Washington Ornithological Society

WOSNews 102 Companion April/May 2006

	Table of Contents
	An Update on the Burrowing Owl Monitoring Project	Randy Hill
	Archeology and Birding in Washington	Kris Bovy
	Evening Grosbeaks and Red Crossbills in Washington	Tom Hahn
	Trip Report: Waterville Plateau	Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
	The Birdhouse Network	Michael Donahue
	Kevin Li 1956-2006
	Review: "Birds of Washington State" by Brian Bell and Gregory Kennedy
	Birding Festivals
	Washington Field Notes June-Juy, 2005	Tom Aversa

Web Addresses

Meetings	Map to the Center for Urban Horticulture	http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/info/contact.html
Be Informed	Tweeters listserv information	http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters/
The Birdhouse Network	Cornell Labs	http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/
Birding Festivals	Othello Crane Festival	http://www.othellosandhillcranefestival.org/introduction.htm
	Wings over Water Birding Festival	www.washingtonbrant.org/events.htm
	Olympic Peninsula Bird Festival	http://www.dungenessrivercenter.org
	The Shorebird Festival	www.shorebirdfestival.com
	Puget Sound Bird Festival in Edmonds	http://www.pugetsoundbirdfest.com
	Leavenworth Spring Bird Festival	http://www.leavenworthspringbirdfest.com
	Kettle Valley Songbird Festival	http://www.ferrycounty.com/kettlevalleysongbirdfestival/
Band Recoveries	Bird Banding Laboratory	http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl

Photos

Burrowing Owl Monitoring Project

Photo by Randy Hill.
Archeology and Ornithology in Washington

Left: Comparison of a tarsometatarsus (leg bone) of a Double-crested Cormorant chick of known age (2-3 weeks old) from the Peabody Museum Zooarchaeology Lab (ZM-471-PEL; left) with one of comparable age from the Watmough Bay site (right). Photo courtesy of the Burke Museum, Archaeology Dept. and the Peabody Museum Zooarchaeology Lab. Right: Double-crested Cormorant tarsometatarsi (a leg bone) from the Watmough Bay site. The specimens are arranged in terms of age: those in the upper left are the oldest (nearly adult), while those on the bottom right are chicks. Photo courtesy of the Burke Museum, Archaeology Department.
Evening Grosbeak and Red Crossbills in Washington

Evening Grosbeak photo by Tom Hahn.	Red Crossbill photo by Tom Hahn.
The Birdhouse Network	Kevin Li

Northern flicker nest check, June 30, 2005. Photo by Michael Donahue.	Kevin Li, 1956-2006 Kevin will be long-remembered. He was instrumental in bringing back Purple Martins to the Puget Sound area. Kevin was a biologist and water-quality specialist for the King County DNR. He died of a suspected heart attack while scuba diving near the Keystone ferry dock on January 30th. Hundreds attended a memorial service at the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture on February 3rd Kevin took this self portrait in Hawaii while celebrating his 50th birthday.
Washington Field Notes

Eurasian Collared-Dove, Sammamish, King, June 6, 2005. Photo by Fred Trousdale.	Spotted Owls nesting along Milk Creek northwest of Cliffdell, Yakima, north of Hwy 410; June 4, 2005. Photo by Denny Granstrand.

White-headed Woodpecker, near Ellensburg Pass, Yakima, June 29, 2005. Digiscoped by Denny Granstrand.	American Three-toed Woodpecker, Mud Lake Burn north of Hwy 410, Yakima , May 30, 2005.Photo by Denny Granstrand.

Black-chinned Hummingbird, Dixie, Walla Walla, July 9, 2005. Photo by Peter Murray.	Yellow-breasted Chat, Umtanum Canyon, Kittitas, June 11, 2005. Digiscoped by Joyce Meyer.

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