Subject: First day of spring with Sapsuckers galore
Date: Mar 20 20:30:16 2004
From: Linda Adams - dwtg-x2in at spamex.com


Martyn, the "dating calls" you mention is the same "squeaky" sound I heard
them doing this morning at Spanaway Marsh. Quite interesting....

Linda Adams
Puyallup, WA
The first day of spring brought a hatful of sapsuckers out, red-breasted
at that! I got 8 at Carnation marsh, 4 on the same tree with "dating calls"
they were chatting up the best bit of stuff around! I got one in Marymoor
Park and 2 in my garden, 11 for the day was incredible, this was more than I
saw in all of last year!

I have a recording of the 4 that were in carnation marsh this morning at
about 6.30am. Temp was around 29f brrrrrrrrrrr but it was hot for the
Sapsuckers J



http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/Red-Breasted%20sapsucker.mp3





At Marymoor Park I saw 5 wood ducks at the boating club, 1 Red-Breasted
sapsucker on the trail from the dog park to the boardwalk, 3 Rufous
Hummingbirds just past the boardwalk walking towards the meadow, 5 Western
Meadowlarks in the meadow, NO Shrike again L



This was a fruitful day with 22 species in my garden!!!!!



Spring has sprung



On a bad note, I found Gun shells around Carnation Marsh behind the No
Hunting or Shooting signs on the Audubon property, don't tell me they can't
read!!



Martyn



Martyn Stewart

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