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December 28, 1:36 PM - This is Vic Nelson. Today at Point No Point at the NE
tip of the Kitsap Peninsula I had almost 500 ANCIENT MURRELETS fly in to the
sound in about a twenty minute period just after noon. I haven't seen any
ANCIENT MURRELETS for a month, then all of a sudden there were flocks of
40-50 flying in for about fifteen to twenty minutes. I've also had a couple
of sightings of at least one ARCTIC LOON in this past week. Thank you.

December 28, 6:31 PM - Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today Jason Starfire,
Yvonne Bombardier, Sam Terry and I went down to look at the MOUNTAIN PLOVER.
It was still present. Had it about 8:30 in the morning. Go to Fort Canby
State Park, drive to the base of the north jetty at the mouth of the
Columbia River. Walk out to the beach. You'll see on your right a couple
driftwood shelters built on the shallow dunes there. The furthest north
shelter, which is the flimsiest appearing of the two, was where the bird was
hanging out. Also today we had a FULMAR from the lighthouse at the North
Head near the jetty of the Columbia. Near the Raymondville Airport we had
five TRUMPETER SWANS. Where the North River goes into Willapa Bay west of
Raymond we had about 150 MARBLED GODWITS and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS along with
the more common shorebirds. At Tokeland we had about 150 more MARBLED
GODWITS, twelve WILLET, and two WHIMBREL. Other highlights included an
AMERICAN BITTERN and about twenty to thirty WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at Bay
Center. On Chinook Valley Road, just north of Chinook, we had four
WHITE-TAILED KITES, and in that same vicinity we had another twenty to
thirty WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. That's it. Good luck and good birding.


Grant Hendrickson
Redmond, WA
granth at halcyon.com