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9/6/26 8:24 am Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Phinney mixed flock
9/6/26 8:24 am Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Phinney mixed flock
9/6/26 8:22 am Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Phinney mixed flock
9/4/26 4:31 pm Ian Paulsen via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] NEW Princeton guide
9/4/26 1:39 pm Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Population of Kākāpō surpassing 300, first time in 75 years
9/4/26 12:40 pm Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] East and West 90 report
9/3/26 4:34 pm Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-09-03
9/3/26 12:01 pm Shep Thorp via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 9/2/2026
9/2/26 9:13 am Brian Zinke via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Swifts Night Out in Monroe - Sept 12
9/1/26 2:10 pm Toby Ross via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Bird Ecuador
9/1/26 1:15 pm Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] TUVU Sighting
9/1/26 10:33 am Mark Ahlness via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Report from the Coast
9/1/26 9:17 am Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] NBC NEWS: Record baby boom brings one of the world’s most endangered parrots back from the brink
9/1/26 8:10 am Tiffany Linbo via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] OSU study finds Northern Spotted Owl functional extinct
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8/27/26 12:21 pm Jim Ullrich via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Wings over Whidbey 09/25-27
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8/23/26 7:47 am Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] GPS tracking study shows invasive barred owls crowding California forests where spotted owls nest
8/23/26 2:09 am Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] We Know What’s Killing Loons and How to Stop It. So Why Are They Still Dying? – Mother Jones
8/23/26 1:36 am Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] GPS tracking study shows invasive barred owls crowding California forests where spotted owls nest
8/22/26 12:31 pm Odette James via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Fall is arriving at the Cedar River Delta
8/22/26 11:08 am Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Juvenile Black Chinned Hummingbirds in Seattle?!
8/21/26 6:35 pm HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: “At first we were puzzled.” Scientists track 69 ravens in Yellowstone – and make a remarkable discovery
8/21/26 3:57 pm Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 8-20-2026
8/21/26 1:53 pm Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] White Wagtail
8/21/26 1:52 pm Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: “At first we were puzzled.” Scientists track 69 ravens in Yellowstone – and make a remarkable discovery
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8/20/26 8:49 am Douglas Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] More on Posts Having No Visible Content
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8/19/26 3:37 pm Arden Hagen via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Sightings of NOBO on the salmon creek trail in Vancouver Wa this week.
8/19/26 2:49 pm Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Post having no content?
8/19/26 2:31 pm Peter Relson via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Post having no content?
8/19/26 1:58 pm Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Flea treatment
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8/19/26 12:30 pm Caryn Schutzler via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Flea treatment
8/18/26 8:40 pm Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] NEW SCIENTIST: Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets?
8/18/26 8:33 pm Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] RE-POST Turkey Vulture report for July 2026
8/18/26 3:52 pm Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/18/26 3:51 pm HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/18/26 3:46 pm Kim Thorburn via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Baird's Sandpipers in Seattle
8/18/26 3:06 pm Jane Hadley via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/18/26 1:26 pm Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Baird's Sandpipers in Seattle
8/18/26 1:17 pm Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/17/26 11:00 pm Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/17/26 8:58 pm Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
8/17/26 8:55 pm Tom Benedict via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/17/26 7:05 pm Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/17/26 7:01 pm Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
8/17/26 5:34 pm Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] JBLM Eagles Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk - Thursday, August 20 - 8:00AM Start
8/17/26 1:52 pm Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
8/16/26 6:39 pm Roger Moyer via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] TUVU Report
8/16/26 2:31 pm Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] BBC SCIENCE FOCUS MAGAZINE: These terrifying (and wacky) birds ruled Earth after the dinosaurs
8/15/26 9:51 pm Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Migrants for sure
8/15/26 7:36 pm Sharon Howard via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
8/15/26 7:25 pm Sharon Howard via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
8/15/26 6:05 pm Nancy Crowell via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
8/15/26 5:29 pm Louise via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
8/15/26 5:23 pm Hank Heiberg via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
8/15/26 2:49 pm Diane Doles via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Bowerman Basin
8/15/26 1:49 pm Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Migrants for sure
8/15/26 1:18 pm Sharon Howard via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
8/15/26 10:38 am AMK17 via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] More early Seattle yard birds and maybe a migrant or two
8/15/26 8:11 am Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Fall Migration is in progress (Skagit version)
8/14/26 4:08 pm Tom Benedict via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Phinney birds
8/14/26 2:44 pm Kevin Black via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] RFI: Maui
8/14/26 2:16 pm David Parent via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake Access
8/14/26 11:01 am AMK17 via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Phinney birds
8/13/26 9:06 pm Kenneth Brown via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Wednesday at Nisqually.
8/13/26 2:50 pm <greg...> via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Migration
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8/13/26 2:24 pm Philomena via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Migration
8/13/26 1:35 pm Carol Riddell via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake Access
8/13/26 12:52 pm Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-08-13
8/13/26 10:09 am Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> Re: [Tweeters] Migration
8/13/26 9:35 am Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] RE-POST Turkey Vulture post from Diann MacRae
8/13/26 8:45 am AMK17 via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Migration
8/13/26 7:50 am Mark Borden via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Purple Martins by Lake Crockett
8/13/26 7:35 am Scott R via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Tokeland Common Ringed Plover weekend outlook
8/12/26 4:54 pm Diann MacRae via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] July 2026 TUVU report
8/12/26 2:46 pm Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Good paws
8/12/26 1:49 pm Jeff Borsecnik via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Crockett Lake access on foot (or tiny boat)?
8/12/26 9:29 am B B via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Program Tonight - Around the World in 80 Birds
8/12/26 6:03 am Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Monitoring Snowy Plovers at Great Salt Lake | Audubon
8/12/26 2:54 am Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Mount Rainier fire crews are cutting trees at the Sunrise Visitor Center
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8/11/26 12:57 pm Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Purple Martins at Crockett Lake? Puffin Tour Report
8/11/26 8:10 am Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] As always, if you can’t open an article that I or others post, copy the title and “Google” it. It usually works. Fwd: THE DESERT SUN: Jackie, beloved Big Bear bald eagle watched by millio
8/10/26 4:29 pm Diann MacRae via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] film on Falco the owl
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8/10/26 12:04 pm Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Enjoying Purple Martins: AUGUST 10 IS National Purple Martin Conservation Day
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8/8/26 3:46 am Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> [Tweeters] Request for information regarding Birds of Brisbane
 
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Date: 9/6/26 8:24 am
From: Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Phinney mixed flock
This morning a nice sized mixed flock foraged in the back between several yards. Flycatchers, yellow and orange crowned warblers, warbling vireos and tanagers. Possibly yellow rumped but I didn’t see or hear it.

Again Merlin picked up evening grosbeaks and I may have observed 3 flying out from conifers but lighting was not conducive to id so went off size and shape. Has anyone observed these in Phinney area of Seattle. The recording was faint so not confident. But Merlin keeps picking this one up.

Haven’t id’d the large headed flycatcher yet but it is not a willow or western. Might send a link to photos if anyone wants to assist with id.

Good morning for birds!

Cheers,
AKopitov
Seattle


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Date: 9/6/26 8:24 am
From: Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Phinney mixed flock
This morning a nice sized mixed flock foraged in the back between several yards. Flycatchers, yellow and orange crowned warblers, warbling vireos and tanagers. Possibly yellow rumped but I didn’t see or hear it.

Again Merlin picked up evening grosbeaks and I may have observed 3 flying out from conifers but lighting was not conducive to id so went off size and shape. Has anyone observed these in Phinney area of Seattle. The recording was faint so not confident. But Merlin keeps picking this one up.

Haven’t id’d the large headed flycatcher yet but it is not a willow or western. Might send a link to photos if anyone wants to assist with id.

Good morning for birds!

Cheers,
AKopitov
Seattle


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Date: 9/6/26 8:22 am
From: Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Phinney mixed flock
This morning a nice sized mixed flock foraged in the back between several yards. Flycatchers, yellow and orange crowned warblers, warbling vireos and tanagers. Possibly yellow rumped but I didn’t see or hear it.

Again Merlin picked up evening grosbeaks and I may have observed 3 flying out from conifers but lighting was not conducive to id so went off size and shape. Has anyone observed these in Phinney area of Seattle. The recording was faint so not confident. But Merlin keeps picking this one up.

Haven’t id’d the large headed flycatcher yet but it is not a willow or western. Might send a link to photos if anyone wants to assist with id.

Good morning for birds!

Cheers,
AKopitov
Seattle


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Date: 9/4/26 4:31 pm
From: Ian Paulsen via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] NEW Princeton guide
HI ALL:
THIS JUST IN: It looks like the new Princeton bird guide is online now
(click on "Look Inside" at the link below) . You can see the Collins Birds
of Europe influence in it! FYI: Say hello to Prairie and Saltmarsh
Willets, Western and Eastern Marsh Wrens, and Painted Whitestart!

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691137278/the-bird-guide-north-america

Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA.
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Date: 9/4/26 1:39 pm
From: Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Population of Kākāpō surpassing 300, first time in 75 years
For the first time in 75 years, the breeding population of Kākāpō has
produced 90 chicks and is surpassing 300. As the world's largest parrot
who are also flightless and nocturnal, they were nearly extinct due to the
introduction of predators. Article is in The Guardian. In case WSU
doesn't allow the link, it is a recent publication, August 31, 2026, and
the Guardian is accessible without a subscription.

Nice to have some good news.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/01/record-breeding-worlds-heaviest-parrot-nz-endangered-kakapo

*Ann*

Ann Pultz Kramer
Stanwood, WA

“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our
deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner
sense of justice than we do.”

― Wendell Berry

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Date: 9/4/26 12:40 pm
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] East and West 90 report
Hi,

  I was in Edison for dinner at The Longhorn (Jalapeno, mango, prawn
tacos!)
yesterday and drove thru/around the East and West 90s on the way home.
Saw 3 red-tails, a couple of GBH, no eagles, no owls, lots of blackbirds
on the
wires, and one un-identified white bird that might have been some kind of
kite or a very large swift or perhaps a dove/pidgeon.  One of the RTHs was
sitting on a very low bush along the waterway that flows near the corner of
Farm-to-Market and Allen West ... remarkable since it was so low and not up
on a wire.

  There were a -few- fishermen in the Samish and some recent reports of
Coho
(silvers) in the Skagit ... so the fall in rush is not far away.
  The state of the tide was "high" so we didn't go to Channel Drive.

  Did I mention those Mango Tacos?
                                            - Jim in Skagit
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Date: 9/3/26 4:34 pm
From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-09-03
Tweets - The rain let up only a little before the survey, and the morning
slowly cleared to mostly sunny by the end. Things have definitely changed
around a bit since last week; birds were making many more calls, and the
counts of many species were very different than in late August. We had a
few First of Fall (FOF) birds as well.

Highlights:
Band-tailed Pigeon - One flyby near the mansion; first in over a month
Vaux's Swift - At least two over the Pea Patch, first in almost a month
Ring-billed Gull - Two over the East Meadow (FOF)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Juvenile loudly going after a Northern Flicker
while being harrassed by Steller's Jays, seen from the Lake Platform (FOF),
and only our second of the year
Western Warbling Vireo - Two heard; possibly our last of the year
Violet-green Swallow - Several dozen over the meadows - We've had only
one *maybe* sighting since early July
Barn Swallow - About a dozen noted with the Violet-greens
Red-winged Blackbird - First in a month; they often take an August
vacation away
Black-throated Gray Warbler - At least two just south of the East
Meadow

We had several *maybe*s today; including a very interesting warbler-like
chip note south of the Dog Area porta-potties, an empidonax in the willows
near the south end of the East Meadow that may or may not have been a
Willow, and what I was fairly sure was the first Black Swift of the year
for the survey over the Pea Patch.

Misses today included Hooded Merganser, American Coot, Green Heron,
Red-tailed Hawk, Willow Flycatcher (see note above), Bushtit,
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln's Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, and
Black-headed Grosbeak.

For the day, 53 species identified.

= Michael Hobbs
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Date: 9/3/26 12:01 pm
From: Shep Thorp via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 9/2/2026
Hi Tweets,

Approximately 25 of us had a wild windy and wet Wednesday at the Refuge,
experiencing overcast skies, sun breaks, wind and rain. Temperatures were
in the 50's to 60's degrees Fahrenheit. There was a High 11'6" Tide at
10:16am and a Low 5'10" Tide at 3:45pm. Highlights included two TRUMPETER
SWANS flying over the Visitor Center Pond, two HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER along
the Access Road and west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, First of Year
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER along the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, two
PEREGRINE FALCON hunting shorebirds during high tide, 85 AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN retreating from the foul weather and flying into Shannon Slough,
one SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER feeding on the mudflats with WESTERN SANDPIPER
(over 1000), LEAST SANDPIPER and SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, one SORA and two
VIRGINIA RAIL foraging out in the open; one AMERICAN BITTERN and three
WILSON'S SNIPE foraging in the freshwater marsh, and finally a really cool
GREEN HERON continuing in the riparian forest along the west side of the
Twin Barns Loop Trail about 100 feet south of the Twin Barns cut-off.

For the day we observed 73 species. With the FOY Townsend's Warbler, we
have now seen 160 species thus far this year. The weather provided some
very interesting bird behavior and numerous wonderful sightings. For more
details, check out our eBird Report pasted below.

Other sightings included Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Townsend's Chipmunk,
Muskrat, Harbor Seal, a Garter Snake being ingested by a Great Blue Heron
and good numbers of Pacific Chorus Frog.

Until next time when we meet again at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook at
8am. Be well, and happy birding,

Shep

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Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Sep 2, 2026 6:37 AM - 5:12 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.705 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with sun breaks. Windy late
morning with intermittent showers by mid day and into afternoon.
Temperatures in the 50’s to 60’s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 11’6” Tide at
10:16am and a Low 5’10” Tide at 3:45pm. Others seen Eastern Cotton-tailed
Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Townsend’s Chipmunk, Muskrat, Harbor
Seal, American Bullfrog, Pacific Chorus Frog, Garter Snake.
73 species (+5 other taxa)

Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 4
Trumpeter Swan 2 Spotted by Jim at start of the walk, flying west over
the Visitor Center Pond Overlook, an adult and juvenile with vocalization.
Wood Duck 3
Cinnamon Teal (Northern) 1 Female. Freshwater marsh.
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 30
Northern Pintail 125
Green-winged Teal (American) 2
Surf Scoter 1 Spotted by Matt flying over Refuge.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12
Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 16
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Virginia Rail 3 One heard. Great views of two birds foraging in the
freshwater marsh across from the entrance to the Nisqually Estuary
Boardwalk Trail
Sora 1 Spotted by Jim and seen well in freshwater marsh across from
the entrance to the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail.
American Coot 1
Killdeer 9
Semipalmated Plover 12 Seen from the Nisqually Estuary Trail and
Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail on the mudflats west of Leschi Slough.
Wilson's Snipe 3 Freshwater marsh on the inside of the Nisqually
Estuary Trail.
Greater Yellowlegs 26
Baird's Sandpiper 1 Spotted and heard by Heather from the mudflats
west of Leschi Slough along the Nisqually Estuary Trail.
Least Sandpiper 100
Western Sandpiper 1100 Observed in several roaming flocks of 50-300
birds coalescing into larger groups covering the mudflats west of Leschi
Slough. Counted in clusters of 50-100 birds either observed in binoculars
or through a spotting scope. Estimated 1000 birds on the mudflats between
Leschi Slough and the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail at one time.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Spotted foraging among WESA and LESA on
mudflats adjacent to the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail north of the
McAllister/Medicine Creek Viewing Platform.
Short-billed Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 150
California Gull 10
Glaucous-winged Gull 4
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 6
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 20
Larus sp. 200
Caspian Tern 40
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Visitor Center Pond.
Brandt's Cormorant 5 Nisqually River channel marker.
Double-crested Cormorant 60
American Bittern 1 Spotted by Kirsten in the freshwater marsh.
Green Heron 1 Continuing along the Twin Barns Loop Trail along the
west side approximately 100 feet south of the Twin Barns Cut off.
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 30
American White Pelican 85 Counted individually. Flew into the Refuge
and landed in Shannon Slough, then flew to edge of Refuge near Animal
Slough or Six Gill Slough, then flew again towards the mouth of the
Nisqually River.
Cooper's Hawk 1
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 7
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 3
Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 7
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 5
Peregrine Falcon 2
Western Wood-Pewee 2
Hammond's Flycatcher 2 Along the Access Roads and west side of Twin
Barns Loop Trail.
Hutton's Vireo (Pacific) 2 One spotted by Faith on the path between
the Orchard and Land Trust Building.
Western Warbling Vireo 1 Heard by Matt along the access roads.
California Scrub-Jay 1
American Crow 12
Common Raven 3
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8
Bank Swallow 1
Violet-green Swallow 6
Tree/Violet-green Swallow 1
Barn Swallow (American) 200
Cliff Swallow 1 Spotted by Janel in the freshwater marsh.
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 6
Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 6
European Starling 100
Swainson's Thrush 8
American Robin (migratorius Group) 16
Cedar Waxwing 4
Red Crossbill 12 Heard and seen.
American Goldfinch 26
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 4
Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 10
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 Spotted in the Orchard.
Common Yellowthroat 12
Northern Yellow Warbler 3
Townsend's Warbler 1 Spotted by Janel and Matt on the west side of the
Twin Barns Loop Trail.
new world warbler sp. 1

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Date: 9/2/26 9:13 am
From: Brian Zinke via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Swifts Night Out in Monroe - Sept 12
Hi Tweets,

You are cordially invited to join us for our annual Swifts Night Out in
Monroe on Saturday, September 12 from 4:30pm till dusk (~8pm) at the Wagner
Performing Arts Center (639 West Main Street, Monroe, WA 98272
<https://maps.app.goo.gl/wf2x5HvqcGannrQu7>).

For those new to the event, we invite the public to join us for an evening
to celebrate the breathtaking migration of the Vaux's Swift. During spring
and fall migration, the swifts use the chimney of the old Frank Wagner
Elementary School as a night roost. Sometimes it's a few birds, sometimes
it's more than 20,000! Half the fun is never knowing what you'll get on any
particular night.

We invite you to claim your space on the school lawn and wait for the
swifts to arrive near sunset. Chairs, blankets, and binos are all
recommended. While waiting, we'll have information booths, children's
activities, and a presentation by Larry Schwitters, our preeminent Vaux's
Swift expert (6pm in the auditorium).

We'll also have a food truck on site, so we hope you'll plan to make an
evening of it!

Learn more on our website: https://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/swifts-night-out

*By the way, migration has begun — we had over 5,000 swifts in the chimney
last night!*

Hope to see you there!
Brian

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Date: 9/1/26 2:10 pm
From: Toby Ross via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Ecuador
Hi Janine,

It looks like Bird Ecuador grew out of two well-known Ecuadorian birding
lodges, San Isidro Lodge and Guango Lodge. Earlier this year I led an
Alight Tours group to Guango, and I visited San Isidro on a previous trip.
Both are excellent lodges in wonderful birding locations, so I certainly
wouldn't hesitate to recommend staying at either.

For organizing a trip around Ecuador, though, I would also strongly
recommend Neblina Forest. They are an Ecuadorian-owned, family-run company
that has been operating birding and wildlife tours for more than 30 years
and is also used as the local operator by a number of international birding
companies. Naturalist Journeys, which Jim Betz mentioned, is one example.

I worked with Neblina Forest for my Alight Tours trip to Ecuador earlier
this year and had an excellent experience with them. They have outstanding
local guides, know the country extremely well, and can put together trips
throughout Ecuador rather than being tied to particular lodges. They
regularly use both Guango and San Isidro, along with many of Ecuador's
other excellent birding lodges and reserves.

One of the reasons I particularly like working with Neblina Forest is that
their approach to tourism and conservation aligns closely with what I try
to do through Alight Tours. They actively support conservation and locally
based ecotourism, including private reserves and community initiatives, and
a percentage of the income from their tours goes toward conservation
efforts. For me, choosing a local partner isn't just about finding birds - it's
also about making sure that some of the economic benefit of birding tourism
stays in the country and supports the people and habitats that make these
trips possible.

Ecuador really is an extraordinary country for birding. For such a
relatively small country, the variety of habitats and birds is remarkable.
You should definitely go!

In fact, I enjoyed our trip there so much that I'm planning another Alight
Tours trip to Ecuador within the next couple of years. So, if you'd rather
have someone else do all the organizing, keep me in mind!

Good luck with the planning, and I'm happy to answer any questions about
Neblina Forest or the places I've visited there.

Toby
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Date: 9/1/26 1:15 pm
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] TUVU Sighting
Diann,

    I saw one TUVU while driving in the area around the East 90 in
Skagit County
yesterday.  It was not "obviously travelling" but rather seemed to be
soaring
looking for carrion.  I do not consider TUVU sightings to be atl all
uncommon
here in Skagit County and I frequently see them (pretty much all year
long?)
at just about all locations where I am birding or driving in Skagit County,
Whatcom County, and B.C.
    Although I/we don't see them "every time we go out" or even "every day"
(from our house which is up on a hill) ... I just don't consider them
particularly
unusual.

    I know that vultures migrate - I've seen them in migration in
Veracruz - I also
think that just because we see a TUVU here in Skagit in the fall doesn't
make it
certain that it is migrating.  Perhaps there are some individuals who
are more
"resident" ... or perhaps some individuals that move North and South with
the seasons but don't go long distances?  And others that do go long?
  I'm sure you know more about TUVU behavior than I do - I'm just reporting
what I see and what behaviors -seem- to be exhibited.

                                               - Jim in Skagit County

P.S. I certainly hope you are using eBird/Merlin as part of your study.
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Date: 9/1/26 10:33 am
From: Mark Ahlness via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Report from the Coast
A brief update on a couple of rarities on the WA coast from yesterday, Aug
31.

Janeanne and I found a Bar-tailed Godwit on the incoming tide in the
Tokeland Marina, really tucked away in group of over 1,000 Marbled Godwits
and 30+ Willets:
Pic: https://flic.kr/p/2syn6bx
Video: https://flic.kr/p/2syt3Uy

In the Westport Marina we found 150-200 beautiful Elegant Terns having a
grand old time, At the end of Float 11, at high tide:
Pic: https://flic.kr/p/2sysfAU
Video: https://flic.kr/p/2syubT3

Mark Ahlness and Janeanne Houston
West Seattle


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Date: 9/1/26 9:17 am
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] NBC NEWS: Record baby boom brings one of the world’s most endangered parrots back from the brink
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Date: 9/1/26 8:10 am
From: Tiffany Linbo via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] OSU study finds Northern Spotted Owl functional extinct
https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/listening-extinction-study-finds-areas-critical-concern-northern-spotted-owls

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Date: 9/1/26 1:11 am
From: t vulture via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Turkey vultures
Hi, Tweets - I'm getting ready an August report and if you have any
sightings to include, please let me know. September is usually an
interesting month coming up with the beginning of migration so should be
lots to see.

Cheers, Diann
Olympic Vulture Study

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Date: 8/31/26 3:43 pm
From: mary hrudkaj via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Turkey Vulture movement


The Turkey Vulture migration may be beginning. Around noon there were two TVs circling over Belfair. As we headed out on North Shore on the north side of Hood Canan, they were headed the same direction. They must have followed North Shore Rd down Hood Canal as I saw two TV from my house near Tahuya about 11 miles SW of Belfair about 20 minutes later (average time to drive home). The wind has been from the ESE today which would create some nice thermals or up-rising just above the Canal. From here they can catch the Tahuya thermals and head south toward Olympia.


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Date: 8/31/26 12:55 pm
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Subject: [Tweeters] Cocos booby
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Date: 8/31/26 10:37 am
From: Greg Pasquariello via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Evening Grosbeaks in Vancouver
Just had Evening Grosbeaks come in, a new yard bird. Yay. Saw them first, as they flew over… the white wing patches were backlit and evident. They disappeared, but I turned on the Merlin and sure enough, first bird it heard. Managed to get binoculars on them a few minutes later, and have been hearing them on and off for a few hours now.

In Vancouver, Salmon Creek area.

-Greg Pasquariello
Vancouver
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Date: 8/30/26 5:11 pm
From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Migration
A Swainson’s Thrush visited our fountain this morning and again this afternoon, presumably the same bird and the first I’ve seen since fall 2024. We don’t see them in the yard every year, so this was exciting, especially as it stayed long enough on both visits for photos. 23 August is my earliest fall date.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle

> On Aug 30, 2026, at 4:30 PM, Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> A mixed flock just arrived here in Phinney Ridge. First flycatcher, plus Wilson’s and yellow warblers. Hope things will pick up.,.
>
> Happy birding!
>
> AKopitov
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Date: 8/30/26 4:41 pm
From: Anna via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Migration
A mixed flock just arrived here in Phinney Ridge. First flycatcher, plus Wilson’s and yellow warblers. Hope things will pick up.,.

Happy birding!

AKopitov
Seattle

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Date: 8/30/26 3:11 pm
From: Ian Paulsen via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report
HI ALL:
I posted about two bird books at my blog here:

https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-titles.html

sincerely
Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here:
https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/
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Date: 8/30/26 1:10 pm
From: stan Kostka lynn Schmidt via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Nest Failures and Second Attempts of Purple Martins
Hi Tweets,

This year at English Boom on the north end of Camano Island martins laid eggs in twenty nests in June. Several days of unfavorable weather at the end of June and first few days of July caused five of those nests to fail, and the eggs or newly hatched young disappeared. Fortunately we found no dead adults. By the middle of July three of the five failed nests had new eggs. No way to know with certainty if the same pairs renested, since none of the birds are banded, but we think they most likely are the same pairs, since all attending birds are full after second year adults, which ordinarily would not be nesting so late. Thursday we observed adults still feeding young at all three of these second attempts.

Some additional details and photo are posted here.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/606234379093464/

Stan Kostka
lynnandstan at earthlink.net
Arlington
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Date: 8/30/26 9:46 am
From: Ronda Stark via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Nazca Booby
Hi Odette,

Thank you so much for sharing your trip report. For those of us who can
become seasick, can you comment on the roughness of the sea?
I know it varies but I was thinking a shorter trip like this might work.

I also wondered if the tour boat stops and rocks while you look for birds
or if the motion is more constant?

Glad you had such a great trip!
Ronda

On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM Odette James via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:

> I was on the Puget Sound Express Puffin Tour last Tuesday, August 25, and
> the highlight was an immature Nazca Booby. Totally unexpected, and probably
> a life bird for me. I may have seen it on the Galapagos trip I took back in
> 1986, back when it was a Masked Booby, but I seem to have lost my Galapagos
> list - but it's definitely a newbie on my North American life list, now
> it's no longer a Masked Booby.
>
> We went to Smith Island. Lots and lots of Heerman's Gulls and Rhinoceros
> Auklets (still in breeding plumage), and a half dozen gorgeous Tufted
> Puffins (also still in breeding plumage). And quite a few Common Murres,
> and a few Pigeon Guillemots, Red-necked Grebes, and Brandt's Cormorants.
> And lots of Glaucous-winged and Olympic Gulls (nobody paid any attention to
> the gulls). And there was a nice orca on the way back to Edmonds - T137A
> aka Jack, a 24 year old male. The company puts their trip lists on
> Facebook, so if you don't do Facebook (I don't), you won't know what they
> have been seeing, so I figured I'd let the Tweeter folks know.
>
> The weather was perfect and it was a glorious day. Heck, with the Nazca
> Booby, it would have been a glorious day no matter what the weather was
> like!
>
> Cheers
> Odette James, Lakeshore Retirement Community
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Date: 8/30/26 9:05 am
From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
Well, to add to what I wrote before, we spent yesterday at the outer coast and saw what I considered completely normal numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann’s Gulls. I wish I could send photos to tweeters of the enormous roosting flocks we found of both species on the beach at the end of the Warrenton Cannery Road and the very active feeding flocks of the two species (plus alcids and other gulls) off the Westport Marina. I have never seen that many pelicans feeding at once in Grays Harbor, and hopefully they were successful!

On the downside, we found no Elegant Terns or boobies to admire.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle

> On Aug 29, 2026, at 8:32 PM, Bob Boekelheide <bboek...> wrote:
>
> You may have also heard that Southern California and Baja California have experienced extreme marine heat wave conditions since last year, akin to the “Blob” here in 2014-2015. Even prior to the development of the upcoming El Nino, sea surface temperatures at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla have set numerous high-temperature records this spring and summer. Numbers of pelicans, alcids, cormorants, and other birds have been found dead on SoCal beaches. It sounds pretty bleak. Breeding seabirds in the Gulf of California were right in the eye of the marine heat wave during the last nesting season.
>
> There's also a large marine heat wave lurking offshore right now in the north Pacific, as discussed on the NOAA marine heatwave tracker site. Again, this is before the predicted strong El Nino even gets going.
>
> https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker <https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker>
>
> Prepare to meet your doom...
>
> Bob Boekelheide
> Dungeness
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
> Subject: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
> Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:02:35 PM PDT
> To: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
> Reply-To: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson...> <mailto:<dennispaulson...>>
>
>
> Hello tweets,
>
> I’m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Niño.
>
> But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann’s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd.
>
> I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren’t they here in even greater numbers this summer?
>
> So I’m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well.
>
> Dennis Paulson
> Seattle
>
>
> From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
> Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:10:30 PM PDT
> To: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
> Reply-To: Steve Hampton <stevechampton...> <mailto:<stevechampton...>>
>
>
> We have our usual ~400 Heermann's up here in Port Townsend this summer. No juveniles at all. I went thru 380 birds this morning -- all adults and a dozen or so 2nd cycles.
>
> We did have a small surge of Brown Pelicans in early summer. I think over a dozen photographed on the beach at once in Port Townsend. Again, no juveniles. They've not hung around.
>
> Steve Hampton​
> Port Townsend, WA (qatáy)
>
> From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
> Date: August 28, 2026 at 6:24:35 PM PDT
> To: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson...> <mailto:<dennispaulson...>>, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
> Reply-To: HAL MICHAEL <ucd880...> <mailto:<ucd880...>>
>
>
> haven't been to the coast a lot but, yeah, it seems to be fewer pelicans and Heermans. The "biggest" change is almost no Heermans up at Westport. Normally, quite a few.
>
> Is it possible that they had a nesting failure and the population pressure up the coast is just not enough to push them up here.
>
>
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Date: 8/29/26 8:40 pm
From: Bob Boekelheide via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
You may have also heard that Southern California and Baja California have experienced extreme marine heat wave conditions since last year, akin to the “Blob” here in 2014-2015. Even prior to the development of the upcoming El Nino, sea surface temperatures at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla have set numerous high-temperature records this spring and summer. Numbers of pelicans, alcids, cormorants, and other birds have been found dead on SoCal beaches. It sounds pretty bleak. Breeding seabirds in the Gulf of California were right in the eye of the marine heat wave during the last nesting season.

There's also a large marine heat wave lurking offshore right now in the north Pacific, as discussed on the NOAA marine heatwave tracker site. Again, this is before the predicted strong El Nino even gets going.

https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/regions/california-current/california-current-marine-heatwave-tracker-blobtracker

Prepare to meet your doom...

Bob Boekelheide
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From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
Subject: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:02:35 PM PDT
To: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
Reply-To: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson...> <mailto:<dennispaulson...>>


Hello tweets,

I’m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Niño.

But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann’s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd.

I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren’t they here in even greater numbers this summer?

So I’m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
Date: August 28, 2026 at 12:10:30 PM PDT
To: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
Reply-To: Steve Hampton <stevechampton...> <mailto:<stevechampton...>>


We have our usual ~400 Heermann's up here in Port Townsend this summer. No juveniles at all. I went thru 380 birds this morning -- all adults and a dozen or so 2nd cycles.

We did have a small surge of Brown Pelicans in early summer. I think over a dozen photographed on the beach at once in Port Townsend. Again, no juveniles. They've not hung around.

Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA (qatáy)

From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
Date: August 28, 2026 at 6:24:35 PM PDT
To: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson...> <mailto:<dennispaulson...>>, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>>
Reply-To: HAL MICHAEL <ucd880...> <mailto:<ucd880...>>


haven't been to the coast a lot but, yeah, it seems to be fewer pelicans and Heermans. The "biggest" change is almost no Heermans up at Westport. Normally, quite a few.

Is it possible that they had a nesting failure and the population pressure up the coast is just not enough to push them up here.


Hal Michael


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Date: 8/29/26 4:05 pm
From: Odette James via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Nazca Booby
I was on the Puget Sound Express Puffin Tour last Tuesday, August 25, and the highlight was an immature Nazca Booby. Totally unexpected, and probably a life bird for me. I may have seen it on the Galapagos trip I took back in 1986, back when it was a Masked Booby, but I seem to have lost my Galapagos list - but it's definitely a newbie on my North American life list, now it's no longer a Masked Booby.
We went to Smith Island. Lots and lots of Heerman's Gulls and Rhinoceros Auklets (still in breeding plumage), and a half dozen gorgeous Tufted Puffins (also still in breeding plumage). And quite a few Common Murres, and a few Pigeon Guillemots, Red-necked Grebes, and Brandt's Cormorants. And lots of Glaucous-winged and Olympic Gulls (nobody paid any attention to the gulls). And there was a nice orca on the way back to Edmonds - T137A aka Jack, a 24 year old male. The company puts their trip lists on Facebook, so if you don't do Facebook (I don't), you won't know what they have been seeing, so I figured I'd let the Tweeter folks know. 
The weather was perfect and it was a glorious day. Heck, with the Nazca Booby, it would have been a glorious day no matter what the weather was like!
CheersOdette James, Lakeshore Retirement Community
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Date: 8/29/26 1:43 pm
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bird Ecuador
Janine,

  We went to Ecuador earlier this year but it wasn't the same tour company.
Our tour operator was Naturalist Journeys (a U.S. based company). However,
there wasn't a hint of influence by the tour company - they just (?) did the
arrangements.  It is quite possible that the people we worked with in
Ecuador were from Birding Ecuador - Naturalist Journeys had everything
arranged - but our birding guide and driver were Ecuadoreans (and great).

  Here is a synopsis of my thoughts and experiences about birding in
Ecuador:

  1) Just GO!  One of the best birding trips we've taken (of about 10
total where
       you travel specifically for birding).
  2) We started in Quito and were never more than 4 hours away - and
always on
       the West side of the Andes.  It is still "jungle" ... just not
the drippy rain forest
       of the Amazon.  I had originally looked at a location that was
on the East
       side of the Andes and "clearly upper Amazon" ... but I'm not
disappointed
       with what we saw.  Besides - that means that we can go back for
the Amazon
       side!  *G*.
  3) We travelled from one birding oriented lodge to the next.  All at
different
       elevations and never "low" ... think "Cloud Forest".  Since the
elevation was
       changing - the mix of birds at each location was different. Some
times some of
       the same species but always some new species we hadn't seen
before.  The
       rooms were more than adequate - always clean ... and the dining
facilities
       were similar.  Not 5 star - but excellent.
  4) Be prepared for hummingbirds!  They will be "every where there is
food".
       And, for the most part they will be up close and personal and
'lingering' right
       in front of you.
  5) All of the lodges have feeders - nectar, fruit and seed feeders. 
That means
       that every meal was punctuated by the presence of birds.
  6) The food was basic and delicious with each lodge having a
specialty or two
       that none of the others had - and each lodge seemed to have
their own
       wrinkle to the recipe they used for dishes we'd had before.
Yummy!  Also,
       be prepared for a 'new' (?) experience ... when they serve any
kind of soup
       they also have a bowl of popcorn and you put it in the soup.
  7) The beverages were good - but not "gourmet/connoiseur".
  8) You will see some very special/unique species ... but you will
also see some
       birds that you've seen before (but perhaps just not the exact
same species
       but rather a closely related "cousin" with slightly different
coloring and
       range.
  9) I don't remember if you are a photographer or not.  I was -very-
happy with
       my 100-500 and even got "keepers" from birds that I -thought-
were too
       far away and I just took the shot as a record.  Live and Learn!

Everyone,

  Here is a link to my Ecuador birding pictures ... just ignore stuff
about "how to buy".

 https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Ecuador-2026

(If tweeters strips off the link just send an email to jim betz at jim
betz dot com )  ... Jim
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Date: 8/29/26 10:25 am
From: Hubbell via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Union Bay Watch } Acuity - PIWO
Friends,

This post is focused on developmental changes experienced by Pileated Woodpeckers - specifically their feathers and eyes. I hope you find it both surprising and interesting.

https://unionbaywatch.blogspot.com/2026/08/acuity.html

Have a great day on Union Bay...where nature lives in the city!

Larry Hubbell
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Date: 8/28/26 6:35 pm
From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
haven't been to the coast a lot but, yeah, it seems to be fewer pelicans and Heermans. The "biggest" change is almost no Heermans up at Westport. Normally, quite a few.

Is it possible that they had a nesting failure and the population pressure up the coast is just not enough to push them up here.


Hal Michael
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> On 08/28/2026 12:02 PM PDT Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Hello tweets,
>
> I’m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Niño.
>
> But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann’s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd.
>
> I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren’t they here in even greater numbers this summer?
>
> So I’m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well.
>
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> Seattle
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Date: 8/28/26 2:11 pm
From: via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Ecuador
Have any of you used this company (Bird Ecuador <https://www.birdecuador.com/> ), and if so, how was your experience and would you recommend it?



Thank you,



Janine Anderson

Port Townsend

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Date: 8/28/26 12:17 pm
From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
We have our usual ~400 Heermann's up here in Port Townsend this summer. No
juveniles at all. I went thru 380 birds this morning -- all adults and a
dozen or so 2nd cycles.

We did have a small surge of Brown Pelicans in early summer. I think over a
dozen photographed on the beach at once in Port Townsend. Again, no
juveniles. They've not hung around.



On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
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> Hello tweets,
>
> I’m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of
> Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three
> species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably
> fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of
> El Niño.
>
> But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the
> lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann’s Gulls in our
> waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of
> these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd.
>
> I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the
> Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive
> waters. So why aren’t they here in even greater numbers this summer?
>
> So I’m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well.
>
> Dennis Paulson
> Seattle
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Date: 8/28/26 12:10 pm
From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] El Niño effects
Hello tweets,

I’m sure most of you have heard about the unparalleled irruption of Elegant Terns into our coastal waters, and maybe you know about the three species of boobies that are in our state at present. They are presumably fleeing extremely poor feeding conditions off of western Mexico because of El Niño.

But I have noticed something quite odd about this year, the lower-than-usual numbers of Brown Pelicans and Heermann’s Gulls in our waters. We have consistently seen fewer than expected numbers of both of these species in trips to the outer coast, and that seems very odd.

I think of both of these southern species as making long flights to the Pacific Northwest each summer to take advantage of our more productive waters. So why aren’t they here in even greater numbers this summer?

So I’m curious to find out if others have noticed this as well.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


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Date: 8/27/26 3:25 pm
From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-08-27
Tweets - A very, very quiet overcast morning, with some breeziness at
times. Temps in the mid-to-upper 60's.

Highlights:
Gadwall - Female at the weir; first since early July
American Kestrel - Female at Viewing Mound and heading to Model
Airplane Field. First of Year (FOY) for the survey
Merlin - Made several passes over the Dog Meadow; last one featured
high-speed moves in pursuit of goldfinch
Western Wood-Pewee - Heard a couple; may have seen one, or that could
have been a dark Willow Flycatcher
Barn Swallow - 3 or 4 at the East Meadow were our only swallows
Red Crossbill - One flyover near Dog Central
Northern Yellow Warbler - One below weir
Western Tanager - One near Windmill

There were several "common" birds with very low numbers today. CANADA
GOOSE, heard only, and maybe just a couple; GREAT BLUE HERON, only 2?;
AMERICAN ROBIN, perhaps fewer than the number of SWAINSON'S THRUSH we heard
(both less than 10); PURPLE FINCH, fewer than 5 perhaps; DARK-EYED JUNCO, I
only saw/heard one; SONG SPARROW, certainly less than 15.

Misses were very numerous today: Hooded Merganser, Band-tailed Pigeon,
Vaux's Swift, Killdeer, Green Heron, Cooper's Hawk, American Barn Owl,
Willow Flycatcher (??? see above), Western Warbling Vireo, Marsh Wren,
Savannah Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Orange-crowned Warbler,
Black-throated Gray Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Black-headed Grosbeak.
These have all been recorded in at least 16 or the previous 32 years for
this week.

With that large number of misses, we were left with just 46 species for the
day.

Adding AMERICAN KESTREL, we're at 118 species for the survey in 2026.

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Date: 8/27/26 12:21 pm
From: Jim Ullrich via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Wings over Whidbey 09/25-27
Howdy Tweets:
Time to add a fun early Fall migration festival to your Birding Trips. The
Whidbey Island Audubon Society “Wings over Whidbey”. For trips, Optiks
vendors, & talks. September 25-27. Visit,
https://www.whidbeyaudubonsociety.org

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Date: 8/26/26 9:01 pm
From: Shep Thorp via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 8/26/2026
Hi Tweets,

Approximately 25 of us enjoyed a nice summer's day at the Refuge with
overcast skies in the morning and sunny skies in the afternoon.
Temperatures ranged from the 60's to 70's degrees Fahrenheit, and there was
a Low -0'5" Tide at 11:21am. Highlights included good views of
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the Orchard, which is not usually seen at the
Refuge. We noted the autumnal return of waterfowl including AMERICAN COOT
and NORTHERN PINTAIL. We had distant looks of BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and first
of year SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER were observed from the dike on a falling
tide at 7am. We had good looks of the AMERICAN BITTERN in the freshwater
marsh, and PEREGRINE FALCON harassing several RED-TAILED HAWKS soaring over
the Refuge.

For the day we observed 74 species. With the FOY Semipalmated Sandpiper, we
have now seen 159 species so far this year. See our eBird report below for
additional details.

Other fun sightings included BARN SWALLOW eating vegetation off the road
along the old McAllister Creek Access Road and a Coyote.

Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond
Overlook, happy birding and be well.

Shep

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Browns Point
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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Aug 26, 2026 6:37 AM - 5:04 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.275 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Temperatures in the 60’s to 70’s
degrees Fahrenheit. Overcast skies in the morning with sunny skies in the
afternoon. A Low -0’5” Tide at 11:21am. Others seen included Eastern
Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Coyote, Harbor Seal,
American Bullfrog and Pacific Chorus Frog.
74 species (+5 other taxa)

Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 80
Wood Duck 8
Cinnamon Teal (Northern) 1
Northern Shoveler 1
Mallard 50
Northern Pintail 35
Green-winged Teal (American) 30
Hooded Merganser 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 11
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 1
Vaux's Swift 3
Anna's Hummingbird 2
hummingbird sp. 1
American Coot (Red-shielded) 1
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Plover 10
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Greater Yellowlegs 25
Baird's Sandpiper 2 Mudflats north of Nisqually Estuary Trail and west
of Leschi Slough.
Least Sandpiper 60
Western Sandpiper 25
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Observed foraging with LESA and WESA just
north of Nisqually Estuary Trail and west of Leschi Slough at 7am on
falling tide.
peep sp. 400
Short-billed Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 150
California Gull 11
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10
Caspian Tern 3
Brandt's Cormorant 3
Double-crested Cormorant 25
American Bittern 2 Freshwater Marsh.
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 35
Osprey (American) 1
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 8
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 4
Belted Kingfisher 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
American Kestrel (Northern) 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Western Wood-Pewee 6
Willow Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 1
Hutton's Vireo (Pacific) 1
Western Warbling Vireo 2
Steller's Jay (Coastal) 2
American Crow 15
Common Raven 6
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
Tree Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 10
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow (American) 90
Cliff Swallow 1
Bushtit (Pacific) 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 3
Pacific Wren (Pacific) 1
Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 4
European Starling 250
Swainson's Thrush 5
American Robin (migratorius Group) 20
Cedar Waxwing 40
Purple Finch 6
Red Crossbill 11
American Goldfinch 12
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 1
Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 15
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Yellowthroat 4

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Date: 8/26/26 8:30 am
From: Forrest Gamble via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Arizona
Neil,
Check out Tubac, about 20 miles south of Tucson. They have a weekly bird
walk, it's not too far from Santa Rita Lodge, and less than an hour to
Patton's.

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Date: 8/25/26 7:38 pm
From: Neil Zimmerman via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] AZ accommodations
I have been to AZ numerous times but the last few years we have been in our camper van. This winter we want to try renting a few places to see what area we might want to snow bird in the future. We are looking for recommendations for birdy places to rent near Apache Junction and Tucson. Any suggestions?
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Date: 8/24/26 5:44 pm
From: Shep Thorp via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 8/19/2026
Hi Tweets!!

Sorry for the delayed report, but as you might imagine, we had another
fabulous day at the Refuge with our wonderful Wednesday Walk group on
8/19. Temperatures ranged from the 50s to the 80s Fahrenheit, and a high
tide of 10'5" at 12:17 p.m. gave us decent looks at shorebirds. Highlights
included excellent autumnal migration with decent looks of BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, and WESTERN TANAGER in the Riparian
Forest. And first of year BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS out on
the mudflats with good numbers of peeps. Another interesting behavior new
to many of us was observing predominantly BARN SWALLOWS foraging on seeds
from plants in the field south of the Twin Barns. Approximately 100 Barn
Swallows, with an occasional Bank Swallow, were feasting on seed clusters
atop knee-high brown plants in the dried up field.

We observed 72 species for the day. With FOY MacGillivray's Warbler,
Evening Grosbeak, Baird's Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs... we have now
observed 158 species so far this year. Please see our eBird Report pasted
below for additional details.

Until next week, when we meet again at the Visitor Center Pond Overlook at
8am, happy birding.

Shep

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Browns Point
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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Aug 19, 2026 7:25 AM - 4:56 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.129 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Cloudy in the morning, sunny in the
afternoon, temperatures in the 50’s to 80’s degrees Fahrenheit. A High
10’5” Tide at 12:17pm. Others seen Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Townsend’s
Chipmunk, Muskrat, Harbor Seal, and California Sealion.
72 species (+3 other taxa)

Wood Duck 10 Juveniles.
Mallard 100
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 28
Band-tailed Pigeon (Northern) 8
Mourning Dove 4
Anna's Hummingbird 2
hummingbird sp. 2
Killdeer 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Nisqually Estuary Trail. Saltwater side of dike.
Just before Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail.
Greater Yellowlegs 20
Baird's Sandpiper 3 Observed with WESA and LESA with bins and scope at
100 feet on saltwater mudflats north of Nisqually Estuary Trail. Long
winged attenuated small shorebird with black legs, buffy head and scaly
patterned feathers on mantle with moderate sized straight bill. Appears to
be juveniles.
Least Sandpiper 150 Mixed with WESA. Counted in groups of 50.
Western Sandpiper 850 Mixed with LESA, counted in groups of 50.
Approximately 1000 peep sized shorebirds seen and counted.
Short-billed Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 100
California Gull 18
Glaucous-winged Gull 4
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2
Larus sp. 200
Caspian Tern 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Brandt's Cormorant 5 Nisqually River Channel marker.
Double-crested Cormorant 40
American Bittern 1 Seen by Laurie and Ellen flying over freshwater
marsh.
Great Blue Heron 40
Osprey (American) 3
Cooper's Hawk 1 Seen by several in area of Twin Barns.
Northern Harrier 1 Seen by Anders south of Twin Barns.
Bald Eagle 6
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) 1 Pear trees near land trust building.
Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1
Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4
Merlin 1 Observed by Jim flying over McAllister creek.
Western Wood-Pewee 4
Willow Flycatcher 2
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1
Western Warbling Vireo 10
American Crow 20
Common Raven 5
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4
Bank Swallow 1 Foraging on plants with BASW in field south of Twin
Barns.
Violet-green Swallow 2
Purple Martin 2 Luhr Beach gourds.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow (American) 100 Numerous swallow perched and feeding on
brown seeds in fields south of Twin Barns.
Bushtit (Pacific) 25
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 3
Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group) 4
European Starling 500
Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 2
American Robin (migratorius Group) 12
Cedar Waxwing 20
Evening Grosbeak 1 Heard by Shep in tall Cottonwooods on the inside of
the Twin Barn Loop Trail across from the Twin Barns cut-off.
Purple Finch (Western) 2
Red Crossbill (Douglas-fir or type 4) 5 Heard by several around the
west side parking lot.
American Goldfinch 30
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 4
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 3
Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 15
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
MacGillivray's Warbler 2 Juveniles. Twin Barns Loop Trail.
Common Yellowthroat 6
Northern Yellow Warbler 4
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4
Wilson's Warbler 2
Western Tanager 3
Black-headed Grosbeak 1

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Date: 8/24/26 10:13 am
From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening
Monroe Wagner got its first southbound migrates last night. Still in there at 10 AM.

350-450? of them.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
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Date: 8/23/26 9:32 pm
From: Scott R via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] West Port RED-FOOTED BOOBY today
https://wa.chasereport.com/?region=US-WA&county=&score=all&days=7&nmbrc=0

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Date: 8/23/26 2:52 pm
From: Tom and Carol Stoner via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Pileated + Caspians
I'm not sure I'd call it a sign of fall, but we had a pair of Pileated
Woodpeckers knocking on a telephone pole yesterday, and a single calling
its presence this morning.

I used to hear Caspian Terns every few days as they commuted back and forth
between (perhaps) the Duwamish area headed toward the Fauntleroy ferry dock
or beyond. And there they were this afternoon--a flock of 10+ with their
distinctive calls and wing shapes.

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Date: 8/23/26 1:35 pm
From: Philomena O'Neill via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Fall is arriving at the Cedar River Delta
Thank you for the reminder Odette. Last year provided some wonderful unusual sighting’s.

Philomena
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> 
> Autumn migrants are beginning to arrive, and some of our summer visitors are en route south. The Lake Washington water level is dropping, and the tops of the sand and gravel bars of the Cedar River delta are now exposed. There was a Pectoral Sandpiper there today at noon. In the water and on the stranded logs of the delta, there were a shoveler and three Green-winged Teal - haven't seen those species for quite some time. And on the logs there were Caspian Terns on their way south - 10 adults and one juvenile (it's also a long time since I've seen a juvie Caspian here). Fingers crossed that this August/September on the delta will be as good for migrant shorebirds as it was last year! It's time to start checking it out.
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Date: 8/23/26 7:47 am
From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] GPS tracking study shows invasive barred owls crowding California forests where spotted owls nest
Now is a good time for an update on the supposed "plan to shoot 450,000"
Barred Owls. As I explained back in 2024, it's really a *permit *that
federal, state, local, and tribal agencies can obtain to target Barred Owls
in the vicinity of Spotted Owls. And it comes with no funding or personnel.
It's just a permit. They gotta pay for it themselves.

Here is my 2024 article, which was published in Post Alley:
*No, They’re not Really Going to Shoot 450,000 Owls
<https://www.postalley.org/2024/09/12/no-theyre-not-really-going-to-shoot-450000-owls/>*

The 450,000 number appeared in the executive summary of the USFWS
programmatic permit, estimating the maximum number of owls that could
potentially be removed over 30 years. It was a ludicrously high estimate,
but the media ran with it.

In reality, shooting owls is labor intensive and can involve lots of
planning, closing trailheads, etc. Under both the early pilot studies and
currently, costs run about $2000 per owl removed, plus the loss of staff
time toward the effort.

Under this permit, Barred Owl removal is primarily happening in northwest
California, which is the front edge of the Barred Owl expansion. They
cobbled together funding from the state of Calif, the Hoopa Valley Tribe,
and the USDA and USFS. They've killed over 3,000 Barred Owls and are
monitoring the benefit to Spotted Owls. You can read their first
peer-reviewed paper here, which includes a map showing exactly where the
removals have taken place.
https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.13121
I think there will be follow-up papers focusing on Spotted Owls in the
area.

I'm not sure what's happening in Oregon - I think nothing (except more
logging of old growth).

In Washington, the Yakama Nation has just begun some limited Barred Owl
removal. I expect this to be quite limited, as their lands don't overlap
Spotted Owl habitat very much.

To date, no national park in Washington, no state park, not WDFW, no local
agency, and no other tribes are participating. The federal agencies, of
course, have lost staff and struggle to do their basic tasks.

all for now,






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Date: 8/23/26 2:09 am
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] We Know What’s Killing Loons and How to Stop It. So Why Are They Still Dying? – Mother Jones

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/we-know-whats-killing-loons-and-how-to-stop-it-so-why-are-they-still-dying/

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Date: 8/23/26 1:36 am
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Subject: [Tweeters] GPS tracking study shows invasive barred owls crowding California forests where spotted owls nest
Important research findings:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/gps-tracking-study-shows-invasive-035600795.html

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Date: 8/22/26 12:31 pm
From: Odette James via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Fall is arriving at the Cedar River Delta
Autumn migrants are beginning to arrive, and some of our summer visitors are en route south. The Lake Washington water level is dropping, and the tops of the sand and gravel bars of the Cedar River delta are now exposed. There was a Pectoral Sandpiper there today at noon. In the water and on the stranded logs of the delta, there were a shoveler and three Green-winged Teal - haven't seen those species for quite some time. And on the logs there were Caspian Terns on their way south - 10 adults and one juvenile (it's also a long time since I've seen a juvie Caspian here). Fingers crossed that this August/September on the delta will be as good for migrant shorebirds as it was last year! It's time to start checking it out.
Odette James, Lakeshore Retirement Community (with a lovely view of the mouth of the Cedar River)
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Date: 8/22/26 11:08 am
From: Shelf Life Community Story Project via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Juvenile Black Chinned Hummingbirds in Seattle?!

I have a water mister outside my window that puts me about 3’ from all the birds that visit it. This morning there were two hummingbirds who sat in the mist for a very long time, and they were not Anna’s. In fact, an Anna’s came by while they were there, making the size difference unmistakable. They were there for so long that I was able to get a really good look at them. Wing white tips. White belly. Hint of a collar. I wonder if the fires in B.C. and Eastern WA are pushing migrants westward. These birds were definitely resting and taking full advantage of the opportunity to clean every feather.

I’m in the Central District neighborhood, Seattle.

Jill



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Date: 8/21/26 6:35 pm
From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: “At first we were puzzled.” Scientists track 69 ravens in Yellowstone – and make a remarkable discovery
Was on a guided deer hunt, tracking an animal, and the guide said that they use corvids (ion this case magpies) to help find the animal. Must be some sort of multi-species communication system. Or, all those individuals have great long-range communication powers.

Hal Michael
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> “At first we were puzzled.” Scientists track 69 ravens in Yellowstone – and make a remarkable discovery
> Instead of trailing predators, clever corvids use landscape patterns to find their next meal
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> Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AVTae1JObQ6ioCzdcLxPvHw
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Date: 8/21/26 3:57 pm
From: Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 8-20-2026
Tweeters,

A fine weather day (60degF-75degF) with clear skies and no-to-light breeze for the 12 of us who birded the JBLM Eagle's Pride GC. We cut short the usual route - missing Hodge Lake - yet again due to a golf tournament that we didn't want to interfere with.



Standout observations:

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT - 1 - the first since 2022.

RED CROSSBILL - estimated 60 - were calling all along our route from start to finish.

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - estimated 41 - were also heard in most parts of the route.

BARN SWALLOW - about 50 - many juveniles - were seen in proximity to the driving range building where they have had quite a few nests this year.

BROWN CREEPER - 12 - a high number but likely many birds of the year contributed to the number.

PURPLE MARTIN - 9 - likely on migratory passage.

BUSHTIT - 40 - in two large flocks.

CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAY - 6 - a high count for this site.



Finding only ONE Song Sparrow was disconcerting, considering how often we usually see this species.



Mammals included: rabbit; coyote; Douglas squirrel.



The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM from March-October and 9:00AM November to February. The starting point is the Driving Range building, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. (Turn left immediately after entering the parking lot to take the road leading to the driving range building.)



Upcoming walks include the following:

* September 17

* October 15

* November 19 (9am start)



Everyone is welcome!



From the eBird PNW report:



34 species



Wood Duck 9

Mallard 1

Band-tailed Pigeon 3

Mourning Dove 1

Anna's Hummingbird 8

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Downy Woodpecker 2

Northern Flicker 6

Western Wood-Pewee 6

Steller's Jay 3

California Scrub-Jay 6 A high count for this site.

American Crow 3

Common Raven 1

Black-capped Chickadee 12

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5

Purple Martin 9

Barn Swallow 50

Bushtit 40 In flocks of 16 and 24.

Golden-crowned Kinglet 5

Red-breasted Nuthatch 41

Brown Creeper 12

Bewick's Wren 1

European Starling 35

American Robin 14

Cedar Waxwing 6

House Finch 12

Red Crossbill 60

Pine Siskin 15

American Goldfinch 1

Dark-eyed Junco 20

White-crowned Sparrow 10

Song Sparrow 1

Spotted Towhee 3

Townsend's Warbler 3



View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS385556498&data=05%7C02%7C%7C5223ede6f61e4b68dc9708deffcf75ec%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639229463659385781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AhWocewd51ClT32Baor%2FQxUzPRqmsSNA0P%2B349zCJPU%3D&reserved=0<https://ebird.org/checklist/S385556498>

May all your birds be identified,
Denis

Denis DeSilvis
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Date: 8/21/26 1:53 pm
From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] White Wagtail
I’m not sure I’ve seen the White Wagtail that has been at Neah Bay for quite a while mentioned on tweeters, and I thought there might be some people who were interested but who weren’t on eBird or one of the rare bird apps.

This is a wonderful bird, worth looking for if you like to see different birds. It’s really different from any others of our regularly occurring bird species, with beautiful black, gray and white plumage and frenetic tail-pumping behavior. It is a vagrant from Alaska or Siberia but seems to be making its home at Neah Bay, right next to the Warmhouse Restaurant.

We saw it there on 8/19, foraging in the intertidal just to the west of the restaurant. It flew away when a crow scared it, then was back in 10 minutes. Again, a crow actually chased it away, but it returned while we were eating lunch in the restaurant, foraging right below our window! We hadn’t brought our cameras to lunch, but we took some cell phone photos of it then. Quite a wonderful experience.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


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Date: 8/21/26 1:52 pm
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Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: “At first we were puzzled.” Scientists track 69 ravens in Yellowstone – and make a remarkable discovery
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Date: 8/21/26 9:49 am
From: Louis via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] The Sink and Maps on WOS Website
Hi Dan and Doug,

Connie’s map that you linked in your email is very useful. It is true that
it doesn’t include all of the more recent name additions. The Sink is a
small seasonal pond that is between the Bathtub and Carp Pond. It’s small
enough to generally not have much activity, but there has been a Northern
Waterthrush in the area the last two days, found by Alec Roseto. It was
last heard on the north end of Carp Pond around 8am this morning, where it
was foraging for at least an hour.

Louis Kreemer
Seattle

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> A question was posed about the location of The Sink at the Montlake Fill.
>
> Some but not all of the locations mentioned in the email below can be
> found on the Washington Ornithological Society website. I refer to these
> maps often. They are one of many birding resources available on the WOS
> website. https://wos.org/birding-resources/maps/ It is a great resource.
>
> I wish I knew where The Sink was!
>
> Doug Santoni
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> > On Aug 20, 2026, at 11:05 PM, Dan McDougall-Treacy via Tweeters <
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> > At Montlake Fill we have a number of mini-habitats — canoe island,
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> > The Sink. What’s that?
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Date: 8/21/26 8:05 am
From: Douglas Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] The Sink and Maps on WOS Website
A question was posed about the location of The Sink at the Montlake Fill.

Some but not all of the locations mentioned in the email below can be found on the Washington Ornithological Society website. I refer to these maps often. They are one of many birding resources available on the WOS website. https://wos.org/birding-resources/maps/ It is a great resource.

I wish I knew where The Sink was!

Doug Santoni
Seattle, WA

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> At Montlake Fill we have a number of mini-habitats — canoe island, wedding rock, Boy Scout pond, the swamp, the bathtub, etc. Now a new one.
> The Sink. What’s that?
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Date: 8/20/26 11:16 pm
From: Dan McDougall-Treacy via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] The Sink
At Montlake Fill we have a number of mini-habitats — canoe island, wedding rock, Boy Scout pond, the swamp, the bathtub, etc. Now a new one.
The Sink. What’s that?

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Date: 8/20/26 1:21 pm
From: Martha Jordan via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] flea treatments
Flea treatments on pets: topical treatments expose us to the chemicals
every time with pet or snuggle with our fuzzy buddies, and the chemical
does get on whatever they are touching: rugs, furniture, bed spreads, ....
So, if you do need to treat for fleas (and prevent heartworm} use
something the pet can ingest. Yes, there are potential downsides to any
pesticide or other chemical, but this keeps it more safe for all involved.
Flea collars to the same thing: expose you and your kids and other
pets of all kinds to the pesticide.
No easy answer to living flea and heartworm free with our fuzzy
buddies.
Martha Jordan

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Date: 8/20/26 12:33 pm
From: Avery Meeker via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Pish Rarity Birding App
Hey all,

If you’ve ever wanted rare bird alerts to your phone instead of eBird emails check out this new birding resource called Pish (search “Go Pish” in the Apple App Store). It’s a birding tool to track local rarities from Ebirds API directly to your phone. You can also browse the website to see global rarities. Any feedback is welcome just shoot me an email!

Https://Gopish.app
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Date: 8/20/26 12:26 pm
From: Michael Hobbs via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-08-20
Tweets - Another pleasant but quiet day at Marymoor. Bird numbers in
general were very low, but we did manage to notice some birds.

Highlights:
Killdeer - A flock of 15 or more; recently we've mostly had 1-2
Spotted Sandpiper - One flying down the slough
Cooper's Hawk - Three sightings, but possibly all the same juvenile.
First since June
Purple Martin - One or two heard from the Lake Platform were our only
swallows
Swainson's Thrush - 2nd straight week where only heard predawn and
otherwise undetected
Red Crossbill - At least 3 in trees around Concert Venue
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 or 2
Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3
Western Tanager - 2 or 3

ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BEWICK'S WREN, and PURPLE FINCH
all seemed particularly abundant.

A Common Raven may have been heard/glimpsed. I also had one flycatcher
that appeared to have an eye-ring, so possibly Western or Hammond's.

Misses today included Hooded Merganser, Vaux's Swift, Barn Swallow,
Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black-throated Gray Warbler,
and Black-headed Grosbeak.

For the day, 52 species.

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Date: 8/20/26 8:49 am
From: Douglas Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] More on Posts Having No Visible Content
Hello Again Tweeters — To add more on the topic of Digest postings that are not easily viewable after the IT scrubbing process occurs, please see this note by Peter Relson:

FWIW, if you click on the URL shown for the scrubbed HTML attachment, you seem to get to the HTML source of the post. That HTML source is fairly readable when you ignore all the HTML-ese (and you can copy/paste from that if you want to use that to access a provided link).

Doug Santoni
Seattle, WA

> On Aug 19, 2026, at 9:58 PM, Douglas Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Hello Tweeters —
>
> As one of your Tweeters administrators (along with Elaine Chuang), I am responding to a question posed by Rob Faucett and earlier by Peter Relson, wondering why some Tweeters Digest postings show up with no content. All that one can see is a cryptic message stating, An HTML attachment was scrubbed.
>
> This scrubbing process occurs because our listserv host, UW-IT, has an HTML / rich text-removing mechanism. Without going into detail, this mechanism is in place for security purposes.
>
> This issue is not new and still occurs with a few regular posters (including Dan Reiff).
>
> Although we administrators have spent considerable time over the past year or so trying to eliminate this scrubbing problem entirely, the solutions we’ve explored have actually been worse than the current situation.
>
> We have worked offline and on a one-on-one basis with some of the posters encountering this problem. We do encourage posters to post using plain text when possible; many e-mail systems allow you to format a message in plain text in the message composition window or as a toolbar option.
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> Hopefully, this sheds some light on this topic! Thanks for your continued support for Tweeters.
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>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 5:11 PM, Rob Faucett via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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>> So curious. Thought this had been fixed.
>>
>> rcf
>> —
>> Rob Faucett
>> +1(206) 619-5569
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>> Seattle, WA 98105
>>
>>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:41 PM, Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Peter,
>>> Unfortunately, it’s one of the disadvantages of receiving a post by digest.
>>> I also included instructions for those who could not open an article from me or another person.
>>> It’s very easy.
>>> Copy the title of the article and then paste it into google for a search.
>>> You will then find one or many links to the same article.
>>> Try it and let me know if it works for you.
>>> So far, it seems to work for everyone else. And every time I’ve tried it, it works.
>>> I hope that helps.
>>> Dan Reiff
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:24 PM, Peter Relson via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I read tweeters via the daily digest. Not to pick on Dan R, but sometimes his posts (and some others' posts) within the digest come across to me as having no content (yet, sometimes, when someone has replied to such a post, the replying post shows the entire original post)
>>>>
>>>> For example:
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:28 -0700
>>>> From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> To: Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost
>>>> entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
>>>> Message-ID: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804...>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>
>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>>> URL: <http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20260817/283d1034/attachment-0001.html>
>>>>
>>>> </snip>
>>>>
>>>> yet
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Message: 6
>>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:49:42 -0700
>>>> From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> To: Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff...>
>>>> Cc: Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys
>>>> almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
>>>> Message-ID:
>>>> <CAM1wzcMhpjAgQBbProSKuYVazpZY-VUgiCu-JWdjiOVmY=<wE4w...>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>>
>>>> The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky,
>>>> who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying
>>>> climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more
>>>> on his work, check out his presentation here:
>>>>
>>>> The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E
>>>>
>>>> and this wonderful film:
>>>> The Birdman of Cooper Island
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE
>>>> The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film.
>>>>
>>>> George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to
>>>> be evacuated due to them.
>>>> He lives in Seattle.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters <
>>>> <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This
>>>>> is why it did it*
>>>>> The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast,
>>>>> driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry
>>>>> polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies
>>>>> for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and
>>>>> published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region?s most
>>>>> imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It?s a
>>>>> change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice
>>>>>
>>>>> Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Shared from Apple News <https://www.apple.com/news>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Port Townsend, WA (qat?y)
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> </snip>
>>>>
>>>> Might anyone know what could be causing this (including something I might have inadvertently done) that I could rectify?
>>>>
>>>> I looked in the archive and it shows the same thing. This lessens the likelihood that this is due to something I did or that my mail platform does.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Relson
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>>>> <Tweeters...>
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Date: 8/20/26 12:44 am
From: Douglas Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Tweeters Digest Posts having no content?
Hello Tweeters —

As one of your Tweeters administrators (along with Elaine Chuang), I am responding to a question posed by Rob Faucett and earlier by Peter Relson, wondering why some Tweeters Digest postings show up with no content. All that one can see is a cryptic message stating, An HTML attachment was scrubbed.

This scrubbing process occurs because our listserv host, UW-IT, has an HTML / rich text-removing mechanism. Without going into detail, this mechanism is in place for security purposes.

This issue is not new and still occurs with a few regular posters (including Dan Reiff).

Although we administrators have spent considerable time over the past year or so trying to eliminate this scrubbing problem entirely, the solutions we’ve explored have actually been worse than the current situation.

We have worked offline and on a one-on-one basis with some of the posters encountering this problem. We do encourage posters to post using plain text when possible; many e-mail systems allow you to format a message in plain text in the message composition window or as a toolbar option.

Hopefully, this sheds some light on this topic! Thanks for your continued support for Tweeters.

Doug Santoni
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> On Aug 19, 2026, at 5:11 PM, Rob Faucett via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> So curious. Thought this had been fixed.
>
> rcf
> —
> Rob Faucett
> +1(206) 619-5569
> <robfaucett...>
> Seattle, WA 98105
>
>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:41 PM, Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Peter,
>> Unfortunately, it’s one of the disadvantages of receiving a post by digest.
>> I also included instructions for those who could not open an article from me or another person.
>> It’s very easy.
>> Copy the title of the article and then paste it into google for a search.
>> You will then find one or many links to the same article.
>> Try it and let me know if it works for you.
>> So far, it seems to work for everyone else. And every time I’ve tried it, it works.
>> I hope that helps.
>> Dan Reiff
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Aug 19, 2026, at 2:24 PM, Peter Relson via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I read tweeters via the daily digest. Not to pick on Dan R, but sometimes his posts (and some others' posts) within the digest come across to me as having no content (yet, sometimes, when someone has replied to such a post, the replying post shows the entire original post)
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:28 -0700
>>> From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>> To: Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>> Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost
>>> entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
>>> Message-ID: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804...>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>> URL: <http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20260817/283d1034/attachment-0001.html>
>>>
>>> </snip>
>>>
>>> yet
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Message: 6
>>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:49:42 -0700
>>> From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>> To: Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff...>
>>> Cc: Tweeters <tweeters...>
>>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys
>>> almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <CAM1wzcMhpjAgQBbProSKuYVazpZY-VUgiCu-JWdjiOVmY=<wE4w...>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky,
>>> who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying
>>> climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more
>>> on his work, check out his presentation here:
>>>
>>> The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E
>>>
>>> and this wonderful film:
>>> The Birdman of Cooper Island
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE
>>> The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film.
>>>
>>> George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to
>>> be evacuated due to them.
>>> He lives in Seattle.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters <
>>> <tweeters...> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This
>>> > is why it did it*
>>> > The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast,
>>> > driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry
>>> > polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies
>>> > for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and
>>> > published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region?s most
>>> > imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It?s a
>>> > change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice
>>> >
>>> > Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Shared from Apple News <https://www.apple.com/news>
>>> >
>>> > Sent from my iPhone
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>>> > Tweeters mailing list
>>> > <Tweeters...>
>>> > http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ?Steve Hampton?
>>> Port Townsend, WA (qat?y)
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
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>>>
>>>
>>> </snip>
>>>
>>> Might anyone know what could be causing this (including something I might have inadvertently done) that I could rectify?
>>>
>>> I looked in the archive and it shows the same thing. This lessens the likelihood that this is due to something I did or that my mail platform does.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Peter Relson
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Tweeters mailing list
>>> <Tweeters...>
>>> http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
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Date: 8/19/26 11:18 pm
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Vets advise ban on over the counter flea treatment for pets
Here is one of the articles that came up when I Googled the original title:
Let me know if all could open this one:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9pd4d3m5ko

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Date: 8/19/26 5:21 pm
From: Rob Faucett via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Post having no content?
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Date: 8/19/26 3:37 pm
From: Arden Hagen via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Sightings of NOBO on the salmon creek trail in Vancouver Wa this week.
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Date: 8/19/26 2:49 pm
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Post having no content?
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Date: 8/19/26 2:31 pm
From: Peter Relson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Post having no content?
I read tweeters via the daily digest. Not to pick on Dan R, but sometimes his posts (and some others' posts) within the digest come across to me as having no content (yet, sometimes, when someone has replied to such a post, the replying post shows the entire original post)
For example:
<snip>
Message: 1
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:43:28 -0700
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
To: Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost
    entire    colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
Message-ID: <542ED0FE-F746-43D3-802A-1E59D1D3B804...>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/pipermail/tweeters/attachments/20260817/283d1034/attachment-0001.html>
</snip>
yet 
<snip>
Message: 6
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:49:42 -0700
From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
To: Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff...>
Cc: Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys
    almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
Message-ID:
    <CAM1wzcMhpjAgQBbProSKuYVazpZY-VUgiCu-JWdjiOVmY=<wE4w...>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky,
who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying
climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more
on his work, check out his presentation here:

The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E

and this wonderful film:
The Birdman of Cooper Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE
The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film.

George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to
be evacuated due to them.
He lives in Seattle.





On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43?PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:

>
> *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This
> is why it did it*
> The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state?s Arctic coast,
> driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry
> polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies
> for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and
> published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region?s most
> imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It?s a
> change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice
>
> Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA
>
>
> Shared from Apple News <https://www.apple.com/news>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> _______________________________________________
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Might anyone know what could be causing this (including something I might have inadvertently done) that I could rectify? 
I looked in the archive and it shows the same thing. This lessens the likelihood that this is due to something I did or that my mail platform does.
Thank you.
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Date: 8/19/26 1:58 pm
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Flea treatment
Hello Caryn,
Anytime you can’t open an article that I put on Twitter’s, simply copy the title of the article and then paste it onto your browser, like Google and it will find it for you.


Here is the title:

Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets?

Hope that helps.

Dan Reiff

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 19, 2026, at 12:22 PM, Caryn Schutzler via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> Dan…
> What is info on the flea treatment? Interested to know…
> Thanks.
> Caryn
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Date: 8/19/26 1:14 pm
From: Mike Wagenbach via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] The Bobwhite and the Bobolink
Ann, loved the poem!

Mike Wagenbach
Seattle

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Date: 8/19/26 12:30 pm
From: Caryn Schutzler via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Flea treatment
Dan…
What is info on the flea treatment? Interested to know…
Thanks.
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Date: 8/18/26 8:40 pm
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] NEW SCIENTIST: Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets?
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Date: 8/18/26 8:33 pm
From: Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] RE-POST Turkey Vulture report for July 2026
Below is a re-post of Diann MacRae's July 2026 Turkey Vulture report, which was scrubbed from the Digest by the UW-IT’s "HTML / rich text-removing mechanism." Thank you, Diann.

Elaine Chuang
Seattle
elc at uw dot edu


On behalf of Diann MacRae via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 4:43 PM
To: <tweeters...> <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] July 2026 TUVU report
Good afternoon, Tweets

It's not quite the doldrums but things do move a bit slower in mid-summer, including turkey vultures. Not quite ready to leave for a while but busy tending juvies of the year and just relaxing. The July report is from Washington, Idaho and British Columbia.

JULY
02 -- One turkey vulture along Hwy 97 four miles north of Omak at 08:53, Okanogan County.
08 – One above Hihium Lake, BC, (w of Kamloops then, n of Cache Creek), el.4,480 ft. at 17:33.
12 – One soaring south over mid-Vashon Island at 15:00, King County.
14 – One above Riverside Golf Course in Chehalis at 15:22, Lewis County.
16 – Six turkey vultures, maybe more, soaring with a few bald eagles over North Peapod Island (Lat. 48°38'31.51"N; Long. 122°44'43.51"W), seen from a boat of the Salish Sea School, there were Harbor Seals w/pups so might have been food attracting them, San Juan County (photo).
17 – Six at Freshwater Bay at 10:05, Clallam County.
18 – Thirteen turkey vultures at the Wickershm area of the Samish River at 14:11, Whatcom.
21 – One flying over SR 532 in Stanwood at about 13:30, Snohomish County.
28 – One along I-90 about a mile west of George at 12:07, Grant County; one along Hwy 95, just north of Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, Boundary County; 4 along Hwy 95, just north of Fort Steele at 19:28, East Kootenay, BC
29 – One flying above Cartwright Lake at 12:01, East Kootenay BC.
30 – One along Hwy 95, 5 miles north of Skookumchuck at 16:32, East Kootenay, BC.

Thank you for the great reports. I imagine August will be about the same but they will be starting on their way south towards the end of the month. Have a good rest of your summer.
Cheers, Diann

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Date: 8/18/26 3:52 pm
From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
In the early 1980s before the area behind our Hazelwood residence was developed seeing and hearing quail was common.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah

> On Aug 18, 2026, at 2:55 PM, Jane Hadley via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> The entry for Northern Bobwhite in the annotated checklist in the second edition of A Birder's Guide to Washington says:
>
> Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus — Introduced from eastern U.S. Rare year-round resident of South Sound Prairies, where populations probably not self-sustaining. Frequently released in small numbers in other parts of state but rarely survives for more than one or two seasons.
>
> (You can see the bird guide online at https://wabirdguide.org <https://wabirdguide.org/>
>
> Jane Hadley
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Date: 8/18/26 3:51 pm
From: HAL MICHAEL via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
Back in the mid-70s there was a small population of Bobwhite in the Sequim area, often seen on one of the local golf courses.

Hal Michael
Olympia WA
360-459-4005
360-791-7702 (C)
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> On 08/18/2026 2:55 PM PDT Jane Hadley via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
>
> The entry for Northern Bobwhite in the annotated checklist in the second edition of A Birder's Guide to Washington says:
>
> Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus — Introduced from eastern U.S. Rare year-round resident of South Sound Prairies, where populations probably not self-sustaining. Frequently released in small numbers in other parts of state but rarely survives for more than one or two seasons.
>
> (You can see the bird guide online at https://wabirdguide.org
>
> Jane Hadley
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Date: 8/18/26 3:46 pm
From: Kim Thorburn via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Baird's Sandpipers in Seattle
I counted well over 100 Baird's sandpipers on 2 rapidly drying ponds at Swanson Lakes and Reardan in Lincoln County during shorebird surveys last weekend. Most wetlands are dry and migratory shorebirds appear to be congregating in large numbers at what water and mud remains. They appeared to be juveniles. I've never seen so many BASA in Eastern Washington. It's been amazing seeing the species waves coming through.


Kim



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From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces...> on behalf of Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 1:17 PM
To: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Baird's Sandpipers in Seattle

Netta Smith just sent me a photo of two juvenile Bairds Sandpipers on Discovery Parks North Beach.

Dennis Paulson
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Date: 8/18/26 3:06 pm
From: Jane Hadley via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
The entry for Northern Bobwhite in the annotated checklist in the second
edition of A Birder's Guide to Washington says:

Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus — Introduced from eastern U.S. Rare
year-round resident of South Sound Prairies, where populations probably not
self-sustaining. Frequently released in small numbers in other parts of
state but rarely survives for more than one or two seasons.

(You can see the bird guide online at https://wabirdguide.org

Jane Hadley
Seattle, WA

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Date: 8/18/26 1:26 pm
From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Baird's Sandpipers in Seattle
Netta Smith just sent me a photo of two juvenile Baird’s Sandpipers on Discovery Park’s North Beach.

Dennis Paulson
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Date: 8/18/26 1:17 pm
From: Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
Pardon my confusion, of the Bobwhite and the Bobolink.




The Bobwhite and the Bobolink

Are birds so seemingly distinct

Therefore, I was not amused

For one with the other I was confused

An Icterid, the eye can see

Is not an Odontophoridae

In one, a reversed tuxedo tail

While the other is a lovely quail

Searching Sibley who the expert Brahman

Cites preference for pasture common

And likely found in Eastern ranges

To spot in the West, a likely strangeness

As both are sadly in decline

Any sighting brings a happy sign

And so forgive the mistaken switch

resulting in a error for which

Excitement, making one’s heart throb

I mistook the bird with the name of bob.



*Ann*

Ann Pultz Kramer
Stanwood, WA

"If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes".

Charles Lindbergh"


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> Had a pair of Bobwhite with 8 or 10 little ones near Issaquah Costco 3
> days ago. Could have been just one adult.
>
> Larry Schwitters
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> On Aug 17, 2026, at 6:57 PM, Ann Kramer via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Thank you Dennis,
> Being newer to Washington, I assumed Burien would be on the Eastern side,
> but I'm surprised to see they are so far West. When I was in Yakima, I
> spent some unsuccessful time looking for them in an area they were
> suggested to be.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
>
>> I was just sent a photo of a pair of Northern Bobwhites seen on private
>> property on 16 August in Burien, somewhere in the Three Tree Point area. No
>> other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be
>> picked up by recordkeepers.
>>
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>> Seattle
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Date: 8/17/26 11:00 pm
From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
Had a pair of Bobwhite with 8 or 10 little ones near Issaquah Costco 3 days ago. Could have been just one adult.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah

> On Aug 17, 2026, at 6:57 PM, Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> Thank you Dennis,
> Being newer to Washington, I assumed Burien would be on the Eastern side, but I'm surprised to see they are so far West. When I was in Yakima, I spent some unsuccessful time looking for them in an area they were suggested to be.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>> wrote:
>> I was just sent a photo of a pair of Northern Bobwhites seen on private property on 16 August in Burien, somewhere in the Three Tree Point area. No other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be picked up by recordkeepers.
>>
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Date: 8/17/26 8:58 pm
From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
The article mentions Cooper Island, but it fails to mention George Divoky,
who spent 50 consecutive summers on this sandbar off Utqiagvik studying
climate change, though he wasn't really aware of it when he began. For more
on his work, check out his presentation here:

The Birds of Cooper Island, with George Divoky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBpN4qjPn4E

and this wonderful film:
The Birdman of Cooper Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DNPwb-aZsE
The trailer is free, $3.99 to watch the film.

George predicted this outcome wrt the polar bears. At one point, he had to
be evacuated due to them.
He lives in Seattle.





On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM Dan Reiff via Tweeters <
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>
> *Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This
> is why it did it*
> The feeding behaviour is on the rise along the state’s Arctic coast,
> driven by climate change. August 17, 2026 mlharing/Getty Images Hungry
> polar bears in northern Alaska are increasingly plundering seabird colonies
> for eggs. A new study, co-led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and
> published in the journal Polar Research, shows that the region’s most
> imposing land predator is adapting its age-old hunting practices. It’s a
> change borne from necessity. Polar bears have long depended on sea ice
>
> Read in BBC Wildlife Magazine: https://apple.news/AmlccmDeBTzGZn5naU_CiDA
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Date: 8/17/26 8:55 pm
From: Tom Benedict via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
I live just north of Three Tree Point in southern Seahurst neighborhood of Burien, WA. Seems so far out of range that I wonder if they are escaped captives. I wouldn’t think that the “suburban woodland” habitat around here would not be all that attractive for this species.

I will keep my eyes peeled for NOBO.

Tom

> On Aug 17, 2026, at 18:53, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> I was just sent a photo of a pair of Northern Bobwhites seen on private property on 16 August in Burien, somewhere in the Three Tree Point area. No other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be picked up by recordkeepers.
>
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Date: 8/17/26 7:05 pm
From: Ann Kramer via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
Thank you Dennis,
Being newer to Washington, I assumed Burien would be on the Eastern side,
but I'm surprised to see they are so far West. When I was in Yakima, I
spent some unsuccessful time looking for them in an area they were
suggested to be.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:

> I was just sent a photo of a pair of Northern Bobwhites seen on private
> property on 16 August in Burien, somewhere in the Three Tree Point area. No
> other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be
> picked up by recordkeepers.
>
> Dennis Paulson
> Seattle
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Date: 8/17/26 7:01 pm
From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Bobwhite in King County
I was just sent a photo of a pair of Northern Bobwhites seen on private property on 16 August in Burien, somewhere in the Three Tree Point area. No other info is available, but I thought I would post it so it could be picked up by recordkeepers.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle
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Date: 8/17/26 5:34 pm
From: Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] JBLM Eagles Pride Golf Course Monthly Birdwalk - Thursday, August 20 - 8:00AM Start
Hi Tweeters,
The next Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) birdwalk is scheduled for Thursday, August 20 at 8:00AM.


The JBLM Eagles Pride GC birders do the tour d'course the third Thursday of every month. We meet at 8:00AM<outlook-data-detector://2> through October 2026. (Change to 9:00AM in November.)

Starting point is the Driving Range Tee, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. When you turn into the course entrance, take an immediate left onto the road to the driving range - that's where we meet.

Also, to remind folks that haven't been here before, even though Eagle's Pride is a US Army recreation facility, you don't need any ID to attend these birdwalks. Hope you're able to make it!

Current weather forecast is 57degF-72degF start to finish (RealFeel 60-80) with 0% chance of rain during the walk. Lookin' good for a "doldrums" walk! As always, dress for success!

May all your birds be identified,
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Date: 8/17/26 1:52 pm
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] BBC WILDLIFE MAGAZINE: Polar bear destroys almost entire colony of seabird nests in Alaska. This is why it did it
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Date: 8/16/26 6:39 pm
From: Roger Moyer via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] TUVU Report
To the keeper of the Turkey Vulture report.

There were 5 TUVUs at Graveyard Spit this morning.

5 more between Tokeland and Raymond.

3 near Menlo.

Roger Moyer
Chehalis, WA

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Date: 8/16/26 2:31 pm
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] BBC SCIENCE FOCUS MAGAZINE: These terrifying (and wacky) birds ruled Earth after the dinosaurs
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Date: 8/15/26 9:51 pm
From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Migrants for sure
Vaux’s just made a serous move. A thousand into Selleck tonight.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah

> On Aug 15, 2026, at 1:40 PM, Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> At Lake Sammamish State Park this AM 50 Lesser Canada Geese. Weren’t there yesterday. Looked like both moffitti and parvipes were present.
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> Vaux’s have yet to make a serious move.
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Date: 8/15/26 7:36 pm
From: Sharon Howard via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
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Date: 8/15/26 7:25 pm
From: Sharon Howard via Tweeters <tweeters...>
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Date: 8/15/26 6:05 pm
From: Nancy Crowell via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
Beautiful!

Nancy
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www.crowellphotography.com
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??

Sharon,

Here is a photo of a white Goldfinch that we saw in Carnation on 6/4/22.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/52169628157/in/album-72157633104966153


Hank & Karen Heiberg
Issaquah
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM Sharon Howard via Tweeters <tweeters...><mailto:<tweeters...>> wrote:
Hi, ALL:

I am beginning to think my eyes failed me. Yesterday and today among normal yellow and black American goldfinches at one of our feeders was one that all the usual black cap and wing stripes, except instead of yellow it was nearly white—a bit of a creamy white. I could not get a photo, but it looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this?
Sharon Howard
Lower Sunset Hill/Ballard
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Date: 8/15/26 5:29 pm
From: Louise via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
Lovely bird, Hank, thanks for sharing!

Louise Rutter
Kirkland

On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM Hank Heiberg via Tweeters <
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> Sharon,
>
> Here is a photo of a white Goldfinch that we saw in Carnation on 6/4/22.
>
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/52169628157/in/album-72157633104966153
>
>
> Hank & Karen Heiberg
> Issaquah
> hankdotheiberggmail
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM Sharon Howard via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
>
>> Hi, ALL:
>>
>> I am beginning to think my eyes failed me. Yesterday and today among
>> normal yellow and black American goldfinches at one of our feeders was one
>> that all the usual black cap and wing stripes, except instead of yellow it
>> was nearly white—a bit of a creamy white. I could not get a photo, but it
>> looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and
>> white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this?
>> Sharon Howard
>> Lower Sunset Hill/Ballard
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Date: 8/15/26 5:23 pm
From: Hank Heiberg via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
Sharon,

Here is a photo of a white Goldfinch that we saw in Carnation on 6/4/22.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/52169628157/in/album-72157633104966153


Hank & Karen Heiberg
Issaquah
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM Sharon Howard via Tweeters <
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> Hi, ALL:
>
> I am beginning to think my eyes failed me. Yesterday and today among
> normal yellow and black American goldfinches at one of our feeders was one
> that all the usual black cap and wing stripes, except instead of yellow it
> was nearly white—a bit of a creamy white. I could not get a photo, but it
> looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and
> white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this?
> Sharon Howard
> Lower Sunset Hill/Ballard
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Date: 8/15/26 2:49 pm
From: Diane Doles via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Bowerman Basin
Was there yesterday around noon at low tide. Many, many, many Sandpipers on
the mudflats. Mostly Western, some Least. My estimate would be
75,000-100,000 on the mudflats looking E from the wooden walkway.
Also had raucous flyovers from an active group of Caspian Terns.
It felt like a very special moment there.

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Date: 8/15/26 1:49 pm
From: Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Migrants for sure
At Lake Sammamish State Park this AM 50 Lesser Canada Geese. Weren’t there yesterday. Looked like both moffitti and parvipes were present.

Vaux’s have yet to make a serious move.

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Date: 8/15/26 1:18 pm
From: Sharon Howard via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] A white American Goldfinch??
Hi, ALL:

I am beginning to think my eyes failed me. Yesterday and today among normal yellow and black American goldfinches at one of our feeders was one that all the usual black cap and wing stripes, except instead of yellow it was nearly white—a bit of a creamy white. I could not get a photo, but it looked exactly like the usual American Goldfinch would look in a black and white photo. Has anyone else seen one like this?
Sharon Howard
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Date: 8/15/26 10:38 am
From: AMK17 via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] More early Seattle yard birds and maybe a migrant or two
This morning, about 645, I managed to get bins on an orange crowned warbler but it was still a bit dark son didn’t see much else. With tea and camera in hand, I managed to get out and sit while the sprinklers were active. I was greeted to a lovely rufous hummingbird bathing as the sprinkler cycled over its perch. What a treat! I don’t think I’ve had this many rufous hummingbirds in the yard on consecutive days.


The usual year round residents also bathed in the wet leaves - black-capped and chestnut chickadees, re-breasted nuthatches, a golden-crowned kinglet and juncos.


A bit later, to my surprise, I spotted a Townsend’s warbler gleaning insects in my neighbor’s birch. No yellow warblers today, at least not yet. A black-headed grosbeak continues to visit a feeder.


Merlin recorded an evening grosbeak - hhmmm.

Happy birding.
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Date: 8/15/26 8:11 am
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Fall Migration is in progress (Skagit version)
Hi,

  I saw a grosbeak, a chickadee, and a nuthatch at our fountain
yesterday.  Of those 3 the
nuthatch is the least likely/least frequent visitor here in our yard.
  I have not been out to 'survey' the shorebirds here recently.

  I may have reported this before - but in case I didn't ... I went to
Reifel about 10 days
ago and it was the least birdy visit I've ever experienced there.
Notable misses were
Sandhill cranes and wood ducks which are both species I sort of "rely
upon" at Reifel.

  I rarely go out that I don't post at least one checklist on eBird. 
For locations such as
Reifel what I typically do is to start a checklist when I get there, run
it for the hike
out to the furthest point, stop/post it, and start another checklist for
the hike back
to my car.
  eBird -often- doesn't record the 'track' of where I've been and
instead wants me to
select a location based upon the actual time I'm posting ... I can't
figure out when it
will record a track and when it doesn't.  Probably has something to do
with whether
or not my phone has gone into sleep mode during the hike ... ???
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Date: 8/14/26 4:08 pm
From: Tom Benedict via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Phinney birds
Thanks for the ongoing early migration reports. Hopefully some of these birds will stop in the Seahurst area of Burien as they continue southward.

Tom Benedict
Seahurst, WA

> On Aug 14, 2026, at 10:52, AMK17 via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Thanks for posting the migration observations. Interesting to read Experiences.
>
> Today a new wave of yellow warblers were in the yard, mostly first year birds. The yard was quite busy with orange crowned warblers, brown creepers, golden crowned kinglets and a swarm of chickadees. With the loss of urban habitat here in Seattle (including several trees and shrubs behind my lot), the yard seems to be busier. Much prefer more trees and microhabitats in Seattle.
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Date: 8/14/26 2:44 pm
From: Kevin Black via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: Maui
Hello All,

I was wondering if anyone had any information such as guides,
endemic-birding finding information or advice on birding Maui, Hawaii.

Any information would be appreciated!

Thank you in advance,

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Vancouver, WA

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Date: 8/14/26 2:16 pm
From: David Parent via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake Access
Hello Tweeters,

There is another access to shorebird habitat on the northeast corner of Crockett Lake. Park at the gravel pullout between the two borrow pit ponds on the south (Admiralty Inlet) side of Highway 20. Look across the road for a 1foot tall concrete monument. The faint trail begins near the monument and winds around ponds and marsh. This time of year with our dry summer you may be able to walk out there without knee boots. The canal and mudflats there can be very productive during shorebird migration. When the vegetation ends, use extreme caution as the mud is very deep on the flats.

Dave Parent DVM Langley WA dpdvmatwhidbey.com

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Date: 8/14/26 11:01 am
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Subject: [Tweeters] Phinney birds


Thanks for posting the migration observations. Interesting to read Experiences.


Today a new wave of yellow warblers were in the yard, mostly first year birds. The yard was quite busy with orange crowned warblers, brown creepers, golden crowned kinglets and a swarm of chickadees. With the loss of urban habitat here in Seattle (including several trees and shrubs behind my lot), the yard seems to be busier. Much prefer more trees and microhabitats in Seattle.


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Date: 8/13/26 9:06 pm
From: Kenneth Brown via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday at Nisqually.
The morning started cool and overcast. The doldrums continue. Nothing was stirring, not the air, not the water in the pond, not many birds. Some young Goldfinch perched and fluttered in the reeds next to the deck, apparently waiting to be fed. A single nestling remained in the Cliff Swallow's mud gourd. A few Barn Swallows perched under the walkway cover, their cup nests mostly demolished, the hatchlings seen last week, were missing. Birders were slow to trickle in. A check of the tide chart showed the tide falling, the low to occur around noon. We decided to skip the orchard and head out to the dike earlier in hopes of finding shorebirds closer in, which proved to be a miscalculation.

A brief scan of the fields west of the service road revealed a small flock of European Starlings, a Savannah Sparrow, a scant population of Red-winged Blackbirds, and only a few Swallows mixed with Vaux's Swifts plying the air high above the grass.

Near the start of the west side of the boardwalk loop trail, an Anna's Hummingbird levitated in and around the brush next to the railing. The calls of Western Wood-Pewees and a Virginia Rail were heard by birders with that ability. A Purple Martin perched in the top of a tree across the pond. Downy Woodpecker, Norther Flicker, American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, Black-capped Chickadees, Spotted Towhees, Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Bewick's Wren were all encountered along the trail.

Once again we had under-estimated the group dawdle factor. By the time we made it onto the dike, the surge plain was mostly mud. The sun was beginning to break through and it was warming up. To the north a couple Bald Eagles perched on distant snags. A half dozen distant small Sandpipers foraged on the mud. Some heard the call of a Black-bellied Plover, but could not locate it. South of the dike, a Cooper's Hawk flew over the fresh water marsh landing in an Alder on the eastern edge, showing the streaked breast of a juvenile bird. On the edge of the remaining water near the dike, another juvenile, this one a young Virginia Rail poked in and out of the Cattails. Nearby in the water a Cinnamon Teal in non-breeding plumage shared space with a female Mallard. Small flocks of European Starlings decorated a couple of the skeletal snags, while a flock of female red-winged Blackbirds clung to the stalks of dried Cattails. A few Western Sandpipers could be seen along the slough upstream of the base of the McAllister Creek estuary boardwalk.

It was sunny and warm as we walked out the boardwalk. Already a minus tide and still falling, mud lined both sides of the slender creek and formed a broad plain to the east. Greater Yellowlegs worked along the waterline on either side of the creek, gulls dotted the mud, mostly Ring-billed but a few California's. Further north, a couple Least Sandpipers on the near shore gave us a good opportunity for close examination. A flock of 16 American White Pelicans flew directly over our heads, from east to west, then over the timbered ridge west of the creek, catching a thermal. We watched them spiral higher for several minutes, the black flight feathers on the trailing edge of long wings a sharp contrast to their otherwise white bodies and large yellow bills. A captivating sight before they soared off further west. Further out, Anders picked up four Spotted Sandpipers that flew downstream and landed on the far shore. A flock of Band-tailed Pigeons flew up the opposite bank. Canada Geese and Greater Yellowlegs collected in larger groups on the mud islands near the mouth of the creek, a Turkey Vulture soared above the ridge. From the Gazebo at the end of the boardwalk, we could see a few Purple Martins on their white gourd condo's at Luhr Beach. Double-crested Cormorants were in the water and on distant piling. Great Blue Herons were spread across the northerly view along the waters edge, a few more Bald Eagles sprinkled in. Returning south, as we neared the dike, a dozen Semipalmated Plovers foraged on the mud before taking flight.

The Nisqually River overlook was again bird-free, the water invitingly blue-green in the bright sunlight. Turning south along the east side of the loop trail, we came across Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Bushtits, Brown Creepers, and Bewick's Wren. At the junction with the riparian spur was a Hutton's Vireo in a Big Leaf Maple. We walked the orchard we had skipped in the morning and as expected, the late afternoon produced almost no birds, a few Cedar Waxwings in the trees along the entrance road the only exception. Then back to the Visitor's Center for the final tally. The complete checklist follows:


Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Aug 12, 2026 7:54 AM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.38 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Today’s Wednesday Walk began with overcast skies on a calm 63º F morning; the clouds burning off around 10:30 a.m., and temperatures rising to 78º F with a 3-5 knot northwest breeze by the end of our walk at 2:30 p.m. A high +10.86-foot tide at 04:53 a.m. ebbed to a -2.36-foot low water at 11:51 a.m. Other species seen included Columbian black-tailed deer, Eastern Cottontail, Pacific chorus frog, Townsend’s Chipmunk, Harbor Seal, lots of invasive American Bullfrogs, and green shore crabs.
61 species (+6 other taxa)

Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 98
Wood Duck 7
Cinnamon Teal 1
Mallard 30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Band-tailed Pigeon 14
Vaux's Swift 4
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Virginia Rail 3 One at Visitors' Center pond; two in cattail marsh
Sora 1 Vocalizing in Cattail marsh
Black-bellied Plover 1 Seen and heard vocalizing in estuary restoration area
Semipalmated Plover 12
Spotted Sandpiper 4 Four together (family group?) landed on west bank of McAllister Creek
Greater Yellowlegs 40
Least Sandpiper 6
Western Sandpiper 18
Ring-billed Gull 170
California Gull 14
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 2
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 4
Larus sp. 175 On mudflats north and east of estuary overlook; much heat shimmer
Caspian Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 17
cormorant sp. 40 Nisqually Reach north and east of estuary overlook; much heat shimmer
Great Blue Heron 54
American White Pelican 16 Flock of 16 flew over the estuary restoration area, and caught a thermal above ridge west of McAllister Creek, soaring off. Large white birds with black primary and secondary flight feathers, orange bills
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 2
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 12 Inexplicably flagged for high count at a site where dozens of birds may be encountered year-round. Counted 1x1
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 5
Northern Flicker 4
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
Western Wood-Pewee 8
Willow Flycatcher 1
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) 1
Hutton's Vireo 1
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 28
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 5
Bank Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 7
Violet-green Swallow 2
Purple Martin 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 145
Cliff Swallow 2
Bushtit (Pacific) 13
Brown Creeper 6
Bewick's Wren 5
European Starling 450
Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 2
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 17
Purple Finch (Western) 1
American Goldfinch 30
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 6
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 2
Red-winged Blackbird 55
Brown-headed Cowbird 4 All juveniles
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Yellow Warbler 4
Wilson's Warbler 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S383009220

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Date: 8/13/26 2:50 pm
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Migration
Well that didn’t take long. 6 or 8 of them in the evergreens on my road frontage.

I’ve had numerous good yard birds in various houses… Black-bellied Whistling Ducks, Upland Plovers, Barn Owls. This is a yard bird first, and I think it’s a good one.


Greg Pasquariello
Vancouver WA.

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Also Red Crossbills in my yard. Merlin has been reporting them for a week now, but today was the first day I’ve heard them. Now I need to see them, but our evergreens are loaded with cones, so I’m sure they’ll make themselves known!

Greg Pasquariello
Vancouver, WA


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We had a small flock of Red Crossbills in our yard this week. I heard them on Merlin a few days ago and thought it must be a mistake. Then I saw one preening high up in the fir trees after hearing them again yesterday. Even better, about 3 of them landed in our fountain about 3 feet from where I was sitting. Looked like one male with more red and two females or fledglings. So exciting to see them close up.

I'm in Stanwood, by the way.

Ann

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Typically only see yellow warblers and rufous hummingbirds in the yard during migration. The hummingbirds arrived a couple of days ago and this morning yellow warblers were in the yard.


Any one else observe migrants?


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Date: 8/13/26 2:28 pm
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Also Red Crossbills in my yard. Merlin has been reporting them for a week now, but today was the first day I’ve heard them. Now I need to see them, but our evergreens are loaded with cones, so I’m sure they’ll make themselves known!

Greg Pasquariello
Vancouver, WA


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We had a small flock of Red Crossbills in our yard this week. I heard them on Merlin a few days ago and thought it must be a mistake. Then I saw one preening high up in the fir trees after hearing them again yesterday. Even better, about 3 of them landed in our fountain about 3 feet from where I was sitting. Looked like one male with more red and two females or fledglings. So exciting to see them close up.

I'm in Stanwood, by the way.

Ann

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Typically only see yellow warblers and rufous hummingbirds in the yard during migration. The hummingbirds arrived a couple of days ago and this morning yellow warblers were in the yard.


Any one else observe migrants?


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Date: 8/13/26 1:35 pm
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake Access
There is a path on the west side of Callen’s Restaurant. Park in the state park parking lot across the street and use your Discover card. Most birders walk that path to its end. It gives you somewhat closer viewing of the pelicans. Crockett Lake has been an Island County bird magnet seemingly forever. Private property has been problematic there as recreationists began launching sailboards and other craft into the lake, thereby disturbing the birds that use it for nesting or migration stopovers. Whidbey Camano Land Trust bought up as much as they could to protect the lake and the birds that use it. Get a good, powerful scope and view from a distance.

Carol Riddell
Edmonds, WA

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Can one get IN to wander around on the shores of Crockett Lake or paddle the pond? Or is it not very approachable terrain (in addition to being at least partially private property)? I was interested recently in seeing if I could get a closer view of the pelicans than is available from the south, but there's no access from the north, apparently, and I'm not sure if you can practically walk in from the other directions.


A quick web search says ...

You primarily view Crockett Lake from a distance, as it is a highly sensitive wetland and mudflat environment rather than a recreational park with trails winding directly through the water. While the Crockett Lake Preserve<https://www.wclt.org/projects/crockett-lake-preserve/> is technically open to the public, its physical geography severely limits direct foot travel.
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Date: 8/13/26 12:52 pm
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Subject: [Tweeters] Marymoor Park (Redmond, King Co.) 2026-08-13
Tweets - It was a pleasant day at the park, but very quiet and almost
birdless. Many misses. Still not a waste of time, though.

Highlights:
Four woodpecker day - Missing sapsuckers, and only Pileated and
Flicker actually seen
Purple Martin - Heard a couple, the only swallow species we were able
to be sure of. A couple of sightings of swallow spp.
Swainson's Thrush - Matt heard some pre-dawn; none for the rest of us
RED CROSBILL - Flyover of six, and later Matt & I had one calling near
the mansion. First of Year (FOY), and first in just over a year, for the
survey
Black-throated Gray Warbler - Again a small flock in the Oregon Ash
tree, seen from near the SW Dog Meadow bench area
Western Tanager - One or two heard, one glimpsed
American Beaver - One with the crew shells, from the Lake Platform
Muskrat - One along the slough, just south of the Dog Area
Raccoon - One on the far side of the slough opposite the heronry, our
2nd sighting of the year

Misses were numerous: Hooded Merganser, Band-tailed Pigeon, Vaux's Swift,
Spotted Sandpiper, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Barn Swallow (Matt might
have seen one), Bushtit, Savannah Sparrow, and Wilson's Warbler have all
been seen in at least half of previous years for Week 33, but not today.

We managed only 49 species. For the year, adding the crossbills, we're at
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Date: 8/13/26 10:09 am
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We had a small flock of Red Crossbills in our yard this week. I heard them
on Merlin a few days ago and thought it must be a mistake. Then I saw one
preening high up in the fir trees after hearing them again yesterday. Even
better, about 3 of them landed in our fountain about 3 feet from where I
was sitting. Looked like one male with more red and two females or
fledglings. So exciting to see them close up.

I'm in Stanwood, by the way.

*Ann*

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Date: 8/13/26 9:35 am
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Subject: [Tweeters] RE-POST Turkey Vulture post from Diann MacRae
Re-posted below is the message Diann MacRae wished all Turkey Vulture fans to see. Her post was scrubbed from the Digest by the UW-IT’s "HTML / rich text-removing mechanism." Thank you as always, Diann.
Elaine Chuang
Seattle
elc at uw dot edu


Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 11:17:31 -0700
Subject: turkey vultures

Hi, Tweets - If you have any vulture sightings you'd like to include for July, let me know since August is upon us. August isn't the busiest month for our vultures but it may be interesting at times with fledglings about and a new roost or two, plus August will gradually build up to the September departures. Any help would be appreciated - a few people do read my reports.

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Date: 8/13/26 8:45 am
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Typically only see yellow warblers and rufous hummingbirds in the yard during migration. The hummingbirds arrived a couple of days ago and this morning yellow warblers were in the yard.


Any one else observe migrants?


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Date: 8/13/26 7:50 am
From: Mark Borden via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Purple Martins by Lake Crockett
Hi Jim,
I live about a mile above the lake. The colony you’re referring to is
probably the one that is located at the southernmost end of the old piling
line that crosses the lake. As you drive along the spit heading East it is
on your left. There is also a gourd colony near Callans.

Every year, a pair or two manages to nest on the ferry structure itself.
Usually they find a place among the black rubber bumper on the extreme
south end. They were scolding me as I launched my boat at the ramp a few
weeks ago.

For years a pair or two managed to nest in the old pier at the south end of
the protected area immediately in front of the volunteer trailer and
restroom. Any boxes placed on that Pier would be immediately occupied, as
would any boxes placed on the ferry structure, WSF permitting, of course.

I usually have several pairs occupying my Kestrel and swallow boxes up by
my house. This season, though, they were absent.

Mark Borden
Coupeville

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Date: 8/13/26 7:35 am
From: Scott R via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Tokeland Common Ringed Plover weekend outlook
The MEGA may be worth chasing this weekend, as it was reported Wednesday
morning. 🤞

https://wa.chasereport.com/detail/5267128?sp=corplo&cty=US-WA-049


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Date: 8/12/26 4:54 pm
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Date: 8/12/26 2:46 pm
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Subject: [Tweeters] Good paws
Lynnwood P.A.W.S went all the way to Selleck Monday to release 2 rehabbed Vaux’s into a flock circling their roost chimney.

Standing ovation please.

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Date: 8/12/26 1:49 pm
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Subject: [Tweeters] Crockett Lake access on foot (or tiny boat)?
Can one get IN to wander around on the shores of Crockett Lake or paddle the pond? Or is it not very approachable terrain (in addition to being at least partially private property)? I was interested recently in seeing if I could get a closer view of the pelicans than is available from the south, but there's no access from the north, apparently, and I'm not sure if you can practically walk in from the other directions.


A quick web search says ...

You primarily view Crockett Lake from a distance, as it is a highly sensitive wetland and mudflat environment rather than a recreational park with trails winding directly through the water. While the Crockett Lake Preserve<https://www.wclt.org/projects/crockett-lake-preserve/> is technically open to the public, its physical geography severely limits direct foot travel.

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Date: 8/12/26 9:29 am
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Subject: [Tweeters] Program Tonight - Around the World in 80 Birds
Tweets:
I will be giving a program tonight for my Condominium Community (my 8th on bird and travels) called "Around the World in 80 Birds - Part I - Western Hemisphere".  It has photos (mine) and some videos (thank you YouTube contributors) of 80 amazing species found in the Western Hemisphere - many from Washington and the U.S. and more from Central and South America.  The program is live at the Condominium Clubhouse beginning at  6:30 P.M. for condo community, but if you are interested, you can watch the program on Zoom.
To Join Zoom Meeting Copy and Paste in Your Browser
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Date: 8/12/26 6:03 am
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Subject: [Tweeters] Monitoring Snowy Plovers at Great Salt Lake | Audubon
Great article.
One of my favorite species.

https://www.audubon.org/news/monitoring-snowy-plovers-great-salt-lake
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Date: 8/12/26 2:54 am
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Subject: [Tweeters] Mount Rainier fire crews are cutting trees at the Sunrise Visitor Center
More Fire Yikes!!!
Understood and sad.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/outdoors/article316834817.html

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Date: 8/11/26 3:53 pm
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] film on Falco the owl
It was shown for one day last week at the Grand Cinema in Tacoma.
Clarice Clark
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Hi, Tweets

Does anyone know if the Falco owl documentary has been shown, or will be shown, in our area?

Cheers, Diann

Diann MacRae
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Date: 8/11/26 12:57 pm
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Purple Martins at Crockett Lake? Puffin Tour Report
Steve Hampton,

  I just tried to find the PM nestboxes at Crockett Lake - using Google
Earth - and was
unable to locate them/anything that looked like it might be them. Can
you direct me
to the part of Crockett Lake the Purple Martin boxes are located?

All,

  There is an established PM colony at Ship Harbor in Anacortes (Wa
State Ferry dock to
the San Juan Islands).  The PMs have been coming there for a long time.

  IIRC there is another PM colony at English Boom on Camano.

  I took a "Puffing Tour" out of Skyline Marina Sunday.  The seas to
get to Smith Island
were 10 foot swells so we did not go to Smith.  We did see a -few-
Rhinocerous Auklets
(maybe 10?) and a good number of Pidgeon Guillemots (over 30, perhaps
even 50) in
Burrows Pass in groups of 1,2, to as many as 6 or more.
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Date: 8/10/26 4:29 pm
From: Diann MacRae via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] film on Falco the owl
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Date: 8/10/26 3:41 pm
From: Steve Hampton via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Enjoying Purple Martins: AUGUST 10 IS National Purple Martin Conservation Day
Rainshadow Bird Alliance is tracking ~50 boxes around Port Townsend, Cape
George, down to Port Ludlow and Quilcene. Most were installed and are
overseen by various dedicated volunteers who preceded my involvement.
Occupancy is near 100% if you exclude some of the unused boxes within a
duplex of two boxes.

We worked with a local school group to build/rehab boxes, 12 of which are
here locally and the other 8 gifted to Crockett Lake on Whidbey Island.




On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <
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> 2026 marks the 20th year since the passing of Kevin Li, King County
> Environmental Scientist. As many of you know, through his efforts
> beginning in 1996, Kevin Li is acknowledged as the individual who
> essentially brought Purple Martins back to the Puget Sound area after their
> marked decline over the preceding decades. Many dedicated folks in the
> region have followed his example, working closely with WDFW to maintain
> housing at existing sites as well as installing new Purple Martin housing
> at newer locations.
>
> Today is National Purple Martin Conservation Day! Encouraged by the
> Purple Martin Conservation Association (https://www.purplemartin.org),
> U.S. legislators in 2024 passed a resolution that each year on August 10th,
> we would celebrate Purple Martins, and recognize the vital conservation
> work done on their behalf. Right now is prime time for enjoying the sound
> of purple as young birds fledge and the colonies in our region start
> setting their compasses for Brazil.
>
> Sites range from the long-standing collections of gourds that hang along
> Shilshole Bay and the Duwamish Waterway/Kellogg Island in Seattle, to
> smaller groups of gourds and wooden homes at sites such as Lake Sammamish,
> Union Bay Natural Area, Green Lake and the Myrtle Edwards / Centennial Park
> fishing pier as well as gourds on the Expedia Group property near Terminal
> 91 and others. Check in with the Olympic Peninsula Audubon and Whidbey
> Island Audubon Societies if you are in these areas. Be there early (best
> vocalization is their Dawn Song) and you might be lucky enough to enjoy the
> sound of purple at some of these locations!
>
> Elaine Chuang
> Seattle
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Date: 8/10/26 12:04 pm
From: Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Enjoying Purple Martins: AUGUST 10 IS National Purple Martin Conservation Day
2026 marks the 20th year since the passing of Kevin Li, King County Environmental Scientist. As many of you know, through his efforts beginning in 1996, Kevin Li is acknowledged as the individual who essentially brought Purple Martins back to the Puget Sound area after their marked decline over the preceding decades. Many dedicated folks in the region have followed his example, working closely with WDFW to maintain housing at existing sites as well as installing new Purple Martin housing at newer locations.

Today is National Purple Martin Conservation Day! Encouraged by the Purple Martin Conservation Association (https://www.purplemartin.org), U.S. legislators in 2024 passed a resolution that each year on August 10th, we would celebrate Purple Martins, and recognize the vital conservation work done on their behalf. Right now is prime time for enjoying the sound of purple as young birds fledge and the colonies in our region start setting their compasses for Brazil.

Sites range from the long-standing collections of gourds that hang along Shilshole Bay and the Duwamish Waterway/Kellogg Island in Seattle, to smaller groups of gourds and wooden homes at sites such as Lake Sammamish, Union Bay Natural Area, Green Lake and the Myrtle Edwards / Centennial Park fishing pier as well as gourds on the Expedia Group property near Terminal 91 and others. Check in with the Olympic Peninsula Audubon and Whidbey Island Audubon Societies if you are in these areas. Be there early (best vocalization is their Dawn Song) and you might be lucky enough to enjoy the sound of purple at some of these locations!

Elaine Chuang
Seattle
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Date: 8/9/26 4:13 pm
From: Pauline Sterin via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Guides
Yes, 'bird guide' is non-specific. I should have asked for recommendations for a person who could guide us when we visit Oahu in March. Would still appreciate replies...

Pauline Sterin
Bellingham
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Date: 8/8/26 2:02 pm
From: David Cook via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Brisbane info
2 hours south of Brisbane is a very well known hotspot - Lamington National
Park. There is a good lodge there.
Dave Cook
Seattle

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Date: 8/8/26 12:18 pm
From: Jane Hadley via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] bird guides
Hello Tweetsters -- I have found myself in a quandary several times
recently when Tweeters subscribers ask for recommendations for "bird
guides." I'm always wondering whether they mean books or persons.

Jane Hadley
Seattle, WA
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Date: 8/8/26 3:46 am
From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Request for information regarding Birds of Brisbane
Hello Tweeters,
We have birding friends that are considering visiting Brisbane in April.
Questions:
1. Is that a good place and time of the year to be there ( or within a few hours of Brisbane by car )for Birds?
2. Do you know of any Birding guides that you would recommend there?
3. Are there any Owls and Nightjars or other Night-active Birds there?
4. Can duck-billed platypuses be seen near there?
Thank you!
Dan Reiff
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