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Yesterday I joined George Gerdts, Brad Waggoner, and Jamie Acker for an attempt to better the listed Washington State February Big Day record or 104 (as of 2003, fide Ken Knittle and _Washington Birder_). We managed 112 species what with Jamie's owling expertise (five species) and an excellent sampling of waterfowl, raptors, etc. We stayed entirely within Kitsap County also (had reached 95 species before we left Bainbridge Island), so probably have set a new alltime Kitsap County Big Day record also. Most unusual sighting was probably the three Barn Swallows over Poulbo, but such reports in winter are getting to be routine.

Today, Sunday, I tried again to locate the Clay-colored Sparrow at Snohomish without success. The weather was nasty. However, I did stumble on a sub-adult Franklin's Gull in with Mew and Glaucous-winged Gulls in the fields east of the Sykes Lake bridge northwest of Carnation. Also there: a Northern Harrier and three Greater White-fronted Geese.

Gene Hunn
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