Tweets,
Yesterday, January 5, I was at the SWA with two friends to try
(unsuccessfully) for the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and (successfully) for the
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE. We were in the main parking lot and were asked by a
pleasant young man in a state pickup if we had a license (we all did thanks to
Ruth Sullivan's posts on Tweeters). Carol asked him what would have happened
if we didn't have a license. He said we wouldn't be thrown off but just asked
to obtain one in the future. They now have two prominent signs up that a
license (Conservation, Hunting, Fishing or Trapping, as I recall) is required.
To me, the Skagit Wildlife Area is an almost magical spot and may be the
best birding area on the west side of the Puget Trough. Spencer Island and
Nisqually rank right up there also. I guess it's a question of which one has
produced something for me lately!
Today I was able to find Gene Hunn's CCSp. It was east of the road near
the right hand hedge and stream near the pont of the triangular cornfield east
of the house with the green metal north and south roofs (the house is on the
west side of East Snoqualmie Valley Road. If you missed the original
directions. It is about 150 yards south of the intersection of that road and
the Woodinville- Duvall Road. What a great bird! Thanks Gene. The bird was in
a large flock of, in descending numbers, JUNCOS, SONG SPARROWS, GOLDEN-CROWNED
SPARROWS, SPOTTED TOWHEES and an immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.

Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton360 at aol.com