Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird
Date: Jun 17 09:08:22 1996
From: 'Dan' Daniel Victor - dvictor at u.washington.edu


On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Wes Jansen wrote:

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

Not much luck, Wes. Had a White-headed (I think) flyby. Saw several
flickers.

The best part was getting very close to a flock of White-breasted
Nuthatches. They seemed to be birdwatcher watching ;-)
--Dan

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