Washington WOS Annual Tom Bancroft Financial Statement on Pied-billed - page 3 Ornithological Grebes - pg. 8 Society WOSNews No. 184 February - March 2020 From the Board: Backward then Forward Jennifer Kauffman, WOS Vice President At the beginning of each new year, I like to review the highlights of the past year and then look forward to the new year. It has been a pleasure to serve on the WOS board for the past year and a half. I have learned more about our state birds and habitats, met birders from across the state, and been inspired by the many contributions of WOS Board members and volunteers. Thanks to WOS volunteers and friends, I birded in the Okanogan in winter, saw spring warblers at Magee Marsh in Ohio for the first time, and watched my favorite sage birds on a beautiful day at the WOS Moses Lake conference. I also learned about the Washington Bird Records Committee at the conference, met many new birders, and had FUN! 2019 – A Year in Review WOS had a great year in 2019 under the amazing leadership of President Eric Dudley. Highlights include: Jamie Chavez photo Long-tailed Duck Continued on page 6 Birding in Washington with the Most Rare and Unusual Ken Knittle (1951-2020) Mike Denny I first met Ken in the fall of 1987 just after he had moved to College Place with Laurie to start work at the Walla Walla College Dairy. Three first things I learned about this very jolly man were: he had a deep and undying in- terest in county birding, really enjoyed rare and unusual plants, and would fill a portion of his backyard with rare and unusual chickens. Continued on page 10 Left to right: Ken Knittle, Ruth Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Mike Denny, Marv Breece

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WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 2 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$Washington Ornithological Society Financial Statement For Year Ended December 31, 2019

Assets Bank - General Checking $ 25,553 Bank - General Savings $ 64,327 Patrick Sullivan Young Birder's Fund $ 18,892 (PSYBF) [restricted funds]

TOTAL ASSETS $ 108,771

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WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 3 Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat: A Tweeters Birding Website Posting from January, 2020 Perhaps a few of you have been trying to get out and do a little birding despite the sometimes challenging weather of the last couple of days. Yesterday, Frank Caruso had two East Coast birding friends in town on a quest to see a cou- ple of our winter rock pipers that would be lifers for them. Their tight schedules did not allow for weather delays so yesterday, super early, we headed for the coast, despite the forecast for significant rain and strong winds. Looking at rainfall heading toward us on Raindar, we decided we might minimize rain impact on our birding by going first to Point Brown in Ocean Shores – always a good bet for winter rock pipers, but…bad idea. As we headed south toward the point, it was clear that it Marbled Godwits, Doug Greenberg photo was going to be super windy and when we finally bundled up and got to the beach, huge waves were breaking over the top of the jetty. There were a few Sanderlings on the beach and six Dunlin hunkered down behind a small log, but clearly, no chance for any of our targets. Defeat. So, a little discouraged about the birds but awed by the waves, we headed back toward Aberdeen/Hoquiam – Note that SR 109 is still closed due to mudslides and a slight, well signed (~10 min.) detour is needed to actu- ally get to or from Ocean Shores. On the south side of the Bay, we headed first toward Tokeland, with a stop at Cranberry Beach Rd. to look for Snowy Plovers. They were nowhere to be found, but, near the end of the grav- eled beach access road there were good numbers of Least SP, Dunlin, and Sanderlings trying to feed in the lee of slight ruts; a couple of Western SP were also present, providing Frank and I with our first FOY of the day. In the Tokeland Marina, we found the hoped-for Marbled Godwits and Willets, huddled in separate groups, waiting out the wind and high tide. MAGO was a lifer for the Easterners, so the day was looking up. Partial victory! In the grassy boat/camper parking lot behind the boat launch, there were more Dunlin, Sanderling, and Least SP, plus over a dozen Semi-palmated Plovers and a single Black-bellied Plover – answering in part, our question of what do shorebirds do when the shore is untenable? A large group of Cacklers and White-fronted Geese, along with a few Brant, were grazing in a grassy swale on the way out of Tokeland along Emerson Ave. Wanting one last try for the rock pipers, we headed for Westport Harbor. Several hundred more Marbled Godwits were crowded on the floats at the south end of the marina, but no rock pipers were visible from the platform looking channelward at the north end. As a last gasp, we stopped and climbed the wet and very windy boulders on the breakwater, east of the observa- tion tower. There, on the 2nd and 3rd groins east of the tower, were all three target species: about a dozen Black Turnstones, half a dozen Surfbirds, and a single (seen) Rock Sandpiper, all dodging up and down as impressive rollers broke on the rocks. A couple more lifers for our Eastern guests and victory over the weather for us local diehards! As a postscript, today, there were about six Redhead (lower numbers than in previous years?) enjoying the del- uge, with a hundred or so other ducks, at the extreme south end of the Weyerhaeuser Pond in Federal Way. Happy Birding! Jon Houghton, Edmonds

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 4 Come Bird With Us: Olympic Birdfest 2020 April 17-19

Grab your binoculars and join the 17th Annual Olympic BirdFest 2020 celebration at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, April 17-19, 2020.

Experience the magic of the North Olympic Peninsula...quiet bays and estuaries, sandy beaches, a five-mile-long sand spit, and a protected island bird sanctuary on the Strait of Juan de Fuca; wetlands, tide pools, rainforests, and lush river valleys. The birds will be sporting their finest spring plumage for this celebration. Enjoy guided birding trips, boat tour, and a gala banquet. Our featured speaker this year, Scott Pearson, is a researcher in Ecology, Marine Biology and Zoology at the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife.

Come bird with us and discover with others the spectacular landscapes of the Olympic Peninsula …you just might go home with a new bird for your life list! Check out the offerings by going online (www.olympicbirdfest.org).

Precede your BirdFest weekend with a three-day, two night birding cruise of the spectacular San Juan Islands on April 14-16, 2020. Visit San Juan and Sucia Islands, and more. Stay at the historic Roche Harbor Resort.

Extend your Birdfest weekend with the Neah Bay post-trip, April 19-21, 2020: two and one-half days exploring northwest coastal Washington, a region rarely seen by birders.

Contact us by phone, at 360-681-4076, E-mail us at [email protected] , Or write to us at: Dungeness River Audubon Center P.O. Box 2450 Sequim, WA 98382 Sanderlings, photo by Nicole Beaulac

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 5 From the Board (continued) • Monthly Programs: WOS Field Notes on bird sightings printing, the financial review held nine monthly programs compiled by Ryan Merrill. and clothing. Plans for the and provided access to mem- The Web page was continu- September 2020 conference in bers across the state (and ally updated and improved Astoria, Oregon were solid- during the snowstorm) us- by Jane Hadley. The online ified in partnership with the ing GoToMeeting software. Birders Guide to Washington Oregon Birding Association. Thanks to Program Chair is kept updated by member Cinny Burrell (and past chair comments curated by Ran- 2020 – A Look Ahead Jean Trent), as well as Elaine dy Robinson. Chris Kessler WOS will kick off the new decade Chuang, April Carson, Kathy stepped in to respond to inqui- with a host of activities! Slettebak, and new volunteers ries at [email protected]. Nadine Drisseq and Maggie • 2020 Annual Conference: In • Washington Birds Records Martos. partnership with our Oregon Committee: Brad Waggoner birding friends, the conference • 2019 Annual Conference: chaired the committee, whose will be held September 10 -14, Held in May, 119 conference work is documented by Secre- 2020 in Astoria, Oregon. The registrants saw a total of 204 tary Matt Bartels and pub- Board has approved contracts species on 39 field trips. Key- lished in the WOS newsletter with the Clatsop County note speaker Nathan Pieplow and web site. In October, the Fairgrounds and a hotel in and blackbird T-shirts with state checklist was updated to Astoria, and field trip planning art by Lisa Hill were a hit. include a total of 518 species. is underway. Registration will Thanks to all the conference begin in late June 2020. volunteers! • Patrick Sullivan Young Bird- ers Fund: Thanks to member • 2021 Annual Conference: • Field Trips: Jen Kunitsugu donations, two awards were Planning will begin shortly for and Matt Bartels organized made at the annual confer- the Spring 2021 conference in 18 field trips across the state ence. Thanks to Tom Mans- eastern Washington. throughout the year. field and the committee for their fine work! • Board Nominating Com- • Membership: Ruth Godding, mittee: In late Spring, a Membership Chair, reported • WOS Board: The Board committee will be formed to that WOS has over 425 mem- thanked outgoing members identify future board members bers throughout the state and Kathy Slettebak, Kevin Black and recommend a slate to the the country. Tom Bancroft, and Ed Swan, and welcomed Board by July 2020. Board Secretary led member new members Grace Oliver, communications (and contrib- Ed Pullen and Will Brooks. The work of the Washington Birds uted fascinating articles to the We completed an independent Record Committee and Patrick Sulli- WOS newsletter!). WOS also financial review and began im- van Young Birders Fund will continue. published a new membership plementation of new policies Other WOS volunteers will continue directory. and procedures. WOS ended to organize monthly programs and the year in the red (~$3,000) field trips, prepare newsletters and • Publications: Ron Post edited due to unusual expenses for six newsletters, including Continued on page 7 WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 6 From the Board (continued) make sure the Web site is updated. • Join the Board nominating committee (or the board itself!). Opportunities for YOU! • Join a small group planning the 2021 conference WOS continues to look for new volunteers We have large in eastern WA. and small tasks of short and longer duration….to fit your schedule and availability. Here are a few examples: Contact President Eric Dudley at [email protected], or Vice President Jennifer Kauffman [email protected] if • Bring cookies to a monthly meeting! you’d like more information or want to volunteer.

• Lead a field trip. Thank you for your membership! Thank you to the many volunteers that make WOS possible! Happy birding! • Contribute a newsletter article on your favorite bird, an interview with a fellow birder, a birding destina- tion.

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 7 Not So Mundane: the Pied-billed Grebe in Our Hemisphere Story and Photo by Tom Bancroft

A movement caught my eye on the chilly January species in the Western Hemisphere, Pied-billeds have day. The glimpse had come from under the leafless the most extensive distribution. branches of some willows and cottonwoods. A small The one in Magnuson Park slowly turned a com- pond was tucked in this thicket at Magnuson Park. plete circle while keeping one eye on me. Water drop- I froze but could see nothing until I slowly lets were beaded on its back and sides. The feathers crouched down. There, floating on the water, was a seemed slicked down but waterproof. The bill still had football-sized mass of feathers, tan along the waterline the black ring mid-way out and the bluish-white base. and blacker above. It had two black eyes that glared Usually, they lose that band, and the bill becomes at me from a smallish head, probably pondering if I more yellowish-brown in the non-breeding season. was friend or foe. A tiny Pied-billed Grebe drifted less Perhaps, its breeding hormones were still flowing here than 20 feet from me. in January. It radiated a sense of pride, confidence. In Typically, they slink away, so I decided to settle Celtic mythology, the grebe guards the spirit world here and see what it would do. These grebes are per- and helps humans find beauty where they otherwise manent residents in the Puget Trough, but over much might not. The contours of its body, the S-shape of of the United States, they are migratory. People sel- its neck, tautness of its muscles all projected splen- dom see them flying because they travel at night and dor. Suddenly, the grebe just sank out of sight, hardly rarely fly to escape a disturbance. Usually, Pied-billeds making a ripple. No dive, it just dropped as if it was dive and swim away, often undetected. People on bird- a rock gently placed on the surface. The bird must ing outings will often comment, “Oh, it’s just a grebe,” have compressed its body feathers, squeezing out the wanting, I presume, to see something more colorful, trapped air, and tightened its chest muscles to make its bigger, less mundane. air sacks smaller, decreasing its buoyancy. I shook my head as I got back to my feet. Birds are so marvelous. Their distribution is fascinating with breeding pop- ulations in both North and South America. Although a few are in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Central Amer- ica, generally a big geographic gap exists between those groups on each continent. For North America, the animation of weekly abundance data from eBird showed that in January, Pied-billeds were concentrated in Florida and along the Southeast coastal plains and across into Texas and Northeastern Mexico. Lots were also in the cen- tral valley of California and then a few here in Puget Sound. Some were scattered elsewhere, especially Central Mexico and near the Gulf of California. By March, birds had moved into the Great Plains and by late April had extended into the Canadian prairies, Central Washington, and British Columbia. Their numbers in the Southeast had plummeted by April, but ANIMATION: those in central California remained pretty constant. https://ebird.org/science/status-and- In South America, the migration was in the oppo- trends/pibgre/abundance-map-weekly site direction. In late January, lots were in Northeast- ern Brazil and then scattered to northern Argentina. As (The animation becomes a little addicting the year progressed, they migrated south to breed from to watch.) Southern Brazil into Central Argentina. A few were also in Chile, Equator, and Columbia. Of all the grebe

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 8 B I R D R E C O R D S

C O M M I T T E E Eleventh Report of the WBRC (Western Birds 50: 202-231, 2019)

W A S HO I NT N G A W Ryan J. Merrill, Charlie Wright, and Matt Bartels Soon to be on WOS website: http://wos.org/records/pastreports/

R. I. P. Editor’s Note: Long-time WOS member and Master Birder Paul Webster passed away on January 11, 2020. Look for more about Paul’s life in the next issue of the WOS newsletter.

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 9 Birding with the Rare and Unusual Ken Knittle (cont.) He also really enjoyed all kinds of tea after species you had comments or questions on. spending time in India with the Peace Corps. Ken only belonged to real birding organiza- Ken spent all kinds of energy calculating and tions - not backyard birdwatching/conserva- strategizing how to get folks introduced and tion groups, but serious field birding groups hooked on County Birding. He was always op- and clubs. Laurie cared for, was present and timistic about the chances of locating rare and traveled with Ken wherever he went. She unusual bird species tucked in out-of-the-way was not into birding though this wonder- virtually uninhabited counties in southern and ful lady knew her stuff and how to publish eastern Washington. papers and write-ups. Ken’s other interests were sleeping in a thin sleeping bag on the Ken was always out recruiting new folks into ground, rain or shine, consuming quarts of county birding. He, Laurie and Scott Ray start- buttermilk and always offering to share it ed Washington Birder – the newsletter on which with you. Ken did not do well in hot sunny they spent huge amounts of time and energy on conditions after suffering heat stroke while getting the word out to the birding community birding in Venezuela in the early 1990s. about where to go county birding and what new species to watch for. Then they started keeping To his family he was simply known as Newt track of the annual county year list for each of or Uncle Newt. Ken had a wonderful sense the 39 counties and for every birder that report- of humor that was a mix of jokes, funny ed their annual list in each county. observations and occurrences while on one of his many birding adventures or while Ken could tell you what every person that sub- sniffing out the gullible. Once Ken located mitted an annual county list had in all the coun- a truly gullible fellow birder the leg-pulling ties they birded. began. Ken was kind, relaxed and fun to I worked with Ken while travel with. So, in clos- he got to do his sec- Bird books were another huge ing I would say that we ond-most enjoyed thing interest of Ken’s. He had bird have lost one very rare and that was being a dairy books from all over the world. and unusual birder the guy. Ken just could not get He could talk about any of the like of which will nev- enough of cows. There was 9000+ species of birds with you. er come along again in not one cow species Ken our lifetime. could not discuss with you Ken wanted folks out there birding to dis- in depth. He worked at the Washington State cover, share and document what birds they Penitentiary running the dairy before moving to located in each county, to expand our knowl- Monroe and doing the same there. When he be- edge of the birds of Washington State. came the state food inspector for the SW region he and Laurie moved to Vancouver. Birding, I hope that Ken’s hard work and infectious though, took up most of his weekends, lunch “Sheesh” or “Just Right” will never be for- breaks and evenings. gotten as birders wander this awesome state of Washington, birding in those seldom ex- Bird books were another huge interest of Ken’s. plored areas that Ken no doubt knew about. He had bird books from all over the world. He could talk about any of the 9000+ species Rest in Peace Newt! of birds with you and really know whichever

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 10 Washington Field Notes March - May 2018 Compiled by Ryan Merrill

Birds listed in bold or capital letters unidentified booby (either Brown ing Tattler spent a week in Pierce represent birds on the state review or Red-footed) was in Clallam during May. A Whimbrel in Grant list which requires documentation in early March. American White in early May was a less than annual to be submitted to the Washington Pelicans were again widespread find for the eastside. A Hudsonian Bird Records Committee. This in western Washington during the Godwit visited Grays Harbor in column strives to present the most latter part of the period. A Brown late May. A count of three Rud- unusual and interesting bird records Pelican was found unusually far up dy Turnstones for the season on of this reporting period along with the Columbia River in Cowlitz in the eastside was exceptional. The a sampling of the more regular early May. The wintering Snowy state’s 9th White-rumped Sand- but still unusual species. For those Egret in Clark remained until late piper showed up in Grays Harbor in late May. A very rare spring Stilt Sandpiper was in Walla Walla in late May. A Black-headed Gull in Pierce in late April was at least the states 22nd record while the Slaty- backed Gull, also in Pierce, was the state’s 26th record. Two coastal reports of Elegant Tern were very surprising for the spring season.

The wintering White-winged Dove, Washington’s 15th record, remained at Neah Bay through the end of April. A Burrowing Owl was found in San Juan in early May and a Great Gray Owl spent several Brown Booby, photo by Nick Athanus Nick by photo Booby, Brown days in Whatcom in early April. looking for the most complete March. In addition to the antici- Westside Lewis’s Woodpeckers picture of birds reported during this pated passage of Broad-winged included several on the outer coast season, one should check the online Hawks at Neah Bay, there were where they are very rarely found. database eBird (www.eBird.org) in also single birds in Chelan and The first Williamson’s Sapsucker addition to this column. Snohomish. It was a good spring for Skagit was drumming in the for Swainson’s Hawks on the west- mountains in late May. The lone Three Gadwall x American Wi- side with more than ten detected. westside Gray Flycatcher was from geon in Skagit, a Cinnamon Teal Skagit. Say’s Phoebes had another x Northern Shoveler in Walla excellent spring in western Wash- Walla and a Bufflehead x Com- ington, peaking with a count of 8 mon Goldeneye in Mason were An American Golden-Plover in together in Clark in mid March. all rarely reported hybrids in the Pend Oreille in mid-May was a state. A now-annual Short-tailed surprising find. A Snowy Plover A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Albatross was in Clallam waters strayed north to Clallam in late Clallam was the state’s 17th. At in early May. Also now annual, April. Westside Black-necked Stilts least eight Loggerhead Shrikes on a Brown Booby was at coast- included first records for bothSka - the westside was an excellent tally. al Jefferson in mid May and an mania and Whatcom. A Wander- Continued on page 12 WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 11 Washington Field Notes March - May 2018 (cont.)

A singing Philadelphia Vireo in 2 at Philleo Lake Spokane 4/15 170 at Discovery Park King 4/19 Franklin was just the state’s 4th re- (JoI), 1 at Olequa Cowlitz 4/18 (eBird) cord. A Eurasian Skylark in Clal- (RKo), 2 at Point No Point Kitsap lam was one of very few records in 4/18 (BWg,VN), 3 at Poulsbo Kit- Red-breasted Merganser Un- the state away from the formerly sap 4/18 (DnF), 1 at Brady Loop common locally: 1 at Central Ferry introduced population on San Juan Road Grays Harbor 5/5 (eBird) Garfield 4/16 (RKo), 6 at Steven- Island. Blue-gray Gnatcatch- ers were found in both Benton Wood Duck and Klickitat. Now that the very High count: localized population of Veery in 237 at Sa- Whatcom is no longer present, the cajawea SP species is extremely rare in western Franklin 3/3 Washington so one in Thurston in (MD,MlD) mid-May was a big surprise. Gadwall x A Bay-breasted Warbler in Grant American Wi- in late May was just the fourth geon Rarely state record. Grant also featured reported: 1 at a Black-and-white Warbler at the Skagit WMA end of May. Ten Brewer’s Spar- Skagit 5/10 Grebe, photo by Becky Matsubara Clark’s rows and six Lark Sparrows on the with 3 there westside were both very high totals 5/20 (Bob Hamblin) son Skamania 4/21 (MtB) for the season. A Sagebrush Spar- row in Skagit was the 15th record Cinnamon Teal x Northern Shov- Yellow-billed Loon Reports for western Washington while two eler Rarely reported: 1 at Dodd included: 1 at Williamson Rocks Grasshopper Sparrows, also in Road Walla Walla 5/27 (MlD,MD) Skagit 3/10 (eBird), 2 near Pro- Skagit, were the westside’s 18th Tufted Duck Uncommon in WA: tection Island Clallam 3/12 with 1 and 19th. The state’s first “White- 1 at Woodland Cowlitz 3/24 to there 4/23 (BoB) winged” Dark-eyed Junco was 3/31 (RKo), 1 at Toledo Lewis 4/21 Horned Grebe High count: 500 at well photographed in Skamania in (KBl) mid April. A Lazuli x Indigo Bun- Mystery Bay Jefferson 4/5 (DP) ting found in late May in Kittitas Harlequin Duck Rare locally: 1 Clark’s Grebe Reports from w WA adds to just a few previous records at Ice Harbor Dam Walla Walla included: 1 at West Seattle King 5/5 of this hybrid in Washington. A remained through 3/7 (MlD,SP) (MtD,SpH), 4 at Vancouver Lake new Tricolored Blackbird colony Clark 5/27 (JDz) was reported in Adams in mid May. White-winged Scoter Reports in- A Common Grackle appeared in cluded: 1 at Vancouver Lake Clark Laysan Albatross Reports includ- Whatcom in mid May and a Great- 5/25 (RH) ed: 1 at Westport Pelagic Grays tailed Grackle was in Lincoln in Long-tailed Duck Reports from e Harbor 3/17 (GRe) and 5/5 (BL) late May. A few scattered White- WA included: 1 at Richland Benton winged Crossbills remained from Short-Tailed Albatross Uncom- 3/2 (KK,JeJ) this winter’s lowland irruption mon in WA: 1 off Clallam 5/8 including what may be Seattle’s Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye (JBP) first record. Rarely reported: 1 at Potlatch SP Manx Shearwater Reports includ- Mason 3/10 to 3/25 (eBird) Ross’s Goose Reports included: 1 ed: 1 at Westport Pelagic Grays at Shillapoo WMA Clark 4/3 (JDz), Barrow’s Goldeneye High count: Continued on page 13

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 12 Washington Field Notes March - May 2018 (cont.) Harbor 3/17 (GRe) White-tailed Kite Uncommon in Black-necked Stilt High count: WA: 1 at Toledo Lewis 3/20 to 5/4 105 at Toppenish Yakima 4/17 Brown Booby Uncommon in WA: (DaH,GW) with 2 there 4/3 (Kim (AS,DGr). Reports from w WA 1 at Hoh River Jefferson 5/20 Adelson), 1 at Fort Lewis Pierce included: 1 at North Bonneville (DWg) 5/5 (MR) Skamania 4/21 (MtB), 2 at Sno- homish Snohomish 4/25 (DPo), 3 Booby sp. Uncommon in WA: 1 at Northern Goshawk Reports in- Diamond Point Clallam 3/3 (SPd,- at Vancouver Lowlands Clark 4/26 cluded: 1 at Point No Point Kitsap (eBird), JGc) 4/21 (BWg,GG) 2 at Leque Island Snohomish 5/2 American White Pelican Reports Broad-winged Hawk Uncommon from expanding range included: 1 (SGi), 4 at Lynden Whatcom 5/5 in WA: 1 at Leavenworth Chelan (PhW) at Enumclaw King 4/9 (SDn), 32 4/26 (JVv), 4 at Neah Bay Clallam at Nisqually NWR Thurston 5/9 4/30 (BWg) with 7 there 5/12 and American Avocet Reports from (eBird), 72 at Deer Lagoon Island 2 there 5/21 (eBird), 1 at Edmonds w WA included: 1 at Leque Island 5/15 (eBird), 75 at Bayview Skagit Snohomish 5/9 (DD) Snohomish 4/26 (PDi), 1 at Hayton 5/19 (eBird), 29 at Bottle Beach Preserve Skagit 4/28 to 5/12 (GB), Grays Harbor 5/30 (eBird) Swainson’s Hawk Reports from 1 at Redmond King 5/2+ (MiH) w WA included: 1 at Toledo Lewis Brown Pelican Rare locally: 1 at 4/24 (eBird), 4 at Point No Point Solitary Sandpiper Reports in- Kalama Cowlitz 5/5 (eBird). Un- Kitsap 4/25 and 2 there 5/8 (BWg), cluded: 6 at Point No Point Kitsap common locally: 1 at Keystone 1 at Bahokus Peak Clallam 4/29 4/26 (eBird), 1 at Eastsound San Island 5/18 (Carlos Andersen) (eBird), 1 at Montlake Fill King Juan 5/2 (eBird), 1 at South Prairie 5/12 (AxS,AdL), 2 at Mount Baker S Skamania 5/19 (MtB) Great Egret Reports included: 3 at Whatcom 5/19 (eBird) Skagit Flats Skagit 5/13 (eBird) Wandering Tattler Uncommon Reports included: locally: 1 at Point Defiance Pierce SNOWY EGRET Rare in WA: Sandhill Crane 1 at Vancouver Lowlands Clark 2 at Des Moines King 3/13 (LnS), 5/5 to 5/11 (eBird) remained through 3/28 (SN) 1 at Leque Island Snohomish 5/12 (SGi) Willet Uncommon locally: 1 at Dungeness Clallam to 4/13 (eBird), Black-crowned Night-Heron Reports included: 46 at Sacajawea American Golden-Plover Rare in 1 at Drayton Harbor Whatcom 5/4+ SP Franklin 3/3 (MD,MlD), 2 at e WA in spring: 1 at Calispell Lake (eBird), 1 at West Plains Spokane Dungeness Clallam 4/25 (eBird) Pend Oreille 5/17 (TLi) 5/5 (TO), 1 at Vantage Kittitas 5/5 (eBird), 1 south of Cheney Spokane Reports in- White-faced Ibis Reports includ- Pacific Golden-Plover 5/8 (TO) ed: 1 at Sprague Lincoln 5/5 with cluded: 1 at Dungeness Clallam 4/3 29 there 5/12 (JoI), 1 at Calispell (eBird), 1 at Hoquiam STP Grays Whimbrel Rare in e WA: 1 at Lake Pend Oreille 5/5 (TLi), 35 Harbor 5/11 (eBird), 1 at Centralia Crescent Bar Grant 5/6 (MY) Lewis 5/19 (eBird) east of Beverly Grant 5/6 (eBird), Long-billed Curlew Reports in- 13 at Othello Adams 5/6 (eBird), Snowy Plover Uncommon locally: cluded: 1 at Tulalip Bay Snohomish 2 at Toppenish Yakima 5/8 (JKo), 1 at Hobuck Beach Clallam 4/24 4/15 (MRe), 1 at Duvall King 5/5 14 at Umatilla NWR Benton 5/8 and 4/28 (eBird) (MtD,AdL), 1 at Marymoor Park (eBird), 1 at Philleo Lake Spokane King 5/31 (KIg) 5/11 (TO), 53 at Walla Walla RD Black Oystercatcher Uncommon Walla Walla 5/11 (MlD,MD) locally: 1 at Discovery Park King 4/18 (eBird) Continued on page 14

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Hudsonian Godwit Uncommon Pacific 5/19 (eBird) 5/23 (ShT), 1 at Vancouver Lake in WA: 1 at Bottle Beach Grays Clark 5/25 (JDz) Harbor 5/26 (JBu) BLACK-HEADED GULL Rare in WA: 1 at Nisqually Delta Pierce Elegant Tern Rare in spring: 2 at Marbled Godwit Uncommon in e 4/28 to 4/29 (WiB) Tokeland Pacific 4/29 (eBird), 1 WA: 1 east of Sprague Lincoln 5/9 at Sand Island Grays Harbor 5/17 to 5/12 (JoI), 3 at Umatilla NWR Franklin’s Gull Reports includ- (eBird) Benton 5/22 (eBird) ed: 1 at Neah Bay Clallam 5/12 (eBird), 7 at Sacajawea SP Frank- Scripps’s Murrelet Uncommon in Ruddy Turnstone Uncommon lin 5/27 (eBird) WA: 1 at Grays Harbor Co. Grays locally: 1 at Semiahmoo What- Harbor 4/26 (eBird) com 5/2 (StCh), 1 at Rock Lake SLATY-BACKED GULL Rare in Whitman 5/11 to 5/12 (RJB), 1 at WA: 1 at Tacoma Pierce 3/9 to 3/12 WHITE-WINGED DOVE Rare Potholes Grant 5/12 (eBird), 1 at (MCh) in WA: 1 at Neah Bay Clallam Dodd Road Walla Walla 5/13 (CLy) through 4/29 (DWg)

Semipalmated Sandpiper Uncom- mon in spring: 1 at Brady Loop Road Grays Harbor 5/6 (MaB), 3 at Mesa Franklin 5/9 (eBird), 3 at Leque Island Snohomish 5/13 (eBird), 6 at Hoquiam STP Grays Harbor 5/17 (eBird)

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER Rare in WA: 1 at Hoquiam STP Grays Harbor 5/27 (Peter Olsoy)

Baird’s Sandpiper Uncommon in spring: 1 at Shillapoo WMA Clark 4/4 (RH,CMk) to 4/5 (JDz), 1 at Hobuck Beach Clallam 4/28

(RyM), 1 at Dodd Road Walla Wal- photo by Eric Ellingson Sapsucker, Williamson’s la 4/29 (eBird), 3 at Lower Crab Creek Grant 5/9 (eBird) Glaucous Gull Reports included: Snowy Owl Reports included: 1 at Pectoral Sandpiper Reports in- 1 at Point No Point Kitsap 3/29 Skagit Flats Skagit 3/24 (eBird) (Kelly Beach) cluded: 5 at Leque Island Snohom- Burrowing Owl Uncommon in w ish 5/12 (SGi) Black Tern Uncommon in w WA: WA: 1 at American Camp San Juan Stilt Sandpiper Rare in spring: 1 1 at Vancouver Lake Clark 5/27 5/5 (Melissa Hafting) (JDz) at Dodd Road Walla Walla 5/27 Barred Owl Uncommon locally: 1 (MlD,MD) Common Tern Reports included: at College Place Walla Walla 5/16 Sabine’s Gull Reports included: 1 at Umatilla NWR Benton 5/25 (MlD) (eBird) 4 at Umatilla NWR Benton 5/11 Great Gray Owl Rare in w WA: (eBird), 2700 at Willapa Canyon Forster’s Tern Uncommon in w Continued on page 15 WA: 2 at Nisqually NWR Thurston WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 14 Washington Field Notes March - May 2018 (cont.) 1 at Goshen Whatcom 4/2 to 4/6 (DPo) (eBird) (eBird) Dusky Flycatcher Reports from SCISSOR-TAILED FLY- Long-eared Owl Reports from w WA included: 2 at Mercer Is- CATCHER Rare in WA: 1 at Cape w WA included: 1 at Vancouver land King 4/25 (JGl), 1 at Tacoma Alava Clallam 5/1 (Devon Cupery) Lowlands Clark 3/30 (eBird), 1 at Pierce 5/1 (eBird), 1 at Camano Tsoo-Yess Clallam 5/12 (DVHo) Island Island 5/3 (SGi) Loggerhead Shrike Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Marymoor Park Anna’s Hummingbird Reports Black Phoebe Reports from ex- King 3/14 (TSl), 4/14 (eBird) and from expanding range included: 4 panding range included: 1 at Top- 1 at Marymoor Park King 4/23 to at East Wenatchee Douglas 3/17 penish Yakima 3/5 (MiH) to 3/12 4/25 (KzS,MiH), 1 at Steigerwald (eBird), 2 at Ephrata Grant 4/1 (eBird), 1 at Silver Lake Cowlitz Lake NWR Clark 3/19 (eBird), 1 (MY) 3/24 (MiH), 3 at Woodland Cowlitz at Sauk Valley Skagit 4/12 (DPo), 3/29 (eBird), 1 at Point No Point 1 at Deer Park Spokane 4/14 (JoI), Lewis’s Woodpecker Uncommon Kitsap 4/23 (BWg), 1 at Skagit 1 at Bainbridge Island Kitsap 4/24 in w WA: 1 at Ashford Pierce 4/29 WMA Skagit 5/22 (eBird), 4 at (eBird), 1 at Lummi Flats Whatcom (eBird), 1 at Magnuson Park King Julia Butler Hansen NWR Wah- 4/25 (CMH), 1 at Crescent Harbor 4/30+ (KA), 4 at Quinault River kiakum 5/25 (eBird), 1 at Tacoma Island 4/28 (eBird) Jefferson 4/30 (eBird), 1 at Point Pierce 5/26 (eBird) No Point Kitsap 4/30 (GO) and Northern Shrike Late report: 1 at 5/14 (eBird), 1 at Loomis Lake Pa- Say’s Phoebe high count: 8 at South Bend Pacific 4/26 (eBird) cific 5/2 (eBird), 1 at Deer Lagoon Steigerwald Lake NWR Clark 3/14 Island 5/5 (eBird), 1 at Northern (JDz). Reports from w WA includ- PHILADELPHIA VIREO Rare State Reserve Skagit 5/8 (PDi), ed: 1 at Marymoor Park King 3/9 in WA: 1 at Lyons Ferry Franklin 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark 5/12 (fide MiH) and 2 there 4/12 (MiH), 5/28 (SpH) (eBird), 1 at Oysterville Pacific 1 at Hobuck Beach Clallam 3/11 Gray Jay Uncommon locally: 1 at 5/12 (eBird) (RyM,CWr) and 3/24 (BWg), 1 Waatch River Clallam 5/11 (eBird) at Mercer Island King 3/13 (JGl), Acorn Woodpecker Rare local- 1 at Enumclaw King 3/13 (Jared Blue Jay Reports included: 1 at ly: 1 at Fort Simcoe SP Yakima Crusen), 2 at Woodland Cowlitz Long Lake Kitsap through 4/4 through 3/25 (eBird) 3/14 (RKo), 1 at Jamestown Clal- (eBird), 1 at Bow Skagit through Williamson’s Sapsucker Rare lam 3/14 (BcP), 3 at Darrington 4/8 (eBird), 1 at Gig Harbor Pierce in w WA: 1 at Hardy Burn Skagit Snohomish 3/14 (DPo), 1 at Sno- 5/17 to 5/21 (Jacqueline Hagedorn) 5/26+ (RyM) homish Snohomish 3/14 (JAm), 2 at Strawberry Island Skamania 3/15 Clark’s Nutcracker Uncommon Gyrfalcon Reports included: 1 at (eBird), 1 at Julia Butler Hansen locally: 1 at Rose Creek Preserve Hayton Preserve Skagit 3/18 (MaB) NWR Wahkiakum 3/20 (eBird), 1 at Whitman 3/25 (RJB) Willapa NWR Pacific 3/28 (eBird), Black-billed Magpie Rare in w Prairie Falcon Reports from w 1 at Orting Pierce 4/2 (eBird). Late WA: 1 at Seattle King 5/5 (ST) WA included: 1 at Jensen Access w WA reports included: 2 at Mor- Skagit 3/3 (eBird), 1 at Samish ton Lewis 5/11 (ACt), 2 at Marble- EURASIAN SKYLARK Rare in Flats Skagit 3/5 (eBird) mount Skagit 5/15 (RyM) WA: 1 at Hobuck Beach Clallam 3/19 (BcP) to 3/24 (BWg) “Prairie” Merlin Uncommon in Ash-throated Flycatcher Rare WA: 1 at Kittitas Kittitas 4/7 (DeE) in w WA: 1 at Montlake Fill King Purple Martin Reports included: 2 5/30 (CSi) to 5/31 (CDe) Gray Flycatcher Uncommon in w at Stillwater King 5/24 (LnS) WA: 1 at Sauk Valley Skagit 5/11 Western Kingbird Reports includ- Continued on page 19 ed: 6 at Woodland Cowlitz 5/19 WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 15 Audubon Scientists Promote Citizen Science in “Bird Emergency” Due to Climate Change Crisis State’s Conservation Director Explains Seattle Chapter’s Toby Ross Leads National Report: Risks to Birds and Habi- Statewide Effort to Get ‘Climate tat Under 3 Climate Change Scenarios Watch’ Underway By the Editor By the Editor Trina Bayard, Director of Bird After a few years initiating the Conservation for Audubon Wash- Audubon Society’s “Climate Watch” ington, is blunt about the many in Washington, Toby Ross is philo- implications of national Audu- sophical when it comes to describing bon’s 2019 report, “Survival by the potential of another fledgling citizen science movement. Toby Ross Degrees.” Trina Bayard “The data part is vital, but it’s also the communi- “Contemplating ecological destruction can ty-building piece – that’s really important, that’s provoke a lot of feelings,” she told a stand- how you get attitude changes.” ing-room-only crowd of birders in downtown Seattle recently. Ross is a perfect fit for engaging volunteers in the twice-yearly surveys that for now involve just two The report got prominent headlines around Washington bird species. He’ll be out in February the nation largely because it relied on so much helping youths and visually impaired people, two recent data about birds and their habitat and put of his largest groups of volunteers, delineate their that data into play using climate change sce- survey areas and listen for Red-breasted Nuthatches narios. It’s a call to action and a warning about and Spotted Towhees.

Continued on page 17 Continued on page 17 Highly vulnerable

Birds of the Arctic, Boreal and Western forests, and Waterbirds

Subtropical, Eastern Forest, vulnerable Moderately Grassland and Coastal Birds

Aridland Birds, Urban and Sub- Mildly vulnerable urban, Marshland and Generalist Birds

Birds by type of habitat and percentage of estimated losses under the worst climate change scenario. Red signals the great- est loss; blue indicates potential stability. Source: National Audubon Society “Survival by Degrees” report Audubon Society “Survival by Degrees” National Source: WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 16 Risks to Birds and Habitat Under 3 Statewide Effort to Get ‘Climate Climate Change Scenarios (cont.) Watch’ Underway (continued)

needed policy changes. “Anybody can do this,” he says impatiently during a recent interview over coffee. The biggest reason “The impacts it describes are basically different Audubon developed Climate Watch, he says, is to policy scenarios,” Bayard said in a phone inter- test predictions about habitat changes influenced view. Behind the policy questions raised in the by changing climate in Audubon’s 2019 Bird and report there are tons of data, much recorded by Climate Change Report. Known as the “Survival citizen scientists. by Degrees” report, that document established a connection between millions of bird observations across the country and climate scientists’ models of ( https://my.seattleaudubon.org/survival_by_ habitat changes we can expect to see this century degrees​ ) under three different scenarios: a 1.5-degree Celsius increase in average global temperatures, a 2-degree It predicts habitat losses or gains for hundreds increase, and a 3-degree increase. of bird species this century under three differ- ent climate-change scenarios. Up to two-thirds Audubon has its hands in a number of citizen-sci- of six hundred species are in real trouble if the ence efforts, and Ross, the Senior Science Manager worst scenario, a 3-degree Celsius average glob- for Seattle Audubon, is a busy man, helping wres- al temperature increase, comes about. tle with all of the ins and outs in programs such as Neighborhood Bird projects, Puget Sound Seabird “It’s a bird emergency,” Bayard tells her audi- Survey data, Christmas Bird Counts, conservation ence. She goes on to say that the problems faced concerns such as oil spill responses in Puget sound by birds have been building by decades. The pot and the Salish Sea, and others. is about to boil over. Ross has an MSc in Applied Conservation and About 1.4 million observations were combined Ecology from the University of East Anglia, and he can wax eloquently about the various habitats and with habitat and land use data then “plugged human habits in both the United Kingdom and the into” three climate change models, predicting United States. He says he is happy to answer ques- what could happen if the average world tempera- tions about any of the projects he’s involved with, ture increases by 1.5 degrees Clesius, 2 degrees but his current schedule involves helping Climate or 3 degrees. Watch participants who spend time in both Febru- ary and June in “best habitat” for the Red-breasted On the Pacific Flyway, Nuthatch. the long-term threats Using 10 by 10-kilometer maps and delineating two “squares” in each section, Ross and his volunteers seem to be the big divide up the work into teams and adhere to an observation protocol on each site within that square. ones. Currently that means that two, three or four-member teams cover the sites in both winter and summer, recording their “sightings.” The work takes a cou- Short-term threats mentioned in the report in- ple of hours and right now the data are collected in clude rising spring temperatures, drought, fires, North Seattle and Shoreline. After 12 counts each heavy rain events, and “false spring.” Long-term lasting five minutes, the data are recorded and will threats include rising sea levels, further cropland eventually be overlain with climate and habitat in- expansion, and urbanization. formation to tell the story about target species. On the Pacific Flyway, the long-term threats Ross says one of the lovely things about Climate seem to be the big ones. While tides and storms Watch is that it takes dedication to a communi-

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WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 17 Risks to Birds and Habitat Under 3 Statewide Effort to Get ‘Climate Climate Change Scenarios (cont.) Watch’ Underway (continued) may impact larger areas, the plant comunities and ty-based science program but hardly requires more nesting habitats needed by many species will cer- than a casual knowledge of birds. tainly change. Stopovers for migratory birds of all “You don’t really need money to set up this project,” shapes and sizes may move or disappear. Compe- he adds. tition for resources may increase. The ultimate goal is to document range shifts in a Coupled with changes in the political winds that scientifically valid manner for as many species the may halt or impact conservation and management program volunteers can count. Currently the local efforts, it’s imperative to gather data on which volunteers are in their fourth survey year for one “square” and their first winter in a second square. species may need the most help from humans, The program has a long way to go to catch up to Bayard told the crowd. the 1.4 million observations used in the “Survival “We have the power to generate changes,” Bayard by Degrees” report, but Ross knows attitudes and said. involvement will change. “We are committed to breaking down the barriers” * between scientists and non-scientists, he says.

The birds most in harm’s way depend on the Arctic tundra and bo- real forest, both of which are warming rapidly and already undergo- ing dramatic transformation. Dozens of waterbird species, including waterfowl aznd shorebirds, nest in those northern habitats, putting them at great risk, too. - Audubon’s “Survival by Degrees” summary Common Loon, photo by Chris Johnston

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 18 Washington Field Notes March - May 2018 (cont.) Rock Wren Uncommon in w WA: Yellow-rumped Warbler High American Tree Sparrow Re- 1 at Useless Bay Island 3/2 (DPo), count: 3800 at Point No Point Kit- ports included: 1 at Big Flat HMU 2 at Marmot Pass Jefferson 5/28 sap 4/25 (eBird) Franklin 4/14 (eBird) (eBird) Black-throated Gray Warbler Chipping Sparrow Early reports: Bewick’s Wren Uncommon local- Uncommon locally: 1 at Yakima 1 at Rice Bar Garfield 3/16 (eBird), ly: 1 at Barnaby Slough Skagit 5/8 Yakima 4/30 (RRe) 1 at Washougal Skamania 4/2 (PDi) (WC) Hermit X Townsend’s Warbler BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER Rare locally: 1 at Hardy Burn Brewer’s Sparrow Uncommon in Rare in WA: 1 at Kennewick Ben- Skagit 5/23+ (MRe) w WA: 1 at Marymoor Park King ton 4/22 (Dartanya Helgeson), 1 at 4/12 (MiH), 1 at Bothell Sno- Swale Creek Klickitat 5/5 (MiH) to BAY-BREASTED WARBLER homish 4/13 to 4/16 (JAm), 1 at 5/6 (MtB) Rare in WA: 1 at Ephrata Grant Corkindale Skagit 4/15, 4/29 (IN) 5/24 (MY) & 5/26 (RyM) to 5/27 (GB), 1 at Mountain Bluebird Reports from Black-and-white Warbler Rare in Lake Union King 4/16 (RyM), 1 at w WA included: 6 at Waatch River Lynden Whatcom 4/28 (IN), 1 at Clallam 3/15 (eBird), 9 at Point WA: 1 at Lind Coulee Grant 5/30 (MY) Neah Bay Clallam 4/29 (eBird), 1 Wilson Jefferson 4/3 (eBird), 7 at at Marblemount Skagit 5/6 (RyM), Coupeville Island 4/15 (Joe Shel- American Redstart Uncommon 1 at Vancouver Clark 5/18 (JSn) don) locally: 1 at Battle Ground Clark 5/28 (JDz) Vesper Sparrow Reports from Veery Rare in w WA: 1 at Nis- w WA included: 1 at Woodland qually NWR Thurston 5/17 (eBird) Northern Waterthrush Uncom- Cowlitz 4/9 (RKo), 1 at Samish Northern Mockingbird Uncom- mon locally: 1 at Jameson Lake Flats Skagit 4/15 (eBird), 1 at mon in WA: 1 at Douglas 5/20 (DS) Montlake Fill King 4/23 (eBird), 8 Lost Mountain Clal- at Newhalem Whatcom 4/29 (IN), lam 3/4 (BcP), 1 at 1 at Waatch River Clallam 5/13 Edmonds Snohom- (eBird) ish 4/24 (CRi) and Lark Sparrow Uncommon in 4/25 (eBird), 1 at w WA: 1 at Sumner Pierce 4/29 Sauk Valley Skagit (TMn), 1 at Stevens Pass King 5/8 5/11 (DPo), 1 at (DPo), 1 at Washougal Clark 5/19 Tacoma Pierce 5/24 (eBird), 1 at Diablo Whatcom 5/19 (HJF), 1 at Number (eBird), 1 at Darrington Snohomish 2 Canyon Chelan 5/31 (DPo), 1 at Bainbridge Island 5/27 (eBird) Kitsap 5/31 (BWg)

Sage Thrasher Northern Waterthrush Black-throated Sparrow Un- Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Mary- photo by Gail Hampshire common in WA: 1 at Priest Rapids moor Park King 4/15 (eBird), 1 at Yakima 5/22 (KvL), 1 at Ridgefield Dungeness Clallam 5/15 (eBird) NWR Clark 5/25 (Russ Smith)

Bohemian Waxwing Late report: Wilson’s Warbler Early reports: Sagebrush Sparrow Rare in w 60 at Big Flat HMU Franklin 4/14 1 at Catherine Creek Klickitat 4/6 WA: 1 at Sauk Valley Skagit 5/11 (eBird) (eBird), 2 at Chambers Bay Pierce (DPo) 4/10 (eBird) Continued on page 20 WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 19 Washington Field Notes March - May 2018 (cont.)

Grasshopper Sparrow Rare in w Tricolored Blackbird Nesting 5/14 (eBird) WA: 1 at Marblemount Skagit 4/29 report: 100 at Columbia NWR Ad- (GB,MNs), 1 at Corkindale Skagit ams 5/11 (JEl) with 140 there 5/19 Common Redpoll Reports includ- 5/6 (RyM) (RyM) ed: 78 at Bellingham Whatcom 3/8 (ErH), 30 at Curlew Lake Ferry Harris’s Sparrow Reports in- Western Meadowlark High count: 4/16 (eBird) cluded: 1 north of Pasco Franklin 75 at Steigerwald Lake NWR Clark 3/5 (MiH), 1 at Shoreline King 3/14 (JDz) Lesser Goldfinch Reports from ex- 4/11 to 4/25 (Ellen Meyer), 1 at panding range included: 2 at Point Walla Walla RD Walla Walla 4/30 Yellow-headed Blackbird Reports No Point Kitsap 4/25 (eBird) with (MlD,MD), 1 at Long Beach Pacif- included: 1 at Juanita Bay King 3 there 5/3 (BWg), 1 at Okanogan ic through 5/6 (SzW), 1 at Langley 4/27 (KIg), 1 at Waatch River Clal- Okanogan 4/28 (Ron England), Island 5/14 (eBird) lam 5/20 (eBird) 1 at Bainbridge Island Kitsap 5/3 (eBird), 1 at Davenport Lincoln 5/6 Golden-crowned x White COMMON GRACKLE Rare in (JoI) Crowned Sparrow Rarely report- WA: 1 at Newhalem Whatcom 5/20 ed: 1 at Neah Bay Clallam through (ErH) ACt Adam Crutcher 3/11 (RyM,CWr) GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE AdL Adrian Lee Rare in WA: 1 at Sprague Lake “WHITE-WINGED” DARK- AS Andy Stepniewski EYED JUNCO Rare in WA: 1 at Lincoln 5/29 (LaG) Mount Pleasant Skamania 4/13 to Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Un- AxS Alexander Sowers 4/17 (WC) common locally: 1 at Bellingham BcP Bruce Paige Lapland Longspur Reports in- Whatcom 3/24 (eBird), 1 at Vedder cluded: 1 at Waatch River Clallam Mountain Whatcom 4/21 (JDu) BL Bruce LaBar 4/28 (eBird), 1 at Hobuck Beach with 2 there 4/23 (Jeanie Johnson, BoB Bob Boekelheide Clallam 4/28 and 5/6 (eBird) Keith Kemplin) BWg Brad Waggoner Snow Bunting Reports included: 1 Pine Grosbeak Rare locally: 2 at Eastsound San Juan 3/31 (MtB) at Deer Lagoon Island 3/6 (eBird), CAl Catherine Alexander 1 at Rockport Skagit 3/18 (RyM), Purple Finch Uncommon local- CDe Charlie Desilets 1 at Fort Flagler Jefferson 3/20 ly: 31 at Crescent Bar Grant 3/25 (eBird), 1 at Issaquah King 3/25 (MY) CLy Christopher Lindsey (Charles Kahle), 420 at Cameron Lake Road Okanogan 4/6 (eBird) Cassin’s Finch Uncommon local- CMH Casey McHugh ly: 1 at Sauk Valley Skagit 4/12 Western Tanager Early report: 1 at (DPo), 1 at Larch Mountain Clark CMk Cindy McCormack Seattle King 4/6 (CAl) 5/7 (eBird) CRi Carol Riddell Lazuli Bunting Reports included: White-winged Crossbill Rare Constance Sidles 1 at Clinton Island 5/14 (Dyanne locally: 2 at Green Lake King 3/9 CSi Sheldon) (DMcD), 13 at Hobuck Beach CWr Charlie Wright Lazuli x Indigo Bunting Rarely Clallam 3/24 (BWg), 1 at Cape reported: 1 at Cooke Canyon Kitti- Disappointment Pacific 4/7 (eBird), DaH Dave Hayden tas 5/23 (BWg,DSw) 15 at Semiahmoo Whatcom 4/25 (eBird), 10 at Olympia Thurston DD Dennis Duffy Continued on page 21

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DeE Deb Essman JGl Joshua Glant RJB RJ Baltierra

DGr Denny Granstrand JKo Jeff Kozma RKo Russell Koppendrayer

DMcD Dan McDougall-Treacy JoI Jon Isacoff RRe Richard Repp

DnF Dan Froehlich JSn Jen Sanford RyM Ryan Merrill

DP Dennis Paulson JVv Joe Veverka SDn Sandy Daniels

DPo David Poortinga KA Kevin Aanerud SGi Steve Giles

DS Dan Stephens KBl Kevin Black ShT Shep Thorp

DSw Dave Swayne KIg Kaylin Ingalls SN Steve Nord

DVHo Denny Van Horn KK Ken Knittle SP Steve Pink

DWg Dan Waggoner KvL Kevin Lucas SPd Sarah Peden eBird eBird.org KzS Kazuto Shibata SpH Spencer Hildie

ErH Eric Heisey LaG Larry Goodhew ST Sam Terry

GB Gary Bletsch LnS Lonnie Somer StCh Stephen Chase

GG George Gerdts MaB Marv Breece SzW Suzy Whittey

GO Grace Oliver MCh Michael Charest TLi Terry Little

GRe Gene Revelas MD Mike Denny TMn Thomas Mansfield

GW Gary Wiles MiH Michael Hobbs TO Tim O’Brien

HJF Hans-Joachim Feddern MlD MerryLynn Denny TSl Todd Sahl

IN Isaiah Nugent MNs Mike Nelson VN Vic Nelson

JAm Josh Adams MR Marcus Roening WC Wilson Cady

JBP Joel Brady-Power MRe Maxine Reid WiB Will Brooks

JBu Joe Buchanan MtB Matt Bartels

JDu Jim Duemmel MtD Matt Dufort

JDz Jim Danzenbaker MY Matt Yawney

JeJ Jeff Jendro PDi Phil Dickinson

JEl Jim Elder PhW Phil Wegener

JGc John Gatchet RH Randy Hill

WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 21 Washington Field Notes June - July 2018 Compiled by Ryan Merrill

Bird listings in bold or capital letters represent birds kiakum in late June was the state’s 13th. Four westside on the state review list which requires documenta- Ash-throated Flycatchers were more than are usually tion to be submitted to the Washington Bird Records found. Two Scissor-tailed Flycatchers in Clallam in Committee. This column strives to present the most June bring the state total to 18 records. unusual and interesting bird records of this reporting period along with a sampling of the more regular but A Loggerhead Shrike in Snohomish in mid June was still unusual species. For those looking for the most over a month later than most westside sightings and complete picture of birds reported during this season, is one of very few summer records from western WA. one should check the online database eBird (www. A pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers feeding young in eBird.org) in addition to this column. Klickitat was a surprising first breeding record for the state for this species that is considered a vagrant in A Red-breasted Merganser in Chelan was quite sur- Washington. Gray Catbirds had a good season on the prising for the eastside during the summer season. westside with birds found in five locations. A Yellow-billed Loon in Jefferson was a rare find in summer. Manx Shearwaters included a rare Puget A Black-throated Sparrow strayed to Whatcom in mid Sound report at the end of July that was the first re- June. A “Thick-billed” Fox Sparrow was document- cord for Snohomish. A Rough-legged Hawk that was ed in Skamania, further adding to the understanding of summering in the Portland area crossed the river to the what may be a regularly occurring subspecies group in Washington side at the beginning of July for a very Washington. Common Grackles in both Clallam and rare summer record. Skagit in early June bring the state total to 28 records. The state’s 29th Ovenbird was recorded singing in A Black-necked Stilt in Thurston at the end of July Yakima. Four Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in June were was notable since most westside records have been in found in Clallam, King, and Stevens. Male Lazuli x April and May. A Bar-tailed Godwit spent over a week Indigo Buntings were on territory in both Pierce and in Skagit in June. A Ruff inSan Juan in July was the Thurston during June, adding to just a few previous first for the county. A Lesser Black-backed Gull in records of this cross in the state. The state’s 16th Dick- Kitsap in mid June was not only a county first but also cissel was also the first forCowlitz in early June. the first summer record for the state. A Forster’s Tern spent a few days in Skagit in early June. Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal Uncommon in WA: 1 at Sprague Lincoln 6/16 (eBird) A Great Gray Owl in Snohomish was a very rare summer record on the westside. A male Black-chinned Long-tailed Duck Uncommon in summer in WA: 1 at Hummingbird made a one-day appearance in Skagit Libbey Beach Island 6/2 (eBird) in early June. Stray woodpeckers this season included Red-breasted Merganser Rare in summer in e WA: 1 an Acorn Woodpecker in Pierce and a Yellow-bellied at Wenatchee Chelan 7/2 to 7/26 (eBird) x Red-naped Sapsucker in Yakima, both in early June. The state’s 5th documented Alder Flycatcher was in Yellow-billed Loon Rare in summer in WA: 1 at Pro- Pend Oreille the second half of June. Arguably more tection Island Jefferson 7/10 and 7/14 (eBird) interesting was an Alder/Willow Flycatcher in Skagit giving a series of intermediate vocalizations, very Eared Grebe Reports from w WA included: 1 at Ever- possibly indicating a hybrid between the two species ett STP Snohomish 6/4 (eBird) though confirming this would be very difficult. Black Phoebes continue to expand their presence in the Clark’s Grebe Uncommon in w WA in summer: 2 at state with new nesting locations found in Pacific and Vancouver Lake Clark 6/7 (eBird), 1 at Carkeek Park Thurston, as well as a rare eastside bird with Klicki- King 7/4 (RyM) tat’s first in early June. An Eastern Phoebe in Wah- Continued on page 23 WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 22 Washington Field Notes June - July 2018 (cont.) Manx Shearwater Rare locally: 1 at Edmonds Sno- Willet Reports included: 1 at Drayton Harbor What- homish 7/31 (JAm). Reports included: 1 at Cape Flat- com through 7/18 (eBird) tery Clallam 6/21 (BWg), 1 west of Point of Arches Clallam 7/6 (MFo) Long-billed Curlew Reports from w WA included: 1 at Hayton Preserve Skagit 6/10 (eBird), 2 at Edmonds American White Pelican Reports from expanding Snohomish 6/16 (eBird), 2 at Nisqually NWR Thur- range included: 20 at Protection Island Jefferson 6/7 ston 6/17 with 1 there (eBird) (eBird), 189 at March Point Skagit 6/12 (eBird), 240 at Ilwaco Pacific 6/19 (eBird), 95 at Hoquiam STP Grays Bar-tailed Godwit Uncommon in WA: 1 at Hayton Harbor 7/1 (eBird), 240 at Deer Lagoon Island 7/9 Preserve Skagit 6/15 to 6/26 (MNs) (eBird), 75 at Edmonds Snohomish 7/21 (eBird) Marbled Godwit Reports included: 1 at Deer Lagoon Brown Pelican Uncommon in Puget Sound: 1 at Island 6/6 (GeH), 3 at Hayton Preserve Skagit 6/10 Tacoma Pierce 6/10 to 7/13 (eBird), 1 at Discovery (eBird), 1 at Umatilla NWR Benton 7/11 (eBird) Park King 7/4 (eBird), 1 at Edmonds Snohomish 7/6 Ruddy Turnstone Uncommon locally: 1 at Blakely (eBird), 1 at Semiahmoo Whatcom 7/7 (eBird), 1 at Rocks Kitsap 7/27 (BWg) Budd Inlet Thurston 7/31 (eBird) Red Knot Reports included: 2 at Dungeness Clallam White-faced Ibis Reports included: 42 at Sprague 6/12 (eBird), 1 at Hayton Preserve Skagit 6/26 (eBird) Lincoln 6/13 (eBird), 1 at Kahlotus Lake Franklin 7/26 (eBird) Sanderling Reports included: 1 at Entiat Chelan 7/18 (JVv) Red-shouldered Hawk Uncommon in WA in sum- mer: 1 at Ridgefield NWR Clark 7/13 (eBird), 1 at Semipalmated Sandpiper High count: 30 at Water- Vancouver Lake Clark 7/14 (eBird) ville Plateau Douglas 7/31 (eBird)

Swainson’s Hawk Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Lummi Baird’s Sandpiper Reports included: 4 at Dodd Road Flats Whatcom 6/1 (JDu) Walla Walla 7/7 (eBird)

Rough-legged Hawk Rare in summer in WA: 1 at Ruff Rare locally: 1 at American Camp San Juan 7/15 Vancouver Clark 7/1 (eBird) to 7/17 (Breck Tyler)

Golden Eagle Reports from w WA included: 1 at Bonaparte’s Gull Reports included: 146 at Hayton Neah Bay Clallam 6/21 (BWg) Preserve Skagit 6/11 (eBird)

Sandhill Crane Uncommon in w WA in summer: 5 Franklin’s Gull Reports included: 2 at Everett STP at Ridgefield NWR Clark 6/4+ (eBird), 1 at Stillwater Snohomish 6/1 (JAm), 1 at Dungeness Clallam 6/9 King 6/18 (eBird), 1 at Waatch River Clallam 6/20 (eBird), 1 at Hayton Preserve Skagit 6/11 (RyM), 1 at (BWg) Point No Point Kitsap 6/13 (BWg)

Black-necked Stilt Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Tolmie Lesser Black-backed Gull Rare in summer in WA: 1 SP Thurston 7/30 (eBird) at Point No Point Kitsap 6/13 (BWg) to 6/23 (JGl)

American Avocet Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Jetty Common Tern Reports included: 1 at Everett Sno- Island Snohomish 6/21 (eBird), 2 at Crockett Lake homish 6/1 (JAm), 1 at Potholes Grant 6/2 (eBird), 1 Island 7/27 (eBird) at Hayton Preserve Skagit 6/10 (eBird)

Wandering Tattler Uncommon locally: 1 at Whale Forster’s Tern Rare in w WA: 1 at Hayton Preserve Rocks San Juan 7/21 (eBird) Skagit 6/9 to 6/11 (RyM)

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WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 23 Washington Field Notes June - July 2018 (cont.) Parasitic Jaeger Reports included: 3 at Seattle King Black Phoebe Nesting reports: 5 at Lacey Thurston 7/6 (eBird) 6/16 (GW), 1 at Menlo Pacific 6/21 to 6/29 (DnF). Rare in e WA: Burrowing Owl Uncommon locally: 4 at Peola Road Asotin 6/2 (JHn) 1 at Conboy Lake NWR Klickitat 6/9 (eBird). Reports from expanding range included: 3 at Julia Butler Han- Great Gray Owl Rare in w WA: 1 at Snohomish Sno- sen NWR Wahkiakum 7/13 (eBird), 1 at Bottle Beach homish 6/27+ (Twe) Grays Harbor 7/26 (eBird), 3 at Woodland Cowlitz Long-eared Owl Reports from w WA included: 1 at 7/29 (eBird), 1 at Skagit WMA Skagit through 7/31 Northern State Reserve Skagit 6/9 (MNs), 1 at Windy (eBird) Gap King 6/20 (WiB) EASTERN PHOEBE Rare in WA: 1 at Julia Butler Short-eared Owl Reports included: 1 at False Bay Hansen NWR Wahkiakum 6/24 (MtB) San Juan 7/27 (eBird) Ash-throated Flycatcher Uncommon in w WA: 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird Rare in w WA: 1 at at Lake Sammamish King 6/9 (ENe), 1 at Magnuson Lyman Skagit 6/3 (GB) Park King 6/23 (eBird), 1 at Shillapoo WMA Clark 6/25 (eBird), 1 at Steigerwald Lake NWR Clark 6/30 Anna’s Hummingbird Reports from expanding range to 7/20 (eBird), Reports from e WA included: 4 at included: 1 at Crescent Bar Grant 6/2 (eBird), 1 at Colockum Road Chelan 7/9 (eBird) Nisqually John Whitman 6/3 (eBird) Eastern Kingbird Reports from w WA included: 1 Calliope Hummingbird Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Golden Gardens King 6/4 (Rebecca Laszlo), 1 at at Sunrise, Mount Rainier NP Pierce 7/16 and 7/25 Factoria King 6/4 (GB), 1 at Maxwelton Island 6/12 (eBird) (GeH), 1 at Sekiu Clallam 6/13 (eBird), 2 at Tatoosh Island Clallam 6/15 (TWo), 14 at Snohomish Snohom- Lewis’s Woodpecker Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Gra- ish 7/31 (eBird) ham Pierce 6/7 (eBird), 1 at Mount St Helens Skama- nia 7/14 (eBird) SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER Rare in WA: 1 south of Cape Alava Clallam 6/11 (eBird), 1 at Sekiu Acorn Woodpecker Rare locally: 1 at Spanaway Clallam 6/13 (eBird) Pierce 6/3 (eBird) Loggerhead Shrike Late report for w WA: 1 west of Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker Rarely re- Darrington Snohomish 6/12 (JAm) ported in WA: 1 at White Pass Yakima 6/7 (DGr) Red-eyed Vireo Uncommon locally: 1 at Waatch Riv- ALDER FLYCATCHER Rare in WA: 1 at Kalispell er Clallam 6/9 (eBird), 1 north of Quilcene Jefferson Indian Reservation Pend Oreille 6/18 to 6/24 (JoI) 6/15 (DPo)

Alder/Willow Flycatcher: Reports of a possible California Scrub-Jay Reports from expanding range hybrid included: 1 at Bacon Creek Skagit 6/25 to 7/8 included: 2 at Wenatchee Chelan 6/25 (eBird), 1 at (eBird) Sequim Clallam 7/20 (eBird)

Least Flycatcher Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Tennant Horned Lark Reports included: 2 at Woodland Lake Whatcom 6/4 to 6/9 (PWc), 1 east of Julia Butler Cowlitz 7/22 (eBird), 2 at March Point Skagit 7/24 Hansen NWR Wahkiakum 6/29 to 7/5 (eBird) (eBird), 1 at Lake Sammamish King 7/29 (eBird)

Gray Flycatcher Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Cork- Bank Swallow Nesting report: 30 at Wynoochee indale Skagit 6/3 (IN), 1 at Sauk Valley Skagit 6/11 Grays Harbor 7/3 (eBird) (RyM) Continued on page 25 WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 24 Washington Field Notes June - July 2018 (cont.) Black-capped Chickadee Uncommon locally: 1 at ly: 1 at Hart’s Pass Okanogan 6/5 (eBird), 1 at Maza- Eastsound San Juan 7/24 (eBird) ma Okanogan 6/5 (eBird)

Rock Wren Uncommon in w WA: 2 at Sunrise, Golden-crowned Sparrow Late reports: 1 at Dunge- Mount Rainier NP Pierce 7/17 (eBird) ness Clallam 6/1 (eBird), 1 at Ferndale Whatcom 6/2 (eBird) American Dipper Reports included: 1 at Olga San Juan 6/26 (eBird) Rose-breasted Grosbeak Uncommon in WA: 1 at Waatch River Clallam 6/2 (AAk), 1 at Seattle King BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER Nesting report: 4 6/16+ (Peg Boyle Morgan), 1 at Auburn King 6/19 “Western” at Wahkiacus Klickitat 7/4 (eBird) (Robert L Frerichs), 1 south of Deer Park Stevens 6/22 Mountain Bluebird Reports included: 1 at Corkindale (CtM) Skagit 6/3 (RyM), 1 at Hurricane Hill Clallam 7/23 Lazuli Bunting Uncommon locally: 1 at Waatch (eBird) River Clallam 6/10 (eBird), 1 at Frances Pacific 6/21 Townsend’s Solitaire Reports included: 1 at Lopez (eBird) Island San Juan 6/26 (eBird) Lazuli x Indigo Bunting Rare in WA: 1 at Orting Gray Catbird Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Montlake Pierce 6/3 to 6/27 (WiB), 1 at Nisqually Thurston 6/13 Fill King 6/2 (AxS), 1 at Darrington Snohomish 6/5 to to 6/21 (eBird) 6/17 (JAm), 1 at Oso Snohomish 6/5 to 7/11 (eBird), 1 DICKCISSEL Rare in WA: 1 south of Castle Rock at Barnaby Slough Skagit 6/9+ (GB), 1 at Newhalem Cowlitz 6/1 (fide RKo) Whatcom 7/2+ (JeB) Tricolored Blackbird Reports included: 36 at Kahlo- Northern Mockingbird Uncommon in WA: 1 at Ta- tus Lake Franklin 7/19 (eBird) toosh Island Clallam 6/15 (TWo) COMMON GRACKLE Rare in WA: 1 at Waatch Lesser Goldfinch Reports from expanding range River Clallam 6/7 (AAk) and at Neah Bay Clallam 6/8 included: 1 at Veradale Spokane 6/20 to 7/20 (Marlene (Christopher Hinkle), 1 at Lyman Skagit 6/8 (GB) & Bob Cashen), 5 at Richland Benton 7/18 (eBird), 11 at Washtucna Adams 7/23 (eBird) “Myrtle” Yellow-rumped Warbler Rare in summer in WA: 1 at Magnuson Park King 6/19 (eBird) Brewer’s Sparrow Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Windy Gap King 7/15 (eBird) Hermit X Townsend’s Warbler Rare locally: 1 at Hardy Burn Skagit through 6/3 (eBird) Vesper Sparrow Uncommon locally: 2 at Windy Gap King 7/15 (eBird), 1 at Sunrise, Mount Rainier NP American Redstart Uncommon locally: 1 at Home Pierce 7/24 (eBird) Valley Skamania 6/9 (eBird), 1 at Waatch River Clal- lam 6/19 (AAk), 1 at Graysmarsh Clallam 6/21 (BoB), Lark Sparrow Uncommon in w WA: 1 at Steigerwald 1 at Clarkston Asotin 6/21 (eBird) Lake NWR Clark 7/1 (eBird), 1 at Newhalem What- com 7/5 (DPo) OVENBIRD Rare in WA: 1 at Snow Mountain Yaki- ma 6/1 (AS,ElS) Black-throated Sparrow Rare in w WA: 1 at Belling- ham Whatcom 6/16 (eBird) Northern Waterthrush Uncommon locally: 2 at White River Chelan 7/5 (JVv) “THICK-BILLED” FOX SPARROW Rare in WA: 1 at Mount St Helens Skamania 7/22 (MtB,ShF) Yellow-breasted Chat Reports from expanding range

“Puget” White-crowned Sparrow Uncommon local- Continued on page 26 WOSNews No. 184 Feb. 2020 - March 2020 Page 25 Washington Field Notes June - July 2018 (cont.) included: 1 at Ohop Pierce 6/3 to 6/8 (WiB), 1 at JAm Josh Adams Corkindale Skagit 6/5 (FL), 1 at Waatch River Clal- lam 6/11 (eBird), 1 at Stillwater King 6/19 (SAd), 5 JDu Jim Duemmel at Steigerwald Lake NWR Clark 7/10 (eBird) JeB Jeff Bryant

AAk Adrianne Akmajian JGl Joshua Glant

AS Andy Stepniewski JHn John Hanna

AxS Alexander Sowers JoI Jon Isacoff

BoB Bob Boekelheide JVv Joe Veverka

BWg Brad Waggoner MFo Michael Force

CtM Curtis Mahon MNs Mike Nelson

DGr Denny Granstrand MtB Matt Bartels

DnF Dan Froehlich PWc Paul Woodcock

DPo David Poortinga RKo Russell Koppendrayer eBird eBird.org RyM Ryan Merrill

ElS Ellen Stepniewski SAd Sharon Aagaard

ENe Ed Newbold SGi Steve Giles

FL Fanter Lane ShF Shawneen Finnegan

GB Gary Bletsch Twe Tweeters

GeH George Heleker TWo Tim Wootton

GW Gary Wiles WiB Will Brooks IN Isaiah Nugent