- RBA
* Washington
* Seattle
* 16 March 1998
* WASE9803.16

- Birds mentioned:

Tundra Swan
Tufted Duck
Common Eider
King Eider
Sage Grouse
Sandhill Crane
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Sage Thrasher
Sage Sparrow

hot line: Seattle
date: March 16, 1998
number: (206) 933-1831
coverage: Mainly Western Washington, occasionally elsewhere
compiled: 7:30 a.m. 03-16-1998
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 trip to the Yakima Training Center on the 15th produced 36 SAGE
GROUSE along with SAGE SPARROWS and SAGE THRASHERS.

A female TUFTED DUCK was seen at Green Rd. pond near Cook Rd. off exit
232 from I-5.

At Ridgefield on the 15th were 10 SANDHILL CRANES and many TUNDRA SWANS.

A LITTLE GULL was at Point-No-Point on the 14th. A BLACK-HEADED GULL
was reported from this location the week before, but has not been
relocated.

A KING EIDER and a COMMON EIDER were both seen from the South Jetty at
Iona Island near Vancouver, B.C. on the 13th. Call the Vancouver
hotline at 604 737-3074 for more details.

The male TUFTED DUCK at Bingen was last reported on the 9th.

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