> > Tweeters
As a neophyte at this game I obviously have a lot to learn on "Tweeter
Etiquette" From now on I will be certain to include full names of species
reported. For those who don't use alpha codes, the report should have read:
> > A short session this morning around Sechelt turned up the first Osprey
of
> > the season, 1 nesting Killdeer (3 eggs), many White-crowned sparrows
(WCSP),
> > 8 red necked Grebe (RNGR), 6 Horned Grebe (HOGR) including lots of
displays, 5 Common Loon(COLO), 3 Red Tailed Hawk (RTHA),7 Bald Eagle
(BAEA),
> including
> > one "nest-sitting", I suspect on eggs as s/he has been there pretty well
> all
> > week. Also 50 Black Turnstones(BLTU) and 5 Surfbirds.
> > Also a Black-Capped Chickadee, rarely seen this far up the Coast,
although
> > this is the 2nd one this year.
Also had Northern Rough-winged, Violet Green and Tree Swallows.

Rand Rudland
Halfmoon Bay, BC
(Sunshine Coast)
mailto:randrudland at dccnet.com