I am going to be camping in the North Cascades this weekend at the Howard Miller Steelhead campgrounds and was wondering if anyone has insight as to the birding around there?
Thank you
David Henkes
Kirkland WA
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: spotted owl (Owler24 at aol.com)
2. A few weekend highlights mostly from Okanogan County (Ned McGarry)
3. Females Dragonflies (Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan)
4. The Partridge Family (Kelly Cassidy)
5. A little more on pesky bird names (jbroadus at seanet.com)
6. Re: A little more on pesky bird names (B & P Bell)
7. RBA N Idaho / E Washington / NE Oregon 9 Aug 2005
(Dumroese Family)
8. Ecola State Park (VLGross at aol.com)
9. Re: A little more on pesky bird names (Guy McWethy)
10. NE Washington Trip Aug. 6-8, 2005 (washingtonbirder)
11. Black Swift status in Thurston County? (Douglas Canning)
12. Re: crow tamer (Wayne C. Weber)
13. Re: crow tamer (Larry Schwitters)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:27:36 EDT
From: Owler24 at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] spotted owl
To: carenp at totalise.co.uk, tweeters at u.washington.edu
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I think the Barred Owl is getting a raw deal. Are they helping the
situation? Nope. But we all know what started this problem. It's not the Barred
Owls fault that a Spotted Owl can't survive in a checkerboard patterned forest.
What is Oregon doing so differently that the rate of Spotted Owl is decling
at only 3% to Washington's much higher rate? Bryan Mathews,
_Owler24 at aol.com_ (mailto:Owler24 at aol.com)
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Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:10:53 -0700
From: "Ned McGarry" <ned.mcgarry at verizon.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] A few weekend highlights mostly from Okanogan
County
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Pasayten Wilderness -Sunny Pass / Horseshoe Basin - (8/6/05) -- Opperman
p.451
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PRAIRIE FALCON seen on three occasions (perhaps same bird). Seen
skirmishing with N. HARRIER at one point.
6-7 AMERICAN KESTREL around Louden Lake, the northernmost point of our hike.
Quite a few seen all at once.
Many MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES . . . unfortunately for my life list, none turned
out to be Boreal. I guess they were all 20 miles south around Roger Lake
entertaining Stefan and Mike.
Very cooperative female SPRUCE GROUSE just off the trail on the way back to
the FR-500 trail head. A male seen further along as well, but he didn't
stick around for pictures or autographs.
A few THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS seen along the trail.
FR-3230 Highland Sno Park (8/6/05) -- Opperman p.456
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GREAT GRAY OWL -- *two* birds seen together at dusk on the northern edge of
the first woods you come to off of Tonasket-Havillah Rd. I also has success
here back on June 25th in the clearing just further south. What a fantastic
bird. Seeing two at once was double the fun. A GREAT HORNED OWL was on the
telephone pole nearby on Tonasket-Havillah Rd. (a repeat appearance from
June 25th as well)
FR-5400 down from Hart's Pass (8/8/05 ) -- Opperman p.433
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THREE-TOED WOODPECKER -- Mother and mature fledgling following up a tree
trunk north of burn, pecking away, being fed. Nice scene.
Female SPRUCE GROUSE along road with 6-7 chicks. After I settled in, I
practically had them foraging all around me . . . almost running across my
feet.
Ferry County
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Spent the night on 8/6 on Bangs Mountain Road FR-136 -- Opperman p. 469.
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Very quiet. No owls responded to recordings, though my non-birder buddy
said he woke up to a "strange creepy squeal" that was probably a Northern
Saw-whet Owl. On the way down in the morning, spied a HERMIT THRUSH.
Things sure are quiet now compared to late June when the Swainson's / Hermit
Thrush / Veery were all singing up a storm in their various habitats.
Amazon Creek March (8/7/05) -- Opperman p.478
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Three or four NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH heard after I played their song. It was
like hearing an echo of the Stoke's CD track.
______________________________________
Ned McGarry
Sammamish,WA
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:13:21 -0700
From: "Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan" <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Females Dragonflies
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hello Tweets,
Yesterday in late afternoon I visit the Homestead pond in University in Tacoma.To my surprise there where few Dragonflies around.But I observed a rare occasion to seeing a female Green Darner.Females only coming to the water to breed or laying there Egg.Seldom females are observed,the minute Dave there coming to the water there being grabbed by a male and usual carried away some time in to the tree to be breed.We had 7 males Common Whitetail on this pond,but only one female around.This female was mostly hidden away from the pond.If she came to the pond al seven males trying to chase,so she could barley laying all her stored eggs. before she was grabbed by a male for more breeding.
I had a rare occasion to watch the female Green Darner deposit for almost one hour all her eggs in to the edge of he pond.This is the first time I observed this rare moment .Was it to the late hour or there was no male Darners around,so she could release all her stored Eggs.The female lays her eggs in the hundreds.Damselflies Darners and Petaltails insert them into plant tissues usual on the edge of the pond.I was able to taken close photos of this special event. I also took photos of a female Common Whitetail being perched and close to the pond ,not being chased by males who was not in sight.
My dragonflies can be viewed at the following link: http://www.pbase.com/godwit/recent_dragonfly_photos/
Cheers
Ruth Sullivan
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:48:01 -0700
From: "Kelly Cassidy" <lostriver at completebbs.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] The Partridge Family
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Over the past few weeks, I've been seeing Gray Partridge more often in the
yard. They are always outside in the surrounding fields, but rarely come
into the yard. Sunday (August 7) a little family of 4 chicks and a parent
(mom, I presume, but it might be dad) appeared in the yard. The chicks,
which are very small and can't be more than a few days old, had several
close calls with the dogs.
I used to think that newly-fledged baby robins were the dopiest, woefully
defenseless birds on earth. Many of them fall prey to the dogs, owls,
kestrels, etc. Baby partridges are worse. When my blood-thirsty female
poodle with aspirations of coyote-hood makes her dash at a crowd of birds,
the baby partridges run a short distance, appear to forget what they are
doing, and resort to wandering and peeping. Strangely, the dogs seem to
have trouble locating the peeping noise and seeing the chicks, even in short
grass. So far, I've been able to grab the killer poodle and give the birds
a chance to escape to the other side of the fence. I've seen the same
invisibility phenomenon with a dog and an encounter with a Spruce Grouse
mother and chicks a few years ago in the Okanogan Highlands. Perhaps it's
because the chicks have a pattern of movement that looks like leaves blowing
in the wind. The poodles can see a squirrel through dense brush from
approximately 3 miles, so I'm sure it's not a vision problem.
I didn't see the partridge family yesterday and hoped mom had decided the
yard was too dangerous. They were back today, hanging around the sprinkler.
At first, I thought they were coming into the yard because of the apples and
cherries on the ground, but they follow the sprinklers around. They must be
seeking water or the insects attracted to the water. This afternoon, I
decided to do a walk around to flush them out of the yard before I let the
dogs out. The family, still with 4 chicks, was hanging around the sprinkler
with the usual starling and robin gang. One of the chicks is hopping
instead of running, but in the grass, I can't see his legs. I got them
moving, but didn't actually see them leave the yard. (Amazing how fast they
can vanish if you lose sight of them.)
As I'm walking back to the house, I turn around and scan the area with the
binos. I see about 5 brown partridge heads motionless above the grass,
right where I have just walked. I walk toward them, a little annoyed and
curious to see how close I can get before they fly. Not very close. A few
steps and a flock of 7 or 8 ADULT partridges (no chicks) takes off. Now
where did they come from???
So, I can't believe I'm doing this, but I've put a sprinkler in the weeds
outside the fence. Maybe if I run the sprinkler for a while before I let
the dogs out, the partridge family will be drawn outside the fence. Yes, I
know it's silly to get emotionally invested in the survival of a handful of
chicks (of an exotic species, no less) when the vast majority will never
make it to adulthood anyway. They are awfully cute, however.
In the meantime, the ominous gray and orange cloud to the south over the
Blue Mountains is building up again this afternoon. The winds have picked
up and I suspect the fire has too.
Kelly Cassidy
Pullman, WA
mailto:lostriver at completebbs.com
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:59:00 -0700
From: jbroadus at seanet.com
Subject: [Tweeters] A little more on pesky bird names
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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On the thread abut colloquial bird names: There is a
great resource for older common bird names published
by the USDI, Fish and Wildlife Service, called "Obsolete
English Names of North American Birds and Their
Modern Equivalents" (Resource Publication 174) by
Richard Banks (1988). It is a fine listing of names to get
confused by. (I don't know if its still in print).
One point you learn from exercising your brain with this
is that many of the "colloquial" names were once
accepted English names for what were considered
subspecies. E.G: Sacramento, San Diego, San
Joaquin, Santa Cruz, and Seattle wrens are all Bewick's
wrens today. We tend to stick to the present AOU
Checklist, but for several editions even it listed
numerous names for birds that are now "lumped"
together under much simpler, and more boring, labels.
Some of the best, of course, are given to birds that
have a a standout quality -- who could question that
bog-pumper, dunk-a-doo, and stake-driver are all
American bitterns? I also like blue crane (great blue
heron), yellowhammer (northern flicker) and fly-up-the-
creek (green heron). Interesting (also) is that long-tailed
duck was an obsolete name for the oldsquaw. I won't go
in to some of the names for cormorants.
I have been saving up to write a trip report, using only
the hated four letter codes, with all the codes based on
out of date common names. Anarchy in
communication.
Jerry Broadus, PLS
Geometrix Surveying, Inc.
P.O. Box 249
Puyallup, WA. 98371
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 19:25:08 -0700
From: "B & P Bell" <bellasoc at isomedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A little more on pesky bird names
To: <jbroadus at seanet.com>, <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Jerry and Tweets
You piqued my curiosity, so I did a little followup. If you go to
www.pwrc.usgs.gov/infobase/obsnames/obsnam2.pdf you will find a pdf version
that can be downloaded and printed (49 pages).
Brian H. Bell
Woodinville Wa
bellasoc at isomedia.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <jbroadus at seanet.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] A little more on pesky bird names
> On the thread abut colloquial bird names: There is a
> great resource for older common bird names published
> by the USDI, Fish and Wildlife Service, called "Obsolete
> English Names of North American Birds and Their
> Modern Equivalents" (Resource Publication 174) by
> Richard Banks (1988). It is a fine listing of names to get
> confused by. (I don't know if its still in print).
>
> One point you learn from exercising your brain with this
> is that many of the "colloquial" names were once
> accepted English names for what were considered
> subspecies. E.G: Sacramento, San Diego, San
> Joaquin, Santa Cruz, and Seattle wrens are all Bewick's
> wrens today. We tend to stick to the present AOU
> Checklist, but for several editions even it listed
> numerous names for birds that are now "lumped"
> together under much simpler, and more boring, labels.
>
> Some of the best, of course, are given to birds that
> have a a standout quality -- who could question that
> bog-pumper, dunk-a-doo, and stake-driver are all
> American bitterns? I also like blue crane (great blue
> heron), yellowhammer (northern flicker) and fly-up-the-
> creek (green heron). Interesting (also) is that long-tailed
> duck was an obsolete name for the oldsquaw. I won't go
> in to some of the names for cormorants.
>
> I have been saving up to write a trip report, using only
> the hated four letter codes, with all the codes based on
> out of date common names. Anarchy in
> communication.
>
> Jerry Broadus, PLS
> Geometrix Surveying, Inc.
> P.O. Box 249
> Puyallup, WA. 98371
>
>
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:03:07 -0700
From: "Dumroese Family" <dumroese at moscow.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] RBA N Idaho / E Washington / NE Oregon 9 Aug 2005
To: "birdswest" <birdwest at listserv.arizona.edu>, "IBLE"
<ible at yahoogroups.com>, "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>,
"Inland" <inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu>
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RBA
* northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
* as above
* Aug 9, 2005
* IDWA05.08.09
- birds mentioned
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pacific Golden-Plover
Northern Mockingbird
Least Flycatcher
Indigo Bunting
American Redstart
- transcript
hotline: northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon
Date: 9 Aug 2005
Internet only.
Compiler: Kas.... dumroese at moscow dot com
This is the northern Idaho / eastern Washington / northeastern Oregon bird
hotline. Transcripts of this RBA and Palouse Audubon membership info are
available on-line at http://www.palouseaudubon.org
A male INDIGO BUNTING was spotted 3 Aug in Boundary Co ID by Kris Bucher and
Jean Retzler. The bird was singing 0.25 mile south of the Ball Creek Nature
Conservancy ranch house along West Side Road. This is about 5.75 miles north
of Kootenai NWRefuge and near a white ranch house with a green roof.
The NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS reported more than 3 months ago by Bill and Nancy
LaFramboise at Horn Rapids County Park north of Richland, Benton Co WA were
still being observed through 1 Aug according to Bill and Nancy. Although the
pair fledged 3 young, Bill and Nancy report just 2 birds on 1 Aug. From
Richland, take WA 240 toward Vernita. The park is located just past the Horn
Rapids Dam. Turn left toward Benton City to the park entrance. The bird has
been in the day-use area in the smaller group of trees (locust and
cottonwood). WA Delorme 39, AB-5.
On 2 Aug an AMERICAN REDSTART was reported from Rhinehart Canyon in NE
Oregon by
Eric Henze, Margaret LaFaive, and Trent Bray. Take OR 82 (Island Blvd in La
Grande) toward Elgin. Approximately 5.2 miles north of Imbler take a right
on Philberg Road (the first road past the OR 82 Grande Ronda River bridge).
Philberg Road backtracks, paralleling OR 82, 1.5 miles to the gravel pit.
Park here and look along the bank of the Grande Ronde River.
A LEAST FLYCATCHER was calling at Mountain View Cemetery in Davenport,
Lincoln Co WA last week according to Gary Bletsch.
Shorebirds are moving through. Besides the usual suspects, here's a few
interesting sightings: Lisa Hardy reports a flock of less-than-solitary
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at Lane Marsh in Kootenai Co ID on 5 Aug; she found 12
birds on a single pond. Bob Flores had a possible PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER at
McCain's ponds in Grant Co WA on 6 Aug. On the Walla Walla River delta in
western Walla Walla Co WA 6 Aug, Mike and MerryLynn found 9 species of
shorebirds along with an adult GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL and an adult
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at nearby Casey Pond.
Thanks to Cindy McCormack for handling the RBA duties while I was away.
Good birding.
Kas
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:25:11 EDT
From: VLGross at aol.com
Subject: [Tweeters] Ecola State Park
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu (tweeters)
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Connie Christy and I visited Ecola State Park just north of Cannon Beach,
OR, late evening Monday, August 8 and again Tuesday, August 9, mid day.
Sightings include:
Common Murres
Pelagic Cormorants
Harlequin Ducks
Surf Scoters
Pigeon Guillimonts
Western Grebe 1
Black Oystercatchers
Tufted Puffins 2
Western Gulls
Crows
Sea lion
Ground Squirrel
A great spot!
Vivian Gross
Vivian Gross
_mailto:vlgross at aol.com_ (mailto:vlgross at aol.com)
Kirkland, WA
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:53:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Guy McWethy <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] A little more on pesky bird names
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Here is another site I found earlier, with old names
that have been changed by the AOU.
Lousiana Heron, Water Ouzel, etc,
Interesting to go thru the history, and see how many
of the old names you remember using ;)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/updates/
Guy
--- B & P Bell <bellasoc at isomedia.com> wrote:
> Jerry and Tweets
>
> You piqued my curiosity, so I did a little followup.
> If you go to
> www.pwrc.usgs.gov/infobase/obsnames/obsnam2.pdf you
> will find a pdf version
> that can be downloaded and printed (49 pages).
>
> Brian H. Bell
> Woodinville Wa
> bellasoc at isomedia.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jbroadus at seanet.com>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 5:59 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] A little more on pesky bird
> names
>
>
> > On the thread abut colloquial bird names: There
> is a
> > great resource for older common bird names
> published
> > by the USDI, Fish and Wildlife Service, called
> "Obsolete
> > English Names of North American Birds and Their
> > Modern Equivalents" (Resource Publication 174) by
> > Richard Banks (1988). It is a fine listing of
> names to get
> > confused by. (I don't know if its still in print).
> >
> > One point you learn from exercising your brain
> with this
> > is that many of the "colloquial" names were once
> > accepted English names for what were considered
> > subspecies. E.G: Sacramento, San Diego, San
> > Joaquin, Santa Cruz, and Seattle wrens are all
> Bewick's
> > wrens today. We tend to stick to the present AOU
> > Checklist, but for several editions even it listed
> > numerous names for birds that are now "lumped"
> > together under much simpler, and more boring,
> labels.
> >
> > Some of the best, of course, are given to birds
> that
> > have a a standout quality -- who could question
> that
> > bog-pumper, dunk-a-doo, and stake-driver are all
> > American bitterns? I also like blue crane (great
> blue
> > heron), yellowhammer (northern flicker) and
> fly-up-the-
> > creek (green heron). Interesting (also) is that
> long-tailed
> > duck was an obsolete name for the oldsquaw. I
> won't go
> > in to some of the names for cormorants.
> >
> > I have been saving up to write a trip report,
> using only
> > the hated four letter codes, with all the codes
> based on
> > out of date common names. Anarchy in
> > communication.
> >
> > Jerry Broadus, PLS
> > Geometrix Surveying, Inc.
> > P.O. Box 249
> > Puyallup, WA. 98371
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tweeters mailing list
> > Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> >
>
http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
> >
>
>
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Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 23:08:04 -0700
From: "washingtonbirder" <washingtonbirder at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] NE Washington Trip Aug. 6-8, 2005
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Marv Breece and I birded Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry, and southern Okanogan Counties Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Mark Houston joined us on Sat. in Pend Oreille Co. Lake of the Woods had several Veeries calling, Common Goldeneyes, Catbirds, a Red-eyed Vireo, and a Canyon Wren. West of Tweetie we found 2 Lark Sparrows, which is a first for Pend Oreille Co., and many bluebirds both Western and Mountain feeding in a short-grassed green field due to horses grazing. East of Tweetie just across the Idaho line was a young Peregrine Falcon sitting on a power pole. This seemed out of place with not much water close by. Working our way up the east side of the Pend Oreille River going north of Newport we found a female Redstart, and a Red-naped Sapsucker. Not much in shorebirds as I had seen in the past along this stretch. Calispell Lake produced over 120 American White Pelicans. This seemed unusual. Many shorebirds were again noted along the lake shore looking through the P!
onderosa Pines. A Caspian Tern was on the lake as well. The afternoon was very warm as we drove up Dry Canyon hoping the Blue-headed Vireo was still around. No birds were heard due to the warm temp. Pass Creek Pass wasn't much better, but did find Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Evening Grosbeaks. We were hoping for Spruce Grouse along the road, but perhaps too many vehicles had scared them off. Just before darkness a Western Screech-Owl darted across the road in Bonner County, Idaho. Wasn't sure how common they were in that part of the state. We were driving down the west side of Priest Lake.
Sunday we birded Stevens and Ferry Cos. Hatch Lake was dead as the water is too low. A dead Green-winged Teal had a lot of hungry turtles feasting on it in the shallow waters. White Mud Lake not far away produced a couple of young Soras that were out in the open muddy areas much off the time. Two late singing Willow Flycatchers were east of the sewer ponds in Colville. The mouth of the Colville River was very productive with Black Terns, both yellowlegs, several Solitary Sandpipers, Wilson's Snipe, Wilson's Phalaropes, Baird's Sandpipers, and Common Nighthawks. Meyers Falls south of Kettle Falls had Long-billed Dowitchers feeding on perfect mud. A quick run north to the Kettle River Campground in the heat of the day produced both yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpiper. We finished off the day checking out Mud Lake north of Republic and spent the night on Satus Pass without any owls, but lots of noisy trucks chugging up the east slope through a good chunk of the night.
Monday we headed non-stop down the Sanpoil River Valley seeing a darting Catbird now and then on our way to the Colville Plateau where it was super windy and white caps on most of the larger lakes such as Duley and Soap Lakes. Very few birds, but did see lots of Sage Thrashers, and Kestrels working the burned areas which had small grasshoppers everywhere. Looked like good eating for the birds. Washburn Island east of Cassimer Bar had American White Pelicans, 1-Red-necked Phalarope, Semipalmated Plovers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, along with the normal peeps, yellowlegs, etc. The south end of Lake Lenore had Black-necked Stilts, Avocets, Baird's Sandpipers, and Western Sandpipers. The Quincy ponds had a few Red-necked Phalaropes and construction workers working in the heat which at that time was 97 F. Vantage was 101 F as we passed through Monday afternoon.
Ken Knittle
Washington Birder newsletter
2604 NE 80th Street
Vancouver, WA 98665
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:15:07 -0700
From: "Douglas Canning" <dcanning at zhonka.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Black Swift status in Thurston County?
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Greetings -
Can anyone tell me of the status of the Black Swift in western Thurston
County? I pretty nearly have myself convinced that between 0700 and 0800 I
was seeing up to 10 of them flycatching somewhat above tree-top height.
The appearance and flight characteristics seemed to be 'right.'
Doug
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:46:53 -0700
From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] crow tamer
To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Ian and Tweeters,
So far as I know, there is nothing illegal about keeping crows in captivity.
Crows (in fact, all species of corvids) are not protected by the Migratory
Bird Convention between Canada and the U.S.
In B.C., crows are not protected either by federal legislation (the
Migratory Bird
Convention Act, which implements the Migratory Bird Convention in Canada)
or by provincial legislation. In fact, the provincial Wildlife Act
specifically exempts
crows and magpies from protection. It is not illegal to kill them at any
time, or to keep them in captivity.
Similarly, in the U.S., corvids are not included in the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act, which provides federal protection for many bird species.
Unless there is specific legislation at the State level that protects crows
in
Washington, it would be legal to keep crows in captivity in Washington.
If there is such state legislation, I hope someone on the list will draw
it to our attention.
Of course, the Hawaiian Crow is protected by the Endangered Species Act,
but that certainly wouldn't apply to American or Northwestern Crows!
Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
contopus at telus.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:19 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] crow tamer
HI:
I saw this item on ebay:
CROWS FOR PETS...SECRETS REVEALED!...THEY ARE FREE FOR THE TAKING!...Why not
get one? Up to date! The first book ever written specifically on the subject
of Taming a wild crow. Secrets revealed about where to get a crow. Includes
how and when to catch a crow and tame it. You can teach most crows to talk.
Crows make intelligent and playful pets. They have been kept as pets for
thousands of years. Now you can have one too! Simple and easy to read. Makes
a great bonding experience for parent and child--or a gift for any critter
lover. I have had four pet crows in my 65 years, and can speak from
experience when I say they make great pets. That is why I wrote this little
handbook about THE LOST FOLK ART OF TAMING A CROW. (57 pages on readable cd)
Guaranteed!
A friend of mine thought this is illegal, does anyone know this for a fact?
--
Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA USA
A.K.A.:Birdbooker
Rallidae all the way!
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:33:40 -0700
From: Larry Schwitters <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] crow tamer
To: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Tweeters,
I don't have anything to back it up, but I've been under the impression
that as of a few years ago, in the United States, all native birds than
do not have a regulated hunting season on them, are protected.
Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
On Wednesday, August 10, 2005, at 09:46 AM, Wayne C. Weber wrote:
> Ian and Tweeters,
>
> So far as I know, there is nothing illegal about keeping crows in
> captivity.
>
> Crows (in fact, all species of corvids) are not protected by the
> Migratory
> Bird Convention between Canada and the U.S.
>
> In B.C., crows are not protected either by federal legislation (the
> Migratory Bird
> Convention Act, which implements the Migratory Bird Convention in
> Canada)
> or by provincial legislation. In fact, the provincial Wildlife Act
> specifically exempts
> crows and magpies from protection. It is not illegal to kill them at
> any
> time, or to keep them in captivity.
>
> Similarly, in the U.S., corvids are not included in the Migratory Bird
> Treaty Act, which provides federal protection for many bird species.
> Unless there is specific legislation at the State level that protects
> crows
> in
> Washington, it would be legal to keep crows in captivity in Washington.
> If there is such state legislation, I hope someone on the list will
> draw
> it to our attention.
>
> Of course, the Hawaiian Crow is protected by the Endangered Species
> Act,
> but that certainly wouldn't apply to American or Northwestern Crows!
>
> Wayne C. Weber
> Delta, BC
> contopus at telus.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 10:19 AM
> Subject: [Tweeters] crow tamer
>
>
> HI:
> I saw this item on ebay:
>
> CROWS FOR PETS...SECRETS REVEALED!...THEY ARE FREE FOR THE
> TAKING!...Why not
> get one? Up to date! The first book ever written specifically on the
> subject
> of Taming a wild crow. Secrets revealed about where to get a crow.
> Includes
> how and when to catch a crow and tame it. You can teach most crows to
> talk.
> Crows make intelligent and playful pets. They have been kept as pets
> for
> thousands of years. Now you can have one too! Simple and easy to read.
> Makes
> a great bonding experience for parent and child--or a gift for any
> critter
> lover. I have had four pet crows in my 65 years, and can speak from
> experience when I say they make great pets. That is why I wrote this
> little
> handbook about THE LOST FOLK ART OF TAMING A CROW. (57 pages on
> readable cd)
> Guaranteed!
>
> A friend of mine thought this is illegal, does anyone know this for a
> fact?
> --
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA USA
> A.K.A.:Birdbooker
> Rallidae all the way!
>
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