good evidence that removing the Barreds will preserve the Spotteds. ?But, unless we restore and protect sufficient linked habitat for the Spotteds to live on their own we will be continually required to do lethal removal. This isn't a one-off action. ? Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net ? ? On 12/07/2023 2:07 PM PST ED DEAL wrote: ? ? Tweets, ? I would recommend reading the monograph cited below by J. Wiens et al. that describes the rigorous science behind the proposal for Barred Owl removal. They studied the Spotted Owl populations in 3 areas, one near Cle Elum, WA and 2 in Oregon that had BDOW lethal removal and 3 paired areas that served as controls. Over several years, the Spotted Owl population stabilized in the 3 study areas while continuing in free-fall in the three controls. Effects of Barred Owl (Strix varia) Removal on Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Washington and Oregon, 2015?18 ? OFR 2019-1074 (fdlp.gov) ? Ed Deal Seattle falcophile at comcast dot net _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From birdmarymoor at frontier.com Fri Dec 8 18:21:45 2023 From: birdmarymoor at frontier.com (birdmarymoor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-12-07 References: <2041836376.1086796.1702088505580.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2041836376.1086796.1702088505580@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets - This didn't seem to get through yesterday. Long ago I learned not to be frightened off by weather forecasts.? Rarely is the morning as bad as it looks on the hourly forecast the day before.? Yesterday was absolutely no exception.? We had no rain before dawn, and from 7:45-11:45 we had more minutes without rain whatsoever than with, and only maybe 20 minutes of steady rain.? It wasn't even that dark and dreary for most of the morning, and the wind only puffed up a few times.? Now, the park is flooded, with high water in the slough and even water over the boardwalk.? The central part of the Dog Meadow also has standing water in more than just the ditches.? That changes what we see somewhat, but it doesn't make for bad birding. Highlights: ? ? Cackling Goose - Way down from recent weeks - probably fewer than 50 birds in flyover flocks ? ? Canada Goose - Three birds late in the morning were our only Canadas! ? ? Wood Duck - Flyby pair ? ? American Wigeon - Pair below the weir ? ? Common Goldeneye - Two males below the weir, First of Fall (FOF) ? ? Barn Owl - One working the East Meadow predawn ? ? Short-eared Owl - One mobbed by crows above the East Meadow and model airplane field about 7:40 a.m. ? ? Pileated Woodpecker - One across the slough from the Big Cottonwood Forest ? ? Northern Shrike - Nice adult, just east of the East Meadow ? ? Western Meadowlark - Six in wetland triangle just north of Fields 7-8-9 Notably few finches seen, sparrow numbers lower (or probably they were just under the blackberries), and American Robin numbers much lower than recent. Misses yesterday included: Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Anna's Hummingbird, Virginia Rail, and Purple Finch. For the day, 54 species. = Michael Hobbs From astrokt at gmail.com Sat Dec 9 16:23:01 2023 From: astrokt at gmail.com (Becky K) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Cowlitz Columbia CBC Message-ID: We are looking to have some new people participate in our CBC this year on Saturday, December 30th. Our count is centered in the Columbia River between Longview, WA and Rainier, OR and includes the cities of Longview, Kelso, Rainier, and the old Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. We are hoping to have eight or nine areas within the circle that will be counted. 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Meredith From ksnyder75 at gmail.com Mon Dec 11 07:16:06 2023 From: ksnyder75 at gmail.com (Kathleen Snyder) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Midway Island Seabirds - Thursday, Dec 14th, 7 pm via Zoom or in person Message-ID: Elizabeth Rodrick will reminisce about living on Midway Island as a Navy brat in 1957-58 and then returning 50 years later to conduct the annual albatross census. She will share photos of the many seabirds that inhabit the atoll. Elizabeth is a retired WDFW wildlife biologist. Her talk will be shown on a large screen at Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8th St SE in Olympia (6:30 social time) or you can watch from home with Zoom. This is a free program from Black Hills Audubon. Registration is required if using Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvfu6vrjoiGN0H0R3m_xYu7S0diMJMGtAK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Titles include: Bharucha - India Cornell - Costa Rica Cornell - Lower Rio Grande and SW Texas Cornell - Pacific Northwest Cornell - North American Owls Cornell - SE Arizona and Sonora Delaney - Belize, Guatemala and Mexico Gonzales-Garcia - Veracruz Jahn - NW Ecuador -Lowlands and Lower Foothills Marillo - Yucatan Pennisula Moore - NW Ecuador - Upper Foothills and Subtropics Peterson - East Central Peterson's Birding by Ear Roche - Europe Ross - Cost Rica, Caribbean Slope Scharringa - Tropical Asia Stokes - Eastern Region Stokes - Western Region Anyone interested, let me know Peter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pmann at epl-inc.com Mon Dec 11 13:14:50 2023 From: pmann at epl-inc.com (Peter Mann) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Ancient Technology Message-ID: Hi All I was pleasantly surprised by the number of rapid responses to my offer of Bird Song CDs. One respondent said she would take them all. 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Currently, the Tres Marias Hummingbird is the only ?approved? endemic, but there are a number of distinct island forms awaiting: Blue Mockingbird, Mexican Parrotlet, Happy Wren, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Rufous-backed Robin, Streak-backed Oriole, Tropical Parula, Red-breasted Chat, Flame-colored Tanager. And perhaps my favorite, large numbers of Yellow-headed Parrots up close and personal - a bird that has eluded us over many, many years. There is also an endemic Tres Marias Raccoon and Cottontail. Heather & I went with Michael Carmody of Legacy Tours and in-country guide David Salas. The whole operation is run by the Mexican Navy with large Clipper catamaran type boats leaving out of either Mazatl?n or San Blas. The tours are a package, leaving on Friday and returning on Sunday. Lodging is all nicely refurbished staff housing - essentially big hotel rooms. Meals are served in the Dining Hall. The package comes with a set schedule of visits to the old prison, the orchard and the beach - none of which works very well for birders. Fortunately, David Salas was able to work out special arrangements for us to roam around the edge of the compound and abandoned streets - very much like birding around Neah Bay in the days before cell service (wi-fi is available in the dining hall). Additionally, we had a wonderful young Navy man assigned to us to make sure we were taken care of. While you can do the tour on your own, you?d have to stick with the assigned activities and bird around the edges. A bonus is that you may get a few Mexican pelagic birds on the way as the boats have large decks in the back that work well for birding. The downside is that we are spoiled by the Westport Seabird trips that actually slow down for birds, while this boat zips right along. If you think you might have an interest in such an adventure contact David Salas directly. Evidently, working with the Navy who requires prepayment in Pesos from a Mexican Bank a month in advance makes an in-country guide a necessity to navigate the protocols and process. Fortunately, there is a wide variety of plantings in the community, which meant we found almost all the birds right around our casitas. David Salas. Dsalas60@gmail.com Good birding, Marcus Roening Tacoma WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From strix.nebulosa1987 at gmail.com Mon Dec 11 22:19:09 2023 From: strix.nebulosa1987 at gmail.com (strix.nebulosa1987@gmail.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Chewelah CBC Message-ID: <007201da2cc3$1ea33bf0$5be9b3d0$@gmail.com> Sorry I am little late getting this out. However the Chewelah Christmas Bird Count is on for Saturday Dec 30. This a fun count with quite a bit of elevation range. It ranges from the Colville River Valley to the 49 Degrees ski area. 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In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20231212140143.Horde.OBORPHlZ_Gtwn2zebqhYFZm@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, I have not been to Isla Tres Marias - but we just returned from our yearly trip to the very Southern part of Nayarit ... Nuevo Vallarta ... which you get to by flying to Puerto Vallarta and then a short taxi ride North. There are two less well known options that leave from the Paradise Village Marina - a "Canal Trip" and the "Rio Ameca Trip". Both are about two hours long and you will see lots of birds, iguanas, and probably even a crocodile or two! The Rio Ameca trip is the better because of the variety of birds but either can produce ... Osprey, Brown Pelican, Neotropic Cormorant, Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, Black-Crowned Night Heron, Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-Necked Stilt, Willet, Green Kingfisher, Ribbed Kingfisher, Belted Kingfisher, Magnificent Frigatebird, Wood Stork, Tri-colored Heron, Grackle, Great Kiskadee, Anhinga, and several varieties of ducks. On the River trip the birds are all very close and you will get excellent opportunities for photography both perched and in flight ... pretty much only limited by your gear and your skill. To book either of these go to the Marina if you are close and talk to "Tony" or "David" ... or look it up on the web and call. Neither has an online booking presence. If you are in the Puerto Vallarta/Nuevo Vallarta area you can also get excellent birding trips from EcoTours. Cynthia was our guide to Desembocada and Boca de Tomates and was excellent! She's not the only guide for them. Here are some of the pictures I took in the last two weeks ... go forward from this one: https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-CqTjBC4/A It starts first with the Desembocada and Boca de Tomates and then moves on to images from the Nayarit area. The last 20 or so are primarily from the boat trip to the mouth of the Rio Ameca. - Jim From benedict.t at comcast.net Tue Dec 12 15:14:45 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Goldeneye and Harlequin at Seahurst Park Message-ID: A small flock of 25 or so Common Goldeneyes (+ a single pair of Barrow's) can be found at the north end of Seahurst Park in Burien. Loosely associated with them are about 10 Harlequin Ducks, 3 male and 7 female. These are regulars in this location and can be seen here throughout the winter. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Wed Dec 13 04:13:37 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Extremely rare bird captured on film | ScienceDaily Message-ID: <03453F03-E2CE-4414-B9E8-6FE1E40DA036@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231211200127.htm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Wed Dec 13 04:14:26 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Daily singing workout keeps songbird males attractive | ScienceDaily Message-ID: <13DF7570-30BF-4423-B32A-3A372BDB7D2E@gmail.com> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231212112329.htm Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Wed Dec 13 04:16:59 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Millions of birds lose precious energy due to fireworks on New Year's Eve, research reveals Message-ID: https://phys.org/news/2023-12-millions-birds-precious-energy-due.html Sent from my iPhone From TRI at seattleu.edu Wed Dec 13 12:12:20 2023 From: TRI at seattleu.edu (Trileigh Tucker) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Extremely rare bird captured on film | ScienceDaily Message-ID: Dan and Tweeters, Wowza. That is astoundingly good video quality of this remarkable bird. What a find. Good birding (even if you don?t happen to spot any bilateral gynandromorphs), Trileigh Trileigh Tucker Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com From: Dan Reiff Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 4:13?AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Extremely rare bird captured on film | ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231211200127.htm Sent from my iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From esellingson at gmail.com Wed Dec 13 13:54:39 2023 From: esellingson at gmail.com (Eric Ellingson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snowy Owls - not likely In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >From my perspective, it does not look like a good year for Snowy Owls to show up here, at least not in bigger numbers. Looking at ebird.org/map - Snowy Owls, there are very few reports below the Canadian border. Most of the reports in Canada seem to be either single or 2-4 birds at any location. However, there is a report from April 7th of this year in Saskatchewan of 22 birds. Now that would be great to see. Eric Ellingson 360-820-6396 | esellingson@gmail.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/ On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 12:03?PM < tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu> wrote: > Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to > tweeters@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Cowlitz Columbia CBC (Becky K) > 2. REUTERS: Best Animal Photos of the Year (Dan Reiff) > 3. Snowy Owl forecast???? (merdave@homenetnw.net) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Becky K > To: TWEETERS tweeters > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 16:23:01 -0800 > Subject: [Tweeters] Cowlitz Columbia CBC > We are looking to have some new people participate in our CBC this year on > Saturday, December 30th. > > Our count is centered in the Columbia River between Longview, WA and > Rainier, OR and includes the cities of Longview, Kelso, Rainier, and the > old Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. We are hoping to have eight or nine areas > within the circle that will be counted. If interested please contact Becky > Kent at beckykt at comcast dot net. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 19:39:05 -0800 > Subject: [Tweeters] REUTERS: Best Animal Photos of the Year > > *Best Animal Photos of the Year* > Our top animal photos from around the world this year. > > Read in Reuters: https://apple.news/Awgml6LGZShai1vI_pN5s_w > > > Shared from Apple News > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: merdave@homenetnw.net > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:49:52 -0800 > Subject: [Tweeters] Snowy Owl forecast???? > > Some years I see reports from Canada that Snowy Owls are, or are not, > headed south. Any such info. this year???? 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URL: From dresnick1 at comcast.net Wed Dec 13 20:06:20 2023 From: dresnick1 at comcast.net (Douglas Resnick) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail Message-ID: <051c9982-ddf4-4d38-9e3e-f4daa192ea69@comcast.net> I've read that there was flooding along some Washington rivers during the recent heavy rains.? I'm planning to bird along the Lowell Riverfront Trail in Everett on Saturday, 12/16/23.? Have any of you been on the trail this week?? Is the trail affected by flooding?? What about the parking area, which is between Lowell Riverfront Dog Park and Rotary Park?? Thanks for any help you might offer. Douglas Resnick Edmonds, WA dresnick1@comcast.net From florafaunabooks at hotmail.com Wed Dec 13 20:59:29 2023 From: florafaunabooks at hotmail.com (David Hutchinson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Book Collection available - not mine! Message-ID: Hi All. Just wanted to let you know about the availability of a group of used bird books that has recently come available in Seattle. This is the collection of the late Mr,Dale Rice. In my forty or so years in the book business in Washington, this is likely the best group of natural history books in private hands in recent years. However the overall collection was broken up and went, I believe, to a variety of institutions. But a group of some hundreds of used bird books is now being sold by Collins Books in the Seattle north end in theHaller Lake area. The books are not always in top condition but Collins is a very reliable company and books seemed to be priced to sell. When I was shown the collection I was impressed by the range of field & regional bird guides from all over the world, especially all over the African region, South America, every corner of Asia, British edtns. Birders travelling the world, ornithologists, libraries or serious collectors might well find something of interest. My sense is that not all the books have been catalogued yet, but I am sure they are working away at it. I have no financial interest in all this, but I had always hoped that I might buy the collection some years ago as it covered so many different subjects in the life sciences. Good luck with all this! collinsbooks@collinsbooks.com. 206-323-3999 & Discovery Park volunteer. David Hutchinson, florafaunabooks@hotmail.com, 206-499-7305 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dan Reiff, PhD https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us/eagles-hunting-shooting-men-charged.html Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Thu Dec 14 00:45:46 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make It Easier to Chew - The New York Times Message-ID: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/science/bird-cockatoo-parrot-dunking-food.html Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Thu Dec 14 00:49:30 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?b?R29vZCBOZXdzIGZvciBIYXdhaeKAmGnigJlzIE1pbGxl?= =?utf-8?q?rbird=2C_No_Longer_Listed_as_Critically_Endangered_-_American_B?= =?utf-8?q?ird_Conservancy?= Message-ID: <7F940F02-403D-44C2-AF7E-A0E2BA1C536D@gmail.com> Very good news. Dan Reiff, PhD https://abcbirds.org/news/millerbird-downlisting-2023/ Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Thu Dec 14 01:01:24 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Request_for_Recommendations-=E2=80=9CAmazon?= =?utf-8?q?=2Ecom=3A_Heated_Pedestal_Bird_Bath=3A_Patio=2C_Lawn_=26_Garden?= =?utf-8?b?4oCd?= Message-ID: <73398C76-6515-48EB-9232-CF827D8785CA@gmail.com> Hello Tweeters community, I would like to buy a heated birdbath as a Christmas present for my wife. When I searched on Amazon, I was amazed to see how many different products are available. I would appreciate any recommendations. Thank you, Dan Reiff, PhD https://www.amazon.com/heated-pedestal-bird-bath/s?k=heated+pedestal+bird+bath&rh=n%3A2972638011&page=2 Sent from my iPhone From waltom at uw.edu Thu Dec 14 03:10:56 2023 From: waltom at uw.edu (Mark M. Walton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail In-Reply-To: <051c9982-ddf4-4d38-9e3e-f4daa192ea69@comcast.net> References: <051c9982-ddf4-4d38-9e3e-f4daa192ea69@comcast.net> Message-ID: I drove right past it yesterday. I didn't see the whole trail, of course, but the parking lot looked fine and there were a number of cars parked there, and I could see people walking on the trail. I did bird some other areas yesterday that had been badly flooded after the heavy rains and they were all fine. Mark Walton -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Douglas Resnick Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 8:06 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail I've read that there was flooding along some Washington rivers during the recent heavy rains.? I'm planning to bird along the Lowell Riverfront Trail in Everett on Saturday, 12/16/23.? Have any of you been on the trail this week?? Is the trail affected by flooding?? What about the parking area, which is between Lowell Riverfront Dog Park and Rotary Park?? Thanks for any help you might offer. Douglas Resnick Edmonds, WA dresnick1@comcast.net _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From marvbreece at q.com Thu Dec 14 06:06:31 2023 From: marvbreece at q.com (MARVIN BREECE) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] M St Red-tails Message-ID: Yesterday (12.13.23) among the many Red-tailed Hawks at M Street in Auburn were a LIGHT MORPH HARLAN'S RED-TAILED HAWK and a NORTHERN RED-TAILED HAWK. I first saw the Harlan's at this location on Dec 10 and the Northern on Nov 18. The Northern Red-tailed Hawk is a proposed split from Eastern Red-tailed Hawk. Videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN One 12.10.23 video shows the Northern displacing the Harlan's from its perch. A Western is also in the video. There is also a variety of our WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK, both juvenile and adult, no 2 looking alike. One often seen adult is quite pale for a Western. Do not drive beyond the gate, even if it is unlocked. It is usually locked and you may get locked in. M Street is off of NW 15th St (not SW 15th St) between Emerald Downs and Hwy 167 in Auburn. Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 1:41?AM Dan Reiff wrote: > It will be very interesting to me to see the sentencing outcome. > Dan Reiff, PhD > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us/eagles-hunting-shooting-men-charged.html > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m.k.kesner at comcast.net Thu Dec 14 12:59:37 2023 From: m.k.kesner at comcast.net (Kathy Kesner) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make Easier to Chew - The New York Times In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <64CAEDF6-5B9B-4EF7-B4E3-A19263CB20C1@comcast.net> In response to #11 Polly Wants a Cracker? I can attest to parrots dunking behavior! In addition to being a bird watcher, I am caretaker to a Blue Front Amazon named Casey. I have tended many parrots needing homes over the decades but he is the first ?dunker?. He used to take his hard Harrison Diet bird pellets and put them in his water bowl to soften. It made a big mess so I finally started giving him his water in a glass bottle with a metal drinking tube. Now he takes the pellets, one by one, and holds them up against the water tube dispenser until they are ?just right?! (Kathy Kesner) > On Dec 14, 2023, at 12:04 PM, tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu wrote: > > Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to > tweeters@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Extremely rare bird captured on film | ScienceDaily > (Trileigh Tucker) > 2. Re: Snowy Owls - not likely (Eric Ellingson) > 3. Birder gifts: Best birdfeeder with camera? (Trileigh Tucker) > 4. Re: Millions of birds lose precious energy due to fireworks > on New Year's Eve, research reveals (Alan Roedell) > 5. Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail (Douglas Resnick) > 6. Bird Book Collection available - not mine! (David Hutchinson) > 7. Study overturns conventional wisdom about wild turkey nesting > survival | ScienceDaily (Dan Reiff) > 8. More than 210 Organizations Unite to Press for Migratory > Birds Conservation Act | Audubon (Dan Reiff) > 9. Positive news: ?How bird feeders help small species fight > infection? (Dan Reiff) > 10. ? By Eduardo Medina Dec. 12, 2023 Federal prosecutors in > Montana have charged two men with illegally shooting about 3,600 > birds, including bald and golden eagles, in a ?killing spree? > that fueled a black market for tail feathers and preyed on a > symbol of the nation ?Two Men Hunted Bald Eagles in Illegal > ?Killing Spree,? U.S. Says - The New York Times (Dan Reiff) > 11. Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make It Easier to > Chew - The New York Times (Dan Reiff) > 12. Good News for Hawai?i?s Millerbird, No Longer Listed as > Critically Endangered - American Bird Conservancy (Dan Reiff) > 13. Request for Recommendations-?Amazon.com: Heated Pedestal Bird > Bath: Patio, Lawn & Garden? (Dan Reiff) > 14. Re: Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail (Mark M. Walton) > 15. M St Red-tails (MARVIN BREECE) > 16. Fwd: Request for Recommendations-?Amazon.com: Heated > Pedestal Bird Bath: Patio, Lawn & Garden? (Qblater) > 17. Re: ? By Eduardo Medina Dec. 12, 2023 Federal prosecutors in > Montana have charged two men with illegally shooting about 3,600 > birds, including bald and golden eagles, in a ?killing spree? > that fueled a black market for tail feathers and preyed on a > symbol of the nation ?Two Men Hunted Bald Eagles in Illegal > ?Killing Spree,? U.S. Says - The New York Times (Robert O'Brien) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:12:20 +0000 > From: Trileigh Tucker > To: Dan Reiff , Tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Extremely rare bird captured on film | > ScienceDaily > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dan and Tweeters, > > Wowza. That is astoundingly good video quality of this remarkable bird. What a find. > > Good birding (even if you don?t happen to spot any bilateral gynandromorphs), > Trileigh > > > Trileigh Tucker > Pelly Valley, West Seattle > NaturalPresenceArts.com > > > > From: Dan Reiff > Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 4:13?AM > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Extremely rare bird captured on film | ScienceDaily > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231211200127.htm Sent from my iPhone > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:54:39 -0800 > From: Eric Ellingson > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Snowy Owls - not likely > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> From my perspective, it does not look like a good year for Snowy Owls to > show up here, at least not in bigger numbers. > > Looking at ebird.org/map - Snowy Owls, there are very few reports below > the Canadian border. Most of the reports in Canada seem to be either single > or 2-4 birds at any location. However, there is a report from April 7th of > this year in Saskatchewan of 22 birds. Now that would be great to see. > > Eric Ellingson > > 360-820-6396 | esellingson@gmail.com > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/ > > On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 12:03?PM < > tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu> wrote: > >> Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to >> tweeters@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Cowlitz Columbia CBC (Becky K) >> 2. REUTERS: Best Animal Photos of the Year (Dan Reiff) >> 3. Snowy Owl forecast???? (merdave@homenetnw.net) >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Becky K >> To: TWEETERS tweeters >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 16:23:01 -0800 >> Subject: [Tweeters] Cowlitz Columbia CBC >> We are looking to have some new people participate in our CBC this year on >> Saturday, December 30th. >> >> Our count is centered in the Columbia River between Longview, WA and >> Rainier, OR and includes the cities of Longview, Kelso, Rainier, and the >> old Trojan Nuclear Power Plant. We are hoping to have eight or nine areas >> within the circle that will be counted. If interested please contact Becky >> Kent at beckykt at comcast dot net. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Dan Reiff >> To: Tweeters >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 19:39:05 -0800 >> Subject: [Tweeters] REUTERS: Best Animal Photos of the Year >> >> *Best Animal Photos of the Year* >> Our top animal photos from around the world this year. >> >> Read in Reuters: https://apple.news/Awgml6LGZShai1vI_pN5s_w >> >> >> Shared from Apple News >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: merdave@homenetnw.net >> To: tweeters@u.washington.edu >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 19:49:52 -0800 >> Subject: [Tweeters] Snowy Owl forecast???? >> >> Some years I see reports from Canada that Snowy Owls are, or are not, >> headed south. Any such info. this year???? Meredith >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@mailman11.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:52:28 +0000 > From: Trileigh Tucker > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Tweeters] Birder gifts: Best birdfeeder with camera? > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi Tweets, > > ?Tis the season, and Santa is asking about potential gifts for a bird lover. Do you have any recommendations for a good window feeder with attached camera? I?d had my eye on this Bird Buddy version from Amazon, but it seems that not only is it out of stock, but has poor reviews. > > It seems like a delightful gift for a birder, but I?d want to get a good quality one, if there?s such a thing out there. > > Other interesting/unusual ideas for bird aficionados? > > Thanks much! > Trileigh > > > Trileigh Tucker > Pelly Valley, West Seattle > NaturalPresenceArts.com > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:11:02 -0800 > From: Alan Roedell > To: dan.owl.reiff@gmail.com > Cc: tweeters@uw.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Millions of birds lose precious energy due to > fireworks on New Year's Eve, research reveals > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > So true. And our dog hates too. > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023, 4:17 AM Dan Reiff wrote: > >> >> https://phys.org/news/2023-12-millions-birds-precious-energy-due.html >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:06:20 -0800 > From: Douglas Resnick > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail > Message-ID: <051c9982-ddf4-4d38-9e3e-f4daa192ea69@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > I've read that there was flooding along some Washington rivers during > the recent heavy rains.? I'm planning to bird along the Lowell > Riverfront Trail in Everett on Saturday, 12/16/23.? Have any of you been > on the trail this week?? Is the trail affected by flooding?? What about > the parking area, which is between Lowell Riverfront Dog Park and Rotary > Park?? Thanks for any help you might offer. > > Douglas Resnick > Edmonds, WA > dresnick1@comcast.net > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:59:29 +0000 > From: David Hutchinson > To: "tweeters@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Book Collection available - not mine! > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi All. Just wanted to let you know about the > availability of a group of used bird books that has > recently come available in Seattle. This is the > collection of the late Mr,Dale Rice. In my forty or so > years in the book business in Washington, this is > likely the best group of natural history books in > private hands in recent years. However the overall > collection was broken up and went, I believe, to a > variety of institutions. But a group of some hundreds > of used bird books is now being sold by Collins > Books in the Seattle north end in theHaller Lake area. > > The books are not always in top condition but Collins > is a very reliable company and books seemed to be > priced to sell. When I was shown the collection I was > impressed by the range of field & regional bird guides from > all over the world, especially all over the African region, South > America, every corner of Asia, British edtns. > > Birders travelling the world, ornithologists, libraries or > serious collectors might well find something of interest. > > My sense is that not all the books have been catalogued yet, > but I am sure they are working away at it. > > I have no financial interest in all this, but I had always hoped > that I might buy the collection some years ago as it covered > so many different subjects in the life sciences. Good luck with all this! > > collinsbooks@collinsbooks.com. 206-323-3999 > & Discovery Park volunteer. > David Hutchinson, florafaunabooks@hotmail.com, 206-499-7305 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:24:53 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Study overturns conventional wisdom about wild > turkey nesting survival | ScienceDaily > Message-ID: <2FC638F0-D710-4136-8B55-87CA508F8A5C@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231213112529.htm > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:27:48 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] More than 210 Organizations Unite to Press for > Migratory Birds Conservation Act | Audubon > Message-ID: <82240651-3580-472F-836C-446482CD2BCE@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > https://www.audubon.org/news/more-210-organizations-unite-press-migratory-birds-conservation-act > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:35:23 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Positive news: ?How bird feeders help small > species fight infection? > Message-ID: <8B6B6F46-E846-4811-AD11-ED764017DF78@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > https://phys.org/news/2023-12-bird-feeders-small-species-infection.html > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:43:36 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] ? By Eduardo Medina Dec. 12, 2023 Federal > prosecutors in Montana have charged two men with illegally shooting > about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, in a ?killing > spree? that fueled a black market for tail feathers and preyed on a > symbol of the nation ?Two Men Hunted Bald Eagles in Illegal ?Killing > Spree,? U.S. Says - The New York Times > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > ?It will be very interesting to me to see the sentencing outcome. > Dan Reiff, PhD > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us/eagles-hunting-shooting-men-charged.html > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:45:46 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make It > Easier to Chew - The New York Times > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/science/bird-cockatoo-parrot-dunking-food.html > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:49:30 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Good News for Hawai?i?s Millerbird, No Longer > Listed as Critically Endangered - American Bird Conservancy > Message-ID: <7F940F02-403D-44C2-AF7E-A0E2BA1C536D@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Very good news. > Dan Reiff, PhD > > https://abcbirds.org/news/millerbird-downlisting-2023/ > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 01:01:24 -0800 > From: Dan Reiff > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Request for Recommendations-?Amazon.com: Heated > Pedestal Bird Bath: Patio, Lawn & Garden? > Message-ID: <73398C76-6515-48EB-9232-CF827D8785CA@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hello Tweeters community, > > I would like to buy a heated birdbath as a Christmas present for my wife. When I searched on Amazon, I was amazed to see how many different products are available. > I would appreciate any recommendations. > > Thank you, > Dan Reiff, PhD > > https://www.amazon.com/heated-pedestal-bird-bath/s?k=heated+pedestal+bird+bath&rh=n%3A2972638011&page=2 > > Sent from my iPhone > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:10:56 +0000 > From: "Mark M. Walton" > To: Douglas Resnick , TWEETERS tweeters > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I drove right past it yesterday. I didn't see the whole trail, of course, but the parking lot looked fine and there were a number of cars parked there, and I could see people walking on the trail. > > I did bird some other areas yesterday that had been badly flooded after the heavy rains and they were all fine. > > Mark Walton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Douglas Resnick > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 8:06 PM > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Current conditions at Lowell Riverfront Trail > > I've read that there was flooding along some Washington rivers during the recent heavy rains.? I'm planning to bird along the Lowell Riverfront Trail in Everett on Saturday, 12/16/23.? Have any of you been on the trail this week?? Is the trail affected by flooding?? What about the parking area, which is between Lowell Riverfront Dog Park and Rotary Park?? Thanks for any help you might offer. > > Douglas Resnick > Edmonds, WA > dresnick1@comcast.net > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 06:06:31 -0800 > From: MARVIN BREECE > To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] M St Red-tails > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Yesterday (12.13.23) among the many Red-tailed Hawks at M Street in Auburn were a LIGHT MORPH HARLAN'S RED-TAILED HAWK and a NORTHERN RED-TAILED HAWK. I first saw the Harlan's at this location on Dec 10 and the Northern on Nov 18. The Northern Red-tailed Hawk is a proposed split from Eastern Red-tailed Hawk. > Videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN > > One 12.10.23 video shows the Northern displacing the Harlan's from its perch. A Western is also in the video. > > > There is also a variety of our WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK, both juvenile and adult, no 2 looking alike. One often seen adult is quite pale for a Western. > > > > Do not drive beyond the gate, even if it is unlocked. It is usually locked and you may get locked in. M Street is off of NW 15th St (not SW 15th St) between Emerald Downs and Hwy 167 in Auburn. > > > Marv Breece > Tukwila, WA > marvbreece@q.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:37:10 -0800 > From: Qblater > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Request for Recommendations-?Amazon.com: > Heated Pedestal Bird Bath: Patio, Lawn & Garden? > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > We have been using a ?api pail and bird bath de-icer? for many, many years > 200 watt with built in thermostat > > This is a submersible heater we put in an existing bird bath > We run an extension cord from an outside plug > > Jerry Broadus > Clarice Clark > Puyallup, WA > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Dan Reiff >> Date: December 14, 2023 at 1:01:53?AM PST >> To: Tweeters >> Subject: [Tweeters] Request for Recommendations-?Amazon.com: Heated Pedestal Bird Bath: Patio, Lawn & Garden? >> >> ?Hello Tweeters community, >> >> I would like to buy a heated birdbath as a Christmas present for my wife. When I searched on Amazon, I was amazed to see how many different products are available. >> I would appreciate any recommendations. >> >> Thank you, >> Dan Reiff, PhD >> >> https://www.amazon.com/heated-pedestal-bird-bath/s?k=heated+pedestal+bird+bath&rh=n%3A2972638011&page=2 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:02:20 -0800 > From: "Robert O'Brien" > To: Dan Reiff > Cc: Tweeters > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] ? By Eduardo Medina Dec. 12, 2023 Federal > prosecutors in Montana have charged two men with illegally shooting > about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, in a ?killing > spree? that fueled a black market for tail feathers and preyed on a > symbol of the nation ?Two Men Hunted Bald Eagles in Illegal ?Killing > Spree,? U.S. Says - The New York Times > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Reading further below this article there was an $8 million fine for a Wind > Energy Company that killed 150 eagles of both species. > If it was actually paid that works out to 53.,333,33 Per Eagle. Serves > them right! > Bob OBrien Portland. > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 1:41?AM Dan Reiff wrote: > >> It will be very interesting to me to see the sentencing outcome. >> Dan Reiff, PhD >> >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us/eagles-hunting-shooting-men-charged.html >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@mailman11.u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > ------------------------------ > > End of Tweeters Digest, Vol 232, Issue 14 > ***************************************** From gjpluth at gmail.com Thu Dec 14 14:56:48 2023 From: gjpluth at gmail.com (Greg) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make It Easier to Chew - The New York Times In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Interestingly, within the last few weeks on at least three occasions, I have watched a song sparrow sitting on the edge of my birdbath. The cement disc typically has maybe a half inch or so of water. The bird was not drinking, just looking around. Then, as I watched, it quickly dipped its beak into the water and appeared to carry away one of the hulled sunflower seeds that I use in my cylinder feeder. Was that to soften the seed? I?m wondering if anyone else has observed such behavior from a song sparrow, or any other species for that matter? Greg Pluth University Place Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 14, 2023, at 12:46 AM, Dan Reiff wrote: > > ? > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/science/bird-cockatoo-parrot-dunking-food.html > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From birdmarymoor at frontier.com Thu Dec 14 15:44:04 2023 From: birdmarymoor at frontier.com (birdmarymoor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-12-14 References: <166113398.930309.1702597444393.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <166113398.930309.1702597444393@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets - The rain mostly held off this morning; we had only short runs of drizzle and mizzle and maybe 5-10 minutes of actual rain.? The rest of the time it was actually pretty nice out.? Last week the water level was high; it crested on Monday about 6" higher than it had been last Thursday.? By today, the water level had dropped back to within an inch of last Thursday's level, but much of the Dog Meadow was flooded by Monday and has not drained yet, so much of the southern half of the Dog Area is closed. Highlights: ? ? Snow Goose - Flock of 60-70 heading west.? First of Year (FOY) ? ? Cackling Goose - Much comings and goings, but at noon there were easily 2500 on the grass soccer fields ? ? Northern Shoveler - Four flew down the slough, only our 2nd sighting of the year ? ? Purple Finch - At least 2.? Only our 2nd record since the 2nd week of October ? ? Lincoln's Sparrow - One popped up briefly on the blackberries just south of the Pea Patch ???? So, three species of goose and nine species of duck, many crows, robins, juncos, and starlings.? It made for many birds, but not very many species. Misses today included Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Anna's Hummingbird (may have heard one), Virginia Rail, Belted Kingfisher, Bushtit, American Goldfinch, and Red-winged Blackbird.? No owls today, nor accipiters.? After that string of Merlin on nine weeks out of thirteen during the fall, it's now been four weeks without a sighting.?? For the day, 49 species, plus the maybe-Anna's and some indecipherable gulls that may have included "Thayer's"-type Iceland. = Michael Hobbs From shepthorp at gmail.com Thu Dec 14 21:23:30 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 12/13/2023 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 25 of us had another fine day of birding at the Refuge with overcast skies, good visibility and temperatures in the 30's to 40's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a high Low 8'11" Tide at 11:59am, so we proceeded with our usual route. Highlights included PILEATED WOODPECKER in the Orchard, high count of 9 RED-TAILED HAWKS, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK seen by some briefly along the central access road in the sanctuary south of the Twin Barns, nice photo of SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS seen and heard in the surge plain, both EURASIAN and AMERICAN X EURASIAN WIGEON in flooded fields and seen from McAllister Creek Viewing Platform, first of year BLACK SCOTER with photos in McAllister Creek, and continuing BARRED OWL along the east side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. We observed 82 species for the day, and with FOY Black Scoter, we have seen 174 this year. Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Dec 13, 2023 7:30 AM - 4:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.375 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Overcast then clear with temperatures in the 30?s to 40?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 8?11? Tide at 11:59am. Mammals seen Eastern Gray Squirrel, California Sea Lion, Harbor Seal, Steller?s Sea Lion. 82 species (+6 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 500 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 30 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Canada Goose (canadensis Group) 40 Parvipes or Lesser Canada Goose. Flooded fields south of the Twin Barns. Three with banded legs. Wood Duck 2 Male and female spotted by Elijah in the flooded field south of the Twin Barns Overlook. Northern Shoveler 100 Gadwall 40 Eurasian Wigeon 3 McAllister Creek Viewing Platform American Wigeon 1000 Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) 1 Flooded field south of the Twin Barns. Mallard 250 Northern Pintail 350 Green-winged Teal (American) 800 Ring-necked Duck 3 Visitor Center Pond Greater Scaup 20 One spotted in Shannon slough by Laurie and the other observed off Luhr Beach. Surf Scoter 40 White-winged Scoter 3 Off Luhr Beach Black Scoter 1 Observed by many along the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail in McAllister Creek foraging along with Surf Scoter between McAllister Creek observation deck and the closure gate at the end of the board walk. Photos. Seen at 100-300 feet with spotting scopes. Possibly a female or first year male with dark cap, light cheeks and thin bill in comparison to adjacent female immature Surf Scoter. Remained foraging (Diving and eating small crabs and mollusks) in creek during incoming tide. Bufflehead 125 Common Goldeneye 50 Hooded Merganser 6 Common Merganser 2 Nisqually River Red-breasted Merganser 35 Horned Grebe 6 Western Grebe 7 Off Nisqually Reach Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 18 Mourning Dove 1 Small, fast-flying dove with long, skinny tail. American Coot 30 Semipalmated Plover 7 Spotted by Linn foraging on mudflats in the surge plain. ?Churly? call heard as well. Small peep sized plover with one breast band and yellow legs. Seen by many at 500 feet with spotting scopes. Long-billed Dowitcher 30 Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Wilson's Snipe 11 Two spotted by Jon at Green Gate closure to the old McAllister Creek Access Road and Nine spotted by Teri in the flooded field adjacent to the Twin Barns Overlook. Spotted Sandpiper 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek Greater Yellowlegs 25 Dunlin 1000 Least Sandpiper 40 Western Sandpiper 1 In flock of 1000 Dunlin. Bonaparte's Gull 6 Nisqually Reach Short-billed Gull 75 Ring-billed Gull 125 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 6 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 40 Larus sp. 50 Red-throated Loon 3 One spotted by Ken in McAllister Creek Common Loon 2 Brandt's Cormorant 8 Nisqually Channel Marker Pelagic Cormorant 2 Nisqually Channel Marker Double-crested Cormorant 40 Great Blue Heron 20 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Seen along Access Road at right hand turn southwest of west parking lot. Bald Eagle 18 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Spotted by Linn and Elijah and seen by others flying from the Willows in the flooded fields south of the Twin Barns, north, towards the Willows and Alders adjacent to the Twin Barns. Red head and body with black and white markings on tail and head. Large bands on tail and spotting on the back of the wings. We were not able to relocate the bird. Red-tailed Hawk 9 High count, many immature. Barred Owl 1 Seen by Deni and Ellen on the south East section of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-breasted Sapsucker 3 Orchard. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Orchard. Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Merlin 1 Tidal estuary Peregrine Falcon 1 Tidal Estuary. American Crow 200 Common Raven 3 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Bushtit 17 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 12 Brown Creeper 5 Pacific Wren 4 Marsh Wren 5 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 50 Varied Thrush 3 Orchard and Parking Lots. American Robin 25 House Finch 2 Pine Siskin 18 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 9 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 35 Song Sparrow 30 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Nisqually Estuary Trail where aqueduct goes under dike. Spotted Towhee 3 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S156279958 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From linda_phillips1252 at msn.com Thu Dec 14 22:05:10 2023 From: linda_phillips1252 at msn.com (Linda Phillips) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] bird feeder with Camera Message-ID: On YouTube there are several camers/feeder reviews by Badgerland Birding. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thefedderns at gmail.com Thu Dec 14 22:36:04 2023 From: thefedderns at gmail.com (Hans-Joachim Feddern) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Polly Wants a Cracker, but She Wants to Make It Easier to Chew - The New York Times In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We feed white bread to American Crows in our backyard. As long as I can remember, they will always dip the bread in the bird bath - even though it is soft already! They also will dip leftovers from fried chicken or turkey, but not all the time. Good Birding! Hans On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 2:57?PM Greg wrote: > Interestingly, within the last few weeks on at least three occasions, I > have watched a song sparrow sitting on the edge of my birdbath. The cement > disc typically has maybe a half inch or so of water. The bird was not > drinking, just looking around. Then, as I watched, it quickly dipped its > beak into the water and appeared to carry away one of the hulled sunflower > seeds that I use in my cylinder feeder. Was that to soften the seed? > I?m wondering if anyone else has observed such behavior from a song > sparrow, or any other species for that matter? > > Greg Pluth > University Place > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 14, 2023, at 12:46 AM, Dan Reiff wrote: > > > > ? > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/science/bird-cockatoo-parrot-dunking-food.html > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- *Hans Feddern* Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA thefedderns@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Fri Dec 15 01:40:42 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Research reveals the secret sites where America's migrating songbirds stop to rest and refuel Message-ID: <5932C994-0E28-4B84-8004-F289902AA3E9@gmail.com> https://phys.org/news/2023-12-reveals-secret-sites-america-migrating.html Sent from my iPhone From garybletsch at yahoo.com Fri Dec 15 09:29:36 2023 From: garybletsch at yahoo.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Off-topic Taiwan trip report References: <1761238396.1095000.1702661376425.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1761238396.1095000.1702661376425@mail.yahoo.com> ?Dear Tweeters, ? A few months ago, I put out an RFI about birdingin Taiwan. Having returned, I offer here a few tidbits. ?I found no guide. One suggested by severalTweeters proved to be utterly remiss in correspondence. After sending me aproposal, he stopped answering messages. Repeated, polite, earnest requests forresponse went unanswered. I decided to go ahead and bird Taiwan on my own. Theguide ended up e-mailing me after over a month, profusely apologizing, but I?dalready dropped him like a hot pot-sticker.? ?BirdingPal used to be good. When it wasnew, and had web pages designed to look like spiral notebook sheets, it helpedme on several trips. It might still be of some use, but I received zeroresponses from the e-mails I sent to seven Birding Pals in Taiwan. I paid $10to join, and got nada. I think it used to be free of charge. Oh, well. ?I spent roughly 16 days in Taiwan. Getting therefrom Buffalo was one of the most punishing air journeys I?ve made. Nexttime I cross the Pacific, I?ll stop off on the WCoast or Hawaii for a day or two. Upon arrival at Taoyuan International, I feltlike I'd gone a few rounds with Two-Ton Tony Galento. ?Taiwan?s not cheap, but seems a tad less dearthan the US. Car rental and fuel costs were comparable. Cheap food is easy tofind. Good, cheap lodging was usually available. I ended up splurging on a few self-styled5-star hotels. In some areas, it was hard to navigate to cheap hotels, forvarious logistical reasons. Most of the 5-stars were bad bargains. Wealthabounds in Taiwan; hotel parking garages were full of luxury sedans, plus one dirtylittle Ford Focus with my fingerprints on it. ?Perfectly nice hotels can be usually be had forunder $70 a night; I could easily have found less costly. ?Fastest, cheapest way to feed oneself is at7-11. They?re almost everywhere; the CPC gas stations that I patronized normallyhave a 7-11 next door. I could get a whole day's food for under $20, and mostof it was quite good, especially the little triangular wraps (seaweed aroundrice around various fillings). They also have sushi, cheese sandwiches, hardboiledeggs, and hot dogs?even liquor and electronics, neither of which I bought! ?Some friends had told me of their travails navigatingto birding sites; they'd travelled as a couple, one driving, one navigating. Things have changed. Google Maps works great in 99% of Taiwan; eBird hotspots always have a "directions" button. None of theabove is possible if one does not equip oneself with a generousdata plan. My plan, however, was miserly with texts and calls, so Iused up my texts and calls in a week. That was okay, though, since I had datafor e-mail. ?I winged it for the whole trip. The only prearranged lodging was at a hotel near the airport, where I had to restup after arrival. It was tricky at first, but I got pretty good at findinglodging, with practice. The downside of aggregator sites, such asBooking Dot Com, is that they often try to sell you a hotel that is"near" a desired location, when it is actually far off. I toldmy wife when I got home that it would be like booking a hotel in Oso, for aplanned birding trip to Lyman, to put it in W WA terms. The aggregator wouldfind me a hotel that was "only 11 km" from the place I wanted tobird, conveniently ignoring a 3000-meter peak that stood between the hotel andthe site! ?Driving in Taiwan was pretty easy. I would saythat the drivers there are the best I?ve encountered, having driven in 23 countries.They?re polite, cooperative, careful. It?s been a while since I?ve driven ine.g. Austria or Sweden, but would say that Taiwanese drivers are as safe orsafer, certainly far safer and wiser than American motorists. I saw none of theroad rage, selfishness, or insane manouevers that I face every time I drive ortry to be a pedestrian here. Considering their roads, the Taiwanese have to be good drivers. I joked with one fellow tourist that if large numbersof Arabs or Latin Americans were to arrive in Taiwan and suddenly startdriving, there would be a hundred fatalities a day. Many roads are astoundinglynarrow--well paved and well maintained, but one might think that they were trying to save on asphalt or something. There is often a concrete water channel right next to the fog-line,offering instant ruin to any undercarriage. Shoulder--what shoulder? Convexmirrors at many intersections and curves are a life-saver. No--just afender-saver. People drive sedately enough so that, even if there is a wreck,it is probably not going to be fatal. Motorbikes have special lanes, andthey even have a special spot at the front of the line, so they can pass thecars and line up at traffic lights. After it turns green, they zoom off, andthen the cars and trucks get to pass them?only to be passed again at the nextlight. There are many, many lights, even at seemingly minor crossroads, and thelights are long. There is no right turn on red. It all works out splendidly,because virtually nobody tries to bend the rules or play stupid, macho games. Up in the mountains, especially on a weekend, ittakes a long time to travel just a few kilometers. I never felt the specterof death that has stalked me on the roads in places such as Arabia, the Dominican Republic,or Argentina. ?All of that said, even in a little Ford, it canbe extremely difficult to escape from the narrow little roads that traverserice paddies, or the alleyways of cities and towns. Even with the car?s backupcamera, I sometimes had to back up six inches, get out, check the cliff orbrick wall or ditch, get back in, and so forth. With nobody to take a turn atthe wheel to give me a respite, I was usually quite worn out by the end ofevery day. I can?t think of a people as kindly, helpful,and polite as the Taiwanese. It was an honor to be there. Birding, oh yeah, that's why I went to Taiwan!Because of some bad planning on my part, I somehow managed to spend over twoweeks, and never even approach their best mountain/forest birding area, whichis Dasyueshan. I kept putting it off, and by the time I was ready, the weatherturned rainy, and I could not figure out lodging.? Other than a near gale on the 2nd day of thetrip, which thwarted birding at the N tip of the island, and the rain that setin when I was planning to go to Dasyueshan, the weather was lovely. I ended up driving a quirky route, clockwisearound ?Formosa.? I skipped most of the east coast. About the only goodmountain birding I had was in and near Alishan Nat?l Rec Area. I blew a wholeweekend at the vaunted Hehuanshan, but I saw fewer than five species in thatlovely area, sending hours stuck in tourist traffic. Go on a Tuesday. ?I managed 162 species in all, and 35 lifers. Goalwas 30 lifers, so it was a productive trip in that sense. Omitting Dasyueshan probably cost me close to ten lifers, but no regrets.? ?Rarest bird of the trip was a LesserWhite-fronted Goose that flew in with a staked-out Greylag. Another cool"Euro" bird was a flyover Great Bittern, a species I?d heard once, but hadnever seen, and had not expected to see in Taiwan. Biggest ID challenge was the Emberiza buntings.When I look at my thousands of photos, I might be able to make some sense of some buntings and other birds. Maybe. ?Shorebirding was superb. One reason I missed somany forest birds was that I could barely tear myself away from shorebirding, myall-time favorite?and something lacking here in Western NY, compared to WWashington, and of course Skagit County. I did once again dip on Swinhoe?s Snipeand Nordmann's Greenshank. A Spoon-billed Sandpiper showed up somewhere in Taiwan while I was there, but I did not give chase. Here are the shorebirds I saw; excuse the codes.BBPL, PAGP, Siberian Sand Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover,Pheasant-tailed Jacana, BW Stilt, Pied Avocet, Far-Eastern Curlew, WHIM,Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Greenshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common and SpottedRedshank, Common Sandpiper, WOSA, GRSA, COSN, Greater Painted Snipe, DUNL, SAND,Long-toed Stint, and Red-necked Stint. I did little owling and found no owls, but saw aSavannah Nightjar while lost on a rice paddy road. Mammals were scarce: Formosan Rock Macaques, treesquirrels of some sort, and one bat. ?Okay, I will wrap this up by thanking all of theTweeters who wrote with Taiwan ideas. If the above message is hard to follow orboring, I will play my excuse card...I came down with Covid-19 shortly aftergetting home, and am still blundering about in a state of febrile idiocy. ? Yours truly, ? Gary Bletsch ? ? ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We were joined by several other new birders. She, along with Will Osborn taught us to locate, identify and appreciate the many birds in the park. We became friends and over the years shared many birding adventures, frequently in the Skagit. I know that up until the last few years she volunteered at many birding events and took many classes. So I imagine she is well known. Sarah Bowers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Chase.Gunnell at dfw.wa.gov Fri Dec 15 13:00:57 2023 From: Chase.Gunnell at dfw.wa.gov (Gunnell, Chase (DFW)) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit Wildlife Area Headquarters Unit / Wiley Slough to remain closed Message-ID: Please be advised that Skagit Wildlife Area Headquarters Unit / Wiley Slough will remain closed until later in 2024: https://wdfw.wa.gov/newsroom/wdfw-statement/skagit-wildlife-area-headquarters-unit-remain-closed-public WDFW STATEMENT Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Dec. 15, 2023 Skagit Wildlife Area Headquarters Unit to remain closed to public Following heavy rains and flooding last week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has determined that the Skagit Wildlife Area Headquarters Unit near Conway will remain closed to public access until further notice due to safety concerns. Walk-in access is prohibited. WDFW hopes to reopen the Skagit Headquarters Unit to the public later in 2024 once critical public safety and habitat protection work is complete. The area?also known as Wiley Slough?is popular for water access, waterfowl hunting, and bird watching and has been closed for construction since spring 2023. The construction project includes elevating dikes to improve protection of neighboring lands from flooding, renovating the boat launch on Freshwater Slough, and installing an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-accessible loading ramp. Habitat restoration planting is also underway. The project is not complete, hazards remain on the construction site, and recent rainfall and high water in the South Fork Skagit River have increased concerns about erosion and damage to soft surfaces including dike trails, a temporary flood barrier, parking areas, the boat launch, and staged construction materials. Use of heavy machinery and other active construction work will resume in spring and may continue through early fall. Area users are encouraged to recreate on other nearby WDFW-managed lands, including the Fir Island Farm Reserve Unit (no dogs allowed), North Fork Access Area (at the end of Rawlins Road on Fir Island), Leque Island Unit, and Samish Unit. Directions to these and other areas can be found at: wdfw.wa.gov/places-to-go/wildlife-areas. Watercraft launched from other areas may access the adjacent Skagit Estuary and Island wildlife area units as well as intertidal waters and public tidelands on the Skagit Headquarters Unit, but may not land or disembark on, anchor or affix watercraft to dikes, the temporary flood barrier, or other lands or features above the high tide line on this unit. Since 2016, multiple high-water events have overtopped dikes in the area, resulting in temporary inundation of public and private property. This construction project will raise and widen the dikes in accordance with Army Corps of Engineers standards. More information is available on this webpage. The Skagit Headquarters Unit was acquired by WDFW in the 1950's to provide agricultural enhancements for wintering waterfowl and increased hunting opportunity. With the Endangered Species Act listing of many salmon species including Puget Sound Chinook, habitat management has since shifted to restore estuary habitat while continuing to provide access for hunting and wildlife watching. WDFW manages more than a million acres of land and hundreds of water access areas throughout the state. By actively managing lands, restoring habitats, and preserving wild places, the Department serves as stewards for Washington?s natural places, protecting the state?s land and water for its human and wildlife populations. 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MuulUrban Conservation & Wildlife Biologist/Specialist - Response and RescueWildlife Field Biologist IV Marbled murrelet forest certified and USFWS marine certified Birds ConnectNeighborhood Bird Project Site Leader, Lincoln Park Climate Watch Coordinator, West Seattle Animal Care Specialist/Animal & Off the Grid First Aid Certified * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.heiberg at gmail.com Fri Dec 15 19:41:45 2023 From: hank.heiberg at gmail.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] OT: Mountain Goat on Mt. Si In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Today we gave our daughter and grandson a tour of the upper Snoqualmie Valley. We were fortunate and saw a Mountain Goat on Mt. Si from the place where we sometimes see one. Here is a video. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53399657997/in/dateposted/ So if you are birding in the North Bend/Snoqualmie area and also want to look for a Mountain Goat, park on the very wide shoulder of SE 92nd Street where it intersects 436th Ave SE. You might find some birds along 92nd Street also. Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Sat Dec 16 09:23:06 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird ID Help Requested In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20231216092306.Horde.Y4Jv5vYDsrfnckgMI9OgcfZ@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, I'm having trouble with the ID for the "sandpiper" that is in this picture. I think it is either a Baird's or a Solitary - but am open to other suggestions. This bird was seen last week along the Rio Ameca in Jalisco, Mexico (Puerto Vallarta area). https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/Best-of-the-Best/n-Z9wm3x/Best-of-the-Best/i-NPbd439/A ... thanks for your help. - Jim From dennispaulson at comcast.net Sat Dec 16 09:28:39 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird ID Help Requested In-Reply-To: <20231216092306.Horde.Y4Jv5vYDsrfnckgMI9OgcfZ@webmail.jimbetz.com> References: <20231216092306.Horde.Y4Jv5vYDsrfnckgMI9OgcfZ@webmail.jimbetz.com> Message-ID: Hi Jim, It?s a Spotted in nonbreeding plumage. Nice photo! Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 16, 2023, at 9:23 AM, jimbetz@jimbetz.com wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having trouble with the ID for the "sandpiper" that is in this picture. > I think it is either a Baird's or a Solitary - but am open to other > suggestions. > This bird was seen last week along the Rio Ameca in Jalisco, Mexico (Puerto > Vallarta area). > > https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/Best-of-the-Best/n-Z9wm3x/Best-of-the-Best/i-NPbd439/A > > ... thanks for your help. - Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From zoramon at mac.com Sat Dec 16 09:32:15 2023 From: zoramon at mac.com (Zora Monster) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird ID Help Requested In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55E94FE8-D6BC-4B52-AA7D-86E7B4C56515@mac.com> Jim, The bird looks like a spotted sandpiper. I wouldn?t expect to find a solitary on the beach. Was it constantly bobbing? Zora Dermer Seattle Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2023, at 9:29?AM, Dennis Paulson wrote: > > ?Hi Jim, > > It?s a Spotted in nonbreeding plumage. Nice photo! > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > >> On Dec 16, 2023, at 9:23 AM, jimbetz@jimbetz.com wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm having trouble with the ID for the "sandpiper" that is in this picture. >> I think it is either a Baird's or a Solitary - but am open to other >> suggestions. >> This bird was seen last week along the Rio Ameca in Jalisco, Mexico (Puerto >> Vallarta area). >> >> https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/Best-of-the-Best/n-Z9wm3x/Best-of-the-Best/i-NPbd439/A >> >> ... thanks for your help. - Jim >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From pdickins at gmail.com Sat Dec 16 10:07:23 2023 From: pdickins at gmail.com (Philip Dickinson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird ID Help Requested In-Reply-To: <55E94FE8-D6BC-4B52-AA7D-86E7B4C56515@mac.com> References: <55E94FE8-D6BC-4B52-AA7D-86E7B4C56515@mac.com> Message-ID: Looks like Spotted to me, with that white shoulder slash Phil Dickinson Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2023, at 10:32?AM, Zora Monster wrote: > > ?Jim, > > The bird looks like a spotted sandpiper. I wouldn?t expect to find a solitary on the beach. Was it constantly bobbing? > > Zora Dermer > Seattle > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 16, 2023, at 9:29?AM, Dennis Paulson wrote: >> >> ?Hi Jim, >> >> It?s a Spotted in nonbreeding plumage. Nice photo! >> >> Dennis Paulson >> Seattle >> >>>> On Dec 16, 2023, at 9:23 AM, jimbetz@jimbetz.com wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm having trouble with the ID for the "sandpiper" that is in this picture. >>> I think it is either a Baird's or a Solitary - but am open to other >>> suggestions. >>> This bird was seen last week along the Rio Ameca in Jalisco, Mexico (Puerto >>> Vallarta area). >>> >>> https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/Best-of-the-Best/n-Z9wm3x/Best-of-the-Best/i-NPbd439/A >>> >>> ... thanks for your help. - Jim >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tweeters mailing list >>> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Sat Dec 16 10:50:08 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Bird ID Help Requested - settled In-Reply-To: <20231216092306.Horde.Y4Jv5vYDsrfnckgMI9OgcfZ@webmail.jimbetz.com> References: <20231216092306.Horde.Y4Jv5vYDsrfnckgMI9OgcfZ@webmail.jimbetz.com> Message-ID: <20231216105008.Horde.ldQG8apgJMrRZicrqMbIdJE@webmail.jimbetz.com> Thanks to the several of you who replied, It is, in fact, a Spotted Sandpiper. I was fooled/didn't know about the fact that they don't have spots when in non-breeding. Someone asked "was it bobbing?" and I don't know. I was focused on getting a photo of the Black-Necked Stilt and didn't really think about "that other bird in the frame". That picture was taken from a boat on the Rio Ameca that was moving downstream and under power ... so it was "grab the photo when you can" ... ! - thanks again, Jim Quoting jimbetz@jimbetz.com: > Hi, > > I'm having trouble with the ID for the "sandpiper" that is in this picture. > I think it is either a Baird's or a Solitary - but am open to other > suggestions. > This bird was seen last week along the Rio Ameca in Jalisco, Mexico (Puerto > Vallarta area). > > > https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/Best-of-the-Best/n-Z9wm3x/Best-of-the-Best/i-NPbd439/A > > ... thanks for your help. - Jim From RexTak at msn.com Sat Dec 16 15:07:24 2023 From: RexTak at msn.com (Rex Takasugi) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Goldeneye and Harlequin at Seahurst Park In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Joyce and I went to Saltwater State Park today (mid-day Saturday, near Des Moines) and saw 6 Harlequin Ducks (3 males and 3 females) up close next to shore. They later perched up on a floating log for good views. Don't know if they were the same ones Tom saw at Seahurst Park or not. Good birding! Rex S. Takasugi Kent, WA USA -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Tom Benedict Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 3:15 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Goldeneye and Harlequin at Seahurst Park A small flock of 25 or so Common Goldeneyes (+ a single pair of Barrow's) can be found at the north end of Seahurst Park in Burien. Loosely associated with them are about 10 Harlequin Ducks, 3 male and 7 female. These are regulars in this location and can be seen here throughout the winter. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From marvbreece at q.com Sat Dec 16 16:54:38 2023 From: marvbreece at q.com (MARVIN BREECE) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fw: M St Red-tails Message-ID: Today (12.16.23) there was a Dark Morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk at M Street in Auburn. https://flic.kr/p/2pmZQ6A Marv BreeceTukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com On Thu, 14 Dec, 2023 at 6:06 AM, me wrote: To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Cc: marvbreece@q.com Yesterday (12.13.23) among the many Red-tailed Hawks at M Street in Auburn were a LIGHT MORPH HARLAN'S RED-TAILED HAWK and a NORTHERN RED-TAILED HAWK. I first saw the Harlan's at this location on Dec 10 and the Northern on Nov 18. The Northern Red-tailed Hawk is a proposed split from Eastern Red-tailed Hawk. Videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN One 12.10.23 video shows the Northern displacing the Harlan's from its perch. A Western is also in the video. There is also a variety of our WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK, both juvenile and adult, no 2 looking alike. One often seen adult is quite pale for a Western. Do not drive beyond the gate, even if it is unlocked. It is usually locked and you may get locked in. M Street is off of NW 15th St (not SW 15th St) between Emerald Downs and Hwy 167 in Auburn. Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com Sun Dec 17 06:35:49 2023 From: rogermoyer1 at hotmail.com (Roger Moyer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Christmas Bird Counts Message-ID: Does anyone have a comprehensive list of the Washimgton CBCs for this year. If so would tou please forward me a copy. 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I would enjoy your thoughts. > Maybe this is just one of those haunting birds that gets away. > Thanks Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 17 09:40:02 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] NPR: Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Sun Dec 17 10:06:05 2023 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Female duck id help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <89612976-3173-499F-BD2F-22CBDFCF2521@me.com> All things considered except local abundance Larry suggests Tufted Duck. Larry Schwitters Issaquah > On Dec 17, 2023, at 8:52 AM, Bill Hubbard wrote: > > I am troubled by this individual female or juvenile diving duck that does not quite fit. I added it to INaturalist > http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193909811 > to get comments and a conclusion on what specific species it is, but so far we are stumped. Characteristic to consider are ruffed flat topped head, brown eye color, lack of gray modeling on sides, dark back and lighter brown sides, bill shape and color. I would enjoy your thoughts. Maybe this is just one of those haunting birds that gets away. > Thanks Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scottratkinson at hotmail.com Sun Dec 17 19:52:21 2023 From: scottratkinson at hotmail.com (Scott Atkinson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Everett-Marysville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) January 1, 2024: seeking trip leads Message-ID: The Everett-Marysville CBC, to be held two weeks from tomorrow (New Year's Day) seeks a couple territory leads for two dynamite territories. The AREA 14 boat party leaves north Everett at first light, dropping off one party at Jetty Island before heading to Hat Island. This open-water coverage is key for the CBC finding a range of open-water species, e.g., loons, grebes, cormorants, scoters, alcids, the less-common gulls and more. Coverage of Hat Island itself follows after the passage across open salt water. We've only had on-foot coverage of the island for a few years and are still learning the details of the island's winter birdlife. The south and southwest flanks of the island appear to have great potential for less-common terrestrial species. Last year, we had two experienced leads that split the island coverage. The local community has been, to say the least, extremely enthusiastic about the visiting birders, and have offered varied hospitality in the past (including a little golf clubhouse to eat lunch), some of them also joined the visitors in conducting the CBC. Then, for the more adventuresome, we have the NSSKA (a kayaking association) returning again with at least three kayakers to accompany us from Marysville's waterfront down Ebey & Steamboat sloughs, to north Ebey Island. Previous kayaking experience is certainly helpful but not required; the kayakers have loaned us the necessary gear in the past as well. This area has an amazingly remote feel to it, and kayaking offers the great opportunity for stealth approaches, and in fact is the only good way to cover places like remote Otter Island. Like Hat Island, we don't have all the details on the birds back in there. Wetland species like raptors, ducks, rails, and Marsh Wren are plentiful here, and the potential for rarities (herons other than Great Blue) are evident. Like Hat, this is a dawn-to-dusk adventure. If interested, please write me back with indication of level of experience. This will be first-come, first-served, so please let me know soonest if you are interested. Scott Atkinson, Compiler (scottratkinson@hotmail.com) Everett-Marysville CBC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennjarstad at gmail.com Sun Dec 17 21:23:52 2023 From: jennjarstad at gmail.com (Jenn Jarstad) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sad response regarding dead owl In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If too large to post due to my photo attachment, please submit this one instead: I was saddened this morning to observe a dead owl (quite possibly a Great Horned) whose wing had been entangled in fishing line hanging from a tree over Greenlake. I took a photo and sent it to Find it Fix it to have the hanging carcass removed and to have the fishing line removed from the tree so other birds would not become entwined as well. The response I got was to bag the owl myself, since I guessed it to be under 25 lbs. I was unable to reach it as it was hanging out over the water, roughly 25 feet from shore, so I wrote them again explaining that, and posted another photo, and received a 2nd email that suggested I wait 7-10 business days for a response. I hope someone was able to remove that poor owl. So heartbreaking to see the remains of such a beautiful bird and imagine how awful those last few moments of life must have been. Jennifer Jarstad Seattle, WA On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:21?PM Jenn Jarstad wrote: > I was saddened this morning to observe a dead owl (quite possibly a Great > Horned) whose wing had been entangled in fishing line hanging from a tree > over Greenlake. I took a photo and sent it to Find it Fix it to have the > hanging carcass removed and to have the fishing line removed from the tree > so other birds would not become entwined as well. The response I got was to > bag the owl myself, since I guessed it to be under 25 lbs. I was unable to > reach it as it was hanging out over the water, roughly 25 feet from shore, > so I wrote them again explaining that, and posted another photo, and > received a 2nd email that suggested I wait 7-10 business days for a > response. I hope someone was able to remove that poor owl. So heartbreaking > to see the remains of such a beautiful bird and imagine how awful those > last few moments of life must have been. > > Jennifer Jarstad > Seattle, WA > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From darcyrbarry at gmail.com Sun Dec 17 21:43:31 2023 From: darcyrbarry at gmail.com (Darcy Barry) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sad response regarding dead owl In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Jennifer, I participated in the Christmas Bird Count at Green Lake with leader Tiffany Linbo today. We also saw the deceased Barred Owl caught in the fishing line. One of the CBC participants reported the owl. I don't recall which organization they notified or the outcome. Thank you for also reporting this and attempting to remove the line and owl. Darcy On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:24?PM Jenn Jarstad wrote: > If too large to post due to my photo attachment, please submit this one > instead: > > I was saddened this morning to observe a dead owl (quite possibly a Great > Horned) whose wing had been entangled in fishing line hanging from a tree > over Greenlake. I took a photo and sent it to Find it Fix it to have the > hanging carcass removed and to have the fishing line removed from the tree > so other birds would not become entwined as well. The response I got was to > bag the owl myself, since I guessed it to be under 25 lbs. I was unable to > reach it as it was hanging out over the water, roughly 25 feet from shore, > so I wrote them again explaining that, and posted another photo, and > received a 2nd email that suggested I wait 7-10 business days for a > response. I hope someone was able to remove that poor owl. So heartbreaking > to see the remains of such a beautiful bird and imagine how awful those > last few moments of life must have been. > > Jennifer Jarstad > Seattle, WA > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:21?PM Jenn Jarstad > wrote: > >> I was saddened this morning to observe a dead owl (quite possibly a Great >> Horned) whose wing had been entangled in fishing line hanging from a tree >> over Greenlake. I took a photo and sent it to Find it Fix it to have the >> hanging carcass removed and to have the fishing line removed from the tree >> so other birds would not become entwined as well. The response I got was to >> bag the owl myself, since I guessed it to be under 25 lbs. I was unable to >> reach it as it was hanging out over the water, roughly 25 feet from shore, >> so I wrote them again explaining that, and posted another photo, and >> received a 2nd email that suggested I wait 7-10 business days for a >> response. I hope someone was able to remove that poor owl. So heartbreaking >> to see the remains of such a beautiful bird and imagine how awful those >> last few moments of life must have been. >> >> Jennifer Jarstad >> Seattle, WA >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennjarstad at gmail.com Mon Dec 18 00:13:03 2023 From: jennjarstad at gmail.com (Jenn Jarstad) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sad response regarding dead owl In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks so much for letting me know. My husband thought it was a Great Horned Owl. I wasn't at all sure, but it was very sad to see. Thank you for responding to me. It means a lot to me. jenn On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:44?PM Darcy Barry wrote: > Dear Jennifer, > > I participated in the Christmas Bird Count at Green Lake with leader > Tiffany Linbo today. We also saw the deceased Barred Owl caught in the > fishing line. One of the CBC participants reported the owl. I don't recall > which organization they notified or the outcome. Thank you for also > reporting this and attempting to remove the line and owl. > > Darcy > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:24?PM Jenn Jarstad > wrote: > >> If too large to post due to my photo attachment, please submit this one >> instead: >> >> I was saddened this morning to observe a dead owl (quite possibly a Great >> Horned) whose wing had been entangled in fishing line hanging from a tree >> over Greenlake. I took a photo and sent it to Find it Fix it to have the >> hanging carcass removed and to have the fishing line removed from the tree >> so other birds would not become entwined as well. The response I got was to >> bag the owl myself, since I guessed it to be under 25 lbs. I was unable to >> reach it as it was hanging out over the water, roughly 25 feet from shore, >> so I wrote them again explaining that, and posted another photo, and >> received a 2nd email that suggested I wait 7-10 business days for a >> response. I hope someone was able to remove that poor owl. So heartbreaking >> to see the remains of such a beautiful bird and imagine how awful those >> last few moments of life must have been. >> >> Jennifer Jarstad >> Seattle, WA >> >> On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:21?PM Jenn Jarstad >> wrote: >> >>> I was saddened this morning to observe a dead owl (quite possibly a >>> Great Horned) whose wing had been entangled in fishing line hanging from a >>> tree over Greenlake. I took a photo and sent it to Find it Fix it to have >>> the hanging carcass removed and to have the fishing line removed from the >>> tree so other birds would not become entwined as well. The response I got >>> was to bag the owl myself, since I guessed it to be under 25 lbs. I was >>> unable to reach it as it was hanging out over the water, roughly 25 feet >>> from shore, so I wrote them again explaining that, and posted another >>> photo, and received a 2nd email that suggested I wait 7-10 business days >>> for a response. I hope someone was able to remove that poor owl. So >>> heartbreaking to see the remains of such a beautiful bird and imagine how >>> awful those last few moments of life must have been. >>> >>> Jennifer Jarstad >>> Seattle, WA >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here's the link to my eBird checklist. eBird Checklist - 18 Dec 2023 - Barcelona Harbor - 12 species (+1 other taxa) I'd love to hear from any gull aficionados as to their best ideas on ID. I have some ideas of my own, but would love to hear what others think. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marvbreece at q.com Mon Dec 18 16:26:58 2023 From: marvbreece at q.com (MARVIN BREECE) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fw: M St Red-tails Message-ID: The RED-TAILED HAWK subspecies bonanza continues at M Street in Auburn. In the past three days combined, including today, I have seen Western, Eastern, Northern, Light Harlan's and Dark Harlan's. I would not have thought this possible. Today I again saw the Light Morph Harlan's and the Northern. Marv BreeceTukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com On Sat, 16 Dec, 2023 at 4:54 PM, me wrote: To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Today (12.16.23) there was a Dark Morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk at M Street in Auburn. https://flic.kr/p/2pmZQ6A Marv BreeceTukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com On Thu, 14 Dec, 2023 at 6:06 AM, me > wrote: To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Cc: marvbreece@q.com Yesterday (12.13.23) among the many Red-tailed Hawks at M Street in Auburn were a LIGHT MORPH HARLAN'S RED-TAILED HAWK and a NORTHERN RED-TAILED HAWK. I first saw the Harlan's at this location on Dec 10 and the Northern on Nov 18. The Northern Red-tailed Hawk is a proposed split from Eastern Red-tailed Hawk. Videos: https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN One 12.10.23 video shows the Northern displacing the Harlan's from its perch. A Western is also in the video. There is also a variety of our WESTERN RED-TAILED HAWK, both juvenile and adult, no 2 looking alike. One often seen adult is quite pale for a Western. Do not drive beyond the gate, even if it is unlocked. It is usually locked and you may get locked in. M Street is off of NW 15th St (not SW 15th St) between Emerald Downs and Hwy 167 in Auburn. Marv Breece Tukwila, WA marvbreece@q.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Mon Dec 18 17:27:03 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Dan Reiff - please read In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20231218172703.Horde.pPNeMCQ9HprmAtcu2HQEC4Z@webmail.jimbetz.com> Dan, I, and I suspect others, use a "text only" email client. Your posts often/qo2qyw have no useful way for me to get to the info you are posting about. Please consider changing the way you post so that we can all see the content rather than just the title. Thanks. If you need more info please feel free to contact me directly ("off list"). - Jim Quoting tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu: > Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to > tweeters@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Everett-Marysville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) January 1, > 2024: seeking trip leads (Scott Atkinson) > 2. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Jenn Jarstad) > 3. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Darcy Barry) > 4. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Jenn Jarstad) > 5. POPULAR SCIENCE: New Zealand?s quest to save its rotund, > flightless parrots (Dan Reiff) From birdbooker at zipcon.net Mon Dec 18 19:14:53 2023 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Introducing Ornithbibliophila: Retroreview Message-ID: <30a48027-b78-ac93-ecc5-2c3f94f787e3@zipcon.net> HI ALL: I have decided to archive my Facebook posts about historical bird books in a new feature at my "The Birdbooker Report" blog, listed in the Pages section, called "Ornithbibliophilia: Retroreview" (c). The (c) is my version of the copyright symbol. The direct link is here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/p/ornithbibliophilia-retroreview-c.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Mon Dec 18 20:28:51 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Dan Reiff - please read In-Reply-To: <20231218172703.Horde.pPNeMCQ9HprmAtcu2HQEC4Z@webmail.jimbetz.com> References: <20231218172703.Horde.pPNeMCQ9HprmAtcu2HQEC4Z@webmail.jimbetz.com> Message-ID: Hello Jim, Thank you for asking. Try copying the title of the article and pasting it into Google or other. This is what I do when I receive a link I can?t open and it usually works. Also, I will sometimes send an article From Apple News. If you do not have an Apple phone, try the same as above. Dan Reiff Mercer Island Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2023, at 5:27?PM, jimbetz@jimbetz.com wrote: > > ?Dan, > > I, and I suspect others, use a "text only" email client. Your posts > often/qo2qyw have no useful way for me to get to the info you are posting > about. > Please consider changing the way you post so that we can all see the > content rather than just the title. Thanks. If you need more info > please feel free to contact me directly ("off list"). > - Jim > Quoting tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu: > >> Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to >> tweeters@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Everett-Marysville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) January 1, >> 2024: seeking trip leads (Scott Atkinson) >> 2. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Jenn Jarstad) >> 3. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Darcy Barry) >> 4. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Jenn Jarstad) >> 5. POPULAR SCIENCE: New Zealand?s quest to save its rotund, >> flightless parrots (Dan Reiff) > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From alanroedell at gmail.com Mon Dec 18 23:23:04 2023 From: alanroedell at gmail.com (Alan Roedell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Dan Reiff - please read In-Reply-To: References: <20231218172703.Horde.pPNeMCQ9HprmAtcu2HQEC4Z@webmail.jimbetz.com> Message-ID: Hi All , I get your posts and the publications you are referencing. They are all interesting. Thanks, Alan Roedell, Seattle On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 8:29 PM Dan Reiff wrote: > Hello Jim, > Thank you for asking. > Try copying the title of the article and pasting it into Google or other. > This is what I do when I receive a link I can?t open and it usually works. > Also, I will sometimes send an article > From Apple News. If you do not have an Apple phone, try the same as above. > Dan Reiff > Mercer Island > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 18, 2023, at 5:27?PM, jimbetz@jimbetz.com wrote: > > > > ?Dan, > > > > I, and I suspect others, use a "text only" email client. Your posts > > often/qo2qyw have no useful way for me to get to the info you are posting > > about. > > Please consider changing the way you post so that we can all see the > > content rather than just the title. Thanks. If you need more info > > please feel free to contact me directly ("off list"). > > - Jim > > Quoting tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu: > > > >> Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to > >> tweeters@u.washington.edu > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Everett-Marysville Christmas Bird Count (CBC) January 1, > >> 2024: seeking trip leads (Scott Atkinson) > >> 2. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Jenn Jarstad) > >> 3. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Darcy Barry) > >> 4. Re: Sad response regarding dead owl (Jenn Jarstad) > >> 5. POPULAR SCIENCE: New Zealand?s quest to save its rotund, > >> flightless parrots (Dan Reiff) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From robfaucett at mac.com Tue Dec 19 04:51:21 2023 From: robfaucett at mac.com (Rob Faucett) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Dan Reiff - please read In-Reply-To: <20231218172703.Horde.pPNeMCQ9HprmAtcu2HQEC4Z@webmail.jimbetz.com> References: <20231218172703.Horde.pPNeMCQ9HprmAtcu2HQEC4Z@webmail.jimbetz.com> Message-ID: <573D1470-DFFE-4439-B361-AF5B8395F78B@mac.com> Hi Jim (and all) - This is aways interested me. How about COPY -> PASTE (in browser window) -> Read away! Easier than Jim changinf hisincredibly efficient and concise methods. Anhe doesn?t have to change (mostimptly)/ This is a wonderful place thanks to all! BIRD ON! And best for the holidays! Rob -- Rob Faucett 206-619-5569 Seattle, WA > On Dec 18, 2023, at 5:27?PM, jimbetz@jimbetz.com wrote: > > Dan, > > I, and I suspect others, use a "text only" email client. Your posts > often/qo2qyw have no useful way for me to get to the info you are posting > about. > Please consider changing the way you post so that we can all see the > content rather than just the title. Thanks. If you need more info > please feel free to contact me directly ("off list"). > - Jim > Quoting tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu: > >> Send Tweeters mailing list submissions to >> tweeters@u.washington.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> tweeters-owner@mailman11.u.washington.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Tweeters digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. 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URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 11:06:53 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark Message-ID: Tweeters, During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see several crows flying above the field And within the stadium during the latter part of the game. It?s the first time I?ve seen crows being active well after dark. I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were flying from the left to the right within the stadium. Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods. Dan Reiff Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 11:07:52 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark Message-ID: <6FE83863-3247-4A34-96E7-AE380F8DF3A7@gmail.com> ?Tweeters, During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see several crows flying above the field and within the stadium, during the latter part of the game. It?s the first time I?ve seen crows being active well after dark. I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were flying from the left to the right within the stadium. Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods. Dan Reiff Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone From daupperlee at comcast.net Tue Dec 19 12:22:35 2023 From: daupperlee at comcast.net (daupperlee@comcast.net) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004601da32b9$1b4116c0$51c34440$@comcast.net> It's possible that they were the Baltimore Ravens scouting the game. -----Original Message----- From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Dan Reiff Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:07 AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark Tweeters, During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see several crows flying above the field And within the stadium during the latter part of the game. It?s the first time I?ve seen crows being active well after dark. I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were flying from the left to the right within the stadium. Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods. Dan Reiff Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 14:09:24 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark In-Reply-To: <004601da32b9$1b4116c0$51c34440$@comcast.net> References: <004601da32b9$1b4116c0$51c34440$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Hmmm? I recorded the game. I will check to see if they have wedge shaped tails. Dan Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 19, 2023, at 12:22?PM, daupperlee@comcast.net wrote: > > ?It's possible that they were the Baltimore Ravens scouting the game. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Dan Reiff > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:07 AM > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark > > Tweeters, > During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see several crows flying above the field And within the stadium during the latter part of the game. > It?s the first time I?ve seen crows being active well after dark. > I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were flying from the left to the right within the stadium. > Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods. > Dan Reiff > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > From dougsantoni at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 14:15:57 2023 From: dougsantoni at gmail.com (Doug Santoni) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ravens (the ones with the wedge-shaped tails) are actually quite uncommon in the Baltimore area, but more regular in the Maryland mountains a couple of hours to the west. The football team is named for the eponymous raven in the Edgar Allan Poe story. Poe lived in Baltimore for a while. Doug Santoni DougSantoni@gmail.com > On Dec 19, 2023, at 2:09 PM, Dan Reiff wrote: > > ?Hmmm? > I recorded the game. I will check to see if they have wedge shaped tails. > Dan > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 19, 2023, at 12:22?PM, daupperlee@comcast.net wrote: >> >> ?It's possible that they were the Baltimore Ravens scouting the game. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Dan Reiff >> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:07 AM >> To: Tweeters >> Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark >> >> Tweeters, >> During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see several crows flying above the field And within the stadium during the latter part of the game. >> It?s the first time I?ve seen crows being active well after dark. >> I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were flying from the left to the right within the stadium. >> Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods. >> Dan Reiff >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From coheberlein at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 17:59:39 2023 From: coheberlein at gmail.com (Carolyn Heberlein) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vivian Gross Message-ID: Vivian was also very active in the Washington Butterfly Association in its early days - 1999 to 2003. She planned the first weekend conferences for WBA. 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When you turn into the course entrance, take an immediate left onto the road to the driving range - that's where we meet. Also, to remind folks that haven't been here before, you don't need any ID to attend these birdwalks. Hope you're able to make it! May all your birds be identified, Denis Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From max.kingsbury at gmail.com Tue Dec 19 20:07:50 2023 From: max.kingsbury at gmail.com (Max Kingsbury) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was surprised by bird silhouettes at the end of the broadcast, but I had assumed they were the notorious "field gulls " that like to pick over the leavings after the crowd heads home. -Max On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 2:16?PM Doug Santoni wrote: > Ravens (the ones with the wedge-shaped tails) are actually quite uncommon > in the Baltimore area, but more regular in the Maryland mountains a couple > of hours to the west. The football team is named for the eponymous raven > in the Edgar Allan Poe story. Poe lived in Baltimore for a while. > > Doug Santoni > DougSantoni@gmail.com > > > On Dec 19, 2023, at 2:09 PM, Dan Reiff wrote: > > > > ?Hmmm? > > I recorded the game. I will check to see if they have wedge shaped tails. > > Dan > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Dec 19, 2023, at 12:22?PM, daupperlee@comcast.net wrote: > >> > >> ?It's possible that they were the Baltimore Ravens scouting the game. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Tweeters On Behalf > Of Dan Reiff > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:07 AM > >> To: Tweeters > >> Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the > Seahawks game last night, well after dark > >> > >> Tweeters, > >> During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see > several crows flying above the field And within the stadium during the > latter part of the game. > >> It?s the first time I?ve seen crows being active well after dark. > >> I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three > second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were > flying from the left to the right within the stadium. > >> Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be > active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of > large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods. > >> Dan Reiff > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tweeters mailing list > >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu > >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From daupperlee at comcast.net Wed Dec 20 07:32:09 2023 From: daupperlee at comcast.net (daupperlee@comcast.net) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <010201da3359$b35837e0$1a08a7a0$@comcast.net> Alas, nevermore. Actually, the first raven I ever saw was when I was a teenager hiking in Shenandoah National Park just a few hours south of western Maryland. Oh how fun it is that birds factor into some many areas of our life. 5 NFL teams have bird names for mascots. Don Aupperlee -----Original Message----- From: Doug Santoni Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 2:16 PM To: Dan Reiff Cc: daupperlee@comcast.net; Tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark Ravens (the ones with the wedge-shaped tails) are actually quite uncommon in the Baltimore area, but more regular in the Maryland mountains a couple of hours to the west. The football team is named for the eponymous raven in the Edgar Allan Poe story. Poe lived in Baltimore for a while. Doug Santoni DougSantoni@gmail.com > On Dec 19, 2023, at 2:09 PM, Dan Reiff wrote: > > ?Hmmm? > I recorded the game. I will check to see if they have wedge shaped tails. > Dan > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 19, 2023, at 12:22?PM, daupperlee@comcast.net wrote: >> >> ?It's possible that they were the Baltimore Ravens scouting the game. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tweeters On Behalf Of Dan Reiff >> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:07 AM >> To: Tweeters >> Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark >> >> Tweeters, >> During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see several crows flying above the field And within the stadium during the latter part of the game. >> It?s the first time I?ve seen crows being active well after dark. >> I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were flying from the left to the right within the stadium. >> Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods. >> Dan Reiff >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters >> > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dennispaulson at comcast.net Wed Dec 20 07:36:53 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Taiwan birding guide Message-ID: <38C49D89-643B-4540-AC0A-3E9CC35D1080@comcast.net> Hello tweets, Two acquaintances from the University of Puget Sound are going on some sort of faculty trip to Taiwan in January and asked me if I knew of anyone who could take them out birding for a day. Does anyone know any birding guides in Taiwan? Thanks! Dennis Paulson Seattle From oberle at mindspring.com Wed Dec 20 13:13:35 2023 From: oberle at mindspring.com (Mark Oberle) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Taiwan birding guide Message-ID: I spent a very nice day birding near Taipei 10 years ago with a professor, B. Walther, bawalther2009@gmail (mailto:bawalther2009@gmail) Not sure if he is still there Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 07:36:53 -0800 From: Dennis Paulson To: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Taiwan birding guide Hello tweets, Two acquaintances from the University of Puget Sound are going on some sort of faculty trip to Taiwan in January and asked me if I knew of anyone who could take them out birding for a day.Does anyone know any birding guides in Taiwan?Thanks! Dennis Paulson Seattle Mark Oberle Port Orchard, WA oberle@mindspring.com www.puertoricobirds.com From loblollyboy at gmail.com Wed Dec 20 13:21:27 2023 From: loblollyboy at gmail.com (Michael Price) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Night Bird Activity (was: Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark) Message-ID: Hi tweets Back in the 70s and even into the 80s, downtown Vancouver BC rolled the sidewalks up at 9pm. There were one or two 24hr joints and the clubs but that was pretty much it. Think 28 Days Later. No birds except for the odd Barn Owl or Common Nighthawk briefly heard or seen above the street lights. Fast forward to the late 90s, when I had a long commute that began at 5am and had me going downtown to catch a train, a downtown which was now teeming with people (the 24Hour City had arrived in the late 80s), crows, GW gulls, and Rock Pigeons all strolling around though sun-up's still hours away. What triggered this change I don't know. My crank theory is that more people meant more food for the birds and they're simply taking advantage. ps ? one 5am downtown bird experience I gotta pass on: it was week 1 October, and I had to walk several blocks from the bus stop to the station. There'd been a cold snap up north. Overnight, a massive wave of southbound Pacific Wrens had arrived and every available piece of shrubbery had a wren or two in it, furiously snapping away like agitated castanets at the many incurious commuters passing by their many roosts. Simultaneously amazing and amusing. best, m -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Walther, bawalther2009@gmail (mailto:bawalther2009@gmail) > Not sure if he is still there > > Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 07:36:53 -0800 > From: Dennis Paulson > To: TWEETERS tweeters )> > Subject: [Tweeters] Taiwan birding guide > Hello tweets, > Two acquaintances from the University of Puget Sound are going on some > sort of faculty trip to Taiwan in January and asked me if I knew of anyone > who could take them out birding for a day.Does anyone know any birding > guides in Taiwan?Thanks! > Dennis Paulson Seattle > > Mark Oberle > Port Orchard, WA > oberle@mindspring.com > www.puertoricobirds.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Highlights included a -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Dec 20, 2023 7:37 AM - 4:07 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.19 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Foggy with temperatures in the 30?s to 50?s. A High 14?1? Tide at 11:48am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal. 67 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 1000 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 6 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Northern Shoveler 100 Gadwall 30 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Shannon Slough American Wigeon 600 Mallard 300 Northern Pintail 200 Green-winged Teal 1500 Ring-necked Duck 3 Visitor Center. Surf Scoter 10 Black Scoter 1 Continuing rarity seen from the McAllister Creek Viewing Platform. Photo. Short billed diving sea duck with light cheeks. Loosely associated with Surf Scoters. Bufflehead 115 Common Goldeneye 15 Hooded Merganser 4 Surge plain Horned Grebe 2 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Orchard and West End parking lot. Virginia Rail 1 Flooded field south of Twin Barns. Spotted by Tom. American Coot 50 Long-billed Dowitcher 20 Freshwater marsh. Wilson's Snipe 3 Spotted by Miles and Jon. Flooded field south of Twin Barns and just north of the restricted old McAllister Creek Access Road. Spotted Sandpiper 1 West side of McAllister Creek Greater Yellowlegs 40 Dunlin 2000 Least Sandpiper 30 Western Sandpiper 4 Possibly more. Located one in freshwater water marsh with 2000 Dunlin. Three additional located with small group of Dunlin on strip of marsh during high tide just east of Puget Sound Observation Platform. Peep sized shorebird with white throat, shorter bill then Dunlin and lighter gray back. Short-billed Gull 50 Ring-billed Gull 50 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 4 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Red-throated Loon 3 Shannon Slough and Nisqually Reach. Double-crested Cormorant 6 Great Blue Heron 50 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Spotted by Tom along the slough adjacent to the Twin Barns. Bald Eagle 8 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Barred Owl 1 Education Center Parking Lot. Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Spotted by Whittier in small Cedar near the West Side Parking Lot from designated trail. Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Orchard. Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) 1 American Crow 250 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 11 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Brown Creeper 5 Pacific Wren 3 Marsh Wren 11 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 100 American Robin 20 House Finch 2 Purple Finch 1 Pine Siskin 20 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 4 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Aqueduct under dike. Golden-crowned Sparrow 25 Song Sparrow 27 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 New dike or Nisqually Estuary Trail. Spotted Towhee 5 Western Meadowlark 3 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Red-winged Blackbird 30 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 Spotted by Tim in Orchard. View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S156824202 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdmarymoor at frontier.com Thu Dec 21 14:50:50 2023 From: birdmarymoor at frontier.com (birdmarymoor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-12-21 References: <740435241.2452414.1703199050376.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <740435241.2452414.1703199050376@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets - Our Solstice Edition survey was beset by? F O G.? It varied between thick and thicker; at times we couldn't really see across the slough.? Otherwise it was warm and windless and quite pleasant.? It was birdy at times, but we ended with a lot of Misses. Highlights ? ? Greater White-fronted Geese - Three, first seen well below the weir in the slough ? ? Cackling Goose - Probably 2000 that flew in, with half of them landing ? ? Lesser Scaup - Pretty much the only duck visible from the Lake Platform.? First in a couple of months ? ? Anna's Hummingbird - Two males, including one singing.? First in nearly a couple of months ? ? Western Screech-Owl - One heard briefly predawn.? First since October ? ? White-throated Sparrow - Near the Dog Area portapotties American Robins and American Crows were especially numerous. Misses today included Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, Short-billed Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Cooper's Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Shrike, Steller's Jay, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, and Lincoln's Sparrow. Despite the long list of Misses, we still managed 49 species. We have one more survey in 2023.? We have been a bit unlucky this year, and our species total will be quite a bit lower than usual.? Several of our "missing" species were seen by others on days other than Thursdays, but even so, the park has been short on semi-rarities and rarities this year. = Michael Hobbs = BirdMarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From shepthorp at gmail.com Thu Dec 21 15:09:57 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr NWR 12/20/2023 second try. Message-ID: Hi Tweets, second try! Approximately 25 of us had a very cheery day at the Refuge despite the foggy conditions. Temperatures were in the 30's to 50's with a High 14'11" Tide at 11:48am. Highlights included NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL spotted by Whittier from designated trail near the west end parking lot in a small Cedar; continuing BLACK SCOTER seen from the McAllister Creek Viewing Platform; four WESTERN SANDPIPERs mixed in with upwards of 2000 DUNLIN both in the freshwater marsh and Nisqually Reach; and a very cooperative BARRED OWL near the Education Center parking lot. We also had great sightings of RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and WESTERN MEADOWLARK. See our eBird list below with details on location and embedded photos. We observed 67 species for the day, and with our First Of Year Northern Saw-whet Owl, we've seen 175 species for the year which is a new high total for our annual count. Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, happy birding and good sightings to you and your friends! Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Dec 20, 2023 7:37 AM - 4:07 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.19 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Foggy with temperatures in the 30?s to 50?s. A High 14?11? Tide at 11:48am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal. 67 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 1000 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 6 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Northern Shoveler 100 Gadwall 30 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Shannon Slough American Wigeon 600 Mallard 300 Northern Pintail 200 Green-winged Teal 1500 Ring-necked Duck 3 Visitor Center. Surf Scoter 10 Black Scoter 1 Continuing rarity seen from the McAllister Creek Viewing Platform. Photo. Short billed diving sea duck with light cheeks. Loosely associated with Surf Scoters. Bufflehead 115 Common Goldeneye 15 Hooded Merganser 4 Surge plain Horned Grebe 2 Anna's Hummingbird 2 Orchard and West End parking lot. Virginia Rail 1 Flooded field south of Twin Barns. Spotted by Tom. American Coot 50 Long-billed Dowitcher 20 Freshwater marsh. Wilson's Snipe 3 Spotted by Miles and Jon. Flooded field south of Twin Barns and just north of the restricted old McAllister Creek Access Road. Spotted Sandpiper 1 West side of McAllister Creek Greater Yellowlegs 40 Dunlin 2000 Least Sandpiper 30 Western Sandpiper 4 Possibly more. Located one in freshwater water marsh with 2000 Dunlin. Three additional located with a small group of Dunlin on a strip of marsh during high tide just east of Puget Sound Observation Platform. Peep sized shorebird with white throat, shorter bill then Dunlin and lighter gray back. Short-billed Gull 50 Ring-billed Gull 50 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 4 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Red-throated Loon 3 Shannon Slough and Nisqually Reach. Double-crested Cormorant 6 Great Blue Heron 50 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Spotted by Tom along the slough adjacent to the Twin Barns. Bald Eagle 8 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Barred Owl 1 Education Center Parking Lot. Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Spotted by Whittier in small Cedar near the West Side Parking Lot from the designated trail. Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Orchard. Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) 1 American Crow 250 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 11 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Brown Creeper 5 Pacific Wren 3 Marsh Wren 11 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 100 American Robin 20 House Finch 2 Purple Finch 1 Pine Siskin 20 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 4 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Aqueduct under dike. Golden-crowned Sparrow 25 Song Sparrow 27 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 New dike or Nisqually Estuary Trail. Spotted Towhee 5 Western Meadowlark 3 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Red-winged Blackbird 30 Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 Spotted by Tim in Orchard. View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S156824202 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Thu Dec 21 18:38:26 2023 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 12-21-2023 Message-ID: Tweeters, Although it was dense fog around the area (JBLM main base and Nisqually delta), the 14 of us had clear, but cold (41degF - 49degF) skies and OK birding. I say "OK" because it was QUIET along our walk. Two sizeable mixed-foraging flocks provided some nice sights along the way. The Mourning Dove count of 60 was interesting because they were found in the same area (Dupont housing) and nearly the same trees we found them at this time last year. We definitely had an enjoyable walk for the first day of winter and are looking forward to more daylight after today. Merry Christmas to all that made our 10th year so enjoyable! The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM except for November through February, when the start time is 9:00AM. Starting point is the Driving Range building, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. (Turn left immediately after entering the parking lot to take the road leading to the driving range building.) Upcoming walks include the following: * January 18 (start time - 9AM) * February 15 (start time - 9AM) * March 21 (start time - 8AM) >From the eBird PNW checklist: 33 species Cackling Goose 102 In three flocks Northern Shoveler 1 American Wigeon 14 Mallard 2 Ring-necked Duck 2 Bufflehead 12 Mourning Dove 60 In the Dupont housing area where we found similar numbers last year at this time. Anna's Hummingbird 7 A high count for this time of year here. Great Blue Heron 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Steller's Jay 11 California Scrub-Jay 2 American Crow 19 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 17 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet 33 Red-breasted Nuthatch 9 Brown Creeper 4 Pacific Wren 7 Varied Thrush 2 American Robin 9 Fox Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 26 Song Sparrow 3 Spotted Towhee 6 Red-winged Blackbird 2 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S156835033 May all your birds be identified, Denis Denis DeSilvis Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Fri Dec 22 09:31:26 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Port Townsend CBC final numbers Message-ID: Tweeters, Our bird numbers are in from the Port Townsend CBC -- a record 124 species, driven in part by large numbers of alcids (with record highs for COMU and ANMU). We're still waiting on one precinct for area coverage data, but we've already surpassed our high for # of participants (whoo-hoo!) and # of party hours. Here's a preliminary summary: The 46th Port Townsend Christmas Bird Count, held on December 16, 2023, was record-setting in several respects. A flat calm foggy morning turned into a flat calm sunny afternoon, making for excellent birding conditions, especially on the water. Traveling by foot, car, boat, bike, and paddleboard, we ultimately tallied 124 species. This surpasses the old record, set last year, by two. We also counted 24,659 individual birds, another record. There were 74 participants, including feeder watchers, surpassing the old record by one. Together, we put in over 140 party hours, smashing the old record of 125 set last year. We added one new species for the count in the form of two Pygmy Nuthatches. This species has been irrupting from the interior since this fall. A single bird found in October in North Beach was relocated on the count day ? and it had a friend. Two Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull hybrids, identified from the boat, were also new for the count, though probably occur regularly. Other noteworthy sightings included a Tundra Swan among the Trumpeters, 16 Eurasian Wigeon at Beausite Lake, a Western Gull from the boat, a Yellow-billed Loon in Discovery Bay, continuing Canada Jays at Gibbs Lake, a Barn Owl over the Port Townsend Golf Park, an American Dipper at the base of Discovery Bay, five Western Meadowlarks at Pt Wilson, and an Orange-crowned Warbler along the Tollefson Trail (two additional OCWA have been found in PT since the count). Record high counts were set for 17 species (plus our hybrid gull). These were: Greater Yellowlegs (23 > 10) Common Murre (2853 > 2635) Ancient Murrelet (501 > 442) Bonaparte?s Gull (273 > 239) Western x Glaucous-winged (aka ?Olympic?) Gulls (938 > 761) and the aggregate count of Olympic and Glaucous-winged combined was near a record Eurasian Collared-Dove (57 > 53) Great Horned Owl (2 > 1) Anna?s Hummingbird (171 > 130) ? this number was zero as recently as 2004 Downy Woodpecker (24 > 19) Hairy Woodpecker (22 > 19) Northern Flicker (118 > 107) American Kestrel (6 > 5) Black-capped Chickadee (259 > 254) Red-breasted Nuthatch (96 > 90) Golden-crowned Sparrow (336 > 164) Spotted Towhee (237 > 216) Western Meadowlark (5 > 4) House Finch (448 > 422) As you can see by the close margins, and factoring in our record coverage, many of these records will disappear when adjusted to birds per party hour. Nevertheless, these are robust numbers, especially for the alcids. We also counted 153 Marbled Murrelets, just off the record of 180 set in 2009. Two species tied previous high counts: Sharp-shinned Hawk (7) and American Dipper (1). There were no record low counts, but zeros for Black Scoter, Eared Grebe, Hermit Thrush, and Red Crossbill were notable misses. In addition to the 124 species, we just missed two more, Lincoln?s Sparrow and Band-tailed Pigeon. These will go down as ?count week? birds, as they were seen within three days of the count in either direction. Thanks to all the area leaders and participants! Next year we plan to return to old times and finish the day with the comradery of a potluck, replete with tall tales of adventure and birds! -- Steve Hampton Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They are average condition, no torn pages but the binding (paperback "perfect binding") is loose on 2 of them ... so they require gentle handling. I will not be taking these with me on outings. The entries I've checked, so far, are actually pretty good. There is a list on the cover of each that tells you what birds are in that book. Some of the 'interesting' groupings are "Goatsuckers", "Tyrant Flycatchers", "Swimmers", and "Mimic Thrushes". ... some times you get lucky ... - Jim P.S. Sorry, no pictures. :-( From karen.w.mobile at gmail.com Fri Dec 22 12:46:28 2023 From: karen.w.mobile at gmail.com (Karen Wosilait) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Rock Sandpiper at Ft Flagler, lower campground Message-ID: <0E6FB014-FF3A-404D-8AC6-872679762EE7@gmail.com> Just had a ROSA in the same area as last year. Flew in with a large flock of Black Turnstones and some Surfbirds. Joined Black-bellied Plovers, Dunlin, Sanderlings foraging on the grass by the restrooms and playground. They flew in about 45 minutes after high tide and stayed about 12-15 minutes. Worth checking Pt Townsend. Karen Wosilait (she/her) Seattle, WA karen.w.mobile@gmail.com From benedict.t at comcast.net Fri Dec 22 13:40:38 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Swans Flying South Off Seahurst Message-ID: <7E2F13CE-1F53-4CB3-8402-60C58E717C93@comcast.net> Just saw 5 swans flying southbound off of Seahurst, here in Burien, WA just now (1335/22Dec). Couldn?t tell whether they were Tundra or Trumpeter. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA From robfaucett at mac.com Sat Dec 23 08:51:29 2023 From: robfaucett at mac.com (Rob Faucett) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Anybody birding Gig Harbor today? - EOM Message-ID: <80DD0A20-866C-412D-9988-1BD1A9991B43@mac.com> -- Rob Faucett 206-619-5569 Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From 41cdcook at gmail.com Sun Dec 24 08:21:58 2023 From: 41cdcook at gmail.com (David Cook) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] recent trip to Colombia Message-ID: Three of us just returned from a birding excursion (Dec. 6-18) in Colombia that I organized. We began by spending 3 days birding in the area around Bogota with Camilo Orjuela as our guide. He was very tuned into finding our target birds, knew the locations we went to very well and was a wonderful person to be with. We went to 6 locations at various altitudes. The top highlights were seeing an Andean Potoo, which is very difficult to find, 16 hummingbirds including Black Mango, and 13 tanagers. Then we flew to Inirida, which is in far eastern Colombia and has only become a notable destination in the past 10 or so years. Inirida sits within a geologic formation known as the Guiana Shield and has plant and animal species unique to this formation. We spent 8 days birding there with our guide Daniel Orjuela. He is the foremost guide for this area and is employed by all the major birding companies when they bring clients to the area. He worked very hard to find as many of our targets as possible, arranged all our logistics fabulously including a fine chef to prepare our lunches and dinners, knows the birds of the region like the back of his hand and was very thoughtful of our needs and a pleasure to be with. We saw many wonderful birds but probably the top highlights were the Capuchinbird, 4 puffbirds, 5 Jacamars, 10 woodpeckers, 18 antshrikes-antbirds-antwrens and 7 cotingas. All together I saw 324 species on this 12 day trip including 130 life birds. I think this is very good considering I have made 2 previous trips to other parts of Colombia and 3 previous trips to Ecuador. If you would like more details about this trip, please email me off line at 41cdcook@gmail.com. Dave Cook Seattle, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From peggy_busby at yahoo.com Sun Dec 24 08:26:33 2023 From: peggy_busby at yahoo.com (Peggy Mundy) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Samish Flats Tripod? References: <1550347446.4960325.1703435193988.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1550347446.4960325.1703435193988@mail.yahoo.com> There was a post in the Western Washington Birders group on facebook that someone found a lost tripod at Samish flats on Thursday (Dec 21).Poster's name is Austin Breckenridge. Peggy MundyBothell peggy_busby@yahoo.com@scenebypeggy on Instagram -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ednewbold1 at yahoo.com Sun Dec 24 16:04:31 2023 From: ednewbold1 at yahoo.com (Ed Newbold) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] David Cook's post was superb & useful; Tweeters could legalize and encourage more like it References: <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194@mail.yahoo.com> Hi all, I find it dispiriting to open the Tweeters digest and see only one or two posts. Is my chosen sport dying?.? If a rare bird is found, only a few public-spirited individuals (who I applaud)? bother to tell Tweeters anymore, most of us bird-chasers have migrated to e-bird or even What's ap for real-time bird sightings info. But WA-only rare bird sightings posts are more or less the only type of post on Tweeters (other than equipment-sales) that are specified as legal.?? (The regular reports from Marymoor and, Nisqually as well as other periodic reports from such places as Joint Base now form the backbone of Tweeter's repeating content and as such do a wonderful job but there could be more flesh on the bones). A type of post that could give Tweeters new life and new relevance would be trip reports from outside Washington, a particularly great example was David' Cook's recent excellent report on his trip to Colombia, from which I learned things I did not know. A post like that would be of crucial interest to anyone planning a trip there. But it is time to think of Birding not just as a participatory-sport but as a spectator-sport as well, just like Football and Baseball. People who are not in a position to go to Colombia right now (such as me) might be thrilled to scroll through a blog post with pictures of the birds and the trip, and happy to bookmark the information for future use. Think of it like people who can't go down to Century Link Stadium on a given night might still want to watch the Mariners on TV. It's the same phenomenon. And Tweeters can be part of it and help make it grow. Cheers, Ed Newbold -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From meetings at wos.org Sun Dec 24 20:12:38 2023 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_January_8=2C_2024?= Message-ID: <20231225041239.27489.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our first Monthly Meeting of 2024 which will be held on Monday, January 8 (departing from our usual ?first Monday? to steer clear of New Year?s Day).??We are very pleased to have as our speaker, Thomas P. Good, Ph.D., whose presentation is titled, "Caspian Terns in Puget Sound: caught between multiple rocks and hard places.??? Regional Caspian Tern populations have fluctuated markedly in the last 40 years, due in part to their nomadic nature and nesting habitat needs.??Plus they have a particular predilection for consuming??salmonids as prey.??Tom Good has been a research biologist for NOAA Fisheries at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle since 2001, where he works primarily on seabird-fishery interactions.??A major emphasis of his has been field studies of Caspian Terns and their predation on juvenile salmonids.??Tom will share his insights into the Caspian Tern and how their populations here in the Salish Sea are challenged by natural and man-made disasters, ranging from climate change to predator and/or human disturbance of colonies, to a global pandemic. This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance).??Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm.??Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page:???? https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/??for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link. When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off. This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend.??Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel:??https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at??https://wos.org Please join us! Elaine Chuang WOS Program Support From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sun Dec 24 23:51:09 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Well=2C_This_Was_Unexpected!!=3A_=E2=80=9CRi?= =?utf-8?q?ver_Otters_With_a_New_Taste_for_Pelican_Are_Changing_a_Californ?= =?utf-8?b?aWEgUGFya+KAmXMgRWNvbG9neeKAnXwgQXVkdWJvbg==?= Message-ID: <53656F57-A5F9-4860-9929-54D90CDBB2FF@gmail.com> Hello Tweeters, Well, this was unexpected!! Dan Reiff, PhD: https://www.audubon.org/news/river-otters-new-taste-pelican-are-changing-california-parks-ecology Sent from my iPhone From benedict.t at comcast.net Mon Dec 25 09:14:21 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Christmas Varied Thrush Message-ID: <0CEDB263-63B6-4225-B591-443B524D8841@comcast.net> Woke up this Christmas morning to a pair of Varied Thrushes digging furtively in the duff of our garden. They are a common visitor, but their secretive manners cause them to be rarely revealed. And their ?camo? colorings blend perfectly with the leaves they excavate. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA From stef at whidbey.com Mon Dec 25 11:52:05 2023 From: stef at whidbey.com (Stephanie Neis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Christmas Varied Thrush In-Reply-To: <0CEDB263-63B6-4225-B591-443B524D8841@comcast.net> References: <0CEDB263-63B6-4225-B591-443B524D8841@comcast.net> Message-ID: <0BE03705-00DC-4CE4-8234-E5B82D3E84E5@whidbey.com> Ours showed up for Christmas Eve! Cheers, Stef Neis Whidbey Island Sent from my iPad > On Dec 25, 2023, at 9:15?AM, Tom Benedict wrote: > > ?Woke up this Christmas morning to a pair of Varied Thrushes digging furtively in the duff of our garden. They are a common visitor, but their secretive manners cause them to be rarely revealed. And their ?camo? colorings blend perfectly with the leaves they excavate. > > Tom Benedict > Seahurst, WA > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From lindseysarahstern at gmail.com Mon Dec 25 12:44:28 2023 From: lindseysarahstern at gmail.com (Lin Stern) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Black Lake Bird Walk Message-ID: <6308E4AE-7C15-4EF5-92FD-67C18EA0D912@gmail.com> Greetings all, I will be leading a very low key bird walk at Black Lake in Olympia on December 30th. I don't expect this to be very popular, but if anyone in the area would like to end the year with some casual birding, I'd love to have you along. It will be a great chance to appreciate our local wintering birds and reflect on our year. Maybe we can even go get a bite to eat afterwards and warm up. More information can be found on the Black Hills Audubon website. Happy Birding and Happy New Year! Lin "Caspian" Stern Olympia, WA lindseysarahstern at gmail dot com From dennispaulson at comcast.net Mon Dec 25 12:52:01 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] binocular repair Message-ID: Hello tweets, and Merry Christmas! Does anyone have a name of a place in the Seattle area that repairs binoculars? That info would be much appreciated. Dennis Paulson Seattle From robfaucett at mac.com Mon Dec 25 13:49:19 2023 From: robfaucett at mac.com (Rob Faucett) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] binocular repair In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55835CB7-E27C-413B-A7EB-172F23847F1A@mac.com> I have a lot of experience here. The only guys I?ve ever used in Seattle are gone. Go OEM. ALL the time every time. rcf -- Rob Faucett 206-619-5569 Seattle, WA > On Dec 25, 2023, at 12:52?PM, Dennis Paulson wrote: > > Hello tweets, and Merry Christmas! > > Does anyone have a name of a place in the Seattle area that repairs binoculars? That info would be much appreciated. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From qblater at yahoo.com Tue Dec 26 10:22:52 2023 From: qblater at yahoo.com (Qblater) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Binoculars repair References: <0C03BDE5-3256-4BAB-8AAC-BBC28B642342.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0C03BDE5-3256-4BAB-8AAC-BBC28B642342@yahoo.com> Not local, but I had good luck getting a repair to an ancient pair of B&L elites By mailing to Land sea and sky, Houston Texas I was talking to the rep at their booth and the Rio grande birding festival and the hardware holding the neck strap literally broke in my hand They did a great job and re aligned etc Clarice Clark Puyallup, WA From jackstephens.edmonds at gmail.com Wed Dec 27 07:33:18 2023 From: jackstephens.edmonds at gmail.com (Jack Stephens) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Geese of the Full Moon Message-ID: I have often wondered why I sometimes miss seeing Snow Geese when I visit the Skagit/Sammish flats in winter. I mentioned this to someone who lives there last year, and he told me that it had to do with the phases of the moon. With a full moon, it is bright enough that the geese come to feed at night, then spend the day out on the water. Yesterday out on the dike walk at Rawlins Road on Fir Island, there were thousands of Snow Geese on the water, further south on Skagit Bay. The moon is close to full currently, so I wonder if this relation between the feeding behavior of Snow Geese and the phase of the moon is accurate. Any thoughts on the matter would be appreciated. Jack Stephens Edmonds, Wa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Wed Dec 27 07:42:00 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] binocular repair In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <81C1210C-BB79-4374-8F5A-4D3FBA069EBF@comcast.net> I have given up on binocular repair. About 15 years ago I tried to get my 80?s era Fujinon?s re-colimated by the repair guy at Captains in Seattle but he gave up after a valiant attempt. I don?t recall the technical reason. Then a couple of years ago I sent my Swift Audubons to a shop in Oklahoma for alignment. 8 months later they came back as unrepairable. I still use them, but have to fiddle with the focus. I have a pair of Nikon Diplomat 8x23AS from the 90?s which need an eye cup replaced but I can?t find the part online. I could send them to Mikon, but there?s no certainty they have the part either. It?s not worth the $50 shipping to find out. Anyhow, it would be great to have a local optical repair service. Maybe there just isn?t a market for that around here. There are certainly plenty of people with binoculars. Maybe replacement is just easier than repair, which is sad. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Dec 25, 2023, at 12:52, Dennis Paulson wrote: > > Hello tweets, and Merry Christmas! > > Does anyone have a name of a place in the Seattle area that repairs binoculars? That info would be much appreciated. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > From halop at uw.edu Wed Dec 27 10:41:52 2023 From: halop at uw.edu (Hal Opperman UW) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] David Cook's post was superb & useful; Tweeters could legalize and encourage more like it In-Reply-To: <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <45CF8F06-4593-461F-B9C2-915B26D82E31@uw.edu> Hi Ed (and all Tweeters), Tweeters is whatever members make of it. It is your list. There are no administrative restrictions whatsoever on the type of post you are advocating. To speak personally, not as an administrator, I would be glad to see more trip reports from outside the state. But it?s up to you guys to go ahead and take the initiative. As a general reminder, here are a few excerpts from the Welcome message that goes out to all new subscribers. TWEETERS IS A GENERAL EMAIL LIST DEVOTED TO BIRDS AND BIRDING, especially in Washington State and the Cascadia region. Bird sightings, trip reports, field identification issues, and the status, distribution, habitats, natural history, and biology of birds, provide the prevalent?but not exclusive?subject matter of the list. Postings on topics of conservation, ecology, and wild critters other than birds, are acceptable, indeed encouraged. TWEETERS IS UNMODERATED. No list ?bosses? screen messages for posting. Subscribers themselves serve as a self-moderating community, governed by guidelines. GUIDELINES: AVOIDING INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS. Tweeters is a forum for discussion of birds, birding, and the natural world broadly construed. In the interests of all, please limit your postings to topics that fall within these bounds. In addition, exercise judgment and common sense to STEER CLEAR OF ?HOT-BUTTON? ISSUES that all too often provoke inflammatory rhetoric and unenlightened debate of a purely adversarial nature. The first sign of any such disruption of civil discourse can be expected to trigger rapid intervention by the list administrators. Examples of notoriously objectionable topics include: CATS (pro or con) ; HUNTING (pro or con) ; RELIGION (including intelligent design/creationism vs. evolution ; and PARTISAN POLITICS. Offers of for-fee services (such as guiding) are not allowed. Nor is commercial advertising of products (as distinguished from product endorsement). Notices are permissible for availability of individual items such as birding gear and books for member-to-member sale, but negotiations should be conducted off-list. Announcements from not-for-profits about a new publication, or service, or event, are welcome. Good birding, and please have at it! Where have you been and where are you going next? Hal Opperman Tweeters Co-Administrator (with Elaine Chuang) halop@uw.edu > On Dec 24, 2023, at 4:04 PM, Ed Newbold wrote: > > Hi all, > > I find it dispiriting to open the Tweeters digest and see only one or two posts. Is my chosen sport dying?. > > If a rare bird is found, only a few public-spirited individuals (who I applaud) bother to tell Tweeters anymore, most of us bird-chasers have migrated to e-bird or even What's ap for real-time bird sightings info. But WA-only rare bird sightings posts are more or less the only type of post on Tweeters (other than equipment-sales) that are specified as legal. > > (The regular reports from Marymoor and, Nisqually as well as other periodic reports from such places as Joint Base now form the backbone of Tweeter's repeating content and as such do a wonderful job but there could be more flesh on the bones). > > A type of post that could give Tweeters new life and new relevance would be trip reports from outside Washington, a particularly great example was David' Cook's recent excellent report on his trip to Colombia, from which I learned things I did not know. A post like that would be of crucial interest to anyone planning a trip there. But it is time to think of Birding not just as a participatory-sport but as a spectator-sport as well, just like Football and Baseball. People who are not in a position to go to Colombia right now (such as me) might be thrilled to scroll through a blog post with pictures of the birds and the trip, and happy to bookmark the information for future use. Think of it like people who can't go down to Century Link Stadium on a given night might still want to watch the Mariners on TV. It's the same phenomenon. > > > And Tweeters can be part of it and help make it grow. > > Cheers, > > Ed Newbold > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dennispaulson at comcast.net Wed Dec 27 11:26:45 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] David Cook's post was superb & useful; Tweeters could legalize and encourage more like it In-Reply-To: <45CF8F06-4593-461F-B9C2-915B26D82E31@uw.edu> References: <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194@mail.yahoo.com> <45CF8F06-4593-461F-B9C2-915B26D82E31@uw.edu> Message-ID: Wasn?t there some talk of making attachments possible in tweeters? We don?t want to drag it down by posting great numbers of photos, but if messages could contain one or a couple of bird photos, I wonder if that would raise the number of posts and allow it to compete with eBird and WhatsApp and Facebook groups for attention in the birding community. I also consider it sad that so few rare birds are reported on Tweeters now, a real loss for people who don?t check eBird or belong to a WhatsApp group. And I suppose some of the social aspects of Tweeters has been taken over by the Facebook groups. This is cultural evolution happening before our very eyes. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 27, 2023, at 10:41 AM, Hal Opperman UW wrote: > > Hi Ed (and all Tweeters), > > Tweeters is whatever members make of it. It is your list. There are no administrative restrictions whatsoever on the type of post you are advocating. To speak personally, not as an administrator, I would be glad to see more trip reports from outside the state. But it?s up to you guys to go ahead and take the initiative. > > As a general reminder, here are a few excerpts from the Welcome message that goes out to all new subscribers. > > TWEETERS IS A GENERAL EMAIL LIST DEVOTED TO BIRDS AND BIRDING, especially in Washington State and the Cascadia region. Bird sightings, trip reports, field identification issues, and the status, distribution, habitats, natural history, and biology of birds, provide the prevalent?but not exclusive?subject matter of the list. Postings on topics of conservation, ecology, and wild critters other than birds, are acceptable, indeed encouraged. > > TWEETERS IS UNMODERATED. No list ?bosses? screen messages for posting. Subscribers themselves serve as a self-moderating community, governed by guidelines. > > GUIDELINES: AVOIDING INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS. Tweeters is a forum for discussion of birds, birding, and the natural world broadly construed. In the interests of all, please limit your postings to topics that fall within these bounds. In addition, exercise judgment and common sense to STEER CLEAR OF ?HOT-BUTTON? ISSUES that all too often provoke inflammatory rhetoric and unenlightened debate of a purely adversarial nature. The first sign of any such disruption of civil discourse can be expected to trigger rapid intervention by the list administrators. Examples of notoriously objectionable topics include: CATS (pro or con) ; HUNTING (pro or con) ; RELIGION (including intelligent design/creationism vs. evolution ; and PARTISAN POLITICS. > > Offers of for-fee services (such as guiding) are not allowed. Nor is commercial advertising of products (as distinguished from product endorsement). Notices are permissible for availability of individual items such as birding gear and books for member-to-member sale, but negotiations should be conducted off-list. Announcements from not-for-profits about a new publication, or service, or event, are welcome. > > Good birding, and please have at it! Where have you been and where are you going next? > > Hal Opperman > Tweeters Co-Administrator (with Elaine Chuang) > halop@uw.edu > > >> On Dec 24, 2023, at 4:04 PM, Ed Newbold wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I find it dispiriting to open the Tweeters digest and see only one or two posts. Is my chosen sport dying?. >> >> If a rare bird is found, only a few public-spirited individuals (who I applaud) bother to tell Tweeters anymore, most of us bird-chasers have migrated to e-bird or even What's ap for real-time bird sightings info. But WA-only rare bird sightings posts are more or less the only type of post on Tweeters (other than equipment-sales) that are specified as legal. >> >> (The regular reports from Marymoor and, Nisqually as well as other periodic reports from such places as Joint Base now form the backbone of Tweeter's repeating content and as such do a wonderful job but there could be more flesh on the bones). >> >> A type of post that could give Tweeters new life and new relevance would be trip reports from outside Washington, a particularly great example was David' Cook's recent excellent report on his trip to Colombia, from which I learned things I did not know. A post like that would be of crucial interest to anyone planning a trip there. But it is time to think of Birding not just as a participatory-sport but as a spectator-sport as well, just like Football and Baseball. People who are not in a position to go to Colombia right now (such as me) might be thrilled to scroll through a blog post with pictures of the birds and the trip, and happy to bookmark the information for future use. Think of it like people who can't go down to Century Link Stadium on a given night might still want to watch the Mariners on TV. It's the same phenomenon. >> >> >> And Tweeters can be part of it and help make it grow. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ed Newbold >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From ednewbold1 at yahoo.com Wed Dec 27 11:42:28 2023 From: ednewbold1 at yahoo.com (Ed Newbold) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Thank you Hal Opperman! 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He is delighted with the increased magnification (and it definitely helped us ID that wigeon...). I also gave my mom -- a self-professed non-birder who "can't use binoculars" -- a new pair of 8x25s from NOCS PROVISIONS. They're at the perfect intersection of function, weight, and style for a non-birder. Once she adjusted them and took a few pieces of advice from my son on how to spot birds through binocs, she was amazed to discover that she actually can use binoculars, and was off to the races, spotting almost everything we saw all day long! - We saw lots of SWANS in the fields in the Skagit Valley, but most were too far away to ID species with 100% confidence. Ironically, there were also swans in the Snohomish Valley as we drove up. - No SNOW GEESE for us that day, but we did see them in the Snohomish Fields on Christmas Eve. - We started at Fir Island Farm Reserve, where we spent a lot of time examining the massive flock of wigeons. With his nice new 10x42s, my son spotted a red head in the flock, and we spent many enjoyable minutes tracking it down to ensure that everyone got eyes on the beautiful EURASIAN WIGEON as well as a nice STORM WIGEON. - Continued to Jensen Access, where my mom slipped on the little bridge, ended up on her back, and we thought our birding day would end up with her in the ER. Luckily, she rallied (with no broken bones or lost binoculars) and kept soldiering onward. (That bridge is fine if you keep to the center, but horribly slippery if you walk on the outside, like if you need to use the handrail. Perhaps I should tell someone in charge to fix it?). - Ate lunch at Shawn O'Donnell's at the Farmhouse. Nice atmosphere, comfortable food, decent prices. They offer their weekday lunch specials on the weekend as well. - After lunch, we were forced to consult our field guides to ID some lovely sparrows picking through the parking lot in the golden midday sun. Puzzling over our books revealed these to be simply immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, but we didn't begrudge them the chase. We enjoy those "could it be?" moments wherein we have to dig through our knowledge and make sure we aren't seeing something unusual. You never know, and it always makes us better birders in the end. We sometimes can't decide in the field, so we examine photos at home and debate for hours; it's honestly the best way to spend time with your kid, if they're into it. - We walked the upland trail at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Didn't see a ton of birds, but it was a nice stretch on a day without a ton of walking, with a mostly accessible trail. - Our final stop of the day was, of course, the Samish Flats East 90 to observe the interactions between SHORT-EARED OWLS and NORTHERN HARRIERS in the fading afternoon light. We enjoyed better views of TRUMPETER SWANS, catching glimpses of WESTERN MEADOWLARKS in the grass, and hearing COMMON RAVENS rattling in the distance. A GREAT EGRET overhead and a flash of a PEREGRINE FALCON rounded out a lovely day, with no injuries and no complaints from the crew! I hope everyone has had a wonderful birding year! I submitted 107 birding checklists this year, and I also figured out how to create Trip Reports in eBird. I really enjoy looking back at our route and remembering the quirks and highlights of each trip. We visited the LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY as well as SAN DIEGO AND VICINITY this year; perhaps I'll do a quick write-up of those at some point. -Jamie Holland -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Attachments take up a lot of memory, and might not be compatible with text-based archiving, or with the Digest mode, or for services such as ABA and Birding Lists Digest that pick up birding listserv messages from all of North America for web access and are used by tens of thousands of non-subscribers. Cultural evolution is ongoing, all right. Not that long ago the fastest means of getting the word out for rarities, other than word of mouth, was monthly sightings columns in local Audubon newsletters. Then we got hotlines run by a single person who fielded phoned-in reports of notable sightings from field observers and compiled a weekly (usually) tape anyone could listen to by calling a dedicated number. Here in Seattle I well remember when Phil Mattocks set one up through Seattle Audubon, handing off a few years later to Gene Hunn. Electric stuff! Then the BirdBox came along and the hotline faded out. With the BirdBox, observers phoned in their messages that were recorded directly on a computer. You could call a number and listen to these as often as you wished. Once we got past the dial-up modem era and everyone was on the Web, Tweeters-type listservs doomed those voice-based services. Nowadays, with the social-media type options that are out there, the birding community is not as much of a commons as it once was. We are fragmented into subcommunities of interest each of which takes up a lot of user time. The Tweeters sort of chat list was based on the old general-interest newspaper model, and I wonder how many birders today feel they can afford to spread their time and attention over such a broad range and vast quantity of content? Anyway, it?s your list, and it?s still around, even though the twitchers and listers subset of us now mostly hangs out elsewhere. What Tweeters was, and is, best at is storytelling, in any of its various forms. Some people are really good at that, and there is definitely an audience for it. People vote with their feet and always have, both in the door and out. As with everything else, time will tell. Hal Opperman Seattle halop at uw dot edu > On Dec 27, 2023, at 11:26 AM, Dennis Paulson wrote: > > Wasn?t there some talk of making attachments possible in tweeters? We don?t want to drag it down by posting great numbers of photos, but if messages could contain one or a couple of bird photos, I wonder if that would raise the number of posts and allow it to compete with eBird and WhatsApp and Facebook groups for attention in the birding community. > > I also consider it sad that so few rare birds are reported on Tweeters now, a real loss for people who don?t check eBird or belong to a WhatsApp group. And I suppose some of the social aspects of Tweeters has been taken over by the Facebook groups. > > This is cultural evolution happening before our very eyes. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle From esellingson at gmail.com Wed Dec 27 13:34:04 2023 From: esellingson at gmail.com (Eric Ellingson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Mergansers vs Kokanee Message-ID: Watch slow-motion footage of chasing, stealing, fighting, splashing, and lots of action as Kokanee head upstream to spawn while being chased down for food. Common Mergansers, gulls, and Double-crested Cormorants attempt swallowing whole, often still alive and fighting, Kokanee. Other birds such as Bufflehead and American Dippers search for the spawned eggs to eat. Look for the failed attempts of a Double-crested Cormorant to catch and swallow a small Kokanee. Later it does a sneak attack by diving underwater and then surfacing just underneath a gull that has the fish partly in its mouth. Who will win? Watch the eggs of a fat female Kokanee have its eggs squeezed out as it is being swallowed. This is an event I've witnessed on Lake Whatcom for a few years now. In prior years I've photographed this wild kingdom event. This year I played with slow-motion video to tell a better story. I hope you enjoy it. Watch it here. https://flic.kr/p/2pp1ABZ Cheers Eric Ellingson 360-820-6396 esellingson@gmail.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/ Create your own email signature -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nreiferb at gmail.com Wed Dec 27 13:49:36 2023 From: nreiferb at gmail.com (Nelson Briefer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Mergansers vs Kokanee Message-ID: Yes, I really enjoyed that video, Eric. Nelson Briefer? Anacortes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dennispaulson at comcast.net Wed Dec 27 14:00:28 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Common Mergansers vs Kokanee In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Eric, that?s the sort of stuff that makes it worth keeping Tweeters alive. Those are fabulous videos, and I had no idea a merganser could swallow a fish that large. Could you tell us where on Lake Whatcom this is? Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Dec 27, 2023, at 1:34 PM, Eric Ellingson wrote: > > Watch slow-motion footage of chasing, stealing, fighting, splashing, and lots of action as Kokanee head upstream to spawn while being chased down for food. Common Mergansers, gulls, and Double-crested Cormorants attempt swallowing whole, often still alive and fighting, Kokanee. Other birds such as Bufflehead and American Dippers search for the spawned eggs to eat. > Look for the failed attempts of a Double-crested Cormorant to catch and swallow a small Kokanee. Later it does a sneak attack by diving underwater and then surfacing just underneath a gull that has the fish partly in its mouth. Who will win? > Watch the eggs of a fat female Kokanee have its eggs squeezed out as it is being swallowed. > This is an event I've witnessed on Lake Whatcom for a few years now. In prior years I've photographed this wild kingdom event. This year I played with slow-motion video to tell a better story. I hope you enjoy it. > > Watch it here. https://flic.kr/p/2pp1ABZ > > Cheers > > > Eric Ellingson > 360-820-6396 > esellingson@gmail.com > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/ > Create your own email signature _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In Mexico I birded with Greg Homel of Natural Encounters Birding Tours - a phenomenal guide and really fun person that I can recommend with highest marks to everyone.? There will be blog posts to follow about that fantastic trip to Mexico. https://blairbirding.com/2023/12/25/before-the-project-italy-and-then/ https://blairbirding.com/2023/12/27/a-new-project-and-quest-south-of-the-border-precursors-and-arrival/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From patbrit at comcast.net Wed Dec 27 16:05:28 2023 From: patbrit at comcast.net (Pat Britain) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Raptor Class begins January 9, 2024 Message-ID: <046b01da3921$92260480$b6720d80$@comcast.net> Hello raptor enthusiasts! Sue Cottrell will be holding her five-week Hawk Watching Class in person at Padilla Bay Interpretive Center (Mount Vernon, WA) starting Tuesday, January 9, 2024. There will also be zoom classes starting Wednesday January 10, 2024. The cost for the in-person class is $175.00 and includes an all day field trip. The cost for the Zoom class is $100 and does not include a field trip. This is the 41st year for this class! When Bud Anderson retired in 2019, he asked Sue to take over the class and keep it going. Sue will teach you about the 15 species of diurnal raptors that can be found in Western WA, emphasizing field identification and the particularly fascinating elements of winter behavior as well as general raptor ecology. Sue has studied raptors and guided outdoor trips for over 30 years, and has a vast knowledge of the local raptor populations. She moved to northwest Washington from Oregon in 1975 and now resides near Bow, Washington in the heart of winter raptor territory, and the Samish Flats, Scholarships are available, especially for young adults who are interested in pursuing a career involving raptors. 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Video here - https://youtu.be/Jzx0IgPbp6o and ebird report here - https://ebird.org/checklist/S157117934 - bird of the trip for Janeanne - GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Hoquiam STP - We saw 40 on the way out on the 12th and about half that many on the way home on the 15th. Gorgeous, and very close. On the 15th a PEREGRINE chased a flock of 39 LONG BILLED DOWITCHERS around: https://flic.kr/p/2pnSKXx and video https://flic.kr/p/2pnZkdq We were blessed with beautiful weather. What a gorgeous place it is! For a look at our whole trip, visit the Flickr album (76 photos, 11 videos) https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB6HAP - Please note that most of the photos were taken by Janeanne. Sending best wishes to all, and high hopes for a great year in 2024! Mark Ahlness and Janeanne Houston West Seattle mahlness@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baro at pdx.edu Wed Dec 27 23:30:11 2023 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] David Cook's post was superb & useful; Tweeters could legalize and encourage more like it In-Reply-To: References: <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1893609198.4169515.1703462671194@mail.yahoo.com> <45CF8F06-4593-461F-B9C2-915B26D82E31@uw.edu> Message-ID: Yes indeed. The situation is the same down here in Oregon. Several birders lament it, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. One idea is for birders on What'sApp or whatever to cross post to Tweeters. That hasn't happened down here with OBOL though, pretty much. Bob OBrien Portland On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 12:25?PM Dennis Paulson wrote: > Wasn?t there some talk of making attachments possible in tweeters? We > don?t want to drag it down by posting great numbers of photos, but if > messages could contain one or a couple of bird photos, I wonder if that > would raise the number of posts and allow it to compete with eBird and > WhatsApp and Facebook groups for attention in the birding community. > > I also consider it sad that so few rare birds are reported on Tweeters > now, a real loss for people who don?t check eBird or belong to a WhatsApp > group. And I suppose some of the social aspects of Tweeters has been taken > over by the Facebook groups. > > This is cultural evolution happening before our very eyes. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > On Dec 27, 2023, at 10:41 AM, Hal Opperman UW wrote: > > > > Hi Ed (and all Tweeters), > > > > Tweeters is whatever members make of it. It is your list. There are no > administrative restrictions whatsoever on the type of post you are > advocating. To speak personally, not as an administrator, I would be glad > to see more trip reports from outside the state. But it?s up to you guys to > go ahead and take the initiative. > > > > As a general reminder, here are a few excerpts from the Welcome message > that goes out to all new subscribers. > > > > TWEETERS IS A GENERAL EMAIL LIST DEVOTED TO BIRDS AND BIRDING, > especially in Washington State and the Cascadia region. Bird sightings, > trip reports, field identification issues, and the status, distribution, > habitats, natural history, and biology of birds, provide the prevalent?but > not exclusive?subject matter of the list. Postings on topics of > conservation, ecology, and wild critters other than birds, are acceptable, > indeed encouraged. > > > > TWEETERS IS UNMODERATED. No list ?bosses? screen messages for posting. > Subscribers themselves serve as a self-moderating community, governed by > guidelines. > > > > GUIDELINES: AVOIDING INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS. Tweeters is a forum for > discussion of birds, birding, and the natural world broadly construed. In > the interests of all, please limit your postings to topics that fall within > these bounds. In addition, exercise judgment and common sense to STEER > CLEAR OF ?HOT-BUTTON? ISSUES that all too often provoke inflammatory > rhetoric and unenlightened debate of a purely adversarial nature. The first > sign of any such disruption of civil discourse can be expected to trigger > rapid intervention by the list administrators. Examples of notoriously > objectionable topics include: CATS (pro or con) ; HUNTING (pro or con) ; > RELIGION (including intelligent design/creationism vs. evolution ; and > PARTISAN POLITICS. > > > > Offers of for-fee services (such as guiding) are not allowed. Nor is > commercial advertising of products (as distinguished from product > endorsement). Notices are permissible for availability of individual items > such as birding gear and books for member-to-member sale, but negotiations > should be conducted off-list. Announcements from not-for-profits about a > new publication, or service, or event, are welcome. > > > > Good birding, and please have at it! Where have you been and where are > you going next? > > > > Hal Opperman > > Tweeters Co-Administrator (with Elaine Chuang) > > halop@uw.edu > > > > > >> On Dec 24, 2023, at 4:04 PM, Ed Newbold wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I find it dispiriting to open the Tweeters digest and see only one or > two posts. Is my chosen sport dying?. > >> > >> If a rare bird is found, only a few public-spirited individuals (who I > applaud) bother to tell Tweeters anymore, most of us bird-chasers have > migrated to e-bird or even What's ap for real-time bird sightings info. But > WA-only rare bird sightings posts are more or less the only type of post on > Tweeters (other than equipment-sales) that are specified as legal. > >> > >> (The regular reports from Marymoor and, Nisqually as well as other > periodic reports from such places as Joint Base now form the backbone of > Tweeter's repeating content and as such do a wonderful job but there could > be more flesh on the bones). > >> > >> A type of post that could give Tweeters new life and new relevance > would be trip reports from outside Washington, a particularly great example > was David' Cook's recent excellent report on his trip to Colombia, from > which I learned things I did not know. A post like that would be of crucial > interest to anyone planning a trip there. But it is time to think of > Birding not just as a participatory-sport but as a spectator-sport as well, > just like Football and Baseball. People who are not in a position to go to > Colombia right now (such as me) might be thrilled to scroll through a blog > post with pictures of the birds and the trip, and happy to bookmark the > information for future use. Think of it like people who can't go down to > Century Link Stadium on a given night might still want to watch the > Mariners on TV. 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URL: From shepthorp at gmail.com Thu Dec 28 11:55:03 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesdya Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR - 12/27/2023 - year end walk! Message-ID: Dear Tweets, Approximately 20 of us had a nice Year End Walk at the Refuge with intermittent rain and temperatures in the 40's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a high Low 8'6" Tide at 12:30pm. Highlights included high count of RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER - upwards of 5 seen, WILSON SNIPE in flooded field south of the old McAllister Creek Access Road and west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail, nice Mixed Flocks of BROWN CREEPER/BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE/both KINGLETS/DOWNY WOODPECKER/BEWICKS WREN along the Twin Barns Loop Trail, large flock of 1500 plus DUNLIN on the mud flats, RED-THROATED LOON from McAllister Creek Viewing Platform, and nice up close looks of SPOTTED SANDPIPER at the end of the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. I've noted in our eBird Report locations of sightings when appropriate, see report pasted below. We observed 70 species for the day, and have seen a total of 175 species this year. Since starting our eBird Account, Nisqually Birdwatch, in 2016, we have completed our 8th year eBird reporting and have seen 215 species in total. Highlights for 2023 included BLACK SCOTER, PARASITIC JAEGER, NAZCA BOOBY, NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. Other notable sightings included CANVASBACK, PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, LONG-BILLED CURLEW, WILSON'S and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, SHORT-EARED OWL, RED-EYED VIREO, EVENING GROSBEAK, LESSER GOLDFINCH, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, Misses for 2023 include Common Murre, Marbled Murrelet, Iceland Gull, Herring Gull, Pacific Loon, Rough-legged Hawk, Brewer's Blackbird, Nashville Warbler, Lazuli Bunting, House Sparrow. Happy New Year, and until we meet again in 2024 at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook at 8am, happy birding! Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Dec 27, 2023 7:31 AM - 4:05 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.665 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with intermittent light rain. Temperature in the 40?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 8?6? Tide at 12:30pm. Mammals seen Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Harbor Seal, Sea Lion. 70 species (+4 other taxa) Cackling Goose (minima) 700 Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 6 Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 50 Northern Shoveler 250 Gadwall 40 Eurasian Wigeon 1 McAllister Creek Viewing Platform. American Wigeon 750 Mallard 316 Northern Pintail 400 Green-winged Teal 1250 Ring-necked Duck 2 Visitor Center Pond Surf Scoter 10 scoter sp. 30 Bufflehead 150 Common Goldeneye 45 Hooded Merganser 4 Common Merganser 2 Nisqually River. Red-breasted Merganser 15 Horned Grebe 12 Anna's Hummingbird 2 American Coot 40 Long-billed Dowitcher 40 Surge plain. Wilson's Snipe 2 One seen in flooded field south of the old McAllister Creek Access Road, the other seen at the west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail. Spotted Sandpiper 2 End of Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail Greater Yellowlegs 30 Dunlin 1500 Least Sandpiper 100 Bonaparte's Gull 80 Nisqually Reach Short-billed Gull 75 Ring-billed Gull 50 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 10 Larus sp. 200 Red-throated Loon 1 Shannon slough and McAllister Creek Viewing Platform. Common Loon 3 Brandt's Cormorant 3 Nisqually River Channel Marker. Double-crested Cormorant 30 Great Blue Heron 40 Northern Harrier 3 Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 14 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 5 Orchard, Big Maple next to the intersection between the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail and Access Road, and Big Maple next to Twin Barns Slough. Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 6 Peregrine Falcon 1 California Scrub-Jay 1 Entrance Road American Crow 300 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Brown Creeper 8 Pacific Wren 4 Marsh Wren 8 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 200 Varied Thrush 2 Parking Lot and Orchard American Robin 15 House Finch 12 Purple Finch 1 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 3 Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 3 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Golden-crowned Sparrow 30 Song Sparrow 25 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Nisqually Estuary Trail Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 3 Western Meadowlark 3 Mowed grass in freshwater marsh. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 20 Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S157336503 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bboek at olympus.net Thu Dec 28 15:01:21 2023 From: bboek at olympus.net (Bob Boekelheide) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sequim-Dungeness Christmas Bird Count results Message-ID: <24DCDF22-E49A-46E1-B36A-FDA81034BD81@olympus.net> Hello, Tweeters, On December 18, 2023, Olympic Peninsula Audubon held its 47th annual Sequim-Dungeness Christmas Bird Count (SDCBC). We ended up with 146 species, three species above the average species count for the previous 30 years. Total count of individual birds was 71,949, much higher than the average of 61,096 for the past 30 years, and the seventh highest count in the history of the SDCBC. An extraordinary group of 122 field counters, along with 25 diligent feeder watchers, participated in the count. Weather was mild and benign, reaching a low temp of only 39 degrees at 5 am in the foothills of the Olympics, and at high of 51 in Sequim during the afternoon. Rain and increasing winds thankfully stayed away until after dark. The most abundant species, as usual, was American Wigeon, with 15,661 birds. Other species in the top ten, in decreasing order, were Mallard (5964 birds), American Robin (4820), European Starling (3228), Glaucous-winged/Olympic Gulls (3190), Dark-eyed Junco (2573), Pine Siskin (2453), Dunlin (2257), Northern Pintail (2204), and Green-winged Teal (1816). These 10 species made up about 61 percent of all the birds we tallied. The count established record or near-record high counts for several species, particularly small forest birds. Counts of Black-capped Chickadees, White-crowned Sparrows, and House Finches were the highest ever for the SDCBC. Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Bushtits, and Brown Creepers scored their second-highest counts. Among water birds, Red-throated Loons rebounded from only five counted last year to their second highest count ever at 71, the highest since 1995. Several noteworthy species appeared for the count, particularly species that usually spend winters further south. A Turkey Vulture soared through the middle of the count circle, reported by no less than four different field parties. Shorebirds included a Whimbrel and a Spotted Sandpiper at Dungeness Spit, and a Ruddy Turnstone at Protection Island. Perhaps the result of the developing El Nino, two different coastal groups spotted Brown Pelicans, a first for the SDCBC. A wayward Heermann?s Gull roosted with other gulls at Dungeness Spit, only the fourth record for the SDCBC and the first since 2006 (not coincidentally also an El Nino year). The beautiful adult Lesser Black-backed Gull is here for at least its third winter at Washington Harbor. An unidentified dark shearwater flew by offshore of the base of Dungeness Spit. A Bohemian Waxwing perched for photographs in downtown Dungeness. It was a mixed story for irruptive finches. Remember last year?s dearth of Pine Siskins, when they were practically non-existent? This year they returned in swirling flocks, totaling 2453 on count day, but still far below their record count of almost 9000 in 2020. Both Evening Grosbeaks and Red Crossbills made appearances this year, but scored below their average count for the last 48 years. At the other end of the abundance spectrum, it was the lowest Purple Finch year since 2012. A few ?recent arrivals" to Clallam County, Eurasian Collared-Doves and Anna?s Hummingbirds, seem to be reaching their upper population limits. Collared-Doves have declined from their peak of 342 in 2015 to this year?s count of 118. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Mourning Doves rebounded this year to their third-highest count ever). It was a big deal in 1994 when the very first Anna?s Hummingbirds occurred on the SDCBC. Like most of western WA, the count of Anna?s here increased over the next 25 years to peak in 2021 with 404 hummers. Over the last two CBCs, however, Anna?s Hummingbirds have retreated a little, down to 386 this year. A few species recorded very low numbers or we missed them altogether. The Trumpeter Swan count was the lowest since 2015. The American Coot count was the lowest since 1978. We missed Greater White-fronted Goose for the first time since 2019. Reliable Ruddy Ducks at Diamond Point have dwindled to none, missed for the first time since 2009. Black Oystercatchers, which occur on the SDCBC about 50 percent of the time, did not show this year. No Northern Saw-whet Owls replied to our toots in the pre-dawn forests, the first time Saw-whets have been missed since 1987. We missed dowitchers on count day, but three dowitcher sp. joined other shorebirds in Dungeness Bay a couple days after the count, qualifying them as the only ?count-week? species. A huge thank you to all our stalwart field observers and feeder watchers, and particularly to all the owners and agencies that allowed us access. 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Cackling Goose - A couple of dozen vs. a couple of thousand last week ? ? American Wigeon - Four far below the weir ? ? Cooper's Hawk - One at the Pea Patch, mobbed by crows.? A second sighting, probably a 2nd bird, high above the windmill ? ? Hairy Woodpecker - One ? ? Bushtit - Only one >!< ????Varied Thrush - One heard across the slough from the Lake Platform ???? So, overall a pretty quiet day except for the waterfowl -?three species of goose and nine species of duck, total Misses today were limited to just Lincoln's Sparrow, a species that has declined in occurrence notably in the last few years, but which has barely declined in abundance - that is to say, we used to get one or two and now often get none.? For the day, a not-too-bad 54 species. Happy New Year everyone = Michael Hobbs = birdmarymoor@gmail.com = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Thu Dec 28 18:30:11 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-12-28 In-Reply-To: <1179732474.3533811.1703813336150@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1179732474.3533811.1703813336150@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2F29A779-23C0-43F8-A024-A6FD1E65BFA8@gmail.com> Thank you very much for your much appreciated field reports, Michael. I look forward to reading them each week and have for many years! Happy New Year! Dan Reiff, PhD Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 28, 2023, at 5:29?PM, birdmarymoor wrote: > > ?Tweets - The rain was minimal, just a moderate amount of mizzle and occasional and very brief bursts of drizzle, and all that let up about half-way through the walk. Temps were, again, unseasonably warm (45-55 degrees!) It was pretty birdy early on, but then we faced long stretches of nothing much. > > Highlights: > Greater White-fronted Goose - Three below the weir, possibly the same birds as last week > Cackling Goose - A couple of dozen vs. a couple of thousand last week > American Wigeon - Four far below the weir > Cooper's Hawk - One at the Pea Patch, mobbed by crows. A second sighting, probably a 2nd bird, high above the windmill > Hairy Woodpecker - One > Bushtit - Only one >!< > Varied Thrush - One heard across the slough from the Lake Platform > > So, overall a pretty quiet day except for the waterfowl - three species of goose and nine species of duck, total > > Misses today were limited to just Lincoln's Sparrow, a species that has declined in occurrence notably in the last few years, but which has barely declined in abundance - that is to say, we used to get one or two and now often get none. > > For the day, a not-too-bad 54 species. > > Happy New Year everyone > > = Michael Hobbs > = birdmarymoor@gmail.com > = www.marymoor.org/birding.htm > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From birder4184 at yahoo.com Thu Dec 28 21:15:26 2023 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Day 2 In Mexico Boobies and Potoos References: <1179512084.3546617.1703826926252.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1179512084.3546617.1703826926252@mail.yahoo.com> The original plan was to just do a couple of blog posts to cover the trip, but there is just too much good stuff, so this post covers Day 2 only - starting with Blue Boobies and ending with Northern Potoos - AND reaching the goal of 1000 species in 2023 which started the whole "project". https://blairbirding.com/2023/12/29/a-water-and-bird-filled-day-2-in-mexico/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jamietholland at gmail.com Fri Dec 29 10:24:16 2023 From: jamietholland at gmail.com (Jamie Holland) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Swans and geese in Skagit County In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Josh, I hope someone who has been up in the last day or two replies, as they seem to move around depending on the day. I didn't see a single (living) Snow Goose on our trip through that area just before Christmas, but the swans were much more widespread. I also wasn't scouring every small field, so perhaps more diligence would yield better results. To route the trip, I used the maps and driving directions located in the Birder's Guide to Washington. The Skagit section is here: https://wabirdguide.org/skagit-flats/, and the Samish section is here: https://wabirdguide.org/samish-flats/. If you have a whole day, I'd suggest starting in the Skagit flats as recommended in the Birder's Guide, at Exit 221 for Conway Road, and slowly working your way east and then north into the Samish flats. If you're looking purely for swans and geese, I'd skip the upland walk at Padilla Bay. That's likely to get you to the Samish East 90s corner by mid-afternoon, which seems to be a good time to spot dueling Short-Eared Owls and Northern Harriers. We actually thought we might've seen Snow Geese far out on the water when we were on Fir Island at Jenson Access, but my mom had just taken a spill and I was too distracted to set up the scope. I told myself they were probably gulls, but there was something ungullike in their appearance, and someone said recently that Snow Geese will take to the water in certain circumstances to do with the cycle of the moon. Jamie Holland On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 6:23?AM Josh DeSilvey wrote: > Hello - if the weather is favorable on Saturday, I was planning a trip up > to Skagit county to view the populations of swans and geese that winter > there, (as read on Tweeters listserv). I took a look at eBird and it looks > Fir Island could be a good place. But in thought I would ask here for some > guidance as to where some of better fields are. > > Thanks for your help and happy new year! > > Josh DeSilvey > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nkcrowell at gmail.com Fri Dec 29 10:38:06 2023 From: nkcrowell at gmail.com (Nancy Crowell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:00 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Swans and geese in Skagit County In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I live up here. The snow geese seem to be hanging out on the water during the daytime - visible from Hayton (Fir Island Farm Reserve) & Jensen access. Swans are plentiful. Many hanging around the outskirts of La Conner lately. If you get lucky you might spot the great egret either near the ditch on Calhoun, or La Conner Whitney. Nancy "Images for the imagination." www.crowellphotography.com ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Jamie Holland Sent: Friday, December 29, 2023 10:24:16 AM To: Josh DeSilvey Cc: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Swans and geese in Skagit County Hi Josh, I hope someone who has been up in the last day or two replies, as they seem to move around depending on the day. I didn't see a single (living) Snow Goose on our trip through that area just before Christmas, but the swans were much more widespread. I also wasn't scouring every small field, so perhaps more diligence would yield better results. To route the trip, I used the maps and driving directions located in the Birder's Guide to Washington. The Skagit section is here: https://wabirdguide.org/skagit-flats/, and the Samish section is here: https://wabirdguide.org/samish-flats/. If you have a whole day, I'd suggest starting in the Skagit flats as recommended in the Birder's Guide, at Exit 221 for Conway Road, and slowly working your way east and then north into the Samish flats. If you're looking purely for swans and geese, I'd skip the upland walk at Padilla Bay. That's likely to get you to the Samish East 90s corner by mid-afternoon, which seems to be a good time to spot dueling Short-Eared Owls and Northern Harriers. We actually thought we might've seen Snow Geese far out on the water when we were on Fir Island at Jenson Access, but my mom had just taken a spill and I was too distracted to set up the scope. I told myself they were probably gulls, but there was something ungullike in their appearance, and someone said recently that Snow Geese will take to the water in certain circumstances to do with the cycle of the moon. Jamie Holland On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 6:23?AM Josh DeSilvey > wrote: Hello - if the weather is favorable on Saturday, I was planning a trip up to Skagit county to view the populations of swans and geese that winter there, (as read on Tweeters listserv). I took a look at eBird and it looks Fir Island could be a good place. But in thought I would ask here for some guidance as to where some of better fields are. Thanks for your help and happy new year! Josh DeSilvey _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you have any photos you want to share with Northwest Swan Conservation Association, please do so at martha@nwswans.org. We need more for our presentations. Not just the birds, but the habitats, interactions with other species, and even what they do the fields they feed on. And some shots of the geese on the bay. Thanks Martha Jordan Everett, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birder4184 at yahoo.com Fri Dec 29 14:47:39 2023 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Another Mexico Birding Blog Post - Birding Near San Blas in Nayarit References: <2077517249.3693344.1703890059656.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2077517249.3693344.1703890059656@mail.yahoo.com> This post covers day 3 in Mexico earlier this month with Greg Homel of Natural Encounters Birding Tours.? Having hit my target of 1000 species in Calendar 2023 the previous day, whatever pressure there had been was off and we had a great day - finding over 100 species, with some special birds and lots of photos - and major fun.? I highly recommend this bird rich area. Blair Bernson https://blairbirding.com/2023/12/29/mexico-day-3-birding-around-san-blas/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From magma1306 at gmail.com Fri Dec 29 15:15:32 2023 From: magma1306 at gmail.com (Jennifer Standish) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI Whatcom County hot spot Flynn Road Retention Pond Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, Can anyone tell me if the Flynn Road Retention Pond near Lynden is accessible to the public? When I was in the area a couple of months ago I planned to go there, but noticed signage that said "authorized vehicles only" so I didn't stop. 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Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Congratulations to our newest members of the 253 Club, here in Pierce County - Area Code 253. By achieving this lofty mile stone, all 253 members are entitled to a beverage of their choice from yours truly! (And I still believe I have a couple of outstanding beverages to provide :-)) Craig Miller - finding a very sweet #253, the Nazca Booby at Dupont overlooking the Nisqually River Delta. Scott Saunders - hitting #253 with a Tufted Puffin at Dune Bryan Hansen - seeing a Black-legged Kittiwake at Brown's Point Lighthouse for #253 ???? One of the silver linings of COVID the past few years is that more people were birding locally within Pierce County.? Our biggest positive change was the addition of a new park in 2019: Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park accessed near Point Ruston. With a sweeping view to Des Moines to the Northeast, Commencement Bay to the East and Dalco Passage to the Northwest, the number of uncommon waterbirds and migrants has increased considerably. This is now the #1 eBird Hotspot in Pierce County with 223 species seen in just 4 years, thanks to the keen eyes of Charlie Wright and Will Brooks leading the way.? A less positive change is that the 5 Mile Drive that went around the tip of Point Defiance has been closed to cars due to severe erosion of the bluffs. It is still a wonderful place to bike and walk, now without cars, but just a little too far to haul a scope out to the Point on a regular basis. And what about the now #2 eBird Hotspot in Pierce County, Gog-le-hi-te Mitigated Wetlands near the mouth of the Puyallup River?? It may soon regain it's preeminence as the number one spot to look at gulls - especially Iceland Gulls.? It appears that Darling Ingredients, adjacent to the wetlands, is in process of renegotiating their lease to restart the Rendering Plant that was closed by fire 2 years ago.? The gulls eagerly await the Ports decision.? And if you do go, this is near the working Port area and the volume of loading and truck noises can get quite loud. Weekends tend to be much quieter. And for completeness, here's the current list of the prior thirteen 253 members as divined by a combination of eBird and WA Birder records.? Any additions welcome. Patrick Sullivan <2007 Charlie Wright 2011 Bruce LaBar 2014 Marcus Roening 2016 Ed Pullen 2017 Mike Charest 2017 Heather Ballash 2021 Wayne Sladek 2021 Peter Wimberger 2021 Heather Voboril 2022 Will Brooks 2022 Good birding to all in the New Year, Marcus Roening Tacoma WA - Pierce County From alanroedell at gmail.com Fri Dec 29 18:33:37 2023 From: alanroedell at gmail.com (Alan Roedell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Swans and geese in Skagit County In-Reply-To: <9BC27C4F-88EA-4C3E-8B02-5A8C442F1AE9@gmail.com> References: <9BC27C4F-88EA-4C3E-8B02-5A8C442F1AE9@gmail.com> Message-ID: Wendy and I spent the afternoon in the Stillaguamish, Skagit and Samish areas today. It was a grand day with Kestrels, eagles, Red-tails, Harriers, Merlins, Rough-legs, Short-eared Owls and a few hundred swans. No Snow Geese! Are they hanging out in the Sound, as someone suggested? Anyway, get up there and take it in. We love so close to a . magical area. Alan Roedell, Seattle On Fri, Dec 29, 2023, 12:01 PM Karen Wosilait wrote: > I?ll add to what Nancy said: look up and listen for Snow Geese too. Their > ?vees? are rather disorganized and remind me of iron fillings under the > influence of a magnet. > > Hayton is a great place to go early to try to catch them taking off for > the day. I?ve also seen them settling in for the night on nearby fields > from Hayton. > > Karen Wosilait (she/her) > Seattle, WA > karen.w.mobile@gmail.com > > On Dec 29, 2023, at 10:38?AM, Nancy Crowell wrote: > > ? > I live up here. The snow geese seem to be hanging out on the water during > the daytime - visible from Hayton (Fir Island Farm Reserve) & Jensen > access. Swans are plentiful. Many hanging around the outskirts of La Conner > lately. If you get lucky you might spot the great egret either near the > ditch on Calhoun, or La Conner Whitney. > > Nancy > "Images for the imagination." > www.crowellphotography.com > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tweeters on behalf > of Jamie Holland > *Sent:* Friday, December 29, 2023 10:24:16 AM > *To:* Josh DeSilvey > *Cc:* tweeters@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Tweeters] Swans and geese in Skagit County > > Hi Josh, > > I hope someone who has been up in the last day or two replies, as they > seem to move around depending on the day. I didn't see a single (living) > Snow Goose on our trip through that area just before Christmas, but the > swans were much more widespread. I also wasn't scouring every small field, > so perhaps more diligence would yield better results. > > To route the trip, I used the maps and driving directions located in the > Birder's Guide to Washington. The Skagit section is here: > https://wabirdguide.org/skagit-flats/, and the Samish section is here: > https://wabirdguide.org/samish-flats/. > > If you have a whole day, I'd suggest starting in the Skagit flats as > recommended in the Birder's Guide, at Exit 221 for Conway Road, and slowly > working your way east and then north into the Samish flats. If you're > looking purely for swans and geese, I'd skip the upland walk at Padilla > Bay. That's likely to get you to the Samish East 90s corner by > mid-afternoon, which seems to be a good time to spot dueling Short-Eared > Owls and Northern Harriers. > > We actually thought we might've seen Snow Geese far out on the water when > we were on Fir Island at Jenson Access, but my mom had just taken a spill > and I was too distracted to set up the scope. I told myself they were > probably gulls, but there was something ungullike in their appearance, and > someone said recently that Snow Geese will take to the water in certain > circumstances to do with the cycle of the moon. > > Jamie Holland > > > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 6:23?AM Josh DeSilvey > wrote: > > Hello - if the weather is favorable on Saturday, I was planning a trip up > to Skagit county to view the populations of swans and geese that winter > there, (as read on Tweeters listserv). I took a look at eBird and it looks > Fir Island could be a good place. But in thought I would ask here for some > guidance as to where some of better fields are. > > Thanks for your help and happy new year! > > Josh DeSilvey > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tsbrennan at hotmail.com Fri Dec 29 19:46:16 2023 From: tsbrennan at hotmail.com (Tim Brennan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] So long, and thanks for all the egrets Message-ID: Hey Tweets! I am back in Renton after a couple days finishing up my Southwest Washington year. I went into the Wahkiakum CBC needing 3 more birds to get to 150, and finished it out with White-throated Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, and the biggest surprise - a Long-eared Owl! Beautiful day of birding, although East winds meant that some of the hoped for birds (loons, ducks, and grebes) were not pushed up the Columbia. There seemed to be Black Phoebes everywhere, and a couple of Red-Shouldered Hawks. And the best bird of the day year. . . Great Egret a dozen times over. The CBC, and some Clark birding this morning (Herring Gull, Western Grebe), brought the final year lists to: Clark (152), Cowlitz (151), Skamania (151), and Wahkiakum (151). I'm hoping to do a 150 year for every county in the state eventually, and this helped a ton - bringing the total to 16. But. . . maybe not four counties next year? ? I'll update the blog once my feet are back underneath me. Thanks to all of the amazing birders in those counties who helped along the way. Hopefully through eBird and the blog, I've left some good breadcrumbs for people hoping to explore the area. Looking forward to hearing about the FOY birds in a few days! Cheers, Tim Brennan Exhausted in Renton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.heiberg at gmail.com Sat Dec 30 08:14:47 2023 From: hank.heiberg at gmail.com (Hank Heiberg) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit County Trip References: <149A4679-0E35-43C3-B70F-3A8DD4A2553F@gmail.com> Message-ID: Last week we had an enjoyable birding trip to Skagit County with nearly perfect weather for December. Our favorite birding hot spot was Rosario Head both because of the incredible scenery and because of the birds including a Black Scoter, Black Oystercatchers and Harlequin Ducks . East 90 in the Samish flats came in a close second with Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers. We love seeing owls! Here is a link to the eBird trip report. https://ebird.org/tripreport/183921 Click on ?show all of the details? in blue in the trip report to see where the listed species were seen. Our favorite photos: Reflection of a Great Blue Heron in a pond at Jennings Memorial Park in Marysville https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53421497913/in/ Pacific Wren that perched close to us at Rosario Beach https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53417440078/in/ Here is a link to the photo album for the trip. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720313598836/ Hank & Karen Heiberg Issaquah, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Interestingly, I just saw one bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period I?ve ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them, first one I?ve seen here this winter. We don?t have the invasion of siskins that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too. Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023! Dennis Paulson Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek Seattle, WA From steveloitz at gmail.com Sat Dec 30 09:29:23 2023 From: steveloitz at gmail.com (Steve Loitz) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] goldfinches and siskin In-Reply-To: <1BE39B53-56A8-424E-BF7C-5F0D228A4243@comcast.net> References: <1BE39B53-56A8-424E-BF7C-5F0D228A4243@comcast.net> Message-ID: Dennis, et. al., Yesterday, closely E of Ellenburg city limits, I saw a lone Pine Siskin among a small flock of American Goldfinches, the first PISI I've seen this year below 5,000' elevation. (I saw a couple flocks of PISIs in the E Cascades subalpine this summer -- in Subalpine Firs, which IME are PISIs' favorite E Cascade tree notwithstanding the name). Steve Loitz Ellensburg On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 9:22?AM Dennis Paulson wrote: > Good morning tweets, > > Just wanted to report the persistence of up to six American Goldfinches at > a tube feeder, first seen on 21 December. Interestingly, I just saw one > bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like > amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded > yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period > I?ve ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them, > first one I?ve seen here this winter. We don?t have the invasion of siskins > that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too. > > Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023! > > Dennis Paulson > Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek > Seattle, WA > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ucd880 at comcast.net Sat Dec 30 09:33:34 2023 From: ucd880 at comcast.net (HAL MICHAEL) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] goldfinches and siskin In-Reply-To: <1BE39B53-56A8-424E-BF7C-5F0D228A4243@comcast.net> References: <1BE39B53-56A8-424E-BF7C-5F0D228A4243@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1796252034.970120.1703957614831@connect.xfinity.com> No Goldfinch here for a while. May have had some summer nesting. Had two Siskins at the feeder; first in quite a while. Hal Michael Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/) Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 12/30/2023 9:21 AM PST Dennis Paulson wrote: > > > Good morning tweets, > > Just wanted to report the persistence of up to six American Goldfinches at a tube feeder, first seen on 21 December. Interestingly, I just saw one bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period I?ve ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them, first one I?ve seen here this winter. We don?t have the invasion of siskins that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too. > > Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023! > > Dennis Paulson > Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek > Seattle, WA > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From dkreft052 at gmail.com Sat Dec 30 09:42:01 2023 From: dkreft052 at gmail.com (David Kreft) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] goldfinches and siskin In-Reply-To: <1796252034.970120.1703957614831@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1796252034.970120.1703957614831@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <1BB7AD2D-CEAE-46B1-AAA5-D95870C7C5DD@gmail.com> Here in NE WA we have a dearth of AGOL and PISI this winter (so far). Briefly saw two AGOL at the thistle see feeder. That?s it. Dave Kreft Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 30, 2023, at 9:34 AM, HAL MICHAEL wrote: > > ?No Goldfinch here for a while. May have had some summer nesting. Had two Siskins at the feeder; first in quite a while. > > > Hal Michael > Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/) > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > >> On 12/30/2023 9:21 AM PST Dennis Paulson wrote: >> >> >> Good morning tweets, >> >> Just wanted to report the persistence of up to six American Goldfinches at a tube feeder, first seen on 21 December. Interestingly, I just saw one bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period I?ve ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them, first one I?ve seen here this winter. We don?t have the invasion of siskins that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too. >> >> Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023! >> >> Dennis Paulson >> Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek >> Seattle, WA >> _______________________________________________ >> Tweeters mailing list >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From jaybham52 at gmail.com Sat Dec 30 14:46:28 2023 From: jaybham52 at gmail.com (Jay E) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Swans and geese in Skagit County Message-ID: Just another group of observations from Skagit in and around Fir Island today, 12/30. 1. Many 100s to 1000s snow geese flying in loose formations in groups of about 50-200. We saw some land south of Maupin Road but could not find them on the ground. 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Daoud Miller Kenmore, WA > Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 08:14:47 -0800 > From: Hank Heiberg > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit County Trip > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Last week we had an enjoyable birding trip to Skagit County with nearly perfect weather for December. Our favorite birding hot spot was Rosario Head both because of the incredible scenery and because of the birds including a Black Scoter, Black Oystercatchers and Harlequin Ducks . East 90 in the Samish flats came in a close second with Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers. We love seeing owls! Here is a link to the eBird trip report. > > https://ebird.org/tripreport/183921 > > Click on ?show all of the details? in blue in the trip report to see where the listed species were seen. > > Our favorite photos: > > Reflection of a Great Blue Heron in a pond at Jennings Memorial Park in Marysville > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53421497913/in/ > > Pacific Wren that perched close to us at Rosario Beach > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53417440078/in/ > > Here is a link to the photo album for the trip. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720313598836/ > > Hank & Karen Heiberg > Issaquah, WA > From benedict.t at comcast.net Sat Dec 30 16:01:25 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Love finding Black Oystercatchers In-Reply-To: <390F5677-C8F3-44A5-9D43-E15DF3FBEF3F@comcast.net> References: <390F5677-C8F3-44A5-9D43-E15DF3FBEF3F@comcast.net> Message-ID: <64093D54-0481-4006-A5FF-FDCA59BB6F0B@comcast.net> Last summer I watched a pair of BLOY on a rock just offshore at Chetzmoka Park in Port Townsend. It was a treat. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Dec 30, 2023, at 15:55, Daoud Miller wrote: > > Thank you Hank & Karen for sharing your report birding Skagit County last week. I especially loved hearing about your sighting of Black Oystercatchers at Rosario Head. > > I get excited seeing and hearing oystercatchers every time. Favorite locations where I?ve enjoyed them include Washington Park in Anacortes, Shark Reef on Lopez Island, and Yaquina Head on the Oregon coast. > > If any of our readers have other favorite places to see these funny birds, please let me (us) know! > > Daoud Miller > Kenmore, WA > > >> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 08:14:47 -0800 >> From: Hank Heiberg >> To: Tweeters >> Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit County Trip >> Message-ID: >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Last week we had an enjoyable birding trip to Skagit County with nearly perfect weather for December. Our favorite birding hot spot was Rosario Head both because of the incredible scenery and because of the birds including a Black Scoter, Black Oystercatchers and Harlequin Ducks . East 90 in the Samish flats came in a close second with Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers. We love seeing owls! Here is a link to the eBird trip report. >> >> https://ebird.org/tripreport/183921 >> >> Click on ?show all of the details? in blue in the trip report to see where the listed species were seen. >> >> Our favorite photos: >> >> Reflection of a Great Blue Heron in a pond at Jennings Memorial Park in Marysville >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53421497913/in/ >> >> Pacific Wren that perched close to us at Rosario Beach >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53417440078/in/ >> >> Here is a link to the photo album for the trip. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720313598836/ >> >> Hank & Karen Heiberg >> Issaquah, WA >> From birder4184 at yahoo.com Sat Dec 30 16:10:48 2023 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Day 5 in Western Mexico - One More Day References: <576564931.3821520.1703981448754.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <576564931.3821520.1703981448754@mail.yahoo.com> Orange Breasted Buntings, Citreoline Trogon, Happy Wren and many others as my trip was coming to a close.? 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URL: From cchristy at crumplenet.com Sat Dec 30 17:08:38 2023 From: cchristy at crumplenet.com (Caroline Christy) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Black and white warbler - Green Lake Message-ID: <0B26FE3E-5388-4D69-9516-A6400A076AFF@crumplenet.com> The black and white warbler is still continuing at Green Lake (Seattle). Spotted Saturday about 3:30, actively foraging with a mixed flock of kinglets & chickadees, on the west side of the lake (by Aurora). Very accommodating bird?good views as it was low in the tree. And a lifer for me! From nearpost at gmail.com Sat Dec 30 19:57:56 2023 From: nearpost at gmail.com (Scott Ramos) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Birding the Cerrado in Brasil Message-ID: Top birding locations in Brasil include the Pantanal and the Atlantic rainforest. Having visited those places on a previous visit, when Dave Swayne and I headed back to Brasil in late summer, 2023, we opted for different locations. Our guide arranged multi-day stops in two prime areas of the cerrado, the vast biome of central Brasil, consisting largely of savannah and grasslands. The relatively dry habitat amid low scrub is reminiscent of the shrub-steppe of our state, but with different flora and fauna. Many of the birds we saw were endemic to the region. I have finished (finally) a blog describing the trip, the birds and other fauna we saw, and the locations we visited. We did spend a short time in the Atlantic forest but most of our travel was in the areas around two national parks: Serra da Canastra and Serra do Cip?. https://naturenw.blog/2023/08/04/brasil-2023/ If you ever have a chance to visit Brasil for its birds and megafauna, the Pantanal and Atlantic rainforest should top your list. But, if you want to see more than the postcards, try to include the cerrado in your itinerary. Scott Ramos Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stevechampton at gmail.com Sun Dec 31 06:05:25 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] goldfinches and siskin In-Reply-To: <1BB7AD2D-CEAE-46B1-AAA5-D95870C7C5DD@gmail.com> References: <1796252034.970120.1703957614831@connect.xfinity.com> <1BB7AD2D-CEAE-46B1-AAA5-D95870C7C5DD@gmail.com> Message-ID: Regarding American Goldfinches in winter, the Port Townsend CBC never exceeded a dozen from 1977 thru 2021. Usually it was zero. Last year we counted 79; this year we counted 34. good birding, On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 9:42?AM David Kreft wrote: > Here in NE WA we have a dearth of AGOL and PISI this winter (so far). > Briefly saw two AGOL at the thistle see feeder. That?s it. > > Dave Kreft > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 30, 2023, at 9:34 AM, HAL MICHAEL wrote: > > > > ?No Goldfinch here for a while. May have had some summer nesting. Had > two Siskins at the feeder; first in quite a while. > > > > > > Hal Michael > > Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/) > > Olympia WA > > 360-459-4005 > > 360-791-7702 (C) > > ucd880@comcast.net > > > >> On 12/30/2023 9:21 AM PST Dennis Paulson > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Good morning tweets, > >> > >> Just wanted to report the persistence of up to six American Goldfinches > at a tube feeder, first seen on 21 December. Interestingly, I just saw one > bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like > amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded > yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period > I?ve ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them, > first one I?ve seen here this winter. We don?t have the invasion of siskins > that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too. > >> > >> Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023! > >> > >> Dennis Paulson > >> Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek > >> Seattle, WA > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tweeters mailing list > >> Tweeters@u.washington.edu > >> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? Port Townsend, WA (qat?y) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Sun Dec 31 16:06:40 2023 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:42:01 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: <9c5eb45-fb6f-45ec-8d6f-3a97e3f4d5b@zipcon.net> HI ALL: I just posted about 3 bird and 2 non-bird books at my blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2023/12/new-titles.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/