To all tweeters posters,

With so many postings to read, it's important be able to quickly figure out
where the birds were seen. I very much appreciate it when I can easily and
quickly determine just which part of our region birds were seen in. All of
us know where Seattle is and most of us know where Olympia is, but few of us
know where "River Road" is and which river, county, state or province it's
in. I very much appreciate it when I can immediately tell which part of the
state(or province), which ecoregion e.g. Eastern WA, Western WA, Olympics,
Cascades, South Puget Prairies, Columbia Basin, Okanagan Highlands, etc.
which city/town and preferably county. Good immediate habitat info is also
valued. The following is a good example, though weather conditions are a
bonus, but not always important. Most of us wouldn't need a county to find
Olympia, but many of us would even need it for Ellensburg.

Thank You All

Stewart Wechsler
Seattle, WA (county un-necessary in this case)
Habitat: Urban Jungle
Puget Lowlands (particularly un-needed as no sightings included in this
message)
Weather cloudy (not particularly important in this case)
ecostewart at quidnunc.net


-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Wayne C. Weber
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 8:52 AM
To: TWEETERS
Subject: Birds observed at Capitol Lake, Olympia, on November 6, 2003


Census type: Personal Count
Counters: 1
Hours counted: 1.5

Temperature: 46 degrees Fahrenheit
Wind direction: E prevailing wind speed: 12-19 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

Note:

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber between about 2:30
and 4:00 PM on November 6, 2003 at Capitol Lake, Olympia, WA.


4 Pied-billed Grebe
4 Double-crested Cormorant
60 Gadwall
12 American Wigeon
20 Mallard
8 Northern Shoveler [1]
8 Canvasback [2]
3 Redhead [3]
7 Ring-necked Duck [4]
10 Greater Scaup
200 Lesser Scaup
50 Bufflehead
15 Ruddy Duck
45 American Coot
2 Mew Gull
12 Ring-billed Gull
50 Glaucous-winged Gull
200 Rock Dove
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Northern Flicker
2 American Crow
1 American Robin
1 Song Sparrow
5 Dark-eyed Junco


Footnotes:
[1] N. Shoveler-- all females
[2] Canvasback-- 4 males, 4 females
[3] Redhead-- 2 males, 1 female. Males coming out of eclipse, not
quite in full breeding plumage yet
[4] Ring-necked Duck-- 5 males, 2 females


Total number of species: 24



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