P.S. it was thus known to be a Herring x Glaucous-winged hybrid. Now called
Cook Inlet Gulls. Bob
On Sunday, January 5, 2025, Robert O'Brien <
baro at pdx.edu> wrote:
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Ha! But not necessarily. I once photographed a banded gull down here,
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sent it in and learned the year it was banded in the nest on the Kenai
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peninsula
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It was indeed a teenager. Ha!
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Bob obrien portland
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On Saturday, January 4, 2025, Tom Benedict via Tweeters <
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tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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I'd also suggest that anyone considering chasing this bird take a moment
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to reconsider how important ticking another bird on your life list really
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is. It might be very important, for many reasons, and you should go ahead
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and make a gracious visit. But it's more ephemeral and simply a 'nice to
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have' experience, maybe give it a miss.
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BTW, I read an amusing post about this bird where it was described as a
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"Teenager". Or maybe that was spellcheck.
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Tom Benedict
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Seahurst, WA
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> On Jan 4, 2025, at 19:19, Doug Santoni via Tweeters <
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tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> Randy / Tweeters -;
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> It's unfortunate but understandable that the resident living in the
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Summer Tanager feeder location would be perturbed by the number of visiting
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birders.
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> One thought for this and similar situations…bring a bag of birdseed or
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suet to the resident, consider giving the resident a modest gift card,
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bring some packaged chocolate or cookies. Offering some tangible (even
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modest) expression of gratitude might smooth some ruffled feathers
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(deliberate analogy!).
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> Doug Santoni
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> Dougsantoni at gmail dot com
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> Seattle, WA
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>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 1:42 PM, Randy Robinson via Tweeters <
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tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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>> I just received an email from the people who live at the house where
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the Summer Tanager is being seen. They are very upset with the number of
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people showing up to view the feeders.
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>> I am the author of Birder's Dashboard. Apparently, a birder told them
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that the sighting was posted on the dashboard, and that's why they
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contacted me. All the sightings on the dashboard come from eBird.
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>> Randy Robinson
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>> Seattle
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>> rwr dot personal at gmail dot com
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