Well, you should try GLACIER National Park! I visited there earlier
this summer and stopped at Logan Pass. There was a female WTPT
walking around in the VERY busy parking lot of the Visitor's Center,
pecking from crumbs like a barnyard chicken! Very strange...

Mark



>Tweeters,
>
>Sorry to say there are no White-tailed Ptarmigans in Paradise. At
>least, none that we saw yesterday at Panorama Point. I remember
>Marv's post from last month on Mt. Baker and one from Burroughs
>Mtn., but I can't remember any other sightings this summer. Please
>remind me if I missed yours.
>
>Other than that, it was a lovely day on the mountain. A Prairie
>Falcon flew over Alan and me, and when we found Mike Donahue and
>Alan Knue already at the snowfield for an hour (no WTPT either) they
>recalled it swooping by with enthusiasm. Alan Knue had a
>Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, other than that we just enjoyed the usual
>montane species.
>
>Alan Lincoln and I walked up to Panorama Pt. and took the Skyline
>Trail west where we discovered a brand spanking new composting
>toilet with a view at 6800'. Your dollars at work.
>
>No Ptarmigan.
>
>Patricia S. Lott
>Seattle, WA
>mail to: VariedThrush at comcast.net


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Mark Egger
Seattle, WA
USA
mailto:m.egger at comcast.net