Actually, I did see a Tufted Puffin in Spokane once. It was April 7 and I
was slurping a cup a' joe at a diner downtown. In walks this Tufted Puffin
and orders some chicken. I turned and said,"Hi, big boy, you new in
town?"........
Rahne Kirkham
Federal Way, Washington
rahne at mindspring.com
"Joy is the serious business of Heaven"
C.S.Lewis
----- Original Message -----
From: WAYNE WEBER <WAYNE_WEBER at bc.sympatico.ca>
To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: MICHAEL HOBBS <hummer at isomedia.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Washington Rare Bird internet report form


> Tweeters,
>
> "Extreme examples"-- boy, you aren't kidding, Michael!! If I ever
> thought I had seen a Tufted Puffin in Spokane, I wouldn't tell anyone
> about it-- not if I valued my reputation as a birder-- and I would
> promptly proceed to have either my eyeglasses checked out, or my head
> checked out, or both! :-) :-)
>
> Wayne Weber
> Kamloops, B.C.
> wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hobbs <Hummer at isomedia.com>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Cc: Phil Mattocks <mattockp at cwu.edu>; mattocks at eburg.com
> <mattocks at eburg.com>
> Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 5:25 PM
> Subject: Washington Rare Bird internet report form
>
>
> >Tweets -- Just in time for the CBC season...
> >
> >I've added a Rare Bird report form to allow web-based reporting of
> Washington
> >rare birds. The form is transmitted via email to Phil Mattocks with
> the
> >Washington Bird Records Committee.
> >
> >The form can be found on the Washington Ornithological Society
> website at
> >http://www.wos.org
> >
> >The purpose of the Washington Bird Records Committee is to expand our
> knowledge
> >of the range and distribution (including changes over time) of bird
> species in
> >Washington State by examining documented reports of birds. While the
> >distribution of common birds is fairly well known, there is a quite
> extensive
> >list of species for which reports are requested. These "review
> species" are
> >italicized in the Checklist of Washington Birds, also available on
> the WOS
> >website.
> >
> >The Washington Bird Records Committee would also be interested in
> reports of
> >more common birds that are out-of-season or outside their normal
> ranges -- for
> >extreme examples, a winter sighting of a Black-headed Grosbeak or a
> Spokane
> >sighting of a Tufted Puffin should be reported.
> >
> >If you have any problems with the form, please let me know.
> >
> >== Michael Hobbs
> >== Washington Ornithological Society webmaster
> >== http://www.wos.org
> >== email: WOSweb at wos.org
> >
>
>