Carol,
Graysmarsh is indeed near Sequim. Unfortunately it is a very large
private estate and only Scott has access to do occasional bird censuses.
The estate does allow public access to the north half mile of the beach.
However there is no good parking there as the beach access near the
Graysmarsh Beach is blocked in a dispute over whether it is or is not a
public access. Graysmarsh Beach is just to the south or east of Jamestown
Beach. Anyone wanting further details can contact me about how I access the
beach in a not strictly legal parking maneuver.
Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton36 at olypen.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Schulz" <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
To: <norton36 at olypen.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:41 AM
Subject: Fw: Graysmarsh 9/21


> Hi Bob:
> Scott Atkinson posted the following msg to Tweets. I hesitate to ask
> the directions from him, as he really hates to be asked. I looked
> through DeLorme, my past issues of WA Birder, and through everything
> else, and cannot find Graysmarsh. I understand it's near Sequim?
> Could you send me directions? Would it be ok if I posted them to
> Tweeters? If not, I'll keep the info to myself.
> Thanks a lot for any help I can get on this.
> Yours, Carol Schulz
> DesMoines
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Atkinson" <scottratkinson at hotmail.com>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 4:30 PM
> Subject: Graysmarsh 9/21
>
>
> | Tweeters:
> |
> | Anne Winskie and I completed our bi-annual migration survey at
> Graysmarsh
> | yesterday, Sept. 21. We finished with 110 species, perhaps a few
> above
> | average; there was one notable rarity, a slightly-early
> breeding-plumaged
> | (!) YELLOW-BILLED LOON off the public beach access just after dawn.
> The
> | bird actually flew over the marsh, as if contemplating landing, and
> then
> | opted for the shallow waters off the beach. Nice bird. The weather
> was
> | quite favorable and temps ranged from about 45-66 F.
> |
> | HIGHLIGHTS:
> |
> | YELLOW-BILLED LOON 1 (main public beach, breeding plumage!)
> | nice count of Red-necked Grebes
> | Blue-winged Teal 3
> | Cinnamon Teal 6
> | high count for Com. Merganser along beach
> | Merlin 1
> | Virginia Rail 8
> | Sora 1
> | Lesser Yellowlegs 3
> | Long-billed Dowitcher 11
> | Red-necked Phalarope 4
> | PARASITIC JAEGER 1 (light-morph ad., also a likely juv. later)
> | N. Saw-whet Owl 2
> | sapsucker, sp. 1
> | clear movement of N. Flickers
> | Horned Lark 4
> | OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 1 (forest buffer by public beach access)
> | HOUSE WREN 1 (scrub near beach; breeds locally at Grays but this was
> our
> | first fall migrant)
> | Swainson's Thrush 1
> | Hermit Thrush 1
> | Am. Pipit about 50
> | CASSIN'S VIREO 1
> | Warbling Vireo 1
> | 6 warbler sp., including 1 MacGillivray's and 1 Wilson's, over 100
> | Yellow-rumped
> | Lapland Longspur 1 (heard only)
> |
> | Anne get specials kudos on the OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, finding it
> first;
> | this very late bird stood for a moment at the tip of a dead cedar,
> and if
> | memory serves the all-time latest date for WA is a Sequim bird years
> back on
> | Sept. 22--just one day later. The HOUSE WREN was also a nice find
> as we
> | usually only have them in spring-summer. There were numerous other
> migrants
> | (plenty of sparrows, for example).
> |
> | Scott Atkinson
> | Lake Stevens
> | mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com
> |
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