----- Original Message -----
> Hey Tweeters,
> A quick question for those who keep track - when do Swainson's
> Thrushes typically vacate our area? Wahl & Paulson list them as leaving in
> mid-August, but obviously this is in error as I detected at least 34 in a
> couple of hours of listening to migrants last night and have been hearing
> them nightly. I presume they'll be apparent for at least a couple of more
> weeks.
> Charlie Wright
> Birdking88 at aol.com
> Sumner, WA

Charlie and Tweets -

At Marymoor, last sighting dates from the previous 8 years (remember I
usually only go once a week):

04-Sep-97
12-Sep-01
12-Sep-96
12-Sep-02*
14-Sep-95
15-Sep-94
16-Sep-99
17-Sep-98
04-Oct-00

* We heard one at Marymoor last Thursday, 9/12 - obviously we don't know yet
if that's the last of the season

With the exception of 2000 (where they were seen continuously through
September and up to that last October sighting), they seem to have left
around the middle of September.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
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