Skagit County alone now has (at last count) somewhere in the neighborhood of
20 records, occurring almost annually in recent falls.

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






>From: Russell Rogers <rrogers at olypen.com>
>Reply-To: rrogers at olypen.com
>To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Re: Great Egrets in Western WA
>Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:57:56 -0800
>
>In western WA, I have about 180 records of Great Egret in my database. Of
>those 65 are for Nov through March. I don't think that I can say with any
>certainty that any records would refer to the same birds or not.
>
>Russell
>
>Ruth Sullivan wrote:
>
>>Hello Russell,
>>I am looking at my photos in 1995.We found one Egret on 8-14-1995 and
>>again
>>i photographed this bird on 8-29-1995.This bird was in the canal where the
>>Water tower is and also on the game range and on the 25th on Damon
>>Point.Is
>>this bird what you listed on 12-26 -1995 onother bird ,or did the bird we
>>had in August the same?
>>There also where several Great Egrets in the Kent Ponds in earlier times
>>when there was a lot of rareties benn sighted.I also took photos of this
>>birds what i can not find at this moment.I believe this was in 1994.
>>
>>Ruth Sullivan
>>Tacoma
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Russell Rogers" <rrogers at olypen.com>
>>To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>>Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:48 AM
>>Subject: Re: Great Egrets in Western WA
>>
>>
>>>Here are the winter (November to Feb) Pacific and Grays Harbor County
>>>records for Great Egret that I have in my database for 1993-2000. I
>>>think that this is far from complete.
>>>
>>>1 12/31/1993 Westport Grays Harbor
>>>1 12/26/1995 Ocean Shores Grays Harbor
>>>1 12/19/1996 Westport Grays Harbor
>>>1 1/27/1998 Westport Grays Harbor
>>>1 2/13/1998 Westport Grays Harbor
>>>1 2/17/1998 Westport Grays Harbor
>>>1 12/20/1998 Grays Harbor Grays Harbor
>>>1 1/9/1999 Bay Center Pacific
>>>8 11/25/1999 Westport Grays Harbor
>>>2 1/22/2000 Westport Pelagic Grays Harbor
>>>
>>>Russell
>>>
>>>Paul Webster wrote:
>>>
>>>>The report of a Great Egret at Ocean Shores is very interesting. We
>>>>have
>>>>
>>a
>>
>>>>few old records of these in Pacific County, but nothing in recent years:
>>>>
>>one
>>
>>>>hunkered down in bad weather in the small marsh on US 101 by the Palix
>>>>
>>River
>>
>>>>near Bay Center on 1/2/82, one at Leadbetter Point on 11/12/83. And we
>>>>
>>saw
>>
>>>>what was probably the same bird again at Leadbetter on 1/2/84.
>>>>
>>>>Paul Webster
>>>>Seattle
>>>>paul.webster at attbi.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>--
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>>>
>>--
>>
>>>Russell Rogers, Mary Moore, Emily Rogers, and Will Rogers
>>>219 South 2nd Ave.
>>>Sequim WA 98382
>>>(360) 582-3781
>>>mailto:rrogers at olypen.com
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>>>
>>--
>>
>>>Russell Rogers
>>>Fish and Wildlife Biologist
>>>Point Whitney Shellfish Laboratory
>>>Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
>>>1000 Point Whitney Road
>>>Brinnon WA 98320
>>>(360) 586-1498 ex 221
>>>mailto:rogerrer at dfw.wa.gov
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>--
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>--
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>Russell Rogers, Mary Moore, Emily Rogers, and Will Rogers
>219 South 2nd Ave.
>Sequim WA 98382
>(360) 582-3781
>mailto:rrogers at olypen.com
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Russell Rogers
>Fish and Wildlife Biologist
>Point Whitney Shellfish Laboratory
>Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
>1000 Point Whitney Road
>Brinnon WA 98320
>(360) 586-1498 ex 221
>mailto:rogerrer at dfw.wa.gov
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>
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