Elizabeth,
Thanks for the reports. It is better for me if you send the reports in,
as you have done, every couple of weeks. Keep this up and you will be our
best contributor.
I have been charged with providing a good summary of sightings for the
seasons from Clallam and Jefferson. Good sightings out of these two counties
which seem unusual to me and I think might be missed by Russell Rogers and
Steve Mlodinow, I have started including in the report. Thus, I have put the
Common Teal in the database to be included in the next report but I have not
put in your other Montlake Fill sightings. Nice list, sorry you missed the
Palm Warbler.
I wonder how you decided that two of the sapsuckers were younger. I
checked my Sibley and the NGS guides. Sibley says that the juvenile plumage
is present in the RBSa in July and August. If they were in true juvenile
plumage then you have a significant sighting. If you can tell last year
juveniles at this time of the year, I would be very interested in the
plumage details you use and where you learned about them.
Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton36 at olypen.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noyes" <noyes at olypen.com>
To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: "Robert Norton" <norton36 at olypen.com>; "Bob Boekelheide"
<bboek at olympus.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 2:22 PM
Subject: Sequim-Port Angeles Bird Reports


> Hey Tweets!
>
> Almost daily on the Sequim bypass between River Rd & 3rd Ave we've seen
one
> female AMERICAN KESTREL.
> 01/03/01 at our house up Deer Park we had one young SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
> (almost in full adult plumage) land on our feeder and roost for about 2
and
> 1/2 hours.
> 01/03/03 we had 3 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER at our house (1 adult & two
younger
> birds)
> 01/03/05 we had 12 EVENING GROSBEAK fly over our house. We rarely have
them
> here, even just flying over.
> 01/03/08 we had the SHARP-SHINNED HAWK at our house again, which preened
on
> our feeder for approx :30 .
> 01/03/09 we saw four AMERICAN KESTREL. One male across from Costco, and 1
> male, the usual female, & 1 unknown on the Sequim bypass between River &
> 3rd.
> 01/03/09 near the bypass we saw 3 C. QUAIL (1 M, 2 F).
> 01/03/09 at our house we had 2 BAND-TAILED PIGEON come to our feeder.
> 01/03/10 we had 2 HUTTON'S VIREO & 3 (the highest we remember having here)
> BEWICK'S WREN.
> 01/03/11 we had our first (1) OSPREY, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, our first
(also
> 1) TURKEY VULTURE, and 2 RED-TAILED HAWK.
>
> My sister and I went to the Montlake Fill 01/03/11 and saw (not counting
the
> birds on the bay):
>
> RING-NECKED PHEASANT 3 (1 M, 2 F)
> COMMON TEAL 1
> AMERICAN BITTERN 1
> AMERICAN GOLDFINCH 50
> AMERICAN ROBIN 30
> BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE 1
> AUDUBON'S WARBLER 10
> BEWICK'S WREN 1
> AMERICAN COOT 25
> RING-NECKED DUCK 3
> GREEN-WINGED TEAL 7
> BALD EAGLE 1
> AMERICAN WIGEON 6
> NORTHERN SHOVELER 16
> KILLDEER 2
> RUDDY DUCK 6
> BUFFLEHEAD 4
> MARSH WREN 1
>
> We were unable to locate the Palm Warbler.
>
> Elizabeth Noyes
> Port Angeles, WA
> noyes at olypen.com
>