Michael,

That should qualify as a count week bird for the Seattle CBC. Could you send
me details?

Gene.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Dossett" <phainopepla at yahoo.com>
To: <godwit at worldnet.att.net>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: Harris' Sparrow and Wilson's Warbler remain


> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have been gone a lot lately and it totally skipped
> my mind until I just now read this post, but I had a
> male Wilson's Warbler at the Woodland Park Zoo on
> Sunday afternoon, near that Great-Gray Owl cages.
> Observed it for about a minute. I didn't get home
> that night until nearly one and I was gone all day
> Monday and yesterday.
>
> Michael Dossett
> Bothell, WA
> phainopepla at yahoo.com
>
>
> --- Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > Hello Tweets,
> >
> > This afternoon my mother and I birded a few hours in
> > eastern Grays Harbor
> > Co. with improving weather conditions, but a few
> > lingering showers remained
> > around the Satsop area. Our main highlights were the
> > immature HARRIS'
> > SPARROW near Satsop(previously found and reported by
> > Betty Jones and others
> > on the Satsop CBC on the 29th). We looked shortly
> > yesterday on the 1st, but
> > weather limited our visit during the late morning
> > for this bird. We
> > relocated it this afternoon on our 2nd attempt, as
> > well as photographed it
> > for documentation from 2:15pm-2:50pm along West
> > Moore Road. The bird was
> > found solely by itself during our entire visit, with
> > relatively good numbers
> > of other sparrows and House Finch flocks nearby in
> > brambles on the south
> > side of the road, but initially the bird was found
> > foraging in a berry bush
> > on the north side of the road 2/10 of a mile west of
> > the Moore/West Moore
> > Rd. junction on West Moore Rd. The bird foraged and
> > actively called in the
> > berry bush along a small drainage canal for 15
> > minutes before flying to the
> > south side of the road into thick blackberry
> > brambles, and other vegetation,
> > where it was continuously heard calling until we
> > left the location at
> > 2:50pm. This is presumably the exact same location
> > where it was found on the
> > Satsop CBC, but it was initially found amongst other
> > sparrows, so it can be
> > found by itself too away from the main sparrow
> > flocks at the crest of the
> > first hill and where a yellow cattle crossing sign
> > is marked on West Moore
> > Rd.. This record is our first personal record for WA
> > this far west, making
> > it one a very few records for Grays Harbor Co. With
> > future attempts this
> > bird should remain through the winter with
> > appropriate winter sparrow
> > habitat.
> >
> > Our other highlight of the day was a WILSON'S
> > WARBLER at 1:35pm in a small
> > woodlot along Pioneer Road west of the Montesano
> > city limits and 10th Street
> > on the private property of Silvia Creek
> > Construction Inc. and Roto Tilling,
> > which can be well viewed from the main road. This
> > individual was also
> > previously found on the Satsop CBC on the 29th by
> > Chris Chappell, so perhaps
> > it will remain with minimal effort amongst other
> > songbirds. It was found
> > within minutes of our arrival, then was joined by an
> > Orange-crowned Warbler,
> > then a male Townsend's Warbler, which made a four
> > warbler day, which is good
> > in January. The bird foraged along a woodlot just
> > north of the entrance of
> > the construction company foraging relatively high in
> > a few Red Alders with
> > ivy growing amongst them. Several Ruby-crowned
> > Kinglets were also present in
> > the same vicinity, as we "pished" for increased
> > songbird activity. This is
> > our first personal winter record for this species,
> > making it a good start
> > for 2002.
> >
> > Our additional species highlight list follows at
> > selected locations and
> > times:
> >
> > Satsop/West Moore, Moore Rd., and Monte-Elma Rd.(two
> > visits) 12pm-12:30pm,
> > 2:15pm-2:50pm
> >
> > 23 Mourning Doves
> > 2 Varied Thrushes
> > 14 "Sooty"Fox Sparrows
> > 38 Golden-crowned Sparrows
> > 21 White-crowned Sparrows
> > 1 HARRIS' SPARROW
> > 22 Evening Grosbeaks
> >
> > Brady Loop Rd. 12:40pm-1:20pm,2pm
> >
> > 1 Rough-legged Hawk
> > 27 Black-bellied Plovers
> > 1 Greater Yellowlegs
> > 1 Hairy Woodpecker
> > 3 Western Scrub Jays
> > 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers
> > 13 Evening Grosbeaks
> >
> > Pioneer Road/west of Montesano 1:30pm-1:48pm
> >
> > 1 Orange-crowned Warbler
> > 1 Townsend's Warbler
> > 1 WILSON'S WARBLER
> >
> > Hwy.12 between MP 19 and 20(west bound,north side in
> > flooded fields) 3:05pm
> >
> > 3 Tundra Swans
> > 3 Western Sandpipers
> > 37 Dunlin
> > 16 Mew Gulls
> > 1 first-year Ring-billed Gull
> > 1 first-year California Gull
> > 1 adult Herring Gull
> > 3 first-year Thayer's Gulls
> > 1 subadult Western Gull
> > 18 Glacous-winged Gulls
> > 3+ Glaucous-winged/Western("Olympic")Gulls
> >
> > Vance Creek County Park/Wenzel Slough Rd.
> > 3:15pm-3:35pm
> >
> > 27 Tundra Swans
> > 1 male Eurasian Wigeon
> > 12 Canvasbacks(5 males, 7 females)
> > 220+ Ring-necked Ducks
> > 17 Greater Scaup
> > 56 Lesser Scaup
> > 2 Common Snipe
> >
> >
> > Good birding,
> >
> > Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
> > GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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