Are Ravens really so unusual in the Seattle area?

Scott Ray
Yakima, WA

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From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Waller
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:16 AM
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: RE: Raven in NE Seattle


Tweets
Becky Barker from the Zoo's Raptor Education Program and I both saw a
Raven on Thursday. I saw it flying east over the Aurora Bridge and Becky
saw it near the University.

Mike Waller
Normandy Park, Washington

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From: Li, Kevin [mailto:Kevin.Li at METROKC.GOV]
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 9:48 PM
To: 'tweeters at u.washington.edu'
Cc: 'tom.aversa at zoo.org'
Subject: Raven in NE Seattle



Tonight I was playing tennis at the University of WA on the north
campus, and I was startled to hear a raven about 8pm; I nearly dropped
my racket. A moment later I saw the bird fly across the tennis court and
into a thicket in the pine trees on the south end of Hutchinson Hall.
Seconds later it flew south-southeast toward McMahon Hall.

When I was a teenager in Maryland I was playing tennis and I saw a
pileated woodpecker fly across the edge of the courts, a life bird for
me then. At the time I dropped my racket and sprinted into the nearby
woods to get a better look. It was a good day.

Kevin Li
Ballard, USA
kdli at msn.com