Hi - Pat here - newcomer to Tweeters but been birding quite a while. A
friend of mine in Bremerton who lives near Wildcat Lake says the only
kind of chick-a-dee she sees are chestnut-backed. My husband, Andy, and
I had never seen one in our yard until this year. We live in South
Seattle and we are still seeing it/them quite regularly and a mountain
chickadee, too for the first time!!



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Subject: [Tweeters] New Year's Surprise in Grant County



Greetings

The following post was from Randy Hill to Inland Birders NW. Didn't see
it appear on Tweeters, but figured some might be interested. Also had an
oreganus Spotted Towhee at Potholes SP that day.-- Cheers Steven
Mlodinow, Everett WA

Six of us (incl. Steve and Casey Mlodinow, Doug and Barb Schonewald, Bob
Flores) welcomed the new year with a quick check of some birding spots,
mostly in the Potholes area of Grant County, before the snow started
coming down heavier around 11:30 and chased us. The highlights included
2 Snowy Owls in the field southwest of Road K SE and Road 4 SE, 4
scattered Northern Shrikes, and a mixed feeding flock at Potholes State
Park that included ~10 GC Kinglets, a Brown Creeper, 10+ Mountain
Chickadees, 2 Black-capped Chickadees, and 2 CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES,
to my knowledge a county first.