For those of you interested in an Eastside (of Lk. Wash.) excursion, East
Lake Washington Audubon Society has compiled a bird list for Juanita Bay
Park. Kirkland Parks printed them, so could send you one. Or we could mail
you one, too.

----- Original Message -----
From: Eugene Hunn <hunnhome at accessone.com>
To: <nyneve at u.washington.edu>
Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: montlake fill was slow tonight


Discovery Park offers a bird checklist which is quite comprehensive and
accurate. You can pick one up at the visitor's center. Two summaries of
Montlake Fill birds have been published in Washington Birds some years ago,
one by Kevin Aanerud, the other by Ellen Ratoosh, both based on many years'
observations. The Burke Museum published a nice booklet by Fayette Krause on
the Birds of the UW Campus some years ago that is probably now out of print.
Also, my Birdins Seattle and King County book has lots of general
information about dozens of birding sites in King County. It's only $7.50
and readily available still (published in 1982, we printed too many and are
still trying to get rid of them!).;

Gene Hunn.

At 11:57 AM 5/15/99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>hello tweets and bob.
>
>i don't know if there is a list such as what you describe. i
>have certainly never seen such a list, if it exists.
>
>i try very hard to post a census of birds seen at the fill
>twice per week, and one of those censuses (censi?) are taken
>on friday evenings, in a not-very-subtle attempt to convince
>people that there's lots of good birds to be seen at the fill
>on saturday. i take the other census whenever i have the time
>(about three hours) to do so during the week. even though i
>have birded the fill for years, i had rarely mentioned any
>sightings to tweeters until recently.
>
>anyway, i am telling you (all) this because i noticed that
>you live in the greenlake neighborhood, which is conveniently
>located near greenlake. perhaps you'd like to adopt greenlake
>as your census site, and post your bird census to tweeters
>on a regular basis? i know that i'd love to read it.
>
>you also asked about the three bunnies at the montlake fill.
>the bunnies that you saw at the fill are indeed, abandoned
>pets. some of them have been there for a few years (bob
>vandenbosch can probably tell you better than i, cuz i don't
>really pay much attention to them). there are five in total
>that i have counted, three dark brown/black ones, one white
>one with a black right eye, and one fairly large droopy-eared
>caramel-and-cream colored rabbit. every time i see those
>rabbits, i wonder aloud, "where's a bald eagle when ya need
>one!"
>
> Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
>Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
> Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
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>
>
>On Sat, 15 May 1999, Bob Mauritsen wondered:
>
>[some comments removed for brevity's sake]
>
>> Your posting makes me wonder: Do there exist, at some
>> easily accessible place, checklists for local birding
>> spots such as the Montlake Fill and Green Lake and
>> even Discovery Park and the Arboretum?
>>
>> While I'm talking about the fill, Thursday evening I saw
>> three bunnies, one small and white, another large and brown.
>> Are they people's evicted pets?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> bob mauritsen
>> Green Lake
>> Seattle
>
>