Subject: Marymoor starlings acting like swallows
Date: Oct 18 15:02:00 2002
From: Maureen Ellis - me2 at u.washington.edu


Starlings seem so remarkably adaptive. I've seen them display swallow,
flycatcher, and even shorebird foraging behaviors.
Cheers and good birding, me2
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School of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 Bobvanden at aol.com wrote:

> I saw the same thing a few days ago at the Montlake Fill over the main and
> dime lot
> ponds.
> On Oct. 17 still lots of yellow-rumped warblers at the Fill. First bufflehead
> appeared on the bay last Friday.
> Bob Vandenbosch
>