As long as we're summarizing the Spencer Island birds from this past
weekend, I have one more to add to the list:

Large Parakeet of some sort...Mostly white, with long white tail; about
sharpie-sized, observed Sun , 10 AM, flying north over the main marsh area,
being chased by at least six very determined crows. Either El Nino is
stronger than predicted, or somebody left the cage door open...

Rick Romea "Asps...very dangerous...you go first"
Seattle, WA - Raiders of the Lost Ark

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> From: Wes Jansen <wjansen at u.washington.edu>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Spencer kingbirds
> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 9:02 AM
>
> When I last visited Spencer Island (Saturday, 8/9 am), we saw both
eastern
> and western kingbirds across the dike and north a bit. The birds that
> drew our interest the most were crossbills just west of the "entry" to
the
> dike.
>
> wjansen
>
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>
> On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Clarice Clark and Jerry Broadus wrote:
>
> > To those of you checking out Spencer Island:
> >
> > Did you notice the two eastern kingbirds in the trees near the old
> > barn (on Sunday)? Not a rarity, perhaps, but always a fun bird to
> > see west on the Cascades.
> > Jerry Broadus
> > P.O. Box 249
> > Puyallup, WA. 98371
> >