Hi Tweeters:

Alan Lincoln and I were among the fortunate flock of winter birders at W-90 on Saturday. We stopped there hoping to see the GYR, a life bird for both of us, and finding him was certainly the highlight of the day.

Some of our other sightings:

Samish Island Public Beach on Wharf Rd:
Common Loons
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
Brant
Black and Surf Scoters
Long-tailed Ducks (Oldsquaw)
Common Goldeneyes
Bald Eagles
Sharp-shinned Hawk, juv.
Common Ravens

West-90:
N. Harriers
Red-tailed Hawks
Gyrfalcon
Rough-legged Hawk

Farm on Worline Rd., (lots of passerine activity between the brambles and tall conifers on one side and the planted rows (of grape vines?) on the other):
Am. Robins
Varied Thrush
DE Juncos
Song Sparrows
RW Blackbirds
N. Flickers

Fields and yard near residence on Worline Rd.:
White-crowned Sparrows
Trumpeter Swans

March Pt:
Common Loons
Great Blue Herons
Common Goldeneyes
Barrows Goldeneyes
Buffleheads
No. Pintails
No. Shrike

2005 is off to a very good start!

Cheers,
Ann Marie Wood
Mountlake Terrace, WA
annmariewood at comcast.net
425-697-2961