At 12:00 PM -0700 5/16/99, Bob Mauritsen wrote:
>I saw three WESTERN TANAGERS at Green Lake this morning.
>One pair, male+female, were in a tall maple tree near the
>middle of the north border of the putting area at the SE
>corner of the lake. Good ID on both of them, although the
>male is easy. The third was a male just SW of the Bath
>House in the trees west of the path. There may have been
>a female, but I couldn't be sure. First ones I've seen
>this year, and I think they're the first ones I've ever
>seen at GL.

Bob-
Had to chuckle - read your post *just after* seeing the first
Western Tanager I've ever had at the house here in Burien.
Just saw one - a bright male.
jeff small

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