Subject: Chukar in Silver Lake
Date: Dec 6 10:17:25 2001
From: Dennis K Rockwell - dennis.rockwell at gte.net


Jack,

I would presume not, as the west side of the Cascades just doesn't have any
habitat that would sustain Chukar and they're not a species noted for long
distance travel.

Chukar are popular with game bird breeders and collectors, etc.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Stephens <jstephens62 at attbi.com>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 06, 2001 6:17 AM
Subject: Chukar in Silver Lake


>A non-birding friend reported a Chukar in her yard in Silver Lake, just
>south of Everett. I was thinking that it was in fact a California Quail,
>until she produced photos to confirm the ID. I presume this is an escaped
or
>released bird, but still it is an interesting sighting. Have wild Chukar
>ever been sighted this side of the mountains?
>
>Jack Stephens
>Edmonds, WA
>jstephens62 at attbi.com
>Use FRS 11/22 when birding the Pacific Northwest
>
>