List forwarded from http://birdnotes.net

Census type: Personal Count
Counters: 2
Hours counted: 4

Low temperature: 50 degrees Fahrenheit High temperature: 52 degrees
Fahrenheit
prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%
Precipitation: none

Note:

The following birds were observed by Wayne Weber at the headquarters
area of the Skagit Wildlife Area, near Conway, Skagit County, WA on
November 3, 2004 between 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM. The weather was ideal--
mild, sunny, and completely calm.

>From about 1:00 onward, I was accompanied by Chuck Pell of Seattle.
Most species were seen by both of us.

In addition to the few ducks identified, at least 40 unidentified
dabbling ducks were seen. Waterfowl were scarce because of hunter
activity in the area.

In addition to the birds, two HARBOR SEALS were seen from the tip of
the west dyke trail.


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1 Pied-billed Grebe
3 Double-crested Cormorant
6 Great Blue Heron
15 Mallard
5 Bufflehead
6 Bald Eagle [1]
5 Northern Harrier
3 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Peregrine Falcon [2]
1 Ring-necked Pheasant
2 Virginia Rail
1 Greater Yellowlegs
6000 Dunlin [3]
90 Long-billed Dowitcher [4]
50 Glaucous-winged Gull
3 Mourning Dove [5]
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hutton's Vireo [6]
2 Northwestern Crow
12 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Bushtit
4 Winter Wren
4 Marsh Wren
10 Golden-crowned Kinglet
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush [7]
100 American Robin [8]
1 Varied Thrush [9]
20 European Starling
60 Cedar Waxwing
1 Orange-crowned Warbler [10]
10 Spotted Towhee
10 Fox Sparrow
40 Song Sparrow
12 Lincoln's Sparrow [11]
1 Swamp Sparrow [12]
2 White-throated Sparrow [13]
6 Golden-crowned Sparrow
25 Dark-eyed Junco
25 Red-winged Blackbird
10 Brewer's Blackbird
10 Purple Finch
15 House Finch
100 Pine Siskin [14]
4 American Goldfinch
3 Evening Grosbeak [15]
8 House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] Bald Eagle-- 5 ad. circling overhead at once; 1 imm. on stump in
Skagit Bay
[2] Peregrine Falcon-- 1 flying high over marsh at S end of west dyke
[3] Dunlin-- at least 6000 in 2 huge flocks milling over Skagit Bay;
possibly as many as 10,000
[4] Long-b. Dowitcher-- Flock of 90 roosting on log in slough at S tip
of west dyke trail
[5] Mourning Dove-- 3 in trees near parking area
[6] Hutton's Vireo-- heard scolding at main parking lot near office
[7] Hermit Thrush-- one seen at very close range (10 feet) along E
dyke trail. Late migrant, or possibly wintering?
[8] Am. Robin-- flocks feeding on hawthorn berries & crabapples
throughout the area
[9] Varied Thrush-- 1f with Robins along E dyke trail
[10] Orange-c. Warbler-- one seen by Chuck Pell only, in willows along
E dyke trail. Late migrant, or possibly wintering?
[11] Lincoln's Sparrow-- at least 12 heard and seen, including 4 in
one area along W dyke trail
[12] Swamp Sparrow-- one heard repeatedly and glimpsed briefly in wet
field along E dyke trail
[13] White-throated Sparrow-- 2 seen together with other sparrows,
near S end of E dyke trail
[14] Pine Siskin-- several large flocks, at least 100 birds in total
[15] Evening Grosbeak-- one seen flying over, 2 more heard calling


Total number of species: 47