-RBA
* Washington
* Seattle
* 8 February 1998
WASE9802.08

-Birds mentioned:
Yellow-billed Loon
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Rock Sandpiper
Slaty-backed Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Mountain Bluebird
American Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Rusty Blackbird


Rusty Blackbird

hot line: Seattle
date: February 8, 1998
number: (206) 933-1831
coverage: Mainly Western Washington, occasionally elsewhere
compiled: 9:00 p.m. 02-08-1998
transcribed by: Paul Cozens
email: wcozens at earthlink.net

- Transcript -

For information on field trips or other Audubon issues
call the Audubon office at 206 523-4483 from 10 to 4 Monday-Saturday.

For the most recent bird news call the Washington Ornithological
Society's BirdBox at 425 454-2662.

A HARLAN'S RED-TAILED HAWK and a flock of 50 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen
between Silvana and Stanwood on the 7th. 50 MARBLED MURRELETS were at
the northwest end of Camano Island on the 7th.

15 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE were seen on the Bridgeport Hill Road on the 6th
and a flock of around 600 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in the town of
Bridgeport the same day.

A MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD was seen at Pt. Roberts on the 5th.

A HORNED LARK was near the sewage treatment plant at West Point in
Discovery Park on the 5th.

The RUSTY BLACKBIRD at the Two Rivers Wildlife Management Area has been
seen through the 5th.

The CRESTED CARACARA at Neah Bay has been seen through the 3rd.

A YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen in Hale Passage near the Lummi Island
ferry route on the 31st. Two ROCK SANDPIPERS were at nearby Viti Rocks
on the same day.

The SLATY-BACKED GULL at Gog-le-hi-te in Tacoma has been seen through at
least the 31st.

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