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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).

[BirdBox previously checked by Lisa Smith, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday 2 July 1997.]

3:37 PM, July 4 - Hi! This is Dave Beaudette, (206) 365-2083. July 4th. Just
a short note: Today I went to search for the ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER up in
Skagit County and could not find the bird. I looked between 10:45 AM and
11:15 AM. Thank you, goodby.

5:41 AM, July 5 - Hi! This is Stephen Mlodinow. Yesterday Jim Flynn, Casey
Beechel and I went out and birded Whidbey Island. We manged to rack up about
a hundred species. Shorebirding was kind of slow. There were about 2000 peeps
at Crockett Lake including about 1500 WESTERNS and a couple hundred LEASTS.
There were one or two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS present. [gap in tape]
YELLOWLEGS etc. numbers were quite low. Other highlights included an adult
breeding plumaged male OLDSQUAW off the end of Hastie Lake Road and another
male OLDSQUAW off the west shore opposite Swantown Lake. On private property
we had YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, AMERICAN BITTERN, a brood of GREEN-WINGED
TEAL and a brood of LESSER SCAUP. At Forbes Point, on the seaplane base, we
had about 40 HARLEQUIN DUCKS. We had a total of about 60 on the island. Along
the west shore, mostly between Hastie Lake Road and Swantown, we had good
numbers of LOONS including 25 PACIFIC, 16 COMMON and 10 RED-THROATED. That's
about it. Good luck and good birding!

[Mailbox last checked at about 11 AM, Saturday, July 5.]