Howdy,

After dipping on the Rusty Blackbird at Wylie Road on Tuesday, Ryan Merrill's positive report from Wednesday left me a bit upset with myself and prodded me to try again today (10 Oct 2008). And yet again, I did not see it. I'll blame my birding partner for that -- 5-month-olds just don't have enough patience to pick through a flock of blackbirds. However, I did find two Yellow-headed Blackbirds and one Brown-headed Cowbird in the flock at the intersection of Wylie and Fir Island roads. At least four Pacific Golden-Plovers, ~20 Pectoral Sandpipers, and the Ruff were still present in the field southwest of this intersection as well.

John Puschock
Wedgwood, Seattle
g_g_allin at hotmail.com
http://www.birdtreks.com & http://www.zbirdtours.com

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