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BirdBox was previously accessed Tuesday, November 14th at 8:15 PM.


Tuesday, November 14th, 9:33 PM. Hi this is David Ward. I was at Ocean Shores
today and saw an IMMATURE SNOWY OWL on the game range. I parked next to the
cement tower on Marine View Drive and looked directly across the initial
stream, and on the shore opposite me was a SNOWY OWL. This was observed from
about 2:45 to 3:00 PM. I went elsewhere and came back at about 3:45 and
observed it for another 5 or 10 minutes. Thank you. Good luck and good
birding.

Wednesday, November 15th, 12:23 PM. Hi, this is Carolyn Egan calling. I?m an
Injury/Shock Volunteer today, and we just got a call from a man who said that
he saw a SNOWY OWL in Bothell in the middle of a field. The address of the
building that?s closest to where he sighted it is 19800 Northcreek Parkway.
And it?s just off the Beardsley Exit of 405. And there is a parking lot on
the south side of the building, and a field beyond that and the owl is
sitting in the middle of the field, being harrassed by crows. He originally
thought that the bird was injured, because it was just sitting in the field
in the daytime, but I told him that, if in fact, it is a SNOWY OWL, that
that?s OK, and normal behavior. Anyway, I hope that someone would have a
chance to go and confirm the sighting. OK, I?m done.

Wednesday, November 15th, 2:16 PM. Good afternoon. This is Brian Bell. Phone
number: 425-485-8058. I?d like to confirm the presence of a SNOWY OWL in the
North Park Industrial Park off Interstate 405. It?s on Northcreek Parkway.
You would take the NE 195th Street, or Beardsley Boulevard Exit, and you
would turn north on Northcreek Parkway. It?s just off of the south berm of
the south parking lot, near the 19800 Building. If you go to see this bird,
please be cautious, because it is showing signs of being a little bit spooky
- it apparently has had crows chasing it. But, as of 2:00, it was still
there. It looks like it very well may be an adult bird. Thank you.

Wednesday, November 15th, 8:43 PM. Hi, this is Tom Aversa reporting on a trip
today down to Ocean Shores. The highlight was quite a lot of ROCK PIPERS on
the jetty, including ten ROCK SANDPIPERS from 120 surf birds. Interesting
thing was one of the ROCK SANDPIPERS was apparently the dominant race; it was
much larger and paler than the other birds. If anybody gets down there, it
would definitely be worth looking at, because its race is not supposed to
winter here in Washington. Some other birds down there today: I didn?t see
that SNOWY OWL that was reported yesterday, but it could still be around, I
just didn?t see it. Also, there was a NORTHERN SHRIKE at Damon Point and a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the game range. Also 30 adult HERRING GULLS at Bill
Spit.

Thursday, November 16th, 8:38 AM. Hi, this is Stephen Mlodinow. Over the last
couple days I?ve had a couple of reports of interesting birds from other
folks. Kevin Ottorud(?), I believe on Monday, had a WESTERN SCRUB JAY and a
SWAMP SPARROW at Two Rivers Wildlife Management area near Monroe, and I also
had a call about an IMMATURE GYRFALCON at Crockett Lake. That was also, I
believe, Monday. That?s it and good luck and good birding.

Friday, 9:55 AM. This is Joe Terrell, phone number is 360-829-0688.
Yesterday, November 16th, at about 11:00, an all-white LOON was observed at
Commencement Bay. We saw it from the parking lot near Shenanigans and the Ram
on Rustin Way. He was out about 300 yards or better. As I said, it is
completely white, a very striking bird. It?s completely white with a yellow
bill - the bill looked upturned to us. And when we could see the feet, they
were pink, and at our best guess, it?s a YELLOW-BILLED LOON.

BirdBox last accessed Saturday, November 18th, 7:00 AM.

Lani Johnson
Stanwood, WA
LaniSuzanne at aol.com