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Transcribed by Bob Norton, Joyce, WA, norton360 at aol.com, (360) 928-3053. I
welcome corrections for people's names and places mentioned.

BIRDBOX previously accessed October 24.

Monday, October 25, 8:52 AM. Hi, this is Steve [?] Ellis [?] from Tacoma
[could not make out the phone number] A quick update on EURASIAN DOTTEREL. It
was still present today, Monday. It was working the mud flats on the bay side
at the base of Damon Point. It was there from first light at about a quarter
of 8 and it was there through at least 8:40 when I had to leave. The bird is
loosely associated with a few BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a group of DUNLINS.
The weather down here is pretty nasty. It's blowing and raining, but good
luck.

Monday, October 25, 3:56 PM. Hi, this is Michael Dossett, (425) 402-3790.
This morning I birded Shoreview Park in Shoreline and at the entrance I found
a NORTHERN SHRIKE sitting on the fence. In the area west of the soccer field
there were 4 or 5 SLATE-COLORED JUNCOS and a single WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
Thank you.

Monday, October 25, 9:15 PM. Paul Hicks here, (360) 264-2462, calling on
Monday. I'm calling from Ocean Shores. The EURASIAN DOTTEREL, as far as I
know, was seen at the base of Damon Point on the bay side and the marina at
10:30 and no later than that. At high tide at Bill's Spit an AMERICAN AVOCET
with good numbers of large shorebirds: GODWITS and CURLEWS. At Damon Point
Pond a LESSER GOLDEN-PLOVER of some sort, haven't figured it out yet and
several LAPLAND LONGSPURS. At Hoquiam Sewage Treatment Ponds at the office
entrance for over a week there's been two WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. That's it.

Tuesday, October 26, 9:58 AM. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson with a belated
report for this last weekend. On Saturday morning the 23rd, at the Edmund's
Fishing Pier there were 5 late RED- NECKED PHALAROPE and on the 24th there
was a late adult SABINE'S GULL off the Juan de Fuca side of the Dungeness
Spit. It was about three quarters of a mile down the spit and then out
probably 300 yards. I had it in the telescope. The bird was in winter
plumage. Also on October 24th there was a flock of 50 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE from the north end of Schumck Road of Port Williams County Park near
Sequim. The birds were flying south bound. That's all.

Tuesday, October 26, 2:52 PM. Steve Dang (206) 368-6887. At noon today at
Shoreview Park in Shoreline I had a great view of a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
actively feeding on a small mammal about the size of a Norway Rat.

Tuesday, October 26, 3:02 PM. This is Arthur at (206) 546-3301 and I'd like
to report at least two NORTHERN BOB WHITES hanging out in a woodlot field
behind my house in Edmunds. I am assuming, because of the location and the
area that I live in, that these are probably introduced birds rather than
escaped birds. Anyway, I thought I would report that little oddity. NORTHERN
BOB WHITES. Thank you.

Wednesday, October 27, 1:45 PM. Hi, this is Mark Oberle, (206) 543-4144. I'm
down at Ocean Shores this morning, Wednesday, with two other birders I ran
into and did not see many shorebirds, less than 100, around the base of Damon
Point and none at the east end of the Game Range. I did not see the DOTTEREL,
however within an hour the high winds tuned to driving rain and so we
couldn't really bird effectively in those conditions. So, the DOTTEREL could
be around but we didn't see it at low tide this morning.

Wednesday, October 27, 3:59 PM. The following report was received this
morning by email from Ardis Kenney in Olympia. Yesterday, October 26, while
driving back from Boston Harbor Marina the observer saw an adult LITTLE BLUE
HERON where Woodard Bay Road crosses Woodard Bay. The bird was wading in the
water at low tide on the south side of the bridge close to gulls and other
birds that permitted a relative size comparison. Thank you. [Voice of Hal
Opperman].

Thursday, October 28, 1:29 PM. Paul Hicks here. (360) 264-2462 reporting for
Thursday, October 28th. Around the noon hour I went to the Woodard Bay site
of the LITTLE BLUE HERON. I did not see the heron, I think the tide was too
high, but in the vicinity saw a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and a WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW. To get there, due to the lack of parking, I would park at the
Woodard Bay area and walk 0.2 of a mile towards Libby Road. At the address
6947 or 6943 there is a long driveway and within 100 feet of the main street
there is a weed patch on the immediate right and there is also a telephone
pole. These birds were approachable and associated with large numbers of
sparrows, finches and juncos. The LINCOLN'S SPARROW 's call was a little a
more of a mellow buzz than I expected. The WHITE-THROATED SPARROW much more
like a WHITE-CROWNED. That's all. Good luck.

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