Subject: Washington Birdbox June 8-June 13
Date: Jun 14 22:07:27 1999
From: SCRBJAY at aol.com - SCRBJAY at aol.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 (halop at accessone.com: personal phone
(425) 635-0503.

Please contact me (Phil Kelley) by phone or e-mail if you have any
corrections,
comments or questions about this transcription.

Sunday, June 13, 3:34 pm. This is Alan Grennon, (206) 329-6005. I just saw a
pair of SCRUB JAYS feeding, or at least attending a recent fledgling in
Seattle near the intersection of 30th and Republican.

Sunday, June 13, 1:49 pm. Hi, this is Steve Mlodinow. Today Casey Beach & I
walked around Spencer Island and checked out the pond at Monroe. At Spencer
the highlight were EASTERN KINGBIRDS. There were at least 5 birds, probably
representing 3 pairs. One pair was on the west dike to the north of the
cross dike. Step onto the island, make a left turn and it was a couple of
hundred yards after you enter the Fish and Game property which is demarked by
a sign. The other pair and single bird were at the northeast corner of the
island where they have traditionally been for several years. At the pond in
Monroe Prison Dairy Farm there was a CANVASBACK and a GOLDENEYE. The BLACK
TERN that was present as recently as Wednasday was not (phone message cut
off).


Saturday, June 12, 9:23 pm. Hello, This is Craig Kemper reporting for
Saturday, June 12th. In Othello, northwest of Othello, off McManniman Road,
in the pond just to the west of the road, Kathy Kemper and I observed a
single WHITE-FACED IBIS. Thanks.

Saturday, June 12, 4:48 pm. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today Dennis Duffy &
I birded around Darrington. The highlights were at the Fortson Mill Road
pond. These are reached by taking 530 from Arlington toward Darrington, and
at about milepost 42, you'll find Fortson Mill Road. Take a left on that,
keep to your right. You will have a large, well, you'll have a pond on your
left that has a concrete wall on one side. Park here and walk along the far
end of the pond there's a small boardwalk. Cross over this, if you follow
that trail you'll come to the river. Make a right turn. About 100 yards down,
maybe 200 yard down, there was a singing AMERICAN REDSTART. And then when
the trail continues and an open, marshy pond appears on your right, on the
left side of the trail we had a singing LEAST FLYCATCHER. Other interesting
birds there were several BLACK SWIFTS, EVENING GROSBEAKS, a fair number of
RED-EYED VIREOS. The other interesting thing for today were two PURPLE
MARTINS. These were along Tulalip Bay, which is just west of Marysville, on
the west side of Tulalip Bay in a residential community called Hermoso Beach,
not to be confused with Hermoso Beach in southern California. On some of the
pilings there there are martin houses they put up. We had two female PURPLE
MARTINS there. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

Thursday, June 10, 4:18 pm. My name is Nicholas Sutton, and my number is
(206) 301-9317. Calling from Magnolia in Seattle. I viewed at Discovery Park
an interesting bird. At first I thought it was a WESTERN KINGBIRD but after
further observation, it did have a deeply forked tail, like a TROPICAL
KINGBIRD. It did not have the white outer tail feathers, as most WESTERNS do.
So, this was yesterday I saw the bird at about 4:00 in the afternoon in the
south large field near the sandy cliff being mobbed by hummingbirds for a
while. I'm going to return there again today to get a better look at it.
Beautiful bird, beautiful yellow underparts, black eye mask, and once again a
deeply forked tail that I have not seen in WESTERN KINGBIRDS before. Thank
you very much and good luck and good birding to everybody.

Wednesday, June 9, 9:01 pm. This is John Flavin. I live in Lynwood. My phone
number is (425) 744-0805. The following sightings on Jetty Island in Everett
have been seen. On Sunday there was a flock of eight WHIMBREL on the west
side of the island, on the mud flat. And, also, at the same area were 42
COMMON TERNS. They were quite close to the ARTIC TERN site.There are now
five ARTIC TERNS back. One pair is nesting, another pair was courting on
Sunday, but there is no sign of nesting as of today, Wednesday. Today on the
island there were one WHIMBRAL and one PARASITIC JEAGER which flew directly
over the tern site, was promptly by three of the ARCTIC TERNS, which was an
interesting turn of events.The bird circled once and headed out to sea.
That's all I have to report. Thank you.

Wednesday, June 9, 9:18 am. John O' Connell, (360) 387-2059 reporting for
Tuesday, June 8th. At approximately 9:30 am, at the Stanwood Sewage Ponds,
there were two COMMON GOLDENEYE, approximately six BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and a
flock of BLACK SWIFTS, probably between eight and ten birds. Thanks you. Bye

Messages last checked by Phil Kelley 9:38pm, Sunday June 13, 1999.


Phil Kelley
Lacey, WA
Scrbjay at aol.com


"We were few and they were many. Now we are many and they are few."
Confucius