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Monday, June 14, 7:57 am. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette, (206) 365-2083. On
Sunday, June 13th, Roger Orness and I conducted the monthly bird census at
the Kent Ponds in King County and came up with the following notable species:
a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a LEAST SANDPIPER, and a female WILSON'S PHALAROPE
along the shoreline of the pond and an Immature YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on
the shoreline of the lagoon. Also, three singing male LAZULI BUNTINGS were
seen and heard along from the asphalt pathway that runs along the south
perimeter. These birds were toward the east end of that pathway. Other
species were one BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, two RING-NECKED PHEASANTS, one BALD EAGLE,
two NORTHERN HARRIERS, and, let's see here, four singing WILLOW FLYCATCHERS.
Good Birding.

Tuesday, June 15, 9:16 pm. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette, (206) 365-2083.
This report is for June 15th in Skagit County. I birded several stops along
state route 530 and state route 20. Along the east side of state route 530
at mile marker 59.8 is a gated road. Park, do not block the gate. Walk around
the red gate and come immediately to a junction. Head right on the road there
for about 500 feet to another junction. Go left about 50 feet. Here on the
road was an adult BLACK-THROATED SPARROW. Also in this vicinity was a BANK
SWALLOW with two ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS and singing in the nearby woodland
edge was a DUSKY FLYCATCHER. And, at the well known county line ponds in
Skagit County along state route 20 were three singing male REDSTARTS, two
immature and an adult. That's all for now. Good birding.

Messages last checked 8:54 pm, June 18, 1999

Phil Kelley
Lacey, WA
scrbjay at aol.com

We were few and they were plenty. Now we are plenty and they
are few.
Confucius