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, personal phone (425)
635-0503. Transcribed by Christy Anderson. Please contact me at
christya at gte.net if you have any corrections, comments, or questions.

Sunday, May 2, 6:13 pm. Hi, this is Mike Blue in Renton. 425-255-9349 and
today at about 3 pm at the Costco in Issaquah, and there were about 20-30
VAUX'S SWIFTS flying over the parking lot.

Sunday, May 2, 4:02 pm. Hi this is Jim Flynn. Today about 2:30 pm, there was
a male REDHEAD at the Kent Ponds. It was on the second pond from the East,
which is visible from the south trail and also from the berm which is on the
east side of the pond, south of the animal shelter. And also at the Smith
Brother's Dairy, the TUNDRA SWAN was still present. And also there was a
flock of about 30 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, and these were all in the
field which is just west of the dairy.

Saturday, May 1, 7:44 pm. Hi this is Steve Mlodinow. Dennis Buckey, Jim
Flynn and I did the Skagit to Whidbey loop today. The highlight was again
the TUFTED DUCK at the Oak Harbor sewage treatment pond, just east of the
seaplane base, which is itself just east of Oak Harbor. The sewage pond is
across a small road from Crescent Harbor, which is fairly easy to locate on
a map. Other highlights included a lingering TRUMPETER SWAN on private
property on Whidbey Island, TUNDRA SWAN just north of Stanwood on the road
to Big Ditch, a small group of SNOW GEESE viewed from Jettison(?) Access,
and lots of shorebirds in lots of places. Not much that was unusual however.
There are WHIMBRELS at a variety of locations, including 89 just north of
Sylvana, in Snohomish County and 40 at the end of Hasty Lake Road on Whidbey
Island. There's still some BLACK SCOTERS in Penn Cove, and that about covers
it.

Thursday, April 29, 6:54 am. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette. 206-3652083. On
April 28th, birded Skagit County, besides the very common GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, DUNLINS, LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, I had 2 sightings of
WHIMBRELS, a flock of 17 on the west side of District Line Road, that's NE
of Burlington, about 4/10ths of a mile north of Wash. 20. And also a single
WHIMBREL on the shoreline of Fidalgo Bay. adjacent to the March's Point Rd.
and the south Texas Rd. And also had 2 TRUMPETER SWANS on the north side of
Kelaher(?) Rd. about a tenth of mile east of the District Line Rd.

Tuesday, April 27, 1:44 pm. Hi this is Steve Mlodinow. Today on the pond on
Holmaker's Rd, which is just east of Everett, you reach this pond by taking
US 2, east from I-5, taking the first road to the right which is Holmaker's
Rd. and following it south about a mile. At the pond there was a SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, about 10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a handful of WESTERN, LEAST,
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and KILLDEER. Elsewhere in the Ebey's Slough area, there
were 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL and an AMERICAN BITTERN. And at Mukilteo State Park
near the ferry landing, there were about a half dozen COMMON TERNS.

Monday, April 26, 10:15 pm. Hello this is Jim Flynn. 206-772-5568. Today
about 6 pm there was a late TUNDRA SWAN and a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in the
field just west of the Smith Brother's Dairy, which is on West Valley
Highway and S 277th St. South of Kent. The birds were in the field just west
of the dairy.

Monday, April 26, 1:15`pm. This is Dick Nelson. Today at Pt. No Point, at
the NE tip of the Kitsap Peninsula, I had a YELLOW-BILLED LOON in basic
plumage, just to the west of the resort on the small bay. They are typically
very transitory in this area, so I really wouldn't expect to see it if
somebody comes out later. Even today or tomorrow. But you might get lucky
and it might still be here. There are a large number of MARBLED MURRLELETS,
HORNED GREBES and a few other diving birds in the area if you miss the loon.



Transcript logged at 9:53 pm, May 2, 1999.




Christy Anderson
Bellevue WA
christya at gte.net