Subject: Re: West 90, etc.
Date: Oct 17 18:21:28 1996
From: Paul Cozens - wcozens at earthlink.net


Gary DuVall wrote:
>
> Tweeters:
>
> Yesterday (Wed., 10/16), we did not find the reported Cattle
> Egrets west of the Samish R. on the Bayview-Edison Rd., but did
> see one Cattle Egret with four horses (new and hitherto unreported
> sub-species? :-) ) at the junction of Highway 11 and Field Rd. on
> the way.
>
> Property at West 90 (90 degree bend on Samish Island Rd. about
> one mile west of intersection with Bayview Edison Rd. (DeLorme p.109,
> D5) is now open to the public. We didn't walk out to the dike, but I
> talked with a local duck hunter who told me that he heard that the Dept.
> of Game will probably improve the parking on the property (it's sort of
> a mud hole), and that local Audubon groups are working on developing a
> better trail out to the dike. At this time you can easily walk out
> there (wet!), along the edge of the grain field, and then you have good
> access to the water and the mud flats, all the way south to the end of the
> property. Now all we need is a week-end espresso/latte stand. :-)
>
> A Perigrine Falcon was seen in the field across the road
> to the north.
>
> A flock of eighteen Greater White-fronted Geese were seen
> with a flock of about 36 Canada Geese along the Bayview Edison Rd.
> where it crosses the channel at the south end of the Padilla Bay dike
> trail. This is about a half mile from intersection with Highway 20.
>
> Gary DuVall
> Seattle, WA
> <gduvall at eskimo.com>This morning at 7:45 the aforementioned Cattle Egrets (3) were found
in a field southeast of the bridge near Edison. They were in a field
with 68 cattle (I counted them).
Paul Cozens
wcozens at earthlink.net