Subject: RE: Petrel?
Date: Oct 16 13:21:38 1997
From: Jane Stewart - StewJ at FOSTER.com


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>What characters did you use to distinguish it as looking like a petrels?
>Generally speaking petrels only wind up on the beach dead or nearly so.
>When nearly so, there feet are tucked up so laying on the beach is a more
>accurate description. Must be something else.
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>A description would be helpful, distinct dark and light pattern (not the soft
>grays of the Heemann's); very dark legs and large hooked dark bill (not the
>red Heermann's). long tail and larger than the Gulls but I'm guessing you
>saw a Heermann's Gull.
They are small, dark and different looking. I actually saw these a
>couple of weeks ago. Much to my delight.
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>>Tuesday I saw a distinctive bird at Myrtle Edward's Park that looked
>>like a Petrel. But, there was only one and it was on the ground with
>>Gulls. Is this probable/possible?
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>>Jane Stewart
>>Research Center
>>Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC
>>(206) 447-6474
>>f(206) 447-9700
>>1111 Third Avenue, 3400
>>Seattle, WA 98101-3299
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