Greetings all,
Today I lead a Seattle Audubon field trip up to the Skagit/Samish area and
we had a great day! We found 70 spieces in all. Highlights were:

Great Egret- Fir Island
Large flock of Snow Geese- Jensen Access
8 Trumpeter Swans- Fir Island
13 Long-tailed Ducks- Samish Island State Park
1 Rough-legged Hawks- Dry Slough road
3 Rough-legged Hawks- West90
ALSO 2 more Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawks- West90
American Kestrel- Dry Slough Rd
1 Barn Owl (roosting)- West90
1 Northern Shrike (juv)- Fir Island
1 Northern Shrike (juv)- Base of Samish Is.
12 American Pipits- Fir Is.
1 Vesper Sparrow- Fir Is.
4+ Purple finches- Padilla Bay and Game HQ
1 Male Cassin's Finch- Game HQ

Great day of birding and great group. Thanks.

Colin Thoreen
teenbirder at hotmail.com

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