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Transcribed by Franny Drobny, Seattle, Washington, phone (206) 892-3222
daytime or e-mail to fdrobny at cairncross.com <mailto:fdrobny at cairncross.com>
.. Please contact me if you have any corrections, comments or questions.

Mailbox previously checked on Tuesday, January 10, 2000, at 4:19 p.m. by
Franny Drobny.

January 13, 2000, Wednesday, 8:31 a.m. This is Tom Aversa reporting on a
trip with Seattle Audubon yesterday. At the Two Rivers Wildlife Management
area in Monroe, we re-located the HARRIS' SPARROW immature bird that was in
the center hedgerow inside the north entrance. The hedgerow has a series of
firs and it was near the big maple that's in the middle of the hedgerow.
Also, we had a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at the Prison Dairy Farm.

January 15, 2000, Saturday, 11: 20 p.m. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today
Rick Romea, Gene Revelas and I went out to San Juan Islands. From the ferry
at the east side of Orcas Island, we had a first-year HEERMANN'S GULL. We
had another first-year HEERMANN'S GULL at the west end of Shaw Island and a
single grouping of a thousand BRANDT'S CORMORANTS there as well. From
Cattle Point at the south end of San Juan Island, we had a 100 or so ANCIENT
MURRELETS. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

January 16, 2000, Saturday, 9:55 a.m. This is Shawn O'Donnell calling from
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January 17, 2000, Monday, 2:08 p.m. This is Dennis Dufffy. Today there was
a PRAIRIE FALCON about a mile east of Snohomish along the Old
Snohomish-Monroe Road. Just west of Snohomish, there was an adult HARRIS'
SPARROW. This was along Lowell-Snohomish Road. There's pull-out there was
a locked gate and two manure piles across the road. At Two Rivers Wildlife
Management Area near Monroe, was a SWAMP SPARROW. The previously reported
HARRIS' SPARROW was there and there were two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in the
area.

January 17, 2000, Monday, 2:47 p.m. Hi, this Gene Revelas in Tacoma, (253)
756-7834. There's a GULL in the tide flats in Tacoma that is very likely an
adult ICELAND GULL. It was first seen last week by me, Rick Romea and Steve
Pink, and was not subsequently relocated until today by Bruce LaBar and
Marcus Roening. It's located at the mouth of the river in a dirt parking
lot just before the Tacoma Simpson Pulp Mill. To reach this location, take
the Portland Avenue exit off I-5 west towards the bay. Follow it past 11th
Street and as you approach the entrance to the mill, you'll see a small dirt
parking lot on your right and the GULLS that hang out there. It's right
along the river's edge. The bird's about the size of a THAYER'S GULL. The
mantle is notably lighter than the GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS that are around,
and even lighter than one or two HERRING GULLS that are also there. The
wing-tips are medium gray and the bird has a light eye and a rounded head.
It also has an injured left wing and it kind of hangs it awkwardly from its
body, so it should be fairly easy to locate if it's around. So hopefully
other folks will go out and take a look at this bird. Also in the area,
according to Bruce LaBar who was out there today and had it about mid-day,
there's a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL and the SLATY-BACKED GULL was on the
river, on the Puyallup River on just upstream of the 11th Street Bridge.
That's it. Good luck and good birding.

Transcription completed on Wednesday, January 19, 2000, at 2:20 p.m. by
Franny Drobny.


























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