Dear Tweeters,
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Today (11 August 2012) the Aslanians found two special birds at the Fir Island Game Range, a Black Phoebe and a Stilt Sandpiper. Steve Giles and I arrived just as the Aslanians were leaving, and were able to see the Stilt Sandpiper, but we could not relocate the?phoebe. The sandpiper was in the second pond along the new dike. I believe that was where the phoebe had been, also. Steve and I also saw some birds that we were pretty sure were Baird's Sandpipers, but they never landed. Maybe they might have if there hadn't been two?Peregrine Falcons, two Northern Harriers, and a Cooper's Hawk hanging around out there.
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Yours truly,
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Gary Bletsch?

Gary Bletsch

Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA

garybletsch at yahoo.com

"Nun," sagte ich, "wenn ich ein Taugenichts bin, so ist's gut, so will ich in die Welt gehen, und mein Glueck machen." Und eigentlich war mir das recht lieb, denn es war mir kurz vorher selber eingefallen, auf Reisen zu gehen, da ich die Goldammer, welche im Herbst und Winter immer betruebt an unserm Fenster sang: "Bauer, miet' mich, Bauer, miet' mich!" nun in der schoenen Fruehlingszeit wieder ganz stolz und lustig vom Baume rufen hoerte: "Bauer, behalt' deinen Dienst!"