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Bob OBrien Portland
On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM Robert O'Brien <
baro at pdx.edu> wrote:
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I replied to Rob and Jim offline. As they surmised, my presence at Kelly
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Bar on the Noatak was indeed to find and photograph the Siberian Tit. (I
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don't accept the name change to Gray-headed Chickadee). The trip was
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successful and quite adventurous. My Tot photo appeared in the hard copy
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version of North American birds but has been replaced in the current World
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Birds online.
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If anyone is interested in these details drop me an email separately
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baro at pdx.edu and I'll send what I set separately.
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The sad upshot is that soon after my trip, the birds disappeared from that
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site and soon the entire Noatak Drainage.
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eBird shows a few scattered reports from Northern Alaska in 2016-17. But
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no reports at all in the last 5 years. Puzzling. My trip was in about
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1980-85.
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I don't believe there are any theories to explain their disappearance. If
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anyone knows of such theories let us know.
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Bob OBrien Portland.
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM Rob Faucett via Tweeters <
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tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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I've been up there 2-3 times in the past year and seen nothing close. And
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I'm familiar with the bird.
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rcf
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-;
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Rob Faucett
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+1(206) 619-5569
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robfaucett at mac.com
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Seattle, WA 98105
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> On Feb 20, 2025, at 1:24 PM, Jim Elder via Tweeters <
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tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> This post from Bob O'Brien caught my attention (I would have responded
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directly but Tweeters digest doesn't show email addresses any more).
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> You've been to the Kelley River? Do tell. Some years ago there were
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reports of Siberian Tits (aka Gray-headed Chickadees) in that area. Were
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you looking for them? Did you see them? Anyone have any idea if they are
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still there? I'd love to hear more about your experience there. Considered
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trying to go there a few years ago but was overruled by other members of
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the party but still would like to go there some day.
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> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:15:32 -0800
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> From: Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> I don't have a lot of experience with them. But I have seen them
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hovering like a kestrel, when searching for prey at dusk, but still quite
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light.
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> This was at the Kelley River mouth on the Noatak River, north of
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Kotzebue, Alaska. One hovered, moved a short distance and then hovered
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again.
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> Quite spectacular. Bob OBrien Portland
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