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April 7, Saturday, 10:26 p.m., This is Mark Reninger,
361-1654, reporting a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
at Twin Ponds in Shoreline about Saturday 5 p.m., a
white-striped adult. This was on the dirt trail between the
Evergreen School on Meridian and the Twin Ponds
themselves. That's it. Thank you. Bye.

April 6, Friday, 5:54 a.m. Hi, this is Tom Aversa, a slightly
belated report from Tuesday, a trip to Grays Harbor
County. Some of the highlights were the adult ROSS'S
GOOSE, which is still present in the Acosta area on the
Westport Road. It was right across from the Ocean Spray
plant in a wet field with 10 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
and some other assorted waterfowl, including some
CINNAMON TEAL. There were also down at Ocean
Shores on the jetty, there were a couple of ROCK
SANDPIPERS and seven BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES roosting right on the jetty, a CASPIAN
TERN in that area also. And in Brady there were four
TUNDRA SWANS. Those were the only swans that were
in the area that I saw.

March 31, Saturday, 8:56 p.m. Nigel Ball, Bainbridge
Island, 780-1437. Great day's birding. ARCTIC LOONS
at the John Wayne Marina near Sequim, from the usual spot.
Then close-to-adult GLAUCOUS GULL at the Oyster
House by the mouth of the Dungeness River north of
Sequim. And a small flock of GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the Olympic Game Park.
Hope you had a good day too.

March 28, Wednesday, 8:03 p.m. Hi this is Tom Aversa at
206-782-7342. Today birding in the Snoqualmie and
Snohomish valleys, had a couple of notable birds. A SAY'S
PHOEBE near Carnation Farms, sort of in this big white
horse corral at approximately the corner of 284th and 100th
Street N. And had an immature GYRFALCON in the
gyrfalcon spot in Snohomish, just a little bit north of the
Pilchuck River crossing. Had good looks at the bird. It was
definitely an immature. That's about it.