Subject: Black Tern
Date: May 14 18:08:10 2000
From: Noyes - noyes at olypen.com


Hey Tweets,
Can someone please provide driving directions to Mountlake Fill, as well as
Shoreview Park?
Thanx :)

Elizabeth Noyes
Port Angeles, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Constance J. Sidles" <csidles at mail.isomedia.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 11:28 AM
Subject: Black Tern


> Hey tweets, Get down to the Fill right away. There's a BLACK TERN foraging
> on the lake just south of the main pond. As if that weren't enough, a male
> REDHEAD in full breeding plummage is on the main pond, along with 8 (count
> 'em) male CINNAMON TEALS, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, a
> MOURNING DOVE, a few AMERICAN PIPITS, two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, a BREWER'S
> BLACKBIRD.
>
> Not enough for ya? Okay, then check out the male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD near
> the wedding rock, the immature BALD EAGLE that likes to overfly the Fill
> periodically, the RED-TAILED HAWK that is a real big 'un and likes to
perch
> in the cottonwoods near the parking lot, the LINCOLN'S SPARROW that seems
> to have established a foraging/refuge spot in the cattails, the NORTHERN
> ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW flying amongst the numerous VIOLET-GREENS and TREE
> SWALLOWS, and the herd of VAUX'S SWIFTS seen a few evenings ago swarming
> all over the place.
>
> Sorry, still no Steller's sea eagles, but I'm a-hopin'. - Connie Sidles,
> Seattle, e-mail: csidles at mail.isomedia.com
>
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