The Acton & Wilson report was accepted. An earlier published report in
that area by Larrison was rejected, if I remember correctly. We also
accepted my sight record of a juvenile at the Kent Ponds in early October
of 198...? I believe there may be a few others.

Gene.

On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Russell Rogers wrote:

> Humm....letzmezee....
>
> There are two records that I know of;
>
> American Birds 35: 206.
>
> " A minutely described BROAD-WINGED HAWK was observed n.e. of Sullivan
> L., Pend Oreille Co., Wash., August 31 (1980)(Jim Acton and Robert
> Wilson) for apparently the first state record."
>
> I have heard rumors that the BRC rejected this report some while ago, but
> records from the records committee (as of October 1994) don't show that
> this report has been evaluated (comments Dennis?).
>
> I juuuuust happen to have the original description of the bird handy. Tom
> Rogers was right in saying that it was "minutely described". However, he
> left out the part about it being an immature. Jim Acton also included a
> field sketch of the bird. In all, to me at least, it looks pretty good.
>
> Also,
>
> Clark, W.S., and C.M. Anderson. 1984. First Specimen record of the
> Broad-winged Hawk for Washington. Murrelet 65:93-94.
>
> I don't have copies of the Murrelet around the house so - I have no
> comments, other than Bud should know about that reference as he is the
> one who penned it.
>
>