[Transcribers note: I have had a bad day. I first wrote out part of the
transcription and it disappeared from the screen when I bumped the mouse.
So I wrote it out on the Word Processor (Corel Word Perfect) only to find
that when I had copied it to what would have been like the Mac Clipboard,
it was not available to Paste in to the email message box. Thus I
laboriously typed the whole thing out again only to find that when I sent
it, apparently all that went was my name and address. So I am breaking the
message in two and trying to send it that way thinking it might be too
long. If this does get through, maybe someone more knowledgable than myself
can give me some pointers. BN]

The Washington BirdBox is a voice mailbox sponsored by the Washington
Ornithological Society. To leave messages about a notable sighting, or to
listen to messages from the last seven days, call (425) 454-2662 and follow
the prompts. Hal Opperman is the system administrator, personal phone
(425) 635-0503.

Transcribed by Bob Norton, Washington, phone (360) 928-3053 or e-mail to
mail to: norton 360 at aol.com or (preferably) norton36 at olypen.com. Please
contact me if you have any corrections, comments or questions.

Mailbox previously checked on January 31, 2000, by
Franny Drobny.

Tuesday, February 1, 2000, 5:48 PM. Hi, this is Barry Lyon birding with Bob
Sundstrom, Victor Emanuel Nature Tours, our Winter Washington Tour. I just
want to report: Yesterday, on the 31st of January a PRAIRIE FALCON on the
Samish Flats at the Samish T at the east ninety. Very high wind out there
so all the birds seemed to be down on the ground in the fields. The PRAIRIE
FALCON flew aroung several fields but stayed in the area.
Today, on February 1, at the John Wayne Marina near Sequim, we had a
YELLOW-BILLED LOON at the east end of the marina. It was a winter plumaged
adult bird swimming around with COMMON and PACIFIC LOONS. Also at the Three
Crabs Restaurant just east of the Dungeness River Mouth, we had a gray
morph GYRFALCON in truly miserable conditions of wind and rain. It was
quite nice out there.

Wednesday February 2, 2000, 7:29 PM. Hi. Tom Aversa at 782-7342. An
interesting waterfowl at Montlake Fill today. Really well marked COMMON
TEAL and also an immature SNOW GOOSE and about 25 CACKLING GEESE.

Friday, February 4, 2000, 8:04 AM. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette at (206)
365-2083. This report is for February 3 and Snohomish County. The PALM
WARBLER was again seen along the Lowell River Front Trail. The bird was
seen along the woods at the east edge of the large Scotch Broom meadow that
is surrounded by a black erosion fence. This site was previously described
on the Birdbox. The bird was seen at about 3 PM. And, also, the adult
HARRIS' SPARROW was seen along the Lowell-Snohomish River Road just west of
Snohomish. This is the bird that Dennis Duffey originally found on January
17. The bird is along the road in the blackberriesaround a couple of silage
piles on the south side of the road. On the north side of the road there is
also a gate going to a trail along the river. This site is approximately a
half mile west of where the road crosses under route 9. That's it.

Friday, February 4, 2000, 10:46 PM. This is Rachel Lawson at (206)
282-5593. Today, Friday, February 4, I found the ARCTIC LOON at the site
previously reported by Stephen Mlodinow at Priest Rapids Lake. That's all.
Goodby.

Friday, February 4, 2000, 11:10 PM. This is Andy Stepniewski reporting from
Yakima. I am playing a recording of a Mike Denny report of an ARCTIC LOON
at Priest Rapids Lake. So here goes: "Hi Andy. Mike Denny. We located an
ARCTIC LOON this morning about 10:30 immediately behind Priest Rapids Dam
about midpool. We had very good light on it. We had very good looks at it
and I don't know what your bird was. I never heard what age or sex or
anything like that. I would call out bird an adult. Anyway, we had a 25 or
30 minute observation of it. Talk to you later.

Saturday, February 5, 2000, 6:16 AM. Hello, this is Craig Kemper (206)
789-9255, reporting for Friday, February 4. At the Lowell River Front
Trail, I relocated the PALM WARBLER at approximately 1 PM in the location
previously described by Dave Beaudette. Thank you. Goodby.

Saturday, February 5, 2000, 8:39 PM. Hello, this is Joanne McKenzie in
Surrey B.C. (604) 538-1676. Hugh and I went to Desert Air today and had the
ARCTIC LOON within minutes of arrival. Probably you've heard the reports
from others. The bird was again on the Yakima side of the river in good
light and stayed on the surface of the water where it could be seen without
too much difficulty. Also, in the the course of listening to the messages
back to January 30th, I have heard nobody mention a MOCKINGBIRD in the
vicinity. Hugh and I did have a MOCKINGBIRD just after leaving that parking
area by the river side. We had come back to the east approximately to the
third hydro pole and the MOCKER was working the roadside trees and shrubs
and on the road itself. So that was a new Washington state bird for us as
well as the ARCTIC LOON. So that's all for now. Bye Bye.

Saturday, February 5, 2000, 11:40 PM. Joanne McKenzie again. One other
thing. the time of day for the NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was 2:15 PM.


Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton36 at olypen.com