Still present in the Holly at 12:30 today.
GREAT way to spend lunch-time! ;)
Guy

--- "Mansfield, Tom" <tom.mansfield at klgates.com>
wrote:

> Charlie thanks for this post. The Mockingbird was
> present in the holly
> bush (on the north side of 400th just east of 244th)
> at 7:30 this
> morning and an added bonus was to have Fred come
> walking by with his
> dog.
>
> Tom Mansfield, Seattle.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]
> On Behalf Of Charlie
> Wright
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:20 PM
> To: Tweeters
> Subject: [Tweeters] Enumclaw Northern Mockingbird
>
> Hello All,
> I just got back from viewing a Northern Mockingbird
> on the Enumclaw
> Plateau in King County. The bird was first found by
> Fred Boesche, who
> has seen it reliably this week. I got there at about
> 2:30 and had to
> wait around until the bird began singing from the
> middle of a blackberry
> thicket. Even then I couldn't see it for another 10
> minutes, when it
> finally came out onto the grass and then perched
> briefly in a bush. Fred
> has been seeing it almost daily in a fruiting holly
> just across the road
> from where I had it.
>
> The spot is in the immediate vicinity of the
> intersection of 244th Ave
> and 400th Street. There is a lot of truck traffic on
> 400th, so I found
> the closest pulloff down near the nursery, to the
> east of this
> intersection, and walked back. The bird has been
> frequenting the holly
> on the north side of the road, and the ditch on the
> south side. Here is
> a Google Map to the exact
> location: http://tinyurl.com/2l33nr
>
> Also, since I can't possibly post without talking
> about gulls, there was
> a nice 1st cycle Glaucous Gull in a big gull flock
> in the area, as well
> as hundreds of swallows up high.
>
> Cheers
> Charlie Wright
> Bonney Lake, Washington
>
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Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
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