I spent a portion of the Thanksgiving Holiday birding, starting on thurdsay at Skagit Wildlife Area - Big Ditch, where the weather was quite cold and the wind was bitter. Friday I birded a little at Luhr beach in the pouring rain, and today I visited the Ridgefield NWR and Luhr beach and the weather was nice. Highlights of the trip included:

Sandhill Crane - 11 of them at Ridgefield NWR - the River "S" Unit

Snowy Owl - Luhr Beach

American Bittern - one at Big Ditch

Red-throated Loon - one at Luhr beach

American Kestrel - one on Pioneer Hwy at the entrance to Big Ditch and a second on on Thomle Road south of Stanwood

Northern Shrike - Big Ditch

Virgina Rail - heard only at Big Ditch

Rough-legged Hawk - a dark phase bird at Big Ditch

Great Egret - Observed the two at Big Ditch, and many at Ridgefield

Cheers and Good Birding



Michael Fleming

Ballard, WA

michaellf AT myway.com

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