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[Tweeters] Sabine's Gulls at Point No Point

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:03:27 -0500

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This morning Brad Waggoner and I had a flock of 58 Sabine's Gulls fly by
PNP going north. We also had a Lesser Yellowlegs fly by, which was later
seen in the marsh. On 23 May I had a Wandering Tattler and a

[Tweeters] Cowlitz Whimbrels

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:06:25 -0500

Tweets - I just found 8 Whimbrel in the muddy field at Caples and Dike Road in Woodland Bottoms. Believe first county record. Although they and the gulls/terns flushed they may return since this intersection has the best mud around. Worth checking if you are birding this way during the

[Tweeters] Red-tailed hawk chicks removed from airport.

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:54:55 -0500

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Interesting piece regarding removing red-tailed hawk chicks from SeaTac. Includes a short interview with Bud Anderson of the Falcon Research Group.

http://www.king5.com/news/Red-tail-hawk-chicks-removed-from-airport-nests--152690795.html

Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. USA
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[Tweeters] Kent Ponds

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:29 -0500

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Today my wife and I went to the Kent Ponds for the first time. We were not familiar with the layout so it took us 2 1/8 laps to visit every spot. We are not good at identifying birds by their songs so that limited the birds

[Tweeters] Lake Joy 5/24/12

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:14:06 -0500

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This morning at Lake Joy I observed the following:
2 Common Loons
2 Black-headed Grosbeaks
many American Goldfinch
several Rufous Hummingbirds
2 Mallards
several Red-winged Blackbirds
1 Dark-eyed Junco
1 Spotted Towhee
many Violet-green Swallows
1 Savannah Sparrow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Purple Finch
Canada Geese doing a fly-over

Hank Heiberg
Lake Joy
Carnation, WA
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[Tweeters] Skagit Co. Birds

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:02:40 -0500

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Tweeters, Of note at Game Range / Fir Island:1 White-fronted Goose1 Snow Goose5 Wood Duck1 LARK SPARROW -- bird from 2 days ago continues at intersection of Wylie and Mann roads on shoulder1 Olive-sided Flycatcher2 W. Wood Pewee1 Willow Flycatcher10 Blue-winged Teal2 Cinnamon Teal8 W. Tanagers1 Gr.

[Tweeters] Wylie Rd. Lark Sparrow

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:21:17 -0500

Just found the Lark Sparrow reported by Michael Willison in the same area of Wylie Rd. Thanks, Michael!

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[Tweeters] Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2012-05-24

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:47:44 -0500

Tweets - maybe the night's rain, the dark clouds, and the weather forecasts
scared people away today. There were just 7 of us today, and we enjoyed a
very fine day of birding. There were clouds and occasional mist, with
moments of drizzle, but quite a bit of

[Tweeters] Nisqually NWR Wednesday morning walk 5/23, update.

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:34:24 -0500

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Hello Tweets,

sorry about my initial incomplete report sent prematurely, here is the
complete report.

18 of us enjoyed a very birdy day at the Refuge with intermittent rain,
temperature in 50's degrees Fahrenheit, and a Low -1'7" Tide at 1:52pm.
Highlights for the day were two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS roosting, feeding,
and flying

[Tweeters] Magnuson Park Yellow-headed Blackbird

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:06:35 -0500

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Today (24MAY) around 1100, I found a Yellow-headed Blackbird along Sports Field Drive in Magnuson Park. It was feeding along the roadside, by itself.
A photograph: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crappywildlifephotography/7263237164/

Rick Hibpshman
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[Tweeters] Nisqually Wednesday Morning Walk for 5/23/12

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:37:30 -0500

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Hello Tweets,

18 of us enjoyed a very birdy day at the Refuge with intermittent rain,
temperature in 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and a Low -1'7" Tide at 1:52pm.
Highlights for the day were two AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS roosting, feeding,
and flying around the refuge. A very close fly over of four

[Tweeters] A big Vaux's Happening

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:21:58 -0500

About 8,000 Vaux's Swifts are still down in the bottom half of the
Monroe Wagner roost site as of 9:20 this morning. Watch them leave at
http://www.critterZoom.com/Video/22/Vaux%20Swift%20-%20Chimney%20Cam.html

Larry

Larry Schwitters, Issaquah

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[Tweeters] 5 Woodpeckers at Seward Park

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:14:04 -0500

Late this afternoon and early evening I hiked
through Seward Park. In addition to my FOY
Swainson's Thrush and a few warblers, I was very
pleased to have 5 Woodpeckers: Downy, Hairy, Red
Breasted Sapsucker, Pileated and Northern
Flicker. I have had all of those species there
before

[Tweeters] 5 Woodpeckers at Seward Park

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:13:59 -0500

[Tweeters] 5 Woodpeckers at Seward Park

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:13:45 -0500

[Tweeters] Purple finch?

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:11:14 -0500

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Hello Tweeters,

I believe that a Purple Finch visited our yard today. I have a photo and would like the opinion of someone more experienced than I when it comes to IDing birds. I can e-mail the photo. Thank you.

Hank Heiberg
Lake Joy
Carnation, WA
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[Tweeters] Odd place for a vulture

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:52:38 -0500

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It was a cloudy, rainy day up on the Iron Goat Trail on highway 2. We hiked
up the scenic trailhead and then went south a bit. From one of the valley
overlooks there was a turkey vulture perched below us in

[Tweeters] Edmonds marsh 5-23-12

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:50:13 -0500

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I was down at the marsh this evening where I saw my FOY cedar waxwings. A pair flew up to the evergreens behind the west (#1) viewing platform and spent a few minutes there before flying off southwest. I also saw a Pectoral sandpiper on the mud flats.

Bill Anderson;

[Tweeters] Kent Ponds - Lazuli Bunting

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:27:14 -0500

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Hi Tweets:
After hearing that a Western Bluebird was seen Sunday morning during the Kent Ponds census, I went down to the same spot this morning. On Sunday, the bluebird was perched on the fence by the main gate on Russell

[Tweeters] 3 Teal

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:43:07 -0500

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All three species of teal were present this evening on the pond south of
George's Corner, Kitsap County.

Kind of cool to see them all in one spot.

J. Acker

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[Tweeters] the murmurs of starlings - 5/23/12

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:40:15 -0500

For the past week or so, the prevailing sound in my and my neighbors' yards, is the whirring of scads of starlings up in the trees - during most of the daylight hours - an unceasing, constant, annoying drone. I suppose it could eventually phase into a white-noise effect

[Tweeters] Vaux's Happening at 5:30.

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:37:30 -0500

Swifts are going into the Wagner roost site early again. See it live
at http://www.critterZoom.com/Video/22/Vaux%20Swift%20-%20Chimney%20Cam.html

Larry

Larry Schwitters, Issaquah

Project Coordination
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[Tweeters] Queen Anne Birds

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:29:26 -0500

Hi Tweets,

Today, we had a beautiful male Evening Grosbeak and two females in our back yard and Western Scrub Jays in their usual location on 1st Avenue West and Garfield.

Don and Sandi
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[Tweeters] Red Crossbill breeding?

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:03:52 -0500

Dear fellow Tweeters,

I've had a group of Red Crossbills coming to my feeders for the past
three weeks. Almost daily I see an adult male and female and on
occasion I've see two juveniles (at least one begging but not being fed)
and an additional adult male and female.

[Tweeters] Shillapoo Red-necked Phalaropes, American White Pelicans

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:46:19 -0500

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This morning I found 64 species at Shillapoo Wildlife Management Area in
Clark Co. Highlights were 4 Red-necked Phalaropes at the wetland on La
Frambois Rd. and two
American White Pelicans flying into the large wetland along Reiger Rd.

Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 8
Mallard 28
Blue-winged Teal

[Tweeters] Sandhill Cranes

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:42:16 -0500

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Yesterday, I found two Sandhill Cranes at Conboy Lake NWR (where they are
know to breed). More interestingly, perhaps, I found two Sandhill Cranes
one mile east of Trout Lake
in a field on Sunnyside Rd. Both Eastern and Western Kingbirds were also
present at Conboy Lake as were a

[Tweeters] S.E. Idaho

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:49:41 -0500

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Last month Dennis Paulson wrote about pursuing grouse in S.E Idaho and in passing mentioned a couple areas I had never visited. I decided I should do something about that and when a nice spell of weather came along in May,

[Tweeters] CritterZoom

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:27:29 -0500

There are 5000 Vaux's Swifts still in the Monroe Wagner roost site.
Try a search engine on CritterZoom to find the live streaming.

Larry

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[Tweeters] RFI Skamania Ring-necked Pheasant

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:04:08 -0500

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Hi Tweets - If anyone has seen or heard a Ring-necked Pheasant in Skamania County, would you please email me off list? While you'd think RINP would be present given the pockets of suitable habitat, there just don't seem to be any records (eBird has one

[Tweeters] Methow and east,may 20-22,2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:04:07 -0500

Hi tweeters
We went to the Methow .over hwy 20 it's still winter's with lots of snow!
Marblemount PHEASANT male and AM.ROBIN.
Rockport. RAVEN and STELLERS JAY
Colonial CG .BARROWS GOLDENEYE,BUFFLEHEADS,C.GEESE,MALLARD,A.WIGEON,VGandNRW SWALLOWS.
Klipchuck.CG. Very quiet,last memorial day we stayed there ,lots of birds.
Early Winters CG. JUNCO,a pair,oxymoron , of TOWNSENDS SOLITAIRES.SWIFT SP.
Mazama AREA

[Tweeters] American White Pelicans at Nisqually

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:11:37 -0500

Hi Tweets,
Viewing Nisqually Reach from Luhr Beach, JC and I saw 2 American White Pelicans in the Refuge this morning at 7am!
Happy Birding,
Shep Thorp

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[Tweeters] Oklahoma whirl wind photo trip - pictures

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:37:19 -0500

Last month my friend Shawn McCully and I traveled to Oklahoma primarily to photograph the greater and lesser prairie chickens on their leks. It was 93 degrees when we got off the plane! We worked our way to the Tall Grass Prairie for an early morning date with the greater

[Tweeters] Whidbey Island today

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:10:43 -0500

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Lots of birds on Whidbey Island today. A few highlights:

Crosby Road
Golden-crowned Sparrow - 1

Swantown
Pectoral Sandpiper - 8
Black Oystercatcher - 6

flooded field near Coupeville
GWF Goose - 6
Minima Cackling Goose - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 30 or more
Semipalmated Plover - 1

Crockett Lake
Pectoral Sandpiper

[Tweeters] Snohomish County Birding

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:10:06 -0500

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Monday morning I birded a bit in Snohomish County.

Norman Road
Pectoral Sandpiper - 8 (Stubb Rd)
Whimbrel - 13 (Stubb Rd)
Gr Yellowlegs - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Wilson's Phalarope - 1

Eide Road
Wilson's Phalarope - 3
LB Dowitcher - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 21
Dunlin
Western Sandpiper
SEMIPALMATED

[Tweeters] Black Swifts on Whidbey and more

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:47:50 -0500

Tweets - I made a run down Whidbey Island today, taking advantage of the
partial rain shadow at the north end. It rained on and off, but was mostly
just cloudy.

My first stop was Cranberry Lake in Deception Pass State Park. OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHERS were singing all over, as

[Tweeters] Caspian Terns breeding?

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:09:35 -0500

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I've also wondered if CATEs are breeding in the area (sorry, I have observations but no answers...). Every July I go over to Bainbridge Island and rent a kayak for a couple of hours of paddling around Eagle Harbor. There are always large numbers of

[Tweeters] re: Caspian Terns Breeding around Elliott Bay

Tue, 22 May 2012 22:03:09 -0500

Thanks very much, David, for your note about the Caspian Terns -- and for those details from the foreman of the building. I photograph these terns frequently on Elliott Bay, but owing to the distance David described -- from the rooftop to the bridge -- I don't [yet] have super-clear

[Tweeters] Sage Thrasher at JBLM

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:15:59 -0500

Tweets,

Adrian Wolf, a biologist with CNLM, called me today to say that he had seen
a Sage Thrasher on his regular survey at JBLM in Pierce Co. He had to leave
before we could get there, but he gave GPS location data and I went out with
other JBLM biologists and relocated the

[Tweeters] Lazuli Bunting [Pacific co]

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:52:17 -0500

Hello All,

A Lazuli Bunting, in bright male plumage, has been present on Knappton Road
in Naselle, Pacific co., since at least 2:15 PM today (5/22/12), and until
at least 5:30 PM this afternoon, when Ann Musche' and I saw the bird,
confirming its identity.

Call the owner of the property where

[Tweeters] Skagit Co. birds, Sandhill Crane, LARK SPARROW

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:44:06 -0500

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Tweeters, This afternoon as I was getting back to the car to leave the Wylie Game Range on Fir Island I heard the distinctive call of a Sandhill Crane calling several times a short distance to the SE of the parking area. I could not locate

[Tweeters] Skagit Black-throated Sparrow

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:13:16 -0500

Dear Tweeters,

Today (22 May 2012) a BLACK-THROATED SPARROW was on a fenceline along Healy Road as I drove off to work at 0815. It was not there when I got back home this afternoon. The location is between Hamilton and Lyman in Skagit County, just south of SR 20.

Yours truly,

Gary

[Tweeters] Hawaiian Big Island Guide Inputs

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:58:35 -0500

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Thanks to all the kind Tweets who took the time and provided me invaluable input on the guide services available on Hawaii's Big Island. The consensus seems to be that Jack Jeffrey does a superb job as a guide and that

[Tweeters] Swifts live.

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:07:20 -0500

LOTS of swifts going into the Wagner chimney right now.

http://www.critterZoom.com/Video/22/Vaux%20Swift%20-%20Chimney%20Cam.html

Larry

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[Tweeters] Grasshopper Sparrow at Neah Bay

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:29:39 -0500

There is currently a Grasshopper Sparrow halfway down the old road along the Wa'atch River past Neah Bay. Photos on flickr/ebird later.

Ryan

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[Tweeters] Black Swifts and Bushtit, Kittitas County, 5/21/12

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:52:07 -0500

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Hi Tweets,

During an Eastside Audubon trip to Eastern Washington on May 21, while birding the Robinson Canyon Road, we saw a male BUSHTIT feeding in a medium-sized bush in the small riparian area on the paved road just before it turns into gravel (same area where

[Tweeters] re: Big Island birding

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:31:17 -0500

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I'd like to second the recommendations about the tours led by Hawaii Forest and Trail. This is a small but we-ll run ooutfit, and the prices are reasonable. It's really the ONLY way to visit the wonderful Hakalau Forest, especially if you actually want to see the birds

[Tweeters] guided tour - Owling Ravenna Park - Friday evening 8-10pm

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:07:53 -0500

Tweeters,

This Friday evening from 8:00pm to10 pm I am leading one of my
Stewart's Stewardship Adventures in Nature adventures: Owling Ravenna
Park. See the details here:
http://www.stewardshipadventures.com/ai1ec_event/owling-ravenna-park/?instance_id1

-Stewart Wechsler
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[Tweeters] swallow behavior

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:24:25 -0500

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Thanks to everyone who explained why the swallows were flying low in the rain.
Linda Phillips
Kenmore

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Linda Phillips<BR>
Kenmore<BR><BR>

[Tweeters] Caspian Terns in Elliott Bay

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:11:34 -0500

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Hi Tweets,
As a follow-up to Dave Hutchinson's post (Hi Dave)...as he said we didn't find any nesting Terns on the many flat rooftops in the Interbay area at the western base of Queen Anne Hill, scoping mostly northeast from the Magnolia Bridge...though after trying with Dave there

RE: [Tweeters] RFI - Big Island Hawaii

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:43:30 -0500

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In February I took the Rain Forest and Dry Forest tour with Hawaii Forest
and Trail. I wanted to do the Hakalau Forest tour but it was full. The tour
I did take was very good. It's a very long day and involves a decent amount
of hiking