Subject: Re: Three questions
Date: Sep 24 08:44:02 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at mirrors.ups.edu


Kathleen Hunt wrote:

>1) I'm looking for a good area to release 20 female Lapland longspurs who
>have done their duty for science and now get to go free. ("We apologize
>for any inconvenience this may have caused. We now return you to your
>life, already in progress.") They've molted well and are in good shape.
>I'd like to put them somewhere with agricultural fields, preferably
>somewhere where flocks of Laplands are commonly or occasionally seen
>during fall and/or winter. So -- I would appreciate any information
>about where people have seen Lapland flocks in or near Wash. state in fall
>or winter, in the last few years. Precise directions especially
>appreciated!

I'd say the game range at Ocean Shores is the best bet. They're always
fairly common there in fall migration, which is going on right now and is
probably over by mid to late October. Do it on your way to the WOS
meeting!

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416