Hi Tweeters,
My Sister and I were also birding Fir Island, Stanwood WWTP and environs.
Here's the highlighters of what we saw.

Wonderful day birding for fun. Honing in on our expert ID skills. Great
company.

Birding on Fir Island, Big Ditch and Stanwood WWTP saw the following:
Raptor (Sp.)
Duck (Sp.)
Shorebird (Sp.)
Brown stripy things (Sp.)
Large Flying Winged things (Sp.)
Robin Sized Moving thing in Willow (Sp.)
EUROPEAN STARLING!!!!! Millions ++++++
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in the bush (Heard) (Sp.)
Brewers X Cowbird Hybrid (Imagined)
GBH X American Eagle Hybrid (Delusioned)
Gas Hawk (Sp.)
Numerous Wavy Distorted White/Gray Gulls (Sp.)
Several Avian Expertious Ornitholigistic Humanous (Sp.)

Happily Birding as we go,
Beth Thompson
Arlington, WA