Washington Ornithological Society

WOSNews 110 Companion August/September 2007

Table of Contents

Common Loons at Ferry Lake Teri J Pieper
Wild Birding ~ How’s The Weather Part 1—Birding the Heat Doug Schonewald
Review - Birds of Lane County, Oregon Gary J Wiles
Trespassing and Maps Kelly McAllister
Notice of Annual Elections and Ballot WOS Board
Washington Field Notes, October-November 2006 Tom Aversa
Avian / Biodiversity Pursuits in Belize
Washington State Birding Trail Maps
Report Your Sightings

Web Addresses

Common Loons at Ferry Lake Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program www.adkscience.org
Trespassing and Maps DNR Major Public Lands Quadrangles http://www.dnr.wa.gov/dataandmaps/maps/100k_product.html
Avian / Biodiversity Pursuits in Belize Casa Avian Support Alliance www.casaavian.org
Casa del Caballo Blanco www.casacaballoblanco.com
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/
Band Recoveries Bird Banding Laboratory http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl
WOS Directory Update form
Report Your Sightings Merlin Falcon Foundation www.merlinfalconfoundation.org

Photos

Common Loons

Ferry Lake is one of just a handful of lakes in Washington State on which loons breed.
Top Left: Five loons cooperatively fishing, Ferry Lake,
Ferry, June 6th 2007.
Bottom Left: loons “racing” 
All photos by Teri J. Piper, copyright 2007.

Birding the Heat

In the afternoon sun, the only birds seen at the Quilomene Wildlife Area , Kittitas, were a couple of Horned Larks. Photo by Michael Hobbs

Leucistic Crow

This leucistic American Crow, paired with an ordinary black crow, has lived in West Seattle, King, for several years according to neighbors.  Photo by Dory Hamlyn, 7/1/2007

Washington Field Notes

Adult Northern Goshawk along the northwest slope of Jasper Mountain, Columbia, 11/18/2006.  Photo by MerryLynn Denny.

Rock Sandpiper, Ocean Shores Jetty, Grays Harbor, 10/22/2006.
Photo by Patrick Sullivan.

Black Turnstone, Alki, West Seattle, King, 11/5/2006.
Photo by Ollie Oliver.

Surfbird, Alki, West Seattle, King, 11/5/2006.
Photo by Ollie Oliver.

Eurasian Collared-Dove, Davenport, Lincoln, 10/6/2006.
Photo by Brian Bell.

Anna’s Hummingbird, Marymoor Park, Redmond, King, 11/8.2006.
Photo by Ollie Oliver.

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