I 'm looking for a compact scope with decent
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> 1. RE: 15 new North American Bird Species by DNA (Guttman,Burton)
> 2. Re: Mountain Quail on the GBBC (Wayne C. Weber)
> 3. Re: Mountain Quail (Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan)
> 4. Bridgeport Mt. Quail (merdave at homenetnw.net)
> 5. Eugene (Louise Rutter)
> 6. Re: Mountain Quail (Rob Conway)
> 7. Vancouver, BC RBA for February 26, 2007 (Wayne C. Weber)
> 8. Spokane County Swan - late report (Ron)
> 9. Clark County Birds (Wilson Cady)
> 10. Owls at Interlaken? (Jonathan Frankel)
> 11. RBA: Portland, OR 3-1-07 (Harry Nehls)
> 12. Semiahmoo Spit birding, Feb. 27-- Black Oystercatcher
> (Wayne C. Weber)
> 13. Nature Audio recording workshop May 4-5 (Mark Oberle)
> 14. Washington BirdBox, March 1, 2007 (Dougnpip at aol.com)
> 15. Barred Owls courting - W Seattle - and some surprising
> behavior (Stewart Wechsler)
> 16. Barred Owl love walk - this Saturday - Lincoln Pk - W. Sea.
> (Stewart Wechsler)
> 17. Can you ID this bird? (Scott R a y)
>
>From: "Guttman,Burton" <GuttmanB at evergreen.edu>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: RE: [Tweeters] 15 new North American Bird Species by DNA
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:56:14 -0800
>To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>References: <410-22007222041429640 at mindspring.com>
> <02ce01c754ab$536e0b10$6401a8c0 at McCoury>
>Message-ID: <B545827CE9BFFE4E9FE0F1011192A427C7CC89 at oak.evergreen.edu>
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>I'm coming to this debate late -- haven't caught
>up with Tweeters mail yet -- but I want to
>express a viewpoint similar to those that I
>think a couple of other folks (?Michael Hobbs,
>Doug Canning?) have at least implied in their
>responses. I think DNA is great stuff; as a
>molecular biologist, I've worked with it in some
>way all of my professional life. It makes us
>what we are, obviously. But I think biology has
>taken a seriously wrongheaded turn if the
>question of delimiting species has been turned
>into a question of the similarity or difference
>in DNA sequences. The link between DNA
>sequences and the final whole organism,
>especially one as complicated as a bird or
>mammal, is just too long and complicated and
>tenuous. The only species definition that makes
>any sense is one based on the question of
>interbreeding. (Irregular or complicated
>interbreeding, or interbreeding between groups
>that aren't sister species, just means that
>evolution is still in process and that nature
>doesn't always allow us humans to have neat,
>orderly classifications for
>everything.) Whether two organisms will mate
>depends on complicated matters of appearance and
>behavior, which can't be read off a DNA
>sequence. I believe DNA sequences, or DNA
>hybridization, can be used to make cladograms
>and to sort out phylogenies, but I sure as hell
>hope ornithologists aren't going to let
>themselves be bullied by champions of DNA For
>Everything into making their judgements about
>species limits just on the basis of sequence similarity.
>
>Burt Guttman
>The Evergreen State College
>Olympia, WA 98505 <mailto:guttmanb at evergreen.edu>guttmanb at evergreen.edu
>Home: 7334 Holmes Island Road S. E., Olympia, 98503
>
>From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail on the GBBC
>Cc: ROB FERGUS <rfergus at audubon.org>
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:46:11 -0800
>To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>,
> "LARRY SCHWITTERS" <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
>References:
><15210776.1172560150564.JavaMail.root at elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
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>Larry and Tweeters,
>
>I had a look at the GBBC count from Bridgeport that
>included the suspect Mountain Quail report. The list
>included 42 species, all of which are perfectly reasonable
>(both species and numbers) for that locality except for
>Mountain Quail. As there were no California Quail
>reported, I'm almost sure that this is just a data entry
>error-- number entered in the Mountain Quail box
>instead of the California Quail box.
>
>This list may well have been submitted by someone who is on
>Tweeters. Sorry if we're talking about you without your
>input, but I just wanted to offer my opinion that this was
>just a data entry error, not an entire list that was suspect.
>
>While I was at it, I decided to enter my own brief counts
>on Feb. 17 from Renton, the Kent Ponds, and
>Duwamish Head-- in part, because no one else had
>reported the Renton Palm Warbler that weekend.
>
>Data entry ends today, and some of you may find it
>interesting to browse the Washington data in the GBBC
>website.
>
>Wayne C. Weber
>Delta, BC
>contopus at telus.net
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:09 PM
>Subject: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail
>
>
>
>Tweeters,
>
>Well here is a strange one. The top spot for Mountain Quail in NA according
>to the Great Backyard Bird Count is Bridgeport, WA with 35.
>http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/report?cmd=showReport&reportName=SpeciesLocation&species=mouqua&year=2007
>
>Larry Schwitters
>Issaquah
>
>
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>
>
>From: "Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan" <godwit513 at msn.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail
>Cc:
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:02:55 -0800
>To: <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>, <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>References:
><15210776.1172560150564.JavaMail.root at elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
>Message-ID: <BAY116-DAV18C934A070474FEA732A04F4800 at phx.gbl>
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>???
>Hello Larry and to Tweeters,
>
>I was so intrigued to look the list which is
>posted by Audubon to Cornell at the Great
>Backyard Bird Count website. Is there an Editor
>for the GBBC? On the CBC it will be sent to a
>regional Editor,and if there is question on some
>bird how would it be written up or documented?
>Our regional editor for the CBC is Mike
>Patterson,but the GBBC has nothing to do with that.
>Here are just a few of he sightings that caught our attention the most:
>26 Lesser Goldfinches in Cle Elum, 21 Green
>Herons in Issaquah, and 8 in Yakima, 40 Red
>Phalarope at Ridgefield NWR,6 Blue Jays in
>Tonasket(most inexperienced people call the
>Steller's Jay Blue Jays) 21 Mountain Chickadee
>in Tacoma among other reports in western
>Washington.,This had to be an invasion year for
>this species. 1 Vesper Sparrow in Lynwood. And
>the list is going on and on for 3 pages of
>sighting all in question that we found.
>
>We having a nice yard with many nice birds,but I
>not sending my yard birds ever to such a
>cause.How can this going to be an accurate account for keeping records?
>There been only few sites on Mountain Quail
>chiefly in western Washington,if you also
>include scattered reports in the Blue Mountains
>of released birds.These areas are the South Port
>Orchard Airport area in Kitsap Co. the Seabeck
>area also in Kitsap Co. and the Shelton area in Mason Co.
>
>Ed Newbold of Seattle has a very good account of
>birds with his Yard BirdRace, in which people
>keep a yearly list of species they encounter in
>their yard or on or from their property only.
>
>Cheers, Ruth Sullivan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:09 PM
>Subject: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail
>
>
> >
> > Tweeters,
> >
> > Well here is a strange one. The top spot for
> Mountain Quail in NA according to the Great
> Backyard Bird Count is Bridgeport, WA with
> 35.
> http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/report?cmd=showReport&reportName=SpeciesLocation&species=mouqua&year=2007
> >
> > Larry Schwitters
> > Issaquah
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
> >
>From: merdave at homenetnw.net
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Bridgeport Mt. Quail
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:58:34 -0800
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Message-ID: <20070301015834.DDF5171C11B at cronosmail.homenetnw.net>
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>Tweeters: Boy, if there are Mt. Quail around
>here, I'd love to know where. I didn't take part
>in the count this year, and I have no idea who
>sent in a report. But, I agree, I'm sure they
>mean Calif. Quail. Meredith Spencer
>
>
>
>From: "Louise Rutter" <louise.rutter at eelpi.gotdns.org>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Eugene
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:17:49 -0800
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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>I'm planning a trip to Eugene next week, barring disasters (and assuming
>the weather can bring itself to stop snowing!) on the trail of the
>falcated duck. I'll probably stay overnight rather than make it a long
>day trip - does anybody have suggestions for good places close to Eugene
>to spend a couple of hours birding? Or indeed, any good places close to
>I-5 along the way?
>
>Louise Rutter
>Kirkland
>
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>
>From: "Rob Conway" <robin_birder at hotmail.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail
>Cc:
>Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:41:52 +0000
>To: godwit513 at msn.com, lpatters at ix.netcom.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu
>In-Reply-To: <BAY116-DAV18C934A070474FEA732A04F4800 at phx.gbl>
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>
>All,
>
>I am the reviewer for the GBBC for
>Washington. The system only gives me alerts
>outside of pre-set parameters for species set by Cornell/Audubon.
>I'm afraid the Mountain Quail error slipped by
>me - I read it as California Quail and moved it
>through the system - I'll correct it. In
>checking the Mountain Quail list for the nation
>I GUARANTEE that the reports from Oakhurst (3
>miles from where I grew up), Sonora, and the
>Napa Valley in California are all also in error.
>
>The only other record that was alerted in Ruth's
>list below was the Blue Jay count, which I
>rejected and noted likely observer error -
>Stellers Jay most probable. The GBBC and CBC
>are entirely different creatures - the CBC has a
>group mix of reporters for every area ranging
>from novice to expert while the GBBC has no
>checks for individual reports except for (very
>ill defined) total species counts for any given
>report that lump ALL OF WASHINGTON STATE
>together as a birding area. This means that if
>5 Sage Grouse were reported from Sequim I
>wouldn't find that error as 5 Sage Grouse would
>be a reasonable number from Hanford Reach - the
>GBBC database makes no differentiation. I could
>review every record...if this were a full time
>job. As it is I spend as much time as I can working through the "bad" reports.
>
>Another problem is the definiton of "Backyard
>Bird Count" - location(s) allowed, timeline(s)
>allowed, etc.. Some people treat this as more
>or less a Big Day or CBC effort while others
>stick to their 8500 square foot lot in the suburbs.
>
>I've rejected about 30 individual reports including:
>
>Siberian Accentor in Kitsap County
>Brambling (4 reports)
>Several Lark Buntings
>Zone Tailed Hawk
>Anhinga
>Reddish Egret
>Ross's Goose (several from Puget Sound area - 3 seen from moving vehicles!)
>
>etc...
>
>The system isn't perfect, but it is what we
>currently work with. If you have questions on
>specific records send them to me and I'll go
>over the record AND I'll work with the GBBC team
>to try to get better "limit" records in the
>Washington State database (as well as a more refined geography)
>
>Good Birding to all!
>
>Rob Conway
>Newcastle, WA
>
>robin_birder at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan" <godwit513 at msn.com>
>>To: <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>, <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail
>>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:02:55 -0800
>>
>>Hello Larry and to Tweeters,
>>
>>I was so intrigued to look the list which is
>>posted by Audubon to Cornell at the Great
>>Backyard Bird Count website. Is there an Editor for the GBBC?
>>On the CBC it will be sent to a regional
>>Editor,and if there is question on some bird
>>how would it be written up or documented? Our
>>regional editor for the CBC is Mike
>>Patterson,but the GBBC has nothing to do with that.
>>Here are just a few of he sightings that caught our attention the most:
>>26 Lesser Goldfinches in Cle Elum, 21 Green
>>Herons in Issaquah, and 8 in Yakima, 40 Red
>>Phalarope at Ridgefield NWR,6 Blue Jays in
>>Tonasket(most inexperienced people call the
>>Steller's Jay Blue Jays) 21 Mountain Chickadee
>>in Tacoma among other reports in western
>>Washington.,This had to be an invasion year for
>>this species. 1 Vesper Sparrow in Lynwood. And
>>the list is going on and on for 3 pages of
>>sighting all in question that we found.
>>
>>We having a nice yard with many nice birds,but
>>I not sending my yard birds ever to such a
>>cause.How can this going to be an accurate account for keeping records?
>>There been only few sites on Mountain Quail
>>chiefly in western Washington,if you also
>>include scattered reports in the Blue Mountains
>>of released birds.These areas are the South
>>Port Orchard Airport area in Kitsap Co. the
>>Seabeck area also in Kitsap Co. and the Shelton area in Mason Co.
>>
>>Ed Newbold of Seattle has a very good account
>>of birds with his Yard BirdRace, in which
>>people keep a yearly list of species they
>>encounter in their yard or on or from their property only.
>>
>>Cheers, Ruth Sullivan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
>>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>>Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:09 PM
>>Subject: [Tweeters] Mountain Quail
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Tweeters,
>> >
>> > Well here is a strange one. The top spot
>> for Mountain Quail in NA according to the
>> Great Backyard Bird Count is Bridgeport, WA with 35.
>>http://gbbc.birdsource.org/gbbcApps/report?cmd=showReport&reportName=SpeciesLocation&species=mouqua&year=2007
>> >
>> > Larry Schwitters
>> > Issaquah
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Tweeters mailing list
>> > Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> > http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
>> >
>
>
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>From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Vancouver, BC RBA for February 26, 2007
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:32:16 -0800
>To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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>This is Wayne Weber with the Vancouver Natural History Society's
>Rare Bird Alert for February 26th, sponsored in part by Wild Birds
>Unlimited, with stores in Vancouver and North Vancouver. This
>message was updated at 1:00 PM on February 27th. The RBA
>telephone number is (604) 737-3074.
>
>
>The VNHS monthly Birders' Night will be held at 7:30 PM on
>March 1 at St. Mary Anglican Church, 2490 West 37th Avenue
>(at Larch Street) in Vancouver. Non-members as well as members
>are welcome. The speaker will be noted ecologist Dr. Michael
>Jackson, talking about Mosquitoes, Crows, and the arrival of the
>West Nile Virus.
>
>
>RARE BIRD ALERT for a GREAT GRAY OWL in Campbell
>Valley Park, Langley. The owl has not been reported since
>February 18 but is likely still present.
>
>
>In Washington State, RARE BIRD ALERT for a BLACK-HEADED
>GULL seen daily from February 21 to 26 at Point No Point in Kitsap
>County. Also, a RARE BIRD ALERT continues for a WHOOPER SWAN
>near Conway, last reported on February 17 but probably still in the area.
>Please see the Tweeters E-mail group recent archives at
>http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/TWET.html , or phone the
>Washington State BirdBox at (206) 281-9172, for the latest
>updates and directions to this bird.
>
>
>Sightings for Monday, February 26th
>
>In Washington State, the BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen again
>with BONAPARTE'S GULLS near Point No Point, Kitsap
>County, north of Kingston.
>
>Locally, two PINE GROSBEAKS were reported in the 15400 block
>of 20th Avenue in Surrey, an area where they have been seen
>several times over the last few weeks.
>
>
>Sightings for Sunday, February 25th
>
>An EARED GREBE and 40 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen off
>the White Rock pier in White Rock.
>
>Six CACKLING GEESE were seen with 50 CANADA GEESE in a
>field on the north side of 8th Avenue, between 188th and 192nd
>Streets in Surrey. This species is rare in winter around Vancouver.
>
>In Delta, 3 GLAUCOUS GULLS and a CALIFORNIA GULL were
>seen in a gull flock off River Road near Deas Island Park.
>Another CALIFORNIA GULL was seen along 72nd Street south
>of Highway 10.
>
>A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen flying across Highway 99
>near Burns Bog in Delta.
>
>At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta, a TREE SWALLOW, a BARN
>SWALLOW, and an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK were seen.
>
>
>Sightings for Saturday, February 24th
>
>At Iona Island in Richmond, 2 TREE SWALLOWS were seen over the
>outer pond, and an AMERICAN BITTERN in the nearby marsh.
>
>
>Sightings for Friday, February 23rd
>
>At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta, sightings included a single
>TREE SWALLOW, a MARBLED GODWIT on pilings near the
>mouth of the Fraser River, 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS,
>3 adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, a HUTTON'S VIREO,
>the long-staying immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK, and 3000
>SNOW GEESE.
>
>At Colony Farm Park, on the Port Coquitlam side, a NORTHERN
>SAW-WHET OWL was seen in a tree along the trail.
>
>At Tennant Lake near Ferndale, WA, 15 km south of White Rock
>there were 60 TREE SWALLOWS, 20 BARN SWALLOWS, and
>one VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW. At nearby Lake Terrell
>were four REDHEADS.
>
>
>Sightings for Thursday, February 22nd
>
>In Delta, at the golf course at the foot of 72nd Street, 8 SNOWY OWLS
>were still present.
>
>
>Sightings for Wednesday, February 21st
>
>An out-of-town report was received of a BLACK-HEADED GULL at
>Point No Point, north of Bremerton, Washington. This could be
>the same bird that was seen several weeks ago on Bainbridge Island.
>
>At Iona Island in Richmond, 3 TREE SWALLOWS over the outer
>pond were the first of the year.
>
>
>Sightings for Tuesday, February 20th
>
>Along 34th Street in Delta, near 33A Avenue, 2 MARBLED GODWITS
>were seen in a flooded field along with 280 BLACK-BELLIED
>PLOVERS and 450 DUNLIN.
>
>At Campbell Valley Park in Langley, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was
>seen along 4th Avenue, but the GREAT GRAY OWL could
>not be found.
>
>The GYRFALCON was seen again at an unspecified location
>in Pitt Meadows.
>
>
>No sightings reported for Monday, February 19th
>
>
>Sightings for Sunday, February 18th
>
>The GREAT GRAY OWL was seen by many observers at and near the
>viewing platform at the east end of the Ravine Trail in Campbell Valley
>Regional Park, Langley.
>
>Also seen in Campbell Valley Park were a BARRED OWL, a GREAT
>HORNED OWL, 8 RED CROSSBILLS, and 12 COMMON
>REDPOLLS,
>
>Four SNOWY OWLS were still on the golf course east of the foot
>of 72nd Street and north of the Boundary Bay dyke in Delta.
>
>A possible GOLDEN EAGLE was reported in West Vancouver from
>the 4100 block of Rose Crescent.
>
>
>Sightings for Saturday, February 17th
>
>The GREAT GRAY OWL was photographed in mid-afternoon along
>the Ravine Trail in Campbell Valley Park, Langley.
>
>A well-described NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen on a lawn
>on 72nd Street in Delta, near the intersection with 36th Avenue.
>
>In Pitt Meadows, a GYRFALCON was seen along Connecting Road
>E of McKechnie Road, as was an AMERICAN KESTREL
>along Thompson Road E of Neaves Road.
>
>Twelve BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were seen together at the
>Tsawwassen ferry terminal in Delta.
>
>At the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta, birds seen included a MARBLED
>GODWIT with BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS on pilings along the
>Fraser River, 2 HUTTON'S VIREOS, an immature NORTHERN
>GOSHAWK, 4 SANDHILL CRANES, 2 adult BLACK-CROWNED
>NIGHT-HERONS, a drake REDHEAD, and 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET
>OWLS.
>
>Eight MOURNING DOVES were in the 16100 block of 40th Avenue
>in Surrey.
>
>
>Sightings for Friday, February 16th
>
>The GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH, present earlier in the winter,
>was seen again near rhododendron shrubs inside the Academic
>Quadrangle at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
>
>A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at a feeder in the 3600
>block of West First Avenue in Vancouver.
>
>
>There were no sightings reported for Thursday, February 15th.
>
>
>Sightings for Wednesday, February 14th
>
>At Whistler, BC, a flock of 75 COMMON REDPOLLS with 25
>PINE SISKINS was seen at the base of Lorimer Road. This
>flock has been present in the area for several weeks.
>
>
>Sightings for Tuesday, February 13th
>
>Four BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the Tsawwassen
>ferry terminal in Delta, and the resident WILLET was seen again
>at the base of the Tsawwassen jetty, on the south side.
>
>
>Sightings for Monday, February 12th
>
>The wintering TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was seen again in
>Coquitlam in the 3000 block of Spuraway Road.
>
>
>Sightings for Sunday, February 11th
>
>A GREAT GRAY OWL was reported from an open area along the
>Ravine Trail in Campbell Valley Regional Park in Langley.
>
>At and near the foot of 72nd Street in Delta, near the Boundary Bay
>shoreline, birds seen included an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK,
>a SHORT-EARED OWL, and a season-high 9 SNOWY OWLS on
>the golf course north of the dyke.
>
>
>
>If you have any questions about birds or birding in the Vancouver
>area, please call Peter at 604-736-0991, Viveka at 604-531-3401,
>or Larry at 604-465-1402. Thank you for calling the Vancouver
>Rare Bird Alert, and good birding.
>
>
>For further information about birding in the Vancouver area, log
>onto the Vancouver Natural History Society's website at
>http://naturevancouver.ca .
>
>
>Wayne C. Weber
>Delta, BC
>contopus at telus.net
>
>
>
>
>From: "Ron" <rmcclsky at mindspring.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Spokane County Swan - late report
>Cc:
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:45:07 -0800
>To: "Inland NW Birds" <inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu>,
> "Tweeters" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
>Message-ID: <034c01c75bbc$63fc8020$f927ff04 at Ron>
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>Last Friday afternoon there were 3 swan flying
>low south of I-90 about 2 miles east of Four
>Lakes. I was unable to stop and get a better ID.
>
>Ron McCluskey,
>Cheney
>From: "Wilson Cady" <gorgebirds at juno.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Clark County Birds
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 05:40:15 GMT
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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>
>Today (2/28/07) I led a field trip at the Ridgefield NWR, in Clark
>County, for some elementary school students and despite the earlier
>reports of numerous swallows there I only spotted a single VIOLET-
>GREEN SWALLOW.
>Other birds of interst were a WHITE-TAILED KITE and a RED-SHOULDERED
>HAWK, both of which have been there since last summer.
>
>
>Wilson Cady
>Washougal, WA
>
>
>
>
>From: "Jonathan Frankel" <froglegs11 at gmail.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Owls at Interlaken?
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:15:01 -0800
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Message-ID: <e4246c5a0702282315ld0e5c8cj56a85818e126744c at mail.gmail.com>
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>hey tweeters!
>just wondering if anyone has ever seen or heard
>of any type of owls in Interlaking park in
>Seattle, it seams like a great place for them
>(large area of dense woods and a small stream)
>if you see anything please let me know!
>thanks allot
>Jonathan Frankel
><mailto:froglegs11 at gmail.com>froglegs11 at gmail.com
>From: Harry Nehls <hnehls at teleport.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] RBA: Portland, OR 3-1-07
>Cc:
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:31:57 -0800
>To: RBA <hnehls at teleport.com>
>Message-ID: <C20BC16D.10532%hnehls at teleport.com>
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>- RBA
>* Oregon
>* Portland
>* March 1, 2007
>* ORPO0703.01
>
>- birds mentioned
>
>Wood Duck
>FALCATED DUCK
>Surf Scoter
>MOTTLED PETREL
>Sandhill Crane
>Rock Sandpiper
>Caspian Tern
>THICK-BILLED MURRE
>Rufous Hummingbird
>Say?s Phoebe
>Cassin?s Vireo
>Violet-green Swallow
>Varied Thrush
>Hermit Warbler
>SUMMER TANAGER
>Harris?s Sparrow
>HOODED ORIOLE
>
>- transcript
>
>hotline: Portland Oregon Audubon RBA (weekly)
>number: 503-292-6855
>To report: Harry Nehls 503-233-3976 <hnehls at teleport.com>
>compiler: Harry Nehls
>coverage: entire state
>
>Hello, this is the Audubon Society of Portland
>Rare Bird Report. This report was made Thursday
>March 1. If you have anything to add call Harry Nehls at 503-233-3976.
>
>The Eugene FALCATED DUCK and the Alvadore SUMMER
>TANAGER continue to be seen. The Reedsport
>HOODED ORIOLE was seen again February 22. Single
>dead MOTTLED PETRELS were found February 20 at
>Seaside and February 25 near Cannon Beach. A
>live adult THICK-BILLED MURRE was found February
>27 on Clatsop beach and was taken to a rehab center where it later died.
>
>Flocks of SANDHILL CRANES were seen during the
>week passing northward over Western Oregon. This
>coincided with their arrival at Ladd Marsh WMA
>near LaGrande. The coastal movement of RUFOUS
>HUMMINGBIRDS reached Astoria by February 22.
>
>On February 22 five ROCK SANDPIPERS were on the
>South Jetty of Yaquina Bay. A very early CASPIAN
>TERN was at the mouth of the Necanicum River at Seaside February 25.
>
>The HARRIS?S SPARROW continues to be seen at a
>Canby feeder. On February 23 two SURF SCOTERS
>were on Hagg Lake, south of Forest Grove. A
>HERMIT WARBLER is now being seen in Salem. A
>CASSIN?S VIREO was reported February 23 in
>Corvallis. That day a flock of VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS was seen over Eugene.
>
>Up to 500 WOOD DUCKS were seen February 24 on a
>pond near Boardman. On February 23 a migrant
>SAY?S PHOEBE was near Redmond. A VARIED THRUSH was seen February 23 in Burns.
>
>That?s it for this week.
>
>- end transcript
>
>
>
>
>From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Semiahmoo Spit birding, Feb. 27-- Black Oystercatcher
>Cc:
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 06:46:37 -0800
>To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>,
> "WHATCOM BIRDERS" <whatcombirds at lists.wwu.edu>
>Message-ID: <016801c75c10$6b765de0$6700a8c0 at bc.hsia.telus.net>
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>This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net
>
>Date: February 27, 2007
>Location: Semiahmoo Spit, Whatcom County, Washington
>
>Low temperature: 6 degrees Celsius High temperature: 8 degrees Celsius
>Wind direction: NW
>Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
>Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 10%
>Precipitation: none
>
>The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber at
>Semiahmoo Spit, on the west side of Drayton Harbor,
>Blaine, Wa. Observations were made from about 5:00 to 6:15
>PM on February 27, 2007. It was sunny, winds were light,
>and visibility was very good, although coverage was
>a bit rushed because of shortage of time. The tide was
>quite low.
>
>The best bird observed was BLACK OYSTERCATCHER,
>which was on a gravel bar on the south side of the spit,
>near (but not with) some BLACK TURNSTONES. This is
>the first oystercatcher I've seen around Drayton Harbor
>in more than 35 years of frequent visits to the area,
>although Nick Page and others have seen 1 or 2 a few
>times within the last year. It looks like they are
>expanding their range to include this area.
>
>I counted 95 HARBOR SEALS lounging on their favorite
>habitat, the flat concrete breakwater of the
>Semiahmoo Marina.
>
>Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
>
>Brant 300 [1]
>American Wigeon 15
>Mallard 50
>Northern Pintail 200
>Greater Scaup 1000
>Harlequin Duck 12
>Surf Scoter 100
>White-winged Scoter 50
>Bufflehead 15
>Common Goldeneye 20
>Barrow's Goldeneye 8
>Red-breasted Merganser 150 [2]
>Ruddy Duck 8
>Red-throated Loon 1
>Pacific Loon 1
>Common Loon 20
>Horned Grebe 12
>Red-necked Grebe 1
>Eared Grebe 4
>Western Grebe 10
>Double-crested Cormorant 300 [3]
>Great Blue Heron 5
>Bald Eagle 2
>Black Oystercatcher 1 [4]
>Black Turnstone 30
>Sanderling 12
>Dunlin 600
>Mew Gull 500
>Glaucous-winged Gull 1000
>Belted Kingfisher 1
>Northwestern Crow 40
>European Starling 6
>
>Footnotes:
>
>[1] BRANT-- birds on and near gravel bars on
> bay side of spit
>[2] RED-BREASTED MERGANSER-- Very high count; perhaps the start of
> migration?
>[3] D-C. CORMORANT-- Most of these on rock breakwater on E side of
> harbor entrance, where breeding has occurred in previous years
>[4] BLACK OYSTERCATCHER-- my first sighting ever for Drayton Harbor
>
>Total number of species seen: 32
>
>
>
>
>
>
>From: Mark Oberle <oberle at mindspring.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Nature Audio recording workshop May 4-5
>Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:31:52 -0800
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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>We are going to be hosting the 3rd annual Nature
>Audio recording workshop May 4-5 at the
>University of Washington, Center for Urban
>Horticulture in Seattle. Please contact me for details
>
>
>Mark Oberle
>Seattle, Washington
>206-616-9394
>oberle at mindspring.com
>
>
>
>From: Dougnpip at aol.com
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Washington BirdBox, March 1, 2007
>Cc:
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:03:43 EST
>To: raan at u.washington.edu, SGMlod at aol.com, tom.aversa at zoo.org,
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>The Washington BirdBox is a voice mailbox sponsored by the Washington
>Ornithological Society. To leave a message about a notable sighting, or to
>listen to recent reports from other birders, call (206) 281-9172 and follow
>the prompts. Report operational problems to Rachel Lawson system
>administrator; she can be reached at rachelwl at msn.com or (206) 282-5593.
>Please address any corrections (such as errors in place names or observers)
>to the transcriber, Doug Watkins, e-mail and phone # as indicated below.
>
>Checked for reports this morning, March 1 and there were none.
>
>
>Doug Watkins
>dougnpip at aol.com
>Bainbridge Is. Wa.
>(206) 780-0267
>
>
>BirdBox last accessed Wednesday, March 1, 8:00am
>
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>From: "Stewart Wechsler" <ecostewart at quidnunc.net>
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>Subject: [Tweeters] Barred Owls courting - W Seattle - and some surprising
> behavior
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:23:09 -0800
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>A few evenings ago at Lincoln Park (West Seattle) after working on saving
>the last Sanicula crassicaulis (Pacific Snakeroot - Carrot Family)
>population in Seattle from encroaching alien grasses and other plants it was
>getting towards dark so I tried hooting to the Barred Owls. Though I got no
>immediate response, one of the Barred Owls soon started what I call the
>"monkey holler" of a crecendo repeated hoots with no "cooks for you" ending
>along with their weird somewhat cat-like scream, both of which I believe are
>often associated with courtship. I saw one fly a short distance then found
>both male and female perched near eachother when I went to investigate.
>
>Then yesterday afternoon at 12:37 pm I walked by to see if any owls were in
>the area that I had seen them and if I could find any perches with pellets
>below. When I arrived one owl started giving his/her "who cooks for you".
>It seemed that it may have been no coincidence that it gave its call when I
>arrived. There was no response from the other owl and I didn't locate a
>second one. Then later the same afternoon at about 3:30 pm I came back to
>check on the owls and to take another quick check for pellets. Once again I
>got another mid-day "who cooks for you" and once again no other owl
>responded. I've previously observed Barred Owls hooting in the
>mid-afternoon at about this time of year and associated it with courtship,
>but this time there was no exchange and it seemed that the owl was hooting
>at me. While I don't know if it is at all probable, I had a theory that the
>owl had seen me hooting before and remembered me, even though I didn't hoot
>at all that day. It then may have treated me as it might another owl in its
>territory by hooting at me, though it didn't swoop down at me as one might
>do to an intruding owl.
>
>I will lead a walk this Saturday evening at Lincoln Park 5:30 to 7:00 pm to
>hopefully observe both the owls and with more of this interesting behavior.
>Details in the subsequent posting.
>
>Stewart Wechsler
>Ecological Consulting
>West Seattle
>206 932-7225
>ecostewart at quidnunc.net
>
>-Advice on the most site-appropriate native plants
> and how to enhance habitat for the maximum diversity
> of plants and animals
>-Educational programs, nature walks and field trips
>-Botanical Surveys
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>From: "Stewart Wechsler" <ecostewart at quidnunc.net>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Barred Owl love walk - this
>Saturday - Lincoln Pk - W. Sea.
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:27:08 -0800
>To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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>This Saturday from 5:30 to 7:00 pm I am leading a special impromptu owl walk
>at Lincoln Park (West Seattle) after hearing the Barred Owls' wooing hoots
>and wild cat screams this Monday (noted in previous posting). This behavior
>continues for a period of time, so there is a possibility of seeing the love
>birds carrying on during the walk.
>
>We will meet at 5:30 pm at the Rose St. Parking lot on Fauntleroy Way SW,
>which is about 4 blocks north of the Fauntleroy ferry terminal and the
>northern of the 2 Lincoln Park parking lots. If you come from the north
>along Fauntleroy Way it is the first parking lot on the right after you come
>to Lincoln Park. We will meet about 1/3 the way from the south end of the
>parking lot at the Kiosk. Both adults and kids are welcome and neither age
>group is likely to feel that the program was too much oriented to the other
>group.
>
>This is not one of my Parks Department sponsored walks and no
>pre-registration is required. While no fee will be required, any donations
>will be accepted to help me continue my ecosystem education, preservation
>and restoration work and to help protect a local endangered species of
>naturalist.
>
>Stewart Wechsler
>Ecological Consulting
>West Seattle
>206 932-7225
>ecostewart at quidnunc.net
>
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> and how to enhance habitat for the maximum diversity
> of plants and animals
>-Educational programs, nature walks and field trips
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>From: "Scott R a y" <mryakima at gmail.com>
>Precedence: list
>Subject: [Tweeters] Can you ID this bird?
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:41:17 -0800
>To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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>Looks like some sort of Chanting Goshawk to me...
>
>http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00079790
>
>--
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>AFLAC
>Moxee, WA
>509.961.2625
>mryakima at gmail dot com
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