- RBA
* Washington
* Seattle
* 7 March 1998
* WASE9803.07

- Birds mentioned:

Black-footed Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Pomarine Jaeger
Rufous Hummingbird
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow

hot line: Seattle
date: March 7, 1998
number: (206) 933-1831
coverage: Mainly Western Washington, occasionally elsewhere
compiled: 9:30 p.m. 03-07-1998
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.

The pelagic trip out of Westport on the 7th yielded SOOTY and
SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATERS, LAYSAN and BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSSES and a
POMARINE JAEGER. Also seen were at least two Gray Whales.

On the 4th, at the end of Eide Rd. near Stanwood was a HARRIS' SPARROW
. At this same location two days earlier was a VESPER SPARROW and a
flock of about 40 SAVANNAH SPARROWS.

The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were still at the
junction of the Woodinville-Duvall Rd. and the West Snoqualmie Valley
Rd. on the 2nd.

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS have returned to Western Washington with the
earliest reports arriving on the 1st.

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