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Tuesday, May 15, 9:41 PM. This is Darryl Thompson, (425) 252-0926. We birded
the Carnation area today, including the golf course. On the way out there we
came from the Fall City side. We drove through the fields there by Tallchese.
And right there by Jubilee Farms, before we got there, on the West side of
the road, just in front of the farm house were at least two adult female
WILSON'S PHALAROPES foraging the field 50/60 yards from the road, walking
around, back and forth. They looked like they had been there awhile. Also, we
had a GOLDEN EAGLE, headed south, being harassed slightly, by a pair of
RED-TAILS. We had a pretty neat sighting at the golf course. We had 9
recently fledged, probably today or yesterday, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS lined
up on a (?) twig, right in the parking lot, like a bunch of fuzzy buttons.
There was 8 of them and both parent were feeding all the youngsters, We also
had BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, several warblers, nothing too special, and probably 12
pairs of WOOD DUCKS. And, also 14 or 15 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS and several
PILEATED WOODPECKERS today, too. Okay. Good luck.

Wednesday, May 16, 11:24 AM. Hello, this is Kraig Kemper, (206) 789-9255,
reporting for Wednesday, May 16th. This morning at 10:30 AM Diann MacRae, Ed
Deal, Steve Pink, and myself observed the HOODED ORIOLE at the address
described by Bob Morse in a previous message. The owners request that people
please don't show up before 8:00 AM to look for and observe the bird. Thank
you.

Saturday, May 19, 7:20 PM. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today Kevin Aanerud
and I birded various location in Snohomish and Skagit County, dodging the
rain for much of the day. Our highlight were, at the Stanwood Sewage Ponds
where we had six WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a REDHEAD. At the Everett waterfront
we had 20 to 25 COMMON TERNS and no ARCTIC TERNS, although yesterday Kevin
had a similar number of COMMON TERNS and two ARCTIC TERNS. That's about it.
Good luck and good birding.

Sunday, May 20, 6:16 PM. Yes. Hello. My name is Dan McDonald. I live in
Seattle. My phone number is (206) 444-0259. I'm not a member of your society.
This is my first call to the Birdbox or to any other ornithological
association. Today is Sunday, May 20th. I saw a bird in my back yard on
Saturday the 19th at midday which looks like a WESTERN TANAGER but is not. It
was a pair, male and female. The male was a nondescript green above, yellow
below. The male looked like a WESTERN TANAGER with the wing bars and yellow
body, except the head was different. He had a red patch above the bill.
Otherwise the rest of the head was yellow. He had a red throat patch and on
either side of the head he had black bars that extended from the eye all the
way to the back of the head. I wasn't able to observe the bird too long,
maybe 30 seconds. It doesn't appear in my Peterson's Guide, either on a color
plate or in writing and I know that it's a TANAGER. I'd be interested in
knowing what this bird is. Maybe it is just a coastal subspecies of WESTERN
TANAGER, but I would be interested in knowing what it is. Hopefully, you
won't consider this a nuisance call since I'm not a regular user. Anyway.
Thanks very much for your time and consideration.

Monday, May 21, 6:14 PM. Hello, this is Steve Pink, (206) 465-1501. At the
Everett waterfront this afternoon, behind Anthony's, I had two ARCTIC TERNS
and one PURPLE MARTIN. Thanks. Good luck and good birding.

Birdbox last accessed May 21, 2001, 9:26 PM.
Phil Kelley
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"We were few and they were many. Now we are many
and they are few."
Confucius