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> 1. The Birdbooker Report (Ian Paulsen)

> 2. Re: heading to Alaska? (Peggy Mundy)

> 3. New-to-me raven behavior (Tucker, Trileigh)

> 4. Black-and-white Warbler Skagit County (Diane B.)

> 5. Magic Hedge/ recommendations & FOY birds (Nadine Drisseq)

> 6. E Lake Samm eagle nest - eaglets are growing (Gene Beall)

> 7. "Green Oscar" given to people protecting green parrots in

> Venezuela (Devorah the Ornithologist)

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> Message: 1

> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 12:23:21 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net>

> To: birdbooklist at yahoogroups.com

> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu

> Subject: [Tweeters] The Birdbooker Report

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> HI ALL:

> This week's titles are:

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> 1) The Horse: A Natural History

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> https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2019/05/new-title.html

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> 2) Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (3rd edition)

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> https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/2019/05/new-title_26.html

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> sincerely

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> Ian Paulsen

> Bainbridge Island, WA, USA

> Visit my BIRDBOOKER REPORT blog here:

> https://birdbookerreport.blogspot.com/

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> Message: 2

> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 19:49:25 +0000 (UTC)

> From: Peggy Mundy <peggy_busby at yahoo.com>

> To: "osdlm1945 at gmail.com" <osdlm1945 at gmail.com>, tweeters

> <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] heading to Alaska?

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> Hoping it will still be present when I go in June.? Tracking the sightings!.

> Peggy MundyBothell

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> On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 11:27 AM, Dianna Moore<osdlm1945 at gmail.com> wrote: Hey Tweets...if you are, check out this duck sighting!

> https://www.ktva.com/story/40434269/adfandg-first-confirmed-alaska-mainland-sighting-of-rare-duck

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> Message: 3

> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 20:07:56 +0000

> From: "Tucker, Trileigh" <TRI at seattleu.edu>

> To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] New-to-me raven behavior

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> Hi Tweets,

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> Just after completing this morning?s monthly bird census in Lincoln Park (West Seattle), I heard some crows and went to see what the fuss was about. There were perhaps 5-6 crows in a Western Redcedar, about 7? up, squawking occasionally and looking down. I was probably less than ten feet away, but still it took me a while to find the well-hidden raven below them (identity confirmed by call and a glimpse of his beak), on a branch and tight up against the tree. Our census group had encountered a raven family elsewhere in the park, but this raven was almost silent and on his own.

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> I couldn?t figure out what he was doing at first. He seemed to be pretending to be a Pileated Woodpecker, hitting the bark with his beak then working it, occasionally peeling a strip. He continued doing this for perhaps ten minutes while I watched, trying to see if he might be collecting bark strips or twigs for a nest (even though it?s past raven nestbuilding time), or even eating bugs. I didn?t see any evidence of any of those.

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> Then as I moved a little, my binoculars happened to point further downward ? which is when I saw the feathered edge of a Barred Owl huddled against the cedar trunk perhaps 18? below the raven. This situation continued for maybe another 5-10 minutes as I watched. At no point did the raven face the owl, thought the owl never took its eyes off the raven. Then something changed (I don?t think I triggered it ? wish I knew what did) and everyone flew off. I followed the owl for a while but the raven didn?t reappear.

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> Has anyone else observed a ?bark attack? by a raven as an aggressive signal toward an owl or other potential predator? I poked around a bit in BNA and elsewhere and didn?t find mention of it, but haven?t yet spent a lot of time researching.

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> I?ve posted a photo here<https://www.flickr.com/photos/trileigh/46918771415/in/dateposted-public/> to show how close the raven and owl were ? not a great photo because it was quite dark and branchy in there, but will give you the sense of their positions.

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> Good birding to all in this gorgeous spring!

> Trileigh

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> Trileigh Tucker

> Pelly Valley, West Seattle

> Natural Presence Arts website: <applewebdata://695DA9EC-2C49-4A1D-A921-52BE30A76434/Naturalpresence.wordpress.com> h<https://naturalpresencearts.com/>ere<https://naturalpresencearts.com/>

> Photo Gallery: Flickr<https://www.flickr.com/photos/trileigh/albums/72157661836833455>

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> Message: 4

> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 20:10:32 -0700

> From: "Diane B." <dibirsner at gmail.com>

> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] Black-and-white Warbler Skagit County

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> We got a close but quick look at a Black-and-white warbler this afternoon

> at the riverwalk habitat restoration trail, at the Marblemount boat launch

> on the Cascade River Rd. Definitely not a Black-throated gray (we've seen

> several this spring), this warbler was streaked black and white on its

> head, back, wings and flanks. No yellow. It was bigger and longer than a

> black-throated gray. It was also fast moving, almost at eye level, and not

> singing. Having cut my birding teeth in Central Texas, I am very familiar

> with migrating black-and-white warblers and feel confident about this ID.

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> Diane Birsner and Dave Schmalz

> Bellingham

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> Message: 5

> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 22:30:36 -0700

> From: Nadine Drisseq <drisseq.n at gmail.com>

> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

> Subject: [Tweeters] Magic Hedge/ recommendations & FOY birds

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> Hi Tweets,

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> FOY Swainson's Thrush seen and 4 whitted

> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=792562057791177&set=pcb.792562444457805&type=3&theater

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> FOY Cedar Waxwings (10 of em!) - Orchard

> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=792552314458818&set=pcb.792553321125384&type=3&theater

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> Bullock Orioles have been arriving - near old Orchard

> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=792572361123480&set=a.398741567173230&type=3&theater

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> Lake Samm is a flurry of featherful habitat! However, it is underbirded and

> we need more experienced birders to visit regularly and help ID the more

> difficult to ID or find species. This park is incredible.

>

> ALSO: I have a family reunion soon, inordinately close to the Magic Hedge

> in Chicago!

> (see hotspot: Montrose Point, Lincoln Park, Chicago - this small hotspot is

> not as famous as Magee Marsh but lists a very high species number for

> Spring Migration.

> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L161180

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> So I will be spoiled but I was also wondering if anyone else had any tips

> for fave hotspots when birding East side and/or North East side of Chicago.

> (I only have 4 mornings in which to get all birded up - the rest is spent

> with family - priorities right?)

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> Thanks folks.

> May the birds be with you!

> Nadine

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> Message: 6

> Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 23:10:09 -0700

> From: "Gene Beall" <gene.beall at gmail.com>

> To: "'Tweeters'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] E Lake Samm eagle nest - eaglets are growing

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> I posted to Flickr three more short videos that I took this evening just

> before sunset. They include:

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> (14) Dad bringing home fish dinner and then leaving (the fly-in is in

> slow motion)

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> (15) The two eaglets watching mom eat ("hey, mom, how 'bout us?")

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> (16) Mom feeding one of the eaglets

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> The videos are here:

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene-s_photos/albums/72157705004440592

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> Enjoy!

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> Gene Beall

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> Sammamish, WA

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> Gene.beall at gmail.com

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> Message: 7

> Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 20:27:41 +0200

> From: Devorah the Ornithologist <birdologist at gmail.com>

> To: tweeters message <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] "Green Oscar" given to people protecting green

> parrots in Venezuela

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> Hello everyone,

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> After the recent UN report, I thought you may want some good biodiversity

> news for a change.

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> The Whitley Awards, sometimes known as the ?Green Oscars?, recognize

> international conservation excellence in biodiversity-rich, resource-poor

> countries. Recently, a team of Venezuelans were recognized with the Whitley

> Gold Award for three decades of devoted work to conserve the

> yellow-shouldered Amazon parrot.

>

> Here's the story:

>

>

> 'Green Oscar' Awarded For Venezuelan Parrot Conservation

> http://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/05/13/green-oscar-awarded-for-venezuelan-parrot-conservation/

> tinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/y56agn58

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> I hope you share this hopeful story with your bird pals, on social media

> and, of course, on twitter.

>

> --

> GrrlScientist | at GrrlScientist <https://twitter.com/GrrlScientist>

> grrlscientist at gmail.com

> Blogs: Forbes <http://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/>

> sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. [Virgil, Aeneid]

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