Today I saw a pair of Bewick's Wrens gathering nest lining material.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA denrockwell at surfbest.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Paulson" <dpaulson at ups.edu>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:58 PM
Subject: spring has sprung


> I haven't been checking tweeters lately, so perhaps there are many
> messages to this effect, but my first real sign of spring was a
> Band-tailed Pigeon in full display flight over the woods adjacent to
> this building just now, first time I've seen that this year (and I'm
> looking out this window every day). Of course the crocuses have been
> blooming in our yard for some time, but I like to look for seasonal
> phenomena among the native species.
> --
> 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
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> Tacoma, WA 98416-1088
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