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January 1, 2002, Tuesday, 9:37 a.m. This is Alan Grenon. On the 31st,
Chris Duke and I saw on the Samish flats on Bayview-Edison Road south of the
90s a PRAIRIE FALCON, and south of Stanwood, at the end of Boe Road, we had
an AMERICAN BITTERN fly in. And on Thomle Road we had the NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD near the Brown residence and we had a few COMMON REDPOLLS there.
We had REDPOLLS fly over in various other locations. And across Marine View
Drive from there on Norman Road, we did see a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
together with Greg Toffic. My number is (206) 709-7435.

January 1, 2002, Tuesday, 11:52 a.m. This is Alan Grenon again. Chris Duke
and I also had one ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER just to the west slightly from the
MOCKINGBIRD site.

January 1, 2002, Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. Hi, my name is Rob Harrower, (425)
252-8949. I had an interesting day up at the Skagit Wildlife Refuge where I
came across the carcass of a GREAT BLUE HERON, and not five steps past that
I scared up an OWL. I chased the OWL ten steps and there sitting on a still
branch was what I consider a second OWL. The second owl was a GREAT HORNED.
I think it's a good chance that's two birds there, not just the one. This
was found, if you take the west dike down, that's the dike closest to the
parking lot that's not the boat parking lot, you take that dike or road
south, come to the first bridge, take a right, we'll call that west. If you
head directly across the field, it would be following basically the hunter's
path. You go, you go across the field to the far side where the next bay of
trees is, you can head south from there a little bit and you'll come upon
the GREAT BLUE HERON, and the OWLS were basically in the corner of that
field, as you head south along that edge. Also had a immature COOPER'S HAWK
there, and a quick walk in what I'm going to call a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and
on the way out of there, there was a MERLIN on a wire. So, that was all on
January 1, 2002. Thank you. Bye.

January 1, 2002, Tuesday, 5:16 p.m. This is Ruth Taylor, (206) 781-7216.
Today around 2:00 o'clock in Stanwood, Judy Duvall and I located a flock of
approximately 150 REDPOLLS. They were working the alders on the north side
of the Stanwood Park & Ride. This Park & Ride is directly east on the
Stanwood sewage treatment ponds, and also is just off the intersection of
the north end of Marine Drive and 268th Street or Highway 532, the main
east/west drag through Stanwood. We also were able to relocate the NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD on Thomle Road, south of Stanwood. We tried for the HARRIS
SPARROW and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on Norman Road, again south of
Stanwood. We didn't have any luck with either, but did run into Greg Toffic
who had seen both those birds again today, so they're still in the area.
That's it. Good luck and good birding.

January 1, 2002, Tuesday, 6:25 p.m. This is Alan Grenon. This afternoon
for about an hour or so, I had great views of the REDPOLLS in the Montlake
cut area. Probably about 30 or 40 individuals, just northwest of the
Montlake Bridge, actually. So, standing on the bridge I had great views at
eye-level on below. They were in company with a larger number of AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES, probably 50 to 100 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. My phone number is
(206) 709-7435.

January 1, 2002, Tuesday, 8:11p.m. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Today
Dennis Duffy and I birded the Monroe and Snohomish areas. At scattered
locations south of Monroe we found 9 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 5 of which
were at the Two Rivers Wildlife Management Area. On private property along
Tualco Loop Road near the Wildlife Management Area, we found a SWAMP
SPARROW. At the Wildlife Management Area we had four ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS, a SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. At the Snohomish sewage ponds we had 25
COMMON REDPOLLS and a hybrid EURASIAN/AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL. That's
it. Good luck and good birding.

January 2, 2002, Wednesday, 5:05 p.m. Hi, this is Tom Aversa. Today I
birded down in Kent and I refound the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER that Dave
Swayne had originally located on the Christmas bird count down there. It
looks pretty yellow-bellied. It's a juvenile bird and it's got some
markings in the crown, and it's not an easy bird to see, though. It's on
287th, I think it is, off of the West Valley Highway, and it's, you go down
maybe a 100 yards, a little more, there's a couple of apple trees which it
has been frequenting very early, according to Dave, about 8:00-ish. And I
spent a good part of the day there without seeing it until about 2:15 and it
then frequented a cedar a little further down on the same side, the left
side of the road across from a house. There's several SAPSUCKERS at least
in the area, and you know, RED-BREASTEDs also. Further down the end of the
road in the marshy habitat, there was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and also a
SWAMP SPARROW further on the marsh.

January 4, 2002, Friday, 9:35 a.m. Hello, this is Wayne Weber phoning from
Kamloops, B.C., phone number (250) 377-8865. Reporting for January 3. I
had no difficulty in finding the NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Thomle Road in the
Stillaguamish delta just south of Stanwood. The MOCKINGBIRD was at the
Brown residence at 7910 Thomle Road, which is just a short distance down
from where it joins Marine Drive. There is a large holly tree in the yard,
which I presume is the MOCKINGBIRD's food source, and it was also seen
feeding on fallen apples in the yard. Also along Thomle Road, I saw a flock
of at least 40 COMMON REDPOLLS in the alder trees, along with a few SISKINS,
one LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and two YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. Along Boe Road, a
little bit farther south, there were at least 10,000 SNOW GEESE, about a 100
TRUMPETER SWANS, and one PEREGRINE FALCON perched on a log out in the marsh
off the end of Boe Road. A very good day of birding. That's it for now,
thank you.

January 4, 2002, Friday, 8:10 p.m. This is Rachel Lawson at (206) 282-5593.
The BLACK PHOEBE is still present at the headquarters buildings at the Julia
Butler Hansen Reserve near Cathlamet. The bird is very active and vocal,
but it moves around a lot, so patience may be required. That's it. Good
birding.

January 6, 2002, Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Hello, this is Mike Denny. Sightings
for January 5, the evening of January 5 on the Walla Walla River delta. A
single, adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. This is the third winter this bird
has returned. Also present are large numbers of DUNLIN and a GREAT EGRET.
Also in western Walla Walla County on Base Loop Road behind home number 523
is a pair of CATTLE EGRETS. That's it.

January 6, 2002, Sunday, 11:37 a.m. Hi, this is Barry Levine, (206)
526-8676. Reporting on a field trip taken yesterday by the Newport High
School ecology class to Canada. Two notable birds were seen. One was a
gray-phased GYR FALCON, which was seen at the end of 64th Street in Boundary
Bay. The best way to access this bird is to drive to the end of 64th
Street, park there, climb on to the dike, make a left hand turn, and the
bird was seen about one-quarter of a mile on the right-hand side. Second
notable bird was a NORTHERN GOSHAWK seen at Reifel Wildlife Refuge. One
other thing that struck us as being interesting was that there were no OWLS
seen yesterday at all, at Reifel. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

January 6, 2002, Sunday, 7:37 p.m. Hi, this is Sam Terry, (206) 329-9038.
Today I had the NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD on Thomle Road south of Stanwood at the
Brown residence, and at the end of Thomle Road, there was a GREAT EGRET
flying out over the dike, presumably the same bird that was reported earlier
in the area. And from the southeast corner of the Stanwood sewage ponds, in
some trees surrounding a house, I had about a 100 COMMON REDPOLLS. That's
it. Good luck and good birding.

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