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listen to recent reports from other birders, call (425) 454-2662 and follow
the prompts.
I will try to post a transcript each Friday and Monday. Please address
corrections (such as errors in place names or observers) to Bob Norton,
norton36 at olypen.com, (360) 928-3053.

Birdbox previously accessed 3:01PM, October 23.

Wednesday, October 25, 5:05 PM. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson, (425)
210-1428. I'm back from Russia, long trip with few birds to report.
A belated report for Sunday, October 22. In the evening I walked Spencer
Island and in the southwest corner of the Loop Trail, along the slough that
runs north-south, had a SWAMP SPARROW. This bird was about 200 to 300 yards
south of the bridge that goes over the slough. Also of some interest,
several singing FOX SPARROWS, not expected in song at this time of the year
and 7 AMERICAN PIPITS. That's all. Bye Bye

Wednesday, October 25, 6:00 PM. This is Brad Wilson, (253) 845-3216.
Today
at Ocean Shores about 1PM. I saw the TROPICAL KINGBIRD. Patience pays off. I
was there from 9:30 till 1 searching all over the area around the Discovery
Inn area out by Damon Point. I finally saw it about 1 o'clock directly
across from the Discovery Inn at the very end of the boardwalk fishing pier.
There's a rock jetty out there and a few trees. It was flycatching on the
tops of these trees. I watched it for about 10 minutes from the point out
there by the little small jetty and then it flew off over towards the Silver
King Motel, landed on a telephone wire, stayed there for a few minutes and
then disappeared. That's it and good luck.

Friday, October 27, 7:21 AM. Hi, this is Tom Aversa (206)
782-7342 reporting on a trip down to Ocean Shores and Tokeland yesterday.
Yesterday there were three TROPICAL KINGBIRDS around the base of Damon
Point-Silver King area. They all kind of hang out together. They look like
they probably are juveniles, by all the buff on the wings. Pretty easy to
see yesterday. Also at least one PALM WARBLER in the area. They all told me
that there were more than that. On the Game Range, there was a ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK. There was another ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK up near Bill's Spit. Also there
was a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Game Range. Down in Tokeland, at low tide, I
got one BAR-TAILED GODWIT. There may have been more around. There are still
good numbers of MARBLED GODWITS, 12 WILLETS and 4 late CASPIAN TERNS and
there was a GREAT EGRET at the Bay City Bridge.

Friday, October 27, 7:43 AM. My name is Rob Harrower (?). I
would like to report a very, very, very light morph BUTEO. In William's and
Clark's photographic guide to North American Raptors it looks like a
juvenile KRIDER'S RED TAIL. See photo RT 32, page 91. The front appeared to
be all white with a very slight belly band, the back was salt and pepper and
I can't comment on the tail. There was a dark line either through or above
the eye. I found it at the Skagit Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, October 26,
about a quarter mile south of the boat parking ramp. It was about 2/3 of the
way up a cottonwood tree and was pretty hard to find. I would not have found
it if it hadn't have moved. Have fun trying to find it. Thank you. Good Bye.

Friday, October 27, 12:14 PM. Hi, this is Rick Romea (206)
523-5831. Just an update on the TROPICAL KINGBIRDS. I saw three of them this
morning at pretty much the same location as has been described before at
around 8:30. Also there were some PALM WARBLERS in the area and a MERLIN
hanging out nearby. That's it. Thank you.

Birdbox last accessed 6:36PM, October 27.

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