hi micael,
i dont find it so odd seeing SNOW BUNTINGS and other species coming early
ore showing up in strange places. the high winds and severe rain does
strange thinks to birds where out iever encounter 2RED PHALAROPE on the
sewage ponds.I came only few feet away from them to take photos. birds have
certainly different behavior in stormy weather.allthis years i being
birding, never I saw LAPLAND LONGSPUR not in high grass and so close, is
unbelievably.birding is good,when you can stand bad ore even severe
storms, which brings sometime RARE BIRDS in.

GODWT at worldnet.att.net



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> From: Michael Price <mprice at mindlink.bc.ca>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Out of place SNOW BUNTING
> Date: Friday, October 10, 1997 9:53 PM
>
> Hi Tweets,
>
> Bob Norton writes:
>
> > My wife and I walked our granddaughter along a lightly traveled Salt
> >Creek CP asphalt road (which fronts on the Strait of Juan de Fuca)
through
> >the woods. My wife said 'what's that white bird in the road?' It was a
winter
> >plumaged SNOW BUNTING and it ran or flew ahead of the stroller for a 100
> >yards while feeding before flying off when we reached the large open
grassy
> >area. My three previous Clallam County records and all those of others
that I
> >have forwarded to Russell Rogers and Bill Tweit have come from sand
beachs
> >and usually spits.
>
> A really interesting bit of odd behavior for an open-field/beach bird and

> about two weeks early. This might be something that Jack Bowling can
comment
> on. Jack, could the recent storm have plucked an up-north SNBU over
Alaska
> and whirled it down here? Could this be a 'storm-wreck' bird? Intuition
> suggests a connection.
>
> That it was in a forest may be a result of it looking for shelter after
the
> wild ride such a storm assist would give it. Wow.
>
> Michael Price We aren't flying...we're falling with
style!
> Vancouver BC Canada -Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story
> mprice at mindlink.net
>