Transcribed by Jane Hadley
jhadle at halcyon.com
phone: (206) 328-7605

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Thursday, July 29, 2:45 p.m. Hi, Robert Howson here
confirming that the GREAT GRAY OWL has again been
seen out of Tonasket. Out of the city there, if you'll continue
on Highway 20 towards Bonaparte Lake, you'll see a road
signifying that you can head towards Bonaparte Lake. Take
that. Go just past the campground to a dirt road. It is
identified as a Forest Service road and also access to the
Virginia Lilly Trail. There's a wildlife sign there indicating
wildlife is seen up this road. We saw the bird about two
miles along the road on a clearing on the left-hand side. It
had been spotted at another clearing earlier on that road, so
you might give that a look as well. We also viewed
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. If you're back on the road that
goes past Bonaparte Lake, just continue on that towards
Beaver Lake. When you come to the T in the road, take the
right option there towards Toroda Creek. Go about 3.9
miles, pause on the right there, and the SANDPIPERS were
viewed there. If you have any questions, my home phone is
425-485-0226. Enjoy.

Tuesday, July 27, 8:04 p.m. Hello, this is Mark Moon,
206-328-1015. Just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday the 27th of
July, I saw a pair of adult SCRUB JAYS feeding one
recently fledged, begging juvenile SCRUB JAY. They were
in the dirt of a construction site just south of the 2500 block
of East Helen Street. This is on east Capitol Hill in Seattle,
Washington. This neighborhood is located perhaps three
blocks up the hill from the Arboretum. The SCRUB JAYS
have now moved on. I think they were just foraging through
the neighborhood. But this was a nice sighting of a recently
established breeding species here in Seattle. I would
speculate that these could be some of the same SCRUB
JAYS that have been seen for the last six to eight months at
the very southern end of the Arboretum. This would be just
north of Madison Street in Madison Valley on east Capitol
Hill. Thank you. Goodbye.

Tuesday, July 27, 4:22 p.m. Hi, this is Stephen Mlodinow.
Today Jack Stephens, Russell Rogers and I went to Deer
Lagoon, Crockett Lake, Cultus Bay. Shorebird numbers are
significantly down from the weekend. There were still six
SEMI SANDPIPERS, however, at Crockett Lake and
about 34 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. That's about it
for highlights. At Deer Lagoon, we ran into the owners, who
had given a small number permission to bird there
previously. They are withdrawing that permission at this time,
and no birders should go to Deer Lagoon. If we're good
about this, there is a significant chance that in the future some
access will be provided. The main problem here is liability.
So again for those of you who have occasionally gone to
Deer Lagoon, we should not do that for the time being.
That's it. Good luck and good birding.

[Messages last checked 11:00 a.m., Sunday, August 1,
1999]
--
Jane Hadley
jhadle at halcyon.com
Seattle, WA