Subject: [Tweeters] Recent Sightings of Green Herons or Purple Martins?
Date: Jun 19 08:25:28 2012
From: Gary Bletsch - garybletsch at yahoo.com


Dear Blair and Tweeters,

Funny, I was thinking of posting a question about Green Herons myself.

I have tried for them several times over the past three weeks in Skagit County, and have not seen one yet, nor have I heard of one's being seen here this year. They are usually at their presumed breeding spots along Gage's Slough by now.

It has been several years since I've seen a Green Heron in Sedro-Woolley, where they used to be pretty dependable.

One observer saw a Purple Martin at the Anacortes Ferry Terminal (Ship Harbor) in April, but I don't know if anyone has seen them there since then. There was a sighting at Washington Park on May 12--the Purple Martins have been wandering over there once in a while, presumably from the nest site at Ship Harbor.

I can't say aught about King County sightings of either species.

Yours truly,

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!"


--- On Tue, 6/19/12, Blair Bernson <blair at washingtonadvisorygroup.com> wrote:

> From: Blair Bernson <blair at washingtonadvisorygroup.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Recent Sightings of Green Herons or Purple Martins?
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 7:51 AM
> Anyone had Seattle area sightings of
> either Green Herons or Purple Martins in the past
> week?? Are the Martins back at Marymoor?? Last
> year it seemed it was just about this time that they
> arrived. Thanks for any guidance.
>
> -- Blair Bernson
> Seattle
>
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