Hi Tweets:
My apologies about the TAS CBC msg. It should read NE TACOMA, not NW. The count
circle goes west across Commencement Bay, and includes the bay, Point Defiance,
Tacoma Narrows, University Place, Fox Island, Steilacoom, and on down to include part
of American
Lake (the lake itself). Another correction: the 5 ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS in Fed Way
were seen at feeders, not flying south!
Sorry everyone. The rest of the report was correct, including all the Snow Geese
seen.
Yours, Carol Schulz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn & Carol Schulz" <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:02 PM
Subject: NW Tacoma - Sat, Dec 20


Hi Tweeters:
Tahoma Audubon Society did their CBC on Sat, Dec 20. Our section, Area 2 is the NW
[ correction: it's really NE]
part of Tacoma. It includes the tideflats, a little sliver of King Cnty in southern
Federal Way, and the Puyallup River including Gog-le-hi-te Wetland. I'm reporting
for our area only, as I didn't attend the tally dinner, due to a snowstorm rolling
in.
Several of our CBCer's saw different groups of SNOW GEESE in the count circle in
south King County and in Pierce Cnty. (In Pierce County, Snow Goose is an abundance
code 4 (rare) per the WA Birder Checklist of April, 2008.) Roger Orness was at
Gog-le-hi-te on the Puyallup River in the tide flats, when a group of 33 SNOW GEESE
flew up the river and landed right in front of him, where they huddled together. At
the same time, Adele Freeland reported 45 SNOW GEESE flying over their group at a low
altitude in Federal Way. Hans Feddern reported a V of 20 SNOW GEESE flying in the
count area in Fed Way at 12:15. Then at 2:50, he saw a V of 100 flying overhead, and
about 85 of those entered the area of the count circle.
Adele Freeland saw 5 ANNA'S
HUMMINGBIRDS flying toward the south in Federal Way. [Apparently Snow Geese fly
south. Anna's Hummingbirds do not.]
My explanation is that it is almost Christmas, and my brain has stopped working.
Yours, Carol Schulz