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Wednesday, April 9, 12:27 PM. This is Rachel Lawson, Birdbox system
administrator. It is Tuesday, March 11th. I'm sorry to be reporting this so
late, but on April 5th, Jim Zimmerman reports that for the last two or three
weeks he has been seeing a flock of 10 or 15 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on
the south end of Lake Washington, in a patch of marsh grass between the shore
and the Boeing factory. These birds were located about 200 yards east of the
Cedar River at the west end of the steel retaining wall, in a little
sheltered cove. That's it. Good birding.

Thursday, April 10, 8:00 PM. Hi, this is Tom Aversa. The shorebird migration
was in evidence today at Montlake Fill with a breeding SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER, a breeding plumage SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and a DUNLIN, close to
breeding plumage. Thanks.

Saturday, April 12, 8:45 AM. Hi, this is Tom Aversa, again. Down the
Brady-Elma area, the RUFF is still present. It's right at the Brady Loop
Road. It's on Foster Road, the north end of Foster Road. It's on the east
side of the road, in a grassy field. It was in there with quite a few
YELLOWLEGS, probably close to 150 YELLOWLEGS in the area, all apparently
GREATERS. Also in Elma, on Wakefield Road, just north of the Chehalis River,
just south of the slough, in that flooded field there was a COMMON TEAL and a
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, also. Down the coast, in Ocean Shores, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, WESTERN SANDPIPERS, DUNLINS in breeding plumage are all beginning
to arrive. A few SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS also. I should note this report was for
yesterday.

Sunday, April 13, 4:29 PM. This is Barry Levine, 206-526-8676, reporting that
today the RUFF was seen again today, in the same field that it was previously
reported from, that being on Foster Road. We saw it about 75 yards south of
the junction of Foster and Brady Loop Road. It was out in the field to the
east about 75 yards. It was consorting with large numbers of YELLOWLEGS.
That's it. Good luck and good birding.

Monday, April 14, 8:46 AM. This is Dick Nelson. Today at Point No Point, the
Northeast tip of the Kitsap Peninsula, I saw an adult LITTLE GULL for the
first time this year. Thank You. Good bye.

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Phil Kelley
Lacey, WA
scrbjay at aol.com
(360) 459-1499

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