Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird
Date: Jun 17 08:54:43 1996
From: Wes Jansen - wjansen at u.washington.edu


Dan, did you see any interesting woodpeckers at Wenas?
wjansen

On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, 'Dan' Daniel Victor wrote:

> Tweets,
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> Sunday, about 12pm, on the way back to Ellensburg from a visit to the
> Wenas campground we stopped along the Umptanum road just after it turns
> back to pavement. It was my usual, futile search for the Chat.
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> I heard quit a bit of singing up the road on the east side so I sauntered
> up. The songs were loud and varied. Finally on a sage bush I spotted a
> Northern Mockingbird. What a great voice for a rather dull gray and
> white bird! I have seen them before in California a few years ago.
> Still no Chat but a nice sighting.
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> By the way it was a relief to find the logging in the campground was
> selective rather than clearcut! Most of the trees still standing.
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> Good birding,
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> Dan Victor, Seattle, WA <dvictor at u.washington.edu>
> Web = http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dvictor/dan.html
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