Hi tweets,

I am faily certain that I heard a single sandhill crane "bugling" over my
home in the Wedgwood district of Seattle, time about 3:00 am Sunday
morning!

Rick

On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> At about 4pm today, while beating the red-breasted nuthatches, black-capped and chestnut-backed chickadees and house finches away from the feeder long enough to re-fill it with wormy black sunflower seeds,...
>
> I heard the unmistakable bugle of a Sandhill Crane! I looked up to see 5 of them flying directly over my yard in West Olympia at about 500 feet elevation (more or less....). They proceeded southeast to the point where they were likely over Capitol Lake, then angled more to the right (south), and I lost sight of them.
>
> These were a great addition to my yard list, and made the cool, rainy afternoon a whole lot brighter.
>
> Jon. Anderson
> Olympia, Washington
> festuca at olywa.net
>