Subject: [Tweeters] Florida birder lifers from WA trip
Date: Aug 20 08:09:22 2009
From: Lynne Erickson - gatormomlynne at yahoo.com
Hi Washington birders
Wanted to post on my new life birds from our recent 10day trip to your beautiful state. Thanks to all who gave tips on locations.? It was a family vacation so birding time was limited.? We visited Birch Bay State Park, Semiahmoo Park, Mt. Baker, Vancouver/Stanley Is., Victoria, Lopez Island, ONP, Lararrabee SP, and took a whale watching cruise.?
lifers:
glaucous-winged gull
black-capped chickadee
spotted towhee
varied thrush
chestnut-backed chickadee
black oystercatcher
dark-eyed junco
American pipit
California gull
white-winged scoter
pacific-slope flycatcher
parasitic jaeger
winter wren
purple finch
western gull
pelagic cormorant
Heermann's gull
pigeon guillemot
common murre
Vaux's swift
rufous hummingbird
violet-green swallow
American dipper
red crossbill
gray jay
Steller's jay
Hutton's vireo
golden-crowned kinglet
blue grouse
I look forward to returning someday to get those birds I missed.? Thanks again for the advice.
Lynne
Windermere, FL