Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Lead Shot/other species
Date: Dec 27 15:09:47 2005
From: George B. Cobel - gbcobel at comcast.net


Unfortunately California Condors have been affected by eating dead game
wounded by rifle bullets that while generally jacketed with steel or copper
but are cored with lead and usually come apart after hitting the animal. So
far, the ammunition industry has not made tungsten or bismuth cored rifle
ammunition available. It should be required in Condor areas for big game.

George B. Cobel
Renton, Wa

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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Lead shot (Diane Weinstein)
2. Re: IMWO in The Auk (1898) (Douglas Canning)
3. Washington BirdBox, Dec 20-Dec 26, 2005 (Dougnpip at aol.com)
4. the ivory-billed burger and salad (carenp)
5. Green Lake - of note (anna kopitov)
6. Re: the ivory-billed burger and salad (Ian Paulsen)
7. Alki Clark's Grebe (King County) (Sam Terry)
8. Frog Hollow Snowy Owl- 26 Dec. Yes (mike denny)
9. Red Phalaropes near Elma (Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan)
10. S King County Birds (Kathy Andrich)
11. Bird websites for children? (Dawn Bailey)
12. Greenlake Eagle question (Bridget Jennings)
13. Re ELWAS CBC (Kathy Andrich)
14. (no subject) (Kathryn Hornbein)
15. Ediz Hook Snowy (Carolyn Eagan)
16. Holiday Birding in West Wash (Marv Breece)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:00:10 -0800
From: "Diane Weinstein" <diane_weinstein at msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Lead shot
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Are other waterfowl also affected by the lead shot? What about the upland
birds and other wildlife?

Diane Weinstein
Issaquah WA

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Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Lead shot


Hello,
This is an update of the swan lead poisoning problem in the north. The
die-off has begun to occur again up in Whatcom County and Sumas Prairie in
B.C. . It remains to be seen how many will die, but more than 40 on the
US
side and at least that on the Canadian side. We even have several lead
poisoned swans from Snohomish County roost site at the Bob Heirman Park
south of Snohomish. The Snohomish birds are likely unrelated to the
Whatcom
County source, but it is something that needs further study.
The shot is not just from hunting. There is a lot of unregulated
target
shooting going on, including down in the Skagit area along Miltown, out in
Snohomish area behind farms, and just about everywhere there is rural ag
or
wetlands.
There is even a private "shooting range" in King County where target
shooting is not only allowed but encouraged over ponds and wetlands using
lead shot. That is going on today and has for many years.
Lead is still very much with us. After this Christmas weekend of
picking up dead and dying swans, banning lead needs to be a TOP priority.
Working together with the hunting and shooting community we must get the
lead out.

Martha Jordan
www.swansociety.org<http://www.swansociety.org/>

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:26:45 -0800
From: "Douglas Canning" <dcanning at zhonka.net>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] IMWO in The Auk (1898)
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On 26 Dec 2005, vogelfreund at comcast.net wrote:

> Does anyone have a stack of dusty old "The Auk" journals? I saw a
> reference to an article in the July, 1898 issue (vol. 15, no. 3) titled:
> "The Imperial Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus Imperialis." It wasn't
> down-loadable like Tanner's article.

The old Auks (along with many other old journals) are available as online
PDFs
at SORA - Searchable Ornithological Research Archive. Altogether, SORA now
provides access to:

Auk (1884-1999)
Condor (1899-2000)
Journal of Field Ornithology (1930-1999)
North American Bird Bander (1976-2000)
Pacific Coast Avifauna (1900-1974)
Studies in Avian Biology (1978-1999)
Wilson Bulletin (1889-1999)

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php

You can run searches on "all journals" or a limited subset. Or, you can
simply
browse the journals.


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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:42:04 EST
From: Dougnpip at aol.com
Subject: [Tweeters] Washington BirdBox, Dec 20-Dec 26, 2005
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:22:45 -0800
From: "carenp" <carenp at totalise.co.uk>
Subject: [Tweeters] the ivory-billed burger and salad
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bird tourism in arkansas
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5069684

00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
from the internet near seward park
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:46:0 -0800
From: "anna kopitov" <amk17 at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Green Lake - of note
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Today at Green Lake, a Bald Eagle was observed flying over the lake and
perching in a conifer. Also, a single Eurasian Wigeon was amongst the
flock of American Wigeon on the east side of the lake. (Is wigeon the
plural for wigeon?)

A. Kopitov




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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:26:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] the ivory-billed burger and salad
To: carenp <carenp at totalise.co.uk>
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HI:
I wonder what ivory-billed woodpeckers taste like, chicken?

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Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:00:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Sam Terry <samgterry at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Alki Clark's Grebe (King County)
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Hi tweeters,

This afternoon there was a CLARK'S GREBE off Alki Beach in Seattle. It
was with a flock of 18 Western Grebes loafing not far offshore from the
west end of Alki Beach at the intersection of Alki Ave. SW and 64th Ave.
SW. Unfortunately, there were no Red Phalaropes around.

Over on Lake Washington, there was a female REDHEAD at Stan Sayers Park in
Mount Baker and a THAYER'S GULL at Madrona Beach.

Good birding,

Sam Terry
Seattle






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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:11:32 -0800
From: "mike denny" <m.denny at charter.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Frog Hollow Snowy Owl- 26 Dec. Yes
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>, "Inland NW Birders"
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Hello All,
Late this afternoon we took a couple of visiting birders from North Carolina
out to see the Frog Hollow Snowy Owl. MerryLynn was able to spot it soon
upon our arrival at the intersection of Forest and Frog Hollow Rds in Walla
Walla Co.. The owl was about half a mile to the northeast of the
intersection perched out in the field on the ground being dive bombed by a
N.Harrier. This Snowy was first located in Oregon a mile to the south of its
current location on 8 Dec.. Please let us know if you locate it in the
coming days. Thank-you.
Later Mike
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:36:10 -0800
From: "Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan" <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Red Phalaropes near Elma
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>, "OBOL" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
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Hello Tweets and OBOLers,

Today while conducting our morning route on the Satsop CBC we located 16 RED
PHALAROPES from 2 separate flooded locations,which all add to the recent Red
Phalarope sightings in Oregon and Washington. Our first group of Red
Phalaropes were 11 birds in a very flooded area along Dunlap Rd. followed by
a group of 5 birds in another flooded area further west near North
Blockhouse Rd. These areas lie in eastern Grays Harbor Co.(in Washington
State)and were the largest concentrations of this species from others also
noted during this same CBC and were definitely our main highlight of the day
considering the inland location. Due to very large amounts of flooded areas
within the Brady-Elma area a few areas were inaccessible to vehicle and foot
traffic,but the entire preliminary count for the Satsop CBC came to 110
species with many other highlights. Some of these other noteworthy species
observed in other areas included a Red-necked Grebe,2 Green Herons,3
Canvasbacks,Long-tailed Du!
ck,White-tailed Kite,probable Red-shouldered Hawk,Ruffed Grouse,Red-necked
Phalarope(s)(very questionable),Barred Owl,Anna's Hummingbird,House
Wren(very questionable),Western Bluebird(s),and Swamp Sparrow.

Our personal count area yielded 75 species with much of the time spent on
foot. Away from the Red Phalaropes other nice species observed in our
personal area included the following:

18 Tundra Swans
25 Trumpeter Swans
1 Eurasian Wigeon
84 Dunlin
8 Wilson's Snipe
2 Band-tailed Pigeons
1 Great Horned Owl
2 Barn Owls
39 Western Scrub Jays
2 Hermit Thrushes
27 Am.Pipits
1 Hutton's Vireo
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Townsend's Warbler
2 adult White-throated Sparrows
3 Western Meadowlarks
6 Purple Finches


Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
Fircrest,WA
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:56:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Kathy Andrich <chukarbird at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] S King County Birds
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Hi Tweeters,

Yesterday:

Hermit Thrush, in the landscaped area between Toys R
Us and the Doubletree Inn near the Southcenter Pond.
Very cooperative bird, loosely associating with a
dominant male Robin.

Say's Phoebe, finally I got to see the "alleged"
Phoebe at Boeing Ponds. I have missed this bird many
times. Glad to see it found enough food through that
cold snap. It was in the brush in the pond area.

Green Heron, Boeing ponds.

Other notable stuff this weekend was 3 adult Trumpeter
Swans at flooded fields north of Smith Brothers Dairy
on Sunday. Also saw 3 adult Trumpeter Swans yesterday
in flooded fields off of Frager Rd, N of 212th. I
suspect they are the same birds, can't be sure though.
At the Smith Bros. fields was hundred of Americn
Wigeons with at least 4 Eurasian Wigeons in there.
Between Southcenter pond and Kent ponds saw at least 2
dozen Ruddy Ducks.

PS, thanks for the microtene/tine info for those who
emailed me off and online.

Kathy
Roosting in S King County




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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:53:27 -0800
From: "Dawn Bailey" <dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Bird websites for children?
To: "'Tweeters \(E-mail\)'" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
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Hi Tweets,

A friend of mine has grandchildren that are interested in birds, is there a
website you can recommend? any field guides that are good/better for kids?

thanks in advance

Dawn Bailey
Eatonville, WA
dawnsdogatrainierconnect.com
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:17:05 -0800
From: Bridget Jennings <bridgetje at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Greenlake Eagle question
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Does anyone have any information about the bald eagles at Greenlake? Are
they nesting in Woodland Park again this year?

I've seen a pair there doing some mating behavior in the air over the last
week or two.

Bridget Jennings
Seattle, WA




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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:22:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Kathy Andrich <chukarbird at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Re ELWAS CBC
To: tweet <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hi Tweeters,

Hugh forgot to mention we saw 150 Cackling Geese at
Marymoor for the CBC. This might be a new bird for
the count.

Kathy
Roosting in S King County




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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:38:44 -0800
From: Kathryn Hornbein <kurlew at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] (no subject)
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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could someone resend me the email about children and listing that
just hit my screen? I have a spastic delete hand, and a
hypersensitive mouse. Thanks.

I just registered wi tweeters. How entertaining and informative, I
love it. We're moving to CO. Does tweeters go national?



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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:22:21 -0800
From: "Carolyn Eagan" <eaganc at seanet.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Ediz Hook Snowy
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Does anyone know if the Snowy Owl is still at Ediz Hook?

Thanks.

Carolyn Eagan


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Message: 16
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:52:53 -0800
From: "Marv Breece" <mbreece at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Holiday Birding in West Wash
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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On 12.24 I birded from Seattle to Bellingham while en route to a family
holiday gathering. Also did some birding in the Bellingham area. Below are
a few highlights.

12.24.05
Snowy Owl - 1 at Hayden Snow Goose Farm on Fir Island in Skagit County. The
wind nearly blew the scope and tripod from my grasp!
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - 1 at the North Fork on Fir Island in
Skagit county. Too many hunters;didn't look for Snowl Owls.
Pacific Golden Plover - 1 juv at the Samish Flats north of the Samish "T" ,
between the T and the East 90, in Skagit County.
This is possibly the same individual that was at the West 90 on
11.05.05. On both occasions, the bird was in the company of
Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlins.

12.25.05
Birded Wiser Lake, on Hwy 539, a few miles north of Bellingham. There were
thousands of ducks of many species, including both scaups, Canvasback and
Eurasian Wigeon. There were also 2 Greater White-fronted Geese and 40 or 50
Trumpeter Swans. A Merlin flew overhead. There was another Merlin to the
southeast of Wiser Lake near the corner of Smith and Sand Roads.

Happy New Year!

Marv Breece
Seattle, WA

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