SAS RBA for November 5, 1996:


Thank-you for calling Seattle Audubon'=92s Bird Sightings Hotline, my nam=
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Nyc Tea. This report was made at 9:00 p.m. November 5. To leave a messa=
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without listening to the details, press the "*" key and begin speaking.
For Seattle Audubon Society field trips or for information on conservatio=
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and education issues, call the office at 523-4483 during office hours, 10=
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Monday through Saturday.

SNOWY OWLS have turned up in many Western Washington locations. The bird=
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Ediz Hook was reported again on the 4th; one was reported near Veteran'=92=
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Hospital on Beacon Hill in Seattle on the 5th. Another was reported from=
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the Kent Ponds at dusk on the 5th. This past week they have shown up in=20
Ballard, Edmonds, Whidbey Island, Northgate, Tacoma, Thurston County, and=
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two have been at Bay Ocean Spit in Tillamook, OR. Look and listen for=20
extremely agitated crows. Also in Oregon, at Sauvie Island there has bee=
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TROPICAL KINGBIRD present through the 5th. Call the Portland RBA for=20
details at 503 292-0661.

The LARK BUNTING in Tokeland was last reported on the 1st. It was at the=
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intersection of 105 and Tokeland Rd. near a dead car. =20

7 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen 1 mile south of the "T" of the=20
Bayview-Edison Rd. on the 5th. Also at Bayview on the 5th was a SCRUB JAY=
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It was at 1311 Bayview-Edison Rd. Please respect private property rights=
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you plan to pursue these birds. Another SCRUB JAY remains at West 14th a=
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Bertona in Seattle.

SNOW BUNTINGS have been found at Ediz Hook as well as the Keystone Ferry=20
landing on the 4th.

A flock of MARBLED GODWITS remains near the Battelle Lab near Sequim.

An EARED GREBE and an OLDSQUAW were found at the Stanwood Ponds on the 3r=
d.

Also on the 3rd, a RUSTY BLACKBIRD flew south from the cross dike at=20
Spencer Island, a TRUMPETER SWAN was at Spencer Island, a YELLOW-HEADED=20
BLACKBIRD was found in a large blackbird flock near a dairy on Brightshor=
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Rd. in Skagit County, and one CATTLE EGRET remained in a field west of=20
Edison.

Paul Cozens
wcozens at earthlink.net Will bird for food.