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Transcribed by Franny Drobny, Seattle, Washington,
fdrobny at cairncross.com, phone (206) 286-1695 evenings. Please contact
me by e-mail if you have any corrections, comments, or questions.
Mailbox previously checked on Monday, September 14, 1998, at 1:14 p.m.

September 14, 1998, Monday, 9:28 p.m. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette
(206) 365-2083. This evening, September 14th, I birded the small beach
on Puget Sound on the King/Snohomish County line south of Point Wells.
This beach is just west of N.W. 205th Street and Richmond Beach Drive
N.W. in King County. On the beach were 3 juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 1
juvenile SANDERLING, 1 WHIMBREL, and a SEMIPALMATED-type PLOVER that
sounded like it might be a common RINGED PLOVER. Repeat: might be. I
listened to the National Geographic tape and this bird sounded just like
the common RINGED PLOVER depicted on that tape, but I have no experience
with that species. So we'll just have to let it go as a possibility.
That's all for now. Bye.

September 15, 1998, Tuesday, 8:41 a.m. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson.
I just wanted to note that a number of migrants can be heard at night
flying over at this time of year. The Vancouver hotline has a recent
report of a CLARK'S NUTCRACKER heard at night on the 12th of September,
and at about 15 minutes just before dawn this morning, I heard three or
more AMERICAN PIPITS, 3 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 2 unidentified WARBLERS
giving hisp(?) notes, about 10 SWAINSON THRUSHES and a HORNED LARK,
which is unusual for a place in Lake Stevens. That's all.

September 15, 1998, Tuesday, 2:51 p.m. This Christy Anderson at (425)
747-4196. I just wanted to report that the LEWIS' WOODPECKER is still
at Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland. It's hanging out on the snag between
the two boardwalks at the far west end of the park, on the south side of
the causeway. It was there not until after, oh, close to 9:00 a.m. this
morning; where's it's been there earlier on other days. But it is still
there and still doing its flycatching thing and is not real spooky, so
it should be easy to spot. Thank you.

This transcription completed by Franny Drobny on Wednesday, September
16, 1998, at 4:46 p.m.