Subject: [Tweeters] Striking out in Port Angeles
Date: Nov 10 12:07:52 2005
From: Bruce Moorhead - bruceb at olypen.com


Rick Klewitter's Glaucous Gull actually--he had found the bird before I
arrived.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Norton" <norton36 at olypen.com>
To: "send TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 5:32 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Striking out in Port Angeles


> Tweets,
> Somewhat despondent from looking and looking for Gene Kridler's IVORY
> GULL, I decided to try for Dave Jackson & Bruce Moorhead's GLAUCOUS GULL
> and Bruce Moorhead's SNOW BUNTINGS. No luck. A nice day with no rain or
> sun to struggle with and saw some nice things like my first Barrow's
> Goldeneyes of the fall and the first small flock of Common Golldeneyes (5)
> and an unusual lingering Savannah Sparrow on Ediz Hook and some not so
> great things like 75 House Sparrows and a male Brown-headed Cowbird at the
> bird food out towards the Pilot House (my first cowbird for the spit and
> the most House Sparrrows I have ever seen there).
> The two gulls may still be around and the same for the Buntings. The
> tip of Ediz Hook out on the Coast Guard Air Statiion is the most favored
> spot for Snow Buntings but it is very hard to get out there now. Oh well,
> as Gene says, the birds keep me from chasing girls or cars.
> Bob Norton
> norton36 at olypen.com
> Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
>
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