Gary and Tweeters,



Two of your target birds-- White-winged Crossbill and Pine Grosbeak-- have been seen numerous times in the North Shore mountains just north of Vancouver, starting on November 2 (grosbeaks) and November 6 (crossbills). The crossbills have been seen in large numbers (up to 50 in two different locations). There are almost certainly some of both species in the Cascades of Skagit County. Unfortunately, the most likely area, around Rainy Pass, is now inaccessible because the North Cascades Highway is closed for the winter. However, if you know of any other open roads ascending to 3000 feet or more, they would be worth checking for these two species.



Good luck and good birding,



Wayne Weber

contopus at telus.net







From: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gary Bletsch
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 11:48 AM
To: Tweeters Tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit RFI to go along with Alan Grenon's



Dear Tweeters,



Here are a few rare Skagit birds that some friends and I are still looking to add for our 2020 year lists. Most of these have not been seen anywhere in Skagit in 2020 by anybody.



If any Tweeters find one of these in Skagit, a message to Tweeters would be most heartily appreciated! I will list them in what I think is a more correct order of likelihood--not eBird's order, which I think is bit skewed by large numbers of checklists involving recent rarities.



Snowy Owl



Bohemian Waxwing



Common Redpoll



Glaucous Gull



Clark's Grebe



Harris's Sparrow



American Tree Sparrow



Cattle Egret



Blue Jay



Pine Grosbeak



White-winged Crossbill



Cassin's Finch



Palm Warbler



Rock Sandpiper



Black-legged Kittiwake



Tropical Kingbird





My, but that's a tough bunch of birds!



Yours truly,



Gary Bletsch





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