Dear Tweeters,
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Today (16 June 2013) I decided to follow up on Scott Atkinson's birds upriver, and was not disappointed. The American Redstart was singing at the Sauk River boat launch, and there was an Eastern Kingbird at Barnaby Slough. I did not see any road-kills, so did not have to deal with that part of Scott's itinerary, thankfully.
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At Hamilton, a Sora was calling early in the morning; I'm not sure I've ever found one there before.
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I played a Catbird tape for quite a while at several spots, but could? not scratch one out.
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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!"