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BirdBox was previously accessed for transcription by Bob Norton, Friday,
July 27, about 11 AM.

Saturday, July 28, 11:54 AM. Hello. This is Alan Grenon, (206) 329-5996.
Yesterday, July 28 [??], Michael Donohue and I went out to Jetty Island off
Everett, taking the free ferry across at 11. Between about noon and 1:30 we
studied the approximately one year old LITTLE GULL which was on the northern
tip of the little spit that is on the sound side of the island just a little
bit north of the ferry landing. A pretty tattered tired bird, but there it
was!

Saturday, July 28, 6:29 PM. Hi. This is Stephen Mlodinow. Today Dennis
Duffey and I did a loop from southern Whidbey Island around to Stanwood. In
the Useless Bay area we had 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER and
the DUNLIN, presumably the same bird that's been there for the last couple
of weeks.
Crockett Lake had reasonable numbers of WESTERN SANDPIPERS, YELLOWLEGS
etc. Highlights being 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
At Dougwallah [??] Bay we had a brood of SHOVELER.
At the ponds near the Sammish west 90 we had 4 juvenile WILSON'S
PHALAROPES.
At English Boom which is at the north end of Camano Island we had a
WILSON'S PHALAROPE in the tidal area. To get to English Boom take Camano
Island Road make a right on Good Road, follow it as it makes a 90 degree
turn to the west and look for Moore Road after a small airport. Make a right
turn on Moore Road and follow it to the end. You're on a tidal part of
Skagit Bay and there were reasonable numbers of shorebirds here and the
WILSON'S PHALAROPE was the interesting bird.
At Stanwood Sewage Ponds there were 2 REDHEADS as previously reported by
Tom Aversa. We also had two broods of LESSER SCAUP totalling 13 young. A
coupole of WIGEON there as well, SHOVELER nnd GREEN-WINGED TEAL That's about
it. Good luck and good birding.

Sunday, July 29, 8:02 AM. Hello, this is Wayne Weber from Delta, B.C.
Yesterday, July 28 on Whidbey Island, I had a PARASITIC JAEGER on the east
side of Whidbey Island, east of Race Lagoon which is just south of
Coupeville. That's about a month earlier than we usually start seeing them.
There was also a COMMON TERN and a few RHINOCEROS AUKLETS out in the
channel. Nothing much else of interest. That's it.

Monday, July 30, 9:08 AM. This is Vic Nelson at Point No Point at the
northeast tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Over the last two days I've had 5
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 36 COMMON TERNS, a couple of CASPIAN TERNS and an
early PARASITIC JAEGER. I believe it was a PARASITIC. The identification was
a little shaky because I got a very brief look. But, it was a JAEGER and
most likely a PARASITIC. There were also good numbers of CALIFORNIA GULLS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS and HEERMANN'S GULLS in the area. Thank you. Goodby.

Monday, July 30, 6:17 PM. Hi. This is Greg Toffic. This afternoon on Fir
Island at the little farm pond on the corner of Skagit City Road and Moore
Road there was a single SOLITARY SANDPIPER.

BirdBox last accessed Friday, July 27, 11:04 AM.

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