Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Birds of Mexico
Date: Aug 22 13:42:01 2009
From: Shirley Vander Veen - n7ozv at comcast.net


I have used the guide 'Birds of Mexico and Central America' by Ber Van
Perlo, published by Princeton University Press. It is small and concise and
easy to use in the field.

Shirley Vander Veen

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> 1. Re: one egg missing from Green Lake grebe nest
> (squeakyfiddle at aol.com)
> 2. red-necked grebe, Clark Co, WA (Bob Flores)
> 3. sandpipers, Ridgefield NWR, Clark Co, WA (Bob Flores)
> 4. Osprey Nest (jmy09 at aol.com)
> 5. Red-necked Phalaropes still at Fill (Byers)
> 6. Kent Valley 2-21-09 (Lynn & Carol Schulz)
> 7. Rarity Chasing Karma (johntubbs at comcast.net)
> 8. Phalarope out and about (Brenda Burnett)
> 9. Re: Rarity Chasing Karma-JBP Sapsucker (Penny Koyama)
> 10. Re: Night Flight (Jim Danzenbaker)
> 11. Oops. Kent Valley 8-21-09, not 2-21-09 (Lynn & Carol Schulz)
> 12. Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico, any ideas?
> (Vicki Biltz)
> 13. Vaux's Happening (Larry Schwitters)
> 14. Re: Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico, any ideas?
> (Jim Danzenbaker)
> 15. Re: Juanita Red-naped Sapsucker, Franklins Gull (Kathy Andrich)
> 16. Mystery Birds (links) (Devorah Bennu)
> 17. Re: Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico, any ideas?
> (Ian Paulsen)
> 18. Semipalmated Plovers Discovery Park (Mark Vernon)
> 19. Re: Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico, any ideas?
> (antep9 at aol.com)
> 20. Fill birds (amk17 at earthlink.net)
> 21. Re: Common Grackle at Seward??? (Carol Stoner)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:29:01 -0400
> From: squeakyfiddle at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] one egg missing from Green Lake grebe nest
> To: fiona_cohen at yahoo.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu
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> There were four Pied-billed kids scrambling all over Mom at the
> Lakewood Marina on Wednesday afternoon. Saw one food delivery - a fish
> about a third the size of its recipient. The chick swallowed it down
> with no difficulty.
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> Catherine Alexander
> Lakewood Neighborbood
> South Seattle
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> From: Fiona Cohen <fiona_cohen at yahoo.com>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Fri, Aug 21, 2009 11:18 am
> Subject: [Tweeters] one egg missing from Green Lake grebe nest
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> http://naturegeeknw.blogspot.com/2009/08/hatching-time-again-for-green-lake.html
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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:34:25 -0700
> From: "Bob Flores" <rflores_2 at msn.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] red-necked grebe, Clark Co, WA
> To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.Washington.edu>, "OBOL"
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> Jim Danzenbaker and I found a red-necked grebe in breeding plumage at the
> flushing channel Vancouver Lake. We were there about 1:00 pm today.
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> As a bonus we also had 10 black-throated gray, 6 yellow, 1 Wilson's and 4
> orange-crowned warblers trying to get our attention.
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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:38:52 -0700
> From: "Bob Flores" <rflores_2 at msn.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] sandpipers, Ridgefield NWR, Clark Co, WA
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> Allot of bird movement because of peregrine falcon action but here are the
> numbers.
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> lb dowitcher 127
> le yellowlegs 3
> gr yellowlegs 7
> red-necked phalarope 3
> semipalmated sandpiper 5
> semipalmated plover 2
> Baird's sandpiper 1 poss 2
> western sandpiper 362
> least sandpiper 191
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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:07:50 -0400
> From: jmy09 at aol.com
> Subject: [Tweeters] Osprey Nest
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> I live in Mill Creek, Snohomish County, for the last two summers there
> have been Osprey
> hanging around my neighborhood near Cherry Pond. Both years they appear to
> have been raising young.
> (appears to be only one)
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> I have looked and looked for the nest, thinking that they were pretty far
> away from a river or lake. Well, to my surprise
> I found the nest about 5 days ago and yesterday confirmed that the Osprey
> are using this nest. It is on top of a cell tower IN Mill Creek Community
> Association next to the golf course.
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> Is it unusual for Osprey to nest this far from a river or big lake?
> (Cherry Pond does have fish but I doubt that it could feed a family for a
> whole season) Or is it possible that their hunting area covers Silver
> Lake, Martha Lake and much smaller Thomas Lake?
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> Photos of the nest are on my Flickr account. (I did not have a chance to
> photograph the Osprey before he took off.)
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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:07:22 -0700
> From: "Byers" <byers345 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Red-necked Phalaropes still at Fill
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Hi, Tweeters,
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> As of 1:40 pm today the two Red-necked Phalaropes were still
> busy feeding on the Main Pond at the Montlake Fill. There were also about
> 5
> Least Sandpipers, 2 Green Herons, one Great Blue Heron, a cameo appearance
> by a Kingfisher, lots of Barn Swallows, one Gadwall along with the
> Mallards
> and lots of Chickadees and Goldfinches. The pond was amazingly active on
> this cool afternoon. Charlotte Byers
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> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:42:00 -0700
> From: "Lynn & Carol Schulz" <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley 2-21-09
> To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Hi Tweets:
> After seeing a Yellow Warbler w/ a very green back in Des Moines
> yesterday, I thought
> I'd do a little birding today down in the Kent Valley. It was mid-day
> today when I
> got down there, and I only heard (did not see ) several Common
> Yellowthroats. I
> didn't see any other warblers today in the valley.
> 212th St mitigation pond - pretty quiet. No shorebirds. A Mourning Dove
> flew into
> the field. A Red-t Hawk perched on a platform in the field. As I got
> into the car,
> a Cooper's Hawk flew. A few Canada Geese, Mallards, and P-billed Grebes
> in the pond.
> A few Barn Swallows flying about. I only heard one Savannah Sparrow.
> At Boeing Ponds there were 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
> There were
> about 50 American Coots, which included many half-grown cootlets. 2
> Northern
> Shovelers, 4 Grn-w Teal, 2 Gadwalls, several P-b Grebes including two
> stripey
> half-grown young grebes, and one Ruddy Duck. There were a moderate number
> of
> mallards. I heard one Cedar Waxwing. I heard several Common
> Yellowthroats which
> were never visible. The 50 European Starlings included many juveniles,
> and all the
> stars had dark bills.
> Driving along the west side of the Green River down there, I saw about 70
> Violet-green Swallows perched over and swooping over the river.
> 204th St was quiet. A second Cooper's Hawk (it had a shorter tail than
> the bird on
> 212th) chased a very-bright adult Red-t Hawk. I only heard one Cedar
> Waxwing. A few
> Amer. Goldfinches flew about. They were present at all 3 sites. Barn
> Swallows flew
> over the fields.
> Yours, Carol Schulz
> Des Moines, WA
> linusq at att.net
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:54:31 +0000 (UTC)
> From: johntubbs at comcast.net
> Subject: [Tweeters] Rarity Chasing Karma
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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> Hi everyone,
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>
> After being out of town for over a week, and reading with envy the reports
> of Franklin's Gull and Red-necked Sapsucker in Juanita, I finally got
> around to chasing them this morning.? It was a story the fickleness of
> this activity - or for the technically-minded, a story of both sides of
> the bell-shaped curve of, which I seem to experience with regularity.?
> Specifically, I showed up at the parking lot at Juanita Beach around 8:30,
> pulled in facing the beach and noticed a few gulls lolling around on the
> sand.? Without leaving the car, I put the binocs on them, and sure
> enough - one was the immature Franklin's Gull.? So I left the binocs in
> the car, grabbed the digicam, walked to within ten yards of the birds (who
> totally ignored me), snapped half a dozen decent shots of the Franklin's
> Gull and checked that one off the list.? Thinking it wasn't possible to
> have been any more lucky, another birder who apparently showed up shortly
> after me said when he pulled in there was a !
> single gull? standing IN? the parking lot - and yes, it was the
> cooperative rarity.?
>
>
>
> The memories of similar situations, however, were concerning because I
> figured the ease of finding the gull probably exhausted my rarity karma
> for the morning, and that turned out to be true when I went for the
> Red-necked Sapsucker.? At least four other birders were looking for it
> over the time I was there (plus two who didn't know it was in the park
> until I spoke with them) and I don't believe anyone got a definitive
> look.? However, a sapsucker (not necessarily THE sapsucker) decided to rub
> salt in the wound.? While I was chatting with one person, he saw a
> sapsucker fly into a grove of trees nearby.? Except none of us could
> locate it, and his view was so fleeting it was not clear if it was the
> rare visitor.? Shortly thereafter, another birder had a sapsucker (and two
> Downy's and one Northern Flicker) in a large willow that was in the
> direction the mystery sapsucker had flown.? I ran over to find the tree
> badly backlit and while searching for the bird, the mystery saps!
> ucker flew southeast toward the houses that border the park.? I went after
> it but couldn't find it and shortly thereafter gave up.? Oh, well...maybe
> I'll stop by for another go.? The sapsucker hunt consumed enough time that
> the hoped-for visit to the Fill for the Red-necked Phalarope(s) didn't
> happen.
>
>
>
> You win some, and you lose some.? If every bird was as easy as the
> Franklin's, it wouldn't be fun, yes?
>
>
>
> John Tubbs
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> Snoqualmie, WA
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> johntubbs at comcast.net
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> www.tubbsphoto.com
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:10:44 -0700
> From: Brenda Burnett <beaknbird at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Phalarope out and about
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> A friend invited me to kayak toward the Fill from Laurelhurst today, so I
> took my binocs along. It was quiet in Union Bay with ducks and geese
> mostly, a few pied-billed grebes, lots of swallows. As we approached the
> Laurelhurst beach club on our return (about 1:30), a shorebird type bird
> appeared, flitted around our boats a bit, and then plunked down in the
> water about 30 feet in front of us. We got as close as 15 feet and
> saw...voila! A red-necked phalarope! It took off and landed near us
> again (and again), getting within about 10 feet at one point. Perhaps it
> was curious about us.
>
> After our return and lunch, I went to see the pair at the Fill, and they
> obliged by busily bug-catching around the north end of the main pond. The
> one I saw in Lake Washington was paler than the paler one of this pair. I
> wonder if it was a juvenile.
>
> Other UBNA sights:
> - a tiny garter snake crossed the path in front of me.
> - several very young pied-billed grebes were out in the wilting vegetation
> off the south edge of land--sounded like a dozen but I saw only 3, very
> well camouflaged but too noisy to hide.
>
> Does anyone know what is making the cricket-like sounds around the fill?
> Crickets?
>
>
> Brenda Burnett
>
> Seattle
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> beaknbird at hotmail dot com
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:40:24 -0700
> From: "Penny Koyama" <plkoyama at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Rarity Chasing Karma-JBP Sapsucker
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> To John and Tweeters still looking for the RN Sapsucker,
>
> It was there at 3:15 p.m. in the large, white-trunked tree to the left of
> the west boardwalk just as you begin walking towards the lake. It was
> scruffy-looking, and completely quiet, even when digging at the tree
> (which, by the way, is identifiable for its many sapwells.) That was my
> 3rd try, though I don't have the patience for more than a 15 min. wait
> unless there are other birders with whom to commune! So keep at it.
>
> Penny Koyama, Bothell
> plkoyama at verizon.net
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: johntubbs at comcast.net
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:54 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Rarity Chasing Karma
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> After being out of town for over a week, and reading with envy the
> reports of Franklin's Gull and Red-necked Sapsucker in Juanita, I finally
> got around to chasing them this morning. It was a story the fickleness of
> this activity - or for the technically-minded, a story of both sides of
> the bell-shaped curve of, which I seem to experience with regularity.
> Specifically, I showed up at the parking lot at Juanita Beach around 8:30,
> pulled in facing the beach and noticed a few gulls lolling around on the
> sand. Without leaving the car, I put the binocs on them, and sure
> enough - one was the immature Franklin's Gull. So I left the binocs in
> the car, grabbed the digicam, walked to within ten yards of the birds (who
> totally ignored me), snapped half a dozen decent shots of the Franklin's
> Gull and checked that one off the list. Thinking it wasn't possible to
> have been any more lucky, another birder who apparently showed up shortly
> after me said when he pulled in there was a sin!
> gle gull standing IN the parking lot - and yes, it was the cooperative
> rarity.
>
>
>
> The memories of similar situations, however, were concerning because I
> figured the ease of finding the gull probably exhausted my rarity karma
> for the morning, and that turned out to be true when I went for the
> Red-necked Sapsucker. At least four other birders were looking for it
> over the time I was there (plus two who didn't know it was in the park
> until I spoke with them) and I don't believe anyone got a definitive look.
> However, a sapsucker (not necessarily THE sapsucker) decided to rub salt
> in the wound. While I was chatting with one person, he saw a sapsucker
> fly into a grove of trees nearby. Except none of us could locate it, and
> his view was so fleeting it was not clear if it was the rare visitor.
> Shortly thereafter, another birder had a sapsucker (and two Downy's and
> one Northern Flicker) in a large willow that was in the direction the
> mystery sapsucker had flown. I ran over to find the tree badly backlit
> and while searching for the bird, the mystery sapsucke!
> r flew southeast toward the houses that border the park. I went after it
> but couldn't find it and shortly thereafter gave up. Oh, well...maybe
> I'll stop by for another go. The sapsucker hunt consumed enough time that
> the hoped-for visit to the Fill for the Red-necked Phalarope(s) didn't
> happen.
>
>
>
> You win some, and you lose some. If every bird was as easy as the
> Franklin's, it wouldn't be fun, yes?
>
>
>
> John Tubbs
>
> Snoqualmie, WA
>
> johntubbs at comcast.net
>
> www.tubbsphoto.com
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:06:54 -0700
> From: Jim Danzenbaker <jdanzenbaker at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Night Flight
> To: Richard Carlson <rccarl at pacbell.net>
> Cc: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Hi Richard,
>
> I thought that last night might be a good night becuase the winds shifted
> to
> northwest - a preferred direction for birds migrating southward (a
> tailwind
> is much better than a headwind for a small bird). This northwestly wind
> followed several days (I don't know how many days of southerly breezes
> we've
> had since I spent the last 2 1/2 weeks travelling). Growing up 35 miles
> north of Cape May, New Jersey on the East Coast has made me look forward
> to
> northwest winds in the Fall since that usually means birds. It seems to
> hold true here too. As far as the radar is concerned, I am still trying
> to
> figure out correlations between what I hear outside and what the radar
> imagery is showing. Last night, the bluish blob of dots on the radar were
> not moving east - more like they were ocillating slightly from East to
> West. Interestingly, it did not show as much activity to the West of me
> as
> it did to the East (placement of the radar or placement of the birds?).
> Does
> this mean that there are many more migrants over the hills East of Battle
> Ground? Who knows - I've never planted myself over there for a morning
> listen - maybe this weekend. However, I won't have the ability to compare
> a
> vocal flight directly to the radar there since where I'm thinking would be
> a
> good spot is out of cell range.
>
> Still learning.
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Danzenbaker
> Battle Ground, WA
> 360-723-0345
> jdanzenbaker at gmail.com
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Richard Carlson
> <rccarl at pacbell.net>wrote:
>
>> Jim etal:
>>
>> Any tips on when to listen and how to interpret those radar images --
>> which
>> look like they are moving NE with the cloud bands.
>>
>> Richard Carlson
>> Full-time Birder, Biker and Rotarian
>> Part-time Economist
>> Tucson, AZ, Lake Tahoe, CA, & Kirkland, WA
>> rccarl at pacbell.net
>> Tucson 520-760-4935
>> Tahoe 530-581-0624
>> Kirkland 425-828-3819
>> Cell 650-280-2965
>>
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>> *From:* Jim Danzenbaker <jdanzenbaker at gmail.com>
>> *To:* tweeters tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2009 7:30:23 AM
>> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Battle Ground Night Flight and Crows
>>
>> Hi Tweeters,
>>
>> I was glad to hear a flood of nocturnal migrants flying over my house in
>> Battle Ground, Clark County this morning. I estimated about 5 birds per
>> minute at 4:45am which built to about 15 birds per minute from 5:10am
>> until
>> about 5:45am and then it dropped off completely after 6am.
>> Interestingly,
>> this coincided with the National Weather Service Radar from Portland
>> which
>> showed lots of blue (presumed migrants) which dropped off at around
>> 6:06am.
>> The site for the radar imagery is
>> http://radar.weather.gov/radar_lite.php?rid=rtx&product=NCR&loop=yes. I
>> estimated the following numbers:
>>
>> Swainson's Thrush 400
>> Yellow Warbler 1
>> Orange-crowned Warbler (I think) 1
>>
>> This flight was not unpredictable since the winds turned northwest
>> yesterday evening for the first time in several days and there was a
>> fairly
>> low cloud deck. However, this is the earliest that I've had a big
>> flight.
>> It usually starts around August 25th.
>>
>> On a completely different note, the local American Crow roost which
>> usually
>> holds about 45 crows during 10 months of the year and swelled to a
>> previous
>> high of 225 birds at this time of year was rocking this morning. I
>> counted
>> a total of *800* leaving the roost today! Unfortunately, every one of
>> them had something to say to the other 799 crows so it was pretty noisy.
>> Keep your eyes and ears skyward.
>>
>> Jim
>> --
>> Jim Danzenbaker
>> Battle Ground, WA
>> 360-723-0345
>> jdanzenbaker at gmail.com
>>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:22:00 -0700
> From: "Lynn & Carol Schulz" <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Oops. Kent Valley 8-21-09, not 2-21-09
> To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Tweets:
> I'm sorry that the date in my subject line was wrong earlier today. The
> date was
> 8-21-09 in the Kent Valley.
> Yours, Carol Schulz
> Des Moines, WA
> linusq at att.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lynn & Carol Schulz" <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:42 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Kent Valley 2-21-09
>
>
> Hi Tweets:
> After seeing a Yellow Warbler w/ a very green back in Des Moines
> yesterday, I thought
> I'd do a little birding today down in the Kent Valley. It was mid-day
> today when I
> got down there.
> At Boeing Ponds there were 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
>
>
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:52:05 -0700
> From: Vicki Biltz <vickibiltz at msn.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico, any
> ideas?
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Message-ID: <BAY104-W3E5C239C7BEB996BD2B77D2FB0 at phx.gbl>
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have a good friend who is planning on some quality birding in Central
> America and Mexico, but has no books. I have not birded there before, so I
> don't have a clue. Any good books out there, for this area?
>
> Many Thanks,
>
>
>
> Vicki Biltz
> Bonney Lake, Wa
> vickibiltz at msn.com
> http://www.sawwhetsnew.blogspot.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/
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> Message: 13
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:08:38 -0700
> From: Larry Schwitters <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening
> To: Tweeters <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Message-ID: <FECCC8A5-FD8D-4244-B26D-DEC7CCD36C64 at ix.netcom.com>
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> Tweeters,
>
> Serious swift migration was documented tonight with the Selleck count
> up from 500 to 3500. Must be that NW wind. They came in early this
> evening and are more than a week ahead of last year.
>
> Larry Schwitters
> Issaquah
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:36:04 -0700
> From: Jim Danzenbaker <jdanzenbaker at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico,
> any ideas?
> To: Vicki Biltz <vickibiltz at msn.com>
> Cc: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <ebcf668e0908220636h1fe4b810v2c8740f259e3ff7 at mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi Vicki,
>
> The ones I always take with me are:
>
> Birds of Panama by Ridgely and Gwynne (I only have the 2nd edition - this
> has been updated)
> A Guide to Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America by Howell and Webb
>
> Jim
> --
> Jim Danzenbaker
> Battle Ground, WA
> 360-723-0345
> jdanzenbaker at gmail.com
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Vicki Biltz <vickibiltz at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have a good friend who is planning on some quality birding in Central
>> America and Mexico, but has no books. I have not birded there before, so
>> I
>> don't have a clue. Any good books out there, for this area?
>> Many Thanks,
>>
>> Vicki Biltz
>> Bonney Lake, Wa
>> vickibiltz at msn.com
>> http://www.sawwhetsnew.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/
>>
>>
>>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:59:35 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kathy Andrich <chukarbird at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Juanita Red-naped Sapsucker, Franklins Gull
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>, Doug Parrott
> <bird_cage at msn.com>
> Message-ID: <638278.40907.qm at web52912.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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>
> Hi Tweeters,
>
> Yesterday did not see the Sapsucker but did see two candidates in flight
> but unable to id either one. I think a pair of Warbling Vireo's are
> tending to a Brown-headed Cowbird chick off the road/boardwalk. I could
> never see the actual feeding though. Bewick's Wren also seen near the
> chick. How one chick can sound like a nestfull is beyond me.
>
> The Franklin's Gull at Juanita Beach Park was there and super easy get
> close due to this birds association with the gull flock. Really nice
> looks. It likes to be fed along with the other gulls by the way....bring
> chum if you got it.
>
> Kathy
> Roosting in Kent, near Lake Meridian
> (chukarbird at yahoo dot com)
> Any driving directions contained within this message are given as a
> courtesy, beware, author is directionally challenged and will not vouch
> for them.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:05:22 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Devorah Bennu <birdologist at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Mystery Birds (links)
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Message-ID: <456433.93398.qm at web54306.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> hello everyone,
>
> today's mystery bird, courtesy of dan logen, shouldn't be too difficult to
> ID even though it is an african species .. but even if you don't know the
> species, you can still tell me how many legs this bird has!
>
> http://bit.ly/2ye5ya
>
> the most recently demystified mystery bird, an image provided by joseph
> kennedy, is a juvenile red-winged blackbird;
>
> http://bit.ly/xwKPZ
>
> last but not least, if the bird, conservation and scientific communities
> all pull together, we can affect the outcome of the antarctica "official
> blogger" competition in a way that reflects OUR values! it's not too late
> to vote and i am making progress .. a little every day ..
>
> http://bit.ly/En2Ux
>
> cheers,
>
> GrrlScientist
> Devorah
> http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
> http://twitter.com/GrrlScientist
> Vote to make me official Antarctica blogger:
> http://www.blogyourwaytoantarctica.com/blogs/view/152
> Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:41:43 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico,
> any ideas?
> To: Jim Danzenbaker <jdanzenbaker at gmail.com>
> Cc: Vicki Biltz <vickibiltz at msn.com>, tweeters
> <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58L0.0908220940510.17849 at zipcon.net>
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> HI Jim et al.:
> There are only 2 editions of the Ridgely Birds of Panama book.
>
> sincerely
> --
>
> Ian Paulsen
> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> " Which just goes to show that a
> passion for books is extremely unhealthy."
> from Cornelia Funke's "Inkheart".
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mark Vernon <ma_vern at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Semipalmated Plovers Discovery Park
> To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Message-ID: <427610.89403.qm at web56408.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> Yesterday I found two Semipalmated Plovers on the beach just north of the
> lighthouse. They were in company with a single Least Sandpiper.
>
> I also saw a couple of Warbling Vireos and heard a Huttons Vireo.
>
>
> Mark Vernon
> Renton, WA
> mailto ma_vern at yahoo.com
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> Message: 19
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:30:50 -0400
> From: antep9 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico,
> any ideas?
> To: vickibiltz at msn.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Message-ID: <8CBF1656D33410A-C14-18884 at webmail-m018.sysops.aol.com>
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>
> I live in Central Mexico and use the following books:
>
>
>
> 1.? Howell & Webb field guide - it is?extremely bulky?so I've separated
> the sections. Kinkos and similar print shops can bind the sections for a
> reasonable price.? Lots of visiting birders travel with only the color
> plates.?
>
>
>
> 2.??A good field guide to the birds of North America is handy, and my
> favorites are?the Big Sibleys and National Geographic.
>
>
>
> 3.? Unless your friend knows hummingbirds, I recommend either Sheri
> Williamson's?Hummingbirds of North America (Peterson Field Guide) or
> Steven N.G. Howell's Hummingbirds of North America, the photographic
> guide.?
>
>
>
> 4.? Though not my favorite?field guide,?I do use The Birds of Mexico and
> Adjacent Areas by Ernest Preston Edwards.? It's the only field guide
> showing our commonly seen hybrid towhee (spotted towhee x collared
> towhee).?
>
>
>
> 5.? I do wish someone would publish a field guide re the raptors of
> Mexico......some of Mexico's species are simply not covered well by the
> north-of-the-border guides.?
>
>
>
> You didn't ask about books on where to find birds.? I can suggest several
> for Mexico if your friend would like this information.? There are also a
> number of websites devoted to birding Mexico.? The members of
> Mexico-birding at yahoogroups.com?are quite helpful.? Knowing the bird sounds
> is really important and there are a number of resources available.? I
> haven't seen an announcement that Martyn Stewart's CD is available yet.?
> Boesman's isn't the best CD but it was the only one on the market at the
> time I bought it.?
>
>
>
> Your friend may contact me privately for additional information.?
>
>
>
> Georgia Conti
>
> Patzcuaro, Michoacan
>
> www.patzcuarobirder.blogspot.com
>
> antep9[at]aol[dot]com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vicki Biltz <vickibiltz at msn.com>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Fri, Aug 21, 2009 11:52 pm
> Subject: [Tweeters] Bird Guides for Central America and Mexico, any ideas?
>
>
>
> Hi,
> I have a good friend who is planning on some quality birding in Central
> America and Mexico, but has no books. I have not birded there before, so I
> don't have a clue.? Any good books out there, for this area?
> Many Thanks,
> ?
> Vicki Biltz
> Bonney Lake, Wa
> vickibiltz at msn.com
> http://www.sawwhetsnew.blogspot.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/
>
>
> =
>
>
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> Message: 20
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:03:25 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> From: amk17 at earthlink.net
> Subject: [Tweeters] Fill birds
> To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> I arrived late morning and observed the following birds:
>
> Yellow warblers
> 3 Willow flycatchers (1 at the entrance in the landscaped shrubbery and
> two at the main pond at the back in the willows).
> a warbler sp: a warbler with an eyeline, pale yellow/olive overall on back
> and wings did not see undersides.
> 2 Red-necked phalaropes
>
> And many phalarope paparazzi this morning quite literally running to the
> pond and jockying for position. (?)
>
> Happy birding.
>
> A Kopitov
> Seattle, WA
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 21
> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:59:08 -0700
> From: Carol Stoner <stonefam at gte.net>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Common Grackle at Seward???
> To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Message-ID: <4A903FFC.5050202 at gte.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> A visiting Swedish birder just mentioned that he MIGHT have seen a
> Common Grackle at Seward Park. He would appreciate an opinion or other
> Seward Park sightings from Tweeterdom. I will pass on any information
> you share.
>
> Carol Stoner
> stonefam AT gte dot net
> Renton WA
>
>
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