Subject: Skamania County Fallout
Date: Sep 6 20:12:15 1999
From: Ruth Sullivan - godwit at worldnet.att.net


Hi Wilson,
i remember you had somthing like this before in you yard happen, was it in
the spring? But you also mention this Cascara tree. I than ask Patrick you
must have a yard what attract lo'ts of birds Elevation and the Columbia
Gorge can also be an factor for this.PS.i din't get the Dragonflie i came
for to the skamania River.Which Dragonflie i took photos of was a male
Variegated Meadowhawk , which is common, try to make it in to somthing
rare. I have to come back there since i know now how to cross the river so
easy. I wish i had that many birds where i live, but i dont live in an area
where this could happen. Enjoy you message.

Ruth

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> From: Wilson E Cady <gorgebirds at juno.com>
> To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Cc: obol at mail.orst.edu
> Subject: Skamania County Fallout
> Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 6:47 PM
>
> I planned to spend Labor Day birding up the Gorge, but was stalled in
> heading out when I awoke with literally hundreds of birds in the trees
> around our home in Western Skamania County. I estimated that there were
> 200 AMERICAN ROBINS in the Cascara Trees along with 100 WESTERN TANAGERS,
> 20 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS, and 75 CEDAR WAXWINGS. Present in smaller
> numbers were SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, TOWNSEND'S
> WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, AND MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER. Several
> flocks of EVENING GROSBEAKS flew over while I stood on our deck. I've
> experienced fallouts in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, at High Island, Texas,
> and at Higbee Beach, New Jersey, for sheer numbers this matched those
> occasions but without the diversity of species. I like birding when there
> are so many birds around you that it is hard to look at them all.
> Hoping that others out there had as an exciting day.
> Wilson Cady
> Washougal, WA.
> gorgebirds at juno.com
>
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