" have you been birding a long time?"
My wife Pat has taught me most of what I know about birds. I enjoy it a
lot, my original purpose was to get to meet the challenges of BIF, Bird
in Flight photography....
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On 2020-05-06 12:22, M. Nakamura wrote:
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VERY encouraging! Thank you! Janet Ray and Dave Grainger... have you
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been birding a long time?
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On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 12:15:33 PM PDT, Janet Ray
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<janetlaura at earthlink.net> wrote:
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We live just east of Seattle at 1300' and can see W Tanagers any
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time from now until mid-August. So there's plenty of time to find
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one.
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Jan Ray
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Preston
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On May 5, 2020, at 1:12 PM, dgrainger at birdsbydave.com wrote:
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Last year they were about this time in the year, I checked my photo
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date on one in the website and it was May 19th last year, the one
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splashing in our birdbath was May 15th.
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On 2020-05-05 12:58, M. Nakamura wrote:
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Thank you for the great tips! How long during the spring are they
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usually around these areas?
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: )
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On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, 09:43:21 AM PDT,
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<dgrainger at birdsbydave.com>
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Hi,And welcome!
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I know that it might be a bit far given the restrictions, but fur
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future
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reference, there is an Audubon visitor center in Sequim at what is
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also
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a park called Railroad. Ridge Park. They have a nice visitor center
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plus
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miles of the trail which was pRt of the Rails to Trails program.
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I have frequently seen Western Tanagers there. I have also had them
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in
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our backyard, splashing in the bird bath here in Port Townsend. I
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have
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some photos both in our yard and at RRBridge Park of Tanagers
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posted
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on
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my webpage birdsbydave.com
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On 2020-05-05 07:27, M. Nakamura wrote:
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Hi, my name is Melissa and I'm new to Tweeters. Many thanks to
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friend
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Rex T. who has been on this list for some time and has shared
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items
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with me.
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I live in south Seattle, near the New Holly area, and would
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appreciate
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any leads on good spots (and time of day) to see Western Tanagers.
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I
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work and am limited by that schedule when I can get out.
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There was a recent message from Doug Plummer about Tanagers in
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Ravenna
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Park but I wasn't sure what time of day was good and am not
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familiar
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with the park. I think he said there were quite a few there last
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Saturday, would they come back to that same area or are they
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moving
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through?
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Still quite new (last year or two) to birding -- many thanks.
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