Hi Tweets -

Went up to the Samish/Skagit Flats today, and had a good day. No rain,
but windy. Good raptor day - lots of eagles, several Red-tailed Hawks,
Northern Harriers, some gorgeous Rough-legged Hawks, and a four falcon
day. Nice looks at a beautiful gray-morph Gyrfalcon northeast of the
Field Road 90 north of the potato farm (good scope looks from the car so
the wind didn't blow us away. A good looking, but wet Peregrine perched
on a pole on Farm-to-Market Rd. A look at a Prairie Falcon dive-bombing
a Peregrine from the West 90 and then sitting down. Relatively close to
the Prairie was a Short-eared Owl. Later, we had a SEOW fly alongside
the car and put down on the edge of the road about 12 feet away - Yow!
Lots of Trumpeter Swans around the Samish. Later, down on Dodge Valley
Rd we had a Merlin blast across the road and after some gulls (you know
Merlins - they always think they are the biggest, baddest one around). A
nice look a Tundra Swans along the same road. About 2000 Snow Geese
south of the North Fork access on Fir Island. The Black-crowned
Night-Herons were in their usual place off Fir Island Road. Didn't start
raining seriously until we were on the way home. Two to three lifers for
my client. Good day!

Brian H. Bell
Woodinville Wa
bellasoc at isomedia.com