Date: 5/7/25 6:47 pm From: Jane Hadley via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Some new birding resources
Dear Tweetsters - The Birding Resources page on the WOS website has a couple of changes or additions you may be interested in.
First is a new addition. A tool created by Mason Maron shows a list of rare bird species in Washington state along with the number of accepted sightings for each species. It also has a search function. The information comes from Washington Bird Records Committee records.
Second, the program that allows you to get a checklist for any county in the U.S. has been updated with bug fixes and other improvements. You now have a choice between two formats for viewing or printing out the checklists.
The checklists are derived from eBird sightings. With this update, the species included on the checklists have been screened against the ABA Checklist of United States birds to eliminate extinct birds, escapees, non-wild birds, and birds that are not expected or regular in the U.S. (Examples of species removed from the checklists are Ivory Billed Woodpecker, Northern Red Bishop, and Cockatiel.) This screening also reflects some lumps and splits and name changes, for example, Western Flycatcher and Short-billed Gull.
Also to be found on the Birding Resources page is a link to Marv Breece's Seasonal Occurrence tables, which are especially helpful this time of year. https://wos.org/documents/Occurrence/
Other links are to maps, to a list of resources for adding native plants to your garden, a list of the four-letter Alpha codes for birds, and the Birder's Dashboard for Washington. Also, the Sound to Sage breeding bird atlas which provides accurate data about which bird species are breeding in specific locations within four contiguous counties.
