Denny,

If we're there when you release it can we count it on our King County year
lists??

Gene Hunn.
18476 47th Pl. NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
enhunn323 at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Denny Granstrand" <dgranstrand at charter.net>
To: <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:11 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] ANCIENT MURRELET in Yakima!!!


> Hi Tweeters,
>
> This morning at 6:00 Eddie Rose found an immature Ancient Murrelet in his
> yard on the west side of Yakima, as it was pushing itself across the snow,
> penguin-style, towards the water feature at the front of his house. He
> and his wife, Janet, put it in a bird cage and tried to feed it. Janet
> showed a photo to her boss, a birder, who identified it. They called the
> WDFD but they didn't seem too interested, and finally got my phone number.
> I picked the murrelet up this evening and put it in my bathtub. It seems
> to be resting quietly.
>
> Eddie bought a few small goldfish, after the murrelet refused shrimp and
> tuna fish. We fed it three fish earlier this evening and will try some
> smashed shrimp soon.
>
> My wife and I will be driving it to Seattle tomorrow, if it survives the
> night, to release it at Myrtle Edwards Park on the north end of the
> Seattle waterfront. This is the third Ancient Murrelet to be found in
> Yakima County. The first was found on Nov. 20, 1950. It now resides at
> the University of Puget Sound. The second was found, alive, on Nov. 20,
> 1951, in an irrigation ditch near Mabton. Two days later it was found
> dead and partially eaten.
>
> Photos of this Ancient Murrelet can be seen in the new photos folder on my
> website.
>
> Denny Granstrand
> Yakima, WA
>
> * Denny Granstrand *
> * Yakima, WA *
> * dgranstrand at charter.net *
> * Denny's bird photos can be seen online at: *
> http://granstrand.net/gallery/
>
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