Michael,

I am wondering about the basis for your statement that the WESTERN
BLUEBIRD sighting at Juanita Bay Park "seems early to me by about a
week".

To the best of my knowledge, WESTERN BLUEBIRD populations west of the
Cascades are largely or entirely non-migratory. Even in the Okanagan
Valley of B.C., east of the Cascades, a sizable percentage of the
Western Bluebird population remains all winter.

Do you have some information on "arrival dates" of Western Bluebirds
in the Puget Sound area? If so, I'd be interested in seeing it.

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


----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Hobbs <Hummer at isomedia.com>
To: Tweeters (E-mail) <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:38 PM
Subject: Western Bluebird at Juanita Bay Park yesterday 3/11/2002


> Tweets - Ernie Brown, a ranger at Juanita Bay Wetlands Park in
Kirkland
> photographed one of two Western Bluebirds he saw there on Monday,
3/11/2002.
>
> I've put the picture on the web at
http://www.wos.org/images/Bluebird.JPG
>
> To our knowledge, this is the first time this species has been
recorded in that
> park. It also seems early to me by about a week.
>
> == Michael Hobbs
> == Kirkland WA
> == hummer at isomedia.com
>