Possible locatoions on the north olympic peninsula are
* at the tip of Marrowstone Island (Ft. Flagler RV campground) near rat island
* Diamond point in clallam Co. on the west side of Discovery Bay for Tufted
Puffins
* Fort Worden State Park & Kah Tai Lagoon

Peter Badame Port townsend Marine Science Center






>>>We will be coming up North for my brother's wedding in Bellingham and
>>staying in Lacy and Seattle also. We arrive Aug. 23 and Leave on Sept. 1. I
>>don't know what area is the best place for us to be looking for birds at the
>>end of August. Bird Finding in Forty National Forests and Grasslands has a
>>section on the Hood Canal side of Olympic National park that looks
>>interesting and Paulson and Wahl's book also has a lot of suggested
>>locations. We are most interested in Pileated Woodpecker, Lewis'
>>Woodpecker, Varied Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Lapland Longspur, Evening
>>Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, Red-necked Grebe, Green Heron, American
>>Golden-Plover and Baird's Sandpiper.
>>
>>Any assistance you could give us would be most appreciated. We have been
>>birding for ten years and when we plan trips home to Seattle and my fathers
>>house always seems to miss what we are looking for. He is in NE Seattle at
>>35th and 75th. The phone there is 206 523-8592.
>
>In addition I have a question about birds who don't really belong in our
>area. About a month ago my Todd and I were birding Huntington Beach Central
>park after looking at the Common Tern in the Bolsa Chica. We saw six birds
>that I knew I had seen before but they weren't in our reference guides; NG,
>Peterson, or Golden. When I got home I picked up my birds of Puerto Rico and
>there the bird was. They were adult Nutmeg Mannikins. I did report it to our
>local rare bird alert and heard nothing. Perhaps they were brought in
>illegally and let go.
>
>Two days later I was talking to a friend who lives a mile north of the park
>and she discribed a bird at their feeder and I recognized it as the a bird
>on the same page as the Mannikin. It is a Black-Rumped Waxbill. This bird is
>still seen at their feeder several days a month. And I have not been back to
>look for the Mannikins who had ver gold finch like behavior. How does one
>find out where these birds came from or is it always a mystry.
>
>thanks for your time and consideration.
>>
>>Catherine Newell
>Pasadena CA
>818-441-=4796>tnewell at earthlink.net