Harrier tag: I enlarged the photo 4 x and sharpened it to see whether I
could read the tag for you, only got "possible" info as the portion of
the image that was the tag was so small. Light blue tag on right leg of
the bird, center row of characters appears to be 8708 or 87/2 with the
zero not for sure. My best guess would be 87/2. The top row looks like 9
followed by blurred character followed by + followed by 16. These are
best guesses. The third row is a set of four letters, also not clear
enough to read but my best guess is that the first three visible ones
spell TWO followed by a space followed by some more unintelligible
letters.

Sorry this is so vague! The image is only 70 pixels per centimetre...
Hope it is SOMEWHAT useful...

Dave Grainger birdsbydave.com
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On 2020-05-15 18:51, Hank H wrote:

>> 1. A couple of days ago an Anna's Hummingbird was using a

>> rhododendron leaf outside our kitchen as a bathing spot. The leaf

>> was curved so that it retained rainwater. Wish I had my camera!

>>

>> 2. Yesterday Karen and I were parked near Sikes Lake having lunch.

>> We had a view of the Snoqualmie River. I saw activity in the river.

>> Using my binocs thinking that I would see birds, I was shocked to

>> see what I thought was a Harbor Seal. It dove and resurfaced.

>> Karen saw it also and agreed with my ID. Unfortunately I didn't get

>> a worthwhile photo. Later I read that Harbor Seals do swim far up

>> rivers in search of food.

>>

>> 3. On Wednesday we took a day trip to the Skagit Valley. We

>> obtained a close-up photo of a Northern Harrier. Only when we got

>> home did I realize it had been tagged. For what it is worth, here

>> is a photo with the tag visible.

>>

>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/49893189472/

>>

>> We also saw nesting Black Phoebes and nesting Downy Woodpeckers at

>> Wiley Slough. Here is the photo album for the trip.

>>

>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72157714296442238

>>

>> Hank & Karen Heiberg

>> Issaquah, WA

>>

>> Sent from my iPad

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