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> From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> To: tweeters at uwashington.edu
> Subject: SUNSHINE BIRDING IN SEQUIM:
> Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 9:26 AM
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> Hello Tweeters,
> All what i can say,i escaped the terrible weather what been hitting
> washington for the pst week.
> Again and again it been proven so many times, the weather is always good
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> SEQUIM.
> I started out in the morning looking for the Slaty-backed Gull with no
> luck. But i went back in the afternoon around 3.00 PM and the Gull was on
> the opposite where the Gull was sighted before. The property belongs to
the
> city.It was not the best look i had of the Slaty-backed Gull but i could
> manage to seesome good details what stands out on this Gull. With proable
> seeing this species arond 50 times one can tell real fast to pick this
gull
> out, even so this Gull is not the typical dark mantle Gull.I remember
> seeing this paticular plumage on two different Gulls in 1993 in Savie
> Island.Also a photo i have from Revelstoke B.C. where Patrick foud this
> bird in 1993 which have the exact colour this bid have.
> .I birded all day and came up with 48 Species, which could be higher, but
> taken photos at the same time.
> Highligts where:
> 1 SLATY-BACKED GULL
> 4 EURASIAN WIGEON
> 4 PEREGRINE FALCON (PHOTOS)
> 7TRUMPETER SWANS
> 8 OLDSQUAW
> 200 DUNLIN
> 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS(PHOTOS)
> I spend alone on the Short eared Owls almost 2 hours, this getting close
> enough for a good photo
> This was the third time i been seeing this two Owls at this location, at
> Dungeness refuge.
> Ruth Sullivan
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