10 varied?thrush?heard and found at?Spanaway?and 2 violet-green swallows even in this cold

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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:31 AM
Subject: Rare Birds



My?friend?was at?Ridgefield?he saw a?Mandarin?duck and i saw some?weired?looking geese at wapato park huge don't know what geese
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ3h4fO-WLh1ST_izd6SSFFK-6MRV08aSrk2igwf9HhXYNTcRlB0w

and the duck looked?something?like this?http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shNfb4kWu0g/R1KskqAqvhI/AAAAAAAAAdU/PG66qXKG03o/s1600-R/Mandarin+Duck+wallpaper.jpg

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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 7:47 PM
Subject: Rough-legged hawk



One Rough-legged hawk close on a fort lewis gate close to the?prairie can you answer this?question?please are they still around the south sound or have they moved up or did I see a rare one.?

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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2011 7:50 PM
Subject: NWR Trip


Today I went to Nisqullay wildlife refuge here is the list of birds that I?witnessed?
canada?geese?100 or so
cackling geese 30 plus
mallards 20 or more
northern?shovelers?20 to 26
green-winged teal 10
ring-necked duck 5
bufflehead?21
pied-billed grebes 3
american bittern 1
great egrets 1
great-blue herons 4
bald eagles 4 1nesting
red-tailed hawk 5 at?entrance
american?kestrel?1
western sandpiper 2
ring-billed gulls 4
california gulls 2
glaucous-winged gull 1
rock pigeon 5
great-horned owls 2
rufous hummingbird 1
belted kingfishers 2
downy's?woodpeckers 2
northern flickers 1 heard
american crows 10
tree swallows 7
violet-green swallows 4
bewicks wren 1
european starlings 300
YRW 2
song sparrows 6
I heard some red-winged blackbirds but did not see any.







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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: Turkey Vulture




0ne seen at a nearby farmland 208th


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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 8:51:14 PM
Subject: Re: Rare or Not Rare {Correction}




Sorry?
What I was trying to say was that there are 2 to 4 ravens that hangout around?Spanaway?at walmart and at 176 st. I was wondering if they were rare, uncommon, or common. I am asking because I see them a lot but not much in?large numbers.

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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 8:23:09 PM
Subject: Rare or Not Rare


OK?don't ?know why but in?Spanaway?in at Walmart and on 176 everyday i see raven like 2 of them sometimes 4 getting chased by crows or just walking people tell me there uncommon but i see theme more like common but uncommon in numbers are they?increasing?also my friend said he heard them yesterday up by the capital buliding