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Tuesday, November 20, 3:55 PM. Hi, this is Bill Shelmerdine in Olympia,
866-9106, and today about 1:00 there was an adult RUSTY BLACKBIRD just south
of Nisqually at the Nisqually interchange. Go south of I-5 onto Nisqually Cut
Off Road. There are plowed fields that previously were pumpkin fields. There
is some pumpkin remnants there and there is a large flock of BLACKBIRDS and
CROWS and with then is an adult RUSTY BLACKBIRD just beyond the intersection
of Nisqually Cut Off. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

Tuesday, November 20, 6:22 PM. This is Rachel Lawson at (206) 282-5593. Today
I saw the Stanwood KINGBIRD in the same location as previously reported, the
house on Leque (?) Road just south of the Stanwood Sewage Ponds. It was there
throughout the afternoon today. That's it. Good birding.

Wednesday, November 21, 11:14 PM. This is Rachel Lawson at (206) 282-5593.
Today I was able to relocate one of the Stanwood CATTLE EGRETS. It was on the
east side of Marine Drive, just south of Thomle Road. There is a cream
colored house with blue trim, with a dairy barn behind the house, and the
bird was walking up and down the driveway in front of the barn where the cows
were. This is directly across the road from the yard with the goats where the
bird was seen before. That's it. Good birding.

Thursday, November 22, 10:36 AM. Hi, this is Tom Aversa. Yesterday, the 21st,
birding east of the mountains, I found about a dozen COMMON REDPOLLS at the
Ellensburg Airport. They were in a mixed FINCH flock feeding on the road side
of the airport. Also, stopped at Robinson Canyon. I had a GOLDEN-CROWNED
SPARROW there, a GOLDEN EAGLE, a couple of CANYON and about 14 WINTER WRENS.
Also, a couple of dark morph HARLAN'S HAWKS near the airport and a very
interesting, kind of light morph, probably an immature, HARLAN'S.

Friday, November 23, 6:06 PM. Hi, Tom Aversa here. Just to call in that the
WHITE-SHOULDERED KITE is still at Brady Loop Road. Also, a beautiful adult
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK on the west end of the loop, an adult PEREGRINE FALCON in
the same area and a juvenile PEREGRINE more toward Elma.

Friday, November 23, 8:21 PM. This is Alan Grenon, (206) 709-7435. This
morning Mike Donahue, Alan Knue and I were at Ocean Shores from dawn to a
couple of hours later at the jetty. There were 7 ROCK SANDPIPERS among other
birds. And on the beach, stranded, were perhaps a couple dozen WESTERN GREBES
and a COMMON LOON, that were putting up with a lot of dog and person abuse,
but were unwilling to take to the water. They and a couple of SCOTERS that
seemed to be pretty exhausted by previous weather.


Saturday, November 4, 9:36 AM. This is Vic Nelson. This morning at Point No
Point on the northeast tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. There are large numbers
of ANCIENT MURRELETS flying into the sound in flocks of anywhere from 2 to 15
or 20. Most of them have been going by in the last hour or so. There are also
large numbers of PACIFIC LOONS in the area and some COMMON MURRES and other
gulls. There are quit a few BONAPARTE'S.

Saturday, November 24, 4:44 PM. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today I birded
around Vancouver Lake and Woodland. Near Vancouver Lake there was a RUSTY
BLACKBIRD and an immature ROSS'S GOOSE. To reach these birds go toward
Vancouver Lake. The lake first appears on your right you will be given the
option of going straight or taking a 90 degree turn to the left. Go to the
left, follow the road for a half mile to a mile and then it bends to the
right 90 degrees. You'll pass a farm house, just after that there will be a
pasture area, with some cows and feed. The GEESE and BLACKBIRD were in this
area, the same area that held the TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD last year at this
time. Also, in other areas between Vancouver Lake and Post Office Lake, in
Clark County, I had 4 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. Near Woodland I had a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. To reach the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, take the Dike Access
Road, follow it to the dike, make a left to Caples Road. Take a left, go a
10th of a mile. On the left there is a ditch with brush on the edges. I
pished here and got a nice flock of SPARROWS, including the CLAY-COLORED.
Also, at Ridgefield, River Unit, on the driving loop, I had a WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW just from driving around and pishing out the car window. That's it.
Good luck and good birding.

Saturday, November 24, 4:47 PM. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. You'll actually
get the report for today next. I forgot to mention some for yesterday,
Friday. The main highlight was 6 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Dallesport at the west
end of town, there in some Russian Olives. Also, yesterday birds interesting
to look at in Klickitat County there was a first year MEW GULL at the Bingen
Pond area, also 2 THEYER'S GULLS at John Day Dam, one a first year bird, one
a second year bird. At Horse Thief Lake State Park viewed the highway I had
a SNOW GOOSE. I think that's about it. There were an unusual number of FOX
SPARROWS around for Klickitat County in late November, a total of about 11 in
various locations. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

Sunday, November 25, 12:10 PM. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson. About 11:00
this morning, at the Skagit Game Range Headquarters, I has a female type
HOARY REDPOLL among a flock of about 20 COMMON REDPOLLS. These were in a
large flock of SISKINS in the alders immediately adjacent to the visitor's
center of the Skagit Game Range Headquarters. Also, there were a few more
COMMON REDPOLLS along Mann Road immediately east of the Skagit Game Range.
Over at Snow Goose Preserve I had a late calling SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER among
various other shorebirds including a good number of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS,
DUNLIN, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER and various unidentified DOWITCHERS. That's it


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"We were few and they were many. Now we are many
and they are few."
Confucius
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