Transcribed by Jane Hadley
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Saturday, August 19, 2000, 10:02 p.m. Hi, this is Stephen
Mlodinaw. Today at Ocean Shores, we only had one
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER and that was at Damon
Point Pond. We had no other shorebirds there but that was
not at high tide. The YELLOW-BILLED LOON was still
around the submerged portion of the jetty just west of
Damon Point proper. At Tokeland, there was two
BAR-TAILED GODWITS, one of which was an adult
female. It -- mostly in alternate plumage but molting into
basic plumage.. And also there was a juvenile
BAR-TAILED GODWIT there as well. That's it. Good luck
and good birding.

Saturday, August 19, 2000, 7:38 p.m. Hello, this is Patrick
Sullivan reporting from Tacoma, Washington for August
19th. Today at Ocean Shores in Grays Harbor County at
Damon Point, was one BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER,
nine AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and two
PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVERS. Thank you. Goodbye.

Saturday, August 19, 2000, 5:34 p.m. Hi, this is Greg
Toffic. Today at the Stanwood Sewage Ponds, there were
four RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and two WILSON'S
PHALAROPES. The two groups kept themselves separate
most of the time but did come together in the middle of the
main pond at one point, where they could be compared
closely. The WILSON'S, however, tended to stay in the
northwest corner, right up against the shoreline, and I was
able to get very close looks, probably 20 feet away or so
and actually had to toss a pebble to get the birds to flush and
be able to see their white rumps and plain gray wings. So
great opportunity to compare two species side-by-side.
Good birding.

Friday, August 18, 2000, 8:20 p.m. Hi, this is Greg Toffic.
Today at Tokeland Marina, there were two basic-plumaged
BAR-TAILED GODWITS. I saw them between 1 and 2
o'clock. That was about two to three hours before high tide,
and they were seen from the little dock that heads out
towards the breakwater. They were feeding and preening in
the shallows there. The two birds were in very similar
plumage, but one of them was smaller than the other, leading
me to believe that they were a male and a female. The other
people that were there were Fred Bouchet and his daughter
and Rose Dubois. Also, on the way back this afternoon, I
stopped at Brady Loop Road and there were two
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. Good luck and good
birding.

Friday, August 18, 2000, 6:58 p.m. Steve Dang
206-368-6887. Alan(sp?) Rodell(sp?) and I birded
Whidbey Island today. At Crockett Lake, we had a
WILLET on the north shore of the lake as well as about
between 60 and 70 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. We
also had a few RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at
Swantown. And at Maxwelton, we had a couple of
JAEGER.

Friday, August 18, 2000, 5:43 a.m. This is Douglas Marshall
206-270-8960. Yesterday, August 17th, at about 11 a.m.,
there were four RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the
Stanwood Sewage Ponds. Good luck and good birding.

Thursday, August 17, 2000, 2:35 p.m. This is Ed Swan on
Vashon Island. At 206-463-7976. This morning on the
Vashon-Fauntleroy ferry run about 7:30, there were six
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in the water on the green
debris in the water.

Monday, August 14, 2000, 4:25 p.m. This is Ed Swan on
Vashon Island at 206-463-7976. There was a WESTERN
SCRUB JAY on Vashon at the intersection of 145th Place
and the main highway. And it was hanging out in the hazelnut
trees around that intersection. And also on the Point
Defiance ferry run today there was several - four or five -
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. That's it.

Sunday, August 13, 2000, 8:55 p.m. Hello, this is Scott
Atkinson. A few birds for the weekend of the 12th and 13th.
On the afternoon of the 12th at Echo Lake -- this is in
northwest Seattle, there's a public beach access, there's a
forested area just above on the hillside and a WESTERN
SCRUB JAY calling there. Also on the lake itself in the lily
ponds near the public beach access a GREEN HERON.
Then today at the Skagit Game Range, particularly from the
Snow Goose access off Fir Island Road, on plowed field
adjacent to the parking area, eight PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, six SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a
BAIRD's SANDPIPER, one juvenile PACIFIC GOLDEN
PLOVER, way out on the flats, an unidentified EGRET,
probably a GREAT, but just a little too far out. Also, on the
slough near the public access, a RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE. That's all.

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