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December 17, 12:47 PM - Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Birded Spencer Island
today. The RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was in its usual place around 9:00 AM,
sitting perched out in the open and calling loudly a couple of hundred yards
north of the barn. There was also a HARLAN'S HAWK in the area. From the
cross dike looking south I had two male MALLARD X PINTAIL hybrids. That's
about it. Good luck and good birding.

December 17, 3:13 PM - Hi, this is Gene Revelas in Tacoma (253) 756-7834
reporting two SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATERS which were seen from Point Defiance,
the tip of the beach in Tacoma. A shearwater was first noticed by Rick Romea
from Owens Beach toward the point. I then hiked out there from about 1:30 -
2:30 and had two birds in the tidal rip right off the point feeding with a
large flock of bonies. Had a great look at them from the beach with the
scope. I'm comfortable that they were both SHORT-TAIL SHEARWATERS. That's
it. Good luck and good birding.

December 17, 8:08 PM - Hello, this is Scott Aktinson reporting for today,
December 17th. Today was definitely the right day to be on the Port Angeles
to Victoria ferry. On the 8:20 run this morning on the M.V. Coho, very windy
conditions, brought some very nice surprises starting with a fly-by of a
first winter HORNED PUFFIN seen about a hundred yards off the tip of Ediz
Hook. Then just before the mid-way point, about at the international border,
had a white-faced NORTHERN FULMAR. Shortly thereafter had a cooperative
winter plumaged SLATY-BACKED GULL that foraged with various other gulls at
the stern of the boat for about twenty minutes and followed us right on in
close to Victoria. There were large numbers of gulls and alcids all along
the route. This included about 200 ANCIENT MURRELETS which were mostly on
the Canadian side. That's all.

December 18, 7:28 AM - Hello, this is Steve Pink. this is a report for
Sunday, the 17th of December At Monroe, the Three Rivers Park, there were
two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and one AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. Thanks. That's
it. Good luck and good birding.

Grant Hendrickson
Redmond, WA
granth at halcyon.com