I have only two records of Black-capped Chickadees from San Juan Co.
betweetn 1993 and 2001. They are,

1 at American Camp, San Juan Island, on 3/5/98
1 at Lopez Island on 12/4/94

I guess they are just not the island types.

Russell


Scott Atkinson wrote:

> Fidalgo I. also has BC Chickadees. Both Guemes and Fidalgo are closer to
> the mainland than the San Juans proper. I don't recall seeing BC
> Chickadee
> reported for rarely-birded Cypress I. however, just west of Guemes but
> still
> in Skagit Co. It makes sense that Lopez has had the most
> records/reports of
> BC Chickadee for San Juan County, since Lopez is also a relatively eastern
> island, and has much more favorable deciduous habitat than, say,
> Cypress I.,
> which is chiefly pure conifer forest.
>
> I'm not aware of any reports of BC Chickadee for San Juan I. or any
> islands
> north and west of it; I rechecked Lewis' and Sharpe's book last night,
> there
> is only a single feeder report of 6 birds from Orcas I. but I believe
> there
> was at least one other report from Orcas after the book was published.
>
> Scott Atkinson
> Lake Stevens
> mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com
>
>
>> From: "S. Miller" <sm100 at att.net>
>> Reply-To: <sm100 at att.net>
>> To: <scottratkinson at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: black-capped chickadees
>> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:50:34 -0700
>>
>> Scott,
>>
>> I live on Guemes Island, and we've had black-capped chickadees for many
>> years. We also have the chestnut-backed ones. I used to see them
>> every day,
>> but I took down my feeders because of a couple of predatory cats. I still
>> hear them often and heard one yesterday.
>>
>> Susan
>> Guemes Island
>
>
>
>
>
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