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Sunday, June 30, 9:53 PM. John O'Connell, (360) 299-4375. Today at 1:00 PM in
Whatcom County at the Colonial Creek Campground, 10 miles east of Newhalem,
on the Thunder Knob Trail, a single BOREAL CHICKADEE was observed. Thanks.

Wednesday, July 3, 10:00 PM. Hi, Tom Aversa here. Calling to report some
birds of Skagit County. It was one male AMERICAN REDSTART up at the county
line ponds. Also had about 200 BANK SWALLOWS at Corkedale Creek crossing, and
3 LAZULI BUNTINGS, one at the Skagit River crossing in Marblemount, and a
couple more down at the Butler Flats gravel pit are.

Thursday, July 4, 1:18 AM. This is Rachel Lawson, Birdbox System
Administrator. On Friday, June 28th, Bill Boyd called in with an update on
the BAY-BREASTED WARBLER that he saw east of Granite Falls on Thursday, June
27th. He said that on Friday he was unable to relocate the bird. That's it.
Good birding.

Thursday, July 4, 3:58 PM. Hi, this is Steven Mlodinow. Decent movement of
peeps today. In the West 90 ponds of the Sammish Flats there was one SEMI
SANDPIPER. There was also GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LONG-BILLED and
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, about 150 WESTERN SANDPIPERS and a couple of LEAST
SANDPIPERS. That's it, good luck and good birding.

Saturday, July 6, 10:53 PM. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson with some
interesting birds to report for Skagit County today, July 6th, mostly from
this morning. Highlight of the day was a GRAY CATBIRD seen at the Corkedale
power line crossing at about 7:30. The bird was singing in the open from the
bottom girder of the first power line immediately north of Route 20, right
along Corkedale Creek. Unfortunately when I passed through again at 10:00 the
bird was either quite or gone. Also present at Corkedale were at least 4
LAZULI BUNTINGS, an EASTERN KINGBIRD, and 2 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES to the west of
the immediate field area. Supriseingly, BANK SWALLOWS were absent. Other
highlights of the day included 11 warbler species, something not easy to do
in Skagit County. Most notable of this, of this group, was YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, reported earlier in June at the Northwest end of Martin Road in
Rockport. This bird was seen doing the song flight. And it is just west of
the 90 degree corner of North Martin Road there. Also present in the area 3
LAZULI BUNTINGS and a BANK SWALLOW. Then, moving northeast up Route 20 and
past Marblemount, other warblers of note were a male AMERICAN REDSTART near
the southern most county line ponds, singing bird, and also 2 NASHVILLE
WARBLERS. One was heard only near the access road into the county line ponds
right by the Whatcom County sign, and the second bird, a male, was on a rocky
hillside above the first riverside overlook, immediately southwest of the
county line ponds. I had better then average numbers of CASSIN'S VIREOS in
this area, and also big count of RED-EYED VIREO. Lastly, increasing numbers
of LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS at the Jensen Access of the Skagit WMA
including 5 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. That's all.

July 13, 10:04 PM. Hi, this is Bill Tweit. On Saturday, July 12th, Paul
Lehman, Bruce LaBar, Kevin Aanerud, and myself had a MOCKINGBIRD at Ocean
Shores. This bird was seen at the corner of Fairview and Sportsman, which is
about a mile north of the sewage ponds. Sportsmen being the two way street
that goes past the sewage ponds. Good luck and good birding.

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