The marina area at Des Moines, WA, has a thriving population of
kingfishers, perhaps 2-3 females and 4 or more males.......in the summer.
I have seen only males here also for the last few weeks. Will check and
document this more dilegently through the winter season.
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA
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On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Raymond Korpi wrote:

> The last 5 kingfishers I have seen in the Portland area (three at
> Scappoose Bottoms, 1 at the Faloma Road Night Heron site, and 1 at
> Ridgfield NWR) were all males. I haven't seen a female around here for
> about a month. Interesting discussion Ray K
>
> On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, S&C Richardson wrote:
>
> > That question about kingfishers: Do most females migrate from our area? October
> > sightings from 6 locations revealed a female at 1 and males at the other 5.
> > It's a start. Any reports sent my way will be compiled and shared. See
> > <http://www.halcyon.com/salix/swm_beki.htm>.
> > --
> > Scott Richardson
> > northeast Seattle
> > salix at halcyon.com
> >
> >
>
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> Ray Korpi "In sports [today], we ignore the decent and the
> Hm: Portland, OR admirable; basically, we don't have time for these
> Wk: Clark College any more." --Frank DeFord, NPR, 7/16/97
> Vancouver, WA
> rkorpi at clark.edu "Just in sports?" --RK, 7/16/97
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