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Pasted in below a copy of a Tweeters posting five years ago....

Hal Opperman
Medina, Washington
hal at catharus.net
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Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 12:13:28 -0800
To: tweeters
From: Hal Opperman <halop at accessone.com>
Subject: Sandhill Cranes over Medina, WA
Cc: Dennis Paulson, nettasmith at home.com

Dear Tweets,

A few minutes before noon today a flight of 18 southbound SANDHILL CRANES
passed over our house which is about a quarter mile east of the east
shoreline of Lake Washington and a mile south of the SR520 bridge. They were
silent. Might be worth checking the sky.

New yard bird!

Hal Opperman and JoLynn Edwards
Medina, Washington
mailto:halop at accessone.com

On 12/12/05 2:57 PM, "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net> wrote:

> I had always assumed that the local breeding birds flew directly south,
> which would take them right over King County. They certainly do not
> winter here, and it seems unlikely that they go as far west as the outer
> coast, only to head back inland along the Columbia River.
>
> I suspect that a few Sandhills do migrate regularly over King County,
> both in spring and fall, but have been overlooked. (They could fly
> very high and not land in or near the county, and Sandhills migrate
> by night as well as by day.)