As I reported on 9/21/03, I also saw a Great Egret in this area. It was on
the Waatch River along the road to Cape Flattery. That was on 9/21.

Alyssa Sampson
Seattle


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Riddell" <cariddell at mac.com>
To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: Great Egret at Neah Bay


> I was quite interested in Ed Newbold's report of a Great Egret on the
Waatch
> River at Neah Bay over the weekend. I, too, reported that three of us
> observed one on the weekend of the Olympic Beaches Cleanup, that was
either
> the last weekend of April or the first weekend of May. Those of us who
> spend time on the Makah Reservation need to be particularly watchful for
> this species. It will be interesting to see if we can document sustained
> presence this far north on the Olympic Peninsula.
>
> Carol Riddell
> Edmonds