Hello tweets,
Last weekend near Johns Creek, which feeds into Oakland Bay near
Shelton, Washington we saw a V of sandhill cranes flying overhead, moving
west towards the open water. They looked to be in serious flight mode
and there was no yodeling, which made us think they were geese, until we
looked at the flight profile.
Janet Partlow
partlowj at elwha.evergreen.edu



On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Ed Schulz wrote:

> Herb Curl writes:
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> >You can certainly see & get close to a lot of water & shore birds via kayak
> >on the Nisqually Delta. Ducks are just starting to arrive. It's not easy
> >to land anywhere except on the sandy spit to the east of the refuge. I put
> >in at the boat launch on the west side of the refuge off Meridian Rd. Be
> >*very* aware of the tides. The delta can drain in a matter of minutes at
> >low tide leaving you stranded in the middle of the mud flat for half a day.
> > Also, I think the waterfowl hunting season starts soon, like Saturday?
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> Yes, unfortunately this is opening weekend for waterfowl hunting. As far
> as birds to look for goes, we had both Sandhill Cranes and Greater White-
> Fronted Geese (36!) on Spencer Island this last weekend. Perhaps these
> species will be passing through Nisqually.
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> Ed Schulz
> Everett, WA
> eschulz at eldec.com
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