Tweeters, with all this Merlin talk lately I had a question about the
subspecies encountered in Eastern WA. Last week Gary Wiles and I saw a
columbarius/Taiga Merlin on the Waterville Plateau, is this the race most
often encountered east of the Cascades? This was my first good look at the
Taiga form. Just curious.

Also does anyone know of a good book dealing with Eastern WA natural
history? As we drove some of the back roads over in Lincoln CO. I realized
that I knew absolutely nothing about the history of the land or the habitat
there (WA neophyte). One of my maps stated something about the "Winthrow
Moraine- Ice Age Limit of Glacier"...we did notice quite a few boulders in
the fields there, I assume these were a result of the glacier. Thanks.

Jason Paulios
JPaulios at earthlink.net
Olympia, WA





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