Red-necked Grebe
Eleven of us birded the subject areas on Sat. field trip. We had a total of
64 species as follows:

Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Ruddy Duck
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose - at least 10,000 along Boe Road **
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon - 1 found among the AMWI
American Wigeon - 2-3,000 along Boe Road
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback - 1 at Stanwood Ponds
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck - 8+ at Samish Bay
Oldsquaw (Long-tailed Duck) - 3
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle - 14
Northern Harrier - 6
Red-tailed Hawk - 21
Rough-legged Hawk - 5
American Kestrel - 1
American Coot
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer - one on a nest at edge of West 90 gravel parking area
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Rock Dove
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
European Starling
Bewick's Wren
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
House Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird

** We could read the neck bands on three of the SNGO. One green band had 10 &
CE. Two red bands, one had 6 & XY and the other 3 & =.

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com