Hello Tweeters,
Patrick forgot to mention the Adult Northern Shrike he found in the
headquarters in Skagit along the north canal ,and also on the way back in
the open field with prey.


Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma



----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: Skagit and Snohomish Co. birding


> Hello Tweets,
>
> Today Dave Hayden,and my mother and I birded portions of northern
Snohomish
> Co. and Skagit Co. with several notable highlights. We ran into Ryan Shaw
> and Charlie Wright along Tholme Rd.,south of Stanwood as we search for the
> Northern Mockingbird from 8am-9am, then again at 3:30pm, but with NO luck.
> We were joined again by Ryan and Charlie at the Skagit WMA headquarters
> after 10am where we encountered our best highlight of the day, being 4
PINE
> GROSBEAKS along the western portion of the loop trail. We also ran into
Jim
> Flynn and others at two seperate locations with added help from them for
> finding a few more notable species for the day. Good numbers of Snow
Geese,
> Tundra Swans, and relatively high numbers of shorebirds consisting of
mainly
> Dunlin, with far lesser numbers of Black-bellied Plovers were noted in
> several areas in both counties. The weather was fairly pleasant,except for
> occasional moderate winds at times in the Samish Flats, but otherwise calm
> birding conditions.Several other highlights that were noted during the day
> included:
>
> Eurasian Wigeon
> 1 along Chillberg Rd., south of Hwy.20,Skagit Co.
> 14 along Bayview-Edison Rd., north of Hwy.20 amongst a very large flock of
> Am.Wigeon
> 1 at the Bayview-Edison Rd./Samish Island Rd.
>
> Canvasback
> 7 at the Stanwood STP,Snohomish Co.(SN)
>
> Long-tailed Duck(Oldsquaw)
> 1 female at the Stanwood STP,SN
>
> Cooper's Hawk
> 1 immature along Bayview-Edison Rd.
>
> Rough-legged Hawk(14 light-morph birds,1 dark-morph bird)
> 1 along Thomle Rd.,SN
> 2 along Bayview-Edison Rd.,south of Bayview
> 12 along Bayview-Edison/Samish Island Rd.(West 90/Samish River vicinity)
>
> American Kestrel
> 1 north of Stanwood along 102nd Ave. NW
> 1 along Marine Drive,south of Stanwood
>
> Peregrine Falcon
> 1 along Fir Island Rd.
> 4 along Bayview-Edison/Samish Island Rd.(west 90 vicinity)
>
> PRAIRIE FALCON
> 1 adult along Bayview-Edison/Samish Island Rd. and Sullivan Rd.
>
> Western Sandpiper
> 3 along Bayview-Edison Rd. amongst large numbers of Dunlin
>
> Hairy Woodpecker
> 1 male at the Skagit WMA headquarters
>
> Barn Swallow
> 4+ at the Skagit WMA headquarters
>
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> 1 along Thomle Rd.,south of Stanwood
>
> Lincoln's Sparrow
> 1 at the Skagit WMA
> 2 along Norman Rd.,south of Stanwood
>
> White-throated Sparrow
> 1 tan-striped adult at the Skagit WMA
> 2 along Norman Rd.(1 white-striped adult, 1 white-striped immature)
>
> HARRIS' SPARROW
> 1 along Norman Rd.
>
> PINE GROSBEAK
> 4 at the Skagit WMA
>
> Common Redpoll
> 25 along Thomle Rd.
> 18 at the Stanwood STP
>
>
> Good birding,
>
> Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
> GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
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