Hey Tweets,
Mockingbird still present on Sunday evening.
Yep, the SCRUFFIEST Mocker I have ever seen!
Did it lose a fight with a hair dryer?!?!?
;)

Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com


--- On Sat, 10/3/09, B&PBell <bellasoc at isomedia.com> wrote:

> From: B&PBell <bellasoc at isomedia.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Mockingbird east of Cle Elum
> To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 5:04 PM
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> Hi Tweets
> ?
> The Northern Mockingbird was still
> present at the Grange
> east of Cle Elum (just uphill from the Teanaway
> Road)?just after noon
> today. It was hanging out in the choke cherries, along with
> California Quail,
> White-crowned Sparrows and Cedar Waxwings. When I first
> arrived it was fairly
> shy and moving around in the shrubs. With some
> encouragement it came out and
> perched nicely on the top of one of the
> shrubs.
> ?
> Having lived with Northern
> Mockingbirds for many years
> down in California, this is the scruffiest mockingbird I
> have ever seen.
> Normally they are sleek, but this individual is really
> moth-eaten in appearance.
> It will be nice if it hangs around long enough to take on a
> "proper"
> look.
> ?
> Good Birding,
> ?
> Brian H. Bell
> Woodinville WA
> mail to bell asoc at isomedia dot
> com
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