Subject: Washington Birdbox 12-23 to 1-3 8:20 PM
Date: Jan 3 21:29:38 2004
From: Robert Norton - norton36 at olypen.com


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 recent reports from other birders, call (206) 281-9172 and follow
the prompts. Report operational problems to Rachel Lawson system
administrator; she can be reached at Lawson at softhome.net or (206) 282-5593.
Please address any corrections (such as errors in place names or
observers) to the transcriber, Bob Norton, 360-928-3053, norton36 at olypen.com
..
Grant Hendrickson will be transcribing in January.



Tuesday, 12-29, 7:15 AM. Hello, this is Scott Atkinson, (206) 406-2306.
I
have a few birds to report. Yesterday, from the Everett (Sewage) Treatment
Plant, and particularly the paved trail that runs north from the Spencer
Island Bridge on the west side of Spencer Island and the slough that borders
it there. From that paved trail, I had quite a good number of passerines,
surprisingly enough, 4 different species of warblers. The highlight being a
female YELLOW WARBLER which was about a 100 yards up the trail north from
the Spencer Island Bridge. It was associating with a large flock of
passerines, various sparrows, juncos and kinglets and, interestingly enough,
also a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT here. I had a second COMMON YELLOWTHROAT further
north up the trail where it comes close to the northernmost of the two
sewage ponds along a small ditch. Then I had two SWAMP SPARROWS along the
northern part of the trail. One was about 200 yards up from the Spencer
Island Bridge and the other was a little bit north of that. A third SWAMP
SPARROW was on the small marsh between the Sewage Treatment Plant
Headquarters and I-5 just as you go underneath I-5 going in to the complex
there. There were a couple of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS in the area and also
one TOWNSEND'S.

So that's it.

Thursday, 12-31, 5:34 PM. Hi. This is Tom Aversa reporting on a trip
today
to the Sammish Flats. The juvenile GYRFALCON is at the west 90 still. Oddly,
there was a flock of about 125 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH that flew in and landed in
a bush up there. There were good numbers of waterfowl, possibly newly
arriving birds even, about 10,000 DABBLING DUCKS in the area, at least 7,000
AMERICAN WIGEON and a high concentration of EURASIANS up near Sammish Island
in the fields. At least 45 males - probably quite a few more than that.
Thanks.

Tuesday, 12-29, 7:15 AM. Hello, this is Scott
Atkinson, (206) 406-2306. I have a few birds to report. Yesterday, from the
Everett (Sewage) Treatment Plant, and particularly the paved trail that runs
north from the Spencer Island Bridge on the west side of Spencer Island and
the slough that borders it there. From that paved trail, I had quite a good
number of passerines, surprisingly enough, 4 different species of warblers.
The highlight being a female YELLOW WARBLER which was about a 100 yards up
the trail north from the Spencer Island Bridge. It was associating with a
large flock of passerines, various sparrows, juncos and kinglets and,
interestingly enough, also a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT here. I had a second COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT further north up the trail where it comes close to the
northernmost of the two sewage ponds along a small ditch. Then I had two
SWAMP SPARROWS along the northern part of the trail. One was about 200 yards
up from the Spencer Island Bridge and the other was a little bit north of
that. A third SWAMP SPARROW was on the small marsh between the Sewage
Treatment Plant Headquarters and I-5 just as you go underneath I-5 going in
to the complex there. There were a couple of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS in the
area and also one TOWNSEND'S.
So that's it.

Thursday, 12-31, 5:34 PM. Hi. This is Tom Aversa reporting on a trip
today
to the Sammish Flats. The juvenile GYRFALCON is at the west 90 still. Oddly,
there was a flock of about 125 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH that flew in and landed in
a bush up there. There were good numbers of waterfowl, possibly newly
arriving birds even, about 10,000 DABBLING DUCKS in the area, at least 7,000
AMERICAN WIGEON and a high concentration of EURASIANS up near Sammish Island
in the fields. At least 45 males - probably quite a few more than that.
Thanks.

Friday, 1-2-04, 10:40 AM Hi. This is Steve Mlodinow. Yesterday, Dennis
Duffy, Ryan Shaw, Cameron Cox, Charlie Wright and I birded from Point No
Point to Port Townsend. The main highlight were two YELLLOW-BILLED LOONS.
These were on the south side of the Hood Canal Bridge on the west side of
the Hood Canal. Otherwise we had a couple of EARED GREBES at Oak Bay, a fair
number of birds but not much else interesting.
Good luck and good birding!

Bob Norton
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
norton36 at olypen.com