I have read that many shorebirds are very active at night, but I don't know
that from personal experience.

Dan Lindsay, Bellevue
susandan2 at earthlink.net
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>From: "John Fleckenstein" <JFMM490 at wadnr.gov>
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: Iceland gull
>Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2000, 9:18 AM
>

>Folks,
>I tried to stay away from this debate but find I must make two comments.
>Many points have been raised, then repeated until they are badly bruised
>and might be good candidates for rehabilitation or euthanasia. I find,
>however, two points have not been discussed openly.
>
>Most EMail systems have an option that allows response without inclusion of
>previous EMails. Our call and response exchanges can result in very
>lengthy messages if previous EMails are included. Delving into your EMail
>system might give you a chance to reduce this use of bandwidth and relax a
>little. Second, its and it's each have a place in our language. Those
>places are separate but entirely equal. If "it is" fits, "it's" is
>correct. If it owns something, "its" is it. (Since I don't clutter my
>head with rules for inclusion and exclusion of birds on a life list, I can
>collect useful and arcane grammar rules.)
>
>Birds...oh yes.
>
>On Sat. night around 10, my wife and I were down at East Bay in Olympia,
>gaping at a 50 foot tri hull boat. It's a white fiberglass monster that
>seems to be doing 30 knots while tied up. We finally got distracted by
>birds. The tide was very low with extensive mud flats. 30+ large shore
>birds were feeding on the flats. They were quite vocal; a semi musical
>single note. They may have been yellow legs. The area was lit by street
>lights, but I wondered if the birds would be present even in the dark. A
>feeding bonanza like this tide couldn't be too common. They probably don't
>need much light to feed, but finding the flats and watching for predators
>can't be too easy. Does anyone know about shorebirds feeding in the dark?
>
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