Hello All,
I just got back from viewing a Northern Mockingbird on the Enumclaw Plateau
in King County. The bird was first found by Fred Boesche, who has seen it
reliably this week. I got there at about 2:30 and had to wait around until
the bird began singing from the middle of a blackberry thicket. Even then I
couldn't see it for another 10 minutes, when it finally came out onto the
grass and then perched briefly in a bush. Fred has been seeing it almost
daily in a fruiting holly just across the road from where I had it.

The spot is in the immediate vicinity of the intersection of 244th Ave and
400th Street. There is a lot of truck traffic on 400th, so I found the
closest pulloff down near the nursery, to the east of this intersection, and
walked back. The bird has been frequenting the holly on the north side of
the road, and the ditch on the south side. Here is a Google Map to the exact
location: http://tinyurl.com/2l33nr

Also, since I can't possibly post without talking about gulls, there was a
nice 1st cycle Glaucous Gull in a big gull flock in the area, as well as
hundreds of swallows up high.

Cheers
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington