Hi Tweets,
I spoke to Jesse Barham, the biologist hired to oversee dike removal and new
boardwalk construction, and he anticipates the boardwalk being open to the
public sometime in late November or early December. During hunting season,
October - January, the boardwalk will only be open to the first covered
station. After hunting season the entire boardwalk will open to the public.
That's all I know for now. Progress can be checked at:
<http://www.nisquallydeltarestoration.org/>, and
<http://www.fws.gov/nisqually/>.
Good birding,
Shep
Shep Thorp, VMD
Member, LLC
The Animal Emergency Clinic
Puget Sound Veterinary Referral Center, PLLC
Tacoma, WA 98409
253-474-0791 ~ fax 253-474-6057
http://www.theaec.com/
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cell #: 253-370-3742
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2. RE: Nisqually Board Walk (Teresa Michelsen)
3. Nisqually Boardwalk (Zuckerbond)
4. Lewis Couunty: Grosbeaks and Pine Siskins (Darlene Sybert)
5. Lewis's Woodpecker - Port Townsend (Richard Isherwood)
6. Long-tailed Ducks, Yellow-billed Loon at Fort Flagler
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7. RE: Nisqually Boardwalk (Doug)
8. Why do gulls float so high on the water? (Rob Sandelin)
9. Banding class? (amy schillinger)
10. Lesser Goldfinch - SE King county (Aquila Chrysaetos)
11. Horned Grebe with deformed bill (birdmandea at aol.com)
12. RE: Banding class? (Suzanne Tomassi Kaputa)
13. Re: Why do gulls float so high on the water? (Larry Schwitters)
14. S King County morning (Tim Brennan)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:24:34 -0700
From: "Ted Steege" <ted.steege at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually Board Walk
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I have been told that the new boardwalk will open the middle of November.
However, I am unsure how the normal closing of trails due to duck hunting
will affect the opening.
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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:29:38 -0700
From: "Teresa Michelsen" <teresa at avocetconsulting.com>
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Nisqually Board Walk
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When we were there last we were told it was going to be late opening
(mid-Jan?) and would only be available to hunters for the hunting season. -
Teresa
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I have been told that the new boardwalk will open the middle of November.
However, I am unsure how the normal closing of trails due to duck hunting
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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:45:56 -0700
From: "Zuckerbond" <Zuckerbond at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually Boardwalk
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Eric & Tweetdom: When I was at Nisqually last month, the front desk staff
said it should be done by the end of November, but that we won't have full
access to it until hunting season ends, January 30, 2011. I don't know what
'full access' means, but maybe there will be access to some of the boardwalk
in December and January? Maybe Shep Thorp or Phil Kelley know more? Mary
Bond, Seattle
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 18:39:55 -0700
From: Eric Cannizzaro
Anyone know when the new board walk should be finished?
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:05:17 +0000
From: "Darlene Sybert" <drsybert at northtown.org>
Subject: [Tweeters] Lewis Couunty: Grosbeaks and Pine Siskins
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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The birds at the feeders have diminished over the past few weeks with the
absence of the Black-headed Grosbeaks, Mourning Doves, and Purple and
Gold Finch.
However, that has changed. On Sunday, three dozen plus Evening Grosbeaks
descended on the feeders, and today the Pine Siskins are back! There
are dozens of Juncos, too, as well as more sparrows and towhees, Jays,
and chickadees (12 this am).
Darlene
Cinebar
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:37:15 -0800
From: Richard Isherwood <rjisherwood at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Lewis's Woodpecker - Port Townsend
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Yesterday while walking close to home in Cape George, Discovery Bay, I saw a
woodpecker hawking flying insects. I didn't get a good view and put it down
as a flicker behaving unusually.
Today I saw it clearly from our deck and got my scope on it. It is a first
year Lewis's woodpecker, with pink center breast flanked grey, all dark head
and the very characteristic irridescent dark green on its back.Again it was
hawking insects from a perch.
I think this is fairly unusual for the Olympic Peninsula.
Richard Isherwood
Port Townsend WA
Rjisherwood at gmail.com
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:19:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: jfbaier3 at aol.com
Subject: [Tweeters] Long-tailed Ducks, Yellow-billed Loon at Fort
Flagler
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This morning there was little wind at Fort Flagler, and the water was quiet.
I saw eight Long-tailed Ducks on Port Townsend Bay from the spit. These are
the first I've seen this season. Also, I saw a Yellow-billed Loon well out
on the bay. This is a different bird from the one I reported from Fort
Flagler a few weeks ago. This one is still largely in breeding plumage,
while the previous one was fully in nonbreeding plumage.
Joe Baier
Port Ludlow, WA
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:13:51 -0700
From: "Doug" <subscribe at bodyresults.com>
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Nisqually Boardwalk
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My understanding is that later this month they are going to open access from
Observation Tower to McAllister Creek viewing platform. You can see those
points on the map link below.
http://www.fws.gov/Nisqually/maps/nisqually_map.html
Then, after hunting season the rest of the boardwalk from McAllister to the
Puget Sound Viewing Platform will be opened.
Doug
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 12:46 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually Boardwalk
Eric & Tweetdom: When I was at Nisqually last month, the front desk staff
said it should be done by the end of November, but that we won't have full
access to it until hunting season ends, January 30, 2011. I don't know what
'full access' means, but maybe there will be access to some of the boardwalk
in December and January? Maybe Shep Thorp or Phil Kelley know more? Mary
Bond, Seattle
Message: 6
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 18:39:55 -0700
From: Eric Cannizzaro
Anyone know when the new board walk should be finished?
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:40:23 -0700
From: "Rob Sandelin" <nwnature1 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Why do gulls float so high on the water?
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The birding watching question of the day from my class was why do gulls
float so high on the water compared to ducks? Do they have superior
waterproofing?
Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer and Teacher
Snohomish County
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 22:26:18 -0700
From: amy schillinger <schillingera at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Banding class?
To: tweet ters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Tweeters,
I was hoping someone out there had information on where/when I can learn to
band birds. I saw a post or two awhile back but not any since. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Amy Schillinger
Renton WA
schillingera at hotmail.com
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 23:05:44 -0700
From: Aquila Chrysaetos <ladyhawk707 at msn.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Lesser Goldfinch - SE King county
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Tweeters,
A male LESSER GOLDFINCH visited the thistle feeders in my yard on 10/28 and
11/1.
Sandy Daniels, Enumclaw Plateau
Ladyhawk707 AT msn DOT com
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:22:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: birdmandea at aol.com
Subject: [Tweeters] Horned Grebe with deformed bill
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Greetings,
Yesterday I took my dogs for a swim at Solo Point on Fort Lewis. I noticed a
pair of Grebes working the shallow water along the gravel shoreline. As they
approached I though one had caught a crab. It dove a few more times and had
not swallowed the crab. Then I realized it was not a crab but a deformed
bill. The pair headed South toward the Nisqually Refuge. Photo below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25348030 at N07/5142248269/
Take care,
Dea Just
253-820-9722
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 16:14:20 +0000
From: Suzanne Tomassi Kaputa <stomassi at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Banding class?
To: <schillingera at hotmail.com>, <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Amy-
Check out Puget Sound Bird Observatory's Bander Training Program and
Cascades Banding Camp. We also offer opportunities to observe and "scribe"
during our color-banding program, every weekend until April, and then during
MAPS banding during the breeding season.
http://pugetsoundbirds.org/training/bander-training-program/
Suzanne
From: schillingera at hotmail.com
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 22:26:18 -0700
Subject: [Tweeters] Banding class?
Tweeters,
I was hoping someone out there had information on where/when I can learn to
band birds. I saw a post or two awhile back but not any since. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Amy Schillinger
Renton WA
schillingera at hotmail.com
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:38:08 -0700
From: Larry Schwitters <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Why do gulls float so high on the water?
To: Rob Sandelin <nwnature1 at gmail.com>
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Ron/Tweeters,
Isn't this most likely a case of duck bodies being more dense than
gull bodies. Bone structure probably has something to do with that.
Ducks also seem to need to do a lot of flapping to stay in the air,
but that also is a function of wing area and shape.
Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
On Nov 2, 2010, at 9:40 PM, Rob Sandelin wrote:
> The birding watching question of the day from my class was why do
> gulls float so high on the water compared to ducks? Do they have
> superior waterproofing?
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Naturalist, Writer and Teacher
> Snohomish County
> _______________________________________________
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> Tweeters at u.washington.edu
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 18:52:26 +0000
From: Tim Brennan <tsbrennan at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] S King County morning
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Hey all,
Did a quick circuit of spots in south King County and found some good birds
this morning.
Boeing Ponds were not very ducky today, but still had RING-NECKED DUCKS,
BUFFLEHEADS, HOODED MERGANSERS, GADWALL and MALLARD. CANADA and CACKLING
GEESE flew overhead several times. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, HOUSE FINCHES
and SONG SPARROWS were in the brush against the pond. As I was leaving, I
caught the highlight of this stop, a PEREGRINE FALCON pulling feathers out
of its breakfast on top of one of the Boeing buildings.
At the next stop, 204th Avenue off of Frager Road, I first took a quick look
at the field right next to where Frager dead-ends. As I watched the
blackberries and the fields next to them, I counted seven sparrow species
over the course of ten minutes, including SONG, LINCOLN'S, FOX,
GOLDEN-CROWNED and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, as well as DARK-EYED JUNCO and
SPOTTED TOWHEE. NORTHERN PINTAILS are still using the ponds north of 204th.
Finally, at Tukwila Pond, there are still about 50 RUDDY DUCKS, as well as
HOODED MERGANSERS, GADWALL, MALLARD, COOTS, PIED-BILLED GREBES, and a single
male CANVASBACK.
-Tim Brennan
Renton
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