On January 5th a group of 9 people went on a birdwalk led by Darryl Thompson
from the Pilchuck Audubon Society. We went to Birch Bay State Park and drove
around the nearby area then a couple people headed home while the others went
on to Lake Terrel.

Birds seen/heard:
1. Red-throated Loon
2. Pacific Loon
3. Common Loon
4. Pied-billed Grebe
5. Horned Grebe
6. Red-necked Grebe
7. Western Grebe
8. Double-crested Cormorant
9. Great Blue Heron
10. Brant
11. Trumpeter Swan
12. Gadwall
13. American Wigeon
14. Mallard
15. Northern Shoveler
16. Northern Pintail
17. Green-winged Teal
18. Canvasback
19. Ring-necked Duck
20. Lesser Scaup
21. Harlequin Duck
22. Surf Scoter
23. White-winged Scoter
24. Black Scoter
25. Bufflehead
26. Common Goldeneye
27. Ruddy Duck
28. Bald Eagle
29. Northern Harrier
30. Cooper's Hawk
31. Red-tailed Hawk (40+)
32. Rough-legged Hawk
33. American Coot
34. Killdeer
35. Dunlin
36. Mew Gull
37. Ring-billed Gull
38. California Gull
39. Glaucous-winged Gull
40. Rock Dove
41. Downy Woodpecker
42. Hairy Woodpecker
43. Northern Flicker
44. Hutton's Vireo
45. Steller's Jay
46. American Crow
47. Common Raven
48. Black-capped Chickadee
49. Chestnut-backed Chickadee
50. Bushtit
51. Brown Creeper
52. Bewick's Wren
53. Winter Wren
54. Golden-crowned Kinglet
55. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
56. American Robin
57. Varied Thrush
58. Spotted Towhee
59. Fox Sparrow
60. Song Sparrow
61. Dark-eyed Junco
62. Brewer's Blackbird
63. Purple Finch
64. House Finch
65. House Sparrow

(*v*)Donna Ferrill
Mukilteo/Cle Elum, Wa
Nightwings406 at aol.com