Subject: Least Flycatcher records
Date: Jun 5 21:18:23 2003
From: Mark Egger - megger at attbi.com


Yes, they can turn up in VERY odd places. A few years back I had one
"che-bec"ing away like crazy in a tiny remnant willow patch along Hwy
99 in S Seattle, near the Airport -- first heard it as I was sitting
at a traffic light with my window rolled down!

Mark


>Now is the time to be watching for Least Flycatchers. There are a
>few counties in eastern Washington that Least Flycatchers have never
>been reported. If anyone knows about records from the below
>counties please let me know. Otherwise keep your ears ready just in
>case you are the 1'st person to hear them in these counties.
>
>EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WITH NO LEAST FLYCATCHER RECORDS:
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>Columbia
>Franklin
>Garfield
>Walla Walla
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>also here's a list of western Washington counties without any records:
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>Clallam
>Grays Harbor
>Island
>Jefferson
>Kitsap
>Lewis
>Mason
>Pacific
>San Juan
>Skamania
>Wahkiakum
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ken Knittle, Vancouver, WA
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Mark Egger
Seattle, WA

megger at attbi.com