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Transcribed by Franny Drobny, Seattle, Washington, phone (206) 286-1695
evenings. Please contact me by e-mail if you have any corrections,
comments, or questions. Mailbox previously checked on Monday, March 22,
1999, at 11:57 a.m.


March 22, 1999, Monday, 12:44 p.m. Hi, this is Trace Geernaert at (206)
938-6301. There was a BURROWING OWL observed by the Seattle Audubon field
trip on Saturday, March 20th. Joe Mackie originally reported it on
Tweeters, but anyway it's on the dike, on the closest to the water, about a
mile in. You can phone me for clearer directions if it's still there.
That's all.

March 22, 1999, Monday, 5:14 p.m. Vic Nelson at Point-No-Point at the
northeast tip of the Kitsap peninsula. Today, Monday, I had a SAY'S PHOEBE
at the trailer park at the Point-No-Point Resort, it was here in the
afternoon between about 2 and 5. It may still be here. And also this
morning the adult LITTLE GULL was here with a flock of BONAPARTES. The best
time to look for the LITTLE GULL the next couple of days is probable between
10 o'clock and 1 o'clock. Thank you. Good-bye.

March 23, 1999, Tuesday, 8:56 p.m. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette (206)
365-2083. Today, March 23rd, I saw the SAY'S PHOEBE around the trailers at
the Point-No-Point Resort at about noon. That's in Kitsap County. That
bird was reported as being present yesterday by Vic Nelson. Good birding.

March 25, 1999, Thursday, 7:54 a.m. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette (206)
365-2083. Went birding at the Kent Ponds in King County the afternoon of
March 24th and saw the following interesting birds: 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at
a pool at the west meadows, the immature Peale's PEREGRINE on snags and a
log at the pond's area, and an adult and a juvenile BALD EAGLE at the snags
at the ponds, a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on the boundary fence just north of
the asphalt pathway that runs along the south perimeter of the site. The
bird was on the west end of that fence and was seen earlier by, I believe
it's, Jerry Brodice(?). At about 3 p.m. a flock of 11 LESSER CANADAS landed
at the ponds and ten minutes later took off to the north, and later in the
evening a group of about 30 CACKLING CANADAS landed at the ponds, and other
interesting birds were also a NORTHERN SHRIKE, a singing COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
and a single YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Good birding.

March 25, 1999, Thursday, 9:39 a.m. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson. Spring
has sprung. Last night just after 5 p.m. I had a northbound male PURPLE
MARTIN, a bit early for a first migrant. The bird was seen at eye level
from the 28th floor of the 1111 Third Avenue Building in downtown Seattle.
In addition, while stalled in southbound traffic today, I had a migrant
GREATER YELLOWLEGS opposite the south most of the Everett settling ponds
just off the west side of I-5. That's all.

Transcription completed by Franny Drobny on Thursday, March 25, 1999, at
4:21 p.m.

















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