Yvonne et al,
Jack Stevens and 10 of my Ecology students went 4/5 on falcons yesterday at
the flats. We missed a Merlin, but had rainy, windswept looks at the other
four. Not the nicest day to be out. We did get a respite in the weather as
we headed up to Farm Slough in British Columbia for the Brambling.
Unfortunately we just missed the bird. C'est La vie.

Barry Levine
Seattle

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 ravenn at premier1.net wrote:

> A drive up to the Samish and Skagit Flats brought four Falcon species to
> Margi Palmer and myself. We missed seeing a Gryfalcon today. We found
> an American Kestrel on the Frontage Road in Mount Vernon. A very wet
> Peregrine sat on a telephone pole on Cook Road east of Hwy 11 and
> another Peregrine flew across a field and then landed near Sunset Road.
> A Prairie Falcon was hanging around the West 90 and with the help of Ian
> McGregor we hung around long enough for it to show itself. A Merlin
> flew from a tree off of Chilberg Rd just North of Fir Island.
>
> Other highlights included a Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl and a Cooper's
> Hawk. We found 5+ Rough-legged Hawks, numerous Northern Harriers, Bald
> Eagles and Red-tailed Hawks including a Harlans at the West 90. A fun
> day with NO rain.
>
> Yvonne Bombardier
> Everett, Wa
> ravenn at premier1.net
>