Michael,

Rare bird reports are NEVER too late. We've even reviewed reports from 1806.
The 3rd edition of the check-list report which was published in Washington
Birds 5:1-6, 1996 has it in italics, which means less than 15 accepted
records. Once again, I must defer to Russell Rogers or the current Bird
Records Committee secretary for a definitive listing. Kevin Aanerud is now
chair of the committee but he moved and I don't have his current street
address, however, if you sent it to Phil Mattocks at 915 East Third Avenue,
Ellensburg, WA 98926 USA it would get to where it needs to go. I saw one
once on a chill December 31 at Blaine and a few have been seen in recent
years on winter pelagic trips. One or more were caught in a big oil spill of
several years ago off Grays Harbor, and I believe there was something of a
crash in 1933.

Gene Hunn, Seattle, hunnhome at accessone.com

At 10:54 PM 12/16/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
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>Gene Hunn writes:
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>>Michael,
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>>I bet you never sent details to the bird records committee on that
>>thick-billed murre, which is on our "must document" list. Go sit in the
>>corner with Richard!
>
>Aaaack! Busted! I didn't know! I didn't know! What's the Statutes of
>Limitation in Washington State, Gene? '-)
>
>Seriously, is a retroactive report considered any good in WA? I'll do my
>tardy duty, if so--it wasn't a particularly difficult ID, after all, with
>all the Common Murres sitting right beside it for direct comparison. What's
>the (e)mailing address?
>
>And just what *is* the current status of Thick-billed Murre there?
>
>
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