Forgot to mention:

I have a spectacular photo of a coyote hanging out midday on the dock
at the UW boathouse (the one they use for their racing shells). It
wasn't until I turned my lens on it that I noticed the legs were made
of metal springs. Love that photo!

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
www.SongbirdPhoto.com




At 11:14 PM 12/6/2011, johntubbs at comcast.net wrote:

>Hi Lyn and folks,
>
>
>
>Bud Anderson told us on a field trip a few years back that he keeps
>a list (perhaps just an informal one) of all the things that have
>been mistaken for raptors on his field trips. On the field trip in
>question, we added a new one to his list when several people scoped
>a 'raptor' sitting on a distant fence line. The bird turned out to
>be a cow skull.
>
>
>
>John Tubbs
>
>Snoqualmie, WA
>
><mailto:johntubbs at comcast.net>johntubbs at comcast.net
>
>
>----------
>From: "Lyn Topinka" <pointers at pacifier.com>
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 10:13:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [Tweeters] re: birds that aren't
>
>
>at Ridgefield Refuge last December there was a hunters decoy left in
>a field which had even some experienced birders checking their
>Sibleys and scratching their heads !!!!!!!
>
>http://ridgefieldbirds.com/Images10Dec/RNWR_mystery_heron_12-31-10.jpg
>
>
>Lyn
>Vancouver, Washington
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>
>
>
>Lyn Topinka
>http://EnglishRiverWebsite.com
>http://ColumbiaRiverImages.com
>http://RidgefieldBirds.com
>
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