----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan
To: Neil & Carleen Zimmerman
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Snow Bunting at Crockett Lake


Hello Neil and Carleen,
Nice find on the area you saw this single Snow Bunting.Every trip to the Waterville Plateau birders want to see this species.And when we driving all over ,than we seeing this birds in the hundreds.There was a adult Snow Bunting on Brown's Point in Tacoma one winter all alone around the Light House.I too some terrific photos of this bird.This birds can be hard to photograph in a big flock.Nice find for you.I used to say to Patrick,we need only ONE good bird to make it a good day.That is what I said to Patrick on our last stop in the Sewage Ponds in Ocean Shores.There was few Ducks and one "Temminck's Stint "what made the day.

Cheers Ruth
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil & Carleen Zimmerman
To: tweeters
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:18 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Snow Bunting at Crockett Lake


Hello Tweeters,
My wife and I decided this morning since it was snowing and cold, what better thing to do than go birding. We headed up to Whidbey Island by way of the ferry from Mukilteo to Clinton. As the boat pulled into the dock at Clinton, we were treated to the sight of two Gray Whales. We drove up to Crockett Lake near Keystone. It was blowing and snowing. As we were getting ready to leave, we saw a small whitish bird fly, a Snow Bunting. We saw it several times near the raised platform just west of Crockett Lake. I managed to take some photos as it flitted around. I enlarged them to make the field marks easier to see. It is on my Shutterfly account. See link below. Just ignore all the Shutterfly stuff and hit view photos. We also had a Short-eared Owl in the same area. The rest of the day was pretty good, nothing out of the ordinary but a good day considering the winter/spring weather.

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=2CYuG7Zw3ZOTg

Neil Zimmerman
Brier, WA
n3zims at comcast.net


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