Subject: Contents of Washington Birds
Date: Mar 5 19:37:01 1997
From: "Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney" - festuca at olywa.net


Hi folks,

I realize that many, if not most, of us are members of the Washington =
Ornithological Society and receive Washington Birds. However, for the =
few who are not..... here's an excellent reason to feel guilty for not =
having joined already! For the $20 individual ($25 for family) =
membership, you can receive the "periodic" journal 'Washington Birds', =
the bimonthly newsletter 'WOSNews' and a biennial membership directory, =
get to vote at the meetings and attend some pretty neat annual =
conferences/birding trips. Send your check to WOS, PO Box 31783, =
Seattle, WA 98103-1783.

Volume 5 (December 1996) of Washington Birds is out, with a great photo =
on the cover of a Brambling, taken by Vickie Anderson in January 1991 =
near Elma. Here are the contents:

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net


Check-list of Washington Birds (Third Edition). Washington Bird Records =
Committee, Philip W Mattocks Jr, Sec., pp 1-5.
This list updates the 1994 edition of the Check-list (430 species with =
an additional 10 on the supplementary list) to 435 species plus 12 on =
the supplementary (single-person sight records) list. =20

Second Report of the Washington Bird Records Committee. Bill Tweit and =
Jeff Skriletz. pp 6-28. =20
Results of committee deliberations on 253 reports of 76 species; of =
these, 180 records of 60 species were accepted and 73 reports of 39 =
species were rejected. WBRC has added Upland Sandpiper to Review List, =
as its status has changed from annual breeder to vagrant in the state.
=09
Waterbirds in Washington's inland marine waters: some high counts from =
systematic censusing. Terence R Wahl. pp 29-50.
To give an idea of what constitutes an exceptionally large flock (and =
be reported in a Field Notes summary..), Terry lists high counts for 54 =
species recorded from the MESA (Marine Ecosystems Analysis Program) and =
comparable surveys in Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de =
Fuca.

Another occurrence of Bald Eagles rearing a Red-tailed Hawk. James W =
Watson and Brenda Cunningham. pp 51-52.
Eagle nest constructed atop an abandoned hawk nest at Spencer Island, =
Snohomish County, in 1994; downy eaglet first seen in nest on 9 May; =
authors confirmed presence of 29-31 day old hawk in nest with eaglet on =
16 May; adults fed fish to both chicks; hawk active at rim of nest until =
25 May, then not seen again; eaglet fledged in late July. Sudden =
appearance of larger, older hawk suggests that hawk was brought to nest =
as prey and subsequently adopted.

First Washington record of the "Long-billed" Marbled Murrelet. Jeff =
Skriletz. pp 53-54.
Description and photos of B.m. perdix observed at Outer Bay, Lopez =
Island, on 12 August 1993.

Boreal Owls found nesting in Washington in 1992. Andy Stepniewski. pp =
55-60.
Description and photos of Andy's confirmation of USFS seasonal =
biologists' report of owls nesting in box placed at Thirtymile Meadows, =
Okanogan Natl Forest. First bona fide nesting record for Washington.

Northern Saw-whet Owls nesting on Bainbridge Island, Washington. JM =
Acker. pp 61-64.
Photo and description; nests of this relatively common owl are seldom =
documented; nest site was in Flicker cavity excavated the previous year =
11.6m up in a Douglas Fir that had been topped at the 15m level. 2 =
Owlets fledged during the night of 28-29 May 1995.

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