Dave,

When I first saw this message, I thought you had found parts of a dead
Mockingbird!

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops, BC
contopus at shaw.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: David Hayden <dtvhm at nwrain.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 5:23 PM
Subject: Mockingbird remains


> Today Jim Pruske and I went for the Mockingbird in Olympia. When we
> arrived Jason Paulios was there, but he did not have the bird yet.
We
> search a bit in the alley with no success. Jim and I proceeded to
walk
> the neighborhood. Still no Mockingbird. We we returned to the alley,
> Jason had left, and Larry Heinze joined the search. At 10:00am we
were
> just about to leave when the bird flew in. It first popped up on a
small
> tree in the back of the Olympia Transcription Service building, then
> flew to the ground, then popped back up in another bush, and then
flew
> across the street. The bird never went higher than 10ft from the
ground.
> The bird was photographed as well. After, we spent a few hours at
the
> Scatter Creek Wildlife Area off of Case Rd. We didn't have any
really
> good birds this time, but we had fun while the weather lasted.
>
> Olympia:
> 1 Northern Mockingbird (in alley behind the Transcription Service
bldg)
> 3 Scrub Jays
> 1 Fox Sparrow
>
> Scatter Creek:
> 2 imm. Bald Eagles
> 2 adult Red Tailed Hawks
> 1 Scrub Jay
> 6 Western Meadowlarks
> 17 Red Crossbills
> 4 Brown Creepers
> 1 Fox Sparrow
>
> Dave Hayden
> Lakewood WA
> dtvhm at nwrain.com