Conversely, MaryFrances Mathis and I scouted the Cle Elum CBC circle on
Tuesday, and found 2 Northern Shrike and about 8 Rough-legged Hawks. One of
the shrikes was just a couple of miles up Teanaway Rd., the other was south
of South Cle Elum (if I remember correctly). The RLHAs were scattered
across the count circle, which is centered near the start of Teanaway Rd.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Webster" <paul.webster at comcast.net>
To: "Marv Breece" <mbreece at earthlink.net>; "tweeters"
<tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] yep, fewer shrikes


> Last Friday, December 2, Barbara, Sam Woods, and I birded our way through
> Kittitas County from Ellensburg to Vantage, then north to Quincy, west to
> Wenatchee, and north to Daroga State Park before it got dark. We didn't
> see a single Northern Shrike or a Rough-legged Hawk all day. (The next day
> we were on the Waterville Plateau with a WOS fieldtrip led by Kraig
> Kemper, and we saw 18+ Northern Shrikes and 18+ Rough-legged Hawks, but
> this is really prime habitat for these birds.) So I'd guess there are far
> fewer of both species in the area we birded on Friday than we would have
> expected.
>
> Paul Webster
> Seattle
> paul.websterATcomcast.net