Tweeters and Michael:

Brother, Vancouver I has been hot for birds lately. Without reiterating the
plumage issues, I share the Norway birder's concerns posted on Vancouver
Island birds. Key question: did anyone hear the bird? This is a quick and
easy way to decide species, given that Gray has a dry, 2-note "chit-chit"
call, quite dissimilar from Yellow's more extended "teez". In Kamchatka,
where I ran into many of both species over the 90s, Yellow would be far more
likely in this habitat; Grays would stray from their streamside/lakeside
haunts in migration, but I don't recall ever having one on a beach, whereas
that was a typical spot for Yellows.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com

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