Hi All,

After some fun and some very nice birds on the central coast Friday and
Saturday, My brother Dan and I decided to try our luck at Neah Bay
today. We did manage to find a handful of interesting birds. Here are
the highlights -

SNOW GOOSE - cont. bird in Waatch R. Valley

SANDHILL CRANE- three flying south overhead near the Coast Guard station
to start our morning.

MARBLED GOWIT - two cont. birds in Neah Bay Harbor.

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD - one at west-side of town where road starts out to
outer breakwater. Seen mid-morning but not again on a few quick visits
backto spot.

NASHVILLE WARBLER - one in area just past entrance boot to Hobuck Beach
Resort.

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - female a bit further down the road from spot of
Nashville Warbler.

YELLOW WARBLER - one at same place as Northern Mockingbird on the
west-side of the town ofNeah Bay.

PALM WARBLER - two down the beach a bit from the Hobuck Resort almost to
mouth of Waatch River.

And by the way, we had these interestingwarblers while not recording a
Yellow-rumped Warbler all day! Weird.

CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - Near shoreline breakwater just on the northeast
side of Coast Guard station fence line first thing in the morning.

ORCHARD ORIOLE - Obviously our biggest highlight of day. Popped out of
blackberry brambles in same spot as Northern Mockingbird.
Female/immphotographed and viewed off and on for 15 minutes. Did not see
on subsequent visits but we also did not try very hard.

Cheers and good birding,
Brad Waggoner
Bainbridge Island
mailto:wagtail at sounddsl.com