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There were 2 reports since the last transcription date of Wednesday, July 13.

Thursday 7/14, 10:43 a.m. This is Wayne Weaver at 604 597 7201 from Delta, B.C. I'm reporting an immature Brown Pelican in Bellingham, present on July 13. The bird is on the north side of Bellingham Bay, just outside the city limits. It was roosting on a long concrete pier, part of an abandoned cement plant. The pier is very close to Little Squalicom Park on the Bellingham waterfront and it was first seen by Terry Wall about 3p, who was there from 3-3:30 on the 13th. It disappeared and returned by 6:45pm, and was seen by Terry and me and possibly others til at least 9:30p and possibly spent the night there. For the record, there was also a Brown Pelican seen on July 9 and 10 in BC waters just north of the international border at White Rock and again at Steveston in Richmond. So this could well be the same pelican that was present a few days earlier a while north. There has also been a report of a BROWN BOOBY that's been seen 3 days in a row on Bellingham Bay by Huston !
Flores. Anyway, that's it for now.

Wednesday, July 20, 12:30am This is Rachel Lawson at 206 282 5593. Today, 7/20, Kristen Stewart and I drove down to Gearhart, OR, to see the LESSER SAND PLOVER that has been there since Saturday. The bird is still there and seems to move freely between Stanley Lake and the McCannicum Estuary in the town of Gearhart. To get to the Stanley Lake location, go down Hwy 101 thru Gearhart and turn east on Lewis and Clark Road. Not far from the ntersection you will see a church ahead of you. Go across the traffic to go to the church parking lot. In the southease corner of the parking lot there's a path that leads down to the lake. The other location, the McCannicum Estuary, can be reached by taking Hwy 101 in the town of Gearhart to G Street. Turn left or west on G Street as it winds around, changes names a couple of times, til it gets to Wellington. Wellington ends in a small parking area and the bird can be seen from the mud flats from that area. You can walk out on the!
path along the beach. The bird seems to be hanging out with SEMI PALMATED SANDPIPERS and other small shorebirds. Good luck and good birding


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Rebecca Galloway
Northgate, Seattle