I rechecked my records on W. Scrub-Jay for Skagit Co, it seems there are
three confirmed records from 1998 back and (less certain) perhaps one record
thereafter, so really the count is 3-4 records, not 4-5 as previously
written. Birds were in Mt. Vernon & environs except for the Bayview bird,
just south of Bayview SP.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
mail to: scottatkinson at hotmail.com


>From: "Wayne C. Weber" <contopus at shaw.ca>
>To: WHATCOM BIRDERS <whatcombirds at lists.wwu.edu>
>CC: CLARK BLAKE <mcblake at cc.wwu.edu>, TERENCE R WAHL <trwahl at aol.com>, BRAD
>WAGGONER <bbhwaggoner at worldnet.att.net>, SCOTT ATKINSON
><scottratkinson at hotmail.com>, IAN PAULSEN <ipaulsen at krl.org>
>Subject: Fw: Western Scrub-Jay on Lummi Island
>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:28:23 -0700
>
>Whatcom Birders,
>
>The following message appeared on TWEETERS this morning (forwarded by
>Ian Paulsen). The jay was seen yesterday (Aug 19) just north of the
>ferry landing on Lummi Island. Clark, will you have an opportunity to
>try to relocate this bird?
>
>I believe this would be only the second record of WESTERN SCRUB-JAY
>for Whatcom County. The previous record was one that overwintered in
>Bellingham in 1997/98. (Terry or others, please let us know if there
>are additional records.) In the Vancouver area, where I have birded
>for many years, there are only 3 records of WESTERN SCRUB-JAY, the
>most recent of which was in Port Coquitlam last winter. In fact, these
>are the only 3 records of that species in Canada.
>
>It would be really nice if someone could relocate the jay and maybe
>even get some photos for the record.
>
>Wayne C. Weber
>Kamloops and Delta, BC
>contopus at shaw.ca
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BRADLEY WAGGONER <bbhwaggoner at worldnet.att.net>
> > To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 6:59 AM
> > Subject: Western Scrub-Jay on Lummi Is.
> >
> >
> > Yesterday on a visit to Lummi Island I observed one Western
>Scrub-Jay. The bird was in two fir trees just north of the public
>observation platform on the east side of the island ( just north of
>the ferry landing) . I know we have had an increase in sightings here
>in western Washington over the past few years, but I thought this may
>be of interest being this far north. Are Scrub-Jays being seen more
>regularly in the San Juan Islands?
> >
> > Brad Waggoner
> > Bainbridge Island, Washington
> > mailto:bbhwaggoner at worldnet.att.net
> >




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