On Sat., five of us started along Norman Road to Boe Road, then Stanwood
sewage ponds, Bow-Edison backroads, Samish Flats and Island, Bayview SP, March
Point, Skagit Flats and Rawlins Road. It was a very windy, mostly rainy,
cool-cold day with a couple of sunbreaks. Ended up with 61 species. Missed
seeing the Peregrine Falcon at west 90 or seeing any Rough-legged Hawks.

Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Ruddy Duck
Trumpeter Swan - a number of groups of 4-20
Tundra Swan - a few among Trumpeters
Snow Goose - thousands south of Boe Road
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck - Samish Bay
Oldsquaw - Samish Bay
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle - 7
Northern Harrier - 10 (6 at West 90)
Red-tailed Hawk - 36
American Kestrel -1
Merlin -1
American Coot
Dunlin - hundreds in Samish Flats
Black-bellied Plover - large numbers mixed in with Dunlin
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-throated Loon - 1 at Samish Bay
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Rock Dove
Short-eared Owl - 1 at West 90
Belted Kingfisher - 3 male Fidalgo Bay
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Shrike - 1 at West 90
Varied Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Black-capped Chickadee
House Sparrow
Pine Siskin
House Finch
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com