At 3:09 PM -0800 01/05/1998, Dennis Paulson wrote:
>Hi tweets,
>
>I just had a call from Jim Burlingame (360-645-2274), who saw what seems to
>have been a Crested Caracara at Neah Bay on 4 January 1997. His description
>wasn't detailed, as he saw it at a distance, but it sounded fairly
>compelling to me. It flew east down the beach at about 2 p.m. Jim is trying
>to borrow a camera to photograph it, but he may well not see it again. All
>of you along the north side of the Olympic Peninsula better keep a lookout!
>
>With a Xantus' Hummingbird in BC, why not?

Hello tweeterdom.

I just had a call from Bud Anderson, relaying word that Jim Shiflett has
confirmed the earlier sighting(s?) of a CRESTED CARACARA at Neah Bay. Jim
Burlingame had called Bud about it, and Bud told Jim Shiflett, who went to
Neah Bay and saw it today. The bird was right in downtown Neah Bay next to
the Makah Cafe, and also roamed toward the hills to the south.

Wild bird or escaped captive? Hitched a ride or arrived under its own
power? Burning questions...who'll be the first to get over there and
interview it?

Hal Opperman