Spotted a Great White-fronted Goose at the head of Eagle Harbor on
Bainbridge Island at 4:00pm this afternoon (9/24) with a group of 5 Canada
Geese.
Bob
Bob McCready
4889 Eagle Harbor Dr.
Bainbridge, WA 98110
206 780-1102 work
bmccready at tnc.org <mailto:bmccready at tnc.org>
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2. Scrub Jay in Tacoma (picture) (Glenn)
3. Birds in the News #28 (Devorah Bennu)
4. Hooded Mergansers (Cliff Drake)
5. Looking for Heron Experts (Scuderi, Michael R NWS)
6. Re: RFI bird calls web site (free) (VIRGINIA CHONG)
7. Spokane Co. Longspurs & Misc. Sightings (Gina Sheridan)
8. Northern Waterthrush on Fir Island (Howard Armstrong)
9. Point No-Point and Foulweather Bluff (Paul Webster)
10. Olympic Vulture Study (Bob Norton)
11. ouzels argue while a heron eats salmon (Rob Sandelin)
12. Blue Jay in Woodinville, WA (Hans de Grys)
13. Sprague and Sheep Lake (Terry Little)
14. South Prairie; 23 September 2005: Lewis's Woodpecker
(Charlie Wright)
15. How big are we? (Larry Schwitters)
16. Barred Owl Calls (Bill Yake)
17. RE: Barred Owl Calls (J. Acker)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:55:36 -0700
From: "Joseph V Higbee" <jvhigbee at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] bird calls web site
To: <joaw9 at aol.com>
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Jo
http://enature.com has bird calls for most of the birds in their field
guides.
Joseph Higbee
Spanaway, WA
Mailto: jvhigbee at hotmail.com
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:16:01 -0700
From: "Glenn" <glenn.hansen at usa.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Scrub Jay in Tacoma (picture)
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Caught this guy on my feeder this AM.......NW Tacoma, 1m S of Pt Defiance
Park.
Is this unusual for the City? I can't recall ever seeing one here or in the
Park.
http://www.harbornet.com/folks/hansengr/pictures/Scrub.jpg
Glenn Hansen
Tacoma, Wa
glenn.hansen at usa.net
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:03:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Devorah Bennu <birdologist at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Birds in the News #28
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Hi everyone,
I thought I would let you know that every week, I
publish a collection of links to news stories from
around the world that are about birds. This collection
is called "Birds in the News", and you might enjoy
reading it. This week's link is;
http://girlscientist.blogspot.com/2005/09/birds-in-news-28.html
Devorah
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:32:04 -0700
From: Cliff Drake <cliff at cliffdrake.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Hooded Mergansers
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Hi Gang
I saw four Hooded Mergansers in the Golden Gardens Pond this morning, cute
little things. Don't know if they were male or female, adults or juveniles.
They all had "female" characteristics with varying degrees of a crest,
from almost none to well formed. They looked small too, considerably
smaller than the mallards.
==============
Cliff Drake
Ballard, Seattle WA
cliff at cliffdrake.net
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:37:18 -0700
From: "Scuderi, Michael R NWS"
<Michael.R.Scuderi at nws02.usace.army.mil>
Subject: [Tweeters] Looking for Heron Experts
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hi Tweets,
The Corps of Engineers is looking for subject experts who have familiarity
with heron use of nearshore habitats in the Puget Sound. If you have any
ideas on who we contact, please email me offline.
Thanks,
Mike Scuderi
Michael R. Scuderi
Environmental Resources Section
Seattle District Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 3755
Seattle, WA 98124-3755
(206)764-7205
(206) 764-4470 FAX
Michael.R.Scuderi at usace.army.mil
http://www.nws.usace.army.mil/PublicMenu/Menu.cfm?sitename=ERS&pagename=ERS_
H
ome
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:11:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: VIRGINIA CHONG <vichong at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] RFI bird calls web site (free)
To: Joaw9 at aol.com
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Not specific to the birds you are asking about, but this site has some
interesting information:
SITES WITH BIRDSONGS
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/links.html
Virginia Chong
Issaquah, WA
vichong at u.washington.edu
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 Joaw9 at aol.com wrote:
> Good morning. I cannot remember, or find, a web site (non-subscription)
> where a range of bird song and calls are recorded by species. I would
like to
> hear the call of Arizona thrashers and/or wrens. I am still trying to
> identify the bird call for my friend in Arizona. Now I have heard it for
myself (on
> a video she sent me) but cannot place it.
>
> Jo Waldron
> Edmonds, WA
> joaw9 at aol.com
>
>
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:23:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gina Sheridan <gsherida8502 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Spokane Co. Longspurs & Misc. Sightings
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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After reading Fran's post, I ventured out myself today
(9/23/05). The weather has been mostly sunny, cool,
and just lovely.
My first stop was the rimrock section of Indian
Canyon. There was one LINCOLN'S SPARROW, FOX SPARROW,
and plenty of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWs on hand to greet
me. The white enameled looking stripes on the heads of
the White-crowns were nicely reflecting off the soft
autumnal sunlight and beckoned me to linger for a bit.
Later, I pulled up to the puddles on Ladd Road, I
could see plenty of Horned Larks, Savannah Sparrows,
and a few American Pipits. After I decided to move
into position from the south side of the puddles with
my back to the sun, more birds came in. When I heard
the distinct call of a longspur rattle, I noted a bird
with a bright buffy face that stood out from the
flock. My scope brought into a view the understated
beauty of a LAPLAND LONGSPUR that was getting a drink.
The partial black frame around the bright buffy face
was offset by a pretty pink bill, reddish wing
coverts, and subtle streaking on the back. The
longspur's colors seemed to be in harmony with the
fall harvest that was occurring the surrounding
fields.
Although I only saw one longspur drinking at the
puddle at one time, I believe that there was at least
a second bird too. Another longpur called and flew
into the field to the west. At any rate, the Lapland
Longspur was a Spokane Co. lifer for me and great way
to usher in the fall season.
For the record, I should mention that the Harold &
Karen Cottet, and i made an attempt for the Curlew
Sandpiper on 9/15-9/16. Although this target bird was
no longer present, we did see Larry Schwitters's
interesting godwit that was either a Hudsonian or
possibly (hopefully) a Black-tailed. Kudos to Larry
for finding and really working on the idenity of this
bird.
On Thursday (9/15/05), we saw the BAR-TAILED GODWIT in
the midst of hundreds of MARBLED GODWITs, WHIMBREL,
and WILLETs at Tokeland. A couple of LAPLAND LONGSPURs
were along the shore at Bottle Beach.
On Friday (9/16/05) Bottle Beach held both species of
dowitchers, Semi-palm & BB Plovers, Black Turnstones,
Western Sandpipers, Pacific Loon, and a somewhat
surprising CLARK'S GREBE. The Westport Marina produced
SURFBIRD, WANDERING TATTLER, BLACK TURNSTONES,
Marbled Godwits, and the mystery godwit.
On Wednesday (9/14/05) I made a relatively quick solo
visit to Sprague, Philleo, and Sheep Lakes. At the
north end of Sprague Lake, the best bird was juvenile
SANDERLING (Lincoln Co. lifer). In addition, there
were plenty of Western Sandpipers, Pectoral
Sandpipers, Baird's Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, YR
Warbler, and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE.
Sheep Lake (Whitman Co.) had four SANDERLINGs at the
north end, and plenty of LB Dowitchers and RN
Phalaropes on the southern reaches.
Finally, the northern tip of the shoreline on Philleo
Lake held a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Spokane Co. lifer),
Baird's & Western Sandpipers, and Lesser Yellowlegs.
Gina Sheridan
Spokane, WA
--- Birders13 at aol.com wrote:
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:17:52 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Birders13 at aol.com
> Subject: [inland-NW-birders]Longspurs
> To: inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
>
> Jim Acton reported Lapland Longspurs along Ladd Road
> between Hallett and
> Thorpe. I followed his directions this morning and
> found them easily, getting
> the best looks I've ever had of this species.
> The birds are coming to a couple of small
> puddles along the road caused
> by the zimmattc sprinklers. They are in flocks of
> Horned Lark, a few AM
> Pipit, and Savannah Sparrow. Following Jim's advice,
> Brad and I parked near the
> water and waited until birds came in to drink, which
> gave us great looks at all
> the details.
>
> These puddles won't last long, but there are
> hundreds of larks, in the
> general area along with sparrows, pipits, and
> longspurs. If you keep an eye
> out for sprinklers working, it should be possible
> to find puddles along the
> gravel farm roads in the next few days, as farmers
> are now seeding after
> harvest. Water is always a great draw in these dry
> areas.
>
> See WA DeLorme P.88--D/2. Good Luck.
>
> Fran Haywood
> birders13 at aol.com
>
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:32:06 -0700
From: "Howard Armstrong" <godwits at fidalgo.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Waterthrush on Fir Island
To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hi Tweeters,
This morning I found a Northern Waterthrush at The Game Range or Wiley
Slough. You know, the dike that is going to be blasted out soon.
Walking out from the boat launch on the main dike trail, the waterthrush was
located across the dike trail from the small trail to the second bridge.
I first found it about 9 AM. Thais came out and we refound it at 11:15. It
showed well.
Good birding,
Howard Armstrong
Samish Island
godwits at fidalgo.net
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:13:54 -0700
From: "Paul Webster" <paul.webster at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Point No-Point and Foulweather Bluff
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hi Tweets,
Thursday, September 22, Barbara and I visited Point No-Point and Foulweather
Bluff in north Kitsap County. The weather was sunny, and very clear with
temps approaching 60 at midday. We got a late start, took the 8:45 ferry to
Bainbridge Island, only to get delayed further by a man-overboard drill.
Still, the stop helped us spot a Marbled Murrelet and several Pigeon
Guillemots -- now in winter colors -- near Eagle Harbor, and as the ferry
finally came in to the dock, a flock of about 25 Black Turnstones and 25
Surfbirds flew from a bundle of pilings where they had been waiting out high
tide.
Point No-Point was a busy place with around 18 fisherpersons and several
small boats near shore. Still, after looking out into the channel we started
picking up some good birds, 8+ Common Murres, another 7 Marbled Murrelets, 3
Rhinoceros Auklets flew southward, and a Parasitic Jaeger, in hot pursuit of
some Heerman's Gulls flew low overhead. Further out we saw two flocks of
Surf Scoters -- about 8 birds in each -- heading southward, and roughly 24
Bonaparte's Gulls and a dozen Common Terns settled down out in the channel.
We checked the marsh, finding the standard residents -- 3 Great Blue Herons,
plus Spotted Towhees, Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, House Finches,
and at least 100 starlings plus a single Lincoln's Sparrow.
We met Brad Waggoner, after his big year on Bainbridge Island in 2003 now
making a similar effort for Kitsap County. He joined us at the beach and did
some sharp spotting to find a young Sabine's Gull and several Red-necked
Phalaropes well out over the channel, as a first-year Cooper's Hawk flew
past near us. He also shared news with us about an American Golden Plover
and two Lesser Yellowlegs at Foulweather Bluff. So we went over there and
picked up several forest species on the walk out from the road to the pond
and found the unusual migrants among other usual suspects -- dabbling ducks,
3 Great Blues, and 3 kingfishers, and a dozen Killdeer.
After a sandwich at the local market we checked back in at a quiet Point
No-Point, and found 32 Red-necked Phalaropes swimming only 100 yards
offshore. We checked in briefly at Port Gamble and Salsbury Point County
Park, but found nothing to keep us from heading back to catch the 4:30 ferry
back to Seattle.
A short but pretty good day in north Kitsap County, with 52 species seen:
Common Loon -- 1 at Foulweather Bluff [FB]
Red-necked Grebe -- 6+ at Eagle Harbor [EH] and Point No-Point [PNP]
Horned Grebe -- 5 at Port Gamble, 1 at FB
Western Grebe -- only 4 seen: 2 at EH and 2 at FB
Double-crested Cormorant -- 50+ seen
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose -- 20 in EH
American Wigeon -- 12+ at FB
Green-winged Teal -- 1 at FB
Mallard
Northern Pintail -- 4 at FB
Surf Scoter -- about 20 total seen (at all sites) today
Bald Eagle -- 1 on channel marker off Duwamish Head
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk -- 1 at PNP
American Golden-Plover -- 1 at FB
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 2 at FB
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Red-necked Phalarope -- 32 at PNP
Parasitic Jaeger
Heermann's Gull -- 50+ seen today
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull -- 1 seen at PNP
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bonaparte's Gull -- 24+ at PNP
Sabine's Gull -- 1 well off-shore at PNP
Common Tern -- 12+ at PNP
Common Murre -- 8+ at PNP and Port Gamble
Pigeon Guillemot -- 10+ in EH and near Port Gamble
Marbled Murrelet -- 8 at PNP and EH
Rhinoceros Auklet -- 3 at PNP
Anna's Hummingbird -- 1 at PNP
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Barn Swallow -- about 10 at PNP
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Steller's Jay
American Crow
(Northwestern Crow)
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow -- 1 at PNP
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Paul Webster
Seattle
paul.websterATcomcast.net
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:41:08 -0700
From: "Bob Norton" <norton36 at olypen.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Olympic Vulture Study
To: "send TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Tweets,
Yesterday Diann Mac Rae reports seening 366 vultures and today 327.
She also had Vauxs Swifts again both mornings. On the 22nd she also had
a Merlin crossing, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, 3 Red-tails and an Osprey. 4
Parasitic Jaegers flew by going west.
On the 23rd there was a Merlin, 2 Red-tails, 3 Bald Eagles, a sharpie.
We both saw 2 Savannah Sparrows feeding on the tidal rocks and 11 Black
Oystercatchers.
Bob Norton
norton36 at olypen.com
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:06:38 -0700
From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous at msn.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] ouzels argue while a heron eats salmon
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Yesterday was a fabulous day to get outside, I had a couple of hours free so
I headed to Woods Creek in Monroe to watch the Pink Salmon spawning. I had a
perfect perch on a sunny bankside with good cover, a handy tree to sit back
against. The salmon were actively digging nests and splashing about, males
chasing each other with their dorsal fins out of the water like minature
orca whales. In places there were quite a few escaped eggs bobbing about
down the current. With all this abundance a couple of ouzels spent the
entire 90 minutes I was there fighting over who gets the goods. They chased
each other upstream and downstream, yelling at each other with a series of
rapid chirps, and should one land, the other would try to land on top of the
other, causing no end of splashing and chirping and wing fluttering
discombobulation. They would then fly off again, yelling back and forth.
They must have gone back and forth in front of me 40 or 50 times,
relentlessly arguing. In contrast to this noisily active pair, a blue heron
cruised in for a calm and stately landing, then began to poke its large bill
into a shoreside dead salmon, ripping out goodly sized chunks and lifted its
head skyward to swallow them. I had never seen a heron eat something dead
before. After about 15 minutes, it paused then flew off with a squawk of
protest and a mink rambled up and began snatching bites of the dead fish
abandoned by the heron. Unfortunately the wind shifted and must of carried
my scent to the mink, who after looking around nervously, moved off
downstream and out of view.
Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer, Teacher
Maltby, WA
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:09:33 -0700
From: "Hans de Grys" <degrys at verizon.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Blue Jay in Woodinville, WA
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Hi Tweets,
When a friend emailed me to say he had a Blue Jay at his feeders near
Woodinville a couple of days ago, I assumed he really meant blue Jay (i.e.
Steller's). But lo and behold when I opened up the attachment there was an
actual Blue Jay sitting in the feed tray.
Checking the Matt Bartels/Washington Birder Excel file on the WOS website
(http://www.wos.org/CountyList.htm), I see Blue Jay is listed as 5+ records
in King County (I love this resource). Still, it's not an everyday bird in
this neck of the woods.
I have posted a couple of photos of this bird at:
http://www.lakesideschool.org/people/homepages/degrys/jay.htm
Apparently this jay (like the Scrub Jay) is expanding more and more into
Washington. The owners at this particular residence were not too keen on
opening up their backyard to great masses of birders, but perhaps if you
keep a sharp eye out you too may see a Blue Jay (capital "B") flitting about
in the Seattle area in the near future.
Hans
Hans de Grys
Bothell, WA
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 22:57:57 -0700
From: "Terry Little" <terry at crossoverchurch.info>
Subject: [Tweeters] Sprague and Sheep Lake
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Seen Today, Sept 23
2 nice male Surf Scoters in the sewage ponds just east of Sprague.
Black crowned night herons on Sprague Lake
1 Sanderling, 2 Baird's Sandpipers, 2 American Avocets, 1 Prairie Falcon on
Sheep lake south of Sprague
Terry Little
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:25:52 -0700
From: "Charlie Wright" <c.wright7 at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] South Prairie; 23 September 2005: Lewis's
Woodpecker
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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I birded again today on the Foothills Trail from South Prairie to Crocker,
my usual route of a little over 5 miles. The highlight occured when I was
counting Turkey Vultures from the small park in South Prairie. I saw an
oddly shaped bird about a mile away, flying directly towards me from the
ridge to the north. Thinking it was a Pileated Woodpecker, I almost put my
binoculars down, but as it got closer I realized there was no white in the
wings and it was clearly an adult Lewis's Woodpecker! The bird flew directly
over me and landed in the largest cottonwood south of the town. Some
other interesting notes among 70 species are listed below.
FOOTHILLS TRAIL (11:45am-4:10pm):
Low clouds cleared afternoon; 55-60:; N wind 10mph.
Wood Duck (2)
Turkey Vulture (53)-migrating.
Northern Harrier (1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (2)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Solitary Sandpiper (3): still lingering at the wetland.
Wilson's Snipe (2)-wetland.
Vaux's Swift (44): these must have a roost somewhere in S Prairie.
Lewis's Woodpecker (1)
Red-breasted Sapsucker (4)
Willow Flycatcher (1)-getting late.
Hutton's Vireo (8)
Warbling Vireo (1)
Violet-green Swallow (135): still high numbers.
Brown Creeper (18)
Winter Wren (5)-numbers increased.
American Dipper (7): feasting on salmon eggs.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (56)-first major influx.
Swainson's Thrush (3)
Varied Thrush (2)
American Pipit (3)
Cedar Waxwing (13)
Orange-crowned Warbler (7)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (26): 19 Myr, 7 Aud.
Black-throated Gray Warbler (3)
Townsend's Warbler (13)
Common Yellowthroat (17)
Western Tanager (1)
Fox Sparrow (14)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (42)
Brewer's Blackbird (16)
Also observed were a Coyote and many thousands of Pink Salmon.
Cheers
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:34:20 -0700
From: Larry Schwitters <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] How big are we?
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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I'll bet someone in Tweeterland has these facts at hand.
1. How many are currently registered to "Tweeters"?
2. How does the compare to list to the south, OBL-Oregon Birding List?
3. How does Tweeters numbers compare with what it had 5 years ago?
4. Same question for OBL.
Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:16:45 -0700
From: "Bill Yake" <Yake at thurston.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Barred Owl Calls
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On the last 2 nights we have heard what we think are calls from a pair
of Barred Owls in the Green Cove Basin on Cooper Point just north of
Olympia. The calls are somewhat like barks and seem to be coordinated
between the pair. We've done some reading and on-line searching but
haven't found a clear explanation for this type of call at this time of
year. Any Barred Owl specialists out there who can interpret this
behavior?
Thanks,
Bill Yake & Jeannette Barreca
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:43:09 -0700
From: "J. Acker" <owler at sounddsl.com>
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Barred Owl Calls
To: "'Bill Yake'" <Yake at thurston.com>, <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Try this link:
http://www.owlcam.com/soundlib/sound_lib.htm
This is probably the best library out there for Barred Owl calls, though by
no means complete.
Barred Owls at this time of year are more likely to call than two months
ago. I think it has to do with re-establishing territory after the nesting
season, and as a warning to the juveniles that are now dispersed and looking
for territory. Lately I have heard caterwauling between a pair that helps
to maintain a pair bond, as well as a "whoo-ah" call that I believe is a
territorial call. From my experience, it is the adults that are calling
now; the juvies seem to keep a low profile.
J. Acker
Bainbridge Island, Washington
owler at sounddsl.com
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Subject: [Tweeters] Barred Owl Calls
On the last 2 nights we have heard what we think are calls from a pair of
Barred Owls in the Green Cove Basin on Cooper Point just north of Olympia.
The calls are somewhat like barks and seem to be coordinated between the
pair. We've done some reading and on-line searching but haven't found a
clear explanation for this type of call at this time of year. Any Barred Owl
specialists out there who can interpret this behavior?
Thanks,
Bill Yake & Jeannette Barreca
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