This report was mailed for Wayne Weber by http://birdnotes.net

Date: September 22, 2003
Location: Skagit Wildlife Area, Skagit County, Washington

Low temperature: 65 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 68 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: W
Prevailing wind speed: 20-28 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber at and near the
Jensen Access of the Skagit Wildlife Area, Skagit County, WA on
September 22, 2003 between about 4:00 and 5:30 P.M. A brisk westerly
wind off Skagit Bay, together with bright sunshine, made it somewhat
difficult to observe and count birds on the water. The tide was high,
and there was no exposed mud.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
American Wigeon 200
Mallard 1
Northern Pintail 500
Northern Harrier 2 [1]
Red-tailed Hawk 1 [2]
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 100 [3]
Killdeer 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 2 [4]
Long-billed Dowitcher 3
Common Snipe 2
Ring-billed Gull 300
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Marsh Wren 2
American Pipit 25
Savannah Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 2

Footnotes:

[1] N. Harrier-- both female or imm.; scrapped briefly with each
other
[2] Red-tailed Hawk-- imm.
[3] Black-bellied Plover-- several small flocks of up to 40 birds
constantly flying about; some roosting on offshore logs and
stumps
[4] Short-b. Dowitcher-- 2 roosting with Black-bellied Plovers on
offshore logs (heard calling, as were the Long-bills)

Total number of species seen: 21