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PostSun Feb 21, 2016 3:16 pm 
a lot of willows in bud, indian plum too I think I heard a tree swallow today

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PostMon Feb 22, 2016 4:33 pm 
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By studying the songs and genetics of individuals in an overlap zone between Troglodytes hiemalis and Troglodytes pacificus, Toews and Irwin (2008)[2] found strong evidence of reproductive isolation between the two. It was suggested that the pacificus subspecies be promoted to the species level designation of Troglodytes pacificus with the common name of "Pacific wren. By applying a molecular clock to the amount of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence between the two,[3] it was estimated that Troglodytes pacificus and Troglodytes troglodytes last shared a common ancestor approximately 4.3 million years ago, long before the glacial cycles of the Pleistocene, thought to have promoted speciation in many avian systems inhabiting the boreal forest of North America
ornithologists with too much time on their hands. [4] They're just LBJs -- Little Brown Jobs (Allegro & Wolff, 2016). smile.gif Birding is much esier when you're over 60 because they all look the same.

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PostMon Feb 22, 2016 7:48 pm 
wolffie wrote:
Birding is much esier when you're over 60 because they all look the same.
I don't think I need to wait that long. I call anything small that I can't identify a tweetie bird.

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PostMon Feb 22, 2016 7:56 pm 
Lewis Creek Park, Lakemont
Lewis Creek Park, Lakemont
Hellebore

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PostMon Feb 22, 2016 8:25 pm 
Thanks for posting that Toni. I see false hellebore all the time. I figured there must be a real hellebore if there is a false one.

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PostMon Feb 22, 2016 10:12 pm 
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I see false hellebore all the time.
Most of us are used to seeing the Green false hellebore (Indian Hellebore) out on the trails, I didn't know there was another until a few years ago and here locally.

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PostTue Feb 23, 2016 7:13 am 
there is no song like that of the Pacific Wren. Roger Tory Peterson called it " a merry cascade of tinkling notes"

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PostSat Feb 27, 2016 6:30 pm 
Found these beauties blooming on the rock outcrops today
showing color
showing color

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PostSat Feb 27, 2016 8:14 pm 
that means it is time for my annual visits to Washington Park in Anacortes I love the unfolding of March, the south slope often has surprises. the Fawn Lily and Calypso are exceptional here

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PostSun Feb 28, 2016 12:12 pm 
Yes, we have satin flower and blue-eyed-Mary now besides the usual suspects like currant and skunk cabbage. Shooting stars any day, fawn lilies starting to show. Calypso, lupine, manroot, monk's hood and monkey flower by mid month. Right on schedule smile.gif

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PostSun Feb 28, 2016 2:20 pm 
From the beer garden yesterday next to the 167 freeway http://theroyalbear.com/ I saw three traveling RV's in the course of an hour starting with a teardrop trailer. This is surely a sign of spring. agree.gif

Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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PostSun Feb 28, 2016 3:09 pm 
The Swallows returned this week, something that has not happened in February for as long as I can remember. They usually arrive some time in March or April.

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PostSun Feb 28, 2016 3:11 pm 
meandering Wa wrote:
there is no song like that of the Pacific Wren. Roger Tory Peterson called it " a merry cascade of tinkling notes"
One of the most beautiful sounds on Earth! up.gif

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PostSun Feb 28, 2016 8:14 pm 
what a great video. The fly was a bonus

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PostTue Mar 01, 2016 1:41 pm 
Meadowlarks and Redwing Blackbirds around Wenatchee.

"Einstein stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, is as a blind man stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of sound" 1979 They don't make years like they used to.
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