Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Western Bluebirds in western WA
Date: Apr 17 22:08:15 2007
From: Henne Queisser - henneq at comcast.net


We were on San Juan Island this past weekend, but saw no Western Bluebirds.
However, we did see several Mountain Bluebirds at American Camp. Don't know
if that is unusual or not.

Henne Queisser and Ed Freedman
Redmond, WA



-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson, Mary [mailto:MJohnson at becu.org]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:09 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Western Bluebirds in western WA

You may have already seen this article about Western Bluebirds being
moved from Ft. Lewis to San Juan Island in hopes they will recover some
of their range around here:

Volunteers Returning Bluebirds to Old Nesting Grounds
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/d
isplay?slug=bluebird14m&date=20070314&query=Mason+McKinley

>From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at telus.net>
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Snohomish County Western Bluebirds
>This is the first time I've seen this species in Western Washington
>away from the Fort Lewis area. With the recent nesting record on
>Whidbey Island and your other sighting near Darrington, perhaps
>it signals a return of this species to breeding grounds it once
>occupied in NW Washington and SW British Columbia.

Mary Johnson
Auburn, WA
mjohnsonATbecu.org



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