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Sunday, February 20, 7:01 PM. This is Stewart Wexler, (206) 526-1980. I saw
a male WILSON'S WARBLER today feeding in a willow tree in Blanchard,
Washington near Bow, Washington off of Chuckanut Drive a quarter mile east
along Colony Road.

Sunday, February 20, 7:08 PM. Michael Preba, (206) 623-7798. Today, in
Kent, I saw, very briefly, a NORTHERN SHRIKE. It was located on the bicycle
path that I've heard some people call the power line trail, that runs in an
east-west direction between South 212th Street and the railroad tracks. It
was very close to where that path begins at 68th Avenue South in one of the
leafless trees there. Almost as soon as I saw it, it went shooting off to
the northeast but I would imagine, considering how inhospitable that area
would be for shrikes, that it will probably be back somewhere along that
path if you go there to look for it. Thanks. Good By.

Monday, February 21, 8:15 AM. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette at (206)
365-2083. This report is for February 20 in Snohomish County. At the
Everett Sewage Ponds, at a pond on the south side of Fourth Street SE where
the usual large group of gulls is seen, was an adult THAYER'S GULL and on
Spencer Island on the gravel cross dike trail was a single HORNED LARK.
>From there I birded a couple of places along Marine Drive which runs west
of Marysville. At Priest Point were 16 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and one SPOTTED
SANDPIPER. And, seen from Priest Point, on the hillside just north of there
was a single WESTERN SCRUB JAY. To reach Priest Point, from Marine Drive,
go south on Meridian Avenue North then go on Priest Point Drive NE to its
dead end. Also along Totem Beach were two MUTE SWANS. These birds were seen
just east of the Tulalip Marina. To reach this site, go west on 64th Steet
NW then north on Totem Beach Road to the marina area. That's all for now.
Good birding.

Monday, February 21, 1:07 PM. Hello, this is Craig Kemper, (206) 789-9255.
Reporting for Saturday, February 19 and Sunday, February 20. On Saturday,
February 19, in Benton County, in North Richland, Cassie Kemper and I
located one BURROWING OWL at the foot of a manmade burrow on the WSU Arid
Lands Campus Preserve. To reach this site, travel north on George
Washington Way out of Richland to First Street, take a right, and in a
short distance take another right on to University Drive, as the road
desends to the parking lot before you, look to the left in an area marked
Arid Lands Preserve. There are at least 5 man made burrows each marked with
a wooden post. The bird we saw was in the burrow closest to the road. On
Saturday, February 19, in Grant County, south of Moses Lake, Cassie Kemper
and I located one SNOWY OWL north of Road 4 NE, between Roads M and L SE.
To reach this site, travel I-90 east to East Moses Lake, take state route
17 south to M SE. This is about 2 miles. Travel another three miles south
on M SE to 4 SE and take a right, heading west, watching irrigation
fixtures in the fields both to the left and right from M to K. Thank you.

Monday, February 21, 8:57 PM. Hi, Scott Downes, 361-7073. Today on a trip
to Vantage, along the Old Vantage Highway, I was able to locate 3 to 4
singing male SAGE SPARROWS in the Quilomene Wildlife Management Area. Also
in the town of Vantage itself, across from the Fire Station, we got brief
looks at an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW before it disappeared and we could not
relocate it. And of further note, I just wanted to let people know that, as
of Friday, the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL is still being seen in Walla Walla
[County]. I didn't hear any reports over the weekend, but I'm sure it's
still around. Good luck and good birding.

Monday, February 21, 9:21 PM. This is Douglas Marshall, (206) 270-8960.
This report is for Sunday, February 20. I would like to report a sighting
of two GREAT EGRETS at the Sunnyside Wildlife Management Area. To reach
this area head east on Interstate 82, take the Port of Sunnyside exit, turn
right on Midvale Avenue, go past the Dari Gold Plant, go past the Danegraff
[?] Feed Lot and, just before the road ends, there's a Wildlife Management
Parking Lot and the birds were seen to the west of this area, a slough like
area. They've also been seen east of there on Murray Lake which is at the
intersection of McGee and Didwell [?] Roads.

Monday, February 21, 10:26 PM. Hi, this is Brad Lilljequisg, 784-5351. A
friend and I had a positve identification at Dungeness Spit today on a
BROWN PELICAN. Seems awfully out of season to me, but things may be
changing. I know that PELICANS have been coming north more frequently of
late. I thought I should report it. We sighted it in the afternoon. Thanks.

Tuesday, February 22, 12:40 PM. This is Hal Opperman (425) 455-1364,
reporting on a Seattle Audubon Society Field Trip yesterday, February 21st.
Highlights included two SAY'S PHOEBES, one on the east side of Caribou Road
just south of the old Vantage Highway and the other along the river north
of the Vantage Overlook, ROCK WREN, a singing CANON WREN and a GOLDEN EAGLE
at Sentinel Bluff on the west side of the river, and about 5 singing SAGE
SPARROWS along the Old Vantage Highway at mile 21.3 where there's good
sagebrush habitat on both sides of the road. Thanks and good birding.

Sunday, February 25, 7:54 AM. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette at (206)
365-2083. On February 24th, I birded the Everett Sewage Ponds in Snohomish
County. At the south end was one adult THAYER'S GULL and walking up the
east side one TREE SWALLOW, one BARN SWALLOW and in the marsh one female
hybrid AMERICAN BLACK DUCKxMALLARD.
And something I forgot to mention several days ago, at the northeast
corner, I heard one COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. That's all for now, good birding.

BirdBox last accessed about 7PM Friday, February 25th.

Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton36 at olypen.com
(360) 928-3053