Dear Barb and Tweeters,
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This is a fun discussion.
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Every year in mid-April, since 2005,?I have gone to Camp Orkila on Orcas Island with a bunch of sixth-graders. It's four days, three nights of fun, fun fun--for the kids.?
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I get a few hours here and there to bird the extensive grounds,?on my school-district-sanctioned breaks, when I'm not on bunk patrol or something.
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I still have not found a Steller's Jay or a BCCH there at Orkila. Some day I'll have to go there WITHOUT 300 12-year-old kids!
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Yours truly,
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Gary


Gary Bletsch
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Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA
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garybletsch at yahoo.com
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"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, 3/27/12, Barbara & John Jensen <skylark at rockisland.com> wrote:


From: Barbara & John Jensen <skylark at rockisland.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Chestnut-backed Chickadees in SJ County
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 9:02 AM






Chestnut-backed Chickadees are fairly common throughout San Juan County, though I will have to check with folks on Waldron and Stuart Islands. We see them on every walk we do and they are common at our feeders.We are working on getting local birders to look more closely for Black-capped especially Orcas and Lopez as it is easier for them to arrive there from the mainland than to San Juan and other islands. We will need to contact more folks on Blakely and some of the Skagit Co San Juan Islands too.
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Barbara Jensen
Friday Harbor, WA
skylark at rockisland.com
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