** Reply to note from Steppie -


> I'm in a betting mood tonight. If an observer set up a comfortable lawn
> chair in the shade along the Columbia in south-central Washington and spent
> all daylight hours throughout the migration season (beginning in late June
> or early July with Cliff Swallows), I would wager he/she might count
> several millions of swallows of various species (not to mention the
> possibility of sighting many, many "coastal" species inland, like the 3
> Sabine's Gulls on Priest Rapids Lake 6 and 7 September this past weekend).

Just to interject into this thread... a couple of observers found two imm. Sabine's
Gulls this past Sunday on Nulki Lake near Vanderhoof in c. BC. Could be another
heavy migration of this pretty gull through the interior as happened last fall.
Heads up!

- Jack



Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca