Hello birders, this is the Bird Brain, voice of Seattle
Audubon's Bird Sightings Hotline for SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1994,
at 10 AM.

To skip the details and just leave a message punch 5 and
wait for the tone.

For sick or injured birds call the Wild Bird Clinic at 941-
2174 [or PAWS at 743-3845 or 743-1884].

A male BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD, a possible first state
record, briefly visited Mike Denny's Walla Walla feeder June
1. Call him at 509-529-0080 for details.

A BLACK-THROATED SPARROW was found May 30 at Shoreview
Community Park just west of Shoreline CC. It was seen
through at least 8:30 AM the 31st. Enter the park off Innis
Arden Way at 9th Ave. The bird has been seen in and along
the edge of the Scot's broom thickets between the entrance
to the park and the nw corner of the large soccer field nw
of the parking lot. Another was reported somewhere in
Discovery Park June 1. This follows a flurry of BLACK-
THROATED SPARROW sightings in the Puget Sound area May 19-
20.

A singing CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found May 28 east of
Spokane. Go east from Spokane on I-90 to the Liberty Lake
exit, then north to the Spokane River. Take the Centennial
Trail west along the south bank of the river about 600
yards. Listen for the bird in low brush here. Another
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW returned to the site of a 1991
observation along Toats Coulee Rd. in n Okanogan Co. The
spot is 1.7 miles west of the Okanogan National Forest
boundary which is marked by a sign and a cattle guard. The
singing bird is on the brushy hillside above, that is,
north, of the road.

The EMPEROR GOOSE was present at Everett's 10th St. Marina
with resident CANADAs and a single CACKLING CANADA May 29.
Also at Everett May 29 was a pair of ARCTIC TERNs which are
apparently nesting on the south end of Jetty Island. The
CASPIAN TERN colony there has now reached over 3000 birds.
Seven OSPREY nests are active in Port Garner bay at the
mouth of the Snohomish River. A pair of EASTERN KINGBIRDS
was located May 28 on Spencer Island near Ebey Island in the
Snohomish River delta, but the area is not yet accessible to
the public.

Seattle has a nesting pair of PEREGRINES for the first time
ever. Three chicks hatched June 1-3 at the nest high on the
Washington Mutual Tower. The nest may be observed on close-
circuit TV in the lobby off 3rd St. downtown. Call the
special Falcon Research Group hotline at 517-9513 for
details of their daily movements and to report observations.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS have been spotted in Seattle this
past week: one was on the hill at Magnuson Park, another at
Myrtle Edwards park on the Seattle waterfront. A pair of
WILSON'S PHALAROPES visited the Montlake Fill May 31 and
June 1. Another pair of WILSON'S PHALAROPES was at the
Everett STP May 31, along with a goodly variety of ducks,
some of which may be nesting, including REDHEADS and
CANVASBACKS.

A family of BARRED OWLS is resident in St. Edwards State
Park north of Kirkland just west of the watertower. Another
BARRED OWL was sighted May 24 in Whatcom Co. near Baker Lake
at the end of FSR 1152. BARN OWLS are nesting in the old
windmill at Marymoor State Park and may be seen & heard at
dusk.

Andy Stepniewski reports that all the usual breeding birds
are in place in the Lyle vicinity at the east end of the
Columbia Gorge in Klickitat Co., including LESSER
GOLDFINCHES ca 1/2 mi n of SR 14, along SR 142.

Mike Denny reports good numbers of the usual Walla Walla
area nesters in the foothills of the Blue Mountains
including CATBIRDS, CHATS, and VEERIES.


For SAS field trips, or for information on conservation and
education issues please call the office at 523-4483 during
office hours, 10-4 Tuesday through Friday and 10-2 Saturday.

That's all for now. If you have news to report, wait for
the tone, then give your name, phone number, and the
details. Thanks and good birding.