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My friend thinks she saw a MAGPIE two blocks north of Willis St. in the Kent 
valley about a week ago near a Lutheran Church. Has anyone else seen it ? 

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Hi,

That's  too bad about the Brewster Comsat Station. That's where I conveniently got my Brewer's Sparrows and a Sage Thrasher, in the 1980's. The tall sagebrush was awesome.

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA
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From: Gary Bletsch 
> Dear Tweeters,
> 
> A bit late of a post, but I saw some fun birds on
> Friday-Sunday, November 2-5, 2007. 
> 
> On a negative note, I was sorry to see that a place
> that offered good birding habitat fifteen years ago or
> so, is now pretty much a bust. I refer to the old
> "Comsat Station," the big dish antennas on the
> Brewster Flats. There is very little sagebrush there
> now, and all I found was a single Western Meadowlark
> and a few House Finches there.
> 
> On the other hand, it was truly fine weather, combined
> with a smattering of still-golden aspen leaves,
> yellowing grasses, and red basalt, so there were a lot
> of beautiful sights to see.
> 
> Good birding!
> 
> Yours truly,
> 
> Gary Bletsch
> 
> near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington
> 
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At about 2:15 this afternoon, I saw a cattle egret in the grass at the north 
end of the central pond. I saw it from a distance, but the yellow beak was very 
clear and its size compared to the nearby Canada geese was in line with a 
cattle egret. Its neck was also thicker than that of a great egret. A 
Washington first for me! 


Abby Larson
Seattle

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Hi,
 
This morning Joel Brady-Power spotted an oriole on the weekly bird walk that
I lead on Samish Island. The oriole was very flighty and flew frequently
giving us decent views but limited chances for photos. Despite this, May Sue
Dallas managed 2 shots through my scope. I have not yet seen the shots to
see how good they are. We managed to find the bird several times after it
flew as it usually perched at the top of trees. At one point it was in the
same small tree as a House Finch and seemed a little bit longer: basically,
the tail was an inch or so longer seeming to be the only difference.
 
Ruling out Hooded is obviously difficult, but we felt on size that it was an
Orchard. Joel and I tried again in the afternoon. Ryan Merrill joined us but
the bird stayed out of sight until c 3:30. We were unable to get additional
photos.  I intend to try again tomorrow weather permitting.
 
Howard Armstrong
Samish Island
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> Hi Tweets,

> As promised here are the answers to the quiz offered in the previous 
> post.

> Lewis and Clark�s common name:
>   6._____A. Cock of the Mountain
>   8._____B. Hen with pointed tail
>   4._____C. Logcock
>   1._____D. Leather-winged bat
> 10._____E. Speckled pheasant
>   3._____F. Calumet (Ceremonial pipes of the Shoshoni) bird *
>   2._____G. Bee Martin
>   9._____H. Missouri Plover
>   7._____I. Butterbox
>   5._____J. Delicious�
*According to the author:   "The tail feathers of the Golden Eagle or 
the Calumet Bird as labeled by Lewis and Clark were eagerly sought and 
were used to adorn their (Shoshoni) calumets or ceremonial pipes".
>
> Common names used today:
> 1. Common Nighthawk
> 2. Eastern Kingbird
> 3. Golden Eagle
> 4. Pileated Woodpecker
> 5. Canvasback
> 6. Greater Sage Grouse
> 7. Bufflehead
> 8. Sharp-tailed Grouse
> 9. American Avocet
> 10. Spruce Grouse
>
>
> Don and Sandi McVay
> Seattle
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>
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Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, American Goldfinch and Red-breasted
Sapsucker.

 

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Hello Tweets,

Dave Rintoul, the list owner for BIRDCHAT, sent me a
bunch of lovely images of sparrows that you might
enjoy looking at. These images are scheduled to
publish daily on my blog at 3pm, beginning today. This
is the link for the first of these images;

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/11/american_tree_sparrow.php

GrrlScientist
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Central Park



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Two Western Meadowlarks were seen today at 1:30 p.m. in Discovery  
Park on the hillside above the Parade Ground.

One appeared to be wearing a bluish-grey backpack, and in flight was  
trailing what appeared to be a long antenna (either that or it was  
all tangled up in something.)  Any one know who might be tracking  
this bird ?

 >^..^<
Cheers
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Folks,
A flock of at least 150 Cedar Waxwings were in trees located near the SW corner 
of the old law school building, about 11th NE and NE Campus Parkway. The birds 
were feeding in a sizable holly-like tree that had lots of red berries. 

Cheers, me2
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Maureen Ellis, PhD, Research Scientist
Woods Lab, Toxicology Group at Roos 1, Box 354695
Lab/Office phone:   Email:  mj2ephd AT u.washington.edu
DEOHS, SPHCM, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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On Sunday morning, , while biking on the Discovery Trail alongside the 
Strait of Juan de Fuca in Port Angeles (Clallam Co.) WA, I noticed a group of 
37 Canada Geese grazing inside the fence around the old Rayionier mill site. I 
could see that two of the birds appeared to have something whitish on their 
necks. So I got out my 8X binocs and could see that each had a black colored 
neckband with three large, white letters and three, large adjoining white 
numerals vertically aligned in sequence around the neckband, as well as a 
silver legband on their left legs. From about a 100 ft. distance, I could only 
make out the neckband letters a bit more clearly to be BPA on one bird and BCD, 
or BCO, on the other. The first two (of three) numerals on at least one of the 
birds also seemed to be OO. These two banded birds were foraging together 
during the 10 minutes that I observed the group at the site. I've also 
submitted this info. electronically to the USFWS banding website. Please pass 
this info. on to whoever would want to know where these birds are now, etc. I'd 
also like to know where they were banded and have likely come from if possible. 


Bruce Moorhead
4124 Old Mill Road
Port Angeles, WA 98362
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Hello Tweets,

this week's issue of Birds in the News is now
available for you to enjoy. BITN features a lovely
image of a lesser flamingo flying low over calm
waters, its image reflected from the still surface
below. This week's issue of BITN also includes a
special section for CBC schedules, so please be sure
to send me links to your online CBC schedule so I can
share it with everyone, and hopefully help boost the
numbers of CBC participants this year! 

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/11/birds_in_the_news_104.php

Also, if you have photographs of birds that you'd like
to share with a large and appreciative audience,
please send them to me, along with information as to
how you'd like those images to be credited. 

Another article that I wrote that you might be
interested in discusses where pet parrots come from in
America;


http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/11/where_do_all_those_pet_parrots.php 


GrrlScientist
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Dear Tweeters,

A bit late of a post, but I saw some fun birds on
Friday-Sunday, November 2-5, 2007. 

On my way E over the pass (SR 20), I saw one AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER near the top of Thunder Knob,
Whatcom County, 11-2-07.

At Pateros, a large waterfowl flock included a PACIFIC
LOON (Okanogan County), 11-2-07.

At dusk at Bridgeport Bar (Douglas County) was an
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, 11-2-07.

Around mid-day on 11-3-07, I visited the gully with
the row of pines, west of Lamoine (Douglas County). A
LONG-EARED OWL flushed from the pines. A probably
Northern Goshawk flew in, but kept between the sun and
my eyes the whole time, so no ID there.

In the evening of 11-3-07 at Steamboat Rock State Park
(Grant County), there were two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE grazing with a flock of Canada Geese, right in
the campground area (the only part of the park that is
open right now). Also, foraging in ornamental
plantings behind the restrooms was a single AMERICAN
TREE SPARROW. 

The morning of 11-4-07, a walk up into Northrup Canyon
was very rewarding--a beautiful spot this time of
year, and no one around. A single AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW was here, a mile or so up-canyon, just past a
trio of small, doghouse-like structures.

All along on this trip, there were Northern Shrikes,
Rough-legs, Horned Larks, and California Quail. 

On a negative note, I was sorry to see that a place
that offered good birding habitat fifteen years ago or
so, is now pretty much a bust. I refer to the old
"Comsat Station," the big dish antennas on the
Brewster Flats. There is very little sagebrush there
now, and all I found was a single Western Meadowlark
and a few House Finches there.

On the other hand, it was truly fine weather, combined
with a smattering of still-golden aspen leaves,
yellowing grasses, and red basalt, so there were a lot
of beautiful sights to see.

Good birding!






Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington

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Hi All,

Seven Yakima Auduboners trekked north to the Grand Coulee, enjoying fine
fall weather, breezy in the morning but warm, calm, and brilliantly clear in
the afternoon. Our first stop was at Soap Lake. The big surprise here was a
flock of 20 SNOW BUNTINGS flying along the southwest shore. I've never
encountered this species in this area at valley bottom elevations. Perhaps
the brisk north wind blew these beautiful birds off course. Dunlin were
still about, maybe 15 in all. Ruddy Ducks, Northern Shovelers, and Eared
Grebes were the common waterfowl on the lake. The northwest side yielded
another treat: two Surf Scoters.

Moving north, we found lots of gulls (200) attending coots on Alkali Lake.
Most were Herring, with a few California, Ring-billed, Bonaparte's,
Glaucous-winged, and Thayer's. The best bird here was an adult
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, maybe the same bird that was here this spring?

Again moving north, we found a few AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS in the area of
rank grass, cattails, and Russian olives reached by walking south along a
dirt track from 0.4 mile along the Steamboat Rock State Park access road
from SR-155.

Bruce wanted a close view of Thayer's Gull so we checked the booms at
Electric City and found a "not quite right" Thayers so we moved along to the
booms behind Grand Coulee Dam where Denny first found two very clear adult
THAYER'S, making this a very good day for gulls hereabouts. A half dozen 
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, were on the booms too, a relative newcomer to the 
northern Columbia Basin. It, like Eurasian Collared Doves, are both species 
epanding their range.

We reached Brook Lake west of Wilson Creek at sunset and found surprisingly
few geese. I suspect the mild weather we've been enjoying has not sent the
really big numbers of geese our way yet. At this season, the lake often
hosts geese. We did note a few Cackling and one Greater White-fronted Goose
so it was a good finale.

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Since Mike Denny and Dennis Paulson have offered some
interesting comments on Gray Jays in dry Ponderosa
Pine forest, I wanted to add my own experience with
them in the Okanogan Highlands. 

A typical, dry P-Pine forest that is interspersed some
Douglas Fir covers the northern slope of Sneed
Mountain (along the southern rim of Aeneas Valley).
Understory is of a xeric nature. Even near the summit,
there is nothing much more of a boreal nature.

In early August of this year, Patricia Lott and birded
this area and found many of the expected species (i.e.
W. Wood Pewee, WB & RB Nuthatches, Pine Siskin,
Cassin's Vireo, W. Bluebird, Lewis's Woodpecker, Red
Crossbill, Clark's Nutcracker, etc.). However, one of
the most common species that we encountered from
mid-elevations to the summit were GRAY JAYs! Given the
large numbers of Gray Jays, time of the year, earlier
summer sightings by Patricia, etc., I would have to
conclude that Gray Jays were resident here and were
not merely transients. 

In retrospect, I know that this is the only time and
place that I have seen Gray Jays in dry P-Pine
habitat. Perhaps this area should be given more study.
Thanks go out to both Mike and Dennis for jogging my
memory on this site.

Gina Sheridan
Spokane, WA

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As if there haven't already been quite a few report
posted on Douglas County, I still had to file our trip
from last Friday (11/02/07). With cool temps (21-46
degrees) and partial sunshine, Kim Thorburn and looped
through the southern half of the Waterville Plateau. 

At the southwestern corner of Banks Lake/Dry Falls
(Douglas Co.), we had four HORNED GREBES, three COMMON
LOONs, but strangely, there were no gulls to be seen.
On the southern shore of Stallard Lake, we were
thrilled to see six DUNLIN (county lifer), a
CALIFORNIA GULL,  and a fly by of two SANDHILL CRANEs.
Haynes Lake hosted a COMMON MERGANSER, AMERICAN
WIGEON, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK,
CACKLING GOOSE - 2 , CANADA GEESE - 60+, and TUNDRA
SWANs - 70+ (county lifer). A nice PRAIRE FALCON
conveniently perched on a nearby power pole so that we
could admire him.

Along the shoreline of Bennett Lake, we were
immediately greeted by a couple of accommodating
AMERICAN TREE SPARROWs. On the water there were
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP,
COMMON GOLDENEYE -1, HOODED MERGANSER -1, AMERICAN
WIGEON, GADWALL, AMERICAN COOT, TUNDRA SWANs, and a
very late GREATER YELLOWLEGS.

As for more widespread species that we encountered
throughout the day, we had at least nine NORTHERN
SHRIKEs, thirteen ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKs, eight AMERICAN
KESTRELs, six RED-TAILED HAWKs, With no snow cover, we
ran into only a few flighty, small, flocks of HORNED
LARKs, but no longspurs or snow buntings. 

At the Waterville STP, we found a PRAIRE FALCON that
was being harassed by Raven. The small number of
waterfowl on the lagoons were highly skittish and
flushed off quickly.

One of my big personal county targets of the day was
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch. Although we diligently worked
both Moses Coulee and Corbaley Canyon for this
species,  we still came up with zilch. At least in
Corbaley, we did see some STELLER'S JAYs, DE JUNCOs,
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEEs, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and
several TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIREs. As a bonus, one of the
solitaires was in fine song.

Finally, on Jamieson Lake, we saw good numbers of
AMERICAN WIGEON, RING-NECKED DUCK, REDHEAD, AMERICAN
COOT, MALLARD, GADWALL, BUFFLEHEAD, LESSER SCAUP, as
well as a HORNED GREBE, WESTERN GREBE -3 (not that
easy for the county), GREEN-WINGED TEAL - 12,
CANVASBACK - 6, NO. HARRIER, and COMMON MERGANSER -8.

After reading Mike Denny's report, I wish that we
hiked into Grimes Lake for the Trumpeter Swans and
visited Central Ferry for the Gray Jays, but we still
felt quite fortunate to have seen some nice birds. 

As a sidenote, I saw Comet 17P/Holmes this evening.
>From town with my eyes not yet adjusted to darkess, I
easily picked it by scanning with my binoculars. In
the early evening, it is hanging out in the
north/northeastern sky between the constellations of
Perseus and Cassiopia. This particular comet exploded
a couple of weeks ago, and the brightness magnitude
has increased our viewing pleasure.

Gina Sheridan
Spokane, WA

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Tweets - Brian Bell and I  spent a couple of hours (ending at sunset) at 
West Point in Discovery Park, Seattle, this afternoon.  We were hoping for 
Ancient Murrelets or shearwater like Matt Bartels reported from this 
morning. No luck there.

The best birds we had, though, were at least 23 BLACK SCOTERS on the south 
side of the point, and quite inland.  I've seen Black Scoters there a couple 
of times before; I think they like that bay.  But Black Scoters are 
noteworthy any time I find them around here, and 23 is about twice as many 
as I've ever counted in one place before.

Other than the scoters, we didn't see much.  There were small numbers of 
HEERMAN'S GULLS, at least one BONAPARTE'S GULL and a few fleeting looks at 
COMMON MURRE.  Otherwise, quiet.

We stopped at Duwamish Head on West Seattle before heading to Discovery, and 
found a large mixed flock of BLACK TURNSTONES and SURFBIRDS on the rocks. 
They were well east of where I've seen them before, at the angle-in parking 
lot east of the Head, just out from where there are two coin-operated 
telescopes - one blue and one red.  I wished I'd brought my camera, as the 
birds were very close and didn't seem to mind us looking.

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On the way home from a field trip to Saddle Mountain on Sunday, we were puzzled 
to see an Osprey hunting over Red Rock Resevor north of Crab Creek. In Osprey 
circles, staying for the shoulder season seems to be the thing to do this year. 


Cricket Webb
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I had a great day birding up in the Skagit area today, ending up with
104 species and tens of thousands of individual birds.  I started at
Green Point in Washington Park which was fortunately free of fog.  No
shearwaters for me, but good numbers of murrelets including 47
Ancients (see below).  Lake Erie had hundreds of scaup and Ring-necked
Ducks but no Redheads.  Between Lake Erie and Heart Lake there were at
least 70 Hooded Mergansers.

On Chilberg Avenue off Snee-oosh Road there was a male Anna's
Hummingbird, and distantly at the fish pens were 150 'rockpipers' -
mostly Black Turnstones with some Surfbirds mixed in.

A White-throated Sparrow on Samish Island continues at the church just
as you come on the island.  There were 2 Eared Grebes off the DNR Park
on Wharf Rd.  Alice Bay was filled with ducks including 5 Eurasian
Wigeon, and an American Kestrel was flying around the adjacent field.
A Rough-legged Hawk was at Sullivan Road along with Western
Meadowlarks.

Jensen Access had 150 American Pipits and 300 Tundra Swans.  The Snow
Goose flock cooperated and included an adult and immature Blue Goose,
plus two adult and one immature intermediate Blue Geese.

I finished the day around Stanwood.  Off the Big Ditch was a massive
flock of Dunlin that was probably 15,000 birds or more.  A couple
Short-eared Owls hunting at dusk was a nice way to end the day.


Green Point, Washington Park, Anacortes - Seawatch
07:15-08:30

Red-throated Loon - 3
Pacific Loon - 123
Red-necked Grebe - 20
Horned Grebe - 1
Western Grebe - 10
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Brandt's Cormorant - 7
Pelagic Cormorant - 24
'Black' Brant - 8
American Wigeon - 5
Mallard - 3
Harlequin Duck - 8
Oldsquaw - 4
Surf Scoter - 79
White-winged Scoter - 12
Common Goldeneye - 1
Bufflehead - 8
Red-breasted Merganser - 5
Bald Eagle - 1
Mew Gull - 30
California Gull - 1
Glaucous-winged Gull - 5
Common Murre - 106
Pigeon Guillemot - 64
Marbled Murrelet - 82
Ancient Murrelet - 47
murrelet sp. - 15
Rhinocerous Auklet - 3


Good Birding,

Ryan Merrill
Kirkland, WA
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 I spent last weekend birding a few selected spots in Okanogan and Douglas 
Counties. Saturday I was in the Hart's Pass area for most of the day and then 
made a brief stop at Loop Loop Pass on my way to Okanogan. Sunday I was in the 
Bridgeport and Brewster areas for a good part of the day but also managed to do 
a little birding along Cameron Lake Road, and up on the Waterville Plateau. The 
weather ranged from wet and windy at Hart's Pass on Saturday to clear and 
pleasant all day Sunday. Highlights of the trip included: 


AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER - A pair of them approx. 1.5 miles from Hart's 
Pass 


PINE GROSBEAK - A small flock of 7 - 10 birds about 2 miles from Hart's Pass

EVENING GROSBEAK - Hart's Pass area

PINE SISKIN - Hart's Pass area

WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER - 3 individuals approx. 5.3 miles up the Cameron Lake 
Road from the city of Okanogan. Ron McCluskey had reported them there on Oct 22 
(Inland NW Birders) 


RED CROSSBILL - Central Ferry Canyon Road

PYGMY NUTHATCH - Central Ferry Canyon Road

NORTHERN SHRIKE - 1 near Mansfield and 1 near Withrow (Waterville Plateau)

PILEATED WOODPECKER - Loop Loop Campground

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - Waterville Plateau

Cheers and Good Birding;

 

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Ballard, WA

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So, does anyone have access to the journal The Murrelet 57:43?  It has an
account of the frigatebird seen and photographed on July 1, 1975 near
Plymouth WA.  Now we are curious about that one.  We found the journal
online but it has restricted access.
 
Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland WA
 
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Subject: [Tweeters] Frigatebird in eastern WA

I thought it would be worth mentioning that the ID of a frigatebird here
should not be assumed, especially this time of year. These birds are known
for outstanding vagrancy and there is precedent now for both Great and
Lesser Frigatebirds on the West Coast (both in California; Great in October
and March, Lesser in July). Great Frigatebird has also occured in the
interior, with a specimen record from Oklahoma in November.

Photos are highly desirable to confirm an ID, since few of us in WA are
experienced with separating frigates!

Cheers,
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Bonney Lake, Washington



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Tweeters:

Charlie is on the money about the different frigatebird possibilities, and with 
immatures the i.d. is not so simple either. I had to eat crow (perhaps not the 
best turn of speech for Tweeters) with Vitaly Nechaev in the Russian Far East 
one time back in the 90s: thrilled to have found an immature frigatebird flying 
north over Ozerskii (s. Sakhalin I.) one July day (immediately following the 
passage of a typhoon, and luckily seen with another observer), I reported it to 
him as a Great soon after, only to have him talk me into Lesser (ariel) based 
on a long discussion of field marks. As it happens, there were then about 10 
records for Lesser in the Russian Far East, including some as far north as the 
n. Sea of Okhotsk, from July into fall. 


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I thought it would be worth mentioning that the ID of a frigatebird here
should not be assumed, especially this time of year. These birds are known
for outstanding vagrancy and there is precedent now for both Great and
Lesser Frigatebirds on the West Coast (both in California; Great in October
and March, Lesser in July). Great Frigatebird has also occured in the
interior, with a specimen record from Oklahoma in November.

Photos are highly desirable to confirm an ID, since few of us in WA are
experienced with separating frigates!

Cheers,
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington

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I just got a call from the manager at Barker Ranch.  Yesterday he and
2 other experienced observers saw an immature MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD.
 They reported that it headed north.  One would expect it to follow
water (Yakima River or Columbia River).  Obviously one needs to report
immediately if there are any more sightings.  We will keep the group
updated with any additional information.  There may be up to 5
previous reports on the west side of the state and 1 other from Benton
county.

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Richland WA

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Hi Tweets,

Does anyone one have information for breeding birds (ducks, swans, gulls, 
divers, etc...) in the Baker Lake or Lake Shannon 

Area? Please let me know. Off tweeters is fine and I'll condense info if folks 

are interested.

Thanks
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Seattle, WA

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Subject: Marked TUNDRA SWANS
From: "Bruce & Katie Dugger" 
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:03:

As Tundra Swans move in to the region, be aware that
birds have been collared in Alaska (2006 and 2007) and
my colleagues are hoping folks down here will keep an
eye out and report sightings. Details are included
below.  

Good birding,
Bruce

----------------------------------------

TUNDRA SWANS WITH BLUE NECK BANDS FROM ALASKA 
			
TUNDRA SWANS WERE MARKED IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN
ALASKA IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 WITH CODED NECK BANDS AS
PART OF AN EFFORT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TIMING OF
MIGRATION AND MOVEMENTS RELATIVE TO BREEDING AREA.
NECK BANDS HAVE A FOUR-DIGIT CODE THAT BEGINS WITH A
LETTER, AND ARE READ FROM BOTTOM TO TOP.  BANDS ARE
BLUE WITH WHITE DIGITS, EXCEPT CODES T3##, WHICH ARE
WHITE WITH BLACK DIGITS.  


.........................................Quantity
Marking..................................Collared
Location.................Code...........
                         	 		
Yukon Delta...............K###...........
Alaska Peninsula (North)..P###...........	
Alaska Peninsula (South)..T4##........... 
Koyukuk Drainage..........T213-......-
Koyukuk Drainage..........U390-U399.......-.....10
North Slope...............T201-212,T3##..58......?
Kotzebue Sound............U###..........
Totals..................................

PLEASE REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR LOCAL
CONSERVATION OFFICER, OR TO:

W. CANADA & PACIFIC FLYWAY		        
Craig Ely						
Alaska Science Center				
1011 E. Tudor Rd.					
Anchorage, AK 99503 				
Phone:				
EM: cely AT usgs.gov				            


EAST  COAST  
John Whissel
Swan Research Program
7078 Airlie Road
Warrenton, VA -2MIGRATE
jwhissel AT airlie.com


WE WILL PROVIDE ALL OBSERVERS WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF
THE BANDED SWAN THEY OBSERVED






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I love all my birds, but there's something about my woodpeckers that put them 
as one of my true favorites! 


There's a suet log with six suet plug holes on my porch. My Woodpeckers LOVE 
this feeder! While I was in Philadelphia last week for a business trip, my guys 
(and gals) finished off the suet plugs. (I have two pair of Downeys, and two 
pair of Hairy Woodpeckers, as well as a Hairy youth) 


Yesterday, I purchased new plugs to refill the empty spots, and was squeezing 
that first plug to make it expand to fill the hole snugly when one of the males 
landed on the opposite side of the feeder. He peeked around the side at me, and 
gave me his little call, as if to say "HURRY UP!". His beak wasn't 6" from my 
nose, and I was really shocked! He flew about 8' away, and landed in an alder 
tree, watched me put in two more plugs, and flew back, lighting on the log 
feeder, scolding me yet again. After this round, he flew into the yard, and 
hung on the side of a fir tree, monitoring my progress. ONce I'd completed the 
job, and turned to leave the porch, I hadn't completed a step before he was on 
the feeder and chowing like a hungry beast! 


I knew they weren't terribly afraid of me, based on previous behavior when 
filling the big porch feeder. But the close proximity on that hanging log 
feeder was a new record, albeit startling, it was an immense reward! 


nina

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Birders,

Unprecedented numbers of ANCIENT MURRELETS have been seen from Lighthouse
Marine Park at Point Roberts (Whatcom County, WA) over the last couple of
days. On Saturday, November 3, Kevin Louth reported about 120 birds between
10 AM and 1:30 PM. On Sunday, November 4, George Clulow and Mike Newey
reported more than 200 from the same locality--  most of them in flocks of 5
to 10, and some quite close to shore.

I saw 12 Ancient Murrelets from the same spot on October 30, but these have
been dwarfed by the numbers seen on the weekend.

Ancient Murrelets are seen every fall at Point Roberts, peaking between
October 15 and November 15, but usually in much smaller numbers. They are
occasionally seen there later in the winter, but they seem to occur mainly
as a fall migrant.

For those of you who would like to find Ancient Murrelets, I would suggest a
visit to Point Roberts in the next few days, or to other localities where
they are often seen, such as the Iona Island south jetty near Vancouver;
Washington Park in Anacortes, WA; Point Wilson near Port Townsend, WA; or
West Point at Discovery Park in Seattle (where a few were seen on the
weekend).

Good luck and good birding!

Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
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Google "Birds flying into windows" and you will have access to more info than 
you probably want. 


Hugh Jennings
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This is the Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert for Sunday,
November 4th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited, with stores in
Vancouver and North Vancouver. This message was updated at 8:00 PM on
October 28th. The RBA telephone number is . 

RARE BIRD ALERT for an out-of-town TROPICAL KINGBIRD and a HOODED WARBLER,
both on Vancouver Island.


Sightings for Sunday, November 4th

A TROPICAL KINGBIRD was seen and heard at Martindale Flats near Victoria
today. The bird was in the trees and shrubs behind the houses on Mallard
Ave, best viewed from the Martindale Road side for most of the afternoon,
but at the end of the day was in the front yards of the houses on Mallard. 

A HOODED WARBLER was seen behind the John Hart Generating Station on the
Canyon View Trail in Campbell River at ~10:30 AM.

At Serpentine Fen in Surrey, the GREAT EGRET continues and has been 
reported on an almost daily basis since Oct 28th. It is being seen 
in the pond nearest to the King George Highway (Hwy 99A).

200 ANCIENT MURRELETS as well as 6 MARBLED MURRELETS, 75 COMMON 
MURRES and 25 PIGEON GUILLEMOTS were seen at Lighthouse Marine Park 
in Point Roberts, Washington. This is a record high one-day count
of Ancient Murrelets in our area.

2 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were along Highway 10, halfway between 96th St 
and 104th St in Delta


Sightings for Saturday, November 3rd 

Well over 100 ANCIENT MURRELETS and 20 MARBLED MURRELETS were seen 
from Lighthouse Marine Park at Point Roberts, WA.

At Blackie Spit in Surrey, a LONG-BILLED CURLEW, 3 MARBLED GODWITS, 
and 6 GREATER YELLOWLEGS were seen.


Sightings for Friday, November 2nd 

A GYRFALCON was observed in flight near 64th St at 36th Ave in 
Delta, heading towards 72nd St.

A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta.


Sightings for Thursday, November 1st 

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta. 


No reports for Wednesday, October 31st


Sightings for Tuesday, October 30th:

At Lighthouse Marine Park in Point Roberts, 12 ANCIENT MURRELETS were seen. 

At Boundary Bay Regional Park, a TURKEY VULTURE flew south.


Sightings for Monday, October 29th:

At Serpentine Fen in Surrey, the GREAT EGRET was again present for most of
the day. 


Sightings for Sunday, October 28th:

At Esquimalt Lagoon in Colwood (near Victoria), a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
was seen in shrubs and trees in the far northwest end of the lagoon Road
near the last three houses. This bird has not been reported since. 

At Serpentine Fen in Surrey, a GREAT EGRET was seen in the pond nearest to
King George Hwy. It was present until at least 2:30 pm.

Five EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen on a telephone wire along Highway 10
in Delta, between 104th and 96th Streets. One of these birds was much paler
than the others, and may have been a hybrid between a EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
and RINGED TURTLE-DOVE.


Sightings for Saturday, October 27th:

At Blackie Spit in Surrey, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was present in the
environmentally sensitive area. Nearby were the long-staying LONG-BILLED
CURLEW and 2 MARBLED GODWITS.

On the Vancouver-Victoria ferry, in Active Pass, were 850 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES and an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE.

In Vancouver, 4 EVENING GROSBEAKS flew east over 33rd and Heather St.


No reports for Friday, October 26th.


Sightings for Thursday, October 25th:

At Iona Island in Richmond, a ROCK SANDPIPER was present at the tip of the
south jetty.


If you have any questions about birds or birding in the Vancouver area,
please call Wayne at , Viveka at , or Larry at
. Thank you for calling the Vancouver Rare Bird Alert, and good
birding. 

For further information about birding in the Vancouver area, log onto the
Vancouver Natural History Society website at http://naturevancouver.ca



This message was prepared and transcribed by Mark Wynja, and forwarded by
Wayne Weber.

Wayne C. Weber
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Hello,
Does anyone know of anything I can do to keep the birds from crashing into my 
windows? Something that isn't ugly? Before I started writing this a Chickadee, 
seems like the sixth million one, flew into the window. I moved the water dish 
farther away but since the feeders hang in a tree about 20ft away and their 
isn't anywhere else for them I can't do much about that. 


So far all the birds have flown away.

Bryan O.
Tacoma Wa.
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Sunday morning, five Tundra Swans, 2 adult and 3 juvenile, were seen on Phantom 
L. by Grace & Ollie Oliver. MaryAnn Ruthruff saw them Sunday afternoon. This 
morning, Monday, I saw two swans feeding along the south side of the lake. It 
was very foggy and I could only ID them as swans, but assume they were part of 
the Tundras seen on Sunday. Phantom L. is in SE Bellevue at the south end of 
the Lake Hills Greenbelt. Access to the Phantom Lake parking lot is just south 
of the intersection of SE 24th St. and 156th Ave. SE. 


Hugh Jennings
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Hi all -
This morning I spent a couple hours at West Point, in Discovery Park [Seattle].
The best birds came by in the first 20 minutes of my visit , before 8:00am.

First, a Shearwater flew by, working its way north into the 
headwinds. Though I wish I had a longer look at it, I believe this 
was a SOOTY SHEARWATER rather than a Short-tailed. What leads me to 
that conclusion is the extensive white on the underwing -- the white 
on the underwing stretched for well over 1/2 of the width of the 
underwing, seeming to me to be greater than what might be seen on a 
Short-tailed. I only had about a minute to observe the shearwater, 
unfortunately, so I never did get a clear look at the head shape and 
bill. Though I would have expected a Short-tailed to be more likely 
in the winter in the Puget Sound, I see in Birds of WA that both seem 
to show up, especially in these earlier days of winter/late days of 
fall. I'd love for someone to relocate this bird for a better look. 
Comments welcomed too on the reliability of that wing-lining field 
mark and the timing too.

After the Shearwater headed north, I next came across 3 ANCIENT 
MURRELETS, not far off the point. 2 were sitting on the water, and 
one flew by over their heads allowing for good looks at both 
in-flight and floating ANMUs.

Otherwise, numbers were a bit low seeming, but I believe all the 
winter visitors except Brant seem to be back in the Sound --


Best,

Matt Bartels
Seattle, WA


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Hi All,

Well, "Junior" the immature COHA continues to show up periodically near my 
office feeders. Since he's still around, he obviously is obtaining sufficient 
food, at least for now, despite his consistent ineptness in all the hunts I've 
seen him make. 


Just a short while ago, I observed an interesting defensive approach by a male 
DOWO this morning similar to that reported from last week's Marymoor walk with 
the 'frozen' chickadees with a COHA nearby. 


On my feeder pole, I have one 'caged' suet feeder that allows small birds to 
pass through the cage but keeps squirrels and starlings out (and the Flickers 
are able to maneuver their neck, bill and tongue sufficiently to reach the 
suet) in addition to a tube seed feeder. (And a caged black oil sunflower seed 
feeder in a tree about ten feet away). A male DOWO was inside the suet cage 
feeder when the COHA flew into the woods about thirty feed from the feeder, 
with a harrassing crow following behind. The crow left and I watched to see 
what the DOWO would do. At this point the COHA wasn't directly visible, but 
even though he had gone by in a flash, the DOWO clearly recognized what it was 
and was staring in the direction of the COHA's probable location. Instead of 
flying, the bird hopped out of the suet feeder onto the main vertical feeder 
pole and shinnied around to the side directly opposite the COHA's location and 
flattened out against the pole. Within a minute, the COHA ! 

 came fl
ying out of the woods, passing within a couple of feet of the DOWO's location. 
Instead of panicking and flying, the DOWO rotated around the pole with very 
little perceivable motion and stayed on the opposite side from the COHA's 
position. The woodpecker appeared to be using the fact that the pole was 
minimal (but sufficient) cover that also, by being so skinny, provided him with 
some visibility of the hawk's movements and therefore was a good defensive 
location. 


The COHA flew off into a woodlot about a hundred feet away but the DOWO stayed 
motionless and flat against the pole. In another minute, back came the COHA, 
which landed on a branch within seven feet (!) of the DOWO's location. The 
woodpecker moved not a muscle, the COHA scanned the ground, the shrubs, the 
trees, and the air intently (with rapid head movements and a flat crop, so was 
clearly unfed yet today) and then flew off again, coming within three feet of 
the feeder pole, with the DOWO again rotating around the pole to keep it 
between him and the hawk. The hawk apparently had no idea the DOWO was there. 
After a few more minutes passed and several other birds came back out of 
hiding, the DOWO determined it was safe and flew off to another location. 


Even with this inexperienced hawk, it appeared that the DOWO's choice was a 
much better strategy than taking flight, at least in this case. Had the hawk 
come after him, he had the option to dive into shrubs that almost brush up 
against the feeder and could still have had a decent chance of escaping. 


Interesting to watch!

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Just a reminder that this meeting is TODAY.  Hope to see you there.

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----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:43 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Meeting in Seattle, Monday


> Monday, November 5th-Song sparrows, Discovery Park by Chris Templeton
>
> "I am generally interested in the evolution and ecological implications of
> animal behavior. Although my research interests and projects are quite
> diverse, the common theme seems to be related to understanding how 
> organisms
> obtain, communicate, and use information in their environments. I began
> graduate studies at the University of Washington in 2003 where I work in
> Mike Beecher's Lab. My dissertation research is focused on understanding 
> how
> young birds learn to sing and communicate with their songs. In particular,
> I'm examining the importance of social interactions for song learning in
> song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)."
>
> Monthly Membership Meetings are held the first Monday of the month (except
> July, August, & September). They are held at the Center for Urban
> Horticulture on the University of Washington campus, 3501 NE 41st St.,
> Seattle, and are open to all. The social begins at 7:00 p.m. and the 
> program
> starts at 7:30 p.m.
>
> Directions: From I-5 take SR520 East.  Take the Montlake Blvd NE exit and
> turn North towards the University of Washington campus. Stay in right lane
> and drive North on Montlake Blvd (over the bridge and past the stadium).
> The road will curve to the right around the Montlake Fill and merges with 
> NE
> 45th St.  You will quickly approach a 5 way intersection.  At the
> intersection turn right onto Mary Gates Memorial Drive.  The Center for
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> free parking at the facility.  We use the main meeting room, the backside 
> of
> which faces the road. The following bus routes stop at NE 45th and Mary
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Hi Tweeters,

This morning at about 8:45 I watched a pair of trumpeter swans circle Montlake 
Fill a couple of times, then sail down towards Lake Washington as if to land. I 
did not see them in the water, though. 


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Saw 6 Western Meadowlarks at Nisqually on Saturday, on the 
trail to McAllister creek.  Seems late.Clarice Clark
Puyallup, WA. 98371
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This just in from LCBirds mailing list...


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I just got a call from the manager at Barker Ranch.  Yesterday he and
2 other experienced observers saw an immature MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD.
 They reported that it headed north.  One would expect it to follow
water (Yakima River or Columbia River).  Obviously one needs to report
immediately if there are any more sightings.  We will keep the group
updated with any additional information.  There may be up to 5
previous reports on the west side of the state and 1 other from Benton
county.



Bill and Nancy LaFramboise

Richland WA



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On this beautiful November day I spent a few hours looking for mountain birds 
on the SW side of Mt Adams. I took 141 west out of Trout Lake, then FR24 north 
to FR8851 and closed the loop back to Trout Lake on FR88. The gravel stretch 
along FR24 between FR60 and FR30 is the most interesting, the rest of the loop 
is paved (and it is sometimes hard to pull over). While there were no surprises 
really, I had 3 NORTHERN PYGMY-OWLS (one flew in about 10ft from me!), about 
100 RED CROSSBILLS (heard & seen at almost every stop on the gravel portion of 
24), Evening Grosbeak, Cassin's Finch, Varied Thrush (singing!) and 100s of 
Red-breasted Nuthatches, Pine Siskins, Juncos and Chickadees. And NO 
White-winged Crossbill or grouse. Lots of hunters out and about. 

 
The remainder of the day I poked around the Eastern Columbia Gorge. A possible 
Cassiar Dark-eyed Junco was at the Bingen Ponds (otherwise very quite there). 
10-12 very active Lewis's Woodpeckers were flycatching from the tops of the 
oaks along Old Hwy 8 and Balch Rd (near Lyle). A single ACORN WOODPECKER flew 
by the granary tree due south from the intersection Old 8 & Balch Rd. 

 
Stefan Schlick
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Good Evening Dennis,
You are correct in stating that I would not expect Gray Jays in a dry p-pine 
dominated site. We have however on several occasions located small numbers of 
Gray jays in very dry p-pine /Doug.fir stands in the central Blue Mountains, 
south of Ukiah, Oregon. All three of us were very surprised to have Gray Jays 
calling and moving through the pines to the east at the head of Central Ferry 
Canyon. Once again a species pushes our knowledge out a bit further. There is a 
record of a Gray Jay in the eastern city limits of Walla Walla, way out of 
habitat. 

Later Mike  

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I saw an Osprey perched off of I-90 just outside of Cle Elum this afternoon, 
late for this species to still be around it seems. 


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thanks to the wonderful hospitality of the Sammamish Daveys Clan, i was
invited to view and photograph the Mandarin Duck that has been cavorting
with the neighbourhood Mallards the past four days.  He seems to be quite
content to forage and swim with his new-found friends, and more notably, he
doesn't appear to be spooked by the presence of humans or aggressive drake
MALLs.

A question was asked that I couldn't answer:  do Mandarins mate with
non-Mandarins?  as MALLs will mate with lampposts and doorknobs (and other
duck species, by the way), and Mandarins look like second-cousins of
Woodies, it'd be interesting to know if we should be on the lookout (should
he stick around long enough) for little whatchamacallits on the lake come
spring...

Is he an escapee?  He's not tagged in any way I could see, and flight
feathers are intact...  Anyway, photos are available in the Photos of the
Month gallery...  I have a feeling he will show up in next month's free Park
Gallery calendar...  :)

Oh.  some of you will notice that not all in today's gallery viewing are
true photographs.  A few weeks ago, someone told me I had a "style" that was
predictable...   At first, I was confused, then flattered, and finally
contemplative.  So, I find myself challenged to take some baby steps towards
shaking things up.  images that aren't true photos started as photos and,
while not everyone's cup of tea, I submit some of them are fascinating in
their own rights...  Most of the altered works have the "real" one to
compare against.  unfortunately, not all look good after being compressed
for web viewing, but this is also part of the experiment...

personally, i prefer "real" over "manipulated" for most of my images, but I
can't honestly say manipulated cannot turn out interesting entertainment...
Call it art, call it excrement, call it whatever...

Let me know if you like, hate, despise, love, whatever...  And thanks for
viewing, and i hope you enjoy  :)

00 caren
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george davis creek, north fork

ps:  the american black duck at juanita beach park is also included in this
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I left early on this past Friday and birded my way to Spokane. On Saturday, I 
took part in the WOS fieldtrip led by Doug Schonewald out of Moses Lake. Today, 
I drove home after spending the night in Ellensburg and came back via Highway 
12 over White Pass. The fieldtrip on Saturday was great and I picked up four 
life birds. Thanks Doug! Here's my highlights: 

   
  Friday, November 2nd:
   
 In Ellensburg, in a small pond near the intersection of Canyon Road and 
Tjossem Road, there was an adult Snow Goose with a small flock of Canada Geese. 

   
 In Vantage, I found my first Northern Shrike of the season on the Recreation 
Road that leads down to the water just west of the interpretive center. Two 
Rock Wrens were very active on the rock cliffs here. Also, I found two 
Townsend's Solitaires in a tree next to the river. From the Vantage boat 
launch, I spotted a female Surf Scoter swimming in the water near the I-90 
bridge. 

   
  Saturday, November 3rd:
   
 Doug mentioned all the highlights except for the weird goose we saw amidst the 
thousands of Cackling Geese at Brook Lake in Grant county. This goose had a 
completely white neck from its chest upwards to its head. On the white head, 
there were dark smudges on the cheeks closer to the back of the head and a dark 
forehead that led down into the dark bill. The body matched the same coloration 
of a Cackling Goose. Unfortunately, it was too far for a picture. Perhaps some 
weird domestic hybrid? I'm looking for suggestions. 

   
  Sunday, November 4th: 
   
 Near the end of Goodrich Road (northwest of Centralia), I found a small flock 
of Mew Gulls in the fields. Also, as previously mentioned by Dave Hayden there 
was a sizable flock of Red-winged Blackbirds, Brewer's Blackbirds, and 
Starlings present. I watched a Red-tailed Hawk put them in the air once. Then 
they lifted off again (reminded me of shorebirds) when an immature Peregrine 
Falcon came out of stoop and tried to make a kill. The Peregrine then moved off 
and made another attempted strike then finally perched in a dead tree at the 
end of Wagner Road. 

   
  Tim O'Brien
  Elma, WA
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To report your sightings
please phone the Store at 
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Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.

Sunday November 04, 2007:
RBA "HOODED WARBLER"
A Hooded  Warbler was seen behind the John Hart  Generating Station on the
Canyon View Trail in Campbell River at  ~10:30 AM Sunday November 4, 2007.
Bird Description:  Male bright yellow face surrounded by continuous black
throat bib, neck ring and cap on top of head and nape.  Underparts bright
yellow, back olive greenish brown. White in tail visible when it moves.
Listen for sharp chips.
Location and Access:  Park in BC Hydro Parking lot and walk west (toward the
generating station) on the  paved part of the Canyon View trail, across the
front of the generating station and up the stairs and trail on the north
side no further than the look-out over the penstocks.  The bird was
vocalizing and flitting around in a large patch of blackberry that is
growing on the chain-link fence that separates the penstock/generating
station yard from the treed area to the north.

RBA "TROPICAL KINGBIRD"
A Tropical Kingbird was seen on Martindale Flats in Victoria. The bird was
flycatching from a dead snag near the new big mansion towards Mallard Drive
on the north side of Martindale Road.  The Tropical Kingbird is a Central
American bird that is a rare, but regular visitor during fall and winter
along the west coast of British Columbia.

The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Little Qualicum River Estuary. Twenty-two
birders found the following forty-four species:  Canada Goose, American
Wigeon, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Buffhead, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter,
White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Red-necked Grebe,
Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Loon, Pacific Loon, Horned
Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle,  Killdeer,
Dunlin, Spotted Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover, Black Turnstone, Black
Oystercatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet,  Bonaparte's Gull, Mew Gull, California
Gull, Thayer's Gull  Glaucous-winged Gull, American Robin, Belted
Kingfisher, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Brewer's
Blackbird,Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Song Sparrow,
Pine Siskin, Dark-eyed Juncos, Spotted Towhee, House Finch and American
Goldfinch.

Saturday November 03:
A Barred Owl was seen hunting near the Cat Stream off Beaconsfield Road in
Nanaimo.
A Trumpeter Swan was seen on a marsh near Cedar Road and Macmillan Road in
Cedar.

Friday November 02:
A Yellow-billed Loon was seen at Otter Point, off the West Coast Road near
Sooke.  The Yellow-billed Loon breeds on tundra lakes and rivers in the high
Arctic.  They migrate for the winter down the west coast of Canada.

Thursday November 01:
A Great Horned Owl was calling at the Colliery Dam Park in Nanaimo.
A Barred Owl was seen along Owen Road in Lantzville.

Wednesday October 31:
The Wednesday Bird Walk went to the Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road
side in Parksville.  Among the highlights were eight Trumpeter Swans flying
past the Art Gallery, one Eurasian Wigeon and first of the season's sighting
of Common Goldeneye and Bufflehead.
Eleven birders found the following forty-eight species: Canada Goose,
Trumpeter Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail,
Green-winged Teal, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter,
Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser,
Red-breasted Merganser, Pacific Loon, Horned Grebe, Brandt's Cormorant,
Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Mew Gull,
Ring-billed Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Belted Kingfisher,
Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed
Chickadee, Bushtit, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Bewick's Wren,
Winter Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, European Starling,
Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow,
Dark-eyed Junco, Brewer's Blackbird, Purple Finch, House Finch, Red
Crossbill and Pine Siskin.

Anna's Hummingbirds were seen in the 6900 block of Rosalyn Avenue in
Lantzville.
Two Anna's Hummingbirds  are visiting feeders in the 100 block of Southview
Road in Powell River.

A White-throated Sparrow was seen feeding with Dark-eyed Juncos in a
backyard on Andrea Crescent in Lantzville.

Tuesday October 30:
A Barred Owl landed on a deck railing and had his photo taken in the 5500
block of Avro Way near Brannen Lake in Nanaimo.

Monday October 29:
A White-throated Sparrow (white striped form) was  visiting a ground feeding
area in the 5300 block of Hammond Bay Road in Nanaimo.
Anna's Hummingbirds were seen visiting feeders in the 4900 block of Bella
Vista in Nanaimo.

Sunday October 28:
A juvenile Northern Shrike was photographed at the Nanoose Bay Estuary in
Nanoose Bay.

Saturday October 27:
An American Bittern was seen flying above Buttertubs east and west Marshes
in Nanaimo.

Thursday October 25:
A Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen in a pond at the Craig Bay area in
Parksville.

 or further information on these sightings or for help in identifying a
bird please call The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
 AT 
Toll Free  AT  
e-mail: thebackyard AT shaw.ca
***********************************
The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday November 08, 2007  AT  7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Speaker:  Morgan Black, Topic: "Bats"
Nanoose Bay
**********************************
Nanoose Bay Christmas Bird Count
December 14, 2007
Contact-Rhys Harrison at
rhysharrison AT shaw.ca
**********************************
Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Monday November 26, 2007 AT  7:30 pm.
Springwood School
Parksville.
**********************************
Parksville--Qualicum Beach Christmas Bird Count
December 16, 2007
Contact- Sandra gray at
saninerr AT shaw.ca
**********************************
The Wednesday Bird Walk on November 07, 2007 will be going to Columbia
Beach.
Meet at the Visitor Centre in Parksville on Highway 19A and Northwest Bay
Road at 9 a.m. or at the parking area off Admiral Tryon Boulevard at about
9:20am. (Turn off highway 19a at Columbia Drive across from Windsor Plywood
Store & follow Columbia Drive to the "T" intersection. Turn right to the
parking area on the left off of Admiral Tryon Bld.)
**************************************
The Sunday Bird Walk on November 11, 2007, will be going to the Nanoose
Estuary.
Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 am or at the parking area behind the Church
Camp
(turn unto Arlington Road off Highway 19) about 9:20 a.m.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo

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Tweets et al.,

I was able to relocate Teresa's AMERICAN TREE SPARROW this morning at the Green 
River NRA a.k.a. Kent Ponds. However, the spot with the red-osier dogwoods 
where the sparrow hangs out is just west of the northwest tower, not the 
central tower. Park at the lot at the gate on Russell Road just south of the 
postage stamp roadside part with the grove of exotic pines. The bird fed in the 
road and perched with Song Sparrows in the shrub row lining a small cattail 
marsh. Very nice bird. 


We also studied several flocks of mostly Cackling Geese in Kent and Auburn 
totaling I would guess 3000 birds. One Greater White-fronted Goose with the 
Cacklers just southeast of the Smith Bros. Dairy. In this group there was one 
exceptionally pale Cackler, not much if at all larger than the majority of the 
minima-type Cacklers there. Breast very pale, slightly buffy perhaps beneath 
the black neck stocking, the back and wings distinctly paler also with broader 
whitish feather edgings. Could this have been one of the eastern nominate 
hutchinsii race? Also several dark breasted Cacklers with Aleutian-type white 
necklaces, for what that's worth. 


Also, along 287th St. about 1/4 mile west of West Valley Hwy. in a reed canary 
grass field on the south side of the road, two calling birds I suspect were 
Swamp Sparrows but couldn't get a definitive look. Did not behave like 
Lincoln's; small and dark when one flushed and would not show itself further. 


One well marked female Eurasian Wigeon from the southeast tower at the GRNRA. 
Also 31 Greater White-fronted Geese at Gene Coulon Park in Renton. 


Gene Hunn
18476 47th Pl NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
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  Subject: [Tweeters] American Tree Sparrow at GRNR/Kent Ponds


 This morning we saw an American Tree Sparrow at the Kent Ponds. It was close 
to the center tower foraging in the red-twig dogwoods just west of the trail 
and also appeared on the trail. 


  Teresa Kaufman
  Burien, WA
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Mike Denny reports:

"In the Ponderosa Pines top of Central Ferry Canyon
Gray Jays - saw 1 and heard several
Clark's Nutcracker - heard several"

Mike, although Clark's Nutcrackers are common in ponderosa pineland,  
wouldn't you consider Gray Jays in a place like that an outrageous  
sighting of that montane and wet-forest species? I don't envision  
Gray Jays being anywhere in ponderosa pines in Washington, certainly  
not in isolated stands of them, as you find in Central Ferry Canyon,  
and I wonder if it indicates something unusual going on, when  
combined with some other low-altitude records of mountain species  
this fall?

Dennis
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Hi Tweets,

 

I spent about an hour yesterday (Saturday) afternoon watching the sound from
West Point at Discovery Park.  Bird numbers there seem to be increasing;
there were many more scoters, cormorants, and grebes than I�ve seen in
recent visits.  The highlight was a group of 4 ANCIENT MURRELETS that flew
in from the north, landed in the water about � mile out, and quickly
disappeared in the choppy water.  Also present were about 20 Black Scoters
off the South Beach, a few lingering Heermann�s Gulls, one Brandt�s
Cormorant in addition to the hordes of Double-crests, one fly-by Common
Murre, and a few Rhinoceros Auklets.  The large Western Grebe flock was
still present off North Beach, but I wasn�t able to find the Clark�s that�s
been seen there a few times recently.

 

Good birding,

Matt Dufort

Seattle, WA


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Hi Tweets,
We recently acquired an interesting pamphlet written by Kenneth C. 
Walcheck entitled "Montana's First Bird Inventory Through The Eyes Of 
Lewis And Clark" published by the Lewis and Clark Interpretative 
Association Inc. in 1999. The author documents the probable 59 species 
of birds observed by Lewis and Clark with substantial data on their 
geographic location. According to Montana Audubon, in October of 2007, 
the state lists 421 species. Of the 59, six species were Montana Trail 
discoveries that were new to science in 1805 and 1806.�These six 
are:�Lesser (Cackling?) Canada Goose, Blue Grouse, Long-billed Curlew, 
Lewis' Woodpecker, Pinyon Jay, and Western Meadowlark.  The author 
includes detailed notes from Lewis and Clark's journal entries about 
each of these six species, as well as other interesting information and 
maps about of their expedition in Montana..

�One of the difficulties in interpreting which species was described by 
Lewis and Clark was the fact that they did not use Linnaeus' binomial 
system of nomenclature and instead used "colloquial names with 
intriguing spellings that appear to the reader as puzzling, amusing, 
confusing or exasperating". "On his return trek through Montana (July 
1,1806), Lewis supplemented his journal entry with notes about birds 
observed in the Missoula area:�the dove (mourning dove), the black 
woodpecker (Lewis' Woodpecker, the lark woodpecker (Northern Flicker)".

�To illustrate the confusion trying to equate the common names, used 
over 200 years ago by Lewis and Clark, with the common names used today 
the author offers a matching quiz. If one thinks about the name that 
they used and uses their own observations of these birds or a current 
field guide most of the answers become apparent.

�Here is the quiz:�Match the common names used by Lewis with the common 
names used today.

Lewis and Clark�s common name:
_____A. Cock of the Mountain
_____B. Hen with pointed tail
_____C. Logcock
_____D. Leather-winged bat
_____E. Speckled pheasant
_____F. Calumet (Ceremonial pipes of the Shoshoni) bird
_____G. Bee Martin
_____H. Missouri Plover
_____I. Butterbox
_____J. Delicious�

Common names used today:
1. Common Nighthawk
2. Eastern Kingbird
3. Golden Eagle
4. Pileated Woodpecker
5. Canvasback
6. Greater Sage Grouse
7. Bufflehead
8. Sharp-tailed Grouse
9. American Avocet
10. Spruce Grouse

�If you take the quiz and want to check your answers we will post them 
early next week

Don and Sandi McVay
Seattle
dmcvay AT cmc.net

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hello everyone,

i am sorry to bother you with this, but i linked to
the washington state CBC schedule from Birds in The
News (which is scheduled to publish tomorrow at noon
EST -- 9 am west coast time) and i mistakenly forgot
to include the name of the person who is writing this
schedule in my acknowledgments. can someone please
tell me his name so i can properly credit him?

if any of you have any other links to state CBC
schedules (and doesn't canada and parts of mexico have
their own CBCs?), please send them to me so i can
include them in BITN. 

Devorah
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Hello tweets,

 

This is a little late, but thank you so much to those of you on the list who
dropped by Wild Art: An Open Studio Event in September.  My husband Kevin
Mack, wildlife photographer, and I especially enjoyed connecting with all
the birders!

 

Since that show was such a hit with this list, I want to invite you to my
last show of the year, which features my newest bird paintings.  Here are
the details:

 

Solo Exhibit

Kirkland Performance Center

Reception November 9, 6:30-7:30

More info: http://www.kpcenter.org/artstage.htm 

 

I hope to see you there!

~J

 

   Julie Stonefelt

  www.leaningcedarstudio.com

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Hi Tweets,

Today I led a WOS Field Trip up the Grand Coulee and across the Hartline
Plateau. Birding was generally slow, especially for passerines which was
somewhat surprising considering the time of the year. In spite of the slow
birding, there were several notable observations. A complete list can be
found in the trip report on the WOS website when published.

Soap Lake:

Dunlin - 6
Least Sandpiper - 5
Bonaparte's Gull - 2

Lake Lenore:

Tundra Swan - 26

Alkali Lake:

Great Egret - 1

Sun Lakes State Park:

Peregrine Falcon - 1

Steamboat Rock State Park:

Long-eared Owl - 3+

Northrup Point:

Red-necked Grebe - 1

Grand Coulee Hill Road:

Northern Goshawk - 1

Road 'W' NE:

Prairie Falcon - 1

Coulee City STP:

Dunlin - 4
Long-billed Dowitcher - 2
Bonaparte's Gull - 2

Brook Lake (aka Stratford Lake):

Greater White-fronted Goose - 2
Snow Goose - 29
Cackling Goose - too many to count

All in all it wasn't too bad of a day and I look forward to doing it again
sometime.

Cheers

Doug Schonewald
Moses Lake, WA
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Hi all, 

Today I saw this brown and cream crow at Lincoln Park,
Seattle (Sat Nov 3rd). Its body was chocolate
brown, but the wings were gradated from brown on the
coverts to almost cream on the ends of the primaries &
secondaries.
It seemed its darker brothers wouldn't always
recognize this bird as a fellow crow when it flew
in--they would flush from feeding in the grass as if
it was a predator. So it remained on the sidelines or
in a tree
apart from the group mostly.  The wings looked very
light in flight, making it look like a sharpie or
flicker when it flew.

I was able to capture some photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Achyroptera/BrownCrowAtLincolnPark

I remember a while back someone else mentioned seeing
a "brown crow" somewhere in Puget Sound...

Andrea Wuenschel
North Seattle

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I walked the Chehalis River Discovery Trail this afternoon, located at 
the end of Goodrich Road in Centralia.
A 1500+ mixed flock of Starlings, Brewer's Blackbirds, and Red-winged 
Blackbirds were in the farm fields. Looked for a possible Rusty in the 
mix but didn't see one.
The flock of gulls still remain in the farm fields, but further out.
2 American Kestrels
1 male Northern Harrier
2 American Pipit's
2 Scrub Jays
A flock of Bushtits, mixed in with a flock of Ruby-crowned and 
Golden-crowned Kinglets
15 Golden-crowned Sparrows.
3 Fox Sparrows
In the slough, there were 10 Wood Ducks, 2 Northern Shovelers, 4 
Green-winged Teal, alot of Mallards, and 1 Pied-billed Grebe.

Dave Hayden
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Carol Ledford, my mother (Olive) and I birded today on
the River "S" Unit at Ridgefield NWR (~4mi W of I-5 at
Exit 14 in SW Washington;
http://www.fws.gov/ridgefieldrefuges/ )


Bill Clemons
SW of Portland in Mtn Park
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Complete list of 52 species seen / heard:

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE  (~24 on Rest Lake)
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan              (~45 on Rest Lake � one
w/Blue collar)
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
CANVASBACK
Bufflehead
Northern Harrier
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK    (heard only, trees NW of Long
Lake)
Red-tailed Hawk
HARLAN'S RED-TAILED HAWK  (flying at ~50ft, over SE
grasslands)
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK               (SE grasslands)
American Kestrel
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper                   (heard only, on
entrance canyon road)
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren                       (seen by R/R tracks)
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch

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