I think that's fabulous to point out the Peregrin!!! From the UW BUSMAP
brochure, I see your current route Metro 226 goes across the I-90 floating
bridge, so you get view of eagles, cormorants and stuff on the water.
Traffic flow usually pretty good on I-90 Lake Washington bridge, so it's
probably high speed birding. Do you have any east side Red-tails along
that route? The closer-to-the-city I-5 corridor Red-tails are a declining
population over my past 5 years of viewing them.
Cheers,
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA

"Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of
confusion and bamboozle requires vigilance, dedication, and courage."
-Carl Sagan-
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On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, duncanweber wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> Maureen Ellis, you wrote:
> >
> >Since I take the Metro 133 Express most weekdays to the UW, thought a
> >report might be interesting. Despite this being an "express," traffic
> >congestion often allows "leisurely" birding especially crossing the 1st
> >South bridge-that-is along side the bridge-that-is-to-be.
>
> If you're ever on my bus Maureen (right now I drive a 226 from Bellevue)
> I'll even slow down for those special sightings.
>
> I used to drive a 41 across the Ship Canal Bridge and we slowed every
> morning to view the Peregrine Falcon occasionally perched on the towers
> in the winter. I called it "the Falcon Express". Most of my passengers
> tolerated the slowdown; some even appreciated the information about the
> falcon.
>
> Good to know there's a fellow birder also watching for something
> interesting to appear during the commute.
>
> Ileen Weber
> Seattle, WA
> duncanweber at seanet.com
>