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From: Phil Kelley <SCRBJAY at aol.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 01:13:09 EST

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Tuesday, Feb 23, 1999, 7:40 pm. Hello, this is Michael Hobbs,
425-869-2370. This afternoon at about 4:00 I saw what I'm fairly sure was
a SAGE SPARROW at the mouth of Issaquah Creek in Lake Sammamish State
Park. It was a fairly large, very, very pale sparrow, with blue-gray head,
a tan brown back, and a white breast with faint streaking. There was a
thin, white supercillium and a white mustache stripe. It was right at the
mouth of Issaquah Creek, first on the west spit and then it flew to the
east spit. I will try to relocate it again tomorrow.

Tuesday, Feb 23, 11:46 pm. Hi. this is Dave Beaudette, 206-365-2083. The
report that I sent in about the 20 WHITE-TAILED KITES, I had put the wrong
date on that. It was on February 20th, not January 20th.That's is,
goodbye.

Thursday, Feb 25, 1999, 9:52 pm. Hi, this is Jim Flynn, at 206-772-5568.
Today I saw a ROSS' GOOSE along the Kent/Auburn city limits. The bird has
been around for at least a week or two and was first found by Roger Ornet.
And to find this bird take the South 272nd St exit from the Valley Freeway
and head east. Go across 2 sets of railroad tracks and you will come to
the intersection with Auburn Way North. If you go straight across the
intersection you will have to go around a barricade that says local access
only due to construction. If you go just past this barricade about 200
yards and take the first left on 86th, and this is a nice quiet dead end
road which you can drive and scan the fields on either side. The bird was
in the field immediately on the right after taking that left with about 35
CANADA GEESE. And there are also a good number of other waterfowl in the
area that are worth checking out. Thanks, bye bye.

Thursday, Feb 25, 1999, 10:10 pm. Hi, this is Jim Flynn, at 206-772-5568.
And a belated report of some sightings that Fred Bochette, Sam Terry and I
made in the Okanagen highlands last weekend. On Sunday the 21st there was
a male PINE GROSBEAK just north of the Sitzmark Ski Area. If you go just
north of the ski area to the Y junction, take the left hand fork, which in
the DeLorme Atlas is called Kiplinger Rd, but apparently locally that is
the Tonasket-Havillah Rd. Go down hill till you come to a small cattle
farm. The GROSBEAK was seen in that area and also a couple of RUFFED
GROUSE were feeding in the red twig dogwood there. And just to the east of
there along Hungry Hollow Rd is a, was a flock of about 60 SNOW BUNTINGS
that were originally found by Craig Kemper. And also there were SNOW
BUNTINGS, smaller numbers of them, at Atkins Lake on the Waterville
Plateau on Saturday along with at least 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR. That's it, bye
bye.

Messages last checked Tuesday, Feb 23, 1999 at 6:26 pm. The next
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Phil Kelley
Lacey, WA
Scrbjay at aol.com
"We were few and they were many. Now we are many and they are few."
Confucius