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Denny AFMJ Van Horn
Dungeness, WA

13th Post 3.1.13

Birds of Note the past few days . . .

• Snow goose / most likely the same bird that's been in the area for weeks; Schmuck road at Hidden Triangle pond; the goose was standing on the pond's brim
• Ruddy duck / two males were on Lake Farm rd pond
• Wild turkey / there is a small flock that has existed along the Dungeness river for years; they habitate from US101 N to Woodcock road. A male answered to a hen's clucking call and then a second male answered; this one was 50m from the first
• Sooty grouse / birds seen on Palo Alto road near MP10 and Deer Park road at about 4,000' elevation
• Turkey vulture / two birds were seen today; one over Diamond Point and a second over the Elwha river
• Rough legged hawk / probably the same hawk that's been seen since 2.19; Schmuck road
• Red knot / it's possible that this is the same bird first seen on Dec 10 [and seen several times since]; observed from Dungeness Landing to E along river's estuary
• Long billed dowitcher / three birds working tide flats E of Dungeness Landing
• Whimbrel / five birds working the tide flats E of Dungeness Landing
• Marbled godwit / four birds were E of Dungeness Landing in the far SE corner of the marsh outlet working the tide flats
• Cassin's auklet / three birds were close in shore at Ediz Hook Strait side [~100m out] N of the Boat House
• Thick billed murre / the Ediz Hook murre was seen ~400m off shore [SE] from the Pilot's House; observed for some 20 minutes before lost to sight behind the Salmon Prison; one lone gull kept it company; there were few Common murre on the harbor
• Herring gull / a single adult was found amongst several hundred Glaucous winged, Olympic, and Mew gulls working the grass fields for tasty morsels W of Schmuck road where liquid manure was being kicked-out by a giant lawn sprinkler
• Orange crowned warbler / singing; Kitchen Dick ponds
• Swamp sparo / still there at Kitchen Dick ponds; east side being shy down in the brambles
• Snow bunting / a lone bird found seed-feeding at the seed-feeding site on Ediz Hook just W of bathrooms; was told that the bunting was first seen on Feb 28 late afternoon
• Bullock's oriole / continues to be seen in the Marine & Thornton area

The 3rd First-of-Month Big Day for the county [east end] was chased today: 1am - 9pm. The chase-route? Blyn / Wood's rd / Palo Alto rd / Gray Wolf river rd / Eagle creek ponds / Diamond Point / JW Marina / Washington Harbor / Schmuck rd / Port Williams / Jamestown / Seashore rd / Kirner pond / Dungeness Landing / Cline's Spit / Lamar rd / Hogback rd / Kitchen Dick ponds / Finn Hall rd / Lake Farm rd pond / N Ennis st [ePA] / Valley Creek Estuary Park / Port of Port Angeles / Ediz Hook / W 18th st [wPA] / Lower Elwha rd / Deer Park rd / Dungeness / 3 Crabs marshes / and back to Blyn and Wood's rd. Total species: 144.