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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 17:24:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Eugene Hunn <hunn at u.washington.edu>
To: Dennis Paulson <dpaulson at ups.edu>
Subject: Re: bird report

Dennis,

Flip a coin, heads its "spring," tails its "fall." Two years ago I had
several in ne Okanogan Co. up near the Canadian border ca June 20. Last
weekend Hal Opperman and I "block busted" the Cedar River watershed for
the atlas. At Yakima Pass on the crest at ca 3550 feet is a beautiful
tarn called Twilight Lake. Nesting Fox & Lincoln's sparrows, a pair of
Red-winged Blackbirds, Yellow Warblers, Tree Swallows, and a Red-breasted
Sapsucker. One very odd bird: we found a great=horned owl with large but
still downy young feeding at the edge of a clearcut, roosting in a patch
of old growth (so much for spotted owls there). As we were watching the
adult who was glaring at us from a perch under the old growth canopy we
noted a female hummingbird hovering in front of the owls face, seemingly
just a foot or two from its beak. Best we could judge it was a
Black-chinned! Certainly no hint of rufous on the tail, which was spread
and clearly visible; plus it seemed too large and bright green for female
Calliope, while Anna's seems just plain out of the question up there.
Elevation must have been 2500 to 3000 feet and damp. Also had a Vesper
Sparrow in a weedy lot near the Cedar Falls headquarters and a number of
Common Nighthawks there Saturday (but none Sunday). Those even-aged
second growth forests are sure dead. Made us long for the clear cuts.

Gene.

On Mon, 13 Jun 1994, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Gene, the only "reportable" bird after two days in the field this weekend
> was a noisy alternate-plumaged GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Winchester Wasteway &
> Dodson Rd. on 10 June. It wasn't there when I visited the same spot on 5
> June, so I'll conclude (right or wrong) that it is an early fall migrant.
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> Dennis
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