Great Birding Day🐦
On Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 8:07 PM Kenneth Brown via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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It was cool and dry with little to no wind when thirteen birders began the
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walk this morning. We heard and saw Red Crossbills while still in the
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parking lot, as well as a perched young Red-tailed Hawk. A cooperative
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Townsend's Warbler showed himself as soon as we got moving. A first for
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this walk was a female Eurasian Wigeon tagging along with American Wigeon.
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It seemed as if Varied Thrush were everywhere we went, and Junco's were in
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larger flocks than usual. Our most noticeable misses; no species of Wren,
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no Pied-billed Grebe, no gulls, no California Scrub-jay. The complete
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checklist follows.
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Eagles Pride GC, Pierce, Washington, US
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Jan 16, 2025 8:30 AM - 12:13 PM
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Protocol: Traveling
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3.03 mile(s)
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Checklist Comments: Overcast/high fog, light variable breeze at 0-3
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knots, and 37- ° F.
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33 species (+1 other taxa)
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Cackling Goose (minima) 4
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Canada Goose 13
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Eurasian Wigeon 1 Female, with a reddish brown head
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American Wigeon 14
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Mallard 6
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Ring-necked Duck 5
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Bufflehead 4
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Mourning Dove 22
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Bald Eagle 2
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Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) 2
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Northern Flicker 1
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Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
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Merlin 1
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Steller's Jay (Coastal) 14
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American Crow 6
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Black-capped Chickadee 6
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee 32
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Bushtit (Pacific) 19
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Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
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Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
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Brown Creeper 2
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European Starling 16
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Varied Thrush 48
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American Robin 11
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House Finch 4
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Red Crossbill 14
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Pine Siskin 45
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Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 2
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Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 58
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Golden-crowned Sparrow 22
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Song Sparrow (rufina Group) 6
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Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 3
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Red-winged Blackbird 2
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Townsend's Warbler 1
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View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S209548334
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