Dear Sherry,
This was indeed a good effort to save this bird.The Red Phalaropes what got
washed up on Ocean Shores had signs of starvation when there got washed up
to the beaches.Hopeful this bird maybe get saved.

Have a "MERRY CHRISTMAS"

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherry Hagen" <littlebirder at netzero.net>
To: "tweeters message" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:26 PM
Subject: Red Phalarope in Clark Co.


> We got a call today from a farmer east of Ridgefield NWR and I-5 about a
> bird he found in his barn yard and he was afraid the barn cats would get
it.
> The bird did not fly when he approached it but he did not think it was
> injured, just tired. When we got there he was in the road with a stick and
> the RED PHALAROPE kept following him and his stick. It had drooping wings.
> It was easy for me to pick it up and put it in a box. I took it to
Portland
> Audubon Wildlife Care Center where Bob Salinger said it was very much
under
> weight and they would try to get it too eat... not an easy job in
captivity.
> Hope the little guy makes it.
>
>
> Sherry Hagen
> Vancouver, WA
> littlebirder at netzero.net
>
>