Subject: WA BirdBox 31 July - 5 Aug, 1999
Date: Aug 6 15:48:52 1999
From: Franny Drobny - fdrobny at cairncross.com


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

Transcribed by Franny Drobny, Seattle, Washington, phone (206) 892-3222
daytime or email at fdrobny at cairncross.com. Please contact me if you have
any corrections, comments, or questions. Mailbox previously checked on
Sunday, August 1, 1999, at 11:00 a.m.. by Jane Hadley

July 31, 1999, Saturday, 9:13 p.m. Hi, this is Steve Mlodinow. Today Jim
Flynn and I birded Crockett Lake and then across the top of the Olympic
Peninsula to the Three Crabs, Ediz Hook and so forth. Highlights included
about 7 SEMI SANDPIPERS, 5 BAIRD SANDPIPERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, among
3,000 or so WESTERNS and some LEASTS at Crockett Lake. There was also some
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a PEREGRINE, and 180 SEMI-PLOVERS. We had a TUFTED
PUFFIN near Port Townsend in the ferry crossing. At Three Crabs Restaurant
pond, we had a SEMI-SANDPIPER and another PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Near the base
of Ediz Hood on the inside, there was a WANDERING TATTLER. At the outside,
there were a couple hundred RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and we also had a KESTREL
a couple miles north of Forks. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

August 1, 1999, Sunday, 12:12 p.m. Hello, this is Steve Pink, phone number
(425) 649-0601. Wanted to report that the INDIGO BUNTING was still present
in Benton County at Snively Road singing continuously around 2:00 p.m.
yesterday. Thanks very much. Good luck and good birding.

August 1, 1999, Sunday, 5:22 p.m. Hi, this is Sam Terry (206) 329-9038.
Today at the Montlake Fill I had an EASTERN KINGBIRD, presumably the same
bird that was there about two weeks ago, and there was also a pair of PURPLE
MARTINS. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

August 1, 1999, Sunday, 6:06 p.m. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today Jim
Flynn and I birded Ocean Shores, Westport and Tokeland areas. Early in the
day there was a large concentration of birds off the Ocean Shores jetty,
including a MANX black-vented type SHEARWATER, several hundred SOOTY
SHEARWATERS, about 10,000 RHINO AUKLETS, about 3,000 COMMON MURRES, a couple
thousand HEERMANN'S GULLS, a couple thousand CALIFORNIA GULLS, and several
hundred BROWN PELICANS. At Tokeland this afternoon at high tide there were
2 BAR-TAILED GODWITS, both adults. One very richly colored bird, likely a
male or a very bright female. There was also a dull-colored bird resembling
very much the adult female that was present last year at this time. There
was also over 500 WHIMBREL, not that many MARBLED GODWITS, however, and
there were about 20,000 SOOTY SHEARWATERS pouring into Willapa Bay at high
tide. That's about it. Good luck and good birding.

August 5, 1999, Thursday, 2:40 p.m. This is Bob Morris (360) 943-8600. If
you were birding along the Washington coast today, you would have wanted to
be at the Ocean Shores jetty this morning. In addition to the typical
stream of thousands of SOOTY SHEARWATERS and COMMON MURRE passing just off
the tip of the jetty, was a large, mixed flock feeding on smelt just north
of the jetty and close to shore. This flock included hundreds of HEERMANN'S
GULLS, SOOTY SHEARWATER and COMMON MURRE, a dozen BROWN PELICAN, 6
RHINOCEROS AUKLETS and a MARBLED MURRELET. Meanwhile, just beyond the
jetty, the historic ship The Lady Washington was preparing to escort the
Endeavor, a replica of Captain Cook's vessel, into Gray's Harbor.
Transcription completed by Franny Drobny on Friday, August 6, 1999, at 3:40
p.m.


















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