Subject: Guillemot in Breeding Plumage
Date: Feb 3 21:06:57 2003
From: Scott Atkinson - scottratkinson at hotmail.com


Tweeters:

We heard Pacific tree-frogs calling in breeding habitat on Jan. 31, by far
our earliest date, out here in rural Lake Stevens. Other indicators of
early spring: tulips have sprouted in our garden already, and I noted
territorial Am. Robin calls in Everett in the last week of Jan. Near
Spencer I. late on Sunday, Feb. 2, all 3 regular wrens were in song, along
with Song Sparrows and a few others. But I like Mike Patterson's hummer
report (see his sightings for Allen's and Rufous on s. OR coast Feb. 2) for
the best early spring story of the week.

These all seem about right for a winter that has seemingly never quite shown
up.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com





>From: "Mike Wile" <mikewile at attbi.com>
>Reply-To: mikewile at attbi.com
>To: <janeannesoprano at attbi.com>, "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Re: Guillemot in Breeding Plumage
>Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:40:07 -0800
>
>Along the same line, the tree frogs have begun to sing in our neighborhood.
>This seems about a month early to me.
>
>Mike Wile
>Redmond, WA
>mikewile at attbi.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Janeanne Houston" <janeannesoprano at attbi.com>
>To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:10 PM
>Subject: Guillemot in Breeding Plumage
>
>
> > I saw a Pigeon Guillemot in breeding plumage today in Lincoln Park. I
>know
> > spring is springing early this year, but this is the earliest I've seen
> > breeding plumage on the Guillemots. Comments? Also noticed the white
> > currant in bloom in the park. Winter blooming plants in my yard are a
>month
> > ahead of schedule.
> >
> >
> > Janeanne Houston
> > www.northwestartists.org
> > www.sogreatajoy.com
> > www.livingmysteries.com
> > houstojc at plu.edu
> > janeannesoprano at attbi.com
> >
> > "The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we
>take
> > leap after leap in the dark." -Agnes de Mille
> >
> >
> >
> >


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