Gary Bletsch?Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA?garybletsch at yahoo.com?Mentre che li occhi per la fronda verde
ficcava ?o s? come far suole
chi dietro a li uccellin sua vita perde, lo pi? che padre mi dicea: ?Figliuole,
vienne oramai, ch? ?l tempo che n?? imposto
pi? utilmente compartir si vuole?.??


--- On Tue, 5/24/11, Gary Bletsch <garybletsch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Gary Bletsch <garybletsch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: another Skagit Poorwill
> To: tweeters-alerts at u.washington.edu
> Cc: garybletsch at yahoo.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 7:08 PM
> Dear Alert Tweeters,
>
> I am passing on a report of a COMMON POORWILL in Skagit
> County (2nd occurrence of the species in Skagit County in
> three days). Josh Parrott and Dick Abbott saw the bird this
> evening at about five PM. Josh's description leaves no
> doubt.
>
> Take SR 534 eastward from Conway exit of I-5. Go about two
> and a half miles east, leaving houses and developments
> behind, entering more of a woodsy area. On the south side of
> the hwy here is a slough with much skunk cabbage. There is a
> paved road going south of the highway just past the slough
> area; a prominent, low, yellow metal gate here guards a
> paved access road that leads to some sort of borrow pit;
> there there is a grey container box beyond the gate.
>
> The poorwill, which Josh photographed, flushed from the
> borrow-pit access roadside at around five this evening, then
> flew over to a blackberry patch on the east side of the
> borrow-pit access road, where it remained visible on the
> steep slope, close to the blackberry brambles.
> I think this area is mainly private property.
>
> This sighting is the ninth time the species has been
> recorded in Skagit.
>
> Yours truly,
>
>
> Gary Bletsch?
>
> Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA?garybletsch at yahoo.com?Mentre
> che li occhi per la fronda verde
> ficcava ?o s? come far suole
> chi dietro a li uccellin sua vita perde, lo pi? che padre
> mi dicea: ?Figliuole,
> vienne oramai, ch? ?l tempo che n?? imposto
> pi? utilmente compartir si vuole?.??
>