A quick correction here. Obviously, we didn't see Veery at Birch Bay
State Park. Those are Eastern Washington birds, and I have been spending
so much time there, where they are common, that it slipped into my list.
My bad...

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>Yesterday found Natalie and I doing book research at some of the areas in
>the northwest corner of the state, including Birch Bay State Park, the
>Lake Terrell Wildlife Area, Lummi Flats and Crockett Lake. By far, the
>greatest diversity of birds were at Birch Bay, though we didn't see
>anything out-of-the-ordinary. Most notable was the large number of
>Kingfisher calling and feeding along Birch Bay Drive in the freshwater
>areas. We had also hoped to find a few shorebirds filtering into the
>area, but found nothing unusual...
>
>Here are some highlights:
>
>Along I-5 going north and then south later in the day -
>- Bald Eagle
>- An accipiter near the Lake Samish turnoffs (looked like a Cooper's Hawk
>from the wing posture)
>- 8 Turkey Vulture hunting together along Grandview Road
>- What appeared to be a Snipe in flight
>
>At Birch Bay State Park -
>- Numerous Great Blue Heron
>- Glaucous-wing Gull
>- Veery (many heard and a few seen)
>- Goldfinch (feeding between Terrell Creek and Birch Bay Drive)
>- Black-headed Grosbeak (along Helweg Road at the park entrance)
>- Violet-Green Swallow (numerous)
>- Barn Swallow
>- Song Sparrow
>- Winter Wren
>- 9 KINGFISHER (many mature and immature feeding along Terrell Creek and
>Birch Bay Drive)
>- Numerous Mallard
>- White-crowned Sparrow
>- Killdeer
>- Brandt's Cormorant (flying west in the bay)
>- Purple Finch
>- Northwestern Crow
>- Cedar Waxwing
>- Fox Sparrow
>- Marsh Wren
>- Black-capped Chickadee
>- Red-winged Blackbird
>- Swainson's Thrush (along the 0.5 mile-long Terrell Marsh Trail)
>- House Wren (also along Terrell Marsh Trail)
>
>- We also found a Pacific Tree Frog in the brambles near the entrance to
>the Terrell Marsh Trail
>- Hundreds of Cabbage White butterflies mingling in the berries and
>grassy areas along Birch Bay Drive
>
>At Terrell Lake Wildlife Area -
>- Numerous adult and immature Canada Geese
>- Rufous Hummingbird
>- Anna's Hummingbird
>- Northern Flicker
>- Downy Woodpecker
>- Veery
>
>Along Lummi Shore Road -
>- Many immature Bald Eagle sitting on rocks during low tide
>- Numerous Great Blue Heron
>
>Crockett Lake -
>- Two Northern Harrier
>- Mallard
>- Glaucous-winged Gull
>- Savannah Sparrow
>- Great Blue Heron
>
>- Also saw a handful of Pigeon Guillemot along Keystone Spit
>
>
>--
>Rob McNair-Huff <mailto:rob at whiterabbits.com>
>White Rabbit Publishing <http://www.whiterabbits.com>
>Publisher of Mac Net Journal <http://www.whiterabbits.com/MacNetJournal>
>The Equinox Project <http://www.whiterabbits.com/weblog.html>
>Co-author of Insiders Guide to the Olympic Peninsula
>