Date: 1/5/25 8:15 pm From: STEVEN harper via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Hearing aids
I purchased Philips hearing aids from Costco and they have been great for hearing birds as well as the service from Costco. The Philips hearing aids Costco sells have exactly the same specifications as the Oticon top of the line hearing aids sold by Otyologists. Same manufacturer but different brand names for same hearing aids. Two things I learned in looking for hearing aids primarily for hearing birds is 1) usually only the top of the line hearing aids from manufacturers hear sounds above 8,000 hz (8,000-10,000hz range) and some of the bird sounds are above this frequency, 2) using the music setting of the app that comes with the hearing aids greatly increases the sensitivity of the hearing aids to bird sounds as the setting is designed to hear in all directions from the user and not primarily forward. My wife has had the same experience with her Widex hearing aids. We hear many more birds when the settings are for music. I now hear golden crowned kinglets, brown creepers and other high pitched birds with ease.
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> 3. AIDS to hearing Birds & Spouses (LarryG via Tweeters)
> 4. Re: AIDS to hearing Birds & Spouses (Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters)
> 5. Re: Hearing Aid advice (Zora Monster via Tweeters)
> 6. Re: AIDS to hearing Birds & Spouses (Robert O'Brien via Tweeters)
> 7. Washington Bird List Reports for 2024 - time to send them in
> (Matt Bartels via Tweeters)
> 8. Long tailed Ducks at Redondo (Andy McCormick via Tweeters)
> 9. Re: Pine siskins (Greg via Tweeters)
> 10. Tulalip Marina this am (Samara Hoag via Tweeters)
> 11. Seahurst COLO and HARD Persist, Interesting Sea Lion..
> (Tom Benedict via Tweeters)
> 12. Winter 2024 TUVU report - (Nov/Dec) (Diann MacRae via Tweeters)
> 13. Re: Summer Tanager issue (Doug Santoni via Tweeters)
> 14. Re: Summer Tanager issue (Tom Benedict via Tweeters)
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> I have so many siskins here...
> Draining the tube feeders in 2 hours ?
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> Kersti E. Muul
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> From: Randy Robinson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
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> Subject: [Tweeters] Summer Tanager issue
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> I just received an email from the people who live at the house where the
> Summer Tanager is being seen. They are very upset with the number of people
> showing up to view the feeders.
>
> I am the author of Birder's Dashboard. Apparently, a birder told them that
> the sighting was posted on the dashboard, and that's why they contacted me.
> All the sightings on the dashboard come from eBird.
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> Randy Robinson
> Seattle
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> From: LarryG via Tweeters <tweeters...>
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> ?
> ?Hi Tweeterdom
> Hi John G?
>
> This all happened in 2024 so coverage is now different
>
> My experience with Kaiser is entirely different?
> I live in KitsapLand, visually not far from Seattle. K? paid the total and complete cost for my pair of Oticon hearing aids.
> They connect via Bluetooth to my iPhone SE.
> ((This feature also allows me to listen to music or other audio and take phone calls?))
> I have the choice to allow Oticon to track me etc. but I have declined.
> This connectivity allows me to easily fine tune the sounds I want to hear better (Kinglets for instance?) AND tamp down the sounds I wish to not hear so well (there always seems to be a freeway nearby!).
> Yes Kinglets were a problem!
> I drop my ?earrings? in the charger at night. In the morning they have enough power to go all day.
> The Oticon iPhone app has a ?find my hearing aid? feature. So far I have not needed it.
>
> perseidwatcher A T g mail dot com
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> LarryG
>
> Envoy? de la petite Super-Ordinateur dans ma poche. From the little SuperComputer in my pocket
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 15:11:16 -0800
> From: Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: LarryG <perseidwatcher...>
> Cc: <tweeters...>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] AIDS to hearing Birds & Spouses
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> Hearing is a miracle, and a complex one at that. Today?s hearing devices
> are miracles too, albeit not to the same degree. Considering the full scale
> of entertainment options available for $1500, hearing aids easily top the
> list.
>
> For the record, Kaiser in Seattle has excellent staff and facilities. That
> KP pricing may not be competitive with Costco isn?t the fault of anyone
> there. Costco is pursuing a paradigm-busting strategy that by all
> appearances is working well for them (and us).
>
> In ten years as a customer of Costco (Shoreline), the accredited staff have
> been excellent and eager to please, especially with respect to matching
> devices to your individual ears, as well as explaining the limits of what
> they can do. I encourage you to push those buttons to explore what you?ve
> got - you can?t go nearly as far astray as with any new appliance or even a
> bicycle computer!
>
> Tom Dorrance
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 2:49?PM LarryG via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
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>>
>> ?Hi Tweeterdom
>> Hi John G?
>>
>> This all happened in 2024 so coverage is now different
>>
>> My experience with Kaiser is entirely different?
>> I live in KitsapLand, visually not far from Seattle. K? paid the total
>> and complete cost for my pair of Oticon hearing aids.
>> They connect via Bluetooth to my iPhone SE.
>> ((This feature also allows me to listen to music or other audio and take
>> phone calls?))
>> I have the choice to allow Oticon to track me etc. but I have declined.
>> This connectivity allows me to easily fine tune the sounds I want to hear
>> better (Kinglets for instance?) AND tamp down the sounds I wish to not hear
>> so well (there always seems to be a freeway nearby!).
>> Yes Kinglets were a problem!
>> I drop my ?earrings? in the charger at night. In the morning they have
>> enough power to go all day.
>> The Oticon iPhone app has a ?find my hearing aid? feature. So far I have
>> not needed it.
>>
>> perseidwatcher A T g mail dot com
>>
>> LarryG
>>
>> Envoy? de la petite Super-Ordinateur dans ma poche. From the little
>> SuperComputer in my pocket
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> From: Zora Monster via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: Doug Santoni <dougsantoni...>
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> From: Robert O'Brien via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: Thomas Dorrance <thomasgdorrance...>
> Cc: LarryG <perseidwatcher...>, <tweeters...>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] AIDS to hearing Birds & Spouses
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> Right, Thomas. And f forgot to mention that Costco cleans them for free
> whenever you come to the store. Drop them off and then shop for 15-20
> minutes and they are ready to pick up as you leave. I have pretty waxy
> ears so I have them done every 2-4 weeks. One of the reasons I prolonged
> getting 'earphones' as I call them, was the hassle of cleaning and other
> maintenance. Turned out that other than dropping off at Costco, there has
> been no maintenance on my part for almost a year. And of course, Costco
> benefits if you buy 'stuff' that you otherwise would not have.while in
> the store. Not to mention the varied free 'goodies' available in the
> afternoon. That is, samples of various edibles that Costco Sells handed
> out by the staff.
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 3:11?PM Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
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>> Hearing is a miracle, and a complex one at that. Today?s hearing devices
>> are miracles too, albeit not to the same degree. Considering the full scale
>> of entertainment options available for $1500, hearing aids easily top the
>> list.
>>
>> For the record, Kaiser in Seattle has excellent staff and facilities. That
>> KP pricing may not be competitive with Costco isn?t the fault of anyone
>> there. Costco is pursuing a paradigm-busting strategy that by all
>> appearances is working well for them (and us).
>>
>> In ten years as a customer of Costco (Shoreline), the accredited staff
>> have been excellent and eager to please, especially with respect to
>> matching devices to your individual ears, as well as explaining the limits
>> of what they can do. I encourage you to push those buttons to explore what
>> you?ve got - you can?t go nearly as far astray as with any new appliance or
>> even a bicycle computer!
>>
>> Tom Dorrance
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 2:49?PM LarryG via Tweeters <
>> <tweeters...> wrote:
>>
>>> ?Hi Tweeterdom
>>> Hi John G?
>>> This all happened in 2024 so coverage is now different
>>> My experience with Kaiser is entirely different?
>>> I live in KitsapLand, visually not far from Seattle. K? paid the total
>>> and complete cost for my pair of Oticon hearing aids.
>>> They connect via Bluetooth to my iPhone SE.
>>> ((This feature also allows me to listen to music or other audio and take
>>> phone calls?))
>>> I have the choice to allow Oticon to track me etc. but I have declined.
>>> This connectivity allows me to easily fine tune the sounds I want to hear
>>> better (Kinglets for instance?) AND tamp down the sounds I wish to not hear
>>> so well (there always seems to be a freeway nearby!).
>>> Yes Kinglets were a problem!
>>> I drop my ?earrings? in the charger at night. In the morning they have
>>> enough power to go all day.
>>> The Oticon iPhone app has a ?find my hearing aid? feature. So far I have
>>> not needed it.
>>> perseidwatcher A T g mail dot com
>>> LarryG
>>> Envoy? de la petite Super-Ordinateur dans ma poche. From the little
>>> SuperComputer in my pocket
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 16:05:59 -0800
> From: Matt Bartels via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: Bruce LaBar via Tweeters <tweeters...>,
> Inland-NW-Birders - To Post <inland-nw-birders...>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Washington Bird List Reports for 2024 - time to
> send them in
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> Happy New Year, everyone!
>
> Now?s the time to wrap up those listing details from 2024 to clear the way for 2025 surprises and goals..
>
> January 31, 2025 is the deadline to send Washington Birder your 2024 List Report.
>
> List Report and Big Day forms are available on the WA Birder website at: http://www.wabirder.com/forms.html >
> It is easiest if you use the online forms to send in reports, but other options are provided as well if needed.
>
>
> The annual list report is a great chance to look at the community and appreciate all the many accomplishments out there.
>
> This is most interesting the more people take part and report their results. Regardless of how high or low your totals are, this is a chance to join in the community summary of accomplishments.
>
> You don?t have to enter details for every category listed, just send in info for those important to you.
>
> For 2024, be sure to adjust for recent lumps like Redpoll lump and the Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher [along w/ the crow lump from a couple years back if not yet done]. In addition, we recommend using the eBird status decisions on local countability of introduced/exotic species.If you are on eBird, almost all the totaling is done for you. Most notably, most western WA counties no longer ?count? Ring-necked Pheasant in county life list totals.
>
> This year, I added a spot on the form to report on 5-mile Radius totals for those of you who might have taken the next step from ?yard list?.
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>
> Enjoy the new year, and I look forward to seeing reports of 2024
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> Matt Bartels
> Washington Birder
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> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 00:24:42 +0000
> From: Andy McCormick via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: "<tweeters...>" <tweeters...>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Long tailed Ducks at Redondo
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> Hello Tweets,
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> I'm sorry for this delayed notice but I am letting you know that our PSSS team of four birders observed two Long-tailed Ducks a male and a female at the south end of the Redondo boardwalk this morning. They were within the 300-meter survey area at high tide.
> I do not know if these are the
> Same birds seen at Des Moines marina or not.
> We should be able to post an eBird checklist soon.
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> Andy McCormick
> Bellevue, WA
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:35:03 -0800
> From: Greg via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: Kersti Muul <kersti.e.muul...>
> Cc: <tweeters...>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Pine siskins
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> My partner and I both feel that the Siskins are a border-line nuisance! They are not like Bushtits who will descend on a suet cake 15 at a time and feed amicably for a short while and then move on. Siskins, on the other hand squabble incessantly with a prolific pecking order, mobbing the feeder in numbers upwards of 50 without a break and precluding other species from the feed source. Chickadees must wait patiently in the wings and if lucky, can sneak in for one seed. House Finches, Nuthatches? Good luck!
>
> Greg
> University Place
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>
>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 12:07?PM, Kersti Muul via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>
>> ?
>> I have so many siskins here...
>> Draining the tube feeders in 2 hours ?
>>
>> Kersti E. Muul
>>
>> ED -SALISH WILDLIFE WATCH
>> Urban Conservation & Wildlife Biologist/Specialist - Response and Rescue
>> Washington Animal Response Team, BCS and MMSN referral
>>
>> Wildlife Field Biologist IV Marbled murrelet forest certified and USFWS marine certified
>>
>> Birds Connect
>> Neighborhood Bird Project Site Leader
>> Climate Watch Coordinator
>>
>> Animal Care Specialist/Animal & Off the Grid First Aid Certified
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:56:09 -0800
> From: Samara Hoag via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: <tweeters...>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Tulalip Marina this am
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> The Rock Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone and 6-8 Black Turnstone were still at
> the log boom at the Tulalip Marina this am. Also beautiful Black Scoters,
> Surf Scoters, many Bufflehead, Barrow's Goldeneyes, Red-throated Loon.
> Also entertaining to see all the Harbor Seals resting. There were 10
> birders there in the short period we were there.
> Sami
> skhoag at gmail
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 18:29:15 -0800
> From: Tom Benedict via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Seahurst COLO and HARD Persist, Interesting Sea
> Lion..
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> The winter resident Harlequin Ducks and at least 7 Common Loons were present at the north end of Seahurst Park beach this afternoon. No Barrow?s Goldeneye, but about 10 Common Goldeneye, mostly males, were present, along with a small scattering of Surf Scoters, Horned Grebe, Buffleheads and a pair of Red Breasted Mergansers rounded things out.
>
> An enormous California? Sea Lion was floating belly up about 100 meters from shore. A Harbor Seal showed up for comparison, and the sea lion was about 5 times its size. Every minute or so its head would pop up to take a breath, then back underwater. I've seen them stick their flippers into the air while floating, but this one was flippers under water and belly in the air. I thought this was peculiar behavior. Was it sleeping/napping? We have plenty of sea lions in this part of the Sound (we frequently hear them barking), but I?ve never seen one like this all by itself. It looked like a smooth rounded log. It floated around like this for about 45 minutes then eventually departed.
>
> Tom Benedict
> Seahurst, WA
>
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> Message: 12
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 04:09:13 +0100
> From: Diann MacRae via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: tweeters t <tweeters...>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Winter 2024 TUVU report - (Nov/Dec)
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 19:19:30 -0800
> From: Doug Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: Randy Robinson <rwr.personal...>
> Cc: <tweeters...>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Summer Tanager issue
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> Randy / Tweeters ?
>
> It?s unfortunate but understandable that the resident living in the Summer Tanager feeder location would be perturbed by the number of visiting birders.
>
> One thought for this and similar situations?bring a bag of birdseed or suet to the resident, consider giving the resident a modest gift card, bring some packaged chocolate or cookies. Offering some tangible (even modest) expression of gratitude might smooth some ruffled feathers (deliberate analogy!).
>
> Doug Santoni
> Dougsantoni at gmail dot com
> Seattle, WA
>
>
>
>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 1:42?PM, Randy Robinson via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>
>> I just received an email from the people who live at the house where the Summer Tanager is being seen. They are very upset with the number of people showing up to view the feeders.
>>
>> I am the author of Birder's Dashboard. Apparently, a birder told them that the sighting was posted on the dashboard, and that's why they contacted me. All the sightings on the dashboard come from eBird.
>>
>> Randy Robinson
>> Seattle
>> rwr dot personal at gmail dot com
>> _______________________________________________
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> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 19:34:55 -0800
> From: Tom Benedict via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Summer Tanager issue
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> I?d also suggest that anyone considering chasing this bird take a moment to reconsider how important ticking another bird on your life list really is. It might be very important, for many reasons, and you should go ahead and make a gracious visit. But it?s more ephemeral and simply a ?nice to have? experience, maybe give it a miss.
>
> BTW, I read an amusing post about this bird where it was described as a ?Teenager?. Or maybe that was spellcheck.
>
> Tom Benedict
> Seahurst, WA
>
>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 19:19, Doug Santoni via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>
>> Randy / Tweeters ?
>>
>> It?s unfortunate but understandable that the resident living in the Summer Tanager feeder location would be perturbed by the number of visiting birders.
>>
>> One thought for this and similar situations?bring a bag of birdseed or suet to the resident, consider giving the resident a modest gift card, bring some packaged chocolate or cookies. Offering some tangible (even modest) expression of gratitude might smooth some ruffled feathers (deliberate analogy!).
>>
>> Doug Santoni
>> Dougsantoni at gmail dot com
>> Seattle, WA
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 1:42?PM, Randy Robinson via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>>> I just received an email from the people who live at the house where the Summer Tanager is being seen. They are very upset with the number of people showing up to view the feeders.
>>> I am the author of Birder's Dashboard. Apparently, a birder told them that the sighting was posted on the dashboard, and that's why they contacted me. All the sightings on the dashboard come from eBird.
>>> Randy Robinson
>>> Seattle
>>> rwr dot personal at gmail dot com
>
>
>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 02:05:50 -0800
> From: Dan Reiff via Tweeters <tweeters...>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters...>
> Subject: [Tweeters] ?AirPods as Hearing Aids: New Features Announced?
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> ?
> Happy new year, Tweeters.
>
> To add to the current discussion,
> here is an additional option: Apple AirPods.
>
> These may help some birders in quieter environments. The link provided a useful review and comparisons to other types of aides.
>
> Some people with significant or substantial hearing loss have told me that they don?t want to wear hearing aids because they associate them with aging or that others will be judgmental of them ?Wearing hearing aids means I?m old, and I?m not ready for that?.
>
> The AirPods don?t have this association, are used by many younger people and people recognize them and know what they were designed for: music, podcasts, and telephone calls with noise reduction.
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> Also, it is important consider that significant, chronic hearing loss without compensation with hearing aides may, with time, result in problems with balance, social isolation, brain aging and increased risk of dementia.
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> And, losing the ability to hear one of the beautiful wonders of life- birdsong.
>
> Thank you,
> Dan Reiff, PhD
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