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WOSNews 105 Companion October/November 2006

Table of Contents

Blue Grouse Divided by Two Equals Sooty Grouse and Dusky Grouse Michael A. Shroeder
Trip Report: Whidbey Island Brian Bell
Purple Martin Sighting Request Kelsey Lowe
Washington Field Notes December, 2005 - February 2006 Tom Aversa

 

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Photos

Blue Grouse Split

Male Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus, observed in western Washington.  Note the yellow apteria and banded tail.

Male Dusky Grouse, Dendragapus obscurus, observed in southwestern Alberta. Note the red apteria and solid black tail.
Washington Field Notes

Slaty-backed Gull, Renton, King, February 11, 2006.
Photo by Ollie Oliver.

Lesser Black-backed Gull, Wallula, Walla Walla, February 25, 2006.
Photo by Bob Flores.

Iceland or Glaucous. That is the question. This photo of the vexing gull from Kent, King, is by Patrick Sullivan, January 30, 2006. Townsend's Solitaire, Bennington Lake, Walla Walla, February 21, 2006. Photo by Cheryl Baker.
Clay-colored Sparrow, Kent, King, February 16, 2006. Photo by Tom Aversa. Harris’s Sparrow, Union Gap, Yakima, December 10, 2005. Photo by Denny Granstrand.
Snowy Owl, Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Clallum, 12/30/2005.
Photo by Ollie Oliver.

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