tweeters at u.washington.edu wrote:
>
> TWEETERS Digest 969
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: Age of Snowy Owls in the Pacific Northwest -Reply
> by mpatters at orednet.org (Mike Patterson)
> 2) Re: Age of Snowy Owls in the Pacific Northwest -Reply
> by Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> 3) Re: cheap chinese binoculars
> by Michael Price <mprice at mindlink.bc.ca>
> 4) Subject: latest BNA (265-272)
> by Hal Opperman <halop at accessone.com>
> 5) Re: Marymoor Park Report
> by jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca
> 6) Re: Mystery BBA records: Bufflehead and W-t Swift
> by steppie at wolfenet.com
> 7) Re: Mystery BBA records: Bufflehead and W-t Swift
> by Kelly Cassidy <kelly at cqs.washington.edu>
> 8) identity of "robin snipe"
> by Robert Russell <Russell at racesmtp.afsc.noaa.gov>
> 9) subspecific robin identification
> by Don Cecile <dcecile at cln.etc.bc.ca>
> 10) Re: identity of "robin snipe"
> by Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> 11) Taking the 'Rara' out of 'Avis'?
> by Michael Price <mprice at mindlink.bc.ca>
> 12) North Creek Park, 3/14/31
> by "Patrick, Michael" <MPatrick at ELDEC.com>
> 13) Re: Robin Snipe
> by heronwing at juno.com (Cathi Pelletier)
> 14) Re: newbie bird watcher + Flora and Fauna + New Bird Books page
> by "'Dan' Daniel Victor" <dvictor at u.washington.edu>
> 15) Brants
> by birder at juno.com (Cliff Drake)
> 16) Re: Taking the 'Rara' out of 'Avis'?
> by Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> 17) RBA Vancouver, BC. March 13, 1997
> by John Chandler <chandler at uniserve.com>
> 18) black-capped chickadees
> by "." <bobv at sos.net>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:04:56 -0800
> From: mpatters at orednet.org (Mike Patterson)
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Age of Snowy Owls in the Pacific Northwest -Reply
> Message-ID: <199703141504.AA16265 at ednet1.orednet.org>
>
> >
> >
> > Unequivocal? Any details? Isn't it possible the shellfish are part of a
> >grebe's or duck's diet and end up in pellets via that route?
> > Somehow I can't imagine a Snowy Owl directly "taking" a razor clam.
> >
> >
>
> Oh, come on. Any tourist can buy a clam shovel and a license here at Corkey's
> for under $20.00 (American).
>
> More seriously, we human types need to be very careful about limiting the
> wildlife around us to what we can imagine. I was told unequivocally once
> that Peregrins never take carrion even though I have a photograph of one
> sitting on a seriously dead Western Grebe.
>
> I have the stomach contents of a Western Screech Owl... Helgremites...
> found only on the undersides of rocks in fairly rapid streams.
>
> I watched a Northern Shrike attack and nearly subdue a Pectoral Sandpiper.
>
> I can think of several ways (including eating a grebe) that could get a razor
> clam into a Snowy Owl.
>
> --
> *********************************** I got the blues so bad one time
> * Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR * it put my face in a permanent frown
> * mpatters at orednet.org * but I am feelin' so much better
> *http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters* I could cake-walk into town
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:53:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Age of Snowy Owls in the Pacific Northwest -Reply
> Message-ID: <199703141553.HAA07388 at pacifier.com>
>
> >I can just picture these razor-clam-taking snowy owls being written up in
> >the book of seldom-seen birds. "The long-snooted snowy owl (LSSO) has a
> >diet comprised primarily of razor clams. It sticks it long snoot through
> >the sand directly into the clam shell. The pellet is comprised mostly of sand."
>
> OK, this actually reminds me to ask a real question. In the small cafe down
> here in Gearhart, OR (where I'm spending time helping remodel a house friends
> and I bought), there's a painting of a "robin snipe".
>
> To me, it looks like a willet, but frankly the painting's very amateurish
> and I can't really say for sure.
>
> So, anyone out there know if "robin snipe" is a willet?
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> Nature photos, on-line guides, at (NEW) http://donb.photo.net
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:55:42 -0800
> From: Michael Price <mprice at mindlink.bc.ca>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: cheap chinese binoculars
> Message-ID: <E0w5ZKX-00033b-00 at dewey.mindlink.net>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi Tweets,
>
> Someone said somewhere that in the same way you can buy goods from countries
> that's been certified not have been made by child labor, you can buy Chinese
> stuff that's certified not to have been made in the Chinese Gulag by prison
> labor. Wouldn't that be from your country's State Department?
>
> Michael Price
> Vancouver BC Canada
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:02:31 -0800
> From: Hal Opperman <halop at accessone.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Subject: latest BNA (265-272)
> Message-ID: <l03020900af4f34ebcd82 at [206.213.67.50]>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> The most recent set of Birds of North America accounts:
>
> Swainson's Hawk. A. S. England, M. J. Bechard, and C. S. Houston. No.
> 265, 28 p.
>
> Surfbird. S. E. Senner and B. J. McCaffery. No. 266, 20 p.
>
> Buff-collared Nightjar. R. K. Bowers, Jr., and J. B. Dunning, Jr. No.
> 267, 16 p.
>
> Black Phoebe. B. O. Wolf. No. 268, 20 p.
>
> Townsend's Solitaire. R. V. Bowen. No. 269, 28 p.
>
> Black-chinned Sparrow. C. R. Tenney. No. 270, 20 p.
>
> Common Grackle. B. D. Peer and E. K. Bollinger. No. 271, 20 p.
>
> Po'ouli. T. K. Pratt, C. B. Kepler, and T. L. C. Casey. No. 272, 16 p.
>
> ***************************************************************
> Hal Opperman - P. O. Box 286 - Medina, Washington 98039 - USA
> halop at accessone.com - phone 1-206-635-0503 - fax 1-206-635-0271
> ***************************************************************
>
> ***************************************************************
> Hal Opperman - P. O. Box 286 - Medina, Washington 98039 - USA
> halop at accessone.com - phone 1-206-635-0503 - fax 1-206-635-0271
> ***************************************************************
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:27:23 PST
> From: jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Marymoor Park Report
> Message-ID: <E0w5alz-0003br-00 at dewey.mindlink.net>
>
> ** Reply to note from tweeters at u.washington.edu Fri, 14 Mar 1997 00:07:52 PST
>
>
> > The swallows have returned. Today there were around 40-50 Violet-green
> > Swallows, and 10 or more Tree Swallows. Other than that, there were the
> > usual 40 species for this time of year. The eagles are on the nest, and
> > I heard a Pied-billed Grebe doing their great hooting call.
>
> Spring will come in a big rush this year for those south of 52N. The flow
> aloft is about to buckle and your surface winds will start blowing strongly
> out of the south Sat-Mon. A good weekend to get out there and revel in the
> first good wave of migrants, which the swallows are always the first to
> presage.
>
> - Jack
>
> Jack Bowling
> Prince George, BC
> jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:45:13 -0800 (PST)
> From: steppie at wolfenet.com
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Mystery BBA records: Bufflehead and W-t Swift
> Message-ID: <199703141845.KAA25971 at wolfe.net>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Kelly,
>
> Paul Cozens, Ben Feltner and I watched a singing male Clay-colored Sparrow
> on the Yakima Training Center - 150 meters nw of Taylor Pond (T 13 N R 21 E
> NW) 9 June 1996. It was not seen the following day.I interpret this bird as
> a "Spring overshoot."
>
> Andy Stepniewski
> Wapato WA
>
> >Hi, Tweets,
> >
> >We're doing the final edits on the Breeding Bird Atlas and have a few
> >record loose ends that some Tweeter might be able to help tie up.
> >
> >Bufflehead: We have a BBA Deep Lake record (Stevens County) that we can't
> >find a card for.
> >
> >Clay-colored Sparrow: We have a single BBA record of a possible breeder
> >(probably from 1996) in NE Yakima County, but can't find a card.
> >
> >White-throated Swift: This is not a BBA record, but Mike mentions in the
> >text that a nest was seen on Bear Creek (Chelan County, about halfway
> >down and south of Lake Chelan). He thinks the source was a tweeters post
> >that got mislaid.
> >
> >Let me know if either of any records are familiar.
> >
> >Kelly Cassidy
> >WA Coop. Fish&Wildlife Research Unit
> >Box 357980
> >University of Washington
> >Seattle, Washington, 98195
> >kelly at u.washington.edu
> >
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:56:52 -0800
> From: Kelly Cassidy <kelly at cqs.washington.edu>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Mystery BBA records: Bufflehead and W-t Swift
> Message-ID: <199703141856.KAA03380 at work.cqs.washington.edu>
>
> Andy,
>
> I found the CC Sparrow record in a list of email BBA records, but
> thanks anyway for the confirmation. I also found the W-t Swift record;
> it was also yours, made as a note in one of your reviews of the maps.
> No luck on the Bufflehead, which we have decided to delete for lack of
> documentation.
>
> Kelly
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 11:10:23 -0800
> From: Robert Russell <Russell at racesmtp.afsc.noaa.gov>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: identity of "robin snipe"
> Message-ID: <s32933a0.002 at racesmtp.afsc.noaa.gov>
>
> Don Baccus asked about the true identity of the mysterious robin snipe. I
> collect antique duck and shorebird decoys. In the course of searching
> for new additions, I have run across several very old (late 1800's)
> breeding-plumaged dowitchers that were labeled "robin snipe."
> Unfortunately, they were all too pricey and did not find their way into my
> collection.
>
> Bob Russell russell at afsc.noaa.gov
> NOAA, Seattle
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 11:22:44 -0800
> From: Don Cecile <dcecile at cln.etc.bc.ca>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: subspecific robin identification
> Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19970314192244.00690dec at cln.etc.bc.ca>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi folks, the following post is part of an ongoing discussion regarding the
> local migration of robins. You may recall a previous posting from Michael
> Price that included earlier comments, your comments on the following
> discussion are most welcome.
>
> **T.m.propinquus and T.m.caurinus are two subspecies of robins that are
> known to occur along the west coast (when and where they occur and at what
> concentrations is not completely understood)
>
> >
> >Hi Michael, long time no hear. I wanted to relate to you a few *tentative*
> findings with respect to local robins. I have finally found concrete
> examples of subspecies 'propinquus' and they have arrived most recently
> whereas my perception is that the majority of the earlier migrants were
> 'caurinus'. Having looked at them on a few occasions there do appear to be
> a few plumage differences worth looking for.
> >
> >#1--It is my perception that 'caurinus' is more solidly coloured,
> particularly on the breast. 'propinquus' on the other hand (at least those
> seen so far) seem to always have breast feathers that pale toward the
> fringes (especially in the center of the breast) giving the breast a softer
> less solid and slightly paler look (the females of this race are the palest
> and are the ones that make some of us look twice since they may resemble the
> eye-browed thrush).
> >
> >#2-- It is my perception that 'caurinus' has gray-tipped undertail coverts
> whereas 'propinquus' has solid white undertail coverts. This appears to be
> a consistent feature on the birds, that I was confident that I had correctly
> ID'd to subspecies. It is possible that these feathers would be subject to
> wear and would change over the course of a season and I don't know if
> 'propinquus' would have had gray-tipped undertail feathers earlier in the
> season and they would wear later. So far in the limited sample that I have
> observed this appears to hold as a means of separating these two subspecies
> >
> >#3-- 'propinquus' has white inner webs to the outer rectrices.
> Fortunately, upon close observation this can be seen on the standing bird
> and is certainly much easier to see on a bird in flight. The difficulty
> with this feature, which I have encountered, is; if I can't see any white in
> the tail does this mean it is 'caurinus'. You can well imagine the problem
> here. Obviously white in the tail is definitive but lack of white may have
> many meanings. So with this in mind, I have searched for other characters
> like the two mentioned above.
> >
> >It would be so much easier if only we had a museum nearby!! Anyway, I have
> found that these characters seem to work together fairly well so far.... In
> other words, if a bird has gray-tipped undertail coverts they also appear to
> lack white webs and have solid dark breasts. On the other hand, ones with
> white in tail also have solid white undertail coverts and paling breast
> feathers.
> >
> >Could it be this easy? I doubt it, since I have had such a relatively
> small sample this could all be thrown out fairly easily. Much more time and
> many more robins need to be put to this test. Tell me what you think...
> >
> cheers,
>
> Don Cecile
> dcecile at cln.etc.bc.ca
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 11:47:51 -0800 (PST)
> From: Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: identity of "robin snipe"
> Message-ID: <199703141947.LAA27896 at pacifier.com>
>
> >I have run across several very old (late 1800's)
> >breeding-plumaged dowitchers that were labeled "robin snipe."
> >Unfortunately, they were all too pricey and did not find their way into my
> >collection.
>
> Well, I imagine the painting I saw went for a *very* low price :)
>
> It's certainly not a breeding-plumaged or immature dowitcher, with
> its grey plumage and bluish legs. Its bill looks more dowitcher-like
> than willet-like to me, being heavy and long.
>
> I suspect the "artist" knew as little about birds as about painting.
>
> I'll have to take a closer look next time I order a pizza there.
>
> Thanks for the info. "robin snipe" makes some sense for a
> dowitcher, with their ruddy breasts and medium size.
>
> Any other strange names for shorebirds you've run across that
> are particularly entertaining?
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> Nature photos, on-line guides, at (NEW) http://donb.photo.net
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:58:10 -0800
> From: Michael Price <mprice at mindlink.bc.ca>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Taking the 'Rara' out of 'Avis'?
> Message-ID: <E0w5ezK-0005Fn-00 at dewey.mindlink.net>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi Tweets,
>
> Imagine a headline in 'Birding': Latest BBS Turns Up 20,000 Kirtland's Warblers!
>
> An additional tool to help save, preserve and augment endangered (or any
> other, for that matter) species' numbers--beside habitat preservation--might
> be to clone it to the desirable numbers. Is it possible to clone males as
> well as females?
>
> Michael Price
> Vancouver BC Canada
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:28:17 -0800
> From: "Patrick, Michael" <MPatrick at ELDEC.com>
> To: "'tweeters'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: North Creek Park, 3/14/31
> Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=ELDEC%l=BDC003NT-970314222817Z-15750 at bdc003nt.eldec.com>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> Sunny, with a cool breeze.
> 1210 - 1300
>
> Violet-green Swallows about 50, yeah!
> Song Sparrow ~10, only one singing
> Marsh Wren 4, singing
> American Robin 6
> European Starling ~30
> Mallard ~20
> Canada Goose 11
> Red-tail Hawk 1 adult, and another unaged
> Looks like a RTHA nest in
> a tall alder just north-west
> of beaver pond; let's keep an
> eye on it this spring.
> Cooper's Hawk 1 immature
>
> Pacific Chorus Frogs several "singing"
>
> Coyote one foraging in grassy area, one
> "pounce" to
> no avail
>
> no shrike
> no butterflies
> no dragonflies
> I don't count airplanes ;-)
>
> Michael Patrick
> (206) 743-8204
> mpatrick at eldec.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:53:51 EST
> From: heronwing at juno.com (Cathi Pelletier)
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Robin Snipe
> Message-ID: <19970314.175036.8654.0.Heronwing at juno.com>
>
> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:53:37 -0800 (PST) Don Baccus
> <dhogaza at pacifier.com> writes:
> >OK, this actually reminds me to ask a real question. In the small
> >cafe down
> >here in Gearhart, OR (where I'm spending time helping remodel a house
> >friends
> >and I bought), there's a painting of a "robin snipe".
> >
> >To me, it looks like a willet, but frankly the painting's very
> >amateurish
> >and I can't really say for sure.
> >
> >So, anyone out there know if "robin snipe" is a willet?
> >
>
> The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds gives several
> "other names" for the willet, including "duck snipe" and :"semipalmated
> snipe." One of the "other names" for the short-billed dowitcher,
> however, is "robin snipe" (also "red-breasted snipe").
>
> That must be a really BAD painting! :-)
>
> Cathi Pelletier, Waterbury, CT Heronwing at juno.com
> "What fun we had then!
> We reveled in sunshine then,
> And skinned both our knees."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 16:43:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: "'Dan' Daniel Victor" <dvictor at u.washington.edu>
> To: Denny Granstrand <osprey at nwinfo.net>
> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: newbie bird watcher + Flora and Fauna + New Bird Books page
> Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95c.970307140903.9999D-100000 at carson.u.washington.edu>
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
>
> On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Denny Granstrand wrote:
>
> > You newbies should try the Flora and Fauna Bookstore in Pioneer Square.
> > They should have all you need to get familiar with thebirds and locals in
> > the northwest.
>
> Tweets,
>
> You might want to look at a new page I've started on "Bird Books for
> Cascadia." It's something I've been thinking about doing for a while and
> the recent questions finally got me in action. I'm still playing with the
> graphics. Please send me any suggestions for additions, and/or
> improvements.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Victor, Seattle, WA <dvictor at u.washington.edu>
> Bird Books = http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dvictor/books/
> >
> > At 07:07 PM 3/6/97 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Eileen O'Connor wrote:
> > >
> > >> You might try "a Guide to Bird Finding in Washington", by Terence Wahl and
> > >> Dennis Paulson.
> > >
> > >I'm new to the NW as well and tried ordering this one from Buteo Books
> > >about a week ago, only to have them tell me it was out of print. The
> > >only other guide I've been able to locate is "Birding in Seattle and
> > >King County" by Eugene S. Hunn. Neat looking book, until you try birding
> > >some of the recommended routes and find that they've been developed in
> > >the 15 years since its publication.
> > >Zach Thompson
> > >zathd at u.washington.edu
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 20:31:01 EST
> From: birder at juno.com (Cliff Drake)
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Brants
> Message-ID: <19970314.172752.13439.0.birder at juno.com>
>
> I saw my first Brants of the year this morning at Shilshole, about 10,
> just off the north point of the beach. Also present were two mature Bald
> Eagles flying north along the bluff. It seems like I almost always see an
> Eagle or two at Shilshole, it's nice when Bald Eagles are a "common"
> neighborhood bird!
> Lots of Herons at the Locks, (I saw about 12 last visit) but still no
> nesting activity at the Heronry. Most were in the tall trees between the
> gardens and the restaurant.
> =================
> Cliff Drake
> Seattle, (Ballard,) WA
> Birder at Juno.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:47:05 -0800 (PST)
> From: Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Taking the 'Rara' out of 'Avis'?
> Message-ID: <199703150147.RAA07559 at pacifier.com>
>
> >Is it possible to clone males as well as females?
>
> I should think so, since they essentially inserted an adult cell's
> nuclear DNA into an egg cell after removing the egg's DNA.
>
> Might be more fun if they can't, though :)
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
> Nature photos, on-line guides, at (NEW) http://donb.photo.net
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 18:06:17 -0800 (PST)
> From: John Chandler <chandler at uniserve.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: RBA Vancouver, BC. March 13, 1997
> Message-ID: <199703150206.SAA22173 at mercury.uniserve.com>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> This is the Vancouver Bird Alert for Thursday March 13 07:58 PM update.
> To report call: (604) 737-3074
>
> Birds mentioned:
> Eared Grebe
> Trumpeter Swan
> Brandt
> Snow Goose
> Eurasian Widgeon
> COMMON EIDER
> Northern Goshawk
> Golden Eagle
> Peregrine Falcon
> Short-eared Owl
> Tree Swallow
> Snow Bunting
>
> Sightings for Thursday March 13
>
> At Iona, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK was flying along the north arm of the Fraser.
> The northern migration of BRANDT is definitely in full swing as 6-700 were
> on Boundary Bay. The birds are best seen on the falling tide from the foot
> of 12th Ave. A PEREGRINE FALCON was North of the Roberts Bank jetty. A
> female EURASIAN WIDGEON was at 6905 Bradner Rd. 3 SHORT-EARED OWLs and a
> GOLDEN EAGLE in overflight were along the Aloette River dike West of 203rd.
> 60 TRUMPETER SWANS were in a field near the dike.
>
> Sightings for Wednesday March 12
>
> At Boundary Bay regional park were 138 BRANDT, 3 EURASIAN WIDGEON and a
> SHORT-EARED OWL. 200 SNOW GEESE were seen in overflight.
>
> In late reports for Tuesday March 11, over 500 BRANDT were on Boundary Bay,
> 2 SHORT-EARED OWLs were in Boundary Bay Regional Park and an Eared grebe was
> seen form the Iona South Jetty.
>
> Sightings for Monday March 10
>
> The COMMON EIDER was relocated from the Iona South Jetty. The bird was
> associating with large flocks of scoters, first on the north side of the
> jetty and then on the south side. It was last seen far to the south of the
> jetty. Also seen from the jetty were an EARED GREBE and SNOW BUNTINGS. 2
> TREE SWALLOWS were over the inner ponds and a female PEREGRINE FALCON was on
> the causeway. 29 SWANS, probably TRUMPETER were on Semiahmoo Bay.
>
> If you have a query about Vancouver Birds or birding please call:
> John 274-8777 Dave 929-4310
> Larry 942-0931 John 857-1768
>
> Thank you for calling the Vancouver Bird Alert & good birding.
>
> End transcript
>
> John Chandler
> Alandale Training Corporation
> Richmond, BC, Canada
> Phone: 604-274-8777
> Email: chandler at uniserve.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 20:57:47 -0800
> From: "." <bobv at sos.net>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: black-capped chickadees
> Message-ID: <3322434B.558F at sos.net>
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: message/rfc822
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
> Message-ID: <332240A8.1FBE at sos.net>
> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 20:48:59 -0800
> From: "." <bobv at sos.net>
> Reply-To: bobv at sos.net
> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I)
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> To: "by way of bobv at sos.net" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: TWEETERS digest 959
> References: <199703062023.MAA09450 at sos.sos.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> > There is a black-capped chickadee with a completely white tail (instead of
> > the typical blackish gray) that has been frequenting my feeders for the past
> > couple of months.
>
> There is a white-tailed black-capped chickadee and a white tailed
> chestnut-backed chickadee that visit my feeder in the Hazelmere, B.C.
> area. It's fun when they come to the feeder - they stand out in a
> crowd! :) AT the same R.V. Park there is an unusual crow. It seems to
> be part albino?? It's not white, but a very light brown.
> Ann
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of TWEETERS Digest 969
> **************************
Denny Granstrand wrote about Flora and Fauna Bookstore in Pioneer Square
as an excellent source for books about local birds. I also would
recommend Flora & Fauna to anyone who enjoys bird identification, world
travel involving birds, natural history, gardening, attracting birds
with vegetation.......At the recent Flower & Garden Show in Seattle, I
was fascinated by a new book they were showing for the first time.
Hummingbird Gardens provides an excellent list of vegetation that will
attract the hummers as well as actual accounts by people the full length
of the West Coast, south to north, who talk about the first Rufous
migrants returning from overwintering in Mexico. Great pictures,
excellent text. I couldn't put it down!!

Michael P wrote about bird, etc at North Creek Park. Is that one of the
two industrial parks in Bothell? Would you please give exact location,
i.e. which exit do I take from I-405? Where is the industrial park area
isi the park you describe?

Thanks

Kathy Manville
Bellevue, WA 98006
(206) 747-5377
kathy.manville at accessone.com


Dennis P wrote about being new to the area & being frustrated with a
clerk who told him book he wanted was no longer in print. Call the
Seattle Audubon Society at 523-4483. They carry a number of good birding
books & can special order a number of other titles.

Kathy Manville

Dave Hutchinson, owner of the Flora & Fauna, is a wonderful person to
meet. He is a member of the Seattle Audubon Society Board of Directors,
he teaches Master Birding classes & according to some people, they
consider him the local expert on hummingbirds.

Kathy Manville
Bellevue, WA 98006
(206) 747-5377
kathy.manville at accessone.com