Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Sunday birds
Date: Apr 10 22:56:30 2002
From: Dennis K Rockwell - dennis.rockwell at gte.net
>Hello Tweets,
>
>Would anyone care to comment on the recent record of a dozen Pectoral
>Sandpipers in Whitman Co.?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Patrick Sullivan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Thomas L Weber" <tweber at wsu.edu>
>To: <inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:09 AM
> ---------To our joy and greatest surprise however was the return of water
to the
>> seasonal pond just west of the Lamont city limits-----a dozen Pectoral
Sandpipers; and a dozen Western Sandpipers----------
Patrick & Tweets,
Comment? OK , eight days earlier than any records I'm aware of and a high
number in spring for inland--
hum-m-m-m-m. I wish I'd been there and had a camera. I wish I knew how
certain Tom was of his ID of those 12 birds. I wish I knew how familiar
Tom was with Pectoral Sandpipers.
Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely
rearranging their prejudices.
William James (1842-1910)