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Monday, June 8, 9:24 pm: The following report was received this evening from
Brian Bell, phone (425) 485-8058. The WHITE-FACE IBIS was back at the pond at
the Monroe Correctional Dairy Farm, this afternoon June 8th from about 5:40
until about 6:10. The bird showed nice color, with a purpleish-green gloss and
the whitish face patch evident. An alternate viewing spot is to park in the
wide spot on the east side of state route 203 just south of the curve where
you can first see the pond coming south from Monroe. You can then walk back
north, carefully avoiding traffic and stand on the outside of the substancial
railing. There are good scope views from this location and you don't have to
worry about violating facility security regulations. Thanks, and good birding.

Tuesday, June 9, 7:22 am: Hi, this is Steve Mlodinow. Brian Bell's advice in
the next message is well worth it, I think. Viewing the prison area farm pond
from route 203 is really the way to go. If you pull of the road that literally
goes through the prison dairy, people get kicked off. And they might even get
sensitive enough to start trying to kick us off route 203. There should not be
a problem on route 203, just be careful of traffic. The shoulder is pretty
wide there. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

Wednesday, June 10, 10:45 am. Hi. This is Marcus Roenig, (253) 756-0215. On
Tuesday, June 9th I went to the Monroe Reformatory pond from approxiamtely 4
to 6. Did not find the WHITE-FACED IBIS. However, as you're sitting there I
did hear calling SORA RAIL, VIRGINIA RAIL, and a RED-EYED VIREO, right above
me in the cottonwood tree. Take care.

Wednesday, June 10, 4:39 pm: Hello, this is Craig Kemper, reporting for
Wednesday, June 10th. My phone number is (206) 789-9255. I followed Bill
Tweits' instructions, relocated the LEAST FLYCATCHER north of the town of
Rainier in Thurston County as he described. I observed the bird from noon to
12:30 this afternoon. Thank you.

Thursday, June 11, 11:28 am: Hi, this is Scott Hopkins, (206) 789-8990. At
the Montlake Fill between 9 and 11 this morning there was 1 drake EURASIAN
WIGEON and 6 drake AMERICAN WIGEON. Thanks. Good luck and good birding.

Thursday, June 11, 2:33 pm: Hello, this is Craig Kemper, reporting for
Thursday June 11th. My phone number is (206) 789-9255. I want to report 2
HERMIT WARBLER, 2 TOWNSEND/HERMIT hybrids, and 1 TOWNSEND WARBLER I observed
on Mount Walker. To reach this site, travel 5 miles south of Quilcene on 101.
Turn left onto a well maintained gravel road. Proceed up the hill
approximately 7/10th of a mile. Between that point and 2 miles you can walk
the road, listening to the birds and can view them from there. Thanks. Bye

Thursday, June 11, 7:00 pm: The following report is being recorded on behalf
of Jim Ackson (?) of Spokane. Jim's number is (509) 747-4880 and he would be
happy to clarify the report and assist with bird finding. A calling and highly
movable LEAST FLYCATCHER has been in a most accessable location, the Davenport
Cemetery, for the last 4 days, page 87 of the Delorme atlas, just south of
town on highway 28. The cemetery road goes off to the west. And a fairly
regular male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK has been at the Northrup Canyon in Grant
County, page 85 of the Delorme, coordinates 8B. Follow the canyon road to the
end. Go to the trail through the gate. On the west side of the trail are 3
stones stacked on one another. About 100 yards further along the trail are 2
stones stacked on a large boulder, also on the west side of the trail. The
bird has been between these 2 spots for at least the past 3 days. Thank you.

Thursday, June 11, 8:47 pm: Hi, Tom Aversa, (206) 782-0342., with some late
or out of place shorebirds from Ocean Shores. Probably the most noteable was
a breeding plumage STILT SANDPIPERS right across from the firehouse by a
little pond on the golf course. Also a LEAST and 3 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, a
couple of SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2 SEMI-PALM
PLOVERS, and a WHIMBREL and a WANDERING TATTLER out on the jetty. There was a
good movement of SOOTY SHEARWATERS moving down north by the jetty, north to
south. I counted about 5000 in half an hour. I don't know if that is unusual
or not. It seemed like a lot of them to me. Probably, at least 100 BROWN
PELICANS in the area were also. Coming back east, a couple of SCRUBJAYS on
Brady Loop (?) Road near the intersection of Dwinell. And about 2-300 yards
south of there was a MOCKINGBIRD hanging around a crabapple bush.



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