Hello Maureen,
I live in the Tacoma Area called Fircrest. We have sometime 25 to 30
Band-tailed Pigeons feeding in my Yard. Its almost comical to see this big
Birds hanging on some of my Tubfeeder, some will go on the ground and pick
up some seeds what been dropped. One day i had a Coopers Hawk comming and
snatched a Pigeon. We found the feathers later under a bush.Not doing any
Birding , but driving long ways to catch the last Dragonflies of the
season. Its been a exiting sommer, and verry rewarding to finding 52
Species, sometime standing to the waist in muddy water, this to get one
kind of Dragonflie.I would never dreamed i could do such think or touch
Insects, but i done it all, it becomes normal after few times.This winter
i will have time to study Dragonflies more, so it will not take so long to
identify what i photograph and collect. Thanks to Dennis Paulson what
helped me get a good start.
Ruth Sullivan


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> From: Maureen Ellis <me2 at u.washington.edu>
> To: Mike Waller <mwaller at wolfenet.com>
> Cc: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Band-tailed Pigeons
> Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 10:03 AM
>
> And the recently expanding Normandy Park-Des Moines population seems less
> shy than the few birds that were around 4-5 years ago. Amusingly, when
> this species discovers and favors a particular yard feeder, such a
pig-out
> sight as they present is astonishing. No group of sharks could display a
> more determined feeding frenzy than these pigeons. You're probably gonna
> need a bigger (bird feed) budget!
>
> Cheers and welcome to the neighborhood,
> 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-
>
> On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Mike Waller wrote:
>
> > Maureen,
> >
> > We moved into our house in Normandy Park three years ago. The first
year
> > we counted 9 birds, a year later the tally was 13 and this summer we've
had
> > as many as 20 in the woods behind our house.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > Mike Waller
> > Deputy Director
> > Woodland Park Zoological Gardens
> > 5500 Phinney Ave. N.
> > Seattle, WA 98103
> > Ph 206.684.4057
> > Fax. 206.233.7278
> > e-mail: mwaller at wolfenet.com
> >
> > Butterflies and Blooms Exhibit
> > "You haven't Seen This many Colors Since the Sixties"
> > Open Daily through September 30th
> >