Subject: Washington Birdbox November
Date: Nov 25 08:58:05 1999
From: SCRBJAY at aol.com - SCRBJAY at aol.com


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 (halop at accessone.com:
personal phone (425) 635-0503.

Please contact me (Phil Kelley) by phone or e-mail if you have any
corrections, comments or questions about this transcription.

Sunday, November 14, 1:06 PM. Bruce LeBar (253) 272-1058. Today, in Tacoma,
down at the tide flats the SLATY-BACKED GULL was re-found by Marcus Roenig
and Ryan Shaw and myself to the south of Lincoln Street. As you go over the
bridge turn left on Stewart Street, very close to Gog-Li-Hi-Te mitigation
ponds. As you are going down Stewart Street you are bearing off to the river
and there are a lot of gulls on the river. The SLATY-BACKED was there. Later
Ruth Sullivan joined us and it was the same bird she had the other day, and
obviously, the same one Michael Donohue had too. So that gives you an update
on the SLATY-BACKED that is still around and will probably be around all
winter. If you have nay questions be sure to give me a call. Thank you.

Sunday, November 14, 3:28 PM. Hi all, this is Rick Romeo, (206) 523-5831. The
GRAY GNATCATCHER was relocated at the same location at Point No Point
today at 1:00 PM, so this is just an update on that bird. Good luck.

Monday, November 15, 11:42 AM. Good morning, this is Jeff Peterson. This
morning at the Edmonds breakwater near the Edmonds fishing pier there was a
SURFBIRD, an unusual bird for this location. Thank you.

Monday, November 15, 5:06 PM. Hi, this is Greg Toffic (425) 338-1746. This
morning on the Edmonds to Kingston Ferry run there was an immature BROWN
PELICAN near the Edmonds side. And spent about an hour & a half with Dick
Nelson at Point No Point looking for the GNATCATCHER in deteriorating
weather, and we were not able to find that bird.

Monday, November 15, 6:21 PM. This is Rachel Lawson, (206) 282-5593. At the
Montlake fill this morning I didn't find the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, but there
was a TUNDRA SWAN on Union Bay looking in the direction of the stadium.
That's it. Good birding.

Wednesday, November 17, 5:36 PM. Hi, this is Ryan Shaw, phone number (360)
491-1084. Today, about 2:30, at Point No Point, I relocated the BLUE-GREY
GNATCATCHER in the brambles behind the lighthouse. And, also a CLARK'S GREBE
pretty close to shore right by the lighthouse. And that;s about it. Good
birding.

Friday, November 19, 7:09AM. Hi, this is Tom Aversa at (206) 782-7342,
reporting on a trip yesterday down to Ridgefield refuge in the Vancouver
area. Highlights included HARRIS and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS down at the
Chilapoo manure pit down beyond Vancouver Lake. Also, 13 GREAT EGRETS
mostly in the McCarthy Unit and almost 250 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS in the
River Unit. Also a HARLAN'S HAWK in the River Unit. Also, another
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW down on lower River Road, by mile post 10.

Friday, November 19, 3:24 PM. Hi, Scott Downes, 361-7073. Today, Nancy
Lautenberger and I went up to the Sequim area to try to relocate a TROPICAL
KINGBIRD found at Three Crabs on Wednesday afternoon. Did not have any luck
with this bird, however, at the Olympic Game Farm we did find a gray-phase
GYRFALCON. Later in the morning, at Point No Point, in the rain, I was able
to find the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER in the rose bushes near the hill. That's
about it. Good luck and good birding.

Saturday, November 20, 8:31 PM. Hi, this is Gene Revelas in Tacoma, (253)
756-7834. On a Tahoma Audubon field trip today up to the Sequim - Port
Angeles area we had the GYRFALCON that Scott Downes saw at the Game Farm was
at the marsh by the Three Crabs Restaurant when we were up there today. And I
think it looked like a gray phase, mature bird that Scott had reported. Out
at Ediz Hook we had a BROWN PELICAN and a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL, both
beyond the gate to the Coast Guard. The GLAUCOUS GULL was on the runway
there, and the BROWN PELICAN was hanging out over by the salmon pens. There
was also 2 or 3 ROCK SANDPIPERS, and a WHIMBREL. That's about it. Good luck
and good birding.

Saturday, November 20, 10:03 PM. Hi, Steven Mlodinow. Today, Russell Rogers,
Dennis Duffy, and I went mostly around Watcom County. Highlight included a
TREE SPARROW at Lake Terrell Wildlife Management Area. Take Lake Terrell
Road. Take the first parking area on you right. Walk down the trail to the
farthest field on your left. That's where the TREE SPARROW was. At Lumi Flats
we had 2 HARLAN'S HAWKS. At the base of the aquaculture dike we had 7 SNOW
BUNTINGS, and we had a REDHEAD at Birch Bay and 4 EARED GREBES at Drayton
Harbor. That's about it. Good luck and good birding. Sorry, one additional
bird, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. It was in Skagit County near Bayview, just
south of the intersection of Key Loop Road and Allen West Road.

Tuesday, November 23, 12:43 PM. This is Rachel Lawson, (206) 282-5593. Today
in my backyard, which is on the south slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. In
a flock of DARK-EYED JUNCOS there are included 2 SLATE-COLORED JUNCOS. That's
all. Good birding.

Tuesday, November 23, 5:46 PM. Hello, this is Craig Kemper, (206) 789-9255,
with a late report for Friday, November 19th and Sunday, November 21st. On
Friday morning, November 19th, birding at Skagit Count, I relocated the
single CATTLE EGRET south of Highway 20. The bird was north of McClean Road
on Best Road west of milepost 1 in a field with cattle. On Sunday, November
21st, Kathy Kemper and I birded Kitsap County and at Point No Point relocated
the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, at 10:20 AM. The bird was in a rose thicket just
south of the lighthouse along the path previously described. Thank you and
good birding.

Wednesday, November 24, 6:28 AM. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette at (206)
365-2083. This report is for November the 23rd in Kitsap County. Yesterday,
November 23rd the BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was seen in the wet meadow, in the
brush, about 200 to 300 feet south of the lighthouse along the path that runs
from the lighthouse. This bird was also seen by Keith Brady. Also off Point
No Point was an immature BROWN PELICAN and 1 PARASITIC JEAGER. Good birding.

Messages last checked November 25, 8:42 AM.

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

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