WOW, that is the first report of an American Oystercatcher for WA! Maybe
it came up with the Crested Caracara and the Yellow-throated Warbler??


Tom Schooley, Olympia WA , dunlin at mail.tss.net
"The earth that directed itself instinctively in its former phases
seems now to be entering a phase of conscious decision
through its human expression." -Thomas Berry

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> From: G. Mazer <mazer at u.washington.edu>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: American Oystercatcher
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 7:09 PM
>
> Hello out there,
>
> I'm new at the reporting game, but not new to birding. On Saturday
> 1/17/98, I saw an American Oystercatcher flying low over the Snohomish
> estuary - just west of the I-5 bridge. There was no doubt about this
> siting - it flew within 10 yards of my canoe in good late afternoon light
> (it flew towards me heading west).
> Sorry this is so damn late, but I am a busy plant ecology graduate
student
> whose interest in birding has taken a necessary nose dive over the past
> couple years.
>
> Greg Mazer
>
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