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> From: Phil Davis <pdavis at ix.netcom.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Hard-to-Find Pacific NW Birds
> Date: Monday, September 29, 1997 9:37 PM
>
> Tweeters -
>
> I will be heading to Seattle next week for the October 11-12 pelagic
trips
> out of Westport.
>
> I will be spending several days on either side of the pelagics hunting
for
> some "target birds". I'll keep checking the tapes (or the
> transcripts/Tweeters if I ever get my notebook set up). I think I have
> copies of all the local birdfinding guides. Even though I'm primarily
> working on my lower 48 list, I do plan to head to Vancouver for the Myna.
> Dropping down into Oregon is also doable. Any tips on where to look for
> these species would be most appreciated.
>
>
> Target Species:
>
> Yellow-Billed Loon
>
> Gryfalcon (too early?)
>
> Gray Partridge
>
> Blue Grouse
>
> White-tailed Ptarmigan
>
> Rock Ptarmigan (?)
>
> Rock Sandpiper (I see they already been reported!)
>
> Ancient Murrelet
>
> Crested Myna (Vancouver)
>
> White-winged Crossbill (nomadic, good luck, huh?)
>
>
> Oh, yes ... Pacific Spotted Owl (since we expect it to be split from the
> Mexican Spotted Owl)
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Phil
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Phil Davis
>
> home: PDavis at ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland, USA
> work: PDavis at OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
> ------------------------------------------------------------



If your taking the ferri, you'll probably see the Ancient Murrelets &
loons. The sandpipers, again, if your taking the ferri, when you get off
look around, depending where you get off, you might see them.
Gyrfalcons....... You normally see them in fields, but I have seen many in
forested areas. Crossbills and Myna's I have never seen, the odds of you
seeing them are slim to none. The partridges and grouses, I see all
time(and hear for that matter) at my home(very heavily wooded).


Elizabeth Noyes
Port Angeles, WA
(noyes at olypen.com)