there's the possibility of ptarmigan, cf. the report of one last winter
on the summit of Tiger Mtn at just 3000 feet. Who knows?

Gene Hunn.

On Fri, 30 Dec 1994, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Teresa, is there any chance your birds were Clark's Nutcrackers? I can't
> imagine any other "white" (= pale) birds in such a setting. Were they a
> tight flock, or just a bunch of birds? If you know they weren't
> nutcrackers, then I give up :-)
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> 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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