Subject: Re: directions to Mt Quail (maybe)
Date: Jan 3 19:55:41 1997
From: Jim P. Flynn - bf519 at scn.org


Lois (and other interested Tweeters),

Here's a belated posting of directions to the reported
Mt Quail area in Kitsap County, Washington.

Follow Hwy 16 west from I-5 in Tacoma and cross the Tacoma
Narrows bridge. Continue north on Hwy 16 and exit at the Purdy-
Shelton exit. Follow Hwy 302 across the causeway and up the hill.
Turn right on 94th Ave NW which soon turns into Sidney Rd and go
norht for 3.5 miles to the Port Orchard airport (Kitsap Co. Air-
port?) The Quail are most easily found in the morning in the log-
ging slash and Scotch broom to the west and north of the airport
complex. Access is through the airport gate which is always open.
Be sure to seek permission to enter from the on-site manager who
lives in a trailer behind the vacant restaurant building. Another
adjoining area is at a dirt pullout several hundred yards north
of the airport on the west side of Sidney Rd and across from the end
of SW Lakeway Blvd. From here, walk west into the conifers and
check the edge areas to the south and west. See the Delorme Atlas
page 62, A-3. The atlas' depiction of roads in this area is incom-
plete.

Those directions are verbatim from the "Washington
Birder" Vol. 1 No. 2. I've never personally visited the area
so can't vouch for the accuracy of directions. If you're headed
to Pt No Pt looking for Ancient Murrelets this won't be too far
out of the way. By the way, Ancient Murrelets have been fewer
this fall-winter than last. You'll need luck I think. Let me
know if you find your birds and whether the directions are OK

Best of Luck,

Jim Flynn
Renton, WA
bf519 at scn.org