Here I am back in Tacoma after a day's absence. The courtyard of the
building has even more tanagers than it did on Monday. I can't look
out without seeing one or more flying from tree to tree, sometimes 2
or 3 at once. I estimate there may be as many as 30-40 in the grove
of trees that surround this large building. I haven't seen any other
migrants during intermittent observations. Sex ratio seems about
even. This is quite an amazing phenomenon. I saw no tanagers at all
from my yard in Seattle yesterday but did see my first Black-headed
Grosbeak for the yard this year.
--
Dennis Paulson, Director phone 253-879-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 253-879-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
1500 N. Warner, #1088
Tacoma, WA 98416-1088
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/museum.html