Tweeters--With all this talk of Townsend's Solitaires, birding on the
Coast and the Peninsula, etc, this may be of interest to some of you.

The April Seattle Audubon Society meeting is "Birding on the Olympic
Peninsula" by Fred Sharpe. He is a birder, naturalist, and
self-identified habitat freak. (He's the son of Prof. Emeritus Grant
Sharpe, now retired from the UW.) Slides and a video. Should be good.
April 20, 7:00PM, Center for Urban Horticulture. Call 523-4483 for details.

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Seattle, WA 98115
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On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Jon Anderson wrote:

> Michael,
>
> Not having a copy of the Nat Geo guide at hand, my experience is that
> Solitaires are not too uncommon along the coast - I have seen them along
> the Oregon coast at Newport and Astoria, and have seen one washed up
> along the beach at least once (again on the Oregon coast). The times
> I've seen them, they have been in the shore (lodgepole) pines away from
> the beach, but near open areas.
>
> I always presumed that they migrate northward along the coast en route
> for BC nesting areas, etc. Is this a correct assumption, Tweeters?
>
> Jon. Anderson
> Olympia, WA
> anderjda at dfw.wa.gov
>
> On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Mike Patrick wrote:
>
> > Good Morning,
> >
> > I'm not an experienced birder, and found my first Townsend's Solitaire in
> > a location that does not match the description in the National
> Geographic field guide. Any comments?
> >
> > Michael Patrick
> > University of Washington Medical Center
> > Department of Radiation Oncology, RC-08
> > 1959 NE Pacific St.
> > Seattle, WA. 98195
> > mike at radonc.washington.edu
> > (206) 548-4536
>
>