From meetings at wos.org Thu Jun 1 06:45:05 2023 From: meetings at wos.org (meetings@wos.org) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?REMINDER=3A__WOS_Monthly_Meeting=2C_June_5?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_7=3A30_pm_=E2=80=93_WOS_Member_Photo_Night?= Message-ID: <20230601134505.33619.qmail@s401.sureserver.com> On Monday June 5, 2022, the Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) invites you to our final Monthly Meeting of this season.??The program will be our ever-popular "WOS Members? Photo Night.???Attendees can anticipate a full evening's worth of photos and insights from new and old favorite birding locations.?? We thank our Member presenters in advance for sharing their photographic and story-telling skill and invite all to join us and enjoy the program! When:??Monday, June 5, 7:30 pm Where:??Via Zoom (Sign-in begins at 7:15 pm) When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off. WOS Monthly Meetings are open to all.??Please join us! For login information, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/.??While there, if you are not yet a member, I hope you will consider becoming one. Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, previously recorded programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel:??https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC657f_RhriAUIwS_P1m5_nQ/videos Vicki King, WOS Program Coordinator From wagen at uw.edu Thu Jun 1 08:40:08 2023 From: wagen at uw.edu (Mike Wagenbach) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Feeder demands and behavior Message-ID: The Stellar's Jays on our block have trained me. If I see them outside and there is no food left after the last raid by the squirrels, I grab a small handful of peanuts and toss it out my front door onto the deck for them. The power line to our house angles across the lot right in front of the door. When they see me through the glass door coming with the food they tend to perch there and go "tap-tap" with their beaks on the cable. I assume that double tap is either begging behavior or a signal to others in their cohort that food is nearby. Mike Wagenbach Seattle/Ballard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdmarymoor at frontier.com Thu Jun 1 14:09:09 2023 From: birdmarymoor at frontier.com (birdmarymoor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-06-01 References: <862357754.2988898.1685653749988.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <862357754.2988898.1685653749988@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets - It was an unreasonably chilly 40 degrees at the start of our walk this morning.? The temperature did manage to rise to a more reasonable 56 by the end of the walk, but it sure took it's time.? I t was mostly cloudy this morning, and most of the time there was not a breath of wind.? Lots of birds were singing; seeing them was another matter. Highlights: ? ? Mourning Dove - One seen briefly near the weir was our second sighting of the year ? ? Virginia Rail - One responded very lackadaisically from across the slough.? We seldom hear them in June ? ? Spotted Sandpiper - Two at the weir ? ? Bald Eagle - Many, again.? Their numbers may be affecting the numbers of some other species ? ? Pileated Woodpecker - Parents still bringing food to the nest ? ? Cedar Waxwing - Numbers continue to rise ? ? Bullock's Oriole - Saw a female disappear into a nest near the heronry More than twenty species were heard singing, but at least seven species were heard-only. There were two juvenile Great Blue Herons standing together looking dejected under the nests. Misses included Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Cliff Swallow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Wilson's Warbler. For the day, 59 species. = Michael Hobbs From styringa at evergreen.edu Thu Jun 1 14:35:38 2023 From: styringa at evergreen.edu (Styring, Alison) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Field Ornithology Summer Course Message-ID: Greetings Tweeters Subscribers, The Evergreen State College is offering a summer course in Field Ornithology in July-August 2022. Below is a general description of the course with links providing more information. This course would be suitable for people interested in learning common field methodologies used to study birds including bird banding, point-counts/transect-surveys, and bioacoustics monitoring. It is relatively easy to register for summer classes at Evergreen as a special student and transcripts/application fees are not required (here is a link with more information Summer Session | The Evergreen State College). General Course Description: Birds undertake a suite of distinct activities over the course of their annual life cycle, including breeding, molt, and migration.?Understanding the varying strategies deployed by different bird species to complete these activities offers important conservation-related insights.?Differences in strategies reveal the constraints they face in an environment changing with advancing climate disruption.? The variety of habitats in the Washington Cascade Mountains offers an opportunity to explore such strategies in depth through intensive field ornithology.? This class provides an opportunity to develop ornithological field skills while collecting data on variation in evolutionary strategies for breeding, molting and migration through the application of observational and hands-on ornithological techniques, including an intensive bird-netting and banding operation at a variety of elevations from riparian scrub to montane meadows. Link to full catalog description: Field Ornithology | The Evergreen State College Field Ornithology Birds undertake a suite of distinct activities over the course of their annual cycle, including breeding, molt, and migration.?Understanding variation in these activities by different species offers important conservation-related insights and may reveal constraints birds face in an environment changing with advancing climate disruption.?The variety of habitats in the Washington Cascade Mountains offers an opportunity to explore avian ecology and variations in life history strategies through intensive field ornithology.?This class provides a www.evergreen.edu Link to wordpress site with more detailed information: Field Ornithology ? Alison Styring, Ph.D., Faculty, Ornithology (evergreen.edu) If you have questions, please feel free to contact me off-list. 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Highlights included nice looks of the BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and CINNAMON TEAL; nesting BUSHTIT, YELLOW WARBLER, BALD EAGLE, and MARSH WREN; displaying WILSON'S SNIPEs; and COMMON MERGANSER with chicks. Starting out at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook we had nice observation of HOODED MERGANSER and WOOD DUCK. The large Maple Trees in the southwest corner of the "island" on the other side of the pond were where the Wood Ducks appear to be nesting. Good numbers of SONG SPARROW and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT surround the periphery of the pond. BARN SWALLOWS were nesting in the Visitor Center eves and bridges. Several PURPLE FINCH were singing around the Visitor Center and Parking Lots. The Orchard was good for BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, CEDAR WAXWING, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, MOURNING DOVE and BUSHTIT. There was an active Bushtit nest on the east side of the Maintenance Building Entrance Road about 25 feet high in a Maple Tree. As well an active YELLOW WARBLER nest 6 feet high in the second Elderberry bush to the right of the Green Gate across the Entrance Road from the Maintenance Building Entrance Road. Yellow Warbler, WARBLING VIREO, SWAINSON'S THRUSH were heard throughout the Riparian area, as well as numerous Cedar Waxwings seen. There were also plenty of BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. The stand of trees between the Flag Pole and the Access Road was good for calling PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, and nesting DOWNY WOODPECKER. A RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER was observed briefly flying out and south across the fields toward the slough. The flooded fields along the Access Road were harder to scan as the water level has dropped and the vegetation has grown. With some work we had good looks of BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CINNAMON TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, WOOD DUCK, and AMERICAN COOT. Displaying WILSON SNIPE and Common Yellowthroat were seen. SORA was heard. Picking through the swallows we could enjoy TREE SWALLOW, ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW and additional Barn Swallow. SAVANNAH SPARROW is regularly seen around the green gate restricting access to the old McAllister Creek Access Road. The west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail was good for Yellow Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Cedar Waxwing and BROWN CREEPER. We had really nice looks of BAND-TAILED PIGEON and WILLOW FLYCATCHER. MARSH WREN was regularly calling from the marshy edges. The Twin Barns Overlook was not as productive as hoped. The field of grass has grown too high to observe any open water. However nesting Tree Swallows were using the nest boxes for nice views. The Nisqually Estuary Trail or "new dike" was very active with good views of the BALD EAGLE nest with young in the large Cottonwood Tree between the west bank of the Nisqually River and Surge Plain. A male AMERICAN KESTREL was hunting the plain north of the dike from snags. The freshwater marsh on the inside of the dike had good amounts of water for observing waterfowl, herons and songbirds. The elevation of the dike provides good line of sight. GADWALL and NORTHERN SHOVELER were seen. We had additional sightings of species already seen including displaying Wilson's Snipe and nest building Marsh Wren near the entrance to the boardwalk. Multiple VIRGINIA RAIL were heard. We scanned the mud flats north of the dike multiple times but could not locate any migrating shorebirds. The Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail was good for CASPIAN TERN, RING-BILLED GULL, CALIFORNIA GULL, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, WESTERN X GLAUCOUS-WINGED HYBRID, and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. CLIFF SWALLOWS are nesting in the Observation Tower, McAllister Creek Viewing Platform and Puget Sound Viewing Platform. A few VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were observed foraging the mud flats. STELLER'S JAY, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, and additional Black-headed Grosbeak and Purple Finch were heard from the west bank of McAllister Creek. A second Bald Eagle nest with young was easily observable form the Puget Sound Observation Platform on the west bank of McAllister Creek. Many Eagles continue to forage the Reach. A few BRANDT'S CORMORANTS were seen on the Nisqually Channel Marker. Not unexpected, we did not see Spotted Sandpiper along McAllister Creek, although Anders observed one in the Nisqually River. On our return on the boardwalk we were treated to a feeding frenzy in the tributaries between Shannon Slough and McAllister Creek as the rising tide flooded the channels. Foraging Double-crested Cormorants (30), Caspian Terns (40), and Great Blue Herons (20) feasted on small fish in the channels. My recollection is the first weeks of June, juvenile Salmon enter the tidal estuary from the freshwater river and streams as they transition to salt water prior to entering the Sound. A late SURF SCOTER, was seen in the confluence between McAllister Creek and Shannon Slough. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD nest in the Alder Tree just north of the Nisqually River Cut-off from the northeast corner of the Twin Barns Look Trail is empty, hopefully the young fledged. We continue to look for additional RUHU nests. The Nisqually River Overlook was great for observing a female COMMON MERGANSER with 9 chicks. These birds have been seen regularly for the past week from this location, so they might be worth checking out if you visit the Refuge. We observed 74 species for the day, nothing new for the year with 141 species seen thus far. Mammals seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel and Harbor Seal. There were plenty of Pacific Tree Frogs to enjoy, as well a Western Painted Turtle nest near the north west corner of the west parking lot (fenced off by Refuge biologist). Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US May 31, 2023 7:00 AM - 3:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.865 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Partly cloudy, temperatures in the 50?s to 60?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 1ft Tide at 10am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Harbor Seal. 74 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 75 Wood Duck 4 Blue-winged Teal 8 Possible nest cavity in large Maple Trees across the water on the inside of the west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail Cinnamon Teal 3 Seen in flooded fields and freshwater marsh. Northern Shoveler 4 Gadwall 3 American Wigeon 1 Mallard 100 Northern Pintail 2 Surf Scoter 1 Confluence of McAllister Creek and Shannon Slough Hooded Merganser 3 Visitor Center Pond Common Merganser 11 Nisqually River Overlook. Pied-billed Grebe 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 6 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Mourning Dove 3 Anna's Hummingbird 3 Rufous Hummingbird 5 Empty nest in Alder Tree just north of Nisqually River Cut-off from Twin Barns Loop Trail on the inside of the trail. Virginia Rail 2 Heard in the Freshwater marsh. Sora 1 Heard in the Flooded Field south of the Twin Barns. American Coot 6 Killdeer 1 Seen on the mud flats along the Entrance Road Wilson's Snipe 3 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Seen along the Nisqually River. Ring-billed Gull 40 California Gull 20 Glaucous-winged Gull 15 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 3 Caspian Tern 45 Brandt's Cormorant 4 Nisqually River Channel Marker Double-crested Cormorant 40 Great Blue Heron 30 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 15 Nest with young in the Large Cottonwood Tree west side of the Nisqually River and east of the Surge Plain north of the Nisqually Estuary Trail, and west bank of McAllister Creek across from the Puget Sound Observation Platform. Red-tailed Hawk 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 5 Northern Flicker 1 American Kestrel 1 Surge Plain. Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Heard west bank of McAllister Creek. Western Wood-Pewee 4 Willow Flycatcher 8 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3 Warbling Vireo 8 Steller's Jay 2 American Crow 10 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Tree Swallow 30 Nest boxes Twin Barns Observation Platform Violet-green Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 35 Nesting in Visitor Center Cliff Swallow 50 Nesting in Puget Sound Observation Platform Bushtit 3 Occupied nest 25 feet high in Maple Tree east of entrance road to Technician Building and used nest 4 feet high in Douglas Fir south of path from Orchard to Technician Building. Brown Creeper 3 Marsh Wren 8 Visible nest on the inside of the Nisqually Estuary Trail just east of the entrance to the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 150 Swainson's Thrush 31 American Robin 20 Cedar Waxwing 30 Purple Finch 6 American Goldfinch 30 White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 2 Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 21 Spotted Towhee 3 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Brown-headed Cowbird 30 Common Yellowthroat 14 Yellow Warbler 30 Visible occupied nest in Elder Berry 6 feet high along the Entrance Road, the second Elder Berry to the right of the Green Gate across from the Technician Building Entrance Road. Black-headed Grosbeak 4 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S140068267 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From elc at u.washington.edu Thu Jun 1 19:41:22 2023 From: elc at u.washington.edu (Elaine Chuang) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] "Translocating" Raptors (about those wing-tagged hawks, et al) Message-ID: <102F8A4F-C199-4EC5-BD84-C7883D6877CA@u.washington.edu> Hoping this brings greater awareness to all, and inspires reports! As many of you know, it is thanks to Bud Anderson?s initiative that Red-tailed Hawks and other raptors have been tagged at Sea-Tac since 2001. Anderson and Osmek launched one of the first such programs to address bird-aircraft collisions, and of course thereby to reduce the impact on human and avian lives. After a raptor is safely trapped on a runway, placing a federal leg band would be standard, but the colored wing tag with the large number (attached through the patagium) allows observant folks to gather useful information from a distance, such as was collected last month by Kerry Tremain, detailed by Bob O?Brien and at least viewed by David Hutchinson in March. These tagged birds are ?translocated? 70-some miles away and released. According to Bud, ?very few of the translocated tagged red-tails, especially the juveniles, ever return to the airport, which is exactly what we were hoping for when we first started the program.? P.S. Yellow tags indicate the bird was caught as an adult; light blue tags signify birds tagged as juveniles. Some resources: For the detail-oriented among you, here is an article from 2005 by Bud Anderson and Steve Osmek (of Sea-Tac airport): ?Raptor Strike Avoidance at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: a biological approach? https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=birdstrike2005 Sea-tac Raptor Management Program: https://www.portseattle.org/programs/sea-airport-raptor-strike-avoidance-program (shows Steve Osmek) Birdnote: ?Red-tails and Airports? https://www.birdnote.org/listen/shows/red-tails-and-airports (with a nice photo of Bud Anderson at work). Other airports have followed suit: YVR (Vancouver, Canada) Red-tails (and Rough-legged) carry a single numbered WHITE tag. PDX (Portland) Red-tails have an ORANGE numbered tag on both wings. If observed and especially when photographed, any ?marked bird? is great to report. Besides contacting our local gurus at Urban Raptor Conservancy https://urbanraptorconservancy.org/contact/ one may go more cosmic and report to the USGS through the North American Bird Banding Program: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/bblretrv/ where there is comprehensive information about various auxiliary markers such as color bands and tags. Wing tags alone, as contributed by Zora Monster, may be reported by email to wingtaggedhawks@portseattle.org. Cheers, all. Elaine ? in Seattle elc at washington dot edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From styringa at evergreen.edu Fri Jun 2 14:52:47 2023 From: styringa at evergreen.edu (Styring, Alison) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Summer Field Ornithology Course Message-ID: Greetings Tweeters Subscribers, The Evergreen State College is offering a summer course in Field Ornithology in July-August 2023. Below is a general description of the course with links providing more information. This course would be suitable for people interested in learning common field methodologies used to study birds including bird banding, point-counts/transect-surveys, and bioacoustics monitoring. It is relatively easy to register for summer classes at Evergreen as a special student and transcripts/application fees are not required (here is a link with more information Summer Session | The Evergreen State College). General Course Description: Birds undertake a suite of distinct activities over the course of their annual life cycle, including breeding, molt, and migration.?Understanding the varying strategies deployed by different bird species to complete these activities offers important conservation-related insights.?Differences in strategies reveal the constraints they face in an environment changing with advancing climate disruption.? The variety of habitats in the Washington Cascade Mountains offers an opportunity to explore such strategies in depth through intensive field ornithology.? This class provides an opportunity to develop ornithological field skills while collecting data on variation in evolutionary strategies for breeding, molting and migration through the application of observational and hands-on ornithological techniques, including an intensive bird-netting and banding operation at a variety of elevations from riparian scrub to montane meadows. Link to full catalog description: Field Ornithology | The Evergreen State College Field Ornithology Birds undertake a suite of distinct activities over the course of their annual cycle, including breeding, molt, and migration.?Understanding variation in these activities by different species offers important conservation-related insights and may reveal constraints birds face in an environment changing with advancing climate disruption.?The variety of habitats in the Washington Cascade Mountains offers an opportunity to explore avian ecology and variations in life history strategies through intensive field ornithology.?This class provides a www.evergreen.edu Link to wordpress site with more detailed information: Field Ornithology ? Alison Styring, Ph.D., Faculty, Ornithology (evergreen.edu) If you have questions, please feel free to contact me off-list. 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URL: From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Fri Jun 2 19:44:57 2023 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-breasted Chat - Roy, WA Message-ID: Tweeters, Heard a Yellow-breasted Chat call/song while on back deck above our wetland today (June 2) at about 6:45PM. Went down path, recording on the Merlin app as I went. Found the Chat part-way up on Douglas-fir, but my view was partially obscured until the bird turned to the right when I could see the yellow breast, white belly below the yellow breast, and black lores behind black bill with white above that. Attempted to get video, but not able to before Chat flew off south along the wetland. Sound recording added to eBird report. 1 species View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS140279374&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cafc3d11caae74adeb02208db63dbcb86%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638213567899745546%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Lj55wSgQJbo5bOeuCJ%2BwepISt1uh79XbM34EMV8KJ%2Fc%3D&reserved=0 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 TRI at seattleu.edu Sat Jun 3 14:34:35 2023 From: TRI at seattleu.edu (Tucker, Trileigh) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] OT: A good birding day in Quebec Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Ever have one of those spring days when you witness ?a river of a quarter-million warblers?? Me neither. But these folks did, May 24 in Quebec. Highlight of a lifetime! Here in West Seattle, mine seem to have vanished. Lots of House Finches, towhees, chickadees, Bushtits, Song Sparrows, Bewick?s Wrens, etc., but not a warbler to be seen or heard. Still, these everyday folk are both fascinating and beautiful. Trileigh Trileigh Tucker Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Sat Jun 3 15:11:16 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Epic!!=E2=80=94-Re=3A__OT=3A_A_good_birding_?= =?utf-8?q?day_in_Quebec?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5CC3EABC-399B-40F1-8818-B4334DF9934D@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It'll be interesting if it sticks around. > > May all your birds be identified, > Denis DeSilvis > avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From baro at pdx.edu Sat Jun 3 16:26:43 2023 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Chat back In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think it actually originated with BirdChatGPT and then went viral. Anon. On Saturday, June 3, 2023, Dennis Paulson wrote: > Denis, are you sure Yellow-breasted ChatGPT didn?t make it up? > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > On Jun 3, 2023, at 3:32 PM, Denis DeSilvis > wrote: > > > > Hi Tweeters, > > The Yellow-breasted Chat is back in our wetland (3:30pm 6/3) and > singing. It'll be interesting if it sticks around. > > > > May all your birds be identified, > > Denis DeSilvis > > avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Sat Jun 3 17:30:52 2023 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Chat back In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dang! AI can strike anywhere!! D May all your birds be identified, Denis DeSilvis avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com ________________________________ From: Dennis Paulson Sent: Saturday, June 3, 2023 3:46:20 PM To: Denis DeSilvis Cc: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Chat back Denis, are you sure Yellow-breasted ChatGPT didn?t make it up? Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Jun 3, 2023, at 3:32 PM, Denis DeSilvis wrote: > > Hi Tweeters, > The Yellow-breasted Chat is back in our wetland (3:30pm 6/3) and singing. It'll be interesting if it sticks around. > > May all your birds be identified, > Denis DeSilvis > avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot 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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Across the roundabout in front of the Farmers market . The young birds are getting active , they likely will leave the nest shortly. John From cb.tdsnyder at sbcglobal.net Sun Jun 4 01:38:40 2023 From: cb.tdsnyder at sbcglobal.net (cb.tdsnyder@sbcglobal.net) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] AMAZING EBIRD ON MIGRATION: Re: OT: A good birding day in Quebec In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <873789027.1463595.1685867920641@mail.yahoo.com> On Saturday, June 3, 2023, 2:35 PM, Tucker, Trileigh wrote: Hi Tweets, ? Ever have one of those spring days when you witness ?a river of a quarter-million warblers?? Me neither. But these folks did,May 24 in Quebec. Highlight of a lifetime! ? Here in West Seattle, mine seem to have vanished. Lots of House Finches, towhees, chickadees, Bushtits, Song Sparrows, Bewick?s Wrens, etc., but not a warbler to be seen or heard. Still, these everyday folk are both fascinating and beautiful. ? Trileigh ? Trileigh Tucker Pelly Valley, West Seattle? NaturalPresenceArts.com ? ? _______________________________________________ Tweeters mailing list Tweeters@u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birder4184 at yahoo.com Sun Jun 4 20:39:24 2023 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] More Tanzania References: <2129679781.3566905.1685936364231.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2129679781.3566905.1685936364231@mail.yahoo.com> I got buried in writing more blogs and some travel and did not get back to sharing the blog posts about Tanzania with Tweeterdom.? Lots more animals and birds if anyone is interested.? Includes visits to the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park, and then ending back where it started at Ngare Seron Mountain Lodge.? Really a fabulous trip. http://blairbirding.com/2023/04/25/tanzania-days-7-and-8-more-central-serengeti-more-birds/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/05/tanzania-day-10-ndutu-and-on-to-the-ngorongoro-crater/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/08/tanzania-day-11-the-ngorongoro-crater/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/09/tanzania-day-12-rhinos-in-the-crater/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/12/tanzania-day-13-leaving-the-crater-heading-to-lake-manyara/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/12/tanzania-day-14-lake-manyara/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/15/tanzania-day-15-tarangire-national-park/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/15/tanzania-day-16-last-day-in-tarangire-one-last-heron-one-last-sandgrouse/ http://blairbirding.com/2023/05/16/tanzania-days-17-and-17-and-a-half-the-tour-ends-where-it-began/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dougsantoni at gmail.com Mon Jun 5 09:23:05 2023 From: dougsantoni at gmail.com (Doug Santoni) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Sage Thrasher Montlake Fill Message-ID: <4B8FD8D5-ABDB-4792-B4CD-5FD9531D9DD0@gmail.com> Sage Thrasher is being seen right now, just south of the center for urban horticulture (Seattle) on the gravel path and lawn, adjacent to the CUH building. Doug Santoni Seattle DougSantoni at gmail dot com Doug Santoni Ph 305-962-4226 DougSantoni@gmail.com From adrian at greatpeninsula.org Mon Jun 5 16:01:04 2023 From: adrian at greatpeninsula.org (Adrian Wolf) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Two WDFW Bio4 positions Message-ID: WDFW has two open Bio4 positions, in the Diversity Division ? one for the prairie vertebrate species lead (closes 6/19), and one for coastal birds ? snowy plover, red knots, and such (closes 6/20). The links are here: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/4016704/prairie-vertebrate-species-biologist-fish-wildlife-biologist-4-permanent https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/washington/jobs/4067101/conservation-biologist-fish-wildlife-biologist-4-permanent-07313-23 Any questions, please contact Hannah Anderson (she/her) Wildlife Diversity Division Manager Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1111 Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA 98501 h.anderson@dfw.wa.gov (360) 515-6885 Get Outlook for Android -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Tue Jun 6 07:18:56 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Samish Flats - Early Morning, Early June In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230606071856.Horde.hF2ujPnEbMkRU0aSvjILKGX@webmail.jimbetz.com> Tuuuweeeeet! Tuuuweeeet! Tweet! Tuuuweeeet! I went out to the Samish Flats -early- this morning. ===> Bottom line = no birds to speak of ... Was on the Flats just after 5, stayed until 10 before 7. Sun came over the mountains right about 5:45. Tide was high (actually quite high). A few early cars (commuters?) but the farms hadn't started working until just before 7 when I was leaving. Mostly trucks but still looked like commuters (new, not dirty, no 'equipment' of any kind in the bed). One bicyclist, two motor cycles. No eagles, no hawks, one GBH, no crows or ravens, no TUVU, no ducks, no geese, a few RWB, a few less song birds, no wading birds, no shorebirds, no diving birds, and that was it. :-( Didn't even get out the camera or binos. Spent the majority of the time at the East 90 but also sat at the West 90 and The T and drove out to Samish Island, etc. Went out via Hwy 11, came back via D'Arcy, Allen West, Benson, and etc. Beautiful morning - especially the light on the fields at the East 90 as the sun came up over the mountains. - Jim From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Jun 6 13:31:05 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] When pigeons dream -- ScienceDaily Message-ID: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230606111728.htm Sent from my iPhone From birdmarymoor at gmail.com Tue Jun 6 14:42:09 2023 From: birdmarymoor at gmail.com (Michael Hobbs) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wenas Audubon Campout COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD Message-ID: For the first time in 60 years, the Wenas Audubon Campout was held on the weekend after Memorial Day weekend, rather than on the holiday weekend itself. It was do much better, since there were essentially zero ORVs and ATVs. So quiet and peaceful. The birding was still excellent. One highlight was a gorgeous male COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD that showed up sporadically at some of the hummingbird feeders people had put out for the weekend. Both Friday and Monday, it came to my feeder at 46.907496,-120.810556 I believe this is a County First for Yakima County. The Wenas Audubon Campout was started 60 years ago, as a cooperative free birding campout for all Audubon chapters in the state. It is held in what Google Maps calls the "Cascade Camp, Selah, WA", though it is quite a bit north of Selah in the Wenas Valley. Camping is primitive, without even picnic tables nor water available, though the campground has vault toilets and the committee brings in portapotties as well. There are several free field trips organized, and birding is great just around camp. 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Both the > extermination and the presentations. > > Bob OBrien Carer OR > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 plkoyama at comcast.net Wed Jun 7 13:58:07 2023 From: plkoyama at comcast.net (PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fishing Brewer's Blackbird In-Reply-To: <923394708.974561.1686101809777@connect.xfinity.com> References: <923394708.974561.1686101809777@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <533330107.776844.1686171487273@connect.xfinity.com> Tweets; David and I also saw an unexpected "fisher bird" on Sunday at the Little White Salmon Fishery in Skamania Co. It was a Brewer's Blackbird that hung out by the pool where the "small fry" swim. (Is that really what they're called, ha ha?) It would grab one of the little fish then eat it down on the driveway. We also spotted a American Dipper at the spillway fishing, then carrying its catch up to a nest above the water in the heavy grating. Penny Koyama, Bothell > On 06/06/2023 6:36 PM PDT ANDREA BENNETT wrote: > > > King County Seattle-On Tuesday, June 6 at 5 PM at Matthews Beach on American crow, was kiting over the lake and caught a small fish! Also present: bald eagle, osprey, great, blue heron, belted, kingfisher, house finch, song sparrow, violet-green swallow, mallard, Canada goose > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From shepthorp at gmail.com Wed Jun 7 22:02:05 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR Wednesday Walk for 6/7/2023 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 30 of us had a really nice summer-like day at the Refuge with temperatures in the 50's to 80's degrees Fahrenheit and a Low -3'4" Tide at 2:52pm. Highlights included nesting YELLOW WARBLER, very active BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in the Maple and Cottonwood Trees at the west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail, numerous duck species, great looks at WILSON'S SNIPE, and over 100 BALD EAGLES with the minus low tide on the Reach. Starting out at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook we had nice looks of 10 WOOD DUCK ducklings with their hen. BARN SWALLOW were nesting in the Visitor Center. The Orchard was good for WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, PURPLE FINCH, CEDAR WAXWING, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and MOURNING DOVE. Both BUSHTIT and YELLOW WARBLER were nesting along the maintenance and entrance roads. The Access Road was quiet but we had nice looks of CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WILLOW FLYCATCHER and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. The west entrance to the Twin Barns Loop Trail was busy with two BULLOCK'S ORIOLE actively interacting and seemingly agitated. YELLOW WARBLER, HAIRY WOODPECKER and WARBLING VIREO were also observed. The Twin Barns Overlook was quiet, with additional views of TREE SWALLOW and WILLOW FLYCATCHER. The Nisqually Estuary Trail or new dike had a good variety of waterfowl with CINNAMON TEAL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, and RING-NECKED DUCK. WILSON'S SNIPE, VIRGINIA RAIL, and SORA were all heard and seen. The Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail had good numbers of CASPIAN TERN, CALIFORNIA GULL, and RING-BILLED GULL. Numerous DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT and a few GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL were seen. Out on the Reach we counted 97 BALD EAGLE. CLIFF SWALLOW were nesting in the Puget Sound Observation Platform Both BALD EAGLE nests, in Cottonwood west of Nisqually River and Douglas Fir west of Puget Sound Observation Platform, still have young actively being fed by adults. On our return we had nice looks of Raccoon at the Nisqually River Overlook. BROWN CREEPER was seen along the east end of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. We observed 70 species for the day, and have seen 141 species this year. Mammals seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal, and Raccoon. Until next week when we meet again at 8am. Happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jun 7, 2023 6:20 AM - 2:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 8.197 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Sunny with temperatures in the 50?s to 80?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -3?4? Tide at 2:52pm. Mammals seen include Eastern Cotton-Tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer and Harbor Seal. 70 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 20 Wood Duck 16 Blue-winged Teal 6 Cinnamon Teal 2 Northern Shoveler 4 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 2 Mallard 50 Northern Pintail 2 Green-winged Teal 2 Ring-necked Duck 2 Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 1 Observed at 300 feet with 60x spotting scope for 2-3 minutes preening and swimming in tidal estuary at high tide at 7am east of Leschi Slough. Blended gray and red neck, very small white chin patch, double pointed crested nape, and small white speculum when flying out. Pied-billed Grebe 3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4 Mourning Dove 1 Rufous Hummingbird 4 Virginia Rail 2 Sora 1 American Coot 4 Killdeer 3 Wilson's Snipe 2 Ring-billed Gull 45 California Gull 75 Glaucous-winged Gull 4 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 1 Caspian Tern 100 Brandt's Cormorant 3 Double-crested Cormorant 50 Great Blue Heron 40 Bald Eagle 103 Counted. Probably more. Used spotting scope to scan Reach at low tide. Observed 97 birds using clicker. Increased count to include adults on nests w/ chicks on Refuge Red-tailed Hawk 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 Western Wood-Pewee 4 Willow Flycatcher 8 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 Warbling Vireo (Western) 3 Steller's Jay 1 American Crow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Purple Martin 6 Tree Swallow 30 Violet-green Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 25 Cliff Swallow 30 Bushtit 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Brown Creeper 4 Marsh Wren 10 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 100 Swainson's Thrush 43 American Robin 20 Cedar Waxwing 20 Purple Finch 4 American Goldfinch 8 Savannah Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 16 Spotted Towhee 1 Bullock's Oriole 4 Red-winged Blackbird 60 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Common Yellowthroat 16 Yellow Warbler 25 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S140847249 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We started from the C-5 fuselage and headed directly for the Muck Creek bridge to the south. We found a LAZULI BUNTING as we drove there. A section of the road was being repaved, which meant we detoured on a dirt road for just over a half-mile. We decided to stop just off the dirt track to check for Vesper Sparrow (nope) and other species. Silly us! Along came quite a few of the larger military vehicles, including a Stryker. My SUV took an immediate dust bath! Stopping at the Muck Creek bridge (I think some of the biologists at JBLM call it the "coyote bridge"), we traveled on the south side of the creek opposite the wildlife restoration area. We almost immediately heard a NORTHERN BOBWHITE calling, and tallied three separate calling bobwhites, and had an excellent view of one of them that cooperatively flew into a shrub in front of us. (See species list below.) Here we found the first of many YELLOW WARBLERS throughout our trip, including one carrying food. At Lewis Lake we found two probable nesting pairs of RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS, which were the first of many of this species we found in quite a few parts of our trip. The big find here was a male BUFFLEHEAD on a log on the lake. We each looked through the scope and independently identified it as such. Although we didn't find NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS at the bridge - a disconcerting non-find because I've seen them there in season for over 40 years - we found at least 5 of them at Lewis Lake. At the Nisqually River we "dipped" on finding Dippers, but David heard a crashing movement in the brush nearby. We both assumed it was a deer, but I managed to spot it as it fled away from us: black bear. A definite surprise! We bypassed TA 10 (Johnson Marsh) because of Army activity (although it was listed as "open" on the access list for the day), and continued to TA 8 toward Spanaway Marsh. I took a side road, basically brush-busting along a not-well-used track and heard a HERMIT WARBLER singing above us. We hopped out and managed to get good views of a male. David spotted a female and also had quick view of another male nearby. (We had heard two males singing.) We closed out the trip by deciding to get a better view of a LAZULI BUNTING. I had found this species almost every year at the hillside fronting Observation Post (OP) 8 on the north side of the artillery impact area. Sure enough, OP 8 came through and we had excellent views of a male. Starting and ending with this gorgeous species was a treat! Below is a simplified list of species we found at the three sites David reported on in eBird. Muck Creek wildlife restoration site (26 spp plus 2 taxa) Northern Bobwhite California Quail Mourning Dove hummingbird sp. Killdeer Accipiter sp. Red-tailed Hawk Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher California Scrub-Jay Black-capped Chickadee Purple Martin Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Bewick's Wren European Starling Swainson's Thrush American Robin Cedar Waxwing Song Sparrow Spotted Towhee Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Black-headed Grosbeak Lewis Lake (26 spp) Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Bufflehead California Quail Mourning Dove Rufous Hummingbird Red-breasted Sapsucker Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Northern Rough-winged Swallow Tree Swallow Swainson's Thrush American Robin Cedar Waxwing American Goldfinch Dark-eyed Junco Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Wilson's Warbler Western Tanager Black-headed Grosbeak Brandenburg Marsh (15 spp) Northern Flicker Western Wood-Pewee Purple Martin Tree Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Marsh Wren Swainson's Thrush Cedar Waxwing Chipping Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Black-headed Grosbeak 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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Squamish Harbor is at the very north of Hood Canal. Carolyn Eagan Sent from my iPhone From olyclarinet at gmail.com Thu Jun 8 12:25:46 2023 From: olyclarinet at gmail.com (Deborah West) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Killdeer at Tumwater Historical Park and Violet-Green Swallow Question Message-ID: <0AE9494E-CB90-4054-9DF7-79B40D067CAD@gmail.com> We have been seeing killdeer?killdeers??at Tumwater Historical Park for several days now. Two of them go into their broken-wing act. Have not yet found a nest but then we try not to disturb them. Many people use the park but I hope the killdeer are successful if they indeed have a nest. I have been hearing violet-green swallows between 3:00 am and 4:00 am for several mornings now. In the past I have seen them shortly before dawn but 3:00 am seems a bit early. Is this normal behavior. Deborah Olympia From cmborre1 at gmail.com Thu Jun 8 12:43:50 2023 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Chestnut-sided Warbler Gig Harbor Message-ID: <444F35FD-6597-48FB-AE97-13C715C8AFE0@gmail.com> We found a Chestnut-sided Warbler in our patch in Gig Harbor. The coordinates are listed below, or feel free to contact me for help finding this bird. He?s been singing constantly since we found him. 47.38107? N, 122.56599? W Cara Borre Gig Harbor From birdmarymoor at frontier.com Thu Jun 8 16:10:31 2023 From: birdmarymoor at frontier.com (birdmarymoor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-06-08 References: <1763526074.989007.1686265831183.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1763526074.989007.1686265831183@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets - It was a delightful day at Marymoor, with sunny skies and temps mostly in the low '60s.? But it was pretty much a duplicate of last week.? We had only one species this week that we didn't have last week: ????Pied-billed Grebe - Two from the lake platform, first in 10 weeks Other than that, it was the same only slightly less.? There were only two BALD EAGLES not nine, and there were four species that we had last week that we missed this week: Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Glaucous-winged Gull (*may* have seen one a mile away), and Red-tailed Hawk. It was a good day for mammal sightings though: ????Eastern Gray Squirrel - near mansion ? ? American Beaver - across from Dog Central ? ? Muskrat - from Rowing Club dock ? ? Eastern Cottontail - a couple ? ? River Otter - across from Dog Central Earlier in the week, Kazuto Shibata photographed a BOBCAT. For the day, 56 species. = Michael Hobbs From cmborre1 at gmail.com Thu Jun 8 16:40:07 2023 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Chestnut-sided Warbler location instructions Message-ID: This area is privately owned, but the owner has been kind enough to allow non-motorized recreation. It's 1000+ acres and the parking area closest to the warbler is around 13888 Hallstrom Dr. NW in Gig Harbor on the west side of the road. Park and walk around the gate. Follow the main trail which is large enough for a vehicle to drive on. In about 0.3 miles another vehicle-sized trail intersects the right side of the trail you are on. You may see an arrow made from branches on the ground at this intersection. Go right here and then make an immediate left onto a small side trail. There is a sign saying CSWA at the entrance to this foot trail. Follow the foot trail about 0.3- 0.5 miles until you either hear the CSWA singing or see another sign I left where we found it. If you go just a little farther beyond that sign you will come out onto another large trail. Its song is key to finding it. There are also MacGillivray's, Wilson's and other warblers in this area, but the unique, and loud song of the Chestnut-sided Warbler should help you locate it. It was high in an alder with some bare branches, but came lower to feed as well. Good luck! Cara Borre Gig Harbor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nreiferb at gmail.com Thu Jun 8 17:06:47 2023 From: nreiferb at gmail.com (Nelson Briefer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] GB Herons Message-ID: GB Herons at downtown Anacortes- in tight kettles and in massive, tight straight- away flight. As many as 150- 200. Possibly, there were many more than 200. They were heading Westward. At 4: 30 PM. Nelson Briefer ? Anacortes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com Thu Jun 8 19:00:27 2023 From: cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com (Christopher Clark) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Mt Rainier Birding Today (June 8th) Message-ID: Good evening everyone, After wanting to go for several weeks now, I was finally able to get up to Mt Rainier. For the first time in nearly 10 years, I headed up to Paradise. I usually go to Sunrise when it opens up in July, but there were a few birds I was hoping to see on the south side of the mountain. First off, I stopped at Longmire. A possible HERMIT WARBLER was heard, as was TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHERS were frequently heard as well. I started walking up the Rampart Ridge trail, and as the trail rose in elevation, HERMIT WARBLERS were heard in good numbers. I didn't hear any Townsend's Warblers here, and even though I didn't get any visuals, it seems this may be a good area for pure Hermits, so I felt comfortable counting them. This is not only a new county bird for me, but an overdue life bird as well. I only hiked far enough to hear the warblers, then after attempting to get a visual, I headed back down. On the way back, two RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS flew into a tree right next to me, including one that landed on the ground just a few feet away! VAUX'S SWIFT, as well as BARN and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, were seen overhead. EBird checklist here: https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S140939113 Next I drove up to Paradise itself. For anyone wondering, there is still extensive snow up here, making trail access difficult without proper equipment. I wasn't personally able to get up high enough to see White-tailed Ptarmigan or Rosy-finches. Hopefully conditions will be better in a few weeks! The parking lot was clear however, so I mostly stuck around here. A female WESTERN BLUEBIRD was heard and seen perched on a tree near the Paradise Inn - Another long overdue county bird for me! I wasn't expecting to see one up here, but I believe they've been seen here in years past. FOY CASSIN'S FINCH, CHIPPING SPARROW, and CANADA JAY were seen as well. a GAMBEL'S WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was heard next to the inn, it's song noticeably different from the Puget's White-crowneds that were singing in the same area. EBird checklist here: https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S140940577 Overall it was a gorgeous day, a great day for a drive! I did miss several bird species but that just gives me a reason to go back soon. Christopher Clark Puyallup, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mcEzSyKwKZ8MfzzJaHynGECMnr_cK1_EoneUPfx3kBMVFLV36we_hKWVedMBAGLv0ioO6P8vr1YYEDq2c8WmoHGMM2lIcvdfIEMSmmCGCjhzG9qQntrTke_Um14p-5EVPQ7oVURbICuEKpi422ZQ03AXyFd8tz0bgLbrfuah-CjlEOwMBU1E39B43Q/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/DSC_0124%20(3).JPG] May 29th - I'll Take Towns that Start with Y for 500, Alex I stirred in my tent, and felt a chill run through my spine as the desert dogs barked . . . far closer to my camp than I expected, and they ... southwestwashingtonbirding.blogspot.com [https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpepKTIUHT_SFK4DQmye6uk_hJDnNQiE-h0s18xLEaYy3ciIECB6NTlt4KCKVwGNRu1tuDns9lPfSWt10yZVmS9J9lTOx0TPCxkiuhsF_aeOIRd21Bi9fWSgaCxMbEfitl7edzRh0ipTJiwvkJp1prQg0NTNmrHvHAfla-y2LkhH_der4e-anQ5W3g5g/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/IMG_20230530_054923%20(2).jpg] May 30th - Grouse Vista Trail, Clark County Morning at the trailhead What a beautiful morning. I do love getting up early for hikes, to ensure that as much of the hike will be free of ... southwestwashingtonbirding.blogspot.com Cheers, Tim Brennan Renton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nreiferb at gmail.com Thu Jun 8 22:55:31 2023 From: nreiferb at gmail.com (Nelson Briefer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Suggested reading Message-ID: I suggest reading ? Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid. By Thor Hanson. Copyright 2021. The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change. Cheers, Nelson Briefer? Anacortes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From baro at pdx.edu Fri Jun 9 04:21:20 2023 From: baro at pdx.edu (Robert O'Brien) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] How we have summer Brown Pelicans and occasional Murrelets In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yep. If you watch through the credits at the end of the video you'll see Steve's name. On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, Steve Hampton wrote: > I had the privilege of being involved with the rat eradication project on > Anacapa-- probably one of the most beneficial projects for seabirds (and an > entire ecosystem) in the US. > > There are several short videos about the project here: > https://wildlife.ca.gov/OSPR/NRDA/American-Trader > > I recommend, for starters, the 4-min video that was done 10 years after > the project. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG4mLKN6LT0 > > Note that similar issues affect seabird colonies around the world. > > > > On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 8:08?AM Robert O'Brien wrote: > >> https://www.nps.gov/places/000/inspiration-point-3.htm >> >> Quite extensive text and video. Very well done. Both the >> extermination and the presentations. >> >> Bob OBrien Carer OR >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 cmborre1 at gmail.com Fri Jun 9 09:48:53 2023 From: cmborre1 at gmail.com (Cara Borre) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Chestnut-sided Warbler Message-ID: <5C8F129F-6BB6-456A-85C0-8CE2BB17C657@gmail.com> Still present, singing, exact same place. See previous instructions. I?ll check daily and post if present. Cara Borre Gig Harbor From tcstonefam at gmail.com Fri Jun 9 10:32:32 2023 From: tcstonefam at gmail.com (Tom and Carol Stoner) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fledglings! Message-ID: It's fledgling week here in West Seattle. The crows have 4, the bushtits have at least 3 and the house sparrows and dark-eyed juncos have a few. It's been fun watching the bushtits arrive in flocks again and teach the young 'uns how to use the suet feeder. Carol Stoner West Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From masonflint at outlook.com Fri Jun 9 11:16:24 2023 From: masonflint at outlook.com (Mason Flint) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Books Available Message-ID: I thought I'd check with Tweets before I get rid of these books at Half-Priced Books. Let me know if you're interested in any of these. Field Guides Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America. L Irby Davis. 1972. Birds of Mexico and Central America. Ber Van Perlo. 2006. A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia. Ben King and Edward Dickinson. 1975. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawai'I. Jim Denny. 2010. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. 2003. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. 2003. Field Guide to Owls of California and the West. Hans Peters. 2007. Birds of Oregon. Roger Burrow and Jeff Gilligan. 2003. Guide to the Birds of Alaska. Robert Armstrong. 1983. Location Guides A Birder's Guide to Washington. Hal Opperman. 2003. (This is the old paperback edition) Birder's Guide to Maine. Elizabeth Pierson, Jan Pierson, and Peter Vickery. 1996. Birding Northern California. John Kemper. 2001. Birds of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Carroll Littlefield. 1990. Where to Watch Birds in the London Area. Dominic Mitchell. 1997. Birding Hot Spots of Santa Fe, Taos, & Northern New Mexico. Judy Liddell & Barbara Hussey. 2013. Family Deep-Dives Nightjars and their Allies. D.T. Holyoak. 2001. Thrushes. Peter Clement. 2000. Shrikes & Bush Shrikes. Tony Harris. 2000. Sunbirds: A Guide to the Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers, Spiderhunters and Sugarbirds of the World. Robert Cheke, Clife Mann and Richard Allen. 2001. Mason Flint Bellevue, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Fri Jun 9 11:23:37 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fledglings! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45779E84-D0BA-407E-95B6-4445D345D15D@comcast.net> I?m impressed! How do you keep the crows and jays from raiding the nestlings of the other birds? The crows and jays in our neighborhood wipe out pretty much all the other broods. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Jun 9, 2023, at 10:32, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > > It's fledgling week here in West Seattle. The crows have 4, the bushtits have at least 3 and the house sparrows and dark-eyed juncos have a few. It's been fun watching the bushtits arrive in flocks again and teach the young 'uns how to use the suet feeder. > > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > From TRI at seattleu.edu Fri Jun 9 12:29:34 2023 From: TRI at seattleu.edu (Tucker, Trileigh) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fledglings! Message-ID: Over here in my part of West Seattle, north of Lincoln Park, it is indeed fledgling week! In the bird area outside my study window, I have young bushtits and nuthatches galore. Here?s a video of a flock of 9 bushtits, including at least 6 fledglings, enjoying one of my birdbaths, and another of a nuthatch parent trying to feed 4 frisky youngsters at once. I also have fledgling towhees, House Finches, and Song Sparrows, though not in quite such numbers as the others. I think in my area, the crows are sufficiently distracted by the Cooper?s Hawks and the Barred Owl to not bother too much with the tiny nestlings. And the adult and fledgling crows also seem to find much more entertainment chasing each other. Trileigh Trileigh Tucker West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com From: Tom Benedict Date: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11:23 AM To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Fledglings! I?m impressed! How do you keep the crows and jays from raiding the nestlings of the other birds? The crows and jays in our neighborhood wipe out pretty much all the other broods. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Jun 9, 2023, at 10:32, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > > It's fledgling week here in West Seattle. The crows have 4, the bushtits have at least 3 and the house sparrows and dark-eyed juncos have a few. It's been fun watching the bushtits arrive in flocks again and teach the young 'uns how to use the suet feeder. > > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drisseq.n at gmail.com Fri Jun 9 13:25:16 2023 From: drisseq.n at gmail.com (N D) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fledglings! In-Reply-To: <45779E84-D0BA-407E-95B6-4445D345D15D@comcast.net> References: <45779E84-D0BA-407E-95B6-4445D345D15D@comcast.net> Message-ID: Hi Tom and all, Personally, I use wooden nestboxes with appropriately-sized holes. There used to be an individual whom made nest boxes and gave them away for free through the physical WDFW site up in Bothell. I got the leftovers of these about 5 years ago, and have built up a nice collection of boxes in my ? acre yard all of which seem suitable for chickadees and house finches. I also have a lot of trees and I have an empty lot next door which cannot be built on. The squirrels tend to raid the bird feeder which I hope keeps them off my bird nests although a neighbor has been traping the squirrels and relocating them at the local park!. I also let the grasses, ferns and berry bushes grow REALLY long all summer at the bottom of the yard for the juncos and the towhees. My Salal forest is coming along. It?s a complete jungle down there. Every fall, after everyone including the fawns have gone, I chop it back. I usually get 1-2 broods of every regular species. The bushtits take care of themselves. My black capped chickadees are currently in a nest box on a tall wide metal pole-post (from a leftover chainlink corner post) that nothing can climb. I nailed the bird box onto a long stick and inserted the stick into the post and glued it down with hard as nails. It wasn?t used for the first three years until this year! I opened the box a week ago because I assumed it was empty and Ms BCCH flew out at my face and skulked in the cedar trees until she went back to brooding her clutch. Other boxes nailed to the underside of my deck (where the squirrels can?t get to) were always taken by house finches and juncos. I have since moved some of these nestboxes to cedar trees facing northeast to keep them cooler. My Black headed grosbeaks nest in my cedar trees. They usually have a good brood every year. When the babies fledge they make the cutest sounds. Almost sound like chipmunks. And my neighbor in Maple HIlls has Evening Grosbeaks nesting in the woods across from her house!! It's beautiful here. A gorgeous valley. The crows and jays aren't too numerous here either but we have plenty of hawk action. Nadine On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 11:24?AM Tom Benedict wrote: > > I?m impressed! How do you keep the crows and jays from raiding the nestlings of the other birds? > > The crows and jays in our neighborhood wipe out pretty much all the other broods. > > Tom Benedict > Seahurst, WA > > > On Jun 9, 2023, at 10:32, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > > > > It's fledgling week here in West Seattle. The crows have 4, the bushtits have at least 3 and the house sparrows and dark-eyed juncos have a few. It's been fun watching the bushtits arrive in flocks again and teach the young 'uns how to use the suet feeder. > > > > Carol Stoner > > West Seattle > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From jstewart at olympus.net Fri Jun 9 13:26:04 2023 From: jstewart at olympus.net (jstewart@olympus.net) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Fledglings! In-Reply-To: <45779E84-D0BA-407E-95B6-4445D345D15D@comcast.net> References: <45779E84-D0BA-407E-95B6-4445D345D15D@comcast.net> Message-ID: <002201d99b10$9f591de0$de0b59a0$@olympus.net> Please post your reply. Wings, Jan I?m impressed! How do you keep the crows and jays from raiding the nestlings of the other birds? The crows and jays in our neighborhood wipe out pretty much all the other broods. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA From drisseq.n at gmail.com Fri Jun 9 13:43:42 2023 From: drisseq.n at gmail.com (N D) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Great Birding at Lake Kathleen - house for sale Message-ID: Hi folks, last chance for an appropriately priced house for the area. If you are in Seattle and want to move out to a rural area but not too far from a town, this is a great area, and beautiful. So my immediate NEIGHBOR here at Lake Kathleen is just about to put his house up for sale (on father's day). The address is 13445 191st Ave SE. 98059. I think it will sell for about 800K. It is a very well-built and well-kept,house. No fixer upper for you! https://www.zillow.com/homes/-13445-191st-Ave-SE.-98059._rb/48893554_zpid/ The birds here are great! We get evening grosbeaks every spring at our feeders. (I have been here, feeding birds since 2006.) Wouldn't it be great to have two birders living side by side, collaborating on their yards plus on the lake acreage that we co-own too, to make it better for birds? Erik's house for sale is a 4 bedroom, 3 ba, with a large family room. It looks down over the yard and lake, (we are on a small hill above the lake so no water issues up here) with good views into trees etc. Peekaboo views of the lake can be made a little larger too without removing trees. My house was built in 1968. Next door is younger and far nicer with a TREX deck (that's not T-Rex like the dinosaur but TREX like a type of material), which they just painted (it looks really nice). The house and yard are looking good and he's had a lot of work done on it in the past year to bring it up to a good standard for a new sale. I mean, they have had folks in vans coming and going for the past 12 months and are doing the final things before sale. They are officially selling it on June 18th afaict. We both have access to the lake road at the bottom of the yard through gates, and Erik made a footpath and built a little bridge so we don't have to jump to cross the gully to get to walk around the lake. Our houses are fairly close but we have several trees/bushes planted to maintain privacy between the two houses - so not too close. I am currently working on removing my lawn and replacing it with bushes conducive to birds. This is a slow process for me. I am planning on a british garden - packed with shrubberries! Erik's yard has a number of mature Rainier cherry trees. I have a lot of shrubs and trees which were planted for hummingbirds and songbirds. I just put in my flowering redcurrant and a white lilac. Erik's yard is a good blank slate for more shrubs if you like gardening. Lots of room for chickens and things like that too. Also we are in unincorporated king county if that means anything to you - no sewage bill - cheaper taxes. I think my property tax is about $250 a month. The area gets the odd bear and cougar passing through. We have our own family of coyotes, and several bobcats and owl species. And of course we have our own eagle tree with its own pair who produce 1-2 eaglets every year. Birding spots in the areas include Soos Creek down the road in Kent, and Lake Sammamish state park as well as the many hiking trails on Squak and Cougar. Marymoor is only a 30 min drive which has a weekly birdwalk, and LSSP has a monthly birdwalk. Squak is so close you could walk or bike to the hiking trail. Lake Kathleen has a trail that goes right around the lake which many people use for fitness or walking the dog. It's about 1.7 miles round trip - maybe 40 mins. The nearest shops are East Renton Highlands if you're in a hurry or going to I405 but Issaquah is 7 miles via SR-900(sunset) so I usually go to get my goods and services there, and "Keppler's farm and feed" is very close by, and sells the Audubon no mess mix cheaper than the other bird stores as well as other birding goods. The Lake Kathleen hotspot is currently at 122 species (my yard count is pretty high too) but these are only my paltry efforts. An old birder whom moved away told me we once had dippers in our lake outlet, and kestrels in our horse meadows before they built more houses. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4980186 A lovely feature apart from the lake and marshy areas, and proximity to Squak mountain, are the acres of undeveloped land owned by my neighbors. I have befriended many of them, and several of them allow me (and an "other") free rein to bird these wilder areas - approximately 30 acres, which certainly have more variety. I am always looking to increase the variety at the lake and would really welcome having a neighbor who could collaborate on an effort to help put up Martin gourds and wood duck boxes for which I already have permission to do. The Lake Kathlena estates (of which my block belongs) jointly co own the park down by the lake, and the hidden baseball field (where I find Hammonds flycatchers and Dusky too). Spring also brings Nashville and Macgillivrays Warblers too. Last but not least, who can forget I had WA state's 11th Hooded Oriole turn up at my hummingbird feeder for several days about 4-5 years ago. Daily, folks walk the route around the lake which involves several habitats including the wooded area to the south. I usually slope off and go into my neighbor's acreage from the trail which is like having a park all to myself without anyone around. It's wonderful. I can set up cameras for a whole day and a blind and watch for coyote pups, owlets and cougars or bears or I can bird from a temporary blind. We all also have lakefront access for fishing btw too via the small park filled with willow bushes which the warblers seem to love. Non-motorised boats only but I think electric motors are ok. We can kayak and check on all the nests from the lake which isn't too big. Every spring we get the odd Common Loon on the lake. Sometimes they even call. The first time I heard one in real life, I was in shock for a day! It was mesmerizing. Spring brings oddities. If you walk the lake daily in the morning you will sometimes find something new - like a Ruddy duck or a Common Goldeneye. Nothing too rare usually but I think a second pair of eyes would really help find more rarities. If you're super interested in buying the house, do get in touch with any questions you have about the area. We are in Issaquah School district btw. Anyway, if folks haven't messaged me already about this house sale, and are interested in who the realtor is, just lmk. I will send more info soon to those who emailed me already. Nadine D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Fri Jun 9 14:55:17 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Reserves Along the Columbia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230609145517.Horde.YhF41iuHgL9RrqVE1E_On_Z@webmail.jimbetz.com> Tweet! I was chasing a link earlier today that took me to google maps for a small section of the Columbia River. Expanding and exploring I found that there are NWRs all up and down the river and on both sides. I'm not surprised by this - but didn't know about it. My questions are: 1) If you bird one/some of these do you find them "productive"? 2) References? 3) Are there specific seasons of the year when they are more productive than other times? 4) Is there a time of day that you prefer/find more productive? 5) Is the state of the tide important in the lower Columbia? I'm guessing it is - so please add in what stage of the tide seems to be better. And also how far up the Columbia is the tide important to the birding? - Jim in Burlington From gorgebirds at juno.com Fri Jun 9 16:47:56 2023 From: gorgebirds at juno.com (Wilson Cady) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Reserves Along the Columbia Message-ID: <20230609.164756.21975.0@webmail09.vgs.untd.com> Kim, I would recommend checking the Birder's Guide to Washington for information on the many National Wildlife Refuges along the Columbia River in that state. https://wabirdguide.org/ Yes, they are productive for wildlife since that is what they were established and now managed for, each refuge was established for a purpose and often a species or group of species. I bird several of the Columbia Gorge NWRs on a regular basis, and they can be very seasonal, if they were established for wintering waterfowl, they may be very slow in the summer. Not all of the Columbia Gorge NWRs are open to the public, the Pierce NWR is closed to the public and the Franz Lake NWR can only be viewed from the observation platform along Highway 14. The tide affects the Columbia River all of the way to Bonneville Dam, above the dam the water level is affected by power demand and forecast snow melt. On weekends the dams hold back water to be released with increased power demands on the weekdays, hot weather increases energy consumption for air conditioning and there are required river flows for salmon passage. Birding here is affected more by the wind than tide, shorebirds are a rarity in Skamania County, Here in the Columbia River Gorge there are no barriers between the eastern and western sides of the Cascade Mountains with the highest point on Highway 14 being at Cape Horn in Skamania County at about 700'. When driving from Vancouver to eastern Washington from this spot 10 miles east of Washougal it is downhill all the rest of the way. The crest of the Cascades is just east of Home Valley in Skamania County where the Douglas Fir trees are replaced by Ponderosa Pine. Wilson Cady Columbia River Gorge, WA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: jimbetz@jimbetz.com To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: [Tweeters] Reserves Along the Columbia Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:55:17 -0700 Tweet! I was chasing a link earlier today that took me to google maps for a small section of the Columbia River. Expanding and exploring I found that there are NWRs all up and down the river and on both sides. I'm not surprised by this - but didn't know about it. My questions are: 1) If you bird one/some of these do you find them "productive"? 2) References? 3) Are there specific seasons of the year when they are more productive than other times? 4) Is there a time of day that you prefer/find more productive? 5) Is the state of the tide important in the lower Columbia? 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Considering this would be only the second record for the whole state, I'm assuming this was either a one off report, or it was seen on private property and that's why it wasn't widely reported. Link to the alert in question below: https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-may-19-2023/ Christopher Clark Puyallup, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com Fri Jun 9 17:38:19 2023 From: cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com (Christopher Clark) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Smith's Longspur Info - Thank You! Message-ID: Quick update that yes, this record of the Smith's Longspur was on private land, so it wasn't possible to chase. Thanks for the responses everyone! I'm always interested in any information on birds in Pierce County so I appreciate it. Christopher Clark Puyallup, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From zoramon at mac.com Fri Jun 9 19:44:43 2023 From: zoramon at mac.com (Zora Monster) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: Smith's Longspur Report in Tacoma Last Month In-Reply-To: <8CD8351A-2529-4B8C-8F90-1AAC14C4EA37@gmail.com> References: <8CD8351A-2529-4B8C-8F90-1AAC14C4EA37@gmail.com> Message-ID: According to the post on the ABA rare bird page, the bird was found at joint base Lewis McCord by Tim Leque while doing a bird survey. Zora Dermer Seattle Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2023, at 6:27 PM, Doug Santoni wrote: > > ?I?ll try to find it, but I had also seen a photograph of this Smith?s Longspur on one of the rare bird websites. I?ll try to find it. > > Doug Santoni > Seattle, WA > Dougsantoni at gmail dot com > >> On Jun 9, 2023, at 5:20 PM, Christopher Clark wrote: >> >> Good evening everyone, >> >> Last month (early to mid May), according to the ABA Rare Bird Alert that's published weekly, a Smith's Longspur was reported in Tacoma. However, I haven't seen any information regarding this report either here on Tweeters or on eBird. Does anyone have any more info that they could share? Considering this would be only the second record for the whole state, I'm assuming this was either a one off report, or it was seen on private property and that's why it wasn't widely reported. Link to the alert in question below: >> >> https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-may-19-2023/ >> >> Christopher Clark >> Puyallup, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zoramon at mac.com Fri Jun 9 19:46:05 2023 From: zoramon at mac.com (Zora Monster) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: Smith's Longspur Report in Tacoma Last Month In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <18821B99-F19D-48D2-8CA4-F931176BE4E6@mac.com> Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABArare/permalink/6406323629428226/?mibextid=S66gvF Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 9, 2023, at 7:44 PM, Zora Monster wrote: > > ?According to the post on the ABA rare bird page, the bird was found at joint base Lewis McCord by Tim Leque while doing a bird survey. > > Zora Dermer > Seattle > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Jun 9, 2023, at 6:27 PM, Doug Santoni wrote: >>> >> ?I?ll try to find it, but I had also seen a photograph of this Smith?s Longspur on one of the rare bird websites. I?ll try to find it. >> >> Doug Santoni >> Seattle, WA >> Dougsantoni at gmail dot com >> >>> On Jun 9, 2023, at 5:20 PM, Christopher Clark wrote: >>> >>> Good evening everyone, >>> >>> Last month (early to mid May), according to the ABA Rare Bird Alert that's published weekly, a Smith's Longspur was reported in Tacoma. However, I haven't seen any information regarding this report either here on Tweeters or on eBird. Does anyone have any more info that they could share? Considering this would be only the second record for the whole state, I'm assuming this was either a one off report, or it was seen on private property and that's why it wasn't widely reported. Link to the alert in question below: >>> >>> https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-may-19-2023/ >>> >>> Christopher Clark >>> Puyallup, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leschwitters at me.com Sat Jun 10 07:56:46 2023 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe Message-ID: A lot of Vaux?s Swifts spent the night in the Monroe Wagner roost last night. Clickered off 7200 between 2:00 and 4:30 yesterday afternoon. Wee birds haven?t left yet. Larry Schwitters Issaquah From avosetta at hotmail.com Sat Jun 10 08:39:47 2023 From: avosetta at hotmail.com (Diane Yorgason-Quinn) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It seems like too many for non-breeders. So why were most of the other chimneys a bust? Or are they perhaps busy now? Diane ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Larry Schwitters Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2023 7:56 AM To: Tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe A lot of Vaux?s Swifts spent the night in the Monroe Wagner roost last night. Clickered off 7200 between 2:00 and 4:30 yesterday afternoon. Wee birds haven?t left yet. 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I?ll try to replace the sign later Cara Borre Gig Harbor From leschwitters at me.com Sat Jun 10 10:55:45 2023 From: leschwitters at me.com (Larry Schwitters) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <275E8A72-A8AC-42FE-ACDA-BF166D261A8A@me.com> > On Jun 10, 2023, at 8:39 AM, Diane Yorgason-Quinn wrote: > > It seems like too many for non-breeders. For Sure > > So why were most of the other chimneys a bust? Or are they perhaps busy now? You never know until you know. Can you gett some out to JBLM tonight? Larry > > Diane > From: Tweeters > on behalf of Larry Schwitters > > Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2023 7:56 AM > To: Tweeters > > Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening in Monroe > > A lot of Vaux?s Swifts spent the night in the Monroe Wagner roost last night. Clickered off 7200 between 2:00 and 4:30 yesterday afternoon. 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How we think about a roving eagle offers insights into human attitudes toward nature Message-ID: <53285397-9042-4F2F-8096-68CF2AF21F30@gmail.com> I hold the belief, regarding birds and other animals, as discussed here: there are both vagrants and pioneers. Dan Reiff Mercer Island https://theconversation.com/vagrant-machine-or-pioneer-how-we-think-about-a-roving-eagle-offers-insights-into-human-attitudes-toward-nature-200205 Sent from my iPhone From liamhutcheson2020 at gmail.com Sun Jun 11 08:40:31 2023 From: liamhutcheson2020 at gmail.com (Liam Hutcheson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-Throated Vireo Neah Bay! Message-ID: Hey Tweeters, Just found a Yellow-Throated Vireo on jetty road Neah Bay, this will represent the states third record if accepted. It is singing intermittently high in the canopy around 3/4 the way down the road, and has been around for almost an hour now in the same area. 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Every year there is a pair of Northern Harriers that have frequently drifted by at about eye level from my living room as that hunted low over the marsh. This year has had a lot of visits by chipmunks and squirrels, and the typical almost constant bird visits. To my surprise, the male harrier has been making a habit of drifting over the deck within feet of the windows, checking the feeders and the area of short lawn where seeds are also spread. It has even circled around the house to come in from a direction other than directly from the bay margin. So far I haven?t seen it catch anything, but the Eastern Gray Squirrel is a MIA, and I don?t think that there are as many chipmunks or Douglas? Squirrels as a few weeks ago. 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These soon gave way to the triumvirate of Continental Shelf species - Rhinoceros Auklets (76), Common Murres (100), and Sooty Shearwaters (457). A few phalaropes were seen but they didn't want to be seen by all on board. Pink-footed Shearwaters (102) soon appeared which were mingling with the numeros Sooties and were easily distinguished by their heavier flight style as well as obvious plumage differences. Marine mammals are always fun to see and we were lucky to encounter a school of perhaps 50-60 Pacific White-sided Dolphins (103) cutting through the placid water fairly close to the *Monte Carlo*. Another of the day's highlights came with the announcement of "murrelets in view". I looked ahead and saw a Cassin's Auklet (99) and wondered what was happening until I saw the two groups of four Ancient Murrelets (8). These were two family groups - both groups were four murrelets in a line with the adults bookending the line with the chicks in the middle. They were also calling back and forth. This was a rare look at the domestic life of Ancient Murrelets! We motored ahead and at the appointed time, Black-footed Albatrosses (40) appeared. Of interest was that many of the albatrosses were pristine young birds showing no white over the base of the tail and just a thin white line around the base of the bill and no discernable molt. Several flew quite close much to the delight of photographers and birders alike! These were joined by a few Northern Fulmars (15) and our first Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels (69) and Sabine's Gulls (10). A single Short-tailed Shearwater (1) was called out. A Mola mola was the only one that we saw. Two Northern Fur seals didn't stick around for prolonged observation. Cassin's Auklets were getting a bit more plentiful. We approached the edge of the Continental Shelf but didn't encounter an active fishing fleet which usually concentrates the seabirds so we headed on to the deeper waters off the edge of the Shelf over Gray's Canyon. With a stiffening northwest breeze, the chum slick worked its magic as Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels approached from the northwest as well as our anticipated Leach's Storm-Petrels (30) which feed over deep water even though nesting along the coast of the Pacific Northwest. We had great opportunities to study flight style differences between these two species as well as their quite different plumages. Black-footed Albatrosses "wowwed" everyone on board as their 6.5 foot wingspans took them on some pretty close flybys. Albatross at ten feet on the water is always a magical thing too! Captain Phil eventually decided to head south on the inside edge of the Continental shelf and it was a good thing that he made that decision as we encountered many more Cassin's Auklets as well as an incredible display of acrobatic Humpback Whales (20). For 15 minutes we watched several of these magnificent creatures breaching out of the water with an eventual memorable big splash of white water. Following this were numerous tail slaps and flaps of their 8-16 foot long pectoral flippers. It was easy to see why their latin name is *Megaptera novaeangliae* which means "Big Wing of New England" although we'll have to modify that a bit to reference Washington! All good things eventually come to an end and Captain Phil pointed the *Monte Carlo* towards home. A few Harbor Porpoise (4) were glimpsed quite a way offshore which was interesting. A surprising flock of 46 Red-throated Loons flew by the south jetty and an immature Black-legged Kittiwake senn by several was a good addition to the day's experiences. A Steller's Sea Lion (1) was basking on a buoy. Brown Pelicans and Brandt's and a few Pelagic Cormorants coated the south jetty. A mixture of gulls lined the outer harbor and Harbor Seal (20) heads bobbed in the marina. California Sea Lions (2) rolled over to observe our entry into the marina and the end of our trip. Westport Seabirds thanks all of the enthusiastic participants who make these trips a success. Also, thanks to Captain Phil and first mate Chris and a shout out to our guides Scott Mills, Bruce Labar and me. Even though the Westport Seabirds schedule ( http://westportseabirds.com/2023-schedule/) shows all trips as full, it's always a good idea to get on a waitlist and hope. I hope to see you onboard! 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URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Jun 13 17:25:22 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?This_Year=E2=80=99s_Farm_Bill_Could_Be_a_Gam?= =?utf-8?q?e-Changer_for_the_Most_Imperiled_U=2ES=2E_Land_Birds_-_American?= =?utf-8?q?_Bird_Conservancy?= Message-ID: <7ACAAA3E-E653-4094-847B-577006E5FEDE@gmail.com> https://abcbirds.org/news/the-farm-bill-helps-birds/ Sent from my iPhone From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Tue Jun 13 17:40:28 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Important_research_findings=3A_=E2=80=9CNeon?= =?utf-8?q?icotinoid_Pesticides_Threaten_Attwater=E2=80=99s_Prairie-Chicke?= =?utf-8?q?n_and_Other_Grassland_Birds_-_American_Bird_Conservancy?= =?utf-8?b?4oCd?= References: <2ED02D0E-2A64-4B82-BCC3-AFADDA532936@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3F14B2C6-CBB3-4103-BE06-9547DF77C1CF@gmail.com> > https://abcbirds.org/news/epa-2023-neonicotinoid-findings-grassland-birds/ From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Tue Jun 13 18:41:24 2023 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagles Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk - Thursday, June 15 Message-ID: Hi Tweeters, The Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, June 15. The JBLM Eagles Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM. Starting point is Bldg # 1514, Driving Range Tee, Eagles Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. 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! Weatherwise, it's looking good! 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 jnine28 at gmail.com Tue Jun 13 22:14:25 2023 From: jnine28 at gmail.com (Jeannine Carter) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern colonies in Puget Sound -- and banded Gl-W gull In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I don?t have CATE colony information, but I do live under one of their flight paths. I am between Golden Gardens and Carkeek Park in NW Seattle, and last year I would hear them daily flying directly overhead, southbound, after sunset. I haven?t been able to listen for them as frequently this year, but they?ve still been making the route when I?ve been out at the right time. I hope this bit of data helps for whomever might be collecting it! Jeannine NW Seattle ________________________________ From: Tweeters on behalf of Steve Hampton Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 4:21 PM To: TWEETERS tweeters Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern colonies in Puget Sound -- and banded Gl-W gull Tweeters, I have two questions: 1) Besides the colony at Rat Island (Fort Flagler area), is anyone aware of other active Caspian Tern colonies in Puget Sound right now? 2) I'm hearing about a banded Glaucous-winged (or more likely Glaucous-winged x Western) Gull nesting in Kitsap. Does anyone know who may have been banding them (at least 4 years ago)? 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Sent from my iPhone From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Wed Jun 14 14:22:52 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230614142252.Horde.gfs1MybuF4RKoyFMuv4ZaD0@webmail.jimbetz.com> Hi, I don't know of a 'colony' location. I do know that there are Caspian Terns that patrol the West shore of Whidbey and also are often seen at Camano and Smith islands. All three of these are possibly(likely?) from the colony at Rat/Fort Flagler. And I've seen Caspians at Fir Island and Marches Point (old 50's spelling! and pronunciation) and Samish Island. I have NO idea what-so-ever how far a Caspian Tern will go in a single day. With most species the existence of a "colony" is an indication of easy food ("close") during the breeding season. I wouldn't consider West Beach on Whidbey to be 'close' to Flagler ... ? I continue to be "unimpressed" (read "dissatisfied") with the available literature/documentation with respect to bird behaviors. Even simple stuff like 'what does this species eat?' and/or 'what does it eat during the ____ season?' is pretty hard to dig out. I keep thinking that there must be some kind of searchable/easy to use resource that 'serious birders and ornithologists use' ... but I've yet to learn of them or even to be told "well, there is ____, but since you aren't a professor of ornithology at Cornell you can't get access to it." I love eBird, Merlin, All About Birds, etc., etc., etc. - but as soon as I have a question that goes beyond merely scratching the surface I keep not getting answers. Or worse yet - answers that are clearly speculation by someone who just wants to be (has to be?) helpful. I want reliable, deep dive, authorities! *G* Case in point ... why can't Steve Hampton simply look up and find where all of the Caspian Tern colonies are in Washington? - Jim From tcstonefam at gmail.com Wed Jun 14 14:49:17 2023 From: tcstonefam at gmail.com (Tom and Carol Stoner) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns Message-ID: One of the signs of spring here in West Seattle is the croaks of the Caspians shuttling between the Duwamish, I believe, and Puget Sound. Now that I think about it, I'm not hearing them now that it's June. Carol Stoner West Seattle -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From benedict.t at comcast.net Wed Jun 14 14:57:45 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <06CB35CF-6D5F-42B2-AC3E-65267960C0B3@comcast.net> I have heard only a few CATE passing over the shoreline here in Burien, WA this spring. I haven?t heard whether the rooftop colony near Spokane Street which languished so poorly the last few summer was re-established this year. It was very large, but the heat took its toll. Given that experience I wouldn?t be surprised if they abandoned that location. Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Jun 14, 2023, at 14:49, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: > > One of the signs of spring here in West Seattle is the croaks of the Caspians shuttling between the Duwamish, I believe, and Puget Sound. Now that I think about it, I'm not hearing them now that it's June. > > Carol Stoner > West Seattle From benedict.t at comcast.net Wed Jun 14 15:05:53 2023 From: benedict.t at comcast.net (Tom Benedict) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?Rose-breasted_Grosbeak_at_Getty=E2=80=99s_Co?= =?utf-8?q?ve?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am a native Pacific Northwesterner, but I don?t know where Getty?s Cove is. I did, just now, ?google? it and learned that there is a Getty?s Cove near Vantage, WA. Is that the one you?re referring to? Tom Benedict Seahurst, WA > On Jun 14, 2023, at 11:01, Brad Waggoner wrote: > > Hi all, > > There is/was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the same spot as the Black-and-White Warbler near the foot bridge. We have lost track of it currently and the wind is making it a bit tough. It called fairly frequently, but we did not hear it sing its full song. > > The Waggoner brothers. From mdleland at yahoo.com Wed Jun 14 16:10:43 2023 From: mdleland at yahoo.com (Marilynn Leland) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Cow bird babies and Oregon Junco References: <507DD790-5C93-4213-84AA-765844149A35.ref@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <507DD790-5C93-4213-84AA-765844149A35@yahoo.com> We saw a Junco feed 2 Junco babies at our feeder for a week. Now a Junco is feeding 2 cowbirds. We know that birds will lay their eggs in other nests, but this has been shocking to see a small Junco feed such a large bird. We are amateurs at birding and this has been upsetting. Sent from my iPad From jacknolan62 at comcast.net Wed Jun 14 16:32:14 2023 From: jacknolan62 at comcast.net (Jack Nolan) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey vs. Peregrine Message-ID: <771F872D-4256-4667-AF19-CEB69A37E35D@comcast.net> I saw a Peregrine pursuing an Osprey just off the 520 bridge this afternoon. I didn?t see what was causing the tension, I was driving at the time. Perhaps food or a territorial dispute? Jack Nolan Shoreline WA. Sent from my iPhone. Pardon my brevity and typos. From birder4184 at yahoo.com Wed Jun 14 17:58:29 2023 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Other Tanzania - Not Safariland References: <224524773.100431.1686790709450.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <224524773.100431.1686790709450@mail.yahoo.com> This is my last Blog Post after our trip to Tanzania in February and March this year. As evident from the title, it is not about our safari experience. Instead, using photos that spouse Cindy Bailey?took from our moving vehicle, it shows everyday life outside the lodges and preserves. There is a lot of information about the economy, population, growth, prospects and challenges. At the end I wonder about the future of Tanzania, wild and not, as its population explodes. Also at the end, I acknowledge our great good fortune and privilege being able to visit this incredible place and thank our lucky stars, and that is really all it is, of being born in the First World and not the Third.? No birds, but it comes with birding in foreign lands. All the other posts can be found at blairbirding.com Blair Bernson https://blairbirding.com/2023/06/15/the-other-tanzania-outside-safariland/?preview_id=28755&preview_nonce=4fc3539fe5&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=28785 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From TRI at seattleu.edu Thu Jun 15 12:39:15 2023 From: TRI at seattleu.edu (Tucker, Trileigh) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies Message-ID: Hi Jim, My go-to resource is Cornell?s Birds of the World. It?s accessible for free and easily if you join the Sno-Isle library system. It includes lots of detailed behavior, phenology, and other information, and includes embedded references for further research publications. Hope that there you can learn what you?re curious about! Trileigh Trileigh Tucker, PhD Pelly Valley, West Seattle NaturalPresenceArts.com From: jimbetz@jimbetz.com Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 2:22 PM To: tweeters@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies Hi, I don't know of a 'colony' location. I do know that there are Caspian Terns that patrol the West shore of Whidbey and also are often seen at Camano and Smith islands. All three of these are possibly(likely?) from the colony at Rat/Fort Flagler. And I've seen Caspians at Fir Island and Marches Point (old 50's spelling! and pronunciation) and Samish Island. I have NO idea what-so-ever how far a Caspian Tern will go in a single day. With most species the existence of a "colony" is an indication of easy food ("close") during the breeding season. I wouldn't consider West Beach on Whidbey to be 'close' to Flagler ... ? I continue to be "unimpressed" (read "dissatisfied") with the available literature/documentation with respect to bird behaviors. Even simple stuff like 'what does this species eat?' and/or 'what does it eat during the ____ season?' is pretty hard to dig out. I keep thinking that there must be some kind of searchable/easy to use resource that 'serious birders and ornithologists use' ... but I've yet to learn of them or even to be told "well, there is ____, but since you aren't a professor of ornithology at Cornell you can't get access to it." I love eBird, Merlin, All About Birds, etc., etc., etc. - but as soon as I have a question that goes beyond merely scratching the surface I keep not getting answers. Or worse yet - answers that are clearly speculation by someone who just wants to be (has to be?) helpful. 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Highlights included nesting YELLOW WARBLER in the Orchard, displaying WILSON'S SNIPE over the fields and marsh, BAND-TAILED PIGEON foraging on the ElderBerry bushes, good numbers of breeding BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the freshwater marsh, and early subadult SHORT-BILLED GULL on the mudflats with our other expected gulls. We observed 70 species for the day. There were several FOY sightings of VAUX'S SWIFT, so we have seen 142 species this year. Although not seen, there have been several reports of Long-tailed Weasels hunting Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbits around the parking lot. See our eBird report pasted below. Until next week when we meet again at 8am, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jun 14, 2023 6:52 AM - 4:55 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.598 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy skies with occasional sun breaks. Temperature in the 50?s to 60?s. A Low -0?6? Tide at 10:04am. Mammals seen Townsend?s Chipmunk, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Harbor Seal. Other animals included Bullfrog and Western Painted Turtle. 70 species (+3 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Wood Duck 19 Blue-winged Teal 8 Northern Shoveler 2 Gadwall 1 Mallard 75 Green-winged Teal 2 Hooded Merganser 10 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Band-tailed Pigeon 12 Mourning Dove 1 Vaux's Swift 6 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 5 hummingbird sp. 2 Virginia Rail 4 American Coot 3 Killdeer 4 Wilson's Snipe 6 Pigeon Guillemot 2 Short-billed Gull 1 Observed for 10 minutes with spotting scope at 300 to 500 feet. Subadult, likely second or third year bird, with black band on tip of thin grey-green bill and grey-green-yellow colored legs. Dove like head with dark eye, light brown tipped worn primaries. Smaller then area RBGU. Photos Ring-billed Gull 100 California Gull 75 Glaucous-winged Gull 6 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2 Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 6 Caspian Tern 40 Brandt's Cormorant 8 Double-crested Cormorant 50 Great Blue Heron 50 Bald Eagle 15 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Red-breasted Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Merlin 1 Western Wood-Pewee 6 Willow Flycatcher 14 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 6 Steller's Jay 2 American Crow 4 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 Purple Martin 1 Tree Swallow 30 Violet-green Swallow 4 Bank Swallow 5 Barn Swallow 40 Cliff Swallow 25 Brown Creeper 4 Marsh Wren 15 Bewick's Wren 6 European Starling 200 Swainson's Thrush 48 American Robin 30 Cedar Waxwing 15 Purple Finch 6 American Goldfinch 12 Savannah Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 28 Spotted Towhee 3 Bullock's Oriole 3 Red-winged Blackbird 60 Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Common Yellowthroat 15 Yellow Warbler 29 Wilson's Warbler 2 Western Tanager 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S141637267 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jrain at rockisland.com Thu Jun 15 13:01:03 2023 From: jrain at rockisland.com (Jill Rain) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian terns In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A couple of CATEs have been fishing in the shallow bays at the south end of Lopez and San Juan islands for the past month, I assume the same birds. I?ve never seen more than two at a time here on Lopez and all the eBird reports from SJI are of 1 or 2. I would be interested to know where their nesting colony is, ie how far they fly to forage. Also, yesterday (6/14) I saw 15 CATEs by the pullout on S March Pt rd, and 42 from Hayton reserve on Fir island (they flew overhead from the bay and landed a few fields over as a flock). Sent from my iPad > On Jun 15, 2023, at 12:06 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: Caspian Tern Colonies (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) > 2. Caspian Terns (Tom and Carol Stoner) > 3. Re: Caspian Terns (Tom Benedict) > 4. Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Getty?s Cove (Tom Benedict) > 5. Cow bird babies and Oregon Junco (Marilynn Leland) > 6. Osprey vs. Peregrine (Jack Nolan) > 7. The Other Tanzania - Not Safariland (B B) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:22:52 -0700 > From: jimbetz@jimbetz.com > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies > Message-ID: > <20230614142252.Horde.gfs1MybuF4RKoyFMuv4ZaD0@webmail.jimbetz.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes > > > Hi, > > I don't know of a 'colony' location. I do know that there are Caspian > Terns that patrol the West shore of Whidbey and also are often seen at > Camano and Smith islands. All three of these are possibly(likely?) from > the colony at Rat/Fort Flagler. And I've seen Caspians at Fir Island > and Marches Point (old 50's spelling! and pronunciation) and Samish > Island. > I have NO idea what-so-ever how far a Caspian Tern will go in a > single day. With most species the existence of a "colony" is an > indication of easy food ("close") during the breeding season. I > wouldn't consider West Beach on Whidbey to be 'close' to Flagler ... ? > > I continue to be "unimpressed" (read "dissatisfied") with the > available literature/documentation with respect to bird behaviors. > Even simple stuff like 'what does this species eat?' and/or 'what > does it eat during the ____ season?' is pretty hard to dig out. > I keep thinking that there must be some kind of searchable/easy to > use resource that 'serious birders and ornithologists use' ... but > I've yet to learn of them or even to be told "well, there is ____, > but since you aren't a professor of ornithology at Cornell you > can't get access to it." > I love eBird, Merlin, All About Birds, etc., etc., etc. - but as > soon as I have a question that goes beyond merely scratching the > surface I keep not getting answers. Or worse yet - answers that > are clearly speculation by someone who just wants to be (has to be?) > helpful. > I want reliable, deep dive, authorities! *G* > > Case in point ... why can't Steve Hampton simply look up and > find where all of the Caspian Tern colonies are in Washington? > > - Jim > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:49:17 -0700 > From: Tom and Carol Stoner > To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > One of the signs of spring here in West Seattle is the croaks of the > Caspians shuttling between the Duwamish, I believe, and Puget Sound. Now > that I think about it, I'm not hearing them now that it's June. > > Carol Stoner > West Seattle > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:57:45 -0700 > From: Tom Benedict > To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns > Message-ID: <06CB35CF-6D5F-42B2-AC3E-65267960C0B3@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I have heard only a few CATE passing over the shoreline here in Burien, WA this spring. I haven?t heard whether the rooftop colony near Spokane Street which languished so poorly the last few summer was re-established this year. It was very large, but the heat took its toll. Given that experience I wouldn?t be surprised if they abandoned that location. > > Tom Benedict > Seahurst, WA > >> On Jun 14, 2023, at 14:49, Tom and Carol Stoner wrote: >> >> One of the signs of spring here in West Seattle is the croaks of the Caspians shuttling between the Duwamish, I believe, and Puget Sound. Now that I think about it, I'm not hearing them now that it's June. >> >> Carol Stoner >> West Seattle > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:05:53 -0700 > From: Tom Benedict > To: Brad Waggoner , Tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Getty?s Cove > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I am a native Pacific Northwesterner, but I don?t know where Getty?s Cove is. I did, just now, ?google? it and learned that there is a Getty?s Cove near Vantage, WA. Is that the one you?re referring to? > > Tom Benedict > Seahurst, WA > >> On Jun 14, 2023, at 11:01, Brad Waggoner wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> There is/was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the same spot as the Black-and-White Warbler near the foot bridge. We have lost track of it currently and the wind is making it a bit tough. It called fairly frequently, but we did not hear it sing its full song. >> >> The Waggoner brothers. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:10:43 -0700 > From: Marilynn Leland > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Cow bird babies and Oregon Junco > Message-ID: <507DD790-5C93-4213-84AA-765844149A35@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > We saw a Junco feed 2 Junco babies at our feeder for a week. Now a Junco is feeding 2 cowbirds. We know that birds will lay their eggs in other nests, but this has been shocking to see a small Junco feed such a large bird. We are amateurs at birding and this has been upsetting. > > Sent from my iPad > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:32:14 -0700 > From: Jack Nolan > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey vs. Peregrine > Message-ID: <771F872D-4256-4667-AF19-CEB69A37E35D@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I saw a Peregrine pursuing an Osprey just off the 520 bridge this afternoon. I didn?t see what was causing the tension, I was driving at the time. Perhaps food or a territorial dispute? > > Jack Nolan > Shoreline WA. > > Sent from my iPhone. Pardon my brevity and typos. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:58:29 +0000 (UTC) > From: B B > To: Tweeters > Subject: [Tweeters] The Other Tanzania - Not Safariland > Message-ID: <224524773.100431.1686790709450@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This is my last Blog Post after our trip to Tanzania in February and March this year. As evident from the title, it is not about our safari experience. Instead, using photos that spouse Cindy Bailey?took from our moving vehicle, it shows everyday life outside the lodges and preserves. There is a lot of information about the economy, population, growth, prospects and challenges. At the end I wonder about the future of Tanzania, wild and not, as its population explodes. Also at the end, I acknowledge our great good fortune and privilege being able to visit this incredible place and thank our lucky stars, and that is really all it is, of being born in the First World and not the Third.? No birds, but it comes with birding in foreign lands. > > All the other posts can be found at blairbirding.com > Blair Bernson > https://blairbirding.com/2023/06/15/the-other-tanzania-outside-safariland/?preview_id=28755&preview_nonce=4fc3539fe5&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=28785 > > > > -------------- 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 226, Issue 14 > ***************************************** From rich at rjassociates.ca Thu Jun 15 13:02:44 2023 From: rich at rjassociates.ca (Richard James) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 2023-06-15 12:04 p.m., tweeters-request@mailman11.u.washington.edu wrote: Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:22:52 -0700 From: jimbetz@jimbetz.com Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies > I have NO idea what-so-ever how far a Caspian Tern will go in a > single day. There is a Caspian Tern nesting site (colony) on Dungness Spit (Sequim). A few birds show up at Esquimalt Lagoon (Victoria, BC). The straight-line distance is 36km. The shortest crossing is Angeles Point to Race Rocks - 16km. -- From an Island in the Pacific, Richard James, Victoria, BC From stevechampton at gmail.com Thu Jun 15 15:20:31 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian terns In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks all. As far as I can tell, the Rat Island/Flagler colony is the only currently active colony in Puget Sound. I estimate it at 500-1000 birds. It is subject to human disturbance and coyotes, both of which happened last year with loss of chicks/eggs. We'll see what happens this year. We have measures in place to educate the public. They no longer nest on warehouse or Naval rooftops, behind hazed off. According to the Birds of the World species account, they will forage up to 30 miles from their colony. thanks, On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 1:01?PM Jill Rain wrote: > A couple of CATEs have been fishing in the shallow bays at the south end > of Lopez and San Juan islands for the past month, I assume the same birds. > I?ve never seen more than two at a time here on Lopez and all the eBird > reports from SJI are of 1 or 2. I would be interested to know where their > nesting colony is, ie how far they fly to forage. > > Also, yesterday (6/14) I saw 15 CATEs by the pullout on S March Pt rd, and > 42 from Hayton reserve on Fir island (they flew overhead from the bay and > landed a few fields over as a flock). > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 15, 2023, at 12:06 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: Caspian Tern Colonies (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) > > 2. Caspian Terns (Tom and Carol Stoner) > > 3. Re: Caspian Terns (Tom Benedict) > > 4. Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Getty?s Cove (Tom Benedict) > > 5. Cow bird babies and Oregon Junco (Marilynn Leland) > > 6. Osprey vs. Peregrine (Jack Nolan) > > 7. The Other Tanzania - Not Safariland (B B) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:22:52 -0700 > > From: jimbetz@jimbetz.com > > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies > > Message-ID: > > <20230614142252.Horde.gfs1MybuF4RKoyFMuv4ZaD0@webmail.jimbetz.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I don't know of a 'colony' location. I do know that there are Caspian > > Terns that patrol the West shore of Whidbey and also are often seen at > > Camano and Smith islands. All three of these are possibly(likely?) from > > the colony at Rat/Fort Flagler. And I've seen Caspians at Fir Island > > and Marches Point (old 50's spelling! and pronunciation) and Samish > > Island. > > I have NO idea what-so-ever how far a Caspian Tern will go in a > > single day. With most species the existence of a "colony" is an > > indication of easy food ("close") during the breeding season. I > > wouldn't consider West Beach on Whidbey to be 'close' to Flagler ... ? > > > > I continue to be "unimpressed" (read "dissatisfied") with the > > available literature/documentation with respect to bird behaviors. > > Even simple stuff like 'what does this species eat?' and/or 'what > > does it eat during the ____ season?' is pretty hard to dig out. > > I keep thinking that there must be some kind of searchable/easy to > > use resource that 'serious birders and ornithologists use' ... but > > I've yet to learn of them or even to be told "well, there is ____, > > but since you aren't a professor of ornithology at Cornell you > > can't get access to it." > > I love eBird, Merlin, All About Birds, etc., etc., etc. - but as > > soon as I have a question that goes beyond merely scratching the > > surface I keep not getting answers. Or worse yet - answers that > > are clearly speculation by someone who just wants to be (has to be?) > > helpful. > > I want reliable, deep dive, authorities! *G* > > > > Case in point ... why can't Steve Hampton simply look up and > > find where all of the Caspian Tern colonies are in Washington? > > > > - Jim > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:49:17 -0700 > > From: Tom and Carol Stoner > > To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns > > Message-ID: > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > One of the signs of spring here in West Seattle is the croaks of the > > Caspians shuttling between the Duwamish, I believe, and Puget Sound. Now > > that I think about it, I'm not hearing them now that it's June. > > > > Carol Stoner > > West Seattle > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20230614/e3c48cb9/attachment-0001.html > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:57:45 -0700 > > From: Tom Benedict > > To: Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns > > Message-ID: <06CB35CF-6D5F-42B2-AC3E-65267960C0B3@comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > I have heard only a few CATE passing over the shoreline here in Burien, > WA this spring. I haven?t heard whether the rooftop colony near Spokane > Street which languished so poorly the last few summer was re-established > this year. It was very large, but the heat took its toll. Given that > experience I wouldn?t be surprised if they abandoned that location. > > > > Tom Benedict > > Seahurst, WA > > > >> On Jun 14, 2023, at 14:49, Tom and Carol Stoner > wrote: > >> > >> One of the signs of spring here in West Seattle is the croaks of the > Caspians shuttling between the Duwamish, I believe, and Puget Sound. Now > that I think about it, I'm not hearing them now that it's June. > >> > >> Carol Stoner > >> West Seattle > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:05:53 -0700 > > From: Tom Benedict > > To: Brad Waggoner , Tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Getty?s Cove > > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > I am a native Pacific Northwesterner, but I don?t know where Getty?s > Cove is. I did, just now, ?google? it and learned that there is a Getty?s > Cove near Vantage, WA. Is that the one you?re referring to? > > > > Tom Benedict > > Seahurst, WA > > > >> On Jun 14, 2023, at 11:01, Brad Waggoner wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> There is/was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the same spot as the > Black-and-White Warbler near the foot bridge. We have lost track of it > currently and the wind is making it a bit tough. It called fairly > frequently, but we did not hear it sing its full song. > >> > >> The Waggoner brothers. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:10:43 -0700 > > From: Marilynn Leland > > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: [Tweeters] Cow bird babies and Oregon Junco > > Message-ID: <507DD790-5C93-4213-84AA-765844149A35@yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > We saw a Junco feed 2 Junco babies at our feeder for a week. Now a Junco > is feeding 2 cowbirds. We know that birds will lay their eggs in other > nests, but this has been shocking to see a small Junco feed such a large > bird. We are amateurs at birding and this has been upsetting. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:32:14 -0700 > > From: Jack Nolan > > To: tweeters@u.washington.edu > > Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey vs. Peregrine > > Message-ID: <771F872D-4256-4667-AF19-CEB69A37E35D@comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > I saw a Peregrine pursuing an Osprey just off the 520 bridge this > afternoon. I didn?t see what was causing the tension, I was driving at the > time. Perhaps food or a territorial dispute? > > > > Jack Nolan > > Shoreline WA. > > > > Sent from my iPhone. Pardon my brevity and typos. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:58:29 +0000 (UTC) > > From: B B > > To: Tweeters > > Subject: [Tweeters] The Other Tanzania - Not Safariland > > Message-ID: <224524773.100431.1686790709450@mail.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > This is my last Blog Post after our trip to Tanzania in February and > March this year. As evident from the title, it is not about our safari > experience. Instead, using photos that spouse Cindy Bailey?took from our > moving vehicle, it shows everyday life outside the lodges and preserves. > There is a lot of information about the economy, population, growth, > prospects and challenges. At the end I wonder about the future of Tanzania, > wild and not, as its population explodes. Also at the end, I acknowledge > our great good fortune and privilege being able to visit this incredible > place and thank our lucky stars, and that is really all it is, of being > born in the First World and not the Third.? No birds, but it comes with > birding in foreign lands. > > > > All the other posts can be found at blairbirding.com > > Blair Bernson > > > https://blairbirding.com/2023/06/15/the-other-tanzania-outside-safariland/?preview_id=28755&preview_nonce=4fc3539fe5&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=28785 > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20230615/8a9a31cc/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 226, Issue 14 > > ***************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -- ?Steve Hampton? 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There were more last year, but they never brought any young birds to the delta at the end of the summer, I presume because they died in the horrendous brief heat wave we had last summer (which might suggest that the nests were indeed on a rooftop so the young birds could not get to a cooler location). In 2021, at the end of the season, there were a few juvenile birds with the adults, but none last year. I'm hoping for a few juvies this year. I've been wanting to ask if anyone knows where these birds are nesting this year, as they can't be too far away, but it sounds like nobody knows. If they are from a nesting colony, it is not a very big one. Odette James -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Red-eyed Vireo - One singing between boardwalk and East Meadow gave us great looks (FOY) The Pileated Woodpecker babies apparently fledged since last Thursday, and we neither saw nor heard any.? In fact, despite Pileated Woodpeckers nesting in the Big Cottonwood Forest in at least 2 different years, we've NEVER seen PIWO during this week of the year.? I guess they fledge and flee. I may have heard a Black-throated Gray Warbler singing across the slough from the windmill, but couldn't quite verify. For the day, 60 species, including a very warn and battered juvenile gull, Larus sp. = Michael Hobbs From avnacrs4birds at outlook.com Thu Jun 15 19:49:25 2023 From: avnacrs4birds at outlook.com (Denis DeSilvis) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 6-15-2023 Message-ID: Tweeters, The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birding crew of 18 for this month had sunny skies and fine temps (47degF-67degF) today, with a nice total of 55 species for this forested walk. Highlights include the following: WOOD DUCK - 5 at the 9th hole pond BULLOCK'S ORIOLE - Spotted a female at the beginning and end of the route. This is likely one of the pair we saw last month. Could be fledglings forthcoming next month, which we had last year. SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 15 is a high for the walk. HERMIT WARBLER - At the usual place between the 4th hole (Green course) and the Dupont housing area. MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER - 3, including a seen-by-everyone singing male that perched on a snag branch for several minutes near the 12th hole pond. PIED-BILLED GREBE - On nest at Hodge Lake. Likely the one that was nest-building last month. We could have fledglings next month. Mammals include two black-tailed deer, one Eastern gray squirrel, one cottontail rabbit, and at least 5 Douglas squirrels. The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM. Starting point is Bldg # 1514, Driving Range Tee, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. Upcoming walks include the following: * July 20 * August 17 * September 21 Anyone is welcome to join us! >From the eBirdPNW report: 55 species Wood Duck 5 At 9th hole pond Mallard 10 At 9th hole pond Pied-billed Grebe 1 Band-tailed Pigeon 4 Mourning Dove 2 Anna's Hummingbird 4 Rufous Hummingbird 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Olive-sided Flycatcher 3 Western Wood-Pewee 10 Willow Flycatcher 12 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 8 Hutton's Vireo 2 Cassin's Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 3 Steller's Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 11 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Purple Martin 2 Tree Swallow 56 Nestlings (15) are strictly an estimate based on occupied nest boxes at Hodge Lake. Violet-green Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 40 Most at the or near the driving range building, where there are several nests. Bushtit 11 Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 8 Brown Creeper 3 House Wren 6 Bewick's Wren 6 European Starling 6 Swainson's Thrush 15 American Robin 80 Cedar Waxwing 2 House Finch 7 Purple Finch 3 American Goldfinch 5 Chipping Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 6 White-crowned Sparrow 25 Song Sparrow 15 Spotted Towhee 7 Bullock's Oriole 1 Across from the driving range building Red-winged Blackbird 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Orange-crowned Warbler 11 MacGillivray's Warbler 3 One well-seen singing male near 12th hole pond. (Photo by B. Jacobs) Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow Warbler 16 Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 Hermit Warbler 1 At the usual place at the cut between the 4th hole (Green course) and the Dupont housing area. Western Tanager 10 Black-headed Grosbeak 6 View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS141686130&data=05%7C01%7C%7C49ed5e344b3747b832e808db6e0d63ed%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638224776017234189%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9nloy35C45%2B5GFLh9ramicSrBXE1JFb83lWbnmUhwKQ%3D&reserved=0 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 cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com Fri Jun 16 13:52:30 2023 From: cjbirdmanclark at gmail.com (Christopher Clark) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Possible American Redstart - Orting, WA Message-ID: Good afternoon, I may have found one, possibly two American Redstarts along the Puyallup River in Orting at about 1pm. I initially noticed the bird due to the odd "chip" call it was making. I pulled out my phone and Merlin immediately suggested redstart. Soon afterwards a dull, gray colored warbler was seen hopping from branch to branch amongst the tress, but I wasn't able to manage any photos. I tried in vain to get better views, but over the course of 20 minutes, all I got were additional calls. This bird was being chased by another bird, possibly a second individual. I'll upload the recording when I finish my eBird checklist later today. Specific location: South of the old redstart nesting area (could be they moved?). Stand of trees where the bird was seen was just across the trail from marker 232, as well as some fence posts with rocks on top. Approximate coordinates here: 47.065953,-122.194102. Hopefully someone can verify the sighting! Christopher Clark Puyallup, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES: A hummingbird zipped by me that was uttering an odd call, suspiciously similar to a Black-chinned Hummingbird. I wasn't able to get any visuals though. SPOTTED SANDPIPER: Several seen and heard along the Puyallup River. Always a treat to see these guys! WILLOW FLYCATCHER: Great numbers seen and heard all over the place. One of the most common birds of the day! RED-EYED VIREO: Several heard along various parts of the trail, including right near the parking lot. One of the first birds I heard. LESSER GOLDFINCH: A lone bird calling along the access road that connects to Orville Rd. Regular here, but always a treat. BULLOCK'S ORIOLE: One heard, one seen in different locations. AMERICAN REDSTART: Likely female heard and briefly seen near marker 232. Coordinates are found in my eBird checklist below. This bird was heard periodically over the next 20 minutes, but slowly got farther away. May have crossed the river? LAZULI BUNTING: At least 8 or 9 seen and heard along the access road. A few more heard south of here near some other open fields. In total 48 species were observed. Checklist: https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S141771186 Christopher Clark Puyallup, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thefedderns at gmail.com Sun Jun 18 00:51:17 2023 From: thefedderns at gmail.com (Hans-Joachim Feddern) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Redondo Wester Grebes Message-ID: Three Western Grebes continue at the boardwalk at Redondo Beach Drive, Des Moines on Saturday afternoon This seems to be a bit unusual for this time of the year. Maybe failed breeders?. A single bird was very close to the boardwalk and appears to be the one Dirk Sundbaum posted a great photo of on Facebook . Two more were further out. The only other birds seen - other than Rock Pigeons and House Sparrows - were a single Pigeon Guillemot and an Osprey. Good Birding! 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Fun to see the flock work the lagoon for about an hour and a half in the early morning for prey (small items being collected at a rapid clip), then retreat to a shallow area or mudbank and preen and loaf. Some pretty tortuous positions are attained while preening with those large bills, especially under the wing close to the body. Last week there still were a few Whimbrels on the tidal side of the dike. None these past two days. I did see three pairs of Ruddy Ducks. The males in full breeding plumage and one of them doing Bubbling (courtship) Display. Also, still one Ring-necked Duck pair present among the heavily molting Mallards and Gadwalls. Saw Violet-green, Tree, Cliff, Barn, and Northern Rough-winged swallows working the insects every visit. A singing Common Yellowthroat was a new addition the past two days (since last weekend), as well as a small flock of Cedar Waxwings. Last week there were 50 Caspian Terns present (both sides of the dike). These last two days over 80. A few males proffering small fish in exchange for copulations with receptive females (although many terns - I assume females - targeted by the courting males seem utterly uninterested and remove themselves). Eagles abound, including a very light brown (cafe au lait) colored sub-adult, and at least two adult pairs whose young are big enough to be left alone for the adults to spend time away from the nest(s) together. Osprey hunt over the bay (Useless Bay) but seem to use the lagoon more for loafing and bathing (land in the shallow water preen on the pilings). Three out of four visits I saw River Otter there. Four the first time. Only one the other times. They too were coming up frequently with small fish (in one stretch I counted one otter surfacing with prey 15 times in a 20 minute stretch). The flightless ducks are pretty wary when the otter moves into their section of the lagoon. A great way to tell where the otter is. Cheers, Martin Muller, (near) Seattle martinmuller@msn.com From joannabird413 at gmail.com Mon Jun 19 10:18:26 2023 From: joannabird413 at gmail.com (Christina T bean 4 ever) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern colonies Message-ID: Hello all, does anyone know if there is or ever was a colony at I think it's Kellogg island in the Duwamish river Thanks Christina Tacoma -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tvulture at gmx.com Mon Jun 19 15:10:24 2023 From: tvulture at gmx.com (Diann MacRae) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] May 2023 TUVU report (late) Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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David Hartmann, whom I don't think ebirds, attached his picture of a CSWA that he had taken on Sunday and noted that it probably wasn't the same bird. I agree, and apparently this bird is a female. I looked at all the pictures that others have posted on ebird and they are all probably the same male bird I saw. David's is the only one showing a female and on the same day that others thought there might be a male and female. So I put my pictures and his picture on Flickr so you can see them. Mine are the first 3 photos. David's is the 4th. https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421@N07/albums/72177720309209013 BTW someone else filed an ebird report of a female CSWA that he/she saw in Discovery Park a few days ago. I wonder if these songsters are being driven here by the wildfires in Canada. Or maybe we always see this many during June. Charlotte Byers, Edmonds -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is clear from reports that CATE can be seen foraging and roosting at many locations in the Sound, but it appears that their only known nesting in the Sound in 2023 is occurring on Rat Island just off Marrowstone Island. In 2022, a large colony was located on the rooftop of a Port of Seattle building next to the Duwamish Waterway in South Seattle, but the birds abandoned the site before their eggs hatched. The Port had been aware of a colony on that rooftop for a handful of years. This building was also the site of the chick die-off due to the heat dome in June 2021. That warehouse was torn down in the winter of 2023, so I am interested in knowing where CATE are nesting in lieu of this warehouse rooftop this summer. As people have mentioned, they have attempted nesting on Dungeness Spit, on Smith Island, as well as on a warehouse roof in Everett. They are quite nomadic, trying past locations as well as new locations when forced to abandon sites for one reason or another. They do use Kellogg Island for roosting and foraging around, but they are not nesting there. I will post updates as I gather more information from here and other sources. Tom -- Thomas P. Good Research Biologist NOAA Fisheries - Ecosystem Science Program Northwest Fisheries Science Center 2725 Montlake Boulevard East Seattle, WA 98112 206-860-3469 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cariddellwa at gmail.com Tue Jun 20 18:32:55 2023 From: cariddellwa at gmail.com (Carol Riddell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Edmonds Roundup - May 2023 Message-ID: <045C9F8D-BA9F-4156-B93D-A17B311F145B@gmail.com> Hi Tweets, As of the end of May, the Edmonds 2023 year list is at 161 species. During the month we added the following species in chronological order: Lazuli Bunting (code 5), 1 male (photographed) at west end of Puget Drive, 5-1-23. This is only the second report for Edmonds. The first was at Edmonds marsh years ago. Warbling Vireo (code 2), at Yost Park, Willow Creek Hatchery, and Edmonds marsh, 5-1-23. Western Tanager (code 2), 1 at Yost Park, 5-1-23. American Pipit (code 3), 2 at Edmonds marsh, 5-1-23, with additional sightings 5-7 & 5-14-23. Yellow Warbler (code 2), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-6-23. Cassin?s Vireo (code 3), 1 at Pine Ridge Park, 5-7-23. Yellow-headed Blackbird (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-10-23, with additional sightings, 5-15 & 5-26-23. Western Wood-Pewee (code 2), Yost Park, 5-11-23. Swainson?s Thrush (code 2), Yost Park, 5-11-23. (An earlier waterfront report in a nocturnal checklist was not used because the attached 4 second recording is all background noise. It did not support the report of that species.) MacGillivray?s Warbler (code 4), 1 in the Edmonds Lake Ballinger neighborhood, 5-11-23, with an additional report at Edmonds marsh, 5-22-23. Blue-winged Teal (code 3), 1 male at Edmonds marsh, 5-12-23, with followup sightings, 5-15-23. Herring Gull (code 4), 1 immature at Edmonds waterfront (photographed), 5-12-23. Semipalmated Sandpiper (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-13-23. (Much rarer in spring than in southbound migration.) Wilson?s Phalarope (code 4), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-14-23, with followup sightings, 5-15-23. Long-billed Dowitcher (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-15-23. Spotted Sandpiper (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-15-23. Greater Yellowlegs (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 5-16-23. Honorable mention goes to Green Heron (code 3) sightings at Chase Lake in unincorporated Edmonds 5-6 & 5-9-23. There was a 5-29-23 report at Edmonds marsh with neither description nor photograph. Since that species is next to Great Blue Heron on the eBird basic checklist, a data entry error by birders unknown to us could not be ruled out. As always, I appreciate it when birders get in touch with me to share sightings, photos, or audio. If you would like a copy of our 2023 city checklist, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. (It reflects a species total of 280, including the 2022 Nazca Booby.) If eBirders will use the details field for unusual Edmonds birds, it will help us build the city year list. Photographs or recordings are also helpful. The 2023 checklist is posted in the bird information box at the Visitor Station at the base of the public pier and is updated through May. Good birding, Carol Riddell Edmonds, WA Abundance codes: (1) Common, (2) Uncommon, (3) Harder to find, usually seen annually, (4) Rare, 5+ records, (5) Fewer than 5 records From jimbetz at jimbetz.com Wed Jun 21 07:27:38 2023 From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com (jimbetz@jimbetz.com) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20230621072738.Horde.roSZfaSHcL1HX9XGgf5aAav@webmail.jimbetz.com> Larry, I love mass migrations. We had the good fortune to go to Veracruz last fall. What time of day is best to view (and hopefully photograph) the Swift's? Is it different birds each day? How far do they travel in a single day and do you know where they have likely come from (prior stop) and where they will be next (next stop)? Will you be there in Monroe tonight? Approximately what time? - Jim in Burlington From falconresearch at gmail.com Wed Jun 21 12:13:35 2023 From: falconresearch at gmail.com (Bud Anderson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seeking advice Message-ID: A friend would like to sell her late husbands spotting scope. Where do I send her? Does Tweeters accept this sort of listing? Thanks in advance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nreiferb at gmail.com Wed Jun 21 19:54:52 2023 From: nreiferb at gmail.com (Nelson Briefer) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening Message-ID: Some interesting questions from Jim Betz. And I will build upon his thinking. These swifts? are they being observed by Merlins or Peregrines? How about Goshawks ? Are some raptors attacking the large quantity of swifts? When is the ideal time for a hawk to attack a swift. I would think when the swift is perched. cheers ? Nelson Briefer ? Anacortes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shepthorp at gmail.com Thu Jun 22 07:29:47 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 6/21/2023 Message-ID: Hi Tweets Approximately 30 of us had a very nice first day of Summer at the Refuge with cool temperatures and a low tide at 2:24pm. Highlights included FOY Red-eyed Vireo singing near the Orchard, lots of breeding bird action throughout the Riparian Forest of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, Virginia Rail and Blue-winged Teal in the freshwater marsh, and 11 Common Merganser fledglings with their hen in the Nisqually River. We had nice mammals as well including Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, and a possible Short-tailed Weasel where the access road cuts across the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. See our eBird report pasted below. Until next week at 8am, happy birding, Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jun 21, 2023 7:48 AM - 4:51 PM Protocol: Traveling 7.148 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny with temperatures in the the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -1?6? Tide at 2:24pm. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Short-tailed Weasel. 67 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 Wood Duck 14 Blue-winged Teal 3 Gadwall 1 Mallard 60 Ring-necked Duck 1 Hooded Merganser 18 Common Merganser 15 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5 Band-tailed Pigeon 10 Mourning Dove 2 Anna's Hummingbird 1 Rufous Hummingbird 6 hummingbird sp. 2 Virginia Rail 4 Killdeer 3 Wilson's Snipe 4 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Nisqually River and McAllister Creek Ring-billed Gull 6 California Gull 100 Glaucous-winged Gull 10 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 3 Caspian Tern 8 Brandt's Cormorant 4 Double-crested Cormorant 15 Great Blue Heron 57 Bald Eagle 70 Counted. Probably more. Counted over 60 Eagles on Nisqually Reach at low tide. Counted approximately 10 Eagles within the Refuge. Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4 Merlin 1 Western Wood-Pewee 8 Willow Flycatcher 12 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 Warbling Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Singing near Education Center. Steller's Jay 2 West Bank of McAllister Creek American Crow 6 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Purple Martin 12 Luhr Beach Tree Swallow 40 Violet-green Swallow 4 Bank Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 40 Cliff Swallow 80 Bushtit 2 Brown Creeper 1 Marsh Wren 10 Bewick's Wren 3 European Starling 50 Swainson's Thrush 39 American Robin 30 Cedar Waxwing 20 Purple Finch 8 American Goldfinch 18 Savannah Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 43 Spotted Towhee 3 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Brown-headed Cowbird 30 Common Yellowthroat 15 Yellow Warbler 40 Wilson's Warbler 1 Orchard. Western Tanager 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek. 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No one else was in the parking lot and the activity was robust at sunset, starting about an hour before in waves. We did see a Merlin like bird (too dark, larger and with pointed wingtips) swoop through the middle of the flock and the flock was disrupted for a while, moving up in altitude while doing a wider circle. They soon reformed and continued to pour into the chimney. Last night's webcam didn't show very many birds. Like has been mentioned, rains help to attract them. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pdickins at gmail.com Thu Jun 22 16:16:44 2023 From: pdickins at gmail.com (Philip Dickinson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Snohomish County Lark Sparrow Message-ID: Dianne Murray and I found an adult Lark Sparrow in Silverton along Mountain Loop Highway in Snohomish County early this afternoon. It moved across the road a couple of times and hopped along a gravel drive opposite the Whitton Rd. bridge. Quite a surprise in willow habitat along the Stillaguamish River's north fork. Photos on ebird checklist - https://ebird.org/checklist/S142388451 Phil Dickinson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From birdmarymoor at frontier.com Thu Jun 22 19:13:02 2023 From: birdmarymoor at frontier.com (birdmarymoor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-06-21 References: <1820932268.2184989.1687486382970.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1820932268.2184989.1687486382970@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets - Our first survey after the solstice was cold and cloudy for the first several hours.? It did warm from 47 to 60 degrees though, so we weren't cold for more than the first two hours.? Not a bad day. Highlights: ? ? BLUE-WINGED TEAL - Pair seen from the Lake Platform.? We've never had them this late in the "spring".? First of Year (FOY) ? ? Hooded Merganser - Four at the Rowing Club pond.? First in 8 weeks ? ? GREEN HERON - One flew towards the lake, where we spotted it on a snag,? (FOY).? Last year we had to wait until late July for our first Lots of active nests and fledged young about.? There were about seven heard-only species, and for many others we only had one decent look. But we got very good looks at several other species. When we were at the Lake Platform, three RIVER OTTER appeared on the east shore.? About 8 tiny MALLARD ducklings quickly scooted away from shore.? No mom in sight for several minutes.? I think she chickened out when the otters approached and ditched the kids until it was safe!? She did eventually rejoin them and everyone went back to normal. Misses today included Common Merganser, Caspian Tern, Belted Kingfisher, Red-eyed Vireo, Cliff Swallow, Bullock's Oriole, and \very surprisingly Lazuli Bunting. For the day, 56 species. = Michael Hobbs = birdmarymoor@gmail.com From marcydaddio89 at gmail.com Fri Jun 23 09:13:33 2023 From: marcydaddio89 at gmail.com (Marcy D'Addio) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Big 4 Ice Caves Birding Message-ID: Thursday 6/22 my husband and I went to Big 4 Ice Caves to check out the new boardwalks and restored bridge. It was great. The detour around the Hwy 9 closure was no problem. We parked in the first parking lot, no toilet facilities there. The second lot just a little farther east had facilities. I kept the binocs packed away for the hike to and from the ice caves. At the end of the hike I did break out the glasses between the parking lot and the concrete bench at north end of beaver marsh. This area is one of my favorite birding spots. Birding 5:30-5:50pm 6/22/23, all birds seen. I use Merlin for assist because my hearing is declining. Merlin's first bird found was an American Redstart. Ping ping ping- lots of fun birds. All birds in list were seen: American Redstart in alders Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat Swanson Thrush Redbreasted Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Song Sparrow Tree Swallow American Robin Stellers Jay Cedar Waxwing Band-tailed Pigeon Black-headed Grosbeak Marcy D'Addio Redmond, WA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ldhubbell at comcast.net Sat Jun 24 14:44:34 2023 From: ldhubbell at comcast.net (Hubbell) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Union Bay Watch } Speak Up! Message-ID: <5865DA2F-C84D-4E71-BE7A-F033EF386668@comcast.net> Tweeters, This week's post is designed to inspire your participation in a critical survey regarding the future of the Washington Park Arboretum. I hope you can find the time to give your guidance! https://unionbaywatch.blogspot.com/2023/06/speak-up.html Have a great day on Union Bay, where nature lives in the city! Larry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 3:35 PM Dan Reiff wrote: > > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230622142345.htm > > > 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 ucd880 at comcast.net Sat Jun 24 17:35:28 2023 From: ucd880 at comcast.net (HAL MICHAEL) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Do hummingbirds drink alcohol? More often than you think: Flowers, backyard feeders likely provide hummingbirds with alcohol, thanks to fermenting yeast -- ScienceDaily In-Reply-To: References: <2183ED30-335C-4020-B22A-E3BCEEB7444C@gmail.com> Message-ID: <534404750.1337032.1687653328405@connect.xfinity.com> Hummingbirds can be very picky. Their preference is for the red wines, the darker the better. In a pinch they well go for a rose'. Actually many birds and mammals get drunk on fermented fruit. I have seen one rather soused Black Bear in Yellowstone and read about some buck deer that were blitzed. I read, a long time ago, about some drunk Cedar Waxwings "sleeping it off" by lying on a branch with the legs hanging down on each side. Hal Michael Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders http://ecowb.org/ Olympia WA 360-459-4005 360-791-7702 (C) ucd880@comcast.net > On 06/24/2023 4:57 PM PDT Alan Roedell wrote: > > > Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 3:35 PM Dan Reiff wrote: > > > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230622142345.htm > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > Tweeters mailing list > > Tweeters@u.washington.edu mailto: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 garybletsch at protonmail.com Sat Jun 24 18:02:49 2023 From: garybletsch at protonmail.com (Gary Bletsch) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Do hummingbirds drink alcohol? More often than you think: Flowers, backyard feeders likely provide hummingbirds with alcohol, thanks to fermenting yeast -- ScienceDaily In-Reply-To: <534404750.1337032.1687653328405@connect.xfinity.com> References: <2183ED30-335C-4020-B22A-E3BCEEB7444C@gmail.com> <534404750.1337032.1687653328405@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: Dear Tweeters, A bunch of birds got drunk at my feeders once. As a kid, I received a pamphlet from the NY State agricultural extension office, or whatever it was called. The paper explained how one could make a sort of scarecrow bird-feeder, dressing it up in one's old clothes. The idea was, after the birds got used to feeding on a human figure made of pieces of wood and adorned with clothing, one could take the feeder down, wash the clothes, put them on, and stand in the yard. Then the birds would just come and land on the person, thinking it was the same old scarecrow. I made the seed-holders out of some plastic tops that I took off some spent cans of spray-paint. I should have put drain holes in the caps. The seed fermented, and a few days later, all sorts of sparrows, chickadees, and other birds were lolling about in the back yard, plastered out of their avian wits. I took down the feeder and washed the clothes, as per directions, but I think the birds were so hung over that they steered clear of me, despite my garb. Yours truly, Gary Bletsch Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, June 24th, 2023 at 8:35 PM, HAL MICHAEL wrote: > Hummingbirds can be very picky. Their preference is for the red wines, the darker the better. In a pinch they well go for a rose'. > > Actually many birds and mammals get drunk on fermented fruit. I have seen one rather soused Black Bear in Yellowstone and read about some buck deer that were blitzed. I read, a long time ago, about some drunk Cedar Waxwings "sleeping it off" by lying on a branch with the legs hanging down on each side. > > Hal Michael > Board of Directors, [Ecologists Without Borders](http://ecowb.org/) > Olympia WA > 360-459-4005 > 360-791-7702 (C) > ucd880@comcast.net > >> On 06/24/2023 4:57 PM PDT Alan Roedell wrote: >> >> Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. >> >> On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 3:35 PM Dan Reiff wrote: >> >>> https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230622142345.htm >>> >>> 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimullrich at gmail.com Sun Jun 25 09:59:11 2023 From: jimullrich at gmail.com (jimullrich) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seeking advice Bud Anderson Message-ID: > ?Re: Bud Anderson post. > Best bet, financially, is to donate the scope to a local Audubon Center, Audubon Society Chapter or local Nature center and write off its value on your 2023 taxes. > Trying to sell is difficult, as describing honest condition is unknown at best. > Jim Ullrich > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 22, 2023, at 12:05, 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. Seeking advice (Bud Anderson) >> 2. Vaux's Happening (Nelson Briefer) >> 3. Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 6/21/2023 >> (Shep Thorp) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:13:35 -0700 >> From: Bud Anderson >> To: tweeters@u.washington.edu >> Subject: [Tweeters] Seeking advice >> Message-ID: >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> A friend would like to sell her late husbands spotting scope. >> >> Where do I send her? >> >> Does Tweeters accept this sort of listing? >> >> Thanks in advance >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 19:54:52 -0700 >> From: Nelson Briefer >> To: tweeters@u.washington.edu >> Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening >> Message-ID: >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Some interesting questions from Jim Betz. And I will build upon his >> thinking. These swifts? are they being observed by Merlins or Peregrines? >> How about Goshawks ? Are some raptors attacking the large quantity of >> swifts? When is the ideal time for a hawk to attack a swift. I would think >> when the swift is perched. cheers ? Nelson Briefer ? Anacortes. >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 07:29:47 -0700 >> From: Shep Thorp >> To: Tweeters >> Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for >> 6/21/2023 >> Message-ID: >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hi Tweets >> >> Approximately 30 of us had a very nice first day of Summer at the Refuge >> with cool temperatures and a low tide at 2:24pm. Highlights included FOY >> Red-eyed Vireo singing near the Orchard, lots of breeding bird action >> throughout the Riparian Forest of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, Virginia Rail >> and Blue-winged Teal in the freshwater marsh, and 11 Common Merganser >> fledglings with their hen in the Nisqually River. We had nice mammals as >> well including Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, and a possible >> Short-tailed Weasel where the access road cuts across the west side of the >> Twin Barns Loop Trail. See our eBird report pasted below. >> >> Until next week at 8am, happy birding, >> Shep >> -- >> Shep Thorp >> Browns Point >> 253-370-3742 >> >> Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US >> Jun 21, 2023 7:48 AM - 4:51 PM >> Protocol: Traveling >> 7.148 mile(s) >> Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny with temperatures in >> the the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -1?6? Tide at 2:24pm. >> Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed >> Deer, Short-tailed Weasel. >> 67 species (+2 other taxa) >> >> Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40 >> Wood Duck 14 >> Blue-winged Teal 3 >> Gadwall 1 >> Mallard 60 >> Ring-necked Duck 1 >> Hooded Merganser 18 >> Common Merganser 15 >> Pied-billed Grebe 1 >> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5 >> Band-tailed Pigeon 10 >> Mourning Dove 2 >> Anna's Hummingbird 1 >> Rufous Hummingbird 6 >> hummingbird sp. 2 >> Virginia Rail 4 >> Killdeer 3 >> Wilson's Snipe 4 >> Spotted Sandpiper 2 Nisqually River and McAllister Creek >> Ring-billed Gull 6 >> California Gull 100 >> Glaucous-winged Gull 10 >> Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 3 >> Caspian Tern 8 >> Brandt's Cormorant 4 >> Double-crested Cormorant 15 >> Great Blue Heron 57 >> Bald Eagle 70 Counted. Probably more. Counted over 60 Eagles on >> Nisqually Reach at low tide. Counted approximately 10 Eagles within the >> Refuge. >> Red-breasted Sapsucker 2 >> Downy Woodpecker 3 >> Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4 >> Merlin 1 >> Western Wood-Pewee 8 >> Willow Flycatcher 12 >> Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 >> Warbling Vireo 3 >> Red-eyed Vireo 1 Singing near Education Center. >> Steller's Jay 2 West Bank of McAllister Creek >> American Crow 6 >> Common Raven 1 >> Black-capped Chickadee 12 >> Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 >> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 >> Purple Martin 12 Luhr Beach >> Tree Swallow 40 >> Violet-green Swallow 4 >> Bank Swallow 4 >> Barn Swallow 40 >> Cliff Swallow 80 >> Bushtit 2 >> Brown Creeper 1 >> Marsh Wren 10 >> Bewick's Wren 3 >> European Starling 50 >> Swainson's Thrush 39 >> American Robin 30 >> Cedar Waxwing 20 >> Purple Finch 8 >> American Goldfinch 18 >> Savannah Sparrow 6 >> Song Sparrow 43 >> Spotted Towhee 3 >> Red-winged Blackbird 50 >> Brown-headed Cowbird 30 >> Common Yellowthroat 15 >> Yellow Warbler 40 >> Wilson's Warbler 1 Orchard. >> Western Tanager 1 West Bank of McAllister Creek. >> Black-headed Grosbeak 6 >> >> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S142323461 >> -------------- 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 226, Issue 21 >> ***************************************** From birder4184 at yahoo.com Sun Jun 25 15:13:24 2023 From: birder4184 at yahoo.com (B B) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Blog Post - Warblers in Washington References: <261189700.2728437.1687731204515.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <261189700.2728437.1687731204515@mail.yahoo.com> Prompted by finally seeing a Chestnut Sided Warbler in Washington and then by a very cooperative American Redstart at the Big 4 Ice Caves Picnic area yesterday, my thoughts turned to Warblers in Washington - and elsewhere.? 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URL: From birdbooker at zipcon.net Sun Jun 25 16:12:01 2023 From: birdbooker at zipcon.net (Ian Paulsen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report Message-ID: HI ALL: I posted about three bird and five non-bird books at my blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2023/06/new-titles.html sincerely Ian Paulsen Bainbridge Island, WA, USA Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here: https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/ From ednewbold1 at yahoo.com Mon Jun 26 17:29:53 2023 From: ednewbold1 at yahoo.com (Ed Newbold) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Help wanted/Job offer: Keeping Birds and Wildlife at the Pike Place Market into the distant-future References: <2015983038.4179507.1687825793873.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2015983038.4179507.1687825793873@mail.yahoo.com> A?part-time job for a young person that?conceivably! ?could morph into saving andultimately owning a biodiversity-oriented business at the Pike Place Market Dear all, I believe this is in keeping with Tweeter guidelines solong as I only come to this well once every four decades. I?ve had a store at the Pike Place Market for 40years. It?s been a great 40 years! The store is still going strong, but I am makingplans to walk away from it as soon as Fall of this year. I?m 72, I don?t wantto miss out on experiencing a retirement, and my partner loves to go birdingand going to her late parents? conservation-ranch in the bootheel of NewMexico. There will be sadness for me in the quit for a varietyof reasons. One could conceivably concern members of the Tweeter community orany biodiversity-oriented-environmentalist or birder. ?After I quit the Market--which gets visited bythousands of tourists from all over who are forming their first impressions ofSeattle--there will no longer be a single retailer there whose product line isprimarily devoted to Nature, Wildlife, Birds and Biodiversity. I am a wildlife artist (I work in acrylic) and mystore sells prints and posters of my paintings. Although some of the biggest-sellingprints at the store are simply celebrations of the Market, pretty mucheverything else is a bird or other critter in Nature. The store includes apanel explaining Shade Coffee as well as what I call Biodiversity posters suchas Seabirds of the Salish Sea, Warblers of the West, Rockfish of the Northeast Pacific?and Butterflies of Puget Sound. There are prints of critters as far from Madison Avenue as Wilson's Warbler and Common Nighthawk. I have a hope, perhaps just a fantasy, that a young personwith a strong commitment to biodiversity and also an entrepreneurial interestin business might see a future here. It could begin with a one-day a week job atthe store that could eventually expand into managing the store and eventually,in a transition as I age, becoming the new acting-owner, at which point theywould be paying me at reduced-below-wholesale prices for the products the storeneeds. At the point that I inevitably become uninterested or unable to beinvolved in painting and publishing, they would assume full control over allaspects of the store, including its future creative direction. Here I should point out two things, First, it?s noteasy to get a crowd-facing space at the Pike Place Market?I worked the craftline 16 years, got yanked up to the Economy Arcade in 1999, where eightbusinesses failed in the neighboring space until 2012, at which time mine wasexpanded to have 17 feet of aisle frontage. ? Second, any ownership change is by charter a concern ofthe Market Managers. However, my feeling is they would be relieved to have thestore continue, even if it morphs somewhat (The Historical Commission also hasa role in what can and can?t be changed. I have found both the Commission andthe PDA to be totally reasonable in the past.) Though it?s mostly unseen by tourists, the store ownedby Birds Connect Seattle, formerly known as Seattle Audubon, immerses its customersin biodiversity-related products and could provide ideas for directions to go if/whenmy prints become less a part of the store?s cash-flow. I should also note that I am not looking for anyonewho has aspirations for a career as a visual artist. I have worked with artistsin many instances over the last 40 years and although I love them and respectthem I don?t want to go into business with them. Anyone who might just want to work a day at the Marketand not necessarily devote the rest of their lives to the business or who isn?tyoung is also welcome to contact me. Anyone who recoils at the thought ofworking in sales should know that the sales style I advocate involves absolutelyno ?selling??no up-selling, no hard selling. The hoped-for outcome is for thecustomer to walk out of the store with a smile on their face, regardless ofwhether they are carrying anything we sell. Pay is based partly on percentage butis guaranteed to be north of 20/hr. Absolutely equal opportunity employer. ? If anyone is the slightest bit interested or knowssomeone this could possibly fit, drop me an email. Ednewbold1@yahoo.com ? Thanks, Ed Newbold -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com Thu Jun 29 04:11:14 2023 From: dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com (Dan Reiff) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] =?utf-8?q?On_a_perfect_note=3A_=E2=80=9CSongbird_study?= =?utf-8?q?_shows_one-hit_wonder_must_change_his_tune_to_attract_a_mate?= =?utf-8?b?4oCd?= Message-ID: <623BA55D-C713-4D6F-AE3C-1514D6C41B61@gmail.com> https://phys.org/news/2023-06-songbird-one-hit-tune.html Sent from my iPhone From laurelrtalbot at gmail.com Thu Jun 29 13:43:33 2023 From: laurelrtalbot at gmail.com (Laurel Talbot) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seabird numbers Message-ID: <34E218EE-72F5-4EF0-ABED-66D06EFAABAA@gmail.com> I have been birding in a few areas in the last month and seeing significantly fewer seabirds than in year?s past. Areas include Rialto Beach, Puget Sound near Seattle/Everett and the San Juan Islands. Any info on current population counts or related info appreciated. Seeing some but fewer Rhino Auklets, fewer PIGU, even fewer gull species, etc. Sent from my iPhone From dennispaulson at comcast.net Thu Jun 29 14:07:29 2023 From: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seabird numbers In-Reply-To: <34E218EE-72F5-4EF0-ABED-66D06EFAABAA@gmail.com> References: <34E218EE-72F5-4EF0-ABED-66D06EFAABAA@gmail.com> Message-ID: <62A2AEB9-07DD-4155-A582-34A30D46D93E@comcast.net> Laurel, this is not the time of year for seabirds, except right around their breeding colonies, and there aren?t that many species breeding in the Salish Sea, only one gull species, two alcids and three cormorants (one of which is very local). Only a couple of additional species breed on the outer coast. But indeed I think that many, if not most, seabirds are declining in this region. To me it is most evident in the number of wintering birds, September to May. The Puget Sound Seabird Survey should have some quantification of this. Dennis Paulson Seattle > On Jun 29, 2023, at 1:43 PM, Laurel Talbot wrote: > > I have been birding in a few areas in the last month and seeing significantly fewer seabirds than in year?s past. Areas include Rialto Beach, Puget Sound near Seattle/Everett and the San Juan Islands. Any info on current population counts or related info appreciated. Seeing some but fewer Rhino Auklets, fewer PIGU, even fewer gull species, etc. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters From stevechampton at gmail.com Thu Jun 29 14:39:30 2023 From: stevechampton at gmail.com (Steve Hampton) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Seabird numbers In-Reply-To: <62A2AEB9-07DD-4155-A582-34A30D46D93E@comcast.net> References: <34E218EE-72F5-4EF0-ABED-66D06EFAABAA@gmail.com> <62A2AEB9-07DD-4155-A582-34A30D46D93E@comcast.net> Message-ID: I can report that, daily, several thousand Rhinoceros Auklets round Pt Wilson and forage between Port Townsend, Marrowstone, and Whidbey. These all come from the large colony at Protection Island. A scope is usually best - and the number fluctuate daily depending on where they are feeding. Small numbers of Marbled Murrelets and Common Murres are sometimes with them, as well as the occasional very rare Tufted Puffin. And the local Pigeon Guillemots are usually around somewhere, often near shore. On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 2:08?PM Dennis Paulson wrote: > Laurel, this is not the time of year for seabirds, except right around > their breeding colonies, and there aren?t that many species breeding in the > Salish Sea, only one gull species, two alcids and three cormorants (one of > which is very local). Only a couple of additional species breed on the > outer coast. > > But indeed I think that many, if not most, seabirds are declining in this > region. To me it is most evident in the number of wintering birds, > September to May. The Puget Sound Seabird Survey should have some > quantification of this. > > Dennis Paulson > Seattle > > > On Jun 29, 2023, at 1:43 PM, Laurel Talbot > wrote: > > > > I have been birding in a few areas in the last month and seeing > significantly fewer seabirds than in year?s past. Areas include Rialto > Beach, Puget Sound near Seattle/Everett and the San Juan Islands. Any info > on current population counts or related info appreciated. Seeing some but > fewer Rhino Auklets, fewer PIGU, even fewer gull species, etc. > > > > 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 > -- ?Steve Hampton? 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URL: From birdmarymoor at frontier.com Thu Jun 29 16:07:14 2023 From: birdmarymoor at frontier.com (birdmarymoor) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-06-29 References: <1190583557.329512.1688080034671.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1190583557.329512.1688080034671@mail.yahoo.com> Tweets - The weather was glorious this morning.? A perfect day.? This being late June, we didn't have many surprises, but our views of birds more than made up for it.? There was only ONE SPECIES today that was HEARD-ONLY, a huge change from a few weeks ago. Highlights: ? ? Wood Duck - Female with a pretty new clutch of ducklings ? ? BLUE-WINGED TEAL - Single male seen twice, or two birds.? He/they appeared to be heading into eclipse plumage, but the white facial crescent was still quite obvious ? ? Gadwall - Female with a clutch of seven small ducklings, our first young Gadwall of the year ? ? Caspian Tern - Three flew down the slough around 6 a.m. ? ? Great Blue Heron - Many have fledged and were feeding along the slough.? Many are still on nests ? ? Red-tailed Hawk - Baby was wailing from low in a fir across from the Rowing Club parking lot ? ? Five Woodpecker Day - All species seen, including juvenile Downys and a family of Sapsuckers ? ? Willow Flycatcher - Pretty ubiquitous ? ? Warbling Vireo - Our one Heard-Only species.? 1-2 singing at Rowing Club near the dock ? ? Purple Martin - Appear to have finished at the gourds at the Lake Platform, but appear to be still using nests in snags on the west side of the slough ? ? Swainson's Thrush - So many LOOKS that we became bored with seeing them.? Really.? Not tired of the wonderful songs though ???? Unsurprisingly, nothing new for the year. Misses today included Rock Pigeon (though I saw two last evening), Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Barn Swallow (seen last evening), Cliff Swallow, Bullock's Oriole (seen last evening) and Yellow-rumped Warbler. For the day, 57 species, with three more seen yesterday evening. For the next two Thursdays there will be a greatly diminished crew for the surveys, as three of us are going to Ecuador and Matt is still out.? These are The Doldrums when we pretty well know what species will be present.? Makes it easier to skip Marymoor.? But surprises are always possible. = Michael From shepthorp at gmail.com Thu Jun 29 18:07:09 2023 From: shepthorp at gmail.com (Shep Thorp) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk for Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR, 6/28/2023 Message-ID: Hi Tweets, Approximately 30 of us had a beautiful day at the Refuge with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the 50's to 70's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a Low 1'5" Tide at 8:41am and a High 9'8" Tide at 3:28pm, so we did our usual walk which gave us a really nice tidal push and water line in the afternoon, but no early autumnal migrating shorebirds were observed. Highlights included continuing singing Red-eyed Vireo in the Cottonwoods around the maintenance yard, many breeding birds in the Orchard and Riparian Woods on the Twin Barns Loop Trail, numerous fledglings and juveniles - Hooded Merganser/Common Merganser/Wood Duck/Bald Eagle/Barn Swallow/Tree Swallow/Rufous Hummingbird, and a nice morning chorus. We were not able to relocate the juvenile Great Horned Owls which have been recently reported in the area of the Riparian Forest cut-off on the east side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail. We observed 64 species for the day, nothing new for the year, and have seen 143 species this year. Mammals seen included Townsend's Chipmunk, Douglas Fir Squirrel, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Long-tailed Weasel, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Harbor Seal. Until next week when we meet again at 8am, happy birding. Shep -- Shep Thorp Browns Point 253-370-3742 Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US Jun 28, 2023 7:00 AM - 4:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 8.211 mile(s) Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Partly cloudy with temperatures in the 50?s to 70?s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 1?5? Tide at 8:41am and a High 9?8? Tide at 3:28pm. Mammals seen Townsend?s Chipmunk, Douglas Fir Squirrel, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Long-tailed Weasel, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, and Harbor Seal. 64 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 60 Wood Duck 15 Blue-winged Teal 1 Freshwater Marsh Gadwall 1 Mallard 100 Green-winged Teal (American) 1 Hooded Merganser 12 Common Merganser 11 Nisqually River Overlook. Pied-billed Grebe 1 Freshwater Marsh Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6 Band-tailed Pigeon 8 Mourning Dove 3 Orchard Vaux's Swift 1 Anna's Hummingbird 3 Rufous Hummingbird 5 Virginia Rail 2 Killdeer 4 Wilson's Snipe 3 Ring-billed Gull 100 California Gull 200 Glaucous-winged Gull 15 Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 1 Caspian Tern 30 Brandt's Cormorant 4 Nisqually River channel marker. Double-crested Cormorant 40 Great Blue Heron 30 Bald Eagle 15 Young in nest in Cottonwood Tree along West Bank of Nisqually River north of Nisqually Estuary Trail. Red-breasted Sapsucker 4 Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 2 Northern Flicker 2 Western Wood-Pewee 9 Willow Flycatcher 10 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Heard near Maintenance Yard and south of Riparian Forest Observation Platform cut-off from east side of Twin Barns Loop Trail. Steller's Jay 2 American Crow 6 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 12 Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12 Nesting in cavity in large Maple Tree adjacent to Twin Barns cut-off from Twin Barns Loop Trail. Purple Martin 6 Luhr Beach Tree Swallow 30 Violet-green Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 10 Three to four seen over flooded fields south of Twin Barns. Two groups of three birds foraging over the fresh water marsh. Barn Swallow 40 Nesting in Visitor Center breezeway. Cliff Swallow 15 Mud huts in Puget Sound Observation Platform. Bushtit 30 Orchard. Brown Creeper 6 East side of Twin Barns Loop Trail Marsh Wren 15 Bewick's Wren 4 European Starling 100 Swainson's Thrush 41 American Robin 20 Cedar Waxwing 12 House Finch 2 Purple Finch 6 American Goldfinch 20 Savannah Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 38 Spotted Towhee 3 Red-winged Blackbird 50 Brown-headed Cowbird 20 Common Yellowthroat 9 Yellow Warbler 35 Orchard. 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Bob OBrien Portlnad On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 3:05?PM RW Hamlyn wrote: > A few days ago we watched two crows harassing a Red-tailed Hawk. > Fortunately I had my video camera in hand and tried shooting the epic > battle in slow motion. I edited it down to 2 minutes and posted the result > on YouTube at https://youtu.be/VkrCQpVRFvY > > *Ray * > _______________________________________________ > Tweeters mailing list > Tweeters@u.washington.edu > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From edwardpullen at gmail.com Thu Jun 29 20:02:56 2023 From: edwardpullen at gmail.com (Edward Pullen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] 5 Spaces on Boat from Anacortes looking for Horned Puffin July 5 Message-ID: The Tacoma ABC Birding Club has a chartered boat from Anacortes meeting at the dock at 3:30 PM, departing 4 PM on July 5 for Smith Island in hopes of finding the Horned Puffin. We tried last year too late in the year, but this year have scheduled earlier and have high hopes. At a minimum a nice boat ride, Tufted Puffins, other alcids, gulls, etc. A good chance of whales. We have 5 spaces left on the 30 passenger boat and are hoping to fill to keep the cost at $80./ person. If you want to come contact me, edwardpullen@gmail.com and the first 5 people to respond can join us. If less than 30 passengers the cost could be slightly higher. Details to follow, but plan to being a check preferably, or cash to the boat to reimburse me. It should be fun. 253-905-5662 but email responses preferred. -- Ed Pullen Listen to my podcast at The Bird Banter Podcast available on iTunes podcast store and other feeds. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lynnandstan at earthlink.net Fri Jun 30 11:59:18 2023 From: lynnandstan at earthlink.net (stan Kostka lynn Schmidt) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park Purple Martins Message-ID: Hello Michael, Thanks for the observations. If by ?finished? you are suggesting fledged, I would be skeptical. Although possible maybe, this would be very early. It has been my experience that the early martin young here reach banding age (10 to 14 days) around mid July, and so would not fledge until the end of July at the very earliest. If the gourds remain inactive, I would expect nesting failure, if they did in fact lay eggs. Perceived inactivity at a martin nesting cavity this time of year very easily could be incubation. The earliest I have ever observed eggs here in the North Sound has been first week of June. The snag nesters on the slough are noteworthy, and good news. Will be interesting to see if nesting there can be confirmed, by food carrying, fecal sac removal, or the presence of young at the cavity entrance. If so, it would be one of very very few snag nesters this far north. Thanks again for posting the observations. Stan Kostka lynnandstan at earthlink.net Arlington Date: 6/29 4:07 PM From: birdmarymoor Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2023-06-29 Purple Martin - Appear to have finished at the gourds at the Lake Platform, but appear to be still using nests in snags on the west side of the slough = Michael From edwardpullen at gmail.com Fri Jun 30 16:52:33 2023 From: edwardpullen at gmail.com (Edward Pullen) Date: Fri Mar 22 11:41:55 2024 Subject: [Tweeters] ABC Birding puffin trip now fully booked Message-ID: Thanks for the quick response, but we are full with a wait list now. 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