Dear Northern Parula aficionados,

Fred Sharpe, in his manuscript Olympic Peninsula Birds (1993), lists two
parula records as the first for Washington, both on the same day, July
13, 1974. One was at Neah Bay, found by JF and BFe (Ben Feltner??). The
other was at the north shore Of Grays Harbor, found by Glen and Wanda
Hoge. Is this last one the same that you (Gene) have listed for 1979?
The reference is SAS BB 1983. There are no other parula records
mentioned in Fred's manuscript.

(About the JF listed above -- I called Jack Fletcher and it's not him.
There's no other JF in the list of contributors, so JF is a mystery
person. Who might this be?)

Bob B


>Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 18:17:35 -0700
>Tweets,
>
>My memory was faulty on numerous details of earlier Parula Warbler
>sightings. I've checked my notes and have the following:
>
>1) 10- Jan to 3 Feb, 1975, Richland, Benton Co., Bob Woodley & Elizabeth
>Moore;
>
>2) 13 July 1979, Burrows Road, Grays Harbor Co., Glen & Wanda Hoge;
>
>3) 13 July 1979, Clallam Bay, Clallam Co., James Haw;
>
>4) 21 June 1981, Kamiak Butte, Whitman Co., Rusty Scalf (details?);
>
>5) 18 August 1991, Tokeland, Pacific Co., George Gerdts & Hugh Willoughby;
>
>6) 30 May 1992, Queen Anne, Seattle, King Co., Jim Elder, singing male;
>
>7) 2 June - 6 June+, 2001, Lake Ozette, Clallam Co., Scott Gremel & m.ob.,
>singing male.
>
>So they span the seasons, nearly.
>
>The point I planned to make about the songs was that perhaps the Northern
>Parula sings an evening song different from the standard "morning song"?
>
>Gene Hunn
>enhunn at home.com
>
>
>
>Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 18:17:35 -0700
>From: "Scott Atkinson" <scottratkinson at hotmail.com>
>To: enhunn at home.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: Northern Parula Warblers in Washington
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>Fine list Gene:
>
>I'd add that Fred Sharpe had a singing bird (as I recall) in early July one
>year at Lake Quinalt; also I vaguely recall a May 30/late May report for
>Foster I. of a singing male some years back, but I'm less sure of that one
>and I note you already have a May 30 record there.
>
>Scott Atkinson
>Lake Stevens
>email: scottratkinson at hotmail.com