Subject: Re: Tri-colored Blackbird colony east of Soap Lake
Date: Jul 9 13:46:56 1998
From: "Andy Stepniewski" - steppie at wolfenet.com


Tweeters,

Tricolored Blackbirds have outpost colonies in the outskirts of Portland OR
west of the Cascade crest and another one near Hermiston OR right along
I-84 east of the mountains. The birds from this latter colony might be the
origin our newly discovered Washington outpost.

Andy

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> From: Jim Rosso <jrosso at mediaseek.com>
> To: steppie at wolfenet.com; TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Tri-colored Blackbird colony east of Soap Lake
> Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 4:18 AM
>
> In one of my ornithology journals at home there is a recent article on
> the "itinerant nesting behavior" of Tricolored Blackbirds. I will try and

> find it and report on it for Tweeters.
> This could certainly be a great example of itinerant nesting.
>
> For the longest time it was believed that Tricolored Blackbirds were only

> found in California and then I noticed that the latest field guides show
> them in the Klamath area of Oregon. Being up in eastern Washington is
> quite a jump. I find this very interesting.
>
> I don't recall any historical mention of Tricolored Blackbirds being
> found outside of California. Anybody have a copy of AC Bent's volume on
> blackbirds that could check on what he recorded for distribution? Being
> at work can be so inconvienent.
>
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>
> Jim Rosso
> Issaquah, Washington
> jrosso at mediaseek.com
> jlrosso at msn.com
> (425) 392-8440