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PostSun May 23, 2021 6:52 am 
Its been busy in our yard. Swallows are living in our soffit, and every house in the neighborhood. A livable nuisance since they eat so many bugs. There are hundreds of them around. I have a poly barrel that I put trap caught rodents on. Most of the time, the local raven gets it. If he can get in and out before the crows spot him. Last week I got some beef inards to make dog treats. I put the unusable scraps on the barrel. It only took about an hour until I got some interest. A kettle of 5 or 6 vultures started circling the yard. They never did land though.
We also have 3 types of woodpeckers hanging out. This little guy let's me get pretty close.

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PostSun May 23, 2021 10:59 am 
ale_capone wrote:
It only took about an hour until I got some interest. A kettle of 5 or 6 vultures started circling the yard. They never did land though.
We've had a mouse die in the downdraft outlet pipe of our stove/oven (ugh). We turned the stove fan on yesterday to mitigate the smell, and soon a very large vulture was circling the pasture and landed on the barn ~100 feet from the house. LOL. Unfortunately, we weren't able to utilize his services.

It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying: Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
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PostWed Jun 02, 2021 9:36 pm 
Earlier today saw a baby junco hopping around doing a little foraging, but following a parent and still getting fed. Pretty cute. Later I poked my head out the back door, heard something that kinda sounded like a frog croaking. Looked around, it was a Steller's jay. Not sure that I've heard that vocalization from them before. Last couple trips over to Boeing Creek Park the Swainson's thrushes are singing, love it. Also a handful of baby mallards of various sizes chugging around the lake.

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PostThu Jun 03, 2021 7:49 am 
A couple weeks ago I got a new bird, the White-winged Dove. I saw a large, heavy, gray bird land in a small tree out of the corner of my eye. My first thought was that my neighbor's African Gray Parrot got loose. I soon realized it was a dove but not the usual one. It flew to my feeder, found it empty (we have had dead pine siskins and are still not filling the feeder), and left. Then I discovered that this bird of the SW ranges across all of North America after breeding, and has been showing up at feeders as far north as Alaska. They have a very distinctive "mustache."

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PostWed Aug 04, 2021 11:34 pm 
Fall migration showing up clearly on radar every evening now. https://atmos.uw.edu/current-weather/northwest-radar/ Was enjoying a nice little group of Western sandpipers on the bar at Hood's Head last week. For a few minutes at least, all was right with the world.

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PostThu Aug 05, 2021 10:42 am 
Kascadia wrote:
We've had a mouse die in the downdraft outlet pipe of our stove/oven (ugh). We turned the stove fan on yesterday to mitigate the smell, and soon a very large vulture was circling the pasture and landed on the barn ~100 feet from the house. LOL.
This is hilarious. What a story. The vulture I mean. Not having a dead mouse in the house. ~z

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PostFri Aug 27, 2021 12:14 pm 
it is late august but I am seeing migratory birds returning, feeding on over ripe chokecherries before heading farther south.. tanagers,buntings and red wings mostly.. and today the cedar waxwings have shone up feeding on chokecherries... got a feeling this winter might be a bad one!!

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PostSun Sep 05, 2021 10:00 pm 
Autumn migration is strong on the radar tonight. Been seeing seasonal shorebirds like Western's, Turnstones, Sanderlings when I can get out to a nice beach.

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PostThu Dec 09, 2021 1:52 pm 
Just had a pileated woodpecker in my backyard, don't recall ever seeing them here before. Numerous times over the years at nearby Boeing Creek Park, but never here.

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PostThu Dec 09, 2021 2:54 pm 
I hear the Pileated Woodpecker more often than I see them.

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PostThu Dec 09, 2021 7:57 pm 
It was my lucky day. After having the visitor in my yard, later I walked over to Boeing Creek Park and saw another pileated woodpecker.

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PostFri Dec 10, 2021 1:41 pm 
I saw one the other day (Pileated) having a go at a power pole. I was wondering if it wanted to play drums in my band. in NE Seattle, west up the hill from all the LCW car dealers.

Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
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PostFri Dec 10, 2021 3:41 pm 
Olympic Hiker wrote:
I hear the Pileated Woodpecker more often than I see them.
We live in the Tiger/Taylor Mtn corridor (rural) and have a generational relationship with a pileated family here (it took them a few generations to learn to feed on the suet we put out in winter). I'm pretty sure I first heard pileateds in the Tarzan movies.

It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying: Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
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PostSat Jan 01, 2022 3:37 pm 
The bush tits (Psaltriparus minimus) have returned since I finally located a source for insect-only suet cakes.
Hard to get a clear shot of the little guys in low light w/a phone camera.

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PostThu Jan 13, 2022 7:32 am 
Nothing exotic, just the usual suspects...
Dark-eyed junco
Dark-eyed junco
Black-capped chickadee
Black-capped chickadee
White-throated sparrow
White-throated sparrow
Tufted titmouse
Tufted titmouse

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