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> From: Ann Marie Wood <annmariewood at comcast.net>
> Date: December 30, 2011 10:47:58 AM PST
> To: Wood Ann Marie <annmariewood at comcast.com>
> Subject: Dipped on Ross's Gull
>

> Palmer Lake, between Loomis, WA and the Canadian border, is a nice birdy area. Regrettably, the Ross's was not one of them by the time I arrived on Thursday morning.
>
> Local reports confirmed that the gull was last seen on the frozen north end of the lake on Tuesday 11/27/11 or feeding on the carcass at the south edge of the lake. Both areas can be viewed from public areas along the road.
>
> While there we observed juv. Eagles hunting from the melting ice cover on the north end, and Common Mergansers, Trumpeter Swans, Ring-necked Ducks and Horned Grebes along the northern edge of the lake and a Pileated WP on the nearby telephone pole. The deer carcass, unrecognizable with head and legs removed, received no attention from any of the birds while we were there.
>
> The good news is we made it across the pass without incident. The bad news is I still want the Ross's!
>
> Good birding in 2012!
> Ann Marie Wood
> Mountlake Terrace, Wa
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