Subject: Skagit Co; 7-8 Feb. 2004
Date: Feb 8 22:23:01 2004
From: Charlie Wright - charlie at birdwright.com


Hello all,
Just a brief one this time. Yesterday at the Skagit Wildlife Area
headquarters were at least 36 Barn Swallows and a Peregrine Falcon. Had a
Northern Shrike along Fir Island Rd. Another Peregrine was along Maupin
Road near Jensen access, where there was also a Short-eared Owl.

Offshore of Samish Island on Saturday night and Sunday morning were 1000's
of Surf Scoters (seemed to be flying to a roost in the evening), plenty of
Gray-bellied Brant, and 15 Long-tailed Ducks. Around 11:00am Sunday morning
the Gyrfalcon put on a nice show at the West 90. Also there were perhaps a
dozen Short-eared Owls and four Rough-legged Hawks. Near the two East 90's
was an adult Harlan's Hawk, while the staked-out Am Kestrel was present at
the farmhouse along D'Arcy Rd.

That's about all, good birding.

Charlie Wright
Sumner, WA
charlie at birdwright.com