Hello birders, this is the Bird Brain, voice of Seattle
Audubon's Bird Sightings Hotline for SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1994,
at 8 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].

At the Montlake Fill on the UW campus in Seattle May 6 there
were 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, several
each of LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 1 GREATER WHITE-
FRONTED and 1 SNOW GOOSE, BLUE-WINGED and CINNAMON TEAL,
AMERICAN PIPITS, and other exciting stuff. A GREEN HERON, a
WHIMBREL, and a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were at the fill
April 30 and a NORTHERN ORIOLE was there May 5.

Seattle has a nesting pair of PEREGRINES for the first time
ever. They are now incubating high on the Washington Mutual
Tower. Call the special Falcon Research Group hotline at
517-9513 for details of their daily movements and to report
observations.

The first ARCTIC TERN and 800 CASPIAN TERNs had returned to
the nesting colony at the new Navy Base at the Everett
waterfront April 28. The EMPEROR GOOSE was seen again at
the Everett Marina with CANADAs April 26.

The first returning YELLOW WARBLER was reported at Snohomish
May 1. Other Seattle area migrants include a NASHVILLE
WARBLER in Discovery Park May 1, VAUX'S SWIFTS over Mathews
Beach April 26, and PURPLE MARTINS at Coulon Park in Renton
April 30. WESTERN TANAGERS have returned.

PILEATED WOODPECKERS were reported nesting in Seward and
Schmitz Parks in Seattle. High plumaged COMMON LOONS are on
the move, having been noted on Lake Washington and off Alki
Pt. this past week. Nesting GREEN HERONS are reported back
at Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland. Three MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS
were reported at a feeder on Capitol Hill in Seattle May 3-
5.

A YELLOW-BILLED LOON was spotted off Dungeness Spit May 1.

Shorebirds are migrating at Ocean Shores: A small flock of
WHIMBRELS and MARBLED GODWITS frequents the east side of the
Golf Course in Ocean Shores. April 30 and May 1 saw a
massive movement of SEMIPALMATED SANPIPERS and WESTERN
SANDPIPERS on the outer beaches with smaller numbers of
DUNLINS, SANDERLINGS, and RUDDY TURNSTONES. Look for
WANDERING TATTLERS with BLACK TURNSTONES and SURFBIRDS at
the ocean jetties. RED KNOTS are at their spring migratory
peak in early May. They have been reported at Bottle Beach
at Ocosta on the south shore of Grays Harbor and elsewhere.

A single MOUNTAIN QUAIL has been frequenting the parking lot
at the headquarters of the Nisqually NWR for the past two
weeks. Small introduced populations are known to be
established nearby.

A THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was reported May 1 at the Mt. Hardy
Burn in eastern Skagit Co. off the North Cascades Hwy 1-2
miles se of the Easy Pass Trailhead.

Four ROSS'S GEESE were reported April 30 and May near
Central Ferry State Park in Whiteman Co. just north of the
Garfield County line. Call Mike Denny in Walla Walla at
509-529-0800 for directions & an update.

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 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.