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> From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> To: Chuck Cretin <cretin at eskimo.com>
> Subject: Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 9:49 PM
>
> Hello Chuck,
> Thank you so verry much for you fast respond. This bird could feed in the
> nearby houses on onother feeder.It was nice of you to let us all know you
> had a rare bird in you yard. Since i already here to sent this message i
> have to let all birders know about the mishap and the good news few
minutes
> later.
> Ithis come back from Joyce in Clallam Co.(long drive) i was watching my
> birds in the yard. Lot"s of activity was going on. I have sometime now on
> 15 Chickadees(both species and 8 Red-brested Nuthatches comming to my
> feeders and expecial to my dripping bird-bath. I looked and i saw two
birds
> in the bird-bath hanging on the dripper the Chestnut-backed Chickadee in
> the bird-bath flittering around my beautiful adult male Golden-crowned
> Kinglet. As he was sttling in to the water, on the edge i saw two paws
> following the big head of a cat.He took the Kinglet with one fast swing ,
i
> screamed real loud knocket on the window run downstairs fast ' but it ws
to
> late. By the time going ouside the cat took the bird,there was no trace
of
> the cat and he took this bird with him.I never felt so bad to loose this
> little bird i could not describe the feelings i had all evening.Later in
> the evening my Son spotted a male Anna's Hummingbird in my back yard also
> in a dripping bird bath, i watched this bird least for 10 long minutes
> chasing of the Black-capped Chickadee than drinking from the dripper and
> also splashing the water around, he give a show to watch. After he was
> finnish he flew in our tall Birch Tree where he was staying for a while
and
> departed over our house.Hopefull i will see him maybe back on our feeder.
> This is our third record sofar seeing an Anna's here in my yard.So the
day
> was kind of bad not seeing the Hooded Oriole and loosing one of my
precious
> birds, but in the end all turned out ok.
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma
>
>
>
>
>
> here seeing
>
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> > From: Chuck Cretin <cretin at eskimo.com>
> > To: godwit at worldnet.att.net
> > Subject: Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> > Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 8:46 PM
> >
> > Ruth,
> >
> > Unfortunately I think the grosbeak has departed. Between 5:30 PM
> Thursday
> > and 5:00 PM Friday I saw the bird 8 times on my feeder scarfing down
> > sunflower seeds. Despite a constant vigil from 7:00 AM until 6:00 PM
> today
> > the bird hasn't been seen since. Rick Romea spent some time here along
> > with Greg Toffic and others but unfortunately no more sightings. If it
> > miraculously shows up again I will post the information. The area the
> bird
> > was seen is just off the NW corner of Inverness Ravine Park around 43rd
> AVE
> > NE and NE 88th and NE 87th Streets in Seattle.
> >
> > Chuck Cretin
> >
> > At 08:27 PM 7/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Hello Tweeters,
> > >I this returned from a trip to the Ocean. I was exoecting some NEWS on
> > >tweeter from the Rose-breasted Grosbeak.Since it was sighted in
Seattle
> > >where are lot's of birders live, i expected that some of the birders
> there
> > >would check it out.This would be as good of sightings than the Hooded
> > >Oriole in Joyce. So is there any news on it what some one can
> share???????
> > >Report on our Ocean trip will follow.
> > >Ruth Sullivan
> > >Tacoma
> > >
> > >----------
> > >> From: Dan Victor <dcv at scn.org>
> > >> To: Chuck Cretin <cretin at eskimo.com>
> > >> Cc: Tweeters (Cascadia) Birding Email <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> > >> Subject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> > >> Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 1:53 PM
> > >>
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> > >> This message is being forwarded to Tweeters (by Dan Victor) because
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> > >> with any responses.
> > >>
> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > >> From: Chuck Cretin <cretin at eskimo.com>
> > >>
> > >> Hi Tweets,
> > >>
> > >> I have been off tweeters for about a year but this seemed
noteworthy.
> I
> > >> have had a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak on my sunflower seed feeder
for
> > >the
> > >> last two days. In my thirty years of backyard bird watching I have
> never
> > >> seen one before. My bird books indicate that this guy should not be
> > >here.
> > >> I live about a mile from the Seattle Audubon in Wedgwood in NE
> Seattle.
> > >> If anyone responds please include me at my personal email
> > >> cretin at eskimo.com.
> > >>
> > >> Chuck Cretin
> > >> Wedgwood in NE Seattle
> > >> cretin at eskimo.com
> > >
> > >