Subject: Re: Notes from Kootenay Lake-North
Date: Nov 2 16:10:19 1997
From: "Libor and Dawn Michalak" - pieris at netidea.com


Gail

Do you have a northern mockingbird yet for your list? cause theres a sure
bet in Castlegar in case your interested. I saw it this morning.

Give me a line if you want to go I can tell you how to get there.

Libor

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> From: Spitler <gspitler at awinc.com>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Notes from Kootenay Lake-North
> Date: November 2, 1997 6:53 PM
>
> If the "hills are alive with the sound of music", then the lake shore is
> alive with the chatter of Winter Wrens. Saw 4 in about a 2-mile stretch.
> That's at least twice as many as has been seen lately. BTW, only one of
the
> four had a tail as stubby as portrayed in Peterson. The others had tails
> that appear just slightly longer than portrayed in other common field
> guides(NG, ABC, Golden).
> One Pied-billed Grebe is still around. Overall, it is American Wigeons,
> American Coots and Mallards that are in the sloughs, along with
Buffleheads,
> 1 Lesser Scaup, and a group of 9 Green-winged Teal. Black-capped
Chickadees
> are becoming more numerous. Also spotted a Brown creeper and 2
> Golden-crowned Kinglets.
> Cheers
> Gail Spitler
> Johnsons Landing, BC
> gspitler at awinc.com