[Tweeters] Caspian terns

[Jill Rain]

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).


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>   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)

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:22:52 -0700

> From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com

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> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies

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> Hi,

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>   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*

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>   Case in point ... why can't Steve Hampton simply look up and

> find where all of the Caspian Tern colonies are in Washington?

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>                                                         - Jim

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:49:17 -0700

> From: Tom and Carol Stoner <tcstonefam at gmail.com>

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> Subject: [Tweeters] Caspian Terns

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> 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.

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> Carol Stoner

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> From: Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net>

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> 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.

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> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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>> On Jun 14, 2023, at 14:49, Tom and Carol Stoner <tcstonefam at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> 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.  

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>> Carol Stoner

>> West Seattle

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:05:53 -0700

> From: Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net>

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> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Getty?s Cove

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> 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?

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> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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>> On Jun 14, 2023, at 11:01, Brad Waggoner <wagtail24 at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> Hi all, 

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>> 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.

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>> The Waggoner brothers.

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:10:43 -0700

> From: Marilynn Leland <mdleland at yahoo.com>

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> Subject: [Tweeters] Cow bird babies and Oregon Junco

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> 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.

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> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:32:14 -0700

> From: Jack Nolan <jacknolan62 at comcast.net>

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> Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey vs. Peregrine

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> 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?  

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> Jack Nolan

> Shoreline WA. 

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> Subject: [Tweeters] The Other Tanzania - Not Safariland

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> 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.

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> 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

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