Tweeters,

I tried to send this birding report directly from the
http://birdnotes.net website, but it didn't work. So I sent it to
myself, and am forwarding it to TWEETERS. I hope it's of interest to
some of you.

The Fire Mountain Scout Camp is located at the end of Walker Valley
Road (near Big Lake, a short distance SE of Mount Vernon). It is an
attractive locality with a fairly good variety of habitats including
second-growth forest (coniferous, broad-leaved, and mixed), small open
fields, and a small man-made lake ("Lake Challenge") and adjacent
swamp.

There was nothing very unusual in the species list. Most of the
flycatchers, vireos, and warblers were probably on territory rather
than migrating. However, the Wilson's Warblers, Warbling Vireo, and
Black-headed Grosbeaks were probably newly arrived, judging by my past
experience in NW Washington and SW B.C.

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops and Delta, BC
contopus at home.com



----- Original Message -----
From: <contopus at home.com>
To: <contopus at home.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: Skagit County, Washington on May 06, 2001


> This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net
>
> Date: May 6, 2001
> Location: Skagit County, Washington
>
>
> The following list is for Fire Mountain Scout Camp and vicinity
> (Walker Valley Road), located near Big Lake, just southeast of Mount
> Vernon in Skagit County. I was attending a Scout camp with my son
Ian
> over the weekend.
>
> On the previous day (May 5), I saw fewer species (35), but these
> included 3 species not seen on May 6: Ring-necked Duck on "Lake
> Challenge" (4 males); Turkey Vulture (1); and Hutton's Vireo (2).
>
> Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
>
> Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 4 [1]
> Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2 [2]
> Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1 [3]
> Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1 [4]
> Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
> Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
> Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) 4
> Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 2
> Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) 1
> Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) 1
> Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) 6
> Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1
> Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 1
> Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) 8
> Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1
> Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 6
> Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) 15
> Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 25 [5]
> Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
> Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 2
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
> Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1
> Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 2
> Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) 5
> Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 2
> American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 20
> Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) 2
> European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 25
> Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata) 2
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) 1
> Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) 3
> Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2
> Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) 5
> Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 3
> Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 6
> White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 4
> Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 2
> Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1
> Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 1
> Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 6
> Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 5
> Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) 3
> House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 6
> Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 2
> American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 2
> Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) 3
> House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 2
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [1] on "Lake Challenge"
> [2] pair on "Lake Challenge"
> [3] seen in display flight
> [4] adult
> [5] building nests on one of the camp buildings
>
> Total number of species seen: 48
>
>