Great day of birding along the Yakima River. Of special note was a Lewis
Woodpecker working in the trees about 1.5 miles up the Umptanum Access trail
on the south side. Also on the south side at 1.0 miles is a pair of Prairie
Falcons nesting in a small alcove high up on the rim. They were fairly
active and easy to spot and visually follow to the nest.
Van Brinkerhoff
Seattle, WA.
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2. Re: OS Flycatcher? (Johnson, Mary)
3. Black-headed Grosbeaks at Big Gulch (judyrowetaylor at comcast.net)
4. Mergansers follow a dipper around the lake (Rob Sandelin)
5. RE: OS (olive sided) Flycatcher? (Stewart Wechsler)
6. Yellow-headed Blackbird at Green Lake (Levine, Barron)
7. Birding Franklin and Adams Co. (mike denny)
8. late report of great egret, Okanogan Co, WA (Bob Flores)
9. Bumble bees (KScarbrough)
10. Rock Sandpiper, Ocean Shores (Guy McWethy)
11. CASPIAN TERNS (Betty Boyd)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 12:37:25 -0700
From: "Kevin Li" <kdli at msn.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] re: Yellow jackets in the nest box
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Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 12:52:50 -0700
From: "Johnson, Mary" <MJohnson at becu.org>
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: OS Flycatcher?
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Interesting that you say this, because I THINK I saw a Western
Wood-Peewee in Auburn on Lea Hill yesterday. Admittedly, though, the
most I can say is that I saw some sort of dark flycatcher with a
somewhat triangular head, and it wasn't a typical backyard bird. It was
perched on a bare branch at the top of a brushy hillside.
Mary Johnson
Auburn, WA
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>Tweets,
>I THINK I saw an Olive-sided Flycatcher in Federal Way today.
>Guy McWethy
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 21:36:32 +0000
From: judyrowetaylor at comcast.net
Subject: [Tweeters] Black-headed Grosbeaks at Big Gulch
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I had been hearing the Black-headed Grosbeak song and "ik" since mid-week
(same day there were reports of sightings elsewhere), but at last I actually
saw a male at the feeder today. There are at least two in the neighborhood
because last evening I heard one singing close by and a lot of "ik" coming
from further off in the ravine! It was making me "crazy" becuase I couldn't
spot them visually!
Cheers!
Judy
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 15:52:11 -0700
From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous at msn.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Mergansers follow a dipper around the lake
To: <judyrowetaylor at comcast.net>, <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hiked up to Lake 22 today, about 20 minutes North of Granite Falls. At the
south end of the lake were a pair of common mergansers sort of nosing along
the shoreline. As I got a bit closer I also saw a dipper working the
shoreline, quite close to the merganser male. Perhaps it was just
coincidence but the merganser followed the dipper for several hundred feet,
the two being about 2 feet apart.
Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer, Teacher
Maltby, WA
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 18:45:19 -0700
From: "Stewart Wechsler" <ecostewart at quidnunc.net>
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] OS (olive sided) Flycatcher?
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Yes it is likely you would have seen (or heard) one this early in Federal
Way (king county). I heard my first one(s) this year ordering up "3 beers"
at a time last Saturday, April 30 in Schmitz Park in Seattle. I don't know
if he was with 2 other friends or if he just wanted to get drunk quickly. I
don't know if you have Eugene Hunn's book, but he lists them as rare before
May and frequent to common by about the second week of May. I don't know
about the regurgitating behavior you described.
Stewart Wechsler
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I THINK I saw an Olive-sided Flycatcher in Federal Way
today. ... would one be likely to be in Federal
Way this early?
Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 20:44:45 -0700
From: "Levine, Barron" <LevineB at bsd405.org>
Subject: [Tweeters] Yellow-headed Blackbird at Green Lake
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Tweeters,
Just a quick note about a male Yellow-headed Blackbird seen today on the
west side of Green Lake in Seattle. For those interested in trying for it,
it was seen at the part of the lake where Aurora Avenue meets the lake. This
spot is where there is typically a population of Red-winged Blackbirds in
the cattails.
Also of note, it appears the booming rabbit population has reached this part
of the lake.
Barry Levine
Seattle
Levineb at bsd405.org
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 21:30:26 -0700
From: "mike denny" <m.denny at charter.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Franklin and Adams Co.
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>, "Inland NW Birders"
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Hello All,
Today we birded north into Franklin Co and east to Washtucna then west to
Kahlotus and south to Windust Park. Birds of note are..........
BLUE JAYS.........4 ad. birds in Prescott, WW Co. May nest in this tiny
town! Unexpected! This group was first seen on 8 Jan.2005 by us. Learned
today that they first appeared in Early Nov.2004.
Red-breasted Nuthatch....1 bird in Prescott-a hold over from this winters
invasion.
Cassins Finches.........a pair in Prescott-uncommon species for this
location.
Calliope Hummer.......1 male at Lyons Ferry Park-hard to get species in
Franklin Co.
Rufous Hummer..........1 female at Lyons Ferry Park-uncommon in Franklin Co.
Ferruginous Hawk.......1 ad. on nest near Lyons Ferry
White-throated Swifts..14 at Palouse Falls
Peregrine Falcon..........1 ad.male at Palouse Falls
Bullocks Oriole.............1 ad. male at Palouse Falls. First popped up 1
May 2005.
Lark Sparrow...............1 ad. along road into Palouse Falls.
GRAY FLYCATCHER............1 ad. at Washtucna-uncommon migrant in Adams Co.
Long-eared Owls...........1 ad. and 3 chicks near Windust Park.
Common Goldeneye.......4 birds near Windust Park, getting late to still be
in area.
Am.White Pelican............3 birds below Lower Monumental Dam
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Mike & MerryLynn Denny
1354 S. E. Central Ave.
College Place, WA 99324
509.529.0080 (h)
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BIRDING, YOU HAVEN'T LIVED!
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 07:25:50 -0700
From: "Bob Flores" <rflores at smwireless.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] late report of great egret, Okanogan Co, WA
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.Washington.edu>, "Inland Birds"
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Sorry for this late account I had a great egret just above the slack water
(from the dam) on the Okanogan River. The bird was sitting on a snag in the
middle of the river. This was last Tuesday.
Bob Flores
Othello, WA
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 07:22:07 -0700
From: "KScarbrough" <kscarbrough at verizon.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Bumble bees
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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I saw the chesnut-back chickadee making stabbing motions at the entrance to
his birdhouse. Turns out he was extracting bumble bees which had apparently
gotten there first; I found one dying on the ground below. I'd wanted to
make sure it wasn't more wasps (although I have nothing against them). I
tried to extract the bees but their angry buzzing made me think twice.
I haven't seen the chestie back and shall miss him building his nest there
this year so I put up another house on a nearby tree.
Do we need to shelter our pollinating friends or are they doing okay,
environmentally speaking?
Kerri W. Scarbrough, O.D.
Woodinville, WA
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 09:47:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Guy McWethy <lguy_mcw at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Rock Sandpiper, Ocean Shores
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Tweets!
I went to Brady Loop, Ocean Shores, Bottle Beach,
John's River, and Nisqually with Jim Mcoy and Mason
Flint yesterday (sat may 7). In addition to the usual
suspects (a 90+ spp day!), Jim spotted a Rock
Sandpiper on the Ocean Shores Jetty! Just starting
into breeding plumage, it had the beginnings of a dark
patch on its belly, but retained the yellow at the
base of the bill.
We aced out on the jetty with Black and Ruddy
Turnstone, Surfbird, Rock Sandpiper, Wandering
Tattler, Black-legged Kittiwake, and (of all things!)
a Spotted Sandpiper. Plus all the usuals (B Pelican,
all 3 Cormorants, C Murre, P Guillemot, Surf Scoter,
etc).
Another highlight was the Red Knots on Bottle Beach.
And I think we had 14 or 15 types of waterfowl at
John's River, plus heard both Virginia Rail and Sora.
A GREAT day of birding with exceptional company.
Thanks!
Good Birding!
Guy
Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 10:12:56 -0700
From: "Betty Boyd" <boyd6016 at msn.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] CASPIAN TERNS
To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hi
Meant to post this Friday evening...about 3pm, Fri., there were 10 caspian
terns at lower Oak Bay park in the Pt Hadlock area. I believe they are
migratory and show up this lime of year only. Hope they are still there, if
anyone is interested is going to see them. I know they are not rare, but I
have not seen them here very often. Actually, this is the second time I
have every seen them here.
Betty
Chimacum
boyd6016 at msn.com
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