Fred Boesche and I did a bit of a "Big Sit" today at Deception Pass State
Park, from the West Beach parking lot where you can view Cranberry Lake, the
saltwater, and some forest. It was a nice morning with 71 species.
Highlights were the alcids, including 3 Ancient Murrelets and 12 Marbled
Murrelets.

Location: Deception Pass State Park--Cranberry Lake
Observation date: 10/14/07
Notes: Big Sit with Fred Boesche. Saltwater was very birdy early in
morning, almost birdless by 12:30, same as last year.
Number of species: 71

Cackling Goose 1 migrating w/Canadas
Canada Goose 45
Gadwall 2 migrating
American Wigeon 15 migrating
Mallard 1
Northern Pintail 20 migrating
Green-winged Teal 8
Ring-necked Duck 1 in lake
Greater Scaup 2 in lake
Harlequin Duck 3
Surf Scoter 200 1 in lake
White-winged Scoter 3
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Ruddy Duck 1 in lake
Red-throated Loon 4 1 in alternate plumage
Pacific Loon 22 several in alternate plumage
Common Loon 12 2 in alternate
Pied-billed Grebe 2 in lake
Horned Grebe 10
Red-necked Grebe 18 calling, displaying
Western Grebe 50
Brandt's Cormorant 20
Double-crested Cormorant 60
Pelagic Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 2
Black Oystercatcher 19 all in one flock flying towards Rosario, all
molting
Bonaparte's Gull 15
Heermann's Gull 45
Mew Gull 40
California Gull 50
Thayer's Gull 1
Western Gull 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 100
Common Murre 10
Pigeon Guillemot 16
Marbled Murrelet 12 very active
Ancient Murrelet 3 in tide rip
Rhinoceros Auklet 4
Belted Kingfisher 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Hutton's Vireo 1 w/chickadee-kinglet flock
Northwestern Crow 25
Common Raven 1
Barn Swallow 1 kind of late
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Winter Wren 3
Marsh Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 65
European Starling 30
American Pipit 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 4
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brewer's Blackbird 1
Purple Finch 3
House Finch 20
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 7

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

Cheers
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington