Date: 8/18/25 3:17 pm From: Sally Walters via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Green heron names Vol 252, Issue
Green heron’s naming woes… I'm old enough to remember the green-backed heron’s name change. Given the brief small amount of green …. Woe with me! Perhaps the gray green-backed rufous necked heron. Multi colored heron?
Sally M. Walters
Sacramento CA
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1. Green Heron Name? (Jim Betz via Tweeters)
2. Re: Green Heron Name? (Elaine Anderson via Tweeters)
3. Cedar River Mouth shorebirding 8.17.25
(MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters)
4. POPULAR SCIENCE: Bald eagles stun scientists with bizarre
migration pattern (Dan Reiff via Tweeters)
5. DISREGARD - Missing msgs #1 (Rob Faucett via Tweeters)
6. Re: DISREGARD - Missing msgs #2 [was] #1
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7. Edmonds Roundup - July 2025 (Carol Riddell via Tweeters)
8. Blackberries (via Tweeters)
9. Off-Topic: Backroads from Ellensburg to Wenatchee?
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10. Vaux's Migration begins (Larry Schwitters via Tweeters)
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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:37:12 -0700
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
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Larry,
? We, the people in the field, don't get to choose the names for the
birds.? It's best to just
accept whatever name they have rather than lobby for a change ... ????
At least the name
of the Green Heron hasn't changed like the Marsh Hawk and some others
...? - Jim in Skagit
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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:16:18 -0700
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I didn?t get the sense that Larry was lobbying for a change, but that he
was having a bit of fun with physical descriptors.
I never did understand where ?green heron? came from!
Elaine
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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:43:29 -0700
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Hi Folks - Sorry to trouble you. We?re trying to figure out the missing messages problem.
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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:45:55 -0700
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Last one.
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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:47:42 -0700
From: Carol Riddell via Tweeters <tweeters...>
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Hi Tweeters,
With July additions we have reached 170 species for our Edmonds 2025 list. In taxonomic order, the new species are:
Vaux?s Swift (code 3), 1 at Edmonds marsh, 7-3-2025.
Semipalmated Sandpiper (code 3), 2 at Edmonds marsh, 7-1-2025 (critical field marks described).
Leach?s Storm-Petrel (code 5), 1 at waterfront, 7-16-2025 (critical field marks described).
American White Pelican (code 4), approximately 35 flying over Edmonds marsh, 7-5-2025 (ID photos).
Of interest: A Green Heron (code 3) was at Edmonds marsh throughout the month, with two seen together on 7-10-2025.
Declined: Short-billed Dowitcher (code 4), Lesser Yellowlegs (code 4), Baird?s Sandpiper (code 3), Bank Swallow (code 4), Northern Rough-winged Swallow (code 3). These were just ticks on eBird checklists with no documentation. They could be data entry errors, misidentifications, or correct identifications. Without some documentation, we cannot add these species to the year list.
As always, I appreciate it when birders get in touch with me to share sightings, photos, or recordings. It helps us build our collective year list. If you would like a copy of our 2025 city checklist, with 283 species, please request it from checklistedmonds at gmail dot com. The 2025 checklist, with sightings through July, is in the bird information box at the Olympic Beach Visitor Station at the base of the public pier.
Good birding,
Carol Riddell
Edmonds, WA
cariddellwa at gmail dot com
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The discussion about Himalayan blackberries sufficiently addressed, I?ll just add that I was taught by the natural resources staff for the Forest Steward program on Mercer Island the following method of removing blackberries:
Cut the canes starting from the top into 8? to 12? pieces. Let them fall where they may. When you?re down to about 8? left, dig out the roots. Keep doing that over the area of work. Rake up the pieces and root wads into a pile and let them compost on site.
I find this method prevents them from attaching to my sleeves, jacket, pants, hat, and what all. Likewise prevents lots of cursing. Lots of fun!
Carolyn Boatsman
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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 20:57:43 -0700
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