Kirk,
Thank you for letting me know that Soras had been seen in this area
earlier. If this was the same area that the Soras were seen on the
Tweeters FT then I would assume that there wuld be little or no question
as to ID.
Again thank you,

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood


On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, K Scarbrough wrote:

> Carol, Tweets,
>
> Marti Anderson heard two Sora in the Frager Rd marsh on 12/27/98
> during the Kent-Auburn CBC. I was unsuccessful with a Sora tape
> on several days during the week following the count. Glad to hear
> that you had more luck. I did get a Virginia Rail to walk out of the
> reeds right at my feet during one of my visits. Always a thrill for me.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Kirk Scarbrough
> Kent, WA
>
> >This is Carol Schulz. The Field Trip to Kent Ponds, on 1/24/99 was a real
> >success.
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >At the end of the official field trip, a good-size group of us went over to
> >a marsh on the other side of the river (Frager Road). ...<snip>... We THINK we
> >heard a Sora, but we certainly did not see one. (I'll discuss this in another msg.)
> >But the Virginia Rails went crazy responding to the tape. It sounded like there
> >were about 6-8 of them only about 15 feet away, but we never saw them! This
> >was a very interesting experience for most of the birders who were there.
>
>