Hello birders, this is the Bird Brain, voice of Seattle
Audubon's Bird Sightings Hotline for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,
1994, at 2 PM.

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].

DAVE BEAUDETTE reported an EASTERN PHOEBE with YELLOW &
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS at the Kent Ponds September 15, but
it could not be relocated the next day. At the Kent ponds
Sept. 16 was a GREAT EGRET, 2 GREEN HERONS, GREATER & LESSER
YELLOWLEGS and 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS. Both SHORT-BILLED and
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were there Sept. 11.

Andy Stepniewski found a TENNESSEE WARBLER in a heavy
movement of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS September 11 & 12 at a
grove of black locust trees on the shores of the Columbia
River at White Bluffs in Grant Co. To get to the spot go
south from SR24 between milepost 62 & 64 4.5 miles, then
take a right and descend the bluff to the river. He counted
5500 migrating SWALLOWS, a FRANKLIN'S GULL, and a late
HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER in this area the morning of the 12th.

GREEN HERONs, as many as 4 individuals, have been spotted
recently at the Montlake Fill on the UW campus; others have
been seen at Green Lake, at Twin Ponds, and on Ballinger
Lake, all in the Seattle area. A COMMON SNIPE, a VIRGINIA
RAIL, and several WOOD DUCKS were reported from the Montlake
Fill and nearby Union Bay Sept. 10-13. Fifty COMMON TERNS
were migrating south off West Point in Discovery Park Sept.
10. A late HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER was with a small flock of
ORANGE-CROWNED, YELLOW, TOWNSEND'S, and WILSON'S WARBLERS
and a WARBLING VIREO in Discovery Park that same day.

PEREGRINES are returning for the winter. joining the father
from this summer's nesting pair awho has acquired a
potential new mate. The "Freeway Peregrine" is back and an
adult female has been feeding at the Grain Terminal off
Myrtle Edwards Park.

Two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS -- which are getting much harder
to find as the season progresses -- were noted at March
Point east of Anacortes Sept. 11. A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was
at Swantown on Whidbey Is. Sept. 11 while nearby at Penn
Cove there were 8 SURFBIRDS and 4 RUDDY TURNSTONES with a
flock of 300 BLACK TURNSTONES. FRANKLIN'S GULLS are still
present at the Everett Ponds as of September 14. A
PEREGRINE and 42 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were overhead
there Sept. 13.

Vic Nelson added a fine adult LONG-TAILED JAEGER to his yard
list at Pt. No Point September 3. Migration off the point
has been heavy with 2000 COMMON TERNS, 4000-5000 RED-NECKED
PHALAROPES and numbers of PARASITIC JAEGERS, CASPIAN TERNS,
HEERMANN'S, CALIFORNIA, and BONAPARTE'S GULLS noted
September 1-3.

Large numbers of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and COMMON TERNS were
noted labor-day weekend on the Edmonds-Kingston ferry run.
Nearby, a GREAT EGRET was at Manitou Beach on Bainbridge Is.
September 3 for the second Island record. Other GREAT
EGRETS have been spotted at March Point in Skagit Co. and at
Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, the Nisqually NWR, the Kent
ponds, and on Whidbey Is. in the past several weeks.

Fair shorebirding has been reported from the Edmonds marsh
near the ferry landing and at Kennedy Creek on Mud Bay north
of Olympia. A FRANKLIN'S GULL, a WILLET, and a MARBLED
GODWIT were on Mud Bay Sept. 1.

A LAYSAN ALBATROSS and SOUTH POLAR SKUAs were reported
offshore Sept. 11. Recent pelagic trips have reported good
numbers of BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSSES, PINK-FOOTED
SHEARWATERS, and FORK-TAILED STORM-PETRELS as well as
SABINE'S GULLS, LONG-TAILED and POMARINE JAEGERS. FULMARS.
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, and CASSIN'S AUKLETS have been
rare. BULLER'S SHEARWATERS are beginning to pass through.
For information on future offshore bird trips call Terry
Wahl at 206-733-8255.

There have been no further sightings of the two WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS reported at Bottle Beach sw of Westport Sept. 9
nor of the BAR-TAILED GODWIT seen September 3 on the Ocean
Shores Game Range.

Two WHITE-TAILED KITES were located at their traditional
site east of Raymond in Pacific Co. between Lebam and
Frances along Elk Prairie Rd. September 1.

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