Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Bird Sighting Post >> sollitaire at coast
Date: Apr 21 10:53:22 2006
From: Paul Hicks - phicks at accessgrace.org


Tweets,
Don't know the frequency of solitaires at the coast, but found one the one
time I was at the coast north of Ocean Shores (Copalis/Moclips) in latter
half of April--nearly 20 years ago. The knowledgeable birders with me seemed
to think it was a good sighting.
--Paul Hicks
Tenino
phicks AT accessgrace.org
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Subject: Bird Sighting Post
From: "chris" <chris AT zhonka.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:20:38 -0700
On Sat, April 15 I encountered a Townsends Solitaire seeming quite content
perching in driftwood near Kalaloch and regularly, every 30 seconds or so,
flying 10 feet or so into the spume (foam left by the waves) to pick some
delectable morsel. I don't know if they were sand fleas or what. Is this
an unusual sighting? I have for 30 years, spent a lot of time near Kalaloch
on the North Coast. I have never before seen a Townsend's solitaire in this
area.
Chris Maynard
Olympia