Hi Tweets,
During the week before Thanksgiving this year, we were on the Oregon Coast. After the cold rain and snow, I took a photo of gulls standing in the road. Two were killed just a few blocks from my photo. I think the road was warmer (being black) then the surrounding grass and beach. (the sun did come out briefly). They were very lethargic and did not even move when I got within 10 feet of the closest gull.
not the greatest photo but I thought it odd at the time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/dawnsdogs/DSC_5688a.jpg

Dawn Bailey
Eatonville, WA
http://vulturecafe.blogspot.com
dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com


"The worlds not changed.....there's just less in it"
Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Van der Vieren
To: terry at crossoverchurch.info ; Tweeters
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Birds sitting on the road in rural Eastern Washington


Hi Terry,

So perhaps you can help me understand a scene of terrible carnage in Stevens Pass a couple winters ago. We were driving over to the east side to cross country ski when the snow scraped on the roadside was higher than the truck and the roads were snow-covered. There were seemingly hundreds of small birds on the roadway (too much traffic to try to identify or photograph), getting absolutely mowed over by cars. I couldn't figure for the life of me why they kept flying down onto the roadway and it was really awful to see so many killed. Is this the cold/paralyzed affect? And why would they keep landing on the road?



Thanks if you can shed some light. I've lived here for twenty years, and have been out in the mountains a lot, and never saw this before that time.



Monica

Snohomish




-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Little
Sent: Dec 14, 2010 6:50 PM
To: Tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] Birds sitting on the road in rural Eastern Washington

Tweeters

Actually this time of year when there is a lot of snow on the ground, it is not that unusual to see both Gray Partridges and Ring-necked Pheasants scattered about the roads in Lincoln and surrounding counties. And if it has been really cold, they can sit there almost paralyzed before they move. Sometimes they don't move which has an unfortunate ending.

Terry Little
Mead, Wa




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