Subject: [Tweeters] FW: Bay Breasted Warbler, ETC.
Date: Jun 16 22:36:20 2006
From: bill clemons - willclemons at yahoo.com


FYI

I am taking a liberty with my FWD of Khanh Tran's
important OBOL post RE an update on the Bay Breasted
Warbler.

Thanks to Khanh for the update.

bill clemons
SW os Portland in Mtn Park
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Subject: RE: Bay Breasted Warbler
From: "khanh tran" <khanhbatran AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:59:54 +0000

I saw the bird again on Thursday morning (6/15/06). I
think it will still be there.

It has been reliably seen at all hours for almost 2
weeks now. The bird is
singing it in its small territory usually right along
the gravel road, high
up in the hemlocks.

If you have time and want to see any other easy
rarity, try for the CLAY
COLORED SPARROW near Tenino off I-5 on Exit 88. I
also saw it on Thursday
morning.

Here are the directions to the BAY BREASTED WARBLER:

Take Exit 49 and then take Highway 504 out of Castle
Rock (Probably on the
north end) and drive 18.2 miles. Turn LEFT onto FR
1900, and continue to
take the road that goes straight which has become FR
1901 not long after you
turn off 504. (1900 turns off quickly to the left.) Go
2.3 miles to a large
intersection. FR1901 will continue straight and goes
down at that point. FR
1909 goes off to the left, and the bird was first
seen about 1/10th of a
mile down 1909.

I saw the bird just past the intersection of 1909, but
on either side of
1901...just a few yards past the white Weyerhauser
sign, and the yellow gate
that can be closed across 1901.

PLEASE BEWARE OF INCOMING TRUCKS AND BE PREPARED TO BE
DUSTED several
times!! Also, don't be surprised if you see some
Boreal chickadee look
alikes :)

Directions to CLAY COLORED SPARROW:

The direction are described from I-5 northbound at
Exit 88(north of
Centralia).

Take I-5 north to Exit 88 at the Tenino-Aberdeen Exit
off of I-5. Continue
east on Old Hwy.99,which is the main road you come to
after exiting off of
I-5. Continue east on Old Hwy.99 for about 5 miles to
Melville Street,which
is somewhat hidden with conifer branches from the road
if coming from the
west.

Travel .3 to .4 miles north on Melville Street as you
pass a large Scot's
Broom thicket on your right. Take a right on a gravel
road which has a
barbed fencing wire and scan to your right along the
Scottish Broom.

Listen for the distinctive low buzzy trill-like song.
The bird can be a bit
skittish.

It is expected the bird may stay at this location for
some time since an
individual lingered here through the first portion of
July during the early
1990's according to a local birder named Paul Hicks
that surveys that area
on a regular basis. Also in the general vicinity are
California Quail,House
Wren,Chipping Sparrow and a variety of other species.

Good luck and good birding,

Khanh Tran

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