Subject: Re: Cuckoo migration
Date: Dec 16 00:24:16 1997
From: Michael Price - mprice at mindlink.bc.ca


Hi Tweets,

Gene Hunn writes:

>Since the last nesting reports in the 1920s there have been just a handful
>of records (note the precision of my summary).

Gene, most people wouldn't have narrowed it down by saying 'just'. '-)

>A bird was found dead in
>Beaux Arts on the east side of Lake Washington opposite Seattle, King. Co.,
>10 July 1974; another was calling near Sultan, Snohomish Co. for a few days
>in July 1979. And there have been at least two more recent east side
>records. Russell Rogers has all the data in his data base.

Yoohoo, Ruussellllll... '-)

So what's going on? A calling bird in July, wouldn't that be likely to be a
western-race bird?

Michael Price We aren't flying...we're falling with style!
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