Subject: BirdBox Transcription: January 20, 8:44 AM - January 23, 7:01PM
Date: Jan 24 01:00:54 1998
From: Norton360 - Norton360 at aol.com



Transcribed by Bob Norton
norton360 at aol.com, (360) 928-3053

Please contact me by e-mail if you have any corrections, comments or
questions. My apologies to anyone (or place) whose name I have massacred.

January 21, 7:58 PM. This is Hal Opperman. I just had a call from Bud
Anderson relaying word that the CRESTED CARACARA first reported from Neah Bay
on January 4th was confirmed there today. Jim Burlingame had called Bud about
it and Bud told Jim Shiflett who went to Neah Bay and saw it today. The bird
was right in downtown Neah Bay next to the Makaw Cafe and also roaming around
towards the hills to the south. That's all. Thanks.[transcriber;s note: the
bird flew towards the bay on both occasions and got quite high and circled and
on the third occasion it was again flying over the bay].

January 22, 11:01 AM. The following report was left in the System
Administrator's Mailbox yesterday, January 21st at 4:10 PM. The caller is Greg
Mazier(sp?) (206) 729-1624. Further details from his TWEETERS posting on the
same subject yesterday evening are also included here. Last Saturday, January
17th, the caller saw an AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER flying low over the Snohomish
Estuary just west of the I-5 bridge. It flew within 10 yards of his canoe
heading west in good late afternoon light. The caller has no doubts about the
identification as an AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER. Thank you.

January 22, 9:37 PM. This report is being posted for Bob Norton at (360)
928-3053. Bob's been having trouble leaving messages on the BirdBox. An adult
CRESTED CARACARA was sighted three times Wednesday afternoon the 21st at Neah
Bay, Clallam Co. by Jim Shiflett and Bob. It was perched on a dead snag about
75 yards south of the big fuel tanks at Makah Fuel in downtown Neah Bay on two
occasions and once it put up the gulls at the Senior Center. Jim got good
camcorder views of it. The bird is unbanded, no jesses and flies superbly. It
has also been seen by the original observer, James Burlingame, on driftwood at
the base of the new marina jetty and flying out to the meadows of the Waatch
River south of town.
The history of the bird is as follows: James Burlingame saw the bird on
the 4th of January and called Dennis Paulson on the 5th who put a message on
TWEETERS which Bob did not see. Burlingame or his wife have seen the bird
almost every day since. On the 21st Burlingame called Bud Anderson who liked
the description but was busy. He called Jim Shiflett and asked if he could go
check it out. Bob was lucky to have Jim call him and ask if he wanted to check
it out too.
If you go, remember that Neah Bay has more than twice as much rainfall
than the Seattle area. Thanks and thank you Bob.

January 23, 10:32 AM. Hi, this is Hugh Jennings in Bellevue at (425)
746-6351. This morning at the Lake Hills Greenbelt I saw a mature BALD EAGLE
being harassed by a gull and the eagle proceded to fly in and land at the
tallest fir tree at the east end of Larsen Lake. I continued on my walk and
when I came back about an hour and 15 minutes later, the eagle was still
there. A beautiful sight and it made the walk in the rain worthwhile.