>From Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com

I would like to become a charter member of the BRB (Bushtit Research
Bunch)! Where do I sign up! I have always said that Bushtits are one of
the best reasons for moving out here. I have followed the West Seattle
heard (WSH) for several years now. I usually find my self here at the
computer when the come zitting through the yard, popping little insect
eggs from the underside of twigs as they go. I have tried to follow there
movements, I get in my car and race around in hot pursuit, but I always
lose them when they cut through a fenced in yard or a thick bunch of
bushes. I have seen the WSH as far east as 35th Street and as far west as
51st Street. Every Tuesday morning is Bushtit roundup time, if anyone
would like to come along,

Psee you later _Psaltriparus_ fans,

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Russell Rogers
4510 Glenn Way SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 935-6280
rrogers at halcyon.com
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On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Did I ever share with you all the time I saw a Bushtit stoop on, kill, and
> devour a 1-mm insect egg within a few inches of my face? It was awesome.
>
> Remember, virtually all birds are predators (defined as "eating other animals").
>
> This is another in my unending series of pleas to lighten up a little on
> falconocentrism, which seems to be particularly acute in this region. But
> don't despair, passerinophiles. My Bushtit Research Bunch will be
> attempting to capture and color band Marvin this weekend. Marvin, as you
> know, is the tercel Bushtit who has been hunting the Thornton Creek
> drainage this winter. We have been locating him by his characteristic
> mutes, and as soon as our engineers perfect their
> microminimicrominitransmitter, we'll trap him again and backpack him to be
> able to monitor his movements henceforth, perhaps even tracking him back to
> his unknown breeding site and finding his eyasslets.
>
> Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
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