Hi All...

Spent beautiful day up on the Flats yesterday. My report:

Areas Visited: Skagit WMA, Hayton Farm, West 90, Johnson-DeBay Swan
Reserve
Temp: Started out ~8:00AM around 39 Deg finally reaching ~65 Deg
2:30PM or so
Wind: Breezy throughout day, average ~7-8MPH, gusts at Hayton Farm
to ~10MPH
Humidity: Pretty constant throughout day, ~75%

Skagit WMA Area - Frm Fir Island Rd via Mann Road to the Headquarters then
out Wylie Rd back to Fir Island Rd.

2 Red-Tailed Hawks
26 American Robins (Saw lots of Robins all day everywhere, I mean
LOTS!)
~100 Mallards - Sitting in a muddy field eating
~20 American Wigeons - like little islands in an ocean of Mallards,
in the same field
~50 Bank Swallows - Mann Rd just before Wylie Rd, feeding on the
wing. Several on telephone wires for very good looks.
2 Killdeer in the same muddy field with the Wigeons and the
Mallards.
1 Red-Winged Blackbird
1 Great Blue Heron
11 Golden-Crowned Sparrows - Young, the gold crown just beginning to
show
2 Canada Goose
4 Lincoln's Sparrows - In hedgerows next to road in WMA area just
before you reach the River parking area.
1 Bald Eagle - Wylie Rd abt half way between Mann Rd & Fir Island Rd

Hayton Farm - Brown's Slough frm Fir Island Rd to the Sound. Tide turning,
going out.

2 Bald Eagles - 1 Imm. Sitting in the field as you drive in back to
the road. I think he'd just snagged breakfast and was sitting on it. 1 Adult
on a driftwood log near water's edge on the Sound. Couldn't see this fellow
from the parking lot, had to walk to end of trail.
3 Northern Harriers
6 Great Blue Herons - All near the Sound very close to water's edge
10 Mallards at the mouth of Brown's Slough where it enters the Sound
~50 Herring Gulls at the mouth of Brown's Slough on the ground, many
sleeping. Plus more kept coming in and landing.
2 Common Goldeneye in Brown's Slough upstream from the fence line.
1 Lincoln's Sparrow in the hedgerow next to the parking area.
3 Red-Winged Blackbirds in tree tops where the grassy area opens up.

(Bow-Edison Road headed towards West 90)

~70 Green-Winged Teal - On mud flat next to a slough feeding. Lower
mandible in the mud, opening and closing bills as they walked. Within 50' of
road so good clear view.
9 American Wigeons - Same spot as GWTeals, but the Wigeons not
involved. Further off, separated from the GWTeals, in the deeper part of the
slough and sitting on steep bank.

West 90 - Samish Unit WMA

20 Northern Harriers
2 Rough-Legged Hawks
2 Red-Tailed Hawks
2 American Robins
1 Bald Eagle

Did not see the Gyrfalcon.

Johnson-Debay Swan Reserve

Jdebay was closed. The gate was locked. Couldn't get into main
parking area.

6 Ring-Necked Ducks in the creek.

Good birding to all...

Peter Sullins
The Sullins Family
In The Village of Silver Firs
Everett, WA
TheSullinsFamily at earthlink.net