Richard,

Do you have a map that shows the Township/Range/section coordinates of those
birds for the purposes of our Breeding Bird Atlas project. In my book they
are all PROBABLE nesters.

Gene Hunn.

At 10:27 AM 2/10/98 EST, you wrote:
>Hello Tweets --
>
>I went of on a leisurely and delightful stroll just by the light of the full
>moon (no artificial aids except for a headlamp in the few dark spots) last
>night at the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park, urban 'eastside' King
>Co., just for the exercise and to listen for owls and to squeeze a walk in by
>moonlight before the weather goes into the pooper again. Weather was calm,
>mostly clear (very high & very thin barely perceptible overcast), temperature
>~45F, for the 2-1/2 hour walk covering 3-1/4 miles round trip between 6:06
>(late dusk) - 8:36pm, starting at the Redtown trailhead (Redtown Trail) to
>Ballpark Meadow (3/4 mile), Indian Trail to the north boundary (7/8 mile) and
>retracing the route back to the Redtown trailhead and carpark.
>
>Owls heard:
> Western Screech (2)
> Great Horned (1)
> Barred Owl (2)
> Northern Saw-whet (3)
>
>All in all, the walk was pretty quiet and unsolicited activity wasn't too
>intense. More like a 'tuning-up' exercise for a month or two from now
>perhaps. A Screech Owl was heard right off at the Redtown trailhead carpark
>at both the start and the finish of the hike. Barred Owls were heard far off
>in the distance to the west, early on giving only the final 'whooa' note and
>later an occasional first half of a full call. Saw-whets were generally
>tooting very softly and for very short periods ranging from a couple of
>'toots' to intermittent tooting periods of no longer than a minute or two.
>
>All four owls can be easily heard along the first segment of this hike, also
>the easiest walking in the dark btw, between the Redtown trailhead and
>Ballpark Meadow. Beyond Ballpark Meadow it was more quiet. Maps of Cougar
>Mountain are available at the Redtown trailhead carpark and information board.
>
>After a pit-stop at the Eastgate Dairy Queen for my mandatory large chocolate
>ice cream cone, I briefly walked and listened in areas around Lake Sammamish
>State Park (Long-eared and Barn Owl locations) and adjacent west slope
>hillsides to the east (9:15 -10:45pm) but all of these areas came up zero by
>sight or sound.
>
>Richard Rowlett (Pagodroma at aol.com)
> 47.56N, 122.13W
>(Seattle/Bellevue, WA USA)
>
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