Subject: WOS BirdBox 1-2 July 1997
Date: Jul 2 23:06:48 1997
From: Lisa M Smith - subplot at juno.com


Transcribed by Lisa M. Smith
subplot at juno.com
phone (206) 523-9229

The Washington BirdBox is a voice mailbox sponsored by the Washington
Ornithological Society. To leave a message about a notable sighting, or
to
listen to the 12 most recent messages, call (425) 454-2662 and follow the
prompts. First-time BirdBox users may find it convenient, before
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to review the status of Washington's chickadee species.

[Mailbox previously checked at 7:45 p.m. Monday 30 June 1997.]

8:31 p.m. 06-30-97: Hi, this is Brent Grissom, 206-329-4194. At the
Montlake Fill today, there were 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS at the main pond and
also a male BULLOCK'S ORIOLE. Good luck and good birding.

9:31 p.m. 06-30-97: Gary Bletsch, 360-853-7203. Today there were lots of
shorebirds in Skagit County. On Beaver Marsh Road at the south end in the
Mount Vernon flats were 50 WESTERN SANDPIPERS and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS,
along with a couple of KILLDEER. On Fir Island just around the corner
from the bridge that leads to La Conner was a flock of 30 WESTERNS and at
least 1 LEAST, along with a KILLDEER. And then on the Moore Road,
actually just a little bit to the left of the pond I just described, near
the White Swan guest house, there's a flooded field that had 1
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, about a hundred
WESTERNS, and 2 KILLDEER.

1:34 p.m. 07-01-97: Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. I bopped around the
Everett waterfront a bit today and also the Edmonds waterfront. Actually,
precious little around except there are some shorebirds at the Edmonds
marsh, including about 30 WESTERNS, a dozen or so LEASTS, and 1
SEMIPALM[ATED SANDPIPER]. Good luck and good birding.

9:34 p.m. 07-01-97: Gary Bletsch, 360-853-7203. Today I saw an
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Everett Lake near Concrete, DeLorme page 110.
Take the Baker River Road up past the electrical substation, and bear
right on Road LS 1000. Exactly in half a mile come to a three-way fork;
bear left [and] go a hundred feet past there. There's an orange and blue
ribbon tied to a sapling on a curve in the road. That's where the bird
was, very close and pishing to within 10 feet.

[Mailbox last checked at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday 2 July 1997.]