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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-06

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Warm sun, cool breeze; gulls and sparrows calling and the smell of dead fish. On the beach at Totem Park. # Watching weather radar to get an idea about bird migration. http://bit.ly/LzQnW # Moon watching to see if I can spot any birds flying by on their migration. # Enjoying the views and trying not … Read more

Sandpiper Stalk and Cowbird

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On a walk through Totem Park this morning, Connor had some success getting close to the migrating shorebirds by slowly and carefully crawling towards where they were feeding (note the Least Sandpiper at the lower left of the photo above). Downtown later today I noticed a Brown-headed Cowbird looking around the landscaping bed in front … Read more

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

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Listening to night migration flight calls. Low clouds seem to be keeping them low… Some sound like they're barely above the trees. # Just saw a prob Merlin take a LESA right in front of me. Close enough to hear the whoosh… Was a little startling. # Standing in a sharp rain drive by a … Read more

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

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With about 1in of rain today (still falling), fall rains are getting started. Good news for spawning salmon after 3 very dry months. # Going to stop by the river with Connor and Rowan to see the pink salmon that moved up with the increased flow from the 4+ in of recent rain. # Looking … Read more