[Tweeters] Mar 3, 2021 - White Salmon, WA - Band-tailed Pigeon

[Hans-Joachim Feddern]

I have 6 to 10 and sometimes more year-round on my feeder here in Federal
Way.. I am always somewhat surprised to see somebody posting Band-tailed
Pigeons as First-of-the-year birds.

Hans

On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 9:49 PM THOMAS BENEDICT <benedict.t at comcast.net>
wrote:


> Now that you mention it, I hadn't seen our local Band-tailed Pigeons for a

> few months. I didn't realize that they are somewhat migratory in Western

> Washington. Birdweb shows them as uncommon in the Puget Trough in winter.

> We have a nice flock of 10-15 which certainly breed here in Seahurst, WA,

> south of Seattle.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

>

> On 03/03/2021 10:32 AM flick at gorge.net wrote:

>

>

> March 3, 2021 - White Salmon, WA

> Band-tailed Pigeon, two adults, at mixed-seed feeder 9:19 am today

>

> 1st sighting for 2021 - a small BTPI population breeds in White Salmon, WA

> every year

>

> Cathy Flick

>

>

>

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*Hans Feddern*
Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
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