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WOSNews 77 Companion February / March 2002

Table of Contents

WOS Okanogan Conference Announcement WOS Board
Notes from the Washington Bird Records Committee Kevin Aanerud
Photo Gallery  
Condors at the Oregon Zoo Diann MacRae
Swans need your help!  Radio towers and the Bob Heirman Wildlife Park Martha Jordan

Errata

  • Pg. 2.  Membership Meetings.  Members Slide Night will be June 3.  The program for May 6th is TBA.
  • Pg. 11 Rare Bird Alerts.  The WOS BirdBox phone number is now (206) 364-1162. The Victoria Rare Bird Alert phone number is (250) 592-3381.
  • Pg. 11 Washington Field Notes reporting.  Russell Rogers' email is now rrogers122@attbi.com.

Web Addresses

Great Backyard Bird Count   http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
Oregon Zoo Condor Recovery Program http://www.oregonzoo.org/
Crow Research   http://courses.washington.edu/vseminar/main.htm
Band Recoveries Bird Banding Laboratory http://www.pwrc.nbs.gov/bbl/

Photos

WOS Annual Conference at Okanogan
Great Gray Owl is just one of the denizens of the Okanogan, a rich and unique section of Washington. Other birds that birders will be looking for include Boreal Chickadee, Spruce Grouse, and White-winged Crossbill.  Photo copyright Ruth Sullivan, 2/16/1996, Skagit
Photo Gallery from Pages 6 & 7
Diane Yorgason-Quinn captured this fabulous sequence showing Black-necked Stilt copulating at Othello Ponds, Adams, on June 3, 2001.  Copyright 2001 Diane Yorgason-Quinn, all rights reserved.
Ron Dexter photographed these male (right) and female Pine Grosbeaks atop Mt. Spokane on Christmas and New Years.  Ron also saw five there on January 9, 2002.  Copyright 2002 Ron Dexter, all rights reserved.
Swans need your help!

Ron Dexter photographed this Red-necked Phalarope 9/1/2001 on a pond at his home near Spokane.  Nice yard bird, Ron!  Copyright Ron Dexter 2001, all rights reserved.

Michael Hobbs photographed these swans in Skagit County, January 2001.

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