Subject: commuting Osprey
Date: Jun 7 20:52:43 2001
From: Ruth Taylor - rutht at seanet.com


Dennis and Tweeters:
Could there be an inexperienced pair eyeing the reservoir near Roosevelt &
85th? While this sounds far-fetched, last summer I saw a pair circling over
92nd & Roosevelt as I headed north; when I returned a little later, there
was a pair of adults perched near the reservoir.
Stranger things have happened. :-)

Ruth

Ruth Taylor
Seattle
rutht at seanet.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Paulson <dpaulson at ups.edu>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:33 AM
Subject: commuting Osprey


>Heading for work this morning, at about 7 a.m. we were driving south on
>Roosevelt just north of 50th St. NE, and there came a female Osprey heading
>north not very far above the tops of the utility poles, carrying a huge
>stick in its feet! I pulled over and walked back along Roosevelt looking
>for the nest but saw neither the bird nor an obvious place for a nest.
>What was it doing there? Many birds add material to their nests
>constantly, so it could be carrying nesting material even this late in the
>season--but on Roosevelt?
>
>Dennis Paulson, Director phone 253-879-3798
>Slater Museum of Natural History fax 253-879-3352
>University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
>Tacoma, WA 98416
>http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/museum.html
>
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