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Transcribed by: Bob Norton, Joyce, WA (near Port Angeles)
norton360 at aol.com
(360) 928-3053

(My apologies to anyone whose name I have mangled. If anyone can supply
correct spellings of peoples names or place names, I am trying to keep a
list of correct spellings so those corrections would be appreciated).

[Messages previously checked at 9:45 AM April 4, 1997].

6:03 PM, April 4 - Hi, this is Steve Pink of Bellevue, my phone number is
(206) 603-0736. Birding from Mukilteo Ferry this afternoon about 2:30, I saw
two Marbled Murrelets together and one of them had all the characters, I
thought of an Asiatic Marbled Murrelet. I looked for it again this evening at
5 or 6 o'clock and could not relocate it. Thanks. Good luck and good birding.

5:05 PM, April 5 - This is Stephen Mlodinow. Today Steve Pink and I birded
Edmonds, Mukilteo, Spencer Island and up in the Stillaguamish Delta. We
didn't have a whole lot that was particularly interesting until we got up in
the Stillaguamish Delta region. On Stub(sp.) Road which heads north from
Norman Road, in a flooded field we had a bird that was either a female Tufted
Duck or a Tufted DuckxScaup hybrid. To get to this bird take Norman Road west
from just north of Silvana to Stub Road. Make a right on Stub Road, go past
the railroad tracks and look at the pond on the left where there are a number
of Scaup and Ring-necked Ducks. This bird has a very dark brown back, chest
and head, warm contrasting brown flanks, white undertail coverts, a bill that
shows a black band on the tip followed by a pale subterminal band. The only
thing which made us really question whether or not this was a Tufted Duck is
that the head shape didn't seem right. Though we're not really absolutely
positive about this and we'll investigate further.
Other highlights were 3 White-fronted Geese, 5 Cackling Geese, 2
Rough-legged Hawks and a Northern Shrike between the ends of Palmlee(sp.)
Road and Bow(sp.) Road at the edge of the Stillaguamish Delta. That's it,
good luck and good birding.

[Messages last checked at 7:45 PM, April 5.]