T's,

I agree with Carl's observation. I saw this bird at about 5:00
yesterday in the Kennydale area of Renton. Long trailing legs. I would
guess another escapee from wherever they have been coming from. I saw
what I would identify as a Sacred Ibis in the same area 3 weeks ago.
Didn't report it here after being hounded when I reported a Hoopoe and
Wood Pigeons in the same general vicinity last fall. Who can't keep a
lock on their aviary door? There is (was?) a breeder on Kent East Hill
near Valley Medical Center (about 3 miles as the birds fly from North
Renton) that used to have many exotics...could they be coming from
there?

Rob Conway
Bellevue, WA

robin_conway at hotmail.com

>Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:39:16 -0700
>Reply-To: Carl.Haynie at PSS.Boeing.com
>From: "Haynie, Carl B" <Carl.Haynie at PSS.Boeing.com>
>To: "'Herb_Curl at hazmat.noaa.gov'" <Herb_Curl at hazmat.noaa.gov>
>Cc: "'Tweeters'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: RE: Washington BirdBox 8/2/98 through 8/4/98
>
>Thanks for the feedback. This bird wasn't a white pelican on account
of
>the long neck and long trailing legs. Unlike Steve Dang, I did not
pick
>up soft part coloration with certainty.
>
>> ----------
>> From: Herb_Curl at hazmat.noaa.gov
>> Reply To: Herb_Curl at hazmat.noaa.gov
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 1998 9:25 AM
>> To: Carl.Haynie at PSS.Boeing.com; tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Subject: Re: Washington BirdBox 8/2/98 through 8/4/98
>>
>> Carl.Haynie at PSS.Boeing.com,Internet writes:
>> >>From Washington Bird Box:
>> >
>> >"....Monday, Aug. 3, 12:42 p.m. Steve Dang, 206-368-6887. At about
10
>> >a.m. this morning over North Seattle I saw what I think is a WHITE
>> >STORK. An all-white bird with black flight feathers, reddish bill
and
>> >legs. I couldn't tell whether or not this bird had been tagged or
>> >not..."
>> >
>> >Whew! What a relief. Maybe I'm not going bonkers afterall. I
>> glimpsed
>> >a bird fitting this description gliding over 405 in north Renton
>> >yesterday afternoon at about 5:15 p.m. I could not stop to check it
>> >out.
>> >
>> >Carl Haynie
>> >chaynie at gte.net
>> >Issaquah, WA
>> >
>> >-
>> This Spring we had several WHITE PELICANS on Lake Washington, for the
>> first
>> time in 20 years to my knowledge.
>>
>> ------Herb Curl
>> ------------
>> NOAA Hazmat
>> (206)526-6317
>>
>


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