Kathy, Gene and Tweets,

I believe that was 2001. We were at the Boeing Pond in Kent peering thru the fog trying to figure out what that large bird was flying overhead. And now I'm peering thru the fog trying to figure out which year it was. I might have the date in my infamous stack of bird lists at home but I am temporarily residing in North Carolina.

Bruce "The Caboose" Jones
Shoreline, Wa & Wilmington, NC
fremontinn at aol dot com

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Andrich <chukarbird at yahoo.com>
To: Eugene and Nancy Hunn <enhunn323 at comcast.net>; tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: Lstorm61 at aol.com; Kristine Bovy <kbovy at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:52:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Sandhills in King County


Hi Gene and Tweeters,

I was on the Tweeters field trip with Carol Schultz to
the Kent area a few years ago and we saw a Sandhill
Crane. I think they have been reported in the Kent
Valley more than once.

When I lived near Cavanaugh ponds my neighbor said he
saw three at the Maplewood Gold course. The time of
year was right, fall, early winter, I never saw them
because he told me about 2 weeks after the fact.

Kathy
Roosting in S King County

--- Eugene and Nancy Hunn <enhunn323 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> 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>
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