Transcribed by Lisa M. Smith
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[Mailbox previously checked at 10:44 a.m. Monday 23 June 1997.]

5:27 p.m. 06-23-97: This is Roland Watson in the ??? [sounds like
Braymar] district west of Renton, above the hill near the airport. I wish
to report our old pal the OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER returned on schedule May
12th with his melodious "whip three beers" song. We live on acreage above
the west side of the airport, and we're always happy to see the
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER come back. Thank you very much.

2:23 p.m. 06-24-97: Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. The six or so ARCTIC
TERNS that are apparently actively nesting were seen again today, and
I've got a better location for people to look at them. Instead of going
to the public boat launch, which is at the end of 10th Street, go to the
end of 13th Street, which will mean you'll drive past the Everett Yacht
Club, and the road just kind of ends and you can look across to Jetty
Island. From this vantage point, the ARCTIC TERNS are pretty much
directly across and just a bit to the left. You can't quite see the
nests--they're tucked away in the boulder-like rocks--but you can see
birds coming in and out. When gulls or crows fly by, the birds get up and
fly around. Again, there were at least half a dozen birds at this
location today. On Sunday I had at least 15 birds at this location, and
that was late in the day so maybe they were roosting. About 10 of them
were in a tightly knit flock, and the other birds were more in pairs, so
it may be that there's a number of unpaired or non-nesting birds or
whatever. Anyhow, that's it. Good luck and good birding.

[Mailbox last checked at 10:00 p.m. Tuesday 24 June 1997.]