Subject: Fw: BLACK Phoebe in Clark Co. Wa.
Date: Nov 21 20:34:31 1997
From: "Ruth Sullivan" - GODWIT at worldnet.att.net




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> From: Ruth Sullivan <GODWIT at worldnet.att.net>
> To: tweeter at u.washington.edu
> Subject: BLACK Phoebe in Clark Co. Wa.
> Date: Friday, November 21, 1997 7:54 PM
>
> The BLACK PHOEBE was again observed and photographed today at both the
> southwest end of the
> Washougal S.T.P.and the adjacent field with to the west bordered by
willows
> and low brush. The bird
> was actively flycatching as well as calling and singing between
> 10:45am-1:45pm, and was seen flying back and forth between the pond and
> edges and holding tanks and the willows and brushy edges to the west.
> Birders during the observations included Wilson Cady,Dave
Beaudette,Sherry
> and Arden Hagen,
> and my mother and I.Other notable species in the area included a adult
> Peregrine Falcon,
> Sharp-shinned Hawk,and a female B.Kingfisher(Camas).A Quick check of Budd
> Inlet in Olympia on the way back home, produced 4 W.Sandpipers,B.B.
> Plover,and 1 female B. Kingfisher but NO Y.B.Loon,
> but is probably still around.
>
> Patick Sullivan
> GODWIT at worldnet.att.net