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Thursday, September 28th, 1995, at 7:00 PM.

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For sick or injured birds call PAWS at 743-3845 [or 743-1884].

For the most up to date information on rare birds call the Washington
Ornithological Society's Bird Box at (206) 454-2662, and for the latest
from Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho call (208) 882-6195.

Apologies for the delay in this update, which is the result of a busy
schedule of the compiler and very few reports left on the Rare Bird
Alert.

There have been no reports of the FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER in Chinook,
Pacific Co., or the STELLER'S EIDER at the Walla Walla River Delta, in
eastern Washington, since September 13th.

At Ocean Shores on September 15th a BAR-TAILED GODWIT was seen on the
open beach about 1.5 miles north of the jetty with about 1500
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 2500 peeps. The same day that the Ocean Shores
Game Range birds of note were a SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER and a flock of 37
golden plovers, of which at least 9 were PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVERS.

At the Tokeland Marina, in Pacific Co., on September 23rd, a BAR-TAILED
GODWIT was among at least 300 MARBLED GODWITS, many WHIMBRELS and 6
WILLETS. A BAR-TAILED GODWIT was reported again at the same location on
September 27th.

Three WHITE-TAILED KITES were seen along Route 6, in Pacific Co. on
September 23rd. One was just west of Green Creek Road at mile post 9,
another just W of McKinney Road near LeBam, at mile post 14, and the
last one was perched very close to the road just east of Elk Prairie Road
at mile post 20.

JAEGERS have made a prominent showing in the Puget Sound the past several
weeks. An incredible 37 PARASITIC JAEGERS were counted at one time at
Point-No-Point, in Kitsap Co. on September 19th seen with at least 1300
COMMON MURRES and hundreds of HEERMAN'S GULLS, BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and
COMMON TERNS. Numbers of Jeagers have been reported from as far south as
the south end of Vashion Island, north to north end of Whidbey Island.
The best way to locate Jaegers on inland waters is to look for large
flocks of other gulls and terns, then keep an eye out for a larger,
darker birds terrorizing the rest of the group.

Amongst the many reports of PARASITIC JAEGERS, was one report of an adult
LONG-TAILED JAEGER seen off of Edmonds on September 13th.

BROWN PELICANS have also made excursions into the Puget Sound recently.
Two BROWN PELICANS were seen at the Edmonds ferry terminal on September
11th and at least bird was still being seen in the area on September
24th,. In Tacoma the imm. BROWN PELICAN, reported on previous updates, is
still being seen as of September 19th at the boathouse at Point Defiance.
A juv. BROWN PELICAN was seen at West Point in Discovery Park in Seattle
in September 12, with two birds reported from that location on September 14.

In the Seattle area, the first NORTHERN SHRIKE of the season was a
juvenile reported from Becon Hill, on September 22nd.

A RAVEN, which is locally uncommon in Seattle, as been seen off and on at
the Shilshole Marina, last reported on September 25th.

"Freeway" the female PEREGRINE FALCON who often hunts and perches on the
high tension electric towers along the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge during the
winter is back for at least the 5th consecutive winter.

In Snohomish Co. a pair of GREAT EGRETS were seen at Big Ditch, north of
Stanwood on September 24 and perhaps the same two birds were seen the
next day on Camano Island, just to the west.

Birds of note at the Everett STP on September 20th were 1 imm. FRANKLIN'S
GULL, 3 EARED GREBES, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
MERLIN, and 1 WESTERN MEADOW LARK.

Adjacent to the Everett STP at Spencer Island, a juv. SANDHILL CRANE and
a GREAT EGRET were seen on September 24.

Finally, the first report of a EURASIAN WIDGEON this season comes from
eastern Washington, seen about 2 miles north of Wells Dam along RT 97 in
Okanogan Co. on September 24th.

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