Subject: [Tweeters] re: hummer activity and beach survey
Date: Apr 8 13:13:08 2009
From: Dianna Moore - dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com


Hi Tweets:

I too have noticed an increase in the Rufous activity in particular on my
own feeders. I now have two half-cylinder feeders (two ports each) with
suction cups...one on the upstairs dining room window facing NE and one on
the front bedroom window, and a hanging four-port feeder about ten feet from
the bedroom window feeder, both facing SW. All three feeders are busy nearly
all day long. As near as I can tell, I have two pairs of Anna's that are my
year-round residents, and about eight male Rufous and two females...that I
can count. It really gets crazy near dark when everyone wants to tank up
before bed.

This morning I accompanied Dan Varland on a raptor survey out of Ocean
Shores, with at least nine Bald Eagles...someone had dumped some fish heads
near the Ocean City approach and there were a few dead gulls too. But we
also saw only our second Merlin since last September, a dark Taiga bird,
perched on a root wad. It went hunting, unsuccessfully, then headed south.
We saw four Whimbrel that we flushed off the sand before seeing them. They
then headed north up Conner Creek towards the mouth. For those of you
familiar with this creek and its northward wandering, it has retreated south
a few hundred feet and is eating at the south bank.

Dianna Moore
Ocean Shores, Wa.
dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com