Tweets,

With regard to Sandhill Crane records for King County, I checked my now out-of-print _Birding Seattle and King County_ in which I summarized records up to 1982 (pg. 90). There were just six, and three of these were from the 1890s when fairly large flocks were noted. This accords with archaeological and historical evidence that Sandhills, presumably Greater Sandhills, used to nest widely in western Washington, likely in prairie habits maintained by Indian burning.

The other three records were all 1980, which was shortly after Sandhills were reintroduced at Pitt Meadows east of Vanouver, BC (fide Wayne Weber). I have compiled all King County rarity records up to ca 2000 and have no additional reports. We're off the coastal migratory path which runs from Cape Flattery through the Humptulips valley, over Raymond, to the lower Columbia River wintering concentration near Portland, Oregon.

Gene Hunn
18476 47th Pl NE
Lake Forest Park, WA
enhunn323 at comcast.net