Hi Tweets -

I went up to Spencer Island this afternoon to try to get a better look at the
Red-shouldered Hawk. I did find the hawk, and got two brief looks at it, but
the Better Look escaped me. At around 3:00 p.m. it flew from the north,
landing in the trees NE of the porta-potty. At the time, I was at the hunting
boundary point on the western part of the loop trail. I hustled back to the
barn, finally saw the hawk, and as I brought my binocs up to my eyes, it flew
deeper into the trees and disappeared never to be seen again (in the next half
hour, at least).

While I was at the Island, I witnessed some illegal shooting. At the time, I
was on the cross-island dike trail (where I *saw* two VIRGINIA RAIL), and I
heard some shooting coming from the barn. With my scope I watched two men, one
with a gun, standing at the end of the barn trail shooting in random
directions, apparently just to see the ducks fly. They were *not* in hunting
garb, and while I know next to nothing about firearms, I believe he had a
pellet gun or rifle, not a shotgun. I saw the men quite well through my scope
and could describe them. Of course, I don't have anything useful like a
licence plate number. Is there anyone to whom I can report this anyway?

He was wearing a distinctive blue nylon jacket with a white or grey picture of
Alaska on the back with what appeared to be a viking ship on it, with red and
white sails flying over a blue ship.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== hummer at isomedia.com