Transcribed by Jane Hadley
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phone: (206) 328-7605

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July 18, 1999, 10:40 p.m. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette at
206-365-2083. On Sunday, July 18. Roger Orness and I
did the monthly census at the Kent Ponds in King County
and saw these interesting birds: about 40 adult LEAST
SANDPIPERS, about 20 adult WESTERN
SANDPIPERS, and one juvenile WESTERN
SANDPIPER. This is the first juvenile of the season at the
Kent Ponds for the WESTERN SANDPIPER. One adult
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, six adult GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, one adult LESSER YELLOWLEGS, one
GREEN HERON, one female AMERICAN WIGEON,
one LESSER SCAUP, one adult OSPREY, a
MOURNING DOVE and a PEREGRINE FALCON.
Good birding.

July 18, 1999, 8:16 a.m. Hi, Tom Aversa. 782-7342,
reporting with some migrant dispersals etc. at the Montlake
Fill this morning. There was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER
with seven LEAST and two WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
There was an EASTERN KINGBIRD, a BROWN
CREEPER. There were some waterfowl, including three
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a HOODED MERGANSER
and a BUFFLEHEAD, and also a GREEN HERON. Also
(inaudible) LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Good luck.

July 17, 1999, 9:34 p.m. Hi, Scott Downes. 361-7073.
Today on Lopez Island, while leading a Seattle Audubon
field trip, we had one BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at Spencer
Spit State Park. That's about it. Good luck and good
birding.

July 17, 1999, 9:26 p.m. Hi, this is Stephen Mlodinow.
Today Dennis Duffy and I went up to Vancouver,and then
down through Blaine and Whidbey Island. At Iona Island,
there was a LITTLE GULL. This bird's been present for
several weeks now. It's a first-year bird. To see it, go to the
bathrooms at the end of the road at Iona Island. And when
you look out into the water there, there's a jetty to your
south and a jetty to your north. The bird favors the foreshore
just before and just after high tide along the base of the north
jetty. At the sewage ponds themselves at Iona, there were a
couple thousand shorebirds, including 150 or more
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 10 or more BAIRD'S.
At Blaine, first thing in the morning, there were eight
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and two AMERICAN
WHITE PELICANS. At Crockett Lake today, there were
about 20 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER. At the
ferry landing, there was a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE.
There was also a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at
Swantown. That's it, good luck and good birding.

July 15, 1999, 11:44 a.m. Hello, this is Kraig Kemper,
206-789-9255, reporting for Thursday morning, July 15th .
On a trip to Mt. Walker in Jefferson County, I located a
singing male HERMIT WARBLER along the gravel road
1.9 miles uphill from Highway 101 south of Quilcene toward
the Mt. Walker viewpoint. Thank you.

[Messages last checked 11:35 p.m., Sunday, July 18, 1999]

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Jane Hadley
jhadle at halcyon.com
Seattle, WA