Hi,

Skagit County has a record of Flammulated Owl I
believe from last summer...Charlie Wright, does my
memory serve right?

There is also atleast one GG Owl record for Snohomish
County. There was one at Lord Hill in 1996, but I
don't have an exact date.

Incidentally, I tried for Boreal Owls around both
Washington and Rainy Passes last October without any
luck. I'm probably going to give it another try this
fall.

Michael Dossett
Bothell, WA
phainopepla at yahoo.com

--- Scott Atkinson <scottratkinson at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ken:
>
> San Juan Island (County) has at least a couple of
> Burrowing Owl records, and
> I'm not sure but Jefferson should have one from Fort
> Flagler and an older
> one from Smith I. Lewis and Sharpe's Birding in the
> San Juans has the San
> Juan records. Great Gray Owl has been recorded at
> least twice in Clallam
> County. I remember a bird seen by various observers
> near Atterberry Lane
> (off Taylor Cutoff/Lost Mt. Rd., just west of
> Sequim), the date escapes me
> but it was early January (like Jan. 7) and it was in
> the 80s, I'm gonna say
> 1985 but Bob Norton or another veteran out there
> would have better data. I
> also recall an excellent description of a bird at
> the Blyn Lookout (in the
> foothills just southeast of Sequim, near the county
> line) a few winters
> prior.
>
> Boreal Owl has also been recorded in Clallam County,
> in 1905 near Lake
> Crescent if memory serves. The exact citation
> should be in Jewett or in the
> John Hooper Bowles account earlier. Ken, these
> sources (available at UW)
> should have other old owl records to fill your
> county gaps. Amazingly, we
> still don't have a Boreal record (that I'm aware of)
> for Skagit County;
> somewhere up out of Rainy Pass or near the Mt. Hardy
> burn we're bound to get
> one, but those are remote areas that don't get owled
> much, especially in
> fall migration.
>
> Scott Atkinson
> Lake Stevens
> mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com
>
> >From: "washingtonbirder. Knittle"
> <washingtonbirder at hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: washingtonbirder at hotmail.com
> >To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> >CC: inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
> >Subject: owl records by county
> >Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 18:14:09 -0800
> >
> >I have tried to go through all the records by
> county of owl species and
> >have
> >some with no records at all. Below is a list of
> what I don't have any
> >records for:
> >
> >species--------counties with no records
> >Barn Owl-------Ferry, Pend Oreille
> >Flammulated----Adams, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, and
> all
> > western cos. except King
> >Snowy----------Columbia, Ferry, Garfield,
> > Pend Oreille, Cowlitz, Mason,
> > Skamania, Wahkiakum
> >Hawk-Owl-------Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia,
> > Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln, Walla
> Walla,
> > Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays
> Harbor,
> > Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis,
> Mason,
> > Pacific, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania,
> > Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum
> >Pygmy-Owl------Benton, Franklin
> >Burrowing------Chelan, Garfield, Pend Oreille,
> Stevens,
> > Cowlitz, Jefferson, Kitsap, Lewis,
> Mason,
> > Pacific, San Juan, Skamania,
> Snohomish,
> > Wahkiakum
> >Spotted--------Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia,
> Douglas,
> > Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant,
> > Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane,
> Stevens,
> > Walla Walla, Whitman, Kitsap, San
> Juan
> >Barred---------Adams, Franklin, Garfield, Cowlitz
> >Great Gray-----Adams, Benton, Douglas, Franklin,
> > Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Walla
> Walla,
> > Yakima, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz,
> Island,
> > Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Pacific,
> > San Juan, Snohomish, Thurston
> >Long-eared-----Ferry, Island, Kitsap, Mason
> >Short-eared----Chelan, Ferry, Skamania
> >Boreal---------Adams, Asotin, Benton, Douglas,
> Franklin,
> > Grant, Klickitat, Lincoln, Spokane,
> > Walla Walla, Clallam, Clark,
> Cowlitz,
> > Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson,
> Kitsap,
> > Mason, Pacific, San Juan, Skagit,
> > Skamania, Thurston, Wahkiakum
> >
> >If anyone knows of records for any of the above
> please let me know at
> >washingtonbirder at hotmail.com
> >
> >Ken Knittle, Vancouver, WA
> >washingtonbirder at hotmail.com
> >
> >
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