Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Sunday Neah Bay Highlights - Orchard Oriole and more
Date: Oct 22 08:05:08 2012
From: Vincent Lucas - vplucas at comcast.net


Brad & Dan:

Wow! Great birds for Clallam County! I see that Clay-colored Sparrow isn't even on the WA County Checklist by Matt Bartels. So I take it, CCSP is a new Clallam County record? A friend from Sequim and I are headed to Neah Bay today so maybe we can refine some of your great birds.

Cheers.

Vincent Lucas
Sequim, WA
vplucas at comcast.net


> Subject: Sunday Neah Bay Highlights - Orchard Oriole and more
> Date: Sun Oct 21 2012 23:20 pm
> From: wagtail at sounddsl.com
>
> 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 of Neah 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 interesting warblers 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/immature photographed 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
> mail to: wagtail at sounddsl.com