Oops. Sent this from the wrong account last week:

Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:13:14 -0700
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
From: Mike Wagenbach <wagen at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Sleeping Lady (Leavenworth) report, and Townsend's Solitaire
question

Visited the Sleeping Lady resort just outside of Leavenworth for our UW
departmental retreat Tuesday and Wednesday, and had pretty good luck
for
the 3-4 hours I was able to spend birding. The resort is just across
the
river from the previous Icicle Creek fire, and downstream of this
year's
fire. More birds seemed present than on previous years, so perhaps
this
year's fires pushed local breeders into the area and/or made the spot
more of a migrant trap.

Absolute numbers impossible to say, since sightings over 24 hours in
the
area could be same individuals. Also, Wed. morning was so birdy that I
could not keep good counts of all the individuals moving through the
Ponderosas. Had all 3 nuthatches, with up to about a dozen individuals
visible at any one time. Mountain Chickadee and BCCD peaked at 3-4
individuals per sitting. Western Bluebirds seen in a group of about
5-7
each day. Yellow-rumped Warblers seemed more abundant on Wednesday,
maybe a fall-out?, with a group of about 8 vs. 1-2 seen at a time on
Tuesday,
No other warblers, at least that I could ID. Two Dippers, one Pine
Siskin. Stellar's Jays almost omnipresent, but only 1-2 at a time.
One
flicker, one female Hairy Woodpecker, one male and one immature
White-headed Woodpecker (life bird), presumably thanks to the expanse
of
standing deadwood nearby, from the earlier fire. The immature
White-headed first flushed virtually at my shoulder from a small tree
10
feet from the dining hall, and continued to forage on nearby trees for
the
15 minutes I cared to keep watching it. Belted Kingfisher heard, not
seen. Driving a mile or so up the canyon to view the scary creekbed
with
a kayaking buddy, saw 3 Ruffed Grouse, 1 male, 2 ?, at the edge of a
recently, lightly burned area.

Belated question: Had a pair of Townsend's Solitaire at the south
parking
lot of Discovery Park two Saturdays ago, just after 8 AM, before the
first
wave of joggers and off-leash dogs. Not a species I expected there.
Is
this typical?

Mike Wagenbach
wagenATuDOTwashingtonDOTedu
Seattle
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Mike Wagenbach wagen13 at yahoo.com
wagenATuDOTwashingtonDOTedu Seattle WA

"I like to get to work early, so I can discard a pet hypothesis before breakfast." Konrad Lorenz

I'd settle for Happy Hour.

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