** Reply to note from Gene Hunn -

>
> Tweets,
>
> This AM I got a call from Charles Evans that a friend in the U District had
> just seen a WESTERN TANAGER at his feeders.
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> Then while walking the dog on the Snoqualmie Valley trail north of
> Stillwater out popped a WILSON'S WARBLER,
<snip>

Uh, huh. Just got off the phone with Russ Tchachuk from Roberts Creek near where
the Xantus' Hummer has been parked (Russ says this female Xantus' is looking very
"broody" lately; he figures she will grab the first Rufous male that flies
by...). He observed two Pectoral Sandpipers and a Greater Yellowlegs near his
home a couple of weeks ago (the exact date was in his notebook upstairs). Usual
passage time for Pecs in the P.G. area is Week 1 May! It appears that we either
have a lot of wintering holdovers or very early migrants this year. Also a Rufous
Hummer was observed at Queen Charlotte City, Queen Charlotte Is. off B.C's North
Coast Feb. 23, 1998 - about 3-4 weeks ahead of schedule.

- Jack

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Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jbowling at direct.ca