Hello Hal,
Yes it been a long time since we had another issue of Washington Birds came out.The last issue We received was Volume 8 November 2002.How times flyby.We have the big book out where most all the records are listed.A lot of work had to get in to this big book what showing a lot of Status and Distribution of our birds here in Washington.It is nice hearing from you.Cheers Ruth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Opperman" <hal at catharus.net>
To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Black-headed Gull records in Washington :


> Hi Ruth and Tweets,
>
> Black-headed Gull records for Washington seem to be a bit more numerous and
> widespread than that, and older. According to the reports of the Washington
> Bird Records Committee (WBRC), published in Washington Birds, the first
> record was at Ocean Shores in 1972, the second at Dungeness in 1986, and the
> third at Orcas Island in 1987. The record from Alki Point in 1994 was about
> the eighth for the state. The WBRC had accepted 14 records through 1998,
> although some may have been of the same bird returning in another year.
>
> I'm sure this isn't the whole picture; for one thing, several years have
> passed since publication of a new WBRC report. Steve Mlodinow in his brief
> account in Birds of Washington (Wahl et al. 2005) says that Black-headed
> Gulls "have been seen" 15 times in the state.
>
> Hal Opperman
> Medina, Washington
> hal at catharus.net
>
> On 12/21/06 6:57 PM, "Ruth and/or Patrick Sullivan" <godwit513 at msn.com>
> wrote:
>
> There are thirteen records sighted and confirmed in Washington,according by
> "WASHINGTON BIRDERS ". First record listed from Alki Point,Seattle on 27
> October 1994. A Black-headed Gull was sighted from Point No Point,on 8 -17
> March 1998 what was the thirteen record.So this Gull now makes it the 14th
> record in Washington. All birds was sighted in Puget Sound.
>
>
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