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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).

[Messages last checked 12:50 PM May 16, 1997].

7:40 AM, May 16 - Paul Hicks here. May 16th. On May 15 and a few days earlier
near Tenino two Lazuli Buntings were singing along with a Vesper Sparrow not
too far from I-5. From Exit 88, you could head east on old Highway 99 for 6
or 7 miles. You'll come to a convenience store on your right and enter into a
prairie area that's called the Dandar(sp) Farm. On the far west side of the
prairie in the Scotch Broom is where the singing birds are. From Tenino it's
about 2 or 3 miles west on the far west side of the meadow. Good luck.

7:55 PM, May 15 - Gary Bletsch, (360) 853-7203. Today I saw a Great Egret
between Lyman and Hamilton on Highway 20 at about Milepost 75.2 just north of
Highway 20. The best way to see it is on Hamilton Cemetary Road about 100
feet north of Highway 20. The bird can be very shy and hides in the reeds
sometimes. It's the exact same spot where one was found in 1990.

[Messages last checked at about 11 AM. May 16, 1997].