Subject: Re: Red-shouldered Hawk by the Walla Walla River delta
Date: Sep 29 12:53:50 1997
From: "Noyes" - Noyes at olypen.com




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> From: Andy Stepniewski <steppie at wolfenet.com>
> To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Red-shouldered Hawk by the Walla Walla River delta
> Date: Sunday, September 28, 1997 8:40 PM
>
> Today (28 Sept), several of us (Bob Woodley, Mike Denny, Ike Eisenhart,
> David Mann, Christen Stewart, Andy Stepniewski, Patrick Sullivan) all had
> great looks at the Red-shouldered Hawk in the tall willows and black
> cottonwoods by the Walla Walla River delta. It was seen both north and
> south of the river, today west of Hwy 12 (26th Sept. it was east of the
Hwy
> when discovered by Mike Denny). The bird clearly called many times and
was
> seen very well by all those listed above. Besides the call (which is
unique
> amongst western North American raptors), the strikingly banded tail,
> whitish crescents in the wing and rufous-tinged shoulder patches were
> noted.
>
> Also on the delta was a lone Red Phalarope and Franklin's Gull. Offshore
> was a single Clark's Grebe in company with Westerns.
>
> Altogether, I recorded 60 species on our morning expedition onto the
delta,
> 12 of which were shorebirds (Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, Greater
> Yellowlegs, Sanderling, Western, Least, Baird's, and Pectoral
Sandpipers,
> Long-billed Dowitcher, Common Snipe, and Red-necked and Red Phalaropes.
It
> was only my second sighting of a Red Phalarope in eastern Washington on
the
> delta, it was Mike Denny's fourth.
>
> The Garganey has not been seen since 26 Sept., a bird also discovered by
> Mike Denny.
>
> Andy Stepniewski
> Wapato WA
>

I saw a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks flying over my home, calling several
times...
They flew and circled before landing in a current ...


Elizabeth Noyes
Port Angeles, WA
Noyes at olypen.com