Hi Gerald,

Maybe this a bit south of Seattle for you, but I have found Red-breasted
Sapsuckers fairly reliably near the new visitor's center at Nisqually
Wildlife Refuge (South of Tacoma). This is also a great place to take
non-birders for a nature walk.

Rick Romea
Seattle, WA
rromea at stioptronics.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald White <gdwhite at muscanet.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, August 08, 1999 3:48 PM
Subject: RFI; Red-breasted Sapsucker


>I will be trying to locate a Red-breasted Sapsucker in the Seattle area
>during the Sept. 5th through Sept. 10th period. I am with non birders but
>will be able to break away to do some birding. One of your gracious
birders
>has offered to help me find one of these rascals. He suggested the
>carnation swamp/carnation golf course area, and the Snoqualimie river
>junction area with Carnation farms road. I also have directions from the
>Hunn book to Flaming Geyser and Federation Forest State Park. This book
has
>a date of 1982 and I am wondering if these areas would still be good
>choices.
>Can anyone suggest other areas that may be productive?
>Gerald (Jerry) White
>gdwhite. at muscanet.com
>Muscatine, IA
>