We spent a few relaxing days on Whidbey Island for our sixth anniversary (Feb. 29) in a nice beach cottage with a terrific view, and managed to get in a little birding. Not tons of birds with a few exceptions, but some pretty good ones for us since we weren't trying too hard.

Mukilteo ferry:
Western grebe
Goldeneyes (we saw hundreds on this trip in many places)
DC Cormorant
Bonaparte gull
Surf Scoter (quite a few of these during the trip)

Possession Park (west of Clinton):
Robin
Flicker
House Finch
Winter wren
Common loon
white winged scoter
Anna's hummer

Langeley (Prima Bistro is a little pricey but great view and fine food):
Kingfisher
bufflehead
Great Blue Heron

Lone Lake: (small fishing lake, no trails, but great birding in the trees)
Redwinged Blackbird
Buffleheads
Junco
RED BREASTED SAPSUCKER
Bewick's wren
GREAT HORNED OWL (hooting away)
Yellowrumped warblers
Am. Goldfinches
Downy woodpecker
Black capped chickadee
Pine siskin
Bushtits

Greenbank Cottage (east side up on a bluff, great view):
Spotted Towhee
Redbreasted nuthatch
Chestnut backed chickadee
Brandt geese
Killdeer
Raven
marsh wren (Greenbank Farm)

Port Townsend Ferry Dock and CROCKETT LAKE:
(scope for Crockett lake needed, sigh, lots of birds)
mallard
Horned grebe
Green winged teals
Pintails
Scaup
Gadwall
RedBreasted Merganser
Greater Yellowlegs
Northern harrier
Pigeon Guillamote
Bald eagles
Harlequin ducks
Ruddy duck
Red tailed hawk

Fort Ebey, Pondilla Lake:
Pied billed grebe
Oystercatcher
Eared grebe
Thayer's gull

Coupeville:
Hooded Merganser
Common goldeneye
Canvasback

Best thing: Bald Eagle so weighed down with nesting material it
struggled mightly to get back up to the nest high in a tree.

One wonders what our list would be if we had been trying. Great
Island, great birds.