This is a transcription of the Washington Ornithological Society's
Birdbox covering August 24, 2003 to September 2, 2003 at 6:00 p.m.

The Washington BirdBox is a voice mailbox sponsored by the Washington
Ornithological Society. To leave a message about a notable sighting or
to listen to messages left by others, call (206) 281-9172 and follow the
prompts.

The administrator of the Birdbox is Rachel Lawson. Problems with the
Birdbox should be reported to her at (206) 282-5593. You can also leave
a message with her if you have a rotary phone or do not know how many
species of chickadees exist in Washington.

Misspellings and other errors in the transcription can be reported to
the transcriber: Jane Hadley at 206-328-7605 or jhadle at drizzle.com.


Monday, Sept. 1, 2:49 p.m. Jan Bragg, 206-524-3460. There was a WESTERN
KINGBIRD at Montlake Fill this morning as well as two young GREEN HERONS and
two adult OSPREY. Thank you.

Saturday, Aug. 30, 3:32 p.m. This is Dennis Duffy. Today there was a
WANDERING TATTLER on the Edmonds waterfront. It was at Bracketts
Landing, which is
immediately north of the ferry terminal.

Friday, Aug. 29, 6:59 a.m. Hi, this is Tom Aversa, reporting on a trip to
Eastern and Central Washington with Hal Opperman yesterday. Plenty of
landbirds and shorebirds around. Quite a few WILSON WARBLERS in many of the
migrant traps. Some of the spots that we went to included Lyon's Ferry,
Washtucna. Shorebird spots included Lind Coulee. Some of the highlights
were a REDSTART at Lyon's Ferry with a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and RED-EYED
VIREO at Lyon's Ferry, RED-EYED VIREO at Washtucna with a late EASTERN
KINGBIRD. Shorebird highlights -- probably the best were at Linn Coolee --
included a STILT SANDPIPER and two SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS.

Thursday, Aug. 28, 12:22 p.m. Oh, hello, this is Steve Pink, 425-775-5947.
At Monroe, the old prison farm facililty, there's two GREAT EGRETS present
this morning. They were there when I left them at 12:15. Thanks and good
luck and good birding.

--
Jane Hadley
Seattle, WA
jhadle at drizzle.com