I was in the neighborhood this afternoon, so I decided to stop by the intersection of Emerson and Gilman for a quick look. I found not only an absence of any potential Phainopeplas, but a lack of any plant from which a white berry could have come, save for a few shriveled pods off of a bushy yucca -; a taste of home for a lost southwestern bird, perhaps?
If there was indeed a Phainopepla here on Monday, it might have likely just been passing through on its way to somewhere else in the Queen Anne / Magnolia area of northwest Seattle. Or maybe this was the wrong spot, after all.
Good birding, Joshua Glant
Mercer Island, WA
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On Jul 10, 2019, at 4:31 PM, Mark Egger <m.egger at comcast.net> wrote:
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Thanks very much for the clarification. My only point was Tweeters is a state-wide list serve…
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On Jul 10, 2019, at 4:09 PM, Dave Slager <dave.slager at gmail.com> wrote:
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I can't vouch for this report, but if it was in Seattle, it sounds
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like it could have been at this intersection:
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47.6559,-122.3864
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https://www.google.com/maps?q=47.6559,-122.3864
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Dave Slager
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Seattle, WA
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 3:55 PM Mark Egger <m.egger at comcast.net> wrote:
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As in UW campus?? It would be nice to know the actual location with a little more precision. The berries were likely snowberries, btw...
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From: Robert Gray <robertgary02 at aol.com>
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Subject: [Tweeters] Phainopepla
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Date: July 10, 2019 at 7:13:40 AM PDT
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To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
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There was a male Phainopepla at the corner of Emerson and Gilman on Monday. He had a white berry of some sort in his mouth.
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