Subject: [Tweeters] Horned Puffin
Date: Aug 13 13:10:14 2006
From: Mark Egger - m.egger at comcast.net
Can someone please repost the location/sighting info on this? I must
have missed something (wouldn't be the first time!)-- or Tweeters
never received the first announcement of this sighting... Thanks!!
Mark
>Hi:
>
>It had not shown up again by 11:45.
>Don Norman is familiar with puffins and was the first person to identify it
>as a Horned rather than a Tufted Puffin. None of the other people who saw
>it, including yours truly, had much experience with puffins or had a scope
>or field guide, as everyone was down there for a project. It wasn't until a
>bit later that someone with a scope and field guide confirmed Don's ID.
>The bird was close to shore; perhaps it will be in the same area right after
>the morning high tide tomorrow. It was a very nice surprise on a beautiful
>morning!
>
> Ruth Taylor
> rutht at seanet.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Date: Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:01 PM
>Subject: [Tweeters] Horned Puffin
>
>
>>HI:
>> Has anyone seen the Horned Puffin since this morning?
>>
>>--
>>
>>Ian Paulsen
>>Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
>>A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
>>"Rallidae all the way!"
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Mark Egger
Seattle, WA
USA
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