Scott--

Yikes, it's back!! I knew all those comments about its
demise couldn't be right..too many folks got too much
pleasure out of observing that bird.. :)

Tom

Tom Foote footet at elwha.evergreen.edu
Lab II
The Evergreen State College (360) 866-6000 x6118
Olympia, WA 98505






On Wed, 8 May 1996 salix at halcyon.com wrote:

> Tweets,
> Even when the wintering waterbirds leave East Bay (Budd Inlet), it's
> worth doing a survey. I went for a low tide census at 16:30 today, counted a
> scattering of Western Sandpipers, then came upon a *Snowy Egret* along a
> channel edge. Wow! Golden slippers!
> It remained in the area for an hour and a half, allowing two observers
> to respond to my phone calls, then flew to trees near the southeast corner
> of the bay. When last seen at 18:05, it was still perched in a tree along
> East Bay Drive. With any luck it will be back on the mud flats for the
> morning low.
> --
> Scott Richardson
> NE Seattle
> salix at halcyon.com
>
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