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Thursday, November 11, 9:39 AM. Hi. This is Martha Taylor, (206) 523-4277.
The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen this morning at Montlake Fill around 9:15
at a slightly different place. Go to the dry pond on Wikiakum (?) Lane, turn
left and go down the gravel path. The bird was seen past the evergreen tree
on the right in a patch of green to the right of there. Good luck and good
birding.

Thursday, November 11, 3:39 PM. Hi, Scott Downes, 361-7273. Ryan Shaw and I
were up at the Sammish Flats today, and while we didn't have the EURASIAN
KESTREL, on Chuckanut Drive in the fields west of there, there was a PRAIRIE
FALCON in the field. And we were able to locate the EURASIAN KESTREL, being
chased by a PEREGRINE, flying across Sunset Road about 11:30 this morning.
That's about it. Good luck and good birding.

Thursday, November 11, 5:18 PM. Hi, this is Tom Aversa, 782-7342. There was
also a CATTLE EGRET up on the Flats today. It was just a little bit west of
the Sammish River crossing of the Bayview-Edison Road.

Thursday, November 11, 9:50 PM. Bruce Lebar, (253) 272-1058. This morning
Marcus Roening and I, we went to see the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER up at
Point-No-Point that Tom Aversa found yesterday. It's the same location, 100
yards perhaps, behind the lighthouse going south along the trail right next
to the beach. If you go far enough along the beach you will come to the
staircase that goes up to a county park. From the base of that staircase back
toward the lighthouse is where the bird stayed this morning. We watched it
from 9 to 9:30. Excellent views. That's it, good luck and good birding.

Saturday, November 13, 11:07 AM. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson, with a report
from Sammish Flats this morning, looking for the EURASIAN KESTREL with Ann
Winski.
Unable to find the KESTREL this morning. Did see the CATTLE EGRET at the site
previously described by Tom Aversa. Also, good numbers of raptors, generally
9 species, including a couple of HARLAN'S TYPE RED-TAILED HAWKS, 1 along
Darcy Road in the southern part of the Sammish Flats, another along Abenallen
(?) that was eating a crow. We also observed a RED-TAILED HAWK right along
Best Road, on the south side of route 20, scavenging on a very dead and
decomposing opossum. We also saw a WESTERN SANDPIPER in a large flock of
DUNLIN along Sunset Road. And that's it.


Saturday, November 13, 8:58 PM. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today I birded
Whidby Island pretty much, or most of it. Highlights of the day was a SNOW
BUNTING in overflight at Cultus Bay and at, from shore at the ferry landing
there were 34 ANCIENT MURRELETS. There was also a GREBE that appeared to be
of a mixed WESTERN/CLARK'S heritage. A very CLARK'S like bill but a
distinctly WESTERN facial pattern. Bumped into Mark Muller up here at Sammish
Flats and apparently the EURASIAN KESTREL has not been seen today or
yesterday. The CATTLE EGRET has been showing nicely as mentioned by Scott
Atkinson. That's it, good luck and good birding.


Saturday, November 13, 10:03 PM. Hello. this is Dave Beaudette, at (206)
365-2083. This report is for November 13th in Skagit County. And about 12:30
this afternoon I located the CATTLE EGRET in a slightly different location
than previously described. I saw it at the east end of Sullivan Road which is
just south of where it was previously described. It was witha small group of
cattle. And, in that spot was 1 HARLEN'S HAWK, and in the northwest part of
Marches Point, seen from the boat launch there on timbers under the pipeline
pier was a flock of 8 BLACK TURNSTONES. Good birding.

Messages last checked 8:20 AM, Sunday, November 14, 1999

Phil Kelley
Lacey, WA
scrbjay at aol.com
(360) 459-1499

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