There's a population in Magnuson Park. Most of them hang around the shrubs
near the entrance to NOAA (the north end of the park along the lakeshore).

I'd be surprised if this population will last too many more years. They
must be highly inbred, since they are totally cut off from any outside
population. One bad winter or disease outbreak and they'll be gone.

Kelly Cassidy


-----Original Message-----
From: David Chelimer <chelimer at earthlink.net>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, April 09, 2000 9:56 AM
Subject: Quail Query


>A great time to ask what I've been meaning to: It used to be that I could
>show California Quail to out-of-town visitors by trips to the Washington
>Park Arboretum or Seward Park. But that was long ago. Now I can't even be
>sure that I'll find them at the Montlake Fill.
>
>Can anyone help me with a location or two, as close to downtown Seattle as
>possible, or if not all that close, what other "good" birds might be there
>to wow my friends from back East? I'm getting tired of driving to the Wenas
>area via I-90 and back on 2 past Stevens Pass only to hear the snoring of
my
>poorly time-adjusted friends while I drive.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Cheers,
>
>David Chelimer
>Seattle
>chelimer at earthlink.net
>