hola tweets:

whilst perambulating the trestle bridge over sikes lake near camp korey at
nestle's farm near carnation (or whatever it is officially called) swmbo
noted a bird that 'looks like a heron' on the timber near the south end of
the lake. the neck looked too short to be a heron so we fired up the scope
and, lo and behold, it may well have been the john tubbs dark phase
redtailed hawk. i saw it from the rear and the back was lightly mottled
with scattered small gray spots. the head was dark brown with no evidence of
white on the neck or what one could see of the front of the bird as it moved
its head this way and that eyeing the area. the cere was light in tone;
whether it was colored i could not say because of the light. the tail
appeared very dark red with a yellowish or creamy terminal band on the
dorsal side. it turned and flew while she was watching it and she noted the
front of the body was entirely dark but there were white flashes on the
underside opened its wings and left. i didn't have glass, so i didn't see
anything at that point, more's the pity. even in the crummy light of this
early afternoon it was a glorious bird.

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dave templeton
fall city, wa

crazydave65atgmaildaughtcom

"The highway of life is full of flat squirrels that couldn't make up their
minds." ____unknown