Transcribed by Jane Hadley
jhadle at uswest.net
phone: (206) 328-7605

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Monday, August 7, 2000, 7:42 p.m. Hi, this is Rachel
Lawson at 206-282-5593. On Sunday, August 6th, while
traveling through the Okanogan, near Republic, I found two
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. The first one was south of
Republic on the Sanpoil River right off State Highway 21, a
bit south of the Thirteen Mile Creek Trailhead. The second
was just north of Republic at Mud Lake in the fenced-in
spring across the road from the lake. That's all. Good luck
and good birding.

Sunday, August 6, 2000, 7:27 p.m. G. "Shiva"
Parameswaran, 206-623-0753. I was birdwatching in
Montlake Fill today. It was quiet for a while. But then
suddenly things erupted and we had three LONG-BILLED
DOWTICHERS, identified by voice. I think these are adult
birds. They looked pretty roughed up. And one LESSER
YELLOW LEG and around about six WESTERN
SANDPIPERS. It was nice to see the YELLOW LEG and
I think it's an immature bird, crisply formed and with good
primary extension, whatever. And I had a chance to
compare its size with a KILDEER nearby, so I thought I
should report that. Anyway, good luck and good birding.

Saturday, August 5, 2000, 12:14 p.m. Hello, this is Martha
Taylor, 206-523-4677. My brother, Dan Taylor, whose
phone number is 503-452-0448, reports seeing a
CURLEW SANDPIPER yesterday, on the 4th, at Long
Beach. The directions to see it, where he saw it were to go
north on Sandridge Road to the end. Go left at the T
towards the ocean. And from where you have to park, he
saw it between one and two miles north walking on the
beach in a flock of other sandpipers. He said it was an adult
molting out of alternate plummage. And there were lots of
other shorebirds around. Good luck and good birding.

Friday, August 4, 2000, 9:51 p.m. Hi, this is Sam Terry,
206-329-9038. Today at the Montlake Fill in Seattle, there
was a juvenile SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Good luck
and good birding.

Friday, August 4, 2000, 7:15 a.m. Hi, this is Tom Aversa,
reporting on a trip to the North Cascades the past couple of
days, August 2nd and August 3rd. Highlights of the trip were
on the area from Hart's Pass to Slate Peak. Quite a lot of
migrant birds moving over the slope. Lot of WARBLERS
and SPARROWS, huge numbers of PINE SISKINS. There
was a LONG-EARED OWL on the night of the 2nd flying
repeatedly over the Hart's Pass campground right around
dusk. And lower down, at the Easy Pass Trailhead, there
were a pair of PINE GROSBEAKS on the 2nd.

--
Jane Hadley
jhadle at uswest.net
Seattle, WA