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Transcribed by Franny Drobny, Seattle, Washington,
fdrobny at cairncross.com, phone (206) 286-1695 evenings. Please contact
me by e-mail if you have any corrections, comments, or questions.
Mailbox previously checked by Franny Drobny on Monday, April 28, 1998,
at 10:50 a.m.


April 28, 1998, Tuesday, 11:08 a.m. Hi, this is Hugh Jennings at (425)
746-6351. Today at the Lake Hills Green Belt I had first sightings for
1998 of 4 AMERICAN PIPITS. They were at a field at the northeast of the
intersection of 156th and S.E. 16th. Also had the first BARN SWALLOW
and 1 gorgeous male WESTERN TANAGER, and 1 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. And the
SAVANNAH SPARROWS are back in force. I had 8 of them this morning. I
just had an occasional 1 or 2 of them earlier in the month. Thank you.

April 28, 1998, Tuesday, 12:55 p.m. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today
I spent a couple of hours birding along Kellogg Lake Road and took it
all the way up to Spada Lake. The highlight was a NASHVILLE WARBLER, .2
to .3 of a mile before you get to the "pavement ends" sign, at which
point, interestingly, the pavement does not end. At this very location,
there was also a HAMMOND'S FLYCATHER, a PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATHER, a
WILSON'S WARBLER, and a male RUFFED GROUSE on the side of the road.
Other highlights for this morning was a DIPPER at the first bridge over
Olney Creek. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

April 28, 1998, Tuesday, 6:27 p.m. Michael Preba. 623-7798. Today on
a short walk that started too late through Lincoln Park in West Seattle,
I found 1 WILSON'S WARBLER in the woods over by the east side of the
park, several singing PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS and 1 HAMMOND'S
FLYCATHER along the exercise path in the middle of the park. And along
the waterfront, a pair of MARBLED MURRELETS largely molted into their
brown alternate plumage performing some ___? stereotype maneuvers that
looked a lot like a pair bonding to this observer. Thanks. Good-bye.

April 28, 1998, Tuesday, 6:37 p.m. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette (206)
365-2083. Today at the Kent Ponds in addition to the breeding plumaged
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, were 25 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 6 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 1
DUNLIN, 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 10 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. Also 2
TURKEY VULTURES were over the intersection of 200th Avenue S.E. and
S.E. 400th Street. This is northwest of Enumclaw in King County. Bye.

April 29, 1998, Wednesday, 9:28 a.m. Hi, this Hugh Jennings (425)
746-6351. And this morning on my walk at the Lake Hills Greenbelt I had
another first sighting for 1998 of 2 beautiful male BULLOCK'S ORIOLES.
They were in a grove of trees at the east end of Washington Lake.

This transcription completed by Franny Drobny on Wednesday, April 29,
1998, at 10:27 a.m.