Matt,
It's a treat to hear from an "out-of-towner" that they enjoy our local birding. I share your enthusiasm for new birds, and I'm delighted you had such a successful trip. Come back soon!
-Rolan
Gator3203 at aol.com wrote: Thank you to all the people who wrote me and gave me info on birding in the
northwest. Unfortunantly I was not able to make it to ellensburg, but i have
saved all the e-mails and hope to make a trip there when i come out next
year. I was able to pick up 11 lifers on the trip, 2 in the cascades and 9
on the olympic peninsula. Here's how the list came out:

Lake Dorothy-(spelling?) Western Cascades
-Red-Breasted Sapsucker
-Varied Thrush
I tried for probably an hour to follow this bird's call to try and
locate it and with no luck i gave up, but as i was heading down the trail on
the way out one individual chased a steller's jay across the trail and landed
for a quick view on the trail!

Cape Flattery-Tatoosh Island
-Tufted Puffin we watched this bird flying all over the island but
eventually one flew over close to the viewing platform for good looks and
pictures
-BRANT I was shocked when i noticed a flock of about 40-50 birds heading
southeast towards shore from beyond the island, it was a totally
unexpected bird for me.

Ruby Beach-Coast
-Brandt's cormorant

Kalaloch Lodge-Coast
-Red-Throated Loon I saw five total in the three days i was at the lodge,
both flying by and swimming.
-Brown Pelican I know this one is pitiful, i saw many at any time i went
down to the beach, but only at the lodge, i saw none at any of the more
northernmore spots along the coast.
-Black-Legged Kittiwake this was my favorite bird of the whole trip, one
night on the coast we had extremely windy and foggy conditions, the next
morning i was down at the submerged rock checking out the gulls, and when
they lifted off the rocks temporarily i noticed a very bright bird in the
flock i continued to watch it and eventually saw all the field marks.
It was not a full adult but was very close, it had not yet developed the dark
wingtips. I hear that some years this bird is seen easily during the
summer but it was still a fun and unusual sighting.

Hurrican Ridge-Olympic National Park
-American Pipit

Three Crabs Restaurant-Dungeness Area
-Long-Billed Dowitcher in a small farm pond down the road from the
restaurant, thanks to the man leading the birding trip from BC for the tip
-California Quail crossing the road onto the parking lot of the restaurant

Once again thanks to all for the help it was a fun and memorible trip!

Matt Andrews
St. Louis, MO
Gator3203 at aol.com

Rolan Nelson
Burley, WA
rnbuffle at yahoo.com


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