In Port Townsend itself on Castle Hill, we've had a pair of BHGs at our black oil sunflower feeders since the end of May, but no sign of juveniles. They are very skittish and fly off easily. There was also one male Evening Grosbeak on June 4 with no additional sightings. The property backs up on a very narrow belt of trees and brush between two neighborhoods.

Bill Voss/Ren?e Marth
Port Townsend
marthvoss at hotmail.com
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> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:27:21 -0700
> From: casacummins at yahoo.com
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Black headed grosbeaks
>
> We've had a large number of BHGs at our feeders as well (7 miles south of
> Port Townsend). It appears to be at least two and possibly three family
> groups, males, females, and juveniles - approximately 8 individuals. They
> go for the black oil sunflower seed, but hit the suet pretty hard as well.
> They also seem to come in waves - most of them at the same time, then off
> they go, letting other species take over.
>
> Gary Cummins
> Port Townsend
> casacummins at yahoo.com
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>
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>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:36:37 +0000
>> From: christopher anderson
>> Subject: [Tweeters] Band-tailed Mineral sites - King County
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>> Howdy Tweets, I'd appreciate any observations or leads folks may have
>> regarding regular, relatively large congregations (~ 10 or more) of
>> band-tailed pigeons in the recent past month through the first half of August
>> within King County. Over the past year we have been working to locate
>> undocumented mineral sites that are regularly used by bt pigeons - e.g., near
>> mineralized springs, abandoned artesian salt wells, along bluffs with
>> mineralized water seeping from it, exposed mineral deposits, regular
>> concentrations of pigeons found along saltwater bays and estuaries, or any
>> other seemingly regular natural or artificial mineral sources (e.g. long-term
>> livestock mineral licks, mineralized wastewater from pulp mills). Pigeons
>> tend to be regular in pattern and use of these sites (e.g. early a.m., usually
>> like to roost nearby and go back and forth to the site), when a mineral source
>> exists, but it can be difficult to pin-point the exact mineral site location
>> within an area witho!
>> ut observations of these regular use patterns. The goal is to ensure that
>> these sites are managed to keep preferable habitat conditions for bt pigeons
>> and are not lost to habitat or land-use changes. I'm particularly interested
>> in any urban/suburban sites that folks may be familiar with. Please email me
>> off list at andercda AT dfw.wa.gov. I appreciate any leads or specifics that
>> folks have, it's a big (huge) help! Thanks much! Regards,Chris AndersonNorth
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>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:54:09 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Devorah Bennu
>> Subject: [Tweeters] Explosive Pattern of Speciation may not be unique
>> to island species (link)
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>> Hey tweeties,
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>> I wrote about this interesting little paper about Dendroica wood warblers..
>> This paper shows that rapid speciation rates among island species may not be
>> unique: this same pattern may also occur among species that arose on
>> continental landmasses;
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>> http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/07/wood_warblers_evolved_explosiv.p
>> hp
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>> cheers,
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>> GrrlScientist
>> Devorah
>> http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
>> Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:40:08 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: "Tim O'Brien"
>> Subject: [Tweeters] July 13 - Huntzinger Rd. - Lark Sparrow, Bank
>> Swallow
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>> I drove over to Spokane on this past Sunday and scored two life birds on the
>> way. I stopped in Vantage and drove to Wanapum State Park where I checked for
>> the Bank Swallows that nest there. I was happy to find several flying
>> overhead by the boat launch. Also, by the boat launch, I found 2 Lark
>> Sparrows. Both were life birds for me.
>>
>> I also checked the Black-throated Sparrow spot (from the ABA guide) along
>> Huntzinger Road. I only found another Lark Sparrow there.
>>
>> Tim O'Brien
>> Liberty Lake, WA
>> mailto: kertim7179 AT yahoo dot com
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>>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:42:21 -0700
>> From: "Ed Pullen"
>> Subject: [Tweeters] Looking for Rosy Finch
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>> I am planning to go to Paradise Saturday and look for Gray-crowned
>> rosy-finch. Has anyone looked yet this summer, or is it too early to get
>> high enough? Any suggestions. OK to reply off line.
>>
>> Ed Pullen
>>
>> dr.pullen at pop.halcyon.com
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:48:11 -0700
>> From: "Tracey Cummings"
>> Subject: [Tweeters] Eagle v. osprey - a fish tale
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>> Saturday a number of folks at Lake Marcel, Carnation, had a *birdseye
>> view*of a bald eagle chasing an osprey to get its fish. This chase
>> went on for a
>> few minutes, with the osprey easily out-maneuvering the eagle. Finally the
>> osprey let go of the fish and the birds parted ways. Exciting stuff!
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