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Thanks Andrew

The sound byte I posted was from a recording of about 12 minutes for which I
posted 12 seconds, it is a very complex song and one that sometimes has me
fooled into thinking it was that of a house finch! both birds can
practically sound the same, in fact as I said, I had to get a positive ID of
the bird and visa versa when recording the house finch, when you record
through headphones you have no sense of direction as to which way the song
is coming from unless you are using a directional microphone, I do have a
more complex song of both birds if ever you want to listen to next time you
hear or see it :-)

Regards

Martyn

http://www.naturesound.org <http://www.naturesound.org/>

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From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew McCormick
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:09 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: RE: Purple Finch call

Thank you to Martyn for the bird call postings. As one of the five birders
at Marymoor on Wednesday morning, I am more convinced that we heard a Purple
Finch now that I've listened to these calls. I think we would all agree it
is difficult to distinguish from the House Finch, but we did hear the fuller
warble that is described in the Peterson Birding By Ear CD. I had another
listen to this CD as well. We'll have to have another go at it next week.
I hope it's still around.

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Andrew McCormick

10208 NE 23rd Street

Bellevue, WA 98004

Home Phone: 425-637-0892
Work Phone: 206-731-2005

>From: tweeters at u.washington.edu >To: "Northwest birding email" >Subject:
TWEETERS digest 3533 >Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 00:11:28 PST > > > TWEETERS
Digest 3533 > >Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) RE: Early Osprey
> by "JATLMM" > 2) Re: WA GAP > by "JOHN FLECKENSTEIN" > 3) Birding N. Fk.
Coppei Cr. > by "mike denny" > 4) barn owl nest box? > by Norma E Larson >
5) Bird Migration Reference > by Inga Holmquist > 6) Re: barn owl nest box?
> by Bruce Whittington > 7) Re: barn owl nest box? > by Gary Bletsch > 8)
RE: barn owl nest box? > by "martha burdick" > 9) Swallows &g! t; by "John
Rogers" > 10) Re: Bird Migration Reference > by Kathy Andrich > 11) Re:
[obol] Willamette Valley Raptor Run Project results > by "Wayne C. Weber" >
12) Nanaimo Bird Alert > by Marilynne & Neil Robins > 13) Turkey Vulture >
by Terry A Sisson > 14) Oregon Field Ornithologists Summer Workshop for
teachers > by Mike Patterson > 15) the cranes are here > by "Hill" > 16)
Heron Nestbuilding > by Kathy Andrich > 17) Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird
Alert - March 17 update > by "Chris Charlesworth" > 18) Black River heron
colony: Hearing rescheduled for proposed development next to colony > by
suzanne krom > 19) The Lek Show > by "Marissa J. Benavente" > 20) RE: Black
River her! on colony: Hearing rescheduled for proposed development next to
colony > by "Martyn Stewart" > 21) Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co.,
WA) 2004/03/17 > by "Michael Hobbs" > 22) RE: Marymoor Park Report (Redmond,
King Co., WA) 2004/03/17 > by "Martyn Stewart" > 23) RBA: Portland, OR
3-18-04 > by Harry Nehls >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 06:26:58 -0800 >From:
"JATLMM" >To: "Tweeters" >Subject: RE: Early Osprey >Message-ID:
>MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >Hello Tweeters, > >When I was driving
through Port Gamble on Sunday, March 14, I think I saw an >osprey perched on
a snag near the osprey platform just south of the >"developed" part of town
and to the west of the highway. I was in a moving >car, so I can't swear to
the sighting, but ! I'm pretty confident it was an >early osprey (I've been
on the lookout for them there.) > >Janine Anderson >Seattle
(Wallingford)/Port Townsend >jatlmm at msn.com > >-----Original Message-----
>From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
>[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Diane >Yorgason-Quinn
>Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:15 PM >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Early Osprey > > >Today, March 16th, there was an Osprey at the
Purdy (Pierce Co., WA) power >tower nest. In 16 years of watching this nest,
this is the earliest I have >ever seen one arrive, the usual arrival date
being March 23rd. > >Diane Yorgason-Quinn >Gig Harbor, WA
>Avosetta at hotmail.com >
>_________________________________________________________________ >Is your
PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfeeR >Security.
http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > >Date! : Wed,
17 Mar 2004 08:32:42 -0800 >From: "JOHN FLECKENSTEIN" >To: , >Subject: Re:
WA GAP >Message-ID: >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition:
inline > >Scott, >The GAP link I use is
http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/gap/dataprod.htm . I don't >think this is updated
information, so maybe you were looking at something else. >This site is
maintained by WDFW. As far as I know, the only similar site DNR >maintains
is the reptile and amphibian atlas
>http://www.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/herp/index.htm . Of course, since
reptiles >are just birds that forgot to grow feathers, this is actually a
bird site. > >John O'Fleckenstein >Natural Heritage Program >WA DNR > >Date:
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:01:04 -0800 >From: "mike denny" >To: "tweeters" , >
"Dave Herr" , > "Inland NW Birders" >Subject: Birding N. Fk. Coppei Cr.
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>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Hello All, >Yesterday
evening we joined Ginger and Rodger Shoemake and Gingers = >Sister for a
walk up N.Fk. Coppei Creek. High overhead were 45+ = >Violet-green Swallows
and closer to earth was a very vocal Northern = >Pygmy Owl which gave the
expected "toot" call as well as the prolonged = >laugh type call. There was
also a second pygmy owl off to the south = >calling. This was a great way to
end a windy, beautiful day. >The owl was a lifer! for the Shoemakes! >Later
Mike=20 > >***********************
********************************************* >Mike & MerryLynn Denny >323
Scenic View Drive >College Place, WA 99324 >509.529.0080 (h) > >IF YOU
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Hello All,

>

Yesterday evening we joined Ginger and = >Rodger=20 >Shoemake and Gingers
Sister for a walk up N.Fk. Coppei Creek. High = >overhead=20 >were 45+
Violet-green Swallows and closer to earth was a very vocal = > >Northern
Pygmy Owl which gave the expected "toot" call as well as the = >prolonged=20
>laugh type call. There was also a second pygmy owl off to the south = >
>calling. This was a great way to end a windy, beautiful = >day.

>

The owl was a lifer for the = >Shoemakes!

>

Later Mike

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****************************************************************= >****
Mike=20 >& MerryLynn Denny
323 Scenic View Drive
College Place, = >WA =20 >99324
509.529.0080 (h)

>

>

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BIRDING, YOU HAVEN'T=20 >LIVED!
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> >------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C40BFE.60F31A80-- > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004
10:09:11 -0800 >From: Norma E Larson >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: barn owl nest box? >Message-ID:
<20040317.101102.-360415.1.abbynorma at juno.com> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >Hi Tweets-- > >Does anyone know of a good recipe for a barn owl nest box?
I'd like to >try my luck. I have the tools-- > >Thanks! > >Norma Larson
>Tukwila, WA >abbynorma at juno.com >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:18:35 -0800
(PST) >From: Inga Holmquist >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu >Subject: Bird
Migration Reference >Message-ID:
<20040317181835.86283.qmail at web41010.mail.yahoo.com> ! >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >National Geographic just
published a new book: >"Reference Atlas to the Birds of North America,"
>compiled and edited by Mel Boughman. The book has some >gorgeous maps and
detailed studies of migration. It >also includes some beautiful photographs
and extensive >notes on behavior. >Inga > >===== >Inga Holmquist >P.O. Box
1141 >Orting, WA 98360 >ingawh at yahoo.com >
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reliable, more storage, less spam >http://mail.yahoo.com >Date: Wed, 17 Mar
2004 11:11:22 -0800 >From: Bruce Whittington >To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: barn owl nest box? >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework
v552) >Content! -Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >The one I have used came from a
book called "Owls: Their Natural and >Unnatural History" by John Sparks and
Tony Soper (David & Charles, I >think published in North America by Facts on
File) if you can find one >in a library. It is essentially a tray for use
inside a barn or other >building, about 2 feet by three feet, with sides
about 12 inches high. >The 3 foot length is divided across the middle with a
divider a little >lower than the sides, into two equal spaces. The idea is
they enter the >box into the front compartment, and lay eggs in the back. In
our barn >the loft was used daily to drop hay down for horses, so I closed
the >sides of the tray right up to the roof, so as not to spook the owls so
>much. In a bigger barn they seem to get used to animals and humans more
>easily. We also had a shelf outside the opening for landing, roosting,
>getting away from the kids, etc. We put in a little door to monitor
>nesting, and over several years used a tiny video camer! a with infrared
>lighting to film them, day and night (hundreds of hours). If you do not
>have a suitable building, they may use a more conventional nest box, >but
it would have to be big - six or seven almost fledged owls take up >a lot of
space. > >Good luck with it - they're lots of fun. > >Bruce Whittington
>Ladysmith, BC >mailto: fieldnat at pacificcoast.net > >On Wednesday, March 17,
2004, at 10:09 AM, Norma E Larson wrote: > > > Hi Tweets-- > > > > Does
anyone know of a good recipe for a barn owl nest box? I'd like to > > try my
luck. I have the tools-- > > > > Thanks! > > > > Norma Larson > > Tukwila,
WA > > abbynorma at juno.com > > > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:27:15 -0800 (PST)
>From: Gary Bletsch >To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu >Subject: Re: barn owl
nest box? >Message-ID: <20040317192715.67040.qmail at web10310.mail.yahoo.com!
> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-as cii > >Dear
Tweeters, > >Having just subscribed for the first time in years to
>"Audubon" [shame on me!], I received the recent issue >with a cover story
on Barn Owls. The article showed a >type of Barn Owl nest box that is used
with great >success in California orchards. They look like >oversized
bird-boxes set on their sides, and are made >out of old fruit crates. > >We
have had Barn Owls in our barn from time to time, >but they have not nested
since we moved in. When we >bought the place, we found a mummified baby Barn
Owl >in the loft, so we know they did breed there once >(plus the loft is
full of pellets and whitewash). > >I recently added a nest shelf, way up
high on the wall >of the loft, but the birds have not even landed on it, >as
far as I can tell. A single owl just seems to come >in to roost up in the
rafters, and not even every day. > > >Last year a Great Horned Owl came and
then our Barn &! gt;Owls disappeared, just when it was starting to settle
>into a routine. If I find the time, I want to build >one of the boxes as
shown in "Audubon," to offer a bit >more protection. > > > > > >--- Bruce
Whittington >wrote: > > The one I have used came from a book called "Owls: >
> Their Natural and > > Unnatural History" by John Sparks and Tony Soper > >
(David & Charles, I > > think published in North America by Facts on File) >
> if you can find one > > in a library. It is essentially a tray for use > >
inside a barn or other > > building, about 2 feet by three feet, with sides
> > about 12 inches high. > > The 3 foot length is divided across the middle
with > > a divider a little > > lower than the sides, into two equal spaces.
The > > idea is they enter the > > box into the front compartment, and lay
eggs in the > &g! t; back. In our barn > > the loft was used daily to drop
hay dow n for horses, > > so I closed the > > sides of the tray right up to
the roof, so as not to > > spook the owls so > > much. In a bigger barn they
seem to get used to > > animals and humans more > > easily. We also had a
shelf outside the opening for > > landing, roosting, > > getting away from
the kids, etc. We put in a little > > door to monitor > > nesting, and over
several years used a tiny video > > camera with infrared > > lighting to
film them, day and night (hundreds of > > hours). If you do not > > have a
suitable building, they may use a more > > conventional nest box, > > but it
would have to be big - six or seven almost > > fledged owls take up > > a
lot of space. > > > > Good luck with it - they're lots of fun. > > > > Bruce
Whittington > > Ladysmith, BC > > mailto: fieldnat at pacificcoast.net > > > >
On Wednesda! y, March 17, 2004, at 10:09 AM, Norma E > > Larson wrote: > > >
> > Hi Tweets-- > > > > > > Does anyone know of a good recipe for a barn owl
> > nest box? I'd like to > > > try my luck. I have the tools-- > > > > > >
Thanks! > > > > > > Norma Larson > > > Tukwila, WA > > > abbynorma at juno.com
> > > > > > > >===== > >Yours truly, > >Gary Bletsch > >near Lyman (Skagit
County), Washington > >garybletsch at yahoo.com > >
>__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - More
reliable, more storage, less spam >http://mail.yahoo.com >Date: Wed, 17 Mar
2004 12:23:37 -0800 >From: "martha burdick" >To: abbynorma at juno.com,
tweeters at u.washington.edu >Subject: RE: barn owl nest box? >Message-ID:
>Mime-Version: 1.0 >! ;Content-Type: text/html > >

>

http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/woodwork/ww9/ has downloadable
plan

>

also see:

>

www.owlpages.com <http://www.owlpages.com/>

>

http://kaweahoaks.com/html/barn_owl_house.html (PVC owl house)

>

http://members.tripod.com/Tommy51/designs.html has a number of plans and
links

>

WDFW has a number of simple nest box plans you can download--not sure if
they have barn owl box--try this link:

>

http://wa.gov/wdfw/wlm

>

>

>

From: Norma E Larson >

Reply-To: abbynorma at juno.com >

To: tweeters at u.washington.edu >

Subject: barn owl nest box? >

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:09:11 -0800 >

>

Hi Tweets-- >

>

Does anyone know of a good recipe for a barn owl nest box? I'd like to >

try my luck. I have the tools-- >

>

Thanks! >

>

Norma Larson >

Tukwila, WA >

abbynorma at juno.com >

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3 months for the price of 1! (Limited-time offer) >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004
13:11:40 -0800 >From: "John Rogers" >To: "Tweeters" >Cc: "Inland NW birders"
>Subject: Swallows >Message-ID: <001e01c40c64$8ae08790$34c02d42 at default>
>MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >During my noon walk along the dike in
Dayton today I saw 25-30 Swallows. My >guess without the aide of the
binoculars is that they are violet green >swallows. These are the first
swallows I have seen this year. > >John Rogers >College Place,WA
>mailto:johrog at bmi.net > > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:42:03 -0800 (PST)
>From: Kathy Andrich >To: ingawh at yahoo.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re:! Bird Migration Reference >Message-ID:
<20040317224203.41579.qmail at web40611.mail.yahoo.com> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Hi! > >This book is offered
at a great discount and >University Bookstore, at least the location in
>Bellevue. Also some other great bird books there. I >didn't buy this one
but got a beautiful book about >Great Gray Owls, and a book called Waiting
to Fly >about penguins in Antarctica. I haven't read them yet >but looked at
all the fantastic Great Gray Owl >pictures in the one book. I am almost to
the point of >too many books and too little time....especially with >all the
arriving and migrating birds... > >Kathy > >Kathy Andrich >Roosting in Kent
>chukarbird at yahoo.com > >--- Inga Holmquist wrote: > > National Geographic
just published a new book: > > "Reference Atlas to the Birds of North
America," > > com! piled and edited by Mel Boughman. The book has > > some >
> ; gorgeous maps and detailed studies of migration. It > > also includes
some beautiful photographs and > > extensive > > notes on behavior. > > Inga
> > > > ===== > > Inga Holmquist > > P.O. Box 1141 > > Orting, WA 98360 > >
ingawh at yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you
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>http://mail.yahoo.com >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:56:15 -0800 >From: "Wayne
C. Weber" >To: "Jeff Fleischer" >Cc: "OBOL" , "TWEETERS" >Subject: Re:
[obol] Willamette Valley Raptor Run Project results >Message-ID:
<00b801c40c7b$6f19f7a0$6500a8c0 at bc.hsia.telus.net> ! >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Jeff, > >Congratulations on the
successful completion of the Willamette Valley >raptor survey project this
winter. I have followed the reports of your >solo surveys over the 2002/2003
winter, and of the expanded project >this last winter, with a great deal of
interest. Your efforts, and >those of the other participants in the project,
will prove to be >extremely valuable in future to help monitor changes in
numbers of >raptors over the years. > >It may interest you to know that a
somewhat similar raptor survey >program has been carried out for many years
in the Lower Fraser Valley >near Vancouver, B.C., and is still continuing.
This project is >somewhat different in that it is a more intensive survey of
a smaller >area. It involves 20 to 30 observers on each date, and attempts a
>complete survey of diurnal ra! ptors (plus Northern Shrikes) in the >study
area, or at least those that are visible from roadsides. The >surveys are
also more frequent-- they have been done at either monthly >or bimonthly
intervals from September through May, with a survey in >July as well. > >The
Fraser Valley raptor counts were carried out for 10 years, from >1970
through 1980, and then there was a hiatus of more than 15 years >in the
counts. They were started again in the late 1990s, and have >continued
through the present. The organizer/compiler for the last >several years has
been Jude Grass, who is also the long-time compiler >of the Ladner, BC
Christmas Bird Count. > >No formal publications have resulted from the B.C.
raptor counts yet, >but hopefully this will happen soon. The surveys have
been very useful >in documenting such trends as the dramatic increase in
wintering Bald >Eagles, and the cyclic fluctuations in numbers of such
species as >Short-eared Owl, Snowy Owl, and (to a lesser degree)
Rough-legged Hawk >! ;and Northern Shrike. Detailed analysis may reveal more
subtle trends >that are not obvious at first glance. > >In Washington, the
only intensive raptor survey that I am aware of is >the one carried out once
each winter (in February, I believe) on the >Samish and Skagit Flats under
the auspices of the Falcon Research >Group, organized by Bud Anderson. Even
though it's only done once a >winter, it appears to be a very intensive
survey involving a large >number of observers. I'm sure it has also produced
some valuable data >on trends in raptor numbers. > >Even though the
protocols for these three raptor survey projects are >somewhat different,
the aims appear to be similar-- monitoring >year-to-year changes in numbers,
and (in the case of the Willamette >Valley and Fraser Valley projects)
monitoring seasonal changes in >numbers as well. There might be a lot to be
gained by sharing >information among the 3 projects. I am sending ! blind
carbon copies of >this message to Jude Grass and Bud Anderson (in case they
don't want >their E-mail addresses advertised to everyone on OBOL)-- they
may wish >to contact you, or perhaps Bud already has. > >At any rate, keep
up the great work, and please keep reporting the >results on OBOL in future
winters! Raptor surveys are a lot of fun to >carry out, and can provide some
very valuable data as well. > > >Wayne C. Weber >Delta, BC
>contopus at telus.net > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jeff
Fleischer >To: obol >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:45 PM >Subject: [obol]
Willamette Valley Raptor Run Project results > > > > Obolers, > > > > Well,
with spring rapidly approaching and all the new > > birds showing up (or
soon to be anyway), I finally > > have finished up with this winters raptor
surveys. > > The effort yielded some great information and > > broadened the
scope of whic! h raptors utilize the > > Willamette Valley during the winter
and in what > > numbers and at what locations. > > > > As most of you know,
I have censused raptors here in > > Linn County the last two winters. I have
developed a > > protocol that I will be using in future years to > > collect
data. I have established 4 routes here in > > Linn County that will be
monitored as far into the > > future as I am physically able to do so, just
because > > I like to watch raptors :) > > > > As you also know by now, I
was able to fulfill a dream > > of sorts this winter by gathering a group of
wonderful > > people to help me expand my project out into the rest > > of
the Valley both north and south to find out what > > was going on outside of
Linn County. Without their > > help I could not have pulled it off. They not
only > > counted birds but were able to develop routes, based! > > on their
knowledge of their respective areas, that > > ; covered the better parts of
their county where raptors > > are found. I want to now take this
opportunity to > > publicly acknowledge those individuals and thank them > >
as well for a job well done!!! My helpers included: > > > > Yamhill Co. -
Carol Karlen > > Marilyn vanDyk > > Martha Stewart > > Polk Co. - Bill Tice
> > Steve Seibel > > Benton Co. - Steve Seibel > > Lane Co. - John Sullivan
and Laura Johnson > > Don and Linda DeWitt > > Dan and Anne Heyerly > > Linn
Co. - Randy and Mary Campbell > > Jack Turner > > Marion Co. - John and
Suzie Lundsten > > > > I personally conducted runs in Polk, Benton, and Linn
> > Counties. > > > > Census runs were done once a month during December, >
> January, February, and March. John Lundsten was able > > to cover the last
3 months in Marion Co. In most > > instances all the runs were done! during
the first two > > weeks of each month. There were 2 routes in Polk Co., > >
3 in Lane Co., 4 in Linn Co., and 1 each in the other > > 3 counties. Routes
ranged in length from 50 miles up > > to 174 miles. And some of us were out
there counting > > birds for 8 hours or more! :) > > > > As a result of the
expanded effort, a total of 18 > > species of raptors were observed. Of
course, not all > > species were seen in every route. And, it is obvious > >
that we didn't see all the birds that were present as > > we conducted our
individual runs and we didn't cover > > all the available habitat that
attracts raptors. > > Following is a chart that summarizes the totals that >
> were observed for all species for the 4 months on the > > 12 routes. > > >
> DEC JAN FEB MAR > > > > Red-tailed Hawk 389 516 545 450 > > American
Kestrel 412 525 504 399 > > N! orthern Harrier 70 127 97 87 > > Bald Eagle
27 59 81 93 > > ; Rough-legged Hawk 13 23 35 11 > > Red-shouldered Hawk 5 5
3 - > > White-tailed Kite 23 33 12 11 > > Peregrine Falcon 3 5 7 3 > >
Prairie Falcon 2 3 6 - > > Merlin 3 7 7 2 > > Gyrfalcon - - 1 - > >
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 1 4 4 > > Cooper's Hawk 1 8 7 5 > > accipiter sp. - 3 -
1 > > Burrowing Owl 2 1 2 1 > > Short-eared Owl - 2 - - > > Barn Owl - - 1 -
> > Great Horned Owl - - 2 5 > > Osprey - - - 1 > > > > TOTALS 954 1,318
1,314 1,073 > > > > In another message to come I will show actual counts > >
for all the runs in each of the counties. I just > > wanted to get the above
information out to you this > > evening so that you have some sense of what
we > > collectively accomplished this winter. > > > > This project was a
great example of what citizen > > science is all about :). I am sure that
there are > > some holes in th! e process that will drive > > statisticians
bonkers when trying to analyze the data. > > But, that was not the purpose
of this project. The > > purpose was to make normal observations by normal >
> citizens to discover what is out there in the natural > > world around us
:) All of us had great observation > > experiences regarding these cool
birds. > > > > It is hoped that we will be able to continue this > > effort
in future winters here in the Willamette > > Valley, and, possibly expand it
some more to take in > > other wintering areas of the state outside of the >
> Willamette Valley. This has already started. The > > East Cascades Bird
Conservancy in central Oregon > > organized a raptor census project this
winter. I > > also remember several other individuals (Mike > > Patterson
and Dennis Vroman come to mind) that > > reported their raptor counting
efforts to OBOL thi! s > > winter. Wouldn't it be fun to attempt to find out
> > ; what the population of raptors is at the state level > > in other
wintering areas? :) > > > > I hope you all enjoyed the Willamette Valley
raptor > > run reports throughout the winter by the above > > individuals. I
enjoyed working with all of them and > > want to again thank them for their
efforts :) > > > > Jeff Fleischer > > Albany > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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reliable, more storage, less spam > > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
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obol at lists.oregonstate.edu > >
http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/obol > > > > To unsubscribe,
send a message to: > > ob! ol-leave at lists.oregonstate.edu. > >Date: Wed, 17
Mar 2004 16:38:07 -0800 >From: Marilynne & Neil Robins >To: Tweeters
>Subject: Nanaimo Bird Alert >Message-ID: <4058EF6F.2040802 at telus.net>
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>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >The Nanaimo Bird Alert > provided by
>The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store >To report your sightings phone >The
Bird Alert at: 390-3029 or >The Store at: 390-3669 >e-mail:
thebackyard at shaw.ca > >Please remember to leave your name, phone >number,
along with the date and location of your sighting. > >This update is for
Tuesday March 16/04: > >A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK! was seen in a yard in the
Eaglecrest area of Qualicum >Beach. > >A DOWNY WOODPECKER was coming to a
peanut feeder in the Lynburn area of >Nanaimo. > >Sunday March 14: > >A
PIGEON GUILLEMOT and a HORNED GREBE, were seen just offshore at the bottom
>of Eby Road in Lower Lantzville. > >Hundreds of NORTHERN PINTAIL, AMERICAN
WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL along with >thousands of MEW, THAYERS, CALIFORNIA,
and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were seen >at the Nanoose Estuary. > >Two TURKEY
VULTURES were seen above Highway 19 at Northwest Bay Road at >Nanoose Bay. >
>Saturday March 13: > >Eight BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were spotted on the tide
line at the bottom of >Blueback Road in Nanaimo. > >PILEATED, HAIRY and
DOWNY WOODPECKERS along with DARK-EYED JUNCOS and a >VARIED THRUSH have been
coming to suet log feeders in the 3400 block of >Uplands in Nanaimo. >
>Friday March 12: > >A GREAT-HORNED OWL, BARRED OWLS, PILEATED WOODPECKER,
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER >and CALIFORNIA QUAIL h! ave been coming to feeders
in the 2000 block of Rena >Road in Nanoose Bay. > >TRUMPETER SWANS were
spotted in Morello Pond at Nanoose Bay. > >Three TURKEY VULTURES were seen
at Qualicum Bay. > >About eighty COMMON MERGANGERS, BUFFLEHEAD, and BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE were >sighted at Departure Bay in Nanaimo. > >A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
was seen along Woodhaven Drive on the north side of >Long Lake in Nanaimo. >
>Thursday March 11: > >A VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW was spotted in the Yellowpoint
area of Cedar. > >A TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was seen in a yard in the 1100 block
of Stymie Close in >the Eaglecreast area of Qualicum Beach, > >Over sixty
TRUMPETER SWANS were seen flying above Diver Lake in Nanaimo. > >Over fifty
TRUMPETER SWANS were flying just above the tops of the trees at >Schooners
Cove in Nanoose Bay. > >Seven TRUMPETER SWANS were seen flying above
Parksville > >Wednesday March 10: > >Twenty-four ! WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS
were spotted at Mount Washington. > >Six TRUMPETER SWANS were seen flying
above Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo > >For further information on these
sightings please call: > >The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store > at (250)
390-3669 >Toll Free at 1-888-249-4145 >e-mail: thebackyard at shaw.ca > >Sunday
Bird Walk >The March 21, Sunday Bird Walk, will be going to Neck Point Park.
>Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at Neck Point at
>about 9:20 a.m. > >We will resume going every Sunday beginning on April
11/04 > >Good Birding! >Neil Robins >Nanaimo >British Columbia > > > > > > >
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The Nanaimo Bird Alert
> provided by
>The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
>To report your sightings phone
>The Bird Alert at: 390-3029 or
>The Store at: 390-3669
>e-mail: href="mailto:thebackyard at shaw.ca">thebackyard at shaw.ca
>
>Please remember to leave your name, phone
>number, along with the date and location of your sighting.
>
>This update is for Tuesday March 16/04:
>
>A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK was seen in a yard in the Eaglecrest area of Qualicum
>Beach.
>
>A DOWNY WOODPECKER was coming to a peanut feeder in the Lynburn area of
>Nanaimo.
>
>Sunday March 14:
>
>A PIGEON GUILLEMOT and a HORNED GREBE, were seen just offshore at the
bottom
>of Eby Road in Lower Lantzville.
>
>Hundreds of NORTHERN PINTAIL, AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL along with
>thousands of MEW, THAYERS, CALIFORNIA, and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were seen
>at the Nanoose Estuary.
>
>Two TURKEY VULTURES were seen above Highway 19 at Northwest Bay Road at
>Nanoose Bay.
>
>Saturday March 13:
>
>Eight BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were spotted on the tide line at the bottom of
>Blueback Road in Nanaimo.
>
>PILEATED, HAIRY and DOWNY WOODPECKERS along with DARK-EYED JUNCOS and a
>VARIED THRUSH have been coming to suet log feeders in the 3400 block of
>Uplands in Nanaimo.
>
>Friday March 12:
>
>A GREAT-HORNED OWL, BARRED OWLS, PILEATED WOODPECKER, RED-BREASTED
SAPSUCKER
>and CALIFORNIA QUAIL have been coming to feeders in the 2000 block of Rena
>Road in Nanoose Bay.
>
>TRUMPETER SWANS were spotted in Morello Pond at Nanoose Bay.
>
>Three TURKEY VULTURES were seen at Qualicum Bay.
>
>About eighty COMMON MERGANGERS, BUFFLEHEAD, and BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were
>sighted at Departure Bay in Nanaimo.
>
>A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen along Woodhaven Drive on the north side of
>Long Lake in Nanaimo.
>
>Thursday March 11:
>
>A VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW was spotted in the Yellowpoint area of Cedar.
>
>A TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was seen in a yard in the 1100 block of Stymie Close
in
>the Eaglecreast area of Qualicum Beach,
>
>Over sixty TRUMPETER SWANS were seen flying above Diver Lake in Nanaimo.
>
>Over fifty TRUMPETER SWANS were flying just above the tops of the trees at
>Schooners Cove in Nanoose Bay.
>
>Seven TRUMPETER SWANS were seen flying above Parksville
>
>Wednesday March 10:
>
>Twenty-four WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were spotted at Mount Washington.
>
>Six TRUMPETER SWANS were seen flying above Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo
>
>For further information on these sightings please call:
>
>The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
> at (250) 390-3669
>Toll Free at 1-888-249-4145
>e-mail: href="mailto:thebackyard at shaw.ca">thebackyard at shaw.ca
>
>Sunday Bird Walk
>The March 21, Sunday Bird Walk, will be going to Neck Point Park.
>Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at Neck Point at
>about 9:20 a.m.
>
>We will resume going every Sunday beginning on April 11/04
>
>Good Birding!
>Neil Robins
>Nanaimo
>British Columbia
>
>
>
>
>
>

>

>
>
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> > > >--------------080700040708090700070604-- > > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004
17:01:40 -0800 >From: Terry A Sisson >To: tweeters >Subject: Turkey Vulture
>Message-ID: <4058F4F4.51FF5152 at centurytel.net> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >I saw my first Turkey Vulture of the year this afternoon at the mouth of
>the Skokomish River on Hood Canal. > >Terry Sisson >Star Lk., Mason Co. >
>Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:07:34 -0800 >From: Mike Patterson >To: Tweeters
>Subject: Oregon Field Ornithologists Summer Workshop for teachers
>Message-ID: <40590449.228DD40C at pacifier.com> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >Bringing Field Techniques! for Monitoring Birds into the Classroom >
>June 17-20, 2004 > Astoria, Oregon > >Sponsored by >Oregon Field
Ornithologists > > >What: A 4-day workshop for teachers on the basics for
monitoring >birds and how these might be included in a science classroom.
>Field work on identification, designing and carrying out monitoring >plans,
making connections with experienced professionals and linking >with ongoing
programs will be emphasized. Afternoons sessions on >protocols, curriculum
implementation and basic data analysis >techniques will also take place.
Professional Development (PDU) >credits will be available. > >Who: Middle
School, High School and College Biology Instructors. > Limited to 25
participants. >Where: Astoria Applied Sciences Center, Neawanna Natural
History Park, > lodging at Astoria/Warrenton KOA >When: 17-20 June 2004
>Cost: $35.00 for the workshop > >Curriculum and activities: The wor! kshop
will emphasize field based >activities. Participants will spe nd most their
time with experienced >observers learning how to identify birds, conduct
censuses and handle >captured birds. Participants will also review lessons
plans that have >been implemented by other teachers and introduced to basic
techniques >for analyzing and presenting data. Basic topics will include:
>Common birds of the Coniferous Forests >Birding in the field by sight and
sound, and estimating distance to > birds detected. >Point counts-
systematic constant effort monitoring. >ID challenges- how to deal with
inexperience. >Bird banding- aging and sexing techniques in the field
>Applications for the classroom- designing curriculum to include >monitoring
> and field work. >Data analysis- basic statistics, graphing and data
presentation >Classroom resources with an emphasis on Internet resources and
National > data collection programs. > >Additional information and
registration form available at: >http://home.!
pacifier.com/~neawanna/online_curr/workshop2004.html > >Please distribute to
other potentially interested parties. > >-- >Mike Patterson >Astoria, OR
>celata at pacifier.com > >Half-a-bee, philosophically must ipso-facto half
not-be. >But half the bee, has got to bee Vis-a-vis its entity... > d'you
see? >But can a bee be said to be or not to be an entire bee >When half the
bee is not a bee due to some ancient injury? > -Monty Python >
>http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004
19:47:00 -0800 >From: "Hill" >To: >Cc: "TWEETERS" >Subject: the cranes are
here >Message-ID: <00a101c40c9b$ac168e00$bbc82d42 at Hill> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: multipart/alternative; >
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message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_00! 0_009E_01C40C58.9CCB96E0
>Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="i so-8859-1"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Yesterday's scouting
indicated about 5,000 sandhill cranes in the = >Othello area. Yesterday had
tricolored blackbirds in easy view near the = >RR tracks on North Broadway
in Othello. Today there was a prairie = >falcon near the Para Ponds. > >In
case anybody is trying to contact me at work by e-mail, most of the = >USDI
agencies have been shut down again, including FWS. I think only = >NPS and
USGS are still on-line. Any Crane Festival contacts will need = >to come via
this home e-mail address of by phone or fax. > >Randy Hill >Othello
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> > > >

Yesterday's scouting indicated about = >5,000 sandhill=20 >cranes in the
Othello area. Yesterday had tricolored blackbirds in = >easy=20 >view near
the RR tracks on North Broadway in Othello. Today there = >was a=20
>prairie falcon near the Para Ponds.

>

>

In case anybody is trying to contact me = >at work by=20 >e-mail, most of
the USDI agencies have been shut down again, including=20 >FWS. I think
only NPS and USGS are still on-line. Any Crane = >Festival=20 >contacts
will need to come via this home e-mail address of by phone or=20 >fax.

>

>

Randy Hill

>

Othello

>

href=3D"mailto:hill at cbnn.net">hill at cbnn.net

>

> >------=_NextPart_000_009E_01C40C58.9CCB96E0-- > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004
20:05:39 -0800 (PST) >From: Kathy Andrich >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Heron Nestbuilding >Message-ID:
<20040318040539.7603.qmail at web40611.mail.yahoo.com> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >Hi Tweeters, > >Just tried
to write a message and not sure where it >went...ah computers, they are so
much fun! > >Brand new nest going in at Medina Park. About only 15 >sticks
or so. So if you can come to check out the >nest raising tomorrow, should be
a great show, and all >the seats are front row with completely unobstructed
>views. I am working on trying to not be at work in >the am for some great
observations of the >nestbuilding. >(ah work, there is another issue, it
interferes with >birdwatching.... :-) > &g! t;Directions: NE 8th exit off of
I405, go west, travel >past Bellevue Square on NE 8th. It winds a little and
>somehow turns into NE 12th. At a five way stop (not >light) intersection
the park is straight ahead on your >left on NE 12th, big church on the
right. Park in the >NE 12th parking lot and the heron tree is right in
>front of you. > >Happy Heroning!! > >Kathy > >Kathy Andrich >Roosting in
Kent >chukarbird at yahoo.com > >__________________________________ >Do you
Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam
>http://mail.yahoo.com >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:10:00 -0800 >From: "Chris
Charlesworth" >To: bcintbird at yahoogroups.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu, >
birdwest at listserv.arizona.edu, rbapost1 at birding.bc.ca >Subject: Okanagan
Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert - March 17 update >Message-ID: >Mime-Version:
1.0 &g! t;Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > >This is the Okanaga n
Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert (250-491-7738). > > >Sightings for Wednesday,
March 17 - 8:00 PM update > >Featured birds include: > >GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (Kelowna) >EURASIAN WIGEON (Kelowna) >GREAT GRAY OWL
(Oliver) >TURKEY VULTURE (Vernon) >GYRFALCON (Kelowna) > >Other birds
mentioned include: > >Western Screech-Owl >Canada Goose >American Wigeon
>Ruby-crowned Kinglet >Chukar >Northern Pintail >ICELAND GULL >Rock Wren
>Say's Phoebe >Northern Goshawk >Northern Shrike >American Tree Sparrow
>Gray Partridge >Cassin's Finch > > >March 17 > >A GREAT GRAY OWL was found
on Camp McKinney Road at the corall at km 11.5 >(GN). > >A GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was along Benvoulin Road, in Kelowna, in >fields with
CANADA GEESE (RM). > >The GYRFALCON was again seen at the Marshall's Feedlot
along Hwy 97 at >McCurdy Road in Kelowna (RM). > >At Rose's Pond, on! the
Vernon Commonage, a bird reported on the 16th as an >American Wigeon was
presumably a male EURASIAN WIGEON (GC). > >On March 14, the first TURKEY
VULTURE of the year was seen on the Vernon >Commonage (LR). > >A male
EURASIAN WIGEON was at Munson's Pond, in Kelowna on March 13 (PL) >while
another was at Robert lake on the 11th (JL,HV). > >On March 12, the WESTERN
SCREECH-OWL was again along Mission Ck, upstream >from K.L.O Road in Kelowna
(DB). Look for the bird about 50 yards past the >first bench on the E. side
of the path in an old woodpecker hole over half >way up the tree. Watch for
a fallen cottonwood on the ground which is below >the roosting tree. > >On
March 11, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was at Munson's Pond, in Kelowna
>(JL,HV). > > >Sightings for March 11 > >A male EURASIAN WIGEON was found in
Penticton at the Sicamous with a large >number of AMERICAN WIGEON on March 9
(LR). > >Large ! numbers of NORTHERN PINTAILS have been migrating through
the region &g t;over the last week, with approx 200 at Robert Lake in
Kelowna (LRo) and up >to 59 off Sun-Oka Beach near Summerland (LRock). >
>The WESTERN SCREECH-OWL continues to be seen at its roost along Mission Ck,
>upstream from K.L.O Road in Kelowna (CC,CS,m.ob). From the bridge walk
>upstream to the first bench, and proceed a further 50 yards. On the right
>hand side of the path is a downed cottonwood and in the tree behind it,
over >half way up you can see the owl roosting in an old woodpecker cavity.
I had >erroneously reported this cavity to be the W. or left hand side of
the path. >At the same location was a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET on March 9 (RM).
A second >WESTERN SCREECH-OWL was being mobbed by STELLER'S JAYS at the
Woodhaven >Nature Conservancy on Raymer Road in Kelowna (CC,CS). > >On
Monday, March 15, up to 3 calling CHUKAR were at the Elkink Ranch, W. of
>Osoyoos on Hwy 3 (CC). > > >Sightings for March 7 > >A first wi! nter
ICELAND GULL was at the mouth of Vernon Ck in Okanagan >Landing (CS). Also
in Vernon, an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was in the Desert >Cove Community at
the Head of the Lake (CS). > >The WESTERN SCREECH-OWL was again seen along
Mission Ck upstream from K.L.O >Road in Kelowna (EC). Walk about 50 yards
beyond the first bench and look >for a woodpecker cavity on the E. side of
the path. The owl has been using >this cavity as a roost site. > >In
Summerland, a ROCK WREN, SAY'S PHOEBE and an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE were
>observed at the research station on March 6 (LR). > >On March 5, in the
South Okanagan, CASSIN'S FINCHES, GRAY PARTRIDGE and >AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS
were reported along White Lake Road (fide BM). >
>--------------------------------------------------------- > > >Observer
Initials: CC - Chris Charlesworth; RM -Richard Mooney; EC - Eileen >Chappel;
PL - Pam Laing; EF - Elke Fischer; BM - Bob Mackay; LRock - ! Laurie
>Rockwell; CS - Chris Siddle; LRo - Lesley Robertson; GC - G eorge Clulow;
GN >- Gwen Nicol; JL - Judy Latta; DB - Denise Brownlie > >If you have any
questions about Okanagan birding call Chris Charlesworth, in >Kelowna at
(250) 718-0335, Dick Cannings, in Penticton, at (250) 496-4019, >and Phil
Gehlen, in Vernon at (250) 542-8053. > > >CHRIS CHARLESWORTH >AVOCET TOURS
>725 RICHARDS ROAD >KELOWNA, BC, CANADA >V1X 2X5 >(250) 718-0335
>C_CHARLESWORTH at AVOCETTOURS.COM >WWW.AVOCETTOURS.COM >
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21:23:59 -0800 >From: suzanne krom >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu >Subject:
Black River heron colony: Hearing rescheduled for proposed developmen! t
next to colony >Message-ID: <20040317.212405.3472.53.szkrom at juno.com>
>MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >We just received great news that the
Renton development (next to the >Black River heron colony) hearing has been
postponed. This will give us >more time to prepare our expert testimony in
defense of protecting >the Black River herons. > >The hearing has been
rescheduled from March 23 to Tuesday, April 20, 2004 >at 8:30am at Renton
City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton. If you're >available, please
attend. > >Thanks in large part to you amazing folks on Tweeters, the City
of Renton >has received hundreds of letters from people expressing their
concern >about the likely impacts of this development on the colony. > >The
herons thank you! > >Suzanne Krom, President >Herons Forever >Date: Wed, 17
Mar 2004 21:34:14 -0800 >From: "Mari! ssa J. Benavente" >To: "Tweeters
Posting" >Subject: The Lek Show >Message-ID:
<200403180534.i2I5Y8C5028018 at mxu7.u.washington.edu> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252"
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Hello Tweets: > >=20 > >Just
wanted to share an exciting experience I had yesterday. Finally, = >after
>my umpteenth visit to Leahy Junction, I was rewarded with some =
>outstanding >viewing of the Greater sage grouse. This bird was a long
searched-for >lifer, having missed it on many prior visits to the area. I
can = >guarantee >it was worth waiting for. > >=20 > >What an incredible
show!!!! I arrived about 0530 to the sight of a bird >flying over the road
from the east. Came up to the parking spot by the = >berm >and could hear
the birds before seeing them. Such an impressive sight! >Even in the
pre-dawn light, I could see the white breast feathers of the &!
gt;displaying males. It really reminded me of the bustards from =
>=93down-under=94. >Their chests were all puffed out, creating the
appearance of a thick boa >coating their entire fronts. As the birds held
their wings forward and = >up, >they would blow air and cause a portion of
the skin (?) in the central = >areas >of the chest to =93poof=94 out,
displaying two large pink elongated = >ovals. This >appeared to be the
action creating the sounds that followed, albeit a = >bit >later, given the
distance to the road. The birds had beautiful tails, = >a >wonderful
arrangement of feathers of differing lengths, the pattern = >being a >more
solid central disc with radiating feathery borders- very striking. = >The
>sounds these birds made were even more amazing, a bit bizarre and =
>certainly >nothing similar to the music of songbirds, yet I assume quite
pleasing = >to >the females of this species. They produced quite ! a variety
of = >utterances, >some similar to the very human soun ds of gas being
expelled, others more >like a dripping faucet with a very metallic sort of
finish. There was >definitely a hierarchy in place, with the alpha bird
smack dab in the = >middle >of the lek in a very well exposed and somewhat
elevated area with the = >other >males radiating out to the sides. This
central display area appeared to = >be >almost devoid of any tall vegetation
that might obscure this moving >performance. There were 13 displaying males
seen over an expanse of = >several >acres. However, the alpha appeared to be
the only one in the group = >actually >entertaining the company of the four
females that I saw in the 90 = >minutes of >observing the lek. Could there
really be so few females in this area? = >As >one moved farther from the
center, the area became more obscured by >sagebrush, and some birds were
even displaying in small depressions, >certainly more difficult to see and
most decidedly, not ! =93center = >court=94. >None was lucky enough to have
caught the attention of a female = >counterpart. >Interestingly enough, the
females seemed entirely disinterested, feeding >almost the entire time, or
staring off into space for short periods; = >they >certainly were not
attentive to the alpha male in a way that I could >observe. One of the four
females wandered off about 30 minutes after my >arrival and then another two
followed suit about 30 minutes later. >Eventually all 13 males seemed to be
putting on their show for the = >exclusive >pleasure of one remaining bird.
In addition, quite fascinating was the = >size >difference between these
four birds, the female that stayed the longest = >was >also about one and a
half times the size of the other three females, a = >quite >noticeable
difference. As I left the lek a bit after seven, the males = >were >still
going strong, all 13 of them, not seeming to tire from! all the >activity. I
can=92t imagine all the energy required to ke ep up a = >performance >of
this sort. All I can say is they should bottle it and make a = >fortune! >
>=20 > >Also enjoyed many other sights and sounds on this two-day trip.
Pygmy = >and >White breasted Nuthatches at the Cle=92Elum airport and a
White-headed >Woodpecker at the Swauk cemetery. Just a lone male, no female
is sight. = > I >stayed about an hour to see if a female would show up, but
no go. Also = >had >a Northern Shrike on the Swauk Prairie as well as both
Mountain and = >Western >Bluebirds. The Savannah Sparrows were up and
singing. > >=20 > >Had good luck with owls, 4 Great Horned, (Smithson Rd,
Mansfield, Grand >Coulee and Lower Crab Creek), 2 Long Eared (Waterville
plateau and lower >Crab Creek) and 1 Burrowing (Dodson Rd).=20 > >=20 >
>Also on the Waterville were small numbers of Horned Larks, even fewer =
>Snow >Buntings and one lone Lapland Longspur. > >=20 > >A! t Lenore Lake,
on the rock cliffs on the east side of the road was a = >pair >of Prairie
Falcons, appearing to be doing some courtship and nest site >evaluation. >
>=20 > >Sandhill Cranes were plentiful around Othello and saw 2 Long-billed
= >Curlews >in the farm fields.=20 > >=20 > >Lower Crab Creek yielded 3
Loggerhead Shrikes and countless singing = >Western >Meadowlarks. > >=20 >
>Overall, it was a beautiful and rewarding couple of days. > >=20 > >Marissa
J. Benavente > >Seattle, WA > >junebugrocks at comcast.net > > >--- >Outgoing
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Date: 3/13/2004 >=20 > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:40:56 -0800 >From: "Martyn
Stewart" >To: >Subject: RE: Black River heron colony: Hearing res! cheduled
for proposed development next to colony >Message-ID: >MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding:
7bit > >I just received my package from Renton city hall saying the same! In
the >love of birds, everyone should put as much pressure on the developers
they >can by being in attendance > >Martyn >http://www.naturesound.org > >
>-----Original Message----- >From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
>[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of suzanne krom >Sent:
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:24 PM >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu >Subject:
Black River heron colony: Hearing rescheduled for proposed >development next
to colony > >We just received great news that the Renton development (next
to the >Black River heron colony) hearing has been postponed. This will give
us >more time to prepare our expert testimony in defense of protecting >the
Black River herons. > >The hearing! has been rescheduled from March 23 to
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 >at 8:30am at Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady
Way, Renton. If you're >available, please attend. > >Thanks in large part to
you amazing folks on Tweeters, the City of Renton >has received hundreds of
letters from people expressing their concern >about the likely impacts of
this development on the colony. > >The herons thank you! > >Suzanne Krom,
President >Herons Forever > > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:07:04 -0800 >From:
"Michael Hobbs" >To: "Tweeters (E-mail)" >Subject: Marymoor Park Report
(Redmond, King Co., WA) 2004/03/17 >Message-ID:
<023c01c40caf$3d374920$d2c59342 at McCoury> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type:
text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >
>Tweets - there were only 5 of us at our new 6:30 a.m. start time this
>morning. The weather may have con! tributed to the small showing, with dark
>skies and some wind. It r anged from dry to mist to drizzle to maybe some
>rain during the morning - no real trend, just changeable. It remained
>rather dark with a brightish sky - making for tough viewing. > >The day
featured some pretty good birds, but almost no good looks at >anything. >
>Highlights: > >Wood Duck 1-2 pair, including a good look at Rowing Club
>Cooper's Hawk 1 bird, briefly seen near 1st dog swim area >MERLIN Flyby
over boardwalk >Wilson's Snipe Andy spotted one lurking on the far slough
>shore >Rufous Hummingbird 1 male east of boardwalk - 1st of spring
>R.-breasted Sapsucker 1 N of windmill >Northern Shrike Imm. at compost
piles >Violet-green Swallow 100-200. Foraging at a wide range of heights
>Townsend's Warbler 1 NE of mansion >Fox Sparrow 1 "slate-colored" - maybe
"altivagans" - good >looks >Purple Finch 1 seen, maybe heard more > >Still
very few Salmonberry in bloom, but there's a pretty good clump in >b! loom
north of the east end of the boardwalk, and that's where we had the >male
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. This is nearly as early as we've ever had RUHU - >only
beaten by 1995 (March 16). > >The VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were seen moving
around a lot, and estimating >numbers was difficult. Several times we could
see ~100 at one time, but >they were ranging over the whole park, so it was
hard to know when we were >seeing ones we'd already seen. Despite searching
long and hard, we did not >see any Tree Swallows. > >There were several
"sooty" FOX SPARROWS, but we got a good look at a >"slate-colored" type near
the dog area porta-potties. It had a notably gray >head, a rather white
throat, and many fewer spots on the breast than the >"sooty" types. The
spots were not all run-together as much either. The >gray of the head
continued onto the nape of the neck, but the back was >brownish, not gray.
We've almost certainly seen "slate-colored" types ! >before, but this was
the first time I really paid attention. We've now seen >all 3 types of FOSP
at Marymoor (Brian Bell and I had a "red" form on Oct. >11, 2000). > >For
the day, 55 species. Rachel Lawson had a White-throated Sparrow on >Friday,
Jim McCoy had a Say's Phoebe on Saturday, and Martyn Stewart had an
>American Kestrel on Sunday, so the week count is 58. > >New for the year
are the phoebe, the kestrel, the Rufous Hummingbird, and >the Violet-green
Swallow, for a year total of 82. > >== Michael Hobbs >== Kirkland, WA >==
http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm >== hummer at isomedia.com > > > > > >Date:
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:50:02 -0800 >From: "Martyn Stewart" >To: "'Tweeters
$E-mail$'" >Subject: RE: Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA)
2004/03/17 >Message-ID: >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; >
charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >! ; >Michael you said >
> >That is a brave thing to say and I trust your judgment, identifying the
>sound of a purple finch! I had to see the bird while recording it to make
>sure I positively identified it as a purple finch call because as you know,
>the purple finch is so similar to the house finch call, sometimes I have
had >to make a sonogram of the sound to see the slight difference in pitch,
it is >not always evident to the human ear. Incidentally, I have posted the
two >sounds for your information; ironically, the purple finch recording was
made >at Marymoor Park, April, 2001 > >Purple finch call
>http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/Purple%20Finch.mp3 > > >House
finch call >http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/House%20Finch.mp3 > > >
>Regards >Martyn > >http://www.naturesound.org > > >-----Original
Message----- >From: TWEETERS-owner at u.w! ashington.edu
>[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf O f Michael Hobbs >Sent:
Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:07 PM >To: Tweeters (E-mail) >Subject: Marymoor
Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) 2004/03/17 > >Tweets - there were only 5
of us at our new 6:30 a.m. start time this >morning. The weather may have
contributed to the small showing, with dark >skies and some wind. It ranged
from dry to mist to drizzle to maybe some >rain during the morning - no real
trend, just changeable. It remained >rather dark with a brightish sky -
making for tough viewing. > >The day featured some pretty good birds, but
almost no good looks at >anything. > >Highlights: > >Wood Duck 1-2 pair,
including a good look at Rowing Club >Cooper's Hawk 1 bird, briefly seen
near 1st dog swim area >MERLIN Flyby over boardwalk >Wilson's Snipe Andy
spotted one lurking on the far slough >shore >Rufous Hummingbird 1 male east
of boardwalk - 1st of spring >R.-breasted Sapsucker 1 N of windmill >North!
ern Shrike Imm. at compost piles >Violet-green Swallow 100-200. Foraging at
a wide range of heights >Townsend's Warbler 1 NE of mansion >Fox Sparrow 1
"slate-colored" - maybe "altivagans" - good >looks > >Still very few
Salmonberry in bloom, but there's a pretty good clump in >bloom north of the
east end of the boardwalk, and that's where we had the >male RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD. This is nearly as early as we've ever had RUHU - >only beaten
by 1995 (March 16). > >The VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were seen moving around a
lot, and estimating >numbers was difficult. Several times we could see ~100
at one time, but >they were ranging over the whole park, so it was hard to
know when we were >seeing ones we'd already seen. Despite searching long and
hard, we did not >see any Tree Swallows. > >There were several "sooty" FOX
SPARROWS, but we got a good look at a >"slate-colored" type near the dog
area porta-potties. It had a notably gray &! gt;head, a rather white throat,
and many fewer spots on the breast tha n the >"sooty" types. The spots were
not all run-together as much either. The >gray of the head continued onto
the nape of the neck, but the back was >brownish, not gray. We've almost
certainly seen "slate-colored" types >before, but this was the first time I
really paid attention. We've now seen >all 3 types of FOSP at Marymoor
(Brian Bell and I had a "red" form on Oct. >11, 2000). > >For the day, 55
species. Rachel Lawson had a White-throated Sparrow on >Friday, Jim McCoy
had a Say's Phoebe on Saturday, and Martyn Stewart had an >American Kestrel
on Sunday, so the week count is 58. > >New for the year are the phoebe, the
kestrel, the Rufous Hummingbird, and >the Violet-green Swallow, for a year
total of 82. > >== Michael Hobbs >== Kirkland, WA >==
http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm >== hummer at isomedia.com > > > > > >
>Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:39:33 -0800 >From: Harry Nehls ! >To: , , > , ,
tamarack , > , , >Subject: RBA: Portland, OR 3-18-04 >Message-ID:
>Mime-version: 1.0 >Content-type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="B_3162411573_593841" > > > This message is in MIME format. Since
your mail reader does not understand >this format, some or all of this
message may not be legible. > >--B_3162411573_593841 >Content-type:
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quoted-printable > >- RBA >* Oregon >* Portland >* March 18, 2004 >*
ORPO0403.18 > >* birds mentioned > >FALCATED DUCK >Surf Scoter >White-winged
Scoter >Double-crested Cormorant >Osprey >Gyrfalcon >Black-legged Kittiwake
>Vaux=B9s Swift >Costa=B9s Hummingbird >Acorn Woodpecker &g! t;Black Phoebe
>Say=B9s Phoebe >Loggerhead Shrike >Cliff Swal low >Orange-crowned Warbler
>Yellow-rumped Warbler > >- transcript > >hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon
RBA (weekly) >number: 503-292-6855 >To report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976
>compiler: Harry Nehls >coverage: entire state > >Hello, this is the Audubon
Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This repor= >t >was made Thursday
March 18. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at >503-233-3976.=20
> >The Fern Ridge FALCATED DUCK was not seen March 16 and 17, but may still
be >in the area.=20 > >During the week YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS swarmed into
the state along with a >few ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. OSPREY are moving onto
their nesting sites, >there were some reports of VAUX=B9S SWIFTS. SURF and
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS are >moving along the coast. > >On March 11 three
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were off Seal Rock State Park. A >EURASIAN TEAL was
at Warrenton March 14. > >The femal! e COSTA=B9S HUMMINGBIRD returned to a
Vancouver feeder March 13. An >ACORN WOODPECKER was on Cooper Mountain near
Beaverton March 15. On March 1= >4 >up to 76 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were
seen flying south over the >Willamette River south of Dayton. > >The
GYRFALCON continues to be seen at Baskett Slough NWR. On March 11 a >BLACK
PHOEBE was at Corvallis. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was near Lebanon March >12. A
SAY=B9S PHOEBE was north of Fern Ridge Reservoir March 15. On March 17 >ten
CLIFF SWALLOWS were west of Grants Pass. > >That=B9s it for this week. > >-
end transcript > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--B_3162411573_593841
>Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" >Content-transfer-encoding:
quoted-printable > > > > > > >- RBA
>* Oregon
>* Portland
>* March 18, 2004
>* ORPO0403.18
>
>* birds mentioned>
>FALCATED DUCK
>Surf Scoter
>White-winged Scot er
>Double-crested Cormorant
>Osprey
>Gyrfalcon
>Black-legged Kittiwake
>Vaux's Swift
>Costa's Hummingbird
>Acorn Woodpecker
>Black Phoebe
>Say's Phoebe
>Loggerhead Shrike
>Cliff Swallow
>Orange-crowned Warbler
>Yellow-rumped Warbler
>
>- transcript
>
>hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly)
>number: 503-292-6855
>To report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976 <hnehls at teleport.com>
>compiler: Harry Nehls
>coverage: entire state
>
>Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland Rare Bird Report. This
repor= >t was made Thursday March 18. If you have anything to add call Harry
Nehls a= >t 503-233-3976.
>
>The Fern Ridge FALCATED DUCK was not seen March 16 and 17, but may still
be= > in the area.
>
>During the week YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS swarmed into the state along with a
= >few ORANGE-CROWNED WAR! BLERS. OSPREY are moving onto their nesting
sites, the= >re were some reports of VAUX'S SWIFTS. SURF and WHITE-WINGED
SCOTERS a= >re moving along the coast.
>
>On March 11 three BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were off Seal Rock State Park. A
= >EURASIAN TEAL was at Warrenton March 14.
>
>The female COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD returned to a Vancouver feeder March 1= >3.
An ACORN WOODPECKER was on Cooper Mountain near Beaverton March 15. On Ma=
>rch 14 up to 76 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were seen flying south over the
Wi= >llamette River south of Dayton.
>
>The GYRFALCON continues to be seen at Baskett Slough NWR. On March 11 a
BLA= >CK PHOEBE was at Corvallis. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was near Lebanon March
12. A= > SAY'S PHOEBE was north of Fern Ridge Reservoir March 15. On March
17 = >ten CLIFF SWALLOWS were west of Grants Pass.
>
>That's it for this week.
>
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