I was at Washington Park in Anacortes today from
10am-4pm for a botanical field-sketching trip.
Managed to see some birds in between sketching!

Highlights:
two barred owls calling back and forth (heard only)
a nice look at a Townsend's solitaire
Loons, grebes, and pigeon guillemots in breeding
plumage
pair of red-breasted nuthatches excavating a cavity
(Full list below)

Non-bird observations:
The flowers were amazing in variety and quantity:
native orchids abounded and the shooting stars are
very prolific this year. If you haven't been to this
park in a while (or ever), you should plan a trip this
spring!

Location: Washington Park
Observation date: 4/22/07
Notes: gorgeous weather: partly cloudy to sunny,
light breeze, 50s-60, saw porpoise (likely Harbor
porpoise), along with several harbor seals
Number of species: 30

(estimated numbers rough)
-Surf Scoter 2
-Common Merganser 2
-Common Loon 2 both in full breeding plumage
-Red-necked Grebe 10 in complete or
near-complete breeding plumage
-Western Grebe 2
-Double-crested Cormorant 3
-Bald Eagle 1
-Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
-Glaucous-winged Gull 1
-Pigeon Guillemot 3
-Barred Owl 2 calling back and forth to
each other
-Rufous Hummingbird 1
-Pileated Woodpecker 1 calling
-American Crow 2
-Common Raven 2
-Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
-Red-breasted Nuthatch 7 calling
-Winter Wren 5 singing
-Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
-Townsend's Solitaire 1
-American Robin 3 singing
-Orange-crowned Warbler 1 singing
-Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
-Spotted Towhee 3 singing
-Song Sparrow 5 s
-White-crowned Sparrow 5 singing
-Dark-eyed Junco 7 singing
-Purple Finch 1 singing
-Pine Siskin 30 singing, calling
-American Goldfinch 1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2
(http://www.ebird.org)

Andrea Wuenschel,
North Seattle


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