And this reminds me that I didn't post about our seeing a half-dozen Tree Swallows at Ridgefield NWR on January 9. Is this an early date, or are the birds wintering? I was too busy thinking about the hybrid duck and bitterns and flock after flock of bugling cranes flying over at sunset.

Dennis

On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:07 PM, tweeters-request at mailman2.u.washington.edu wrote:

> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:19:50 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ed Newbold <ednewbold1 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Tree Swallows at Nisqually reported by Pearsons
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>
> Hi all,
>
> Tweeters is getting so interesting it's going to have to charge an admission fee!
>
> I just got off the phone with Curt of Curt and Bobby Pearson and they report about 12 Tree Swallows overhead of the Nisqually headquarters. Are these Tree Swallows getting earlier and earlier or is it just me?
>
> Also, if anyone happens to have any shots of elaborate winter hummingbird feeding setups they do complete with warming shop-lights or some-such devices, and they wouldn't mind me putting up the shots on my site, thanks in advance for emailing the pics to me. They'd go up on my website at the "Something new under the sun" post and of course be credited. (that's www.ednewbold.com).
>

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206-528-1382
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