WOSNews 62 Companion August/September 1999
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Table of Contents |
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| Washington's Bird, the American Goldfinch | Michelle Blanchard | |
| Ruby Egbert: A Champion for Birds and Birders | Bob Morse | |
| WOS Election Ballot | WOS Board | |
| Washington Field Notes, Feb/Mar 1999 | Russell Rogers | |
| Scrub x Steller's Jay Hybrid | Ruth Sullivan | |
Web Addresses mentioned |
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| Report Your Sightings | Bird Banding Laboratory | http://www.pwrc.nbs.gov/bbl |
| Odds and Ends | Broad-winged Hawk Survey | http://www.birdsource.org/bwha/ |
| Odds and Ends | Cornell Lab's Bird of the Week | http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/index.html |
Photo Gallery
American Goldfinch |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird of the Week |
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Male American Goldfinch photo by Stan Smith |
Male American Robin at Juanita Bay Wetlands Park, 3/19/99. |
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Washington Field Notes |
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White-tailed Kite, Tenino, Thurston Co., 2/5/99, by Ruth Sullivan |
Skylark, Sequim, Clallam Co., 1/31/99, by Ruth Sullivan | |
Steller's x Scrub Jay Hybrid |
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| "Stub" Jay, Spanaway WA, photographs by Ruth Sullivan | ||
Pied Varied Thrush |
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Black-and-white Varied Thrush by Ruth Sullivan
The varied thrush was so well described by Michelle Blanchard in our last issue, that I also say the varied thrush is my favoured bird during the winter in my yard. They have come as early as the 7th November, 1992 and stayed as late as the 17th of May in 1995. The usual number in my yard at all times is six, but on February 28, 1993 we counted eighteen at one time. I wish I had written down the weather conditions on that day or even that week. It was this year - the date was April the15th, 1999 - when I discovered a strange bird feeding with other birds in my yard. This bird, which was all black and white, turned out to be a varied thrush. What runs in someone's mind at the first instance with no glasses on hand . . . I am yelling: "Patrick, come here we have a black-backed wagtail in the yard!" I still have to laugh over my first impression of this bird. This odd thrush only stayed two days, you could not approach close, and the photos were taken from the upstairs standing on Patrick's bed looking down. |
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