Subject: Samish Gyr still there
Date: Feb 21 10:50:09 2004
From: Wheelan Drew - amazilia55 at yahoo.com


Hi all,
My friend Casey Richart and I were driving from
Bellingham to Olympia yesterday, and after Slugging
and Snailing on Chuckanut Drive we decided to check
out some birds in the flats. The waterfowl numbers
are way up there, and was neat to see. Also,
Rough-legged Hawks still abound. At the Samish unit
of the Skahit WMA, we had the Gyr Falcon on the third
utility pole East of the parking lot. It then flew to
a perch which we have seen it use before in the middle
of the marsh. A low pole. We counted six Short-eared
Owls up at one time, and had a singing Savannah
Sparrow. Also one Tundra Swan with 184 Trumpeter
Swans just North of Bow.
Good Birding!

By the way, I'll be in Costa Rica at the Herman
Institute of Biological Studies from Feb 25th through
March 30th, more or less, any tweets in the area
should stop by. Information and directions at
www.hermaninstitute.org

Drew Wheelan
awheelan at hermaninstitute.org

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