Subject: [Tweeters] Hooded Oriole present in Magnolia, Sun 7/2/06
Date: Jul 2 11:13:50 2006
From: Jesse Ellis - jme29 at cornell.edu


Hey all-

I picked up my lifer Hooded Oriole today! At about 7:15 I checked
the intersection of Perkins and Rayes in the Magnolia neighborhood of
Seattle, with no luck. I hung out there for about 10-15 minutes,
then walked up to Magnolia, and found the small side street to the
west labeled Magnolia (Private Drive) 2555 -2591, just a little bit
south of the intersection of Rayes and Magnolia. I walked down this
and found the two large pine trees mentioned, and waited for a while.
After another ten minutes I heard some veer calls and then a chatter,
and caught a glimpse of the bird flying north. I walked to the end
of the drive and found it perched north of residence 2591 in a small
deciduous tree in full sun, where it sat and preened for the better
part of a minute, next to a singing Robin. Very nice looks at a
beautiful new bird. Then it took off north and since I was out of
time I headed back to my car on Rayes. I didn't see it again at the
intersection of Perkins and Rayes.

Jesse Ellis
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Jesse Ellis, Ph. D. candidate
Neurobiology and Behavior
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