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Michael Brown
Puyallup, WA
borealis at borealis.seanet.com

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Message-ID: <353E0A1E.1246 at borealis.seanet.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 07:17:50 -0800
From: Michael Brown <borealis at borealis.seanet.com>
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To: Don Baccus <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: My mistake-mystery egg confusion
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Don Baccus wrote:
>

> >I tend to think the egg is that of a Killdeer.
>
> Yep. I didn't suggest it earlier because of your description of the
> site, which at first seemed anti-killdeer, i.e. a rocky outcropping
> with salt spray spewming the site.

That wasn't my description. Another response suggested that from the
shape of the egg. It seemed an interesting suggestion because I wasn't
sure of where the egg was found at the time. All I knew was it was at
their "house". I thought it might have been a vacation house near a
rocky shoreline somewhere!


> > Perhaps she only saw the bird
> >from behind, and she did describe a distraction display.
>
> Or above. Killdeer are kinda dark above...

I was thinking that if I saw a Killdeer from behind, I would see its
"above". =:)
>
Thanks for responding Don!

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Michael Brown
Puyallup, WA
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