Subject: FW: Illahee SP This Afternoon - A Bird I Forgot
Date: Feb 7 20:07:15 2004
From: MaryK - CelloBird at seanet.com


Common Raven! Being mobbed by crows! Gronk!

MK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of MaryK
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 2:37 PM
> To: Tweeters
> Subject: Illahee SP This Afternoon
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> Hullo, all of you out there in Tweeterland,
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> I made a brief visit to Illahee SP in East Bremerton today.
> Cloudy, damp, bad light, but at least it wasn't raining!
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> The most interesting thing I saw was an encounter between a
> Red-breasted Sapsucker and a Douglas Squirrel. Both were on
> the trunk of a cedar tree, the squirrel about 6' above the
> bird. The bird began its irregular-cadenced drilling at the
> tree, whereupon the squirrel charged down the tree at the
> RBSA. The bird skittered to its right; squirrel nosed at the
> area the bird had been working on. RBSA scooted up the tree,
> squirrel raced up so it was again above the bird, and the
> pattern repeated itself. This went on for about 10 min., and
> gave me a great opportunity to watch the RBSA jump up the
> tree, look at how it used its toes and tail, etc. nybody
> know if this type squirrel-sapsucker behavior is common?
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> Chestnut-backed Chickadees are almost as numerous as
> Black-capped at the part, at least this time of year. I
> enjoyed sitting at an empty campsite and listening
> to/comparing their calls, with the CBCH's noticeably rougher.
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> Birds seen/heard, in the order I can remember them:
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> CB and BC Chickadees
> Pileated Woodpecker
> Hairy Woodpecker (female)
> Red-shafted Northern Flickers
> Golden-crowned Kinglets
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet/Hutton's Vireo -
> couldn't get a good enough look;
> RCs are more summertime birds, aren't they??
> Red-breasted Nuthatches Steller's Jay Bushtits Song Sparrow
> (1 singing) American Robins (1 singing) Dark-eyed Juncos
> _____ Thrush; heard it "whit," so assume Swainson's, but...
> Surf Scoters Common Goldeneye Gull sp. (bathing) Am Wigeon
> More waterfowl but scope at home...
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> Good birding,
> Mary
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> Mary Klein
> Bremerton WA
> CelloBird at seanet.com
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