Gene since you weren't around, maybe you didn't know that a Western
Scrub-Jay was seen and documented in Kennewick last winter. Obviously this
isn't regular and one record doesn't mean they're spreading this far east,
but won't it be interesting to see if there are more sightings?

At 07:19 PM 10/15/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Gene Hunn, Seattle, re. Scrub Jay in Bellingham.
>
>Sounds like a county first. There are several records for Seattle, even a
>nesting record for Enumclaw; very small numbers are now hanging about
>Tacoma, more at Olympia; one was reported this past year near Sequim, I
>believe for a first Clallam Co. record. They are common residents certainly
>north to Longview-Kelso and perhaps to Chehalis. They' have also been moving
>east up the Columbia R. gorge where they now are regular at least east to
>Lyle, with the odd sighting in Yakima... They seem to be slowly expanding
>their range here. I seem to recall also a persistent bird near or in
>Vancouver, B.C. say two years back. Please correct me if you've got more up
>to date or precise infomation.
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Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
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