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I can't comment on the rest of Seattle, but there is definitely a =
flicker explosion in Shoreline. I have seen many more this year than in =
years past.


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From: Wallitra at aol.com[SMTP:Wallitra at aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 1997 10:38 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: the rains of Noah wash in brown creepers

Two walks this week through my favorite urban second growth forests have
yielded sightings of the brown creeper. Monday I spotted the first in =
the
greenbelt west and above the Japanese Garden in the Washington Park
Arboretum, today I sighted two in Seward Park, on the walk that lines =
the
north side of the peninsula. Are creepers year round or winter only =
residents
of Seattle? Bushtits, ruby crowned kinglets, and wrens were numerous on =
both
walks, including Bewicks. I also spotted a bird in Seward that I have =
not yet
been able to identify, at first I thought it was a chickadee because =
size and
markings were very similar. However, upon closer examination, and the =
bird
let me have a good look, it resembled more the wren in shape. Black =
crown,
white eyestripe, black bar beneath that, grayish body. I found it in a =
large
bush. I will continue to pore over my bird books, ideas are welcome.

Am I frightfully imaginative or does it appear there has been an =
explosion in
the flicker population in forested areas of Seattle?

Wallis
E. Ward Street, Seattle



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