Could Stephen Mlodinow or someone else please describe some of the field
marks of a glaucous/glaucous-winged hybrid. I also birder at the Everett
Sewage Ponds yesterday and had a first year GW type bird that defintely
looked a bit different (a little lighter, but not like glaucous).

Thanks

Mike Wile
(425) 580-7704
(425) 503-5766 (cell)

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> Subject: WASHINGTON BIRDBOX, March 9-12, 2000
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> March 9, 10:29 AM. Hello, this is Dave Beaudette at 206-365-2083. Went
> birding March the 8th in Snohomish County with Carol Shawls and Roger
> Orness and had a few good birds. At the Snohomish Sewage Ponds was the
> GREAT EGRET and at the Two Rivers Wildlife Area near Monroe, on Crescent
> Lake there, a pair of WOOD DUCKS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS in a pond and
> cropland along the Swan Slough Road which is just west of the Homemaker's
> Road. And along the Homemaker's Road at 38th St. S.E. was a large
> scattering of SWALLOWS. This included at least 100 TREE SWALLOWS and at
> least 100 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS. Good birding!
>
> March 11, 6:23 PM. Hi, Scott Downes, 361-7073. Today, Nancy Ladenberger
> and I went birding from Sequim to Ediz Hook in Pt. Angeles. Highlights
> were a WESTERN SANDPIPER among the many shorebirds at Three Crabs, the
> YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reseen at John Wayne Marina. In Pt. Angeles we had
>
> a first winter HEERMANN'S GULL off Ediz Hook. Could not find the ROCK
> SANDPIPER, but yet was able to relocate the WHIMBREL and the RUDDY
> TURNSTONE which has been there most of the winter. Good luck and good
> birding!
>
> March 11, 8:54 PM. This is Steve Hosmer, 425-889-2169. Today, March 11,
> while on a Seattle Audubon trip led by Rick Sanders and John Friars, we
> saw
> a male TUFTED DUCK at the Hoquiam Sewage Ponds in Grays Harbor County.
> The
> entire group had excellent looks at the duck near the shore at the
> southwest corner of the sewage ponds at around 2:30 PM. Good luck and
> good
> birding!
>
> March 12, 3:52 PM. Hi, this is Stephen Mlodinow. Today, Dennis Duffey
> and
> I birded Spencer Island and some other places around Everett including
> Tulalip Bay. The highlight of the day was a eastern type or red type of
> FOX SPARROW. This bird is probably the suboria (?) race, actually. It was
>
> on Spencer Island at the northwest corner of the island hanging around the
>
> vicinity of a couple of GOLDEN CROWNS, some JUNCOS and some SONG
> SPARROWS. Other highlights were a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GLAUCOUS hybrid first
> year bird at the aeration ponds, Everett Sewage Ponds. Tulalip Bay had a
> large number of birds for those who are interested in Snohomish
> County. There was flock of about 20 BLACK TURNSTONES, a rare bird in the
>
> county. There were also a 130 or so COMMON MERGANSERS, about 700
> DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and good numbers of other common water
> birds. And, at the Everett waterfront there were two BLACK MALLARD, BLACK
>
> DUCK MALLARD hybrids which looked more like BLACK DUCKS than MALLARDS but
> some bits of hybridization can be observed. There was also a BLACK
> MALLARD
> hybrid at the north end of the Everett Sewage Ponds. That's about
> it. Good luck and good birding!
>
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