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| Painted Bunting , Seattle Wa., 3/13/02 © Arthur Grimes
Washington's first is still attracting a steady stream of admirers. |
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| Painted Bunting , Seattle Wa., 3/3/02 © Ilene Samowitz |  |
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| Crested Myna, Vancouver 3/2/02 © Ilene Samowitz |  |
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| Falcated Duck, Skagit Co, WA, 3/3/02 © Ruth Sullivan |  |
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| Falcated Duck, Skagit Co, WA, 3/3/02 © Ruth Sullivan |  |
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| Falcated Duck, Skagit Co, WA, 2/26/02 © Ruth Sullivan |  |
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| Painted Bunting, Seattle, WA 3/3/02 © Ruth Sullivan
Another photo by Michael Dossett below |
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| Drake Tufted Duck, Bowerman Basin, Grays Harbor, WA 2/16/02 © Ruth Sullivan
See another Tufted Duck photo by Charlie Wright below. |
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| Hoary Redpoll, Electric City, WA 1/5/02 © Ruth Sullivan |  |
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| Yellow-throated Warbler, WA December 2001 © Michael Dossett |  |
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| "Washington's first Yellow-throated Warbler. It delighted birders at a feeder in Eastern Washington from early December 2001 into the middle of January 2002." M. Dossett | |||
| Painted Bunting, Seattle, WA March 3rd 2002 © Michael Dossett |  |
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| "This Painted Bunting was first reported about Feb 11 in Seattle but the homeowners did not want visitors to come see the bird so it was kept secret. It is now at a different Seattle residence where this photo was taken on March 3, 2002. If accepted, this bird would represent a first state record. " M. Dossett | |||
| adult male Tufted Duck on 2/26 and 2/27 at the Hoquiam Sewage Ponds, WA (which is probably the same bird which has been seen at this location with hundred of scaups for the last 3-4 years). |  |
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| Northern Mockingbird, Olympia, WA 2/26/02 © Charlie Wright |  |
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| "This mocker has been in Olympia for a couple weeks. Mockingbirds are rare but regular in Washington (this was my first for the state). This particular bird was obviously very sick. Somehow it lost all of its retrices, saving just 1 or possibly 2 of the mostly white feathers. While I observed it, it constantly flicked its head forward, and made a sneezing or coughing sound (almost similar to Least Flycatcher behavior), which is something I've never seen from mockers and I suspect this bird was having difficulty swallowing, or had something stuck in its throat." Charlie Wright | |||
| Northern Mockingbird, Olympia, WA 2/26/02 © Charlie Wright |  |
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| Dusky Flycatcher, Cedar Swamp, DE Jan 1st 2002 © Ray Wilson
This bird is still present at the end of February. |
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| Yellow-billed Loon, Lake Havasu, Arizona 2/24/02 © Stephen J Davies |  |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull, Cherry Creek Reservoir, CO 2/26/02 © Andrew Spencer |  |
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| "Glaucous-winged Gulls have been showing up more regularly in recent years in Colorado, though they are still a rare find. Some of the recent ones have appeared to be hybrids with Western or Herring Gull, so it is nice to see one that appears pure-blooded. " Andrew Spencer | |||
| Eurasian Wigeon, Montclair, San Bernardino County, California, 2/24/02 © Josh Engel |  |
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| Immature Snowy Owl, Weld County, CO 2/24/02 © Bill Schmoker
"There have been at least two and maybe three juvenile Snowy Owls hanging out near Riverside Reservoir in Weld County, Colorado for over a week." Bill Schmoker |
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