- RBA

* Washington
* Statewide BirdBox
* February 20, 1998
* WABB9802.20

- Birds mentioned

Clark's Grebe
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Snow Goose
"Atlantic" Brant
"Aleutian" Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Tufted Duck
White-tailed Kite
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
"Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Rock Sandpiper
Red Phalarope
Little Gull
Heermann's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Lewis's Woodpecker
Western Scrub-Jay
Horned Lark
Western Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Green-tailed Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

- Transcript

The Washington BirdBox is a voice mailbox sponsored by the Washington
Ornithological Society. To leave a message about a notable sighting, or to
listen to the messages from the last seven days, call (425) 454-2662 and
follow the prompts. Hal Opperman, system administrator
(halop at accessone.com; personal phone 425-635-0503).

Summary of reports received February 9-20, 1998. Species shown above in
UPPER CASE are on the Review List of the Washington Bird Records Committee.

Callers: Tom Aversa (206-782-7342), Joel Jorgensen (Nebraska), Barry
Levine (206-526-8676), Ian Macgregor (206-361-4784), Steven Mlodinow
(425-514-5874), Mark Moon (206-328-1015), Hal Opperman (425-635-0503), Rick
Sanders (206-567-4144), Richard Strew, Patrick Sullivan (253-564-7419),
Wayne Weber (604-597-7201). Summary prepared by Hal Opperman.

CHELAN COUNTY

February 10, 1998 - 4:48 p.m. - Report filed on behalf of Richard Droker,
who saw a flock of over 100 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES on February 9th at
the Stevens Pass ski area. They were on Big Chief Mountain, at the top of
the Southern Cross ski lift, near the exit, in subalpine firs. (MMo)

COWLITZ COUNTY

February 18, 1998 - 7:29 a.m. - On February 16th, 67 TUNDRA SWANS and a
GREAT EGRET along the E side of I-5 at Kalama. (PSu)

GRANT COUNTY

February 16, 1998 - 8:31 p.m. - On a Seattle Audubon Society field trip
today, several LONG-EARED OWLS in the Russian-olives at the Nunnally
Lake-Merry Lake access in the Lower Crab Creek Wildlife Area. (HOp)

GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY

February 12, 1998 - 9:44 a.m. - Report from Ocean Shores yesterday. A
first-winter HEERMANN'S GULL on the beach; one LESSER YELLOWLEGS with
seven GREATER YELLOWLEGS on Burrows Road near the Humptulips River mouth;
four HORNED LARKS on territory on Damon Point; a young PEREGRINE FALCON on
the Game Range; and 5-6 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, including a first-year
bird taken by a RED-TAILED HAWK. (TAv)

February 16, 1998 - 8:29 p.m. - Report from around Ocean Shores on February
13th. At the Game Range, one RED PHALAROPE, one MERLIN, one ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK, and seven THAYER'S GULLS. At the jetty, four ROCK SANDPIPERS and six
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES. Near Ocean Shores, along SR 109, 0.2 mile north
of Valley Road, a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL and a NORTHERN GOSHAWK. At the
Hoquiam sewage ponds, two RED PHALAROPES and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Also
that day, a SNOW GOOSE along Johns River Road, and a GREAT EGRET along SR
105 near Westport. (PSu)

February 18, 1998 - 7:27 a.m. - At Ocean Shores on February 13th, an adult
HEERMAN'S GULL (not the same as the first-winter bird reported on the
11th), an adult PEREGRINE FALCON, a few BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES off the
jetty, a RED PHALAROPE in the pond by the concrete water tower, and an
apparent CLARK'S GREBE out from the marina. Also, two RED PHALAROPES at
the Hoquiam sewage ponds. (JJo)

ISLAND COUNTY

February 13, 1998 - 5:05 p.m. - On Whidbey Island today, at the Admiralty
Cove development near Crockett Lake, along Farragut just E of Bird, a
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. The bird came in to pishing and spent a lot of time
on overhead wires. Also a third-year GLAUCOUS GULL on Main Street, just S
of the Coupeville city limits sign when heading S toward Crockett Lake.
(SMl)

KING COUNTY

February 12, 1998 - 9:59 a.m. - A WESTERN SCRUB-JAY on Vashon Island on
February 8th, along the main highway a little over two miles from the
north-end ferry dock, in a pine grove opposite a sign with house number
14608. (RSa)

February 18, 1998 - 9:29 p.m. - An "ALEUTIAN" CANADA GOOSE this afternoon
with a flock of 20 of larger forms of the species, on the lawn at the N
edge of the Roosevelt reservoir along NE 75th Street at 12th Avenue NE in
Seattle. (RSt)

KITTITAS COUNTY

February 16, 1998 - 8:31 p.m. - Report from a Seattle Audubon Society field
trip today: six singing SAGE SPARROWS in the Quilomene WRA, along upper
Schnebly Coulee; and a flock of about 80 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES just
above Wanapum Dam and again 0.5 miles below the dam, feeding in weeds at
the base of the basalt cliffs above the road. (HOp)

KLICKITAT COUNTY

February 18, 1998 - 7:29 a.m. - The male TUFTED DUCK, reported earlier (but
not on the BirdBox), present again at Bingen on the 16th. Also in the
Balch Lake area, near Lyle, 23 LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS, 13 LESSER GOLDFINCHES,
three WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, a PRAIRIE FALCON, and a GOLDEN EAGLE. (PSu)

LEWIS COUNTY

February 18, 1998 - 7:29 a.m. - On February 16th, a SNOW GOOSE at Toledo.
(PSu)

PACIFIC COUNTY

February 16, 1998 - 8:29 p.m. - At Tokeland on the 13th, 12 WILLETS, a
MARBLED GODWIT, and a WHIMBREL. At the Raymond airport and nearby the same
day, one WHITE-TAILED KITE, four TRUMPETER SWANS, a PEREGRINE FALCON, and a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. (PSu)

PIERCE COUNTY

February 16, 1998 - 8:29 p.m. - The LITTLE GULL again at American Lake on
the 13th (PSu).

SKAGIT COUNTY

February 14, 1998 - 5:23 p.m. - This afternoon on the Lummi Flats, three
"HARLAN'S" RED-TAILED HAWKS, 6-8 SHORT-EARED OWLS, and several "ATLANTIC"
BRANTS (the pale-bellied form). On the Samish Flats this afternoon, the
GYRFALCON at the usual place off Sunset Road, and a PRAIRIE FALCON near the
Samish Island Road "East 90." Looking toward the dike from the "T"
junction of Samish Island and Bayview-Edison Roads, a SNOWY OWL. (SMl)

February 14, 1998 - 11:36 p.m. - Report from a Washington Ornithological
Society field trip on the 13th, led by Jan and Keith Wiggers and Bud
Anderson. At the Skagit WRA headquarters area, near the boat-launch
parking lot, a large sparrow flock with one WHITE-THROATED, 3-4 AMERICAN
TREE, and several LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. Closer to the entrance, near the
office, a HARRIS'S SPARROW. Seven BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS in their
usual roost tree along Fir Island Road. On the Samish Flats, a GYRFALCON
at its customary location E of Church Road and S of Sunset Road; two
GOLDEN EAGLES (one N of Sunset Road far out in a field, and a first-year
bird on a utility pole at the intersection of Farm-to-Market and Samish
Island Roads); two "HARLAN'S" RED-TAILED HAWKS along Samish Island Road
westbound from the "West 90"; three EURASIAN WIGEONS out in a field with
other ducks; and a PRAIRIE FALCON on a post S of Samish Island Road
between the "West 90" and the "T" junction with Bayview-Edison Road. On
the 14th, 36 MOURNING DOVES on telephone wires along the railroad tracks
200 yards S of Conway. Despite a prolonged search, the caller was unable
to find the GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE today at the Skagit WRA headquarters area.
It was seen there, he says, as recently as about 31 January by Jim Duemmel
of Bellingham. (WWe)

THURSTON COUNTY

February 16, 1998 - 7:45 p.m. - Today at Nisqually NWR, a SAGE SPARROW, 200
yards SE of the tower at the N end. The bird was feeding on the dike trail
and retreating to brush on either side when approached. (IMa)

February 16, 1998 - 8:29 p.m. - On the 13th, a BARRED OWL and a NORTHERN
SAW-WHET OWL at Rock Candy Mountain. (PSu)

EXTRALIMITAL

February 15, 1998 - 10:46 p.m. - A male TUFTED DUCK in Vancouver, British
Columbia (date of sighting not give; presumably today). From the stone
bridge at the S end of Lost Lagoon, take the NW path to a duck-feeding
platform. (BLe)

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