We also had a huge fireworks display on the 4th that went on until long
after I hit the hay. While I was still up wondering how much money my
neighbors spent on all that stuff, I did see a barn owl that was for a short
time, one or two flights to different trees, quite shook up about the bombs
bursting in air. Everything was back to normal the next morning. I guess
it is a lucky thing they kept all their celebrating until 10 PM when most
birds were already roosting for the night.

Louise
Eatonville
-----Original Message-----
From: SCRBJAY at aol.com <SCRBJAY at aol.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 4:11 PM
Subject: The Day After (the 4th)


>Tweets,
>
>Someone (Michelle?) posted that all their birds left after the fireworks on
>the 4th of July so I decided to do a little back yard survey today to see
>what if anything was missing.
>
>I must say last night reminded me of some night in Viet Nam in
1969...Flares
>all over, bombs going off, lots of small bangs and pops. I went outside
about
>10:30 (never did that in 'Nam) and there was a cloud of cordite smoke
hanging
>over the neighborhood. Didn't see any casualties, thank God. End of
>similiarity.
>
>This morning I had the usual cast of characters at my feeders: JUNCOS,
HOUSE
>FINCH, PINE SISKINS, MOURNING DOVE, GOLDFINCH, and more SONG SPARROWS then
>usual. I also had a couple of juvenile RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS zipping around
as
>usual. I did not see any change from normal. The RED CROSSBILL that has
been
>hanging around for the last couple of days also showed up today as did the
>STARLINGS and COWBIRDS. If the fireworks scare the birds off I must have a
>bunch of combat vets that visit my place. By the way this development is
>fairly new. I've been here 4 years this coming weekend and I guess the last
>house was finished 2 years ago.
>
>Bill Ward and I did see a squirreley SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Black Lake
Meadows
>this morning. We first spotted it sitting on top of a swallow nest box.
Next
>it flew to a small brushy stump where it landed in the branches and sat for
a
>while. Later it flew down to the mud flats and acted like a sandpiper
before
>flying back to the top of a swallow nest box again. Maybe he (she?) was a
bit
>shell shocked from last night?
>
>Phil Kelley
>Lacey, WA
>scrbjay at aol.com
>
> We were few and they were plenty. Now we are plenty and they are few.
> Confucius