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On 2020-06-09 11:38, Wayne Weber wrote:

> Tweeters,

>

> Never mind the spell checker. In 1980, shortly after the eruption of

> Mount St. Helens, an Ash-throated Flycatcher showed up near Vancouver,

> BC. (It could well have been displaced by the eruption.) Michael Price

> quipped that we should have called it an ASH-COVERED FLYCATCHER.

>

> Then there was the Spotted Owl that showed up out of habitat after the

> massive Biscuit Fire in SW Oregon in 2002. Someone said, "Are you

> sure it wasn't a CHARRED OWL?" (not to be confused with the BARRED

> OWL).

>

> Wayne Weber

>

> Delta, BC, Canada

>

> contopus at telus.net

>

> FROM: Tweeters [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu] ON

> BEHALF OF Dick

> SENT: Monday, June 08, 2020 8:20 PM

> TO: 'Christina'; 'Tweeters'

> SUBJECT: Re: [Tweeters] Ash threatened flycatcher!

>

> Gotta love our spellcheckers. Ash-threatened? What'd it do -;

> land on the pile of Mt Saint Helens stuff by the Toutle River?

>

> FROM: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> ON BEHALF

> OF Christina

> SENT: Monday, June 8, 2020 1:20 PM

> TO: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> SUBJECT: [Tweeters] Ash threatened flycatcher!

>

> Hey all, almost positive on my I'd. Larger flycatcher, long tail,

> raises crest a lot, white belly, gray throat, brown tail, also Russet

> brown wing bar. Glorious Woodinville yard find! Can someone confirm

> the wing bar?

>

> Oh happy day!

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