Since 1986, Ethnic Fest has grown to become the largest celebration of culture and community in Tacoma, with an estimated attendance of over 60,000 participants. Voted the best festival of the South Sound, this year Ethnic Fest takes place Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28 from noon to 7 pm at historic Wright Park in Tacoma, WA.

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Hi all - Just a quick note - if you have completed your Christmas Bird Count and are struggling with how to estimate your "Miles Walked" total, here's a great way - Go to Google Earth (it's a free download that takes only a few minutes, but is endlessly entertaining) Find the satellite map of your CBC area At the toolbar atop the screen, Select the little

At the time I estimated (on Ebird) that I had seen 35 L. Terns, but I think that was a very conservative number. I don't know if this is a habitual nesting place for L.Terns, and I didn't think much of it at the time, but I hope the information is of some help. Don Morgan Coventry **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750.

A recent report from Montauk, NY estimated over 1,000 Razorbills off the point so there certainly is plenty around. The recent storm may have moved a few to the CT shoreline. No one knows better than I how pelagic and semi-pelagic birdless LI Sound along the CT shoreline can seem, but every once in a while you can turn up a gem.

As the article linked below says, "It is estimated that around 3 million pairs breed in Iceland each year – that´s 6 million puffins but only 70% of the total are breeding birds. So the total population of puffins in Iceland is between 8 and 10 million birds."

I estimate 20 or so. Then I saw a Red Tailed Hawk low in the sky, looking for the right current to soar in. I also heard, but did not see, Black Capped Chickadees, a Red Bellied Woodpecker or two and Crows. I could hear a whole mess of sparrows in the grassland area where they are trying to lure Grasshopper Sparrows.

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I estimated the bird to be flying at well over 100 kph in level flight. Being unsuccessful again it once again lit on top of a utility pole giving me remarkable looks at this beautiful bird. The point of this posting is simply to remark upon the tremendous capabilities speedwise of this Falcon. An amazing encounter.

Clair river between Walpole I. and Sarnia I counted the following: 7 Mute Swans 2 Hooded Merganser 6 Red-breasted Merganser 16 Common Merganser 4 Bufflehead 3 Great Black-backed Gulls In Sarnia Bay, rough estimates of waterfowl numbers were as follows: 50 Ring-necked Ducks 25 Bufflehead 60 Redheads 6 Lesser Scaup 4 Common Goldeneye 6 Common Merganser DIRECTIONS