On Wednesday, January 26th, 2000 we had a very nice trip to Guemes Island.
This is the first time the majority of us had been on the island. Pilchuck
Audubon field trip leader, Darryl Thompson led us around the island to
various sites then we left the island and continued birding the nearby area.

Birds seen/heard:
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Ruddy Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Brant
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Oldsquaw
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous-winged x western cross
Thayer's Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Rhinoceros Auklet
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Crow
Common Raven
Varied Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
House Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
House Finch
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird

Total species: 71

(*v*)Donna Ferrill
nightwings406 at aol.com
Mukilteo/Cle Elum, WA