I will vouch for it being a wonderful trip, thanks in particular to Brian Bell.

I had my camera along. Didn't get as many great shots as I'd hoped
for, but here are a smattering -- some good, some merely interesting
as ID photos. A highlight for me was a juvenile Northern Shrike who
flew into the roadside brambles right beside our car. Never having
seen one at less than 150 feet (this one was six feet away), it took
me awhile to realize (in my state of shock) what I was looking at :)

Photos here:
<http://dartfrogmedia.com/naturephotos/091201SkagitSamish/index.html>http://dartfrogmedia.com/naturephotos/091201SkagitSamish/index.html


Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
tweeters "at" dartfrogmedia "dot" com

At 04:04 PM 12/3/2009, Brian Bell wrote:
>Hi Tweets
>
>Ten of us from Eastside Audubon took a trip on Tuesday, 1 December,
>to the Samish and Skagit Flats in Skagit County. The day started out
>clear and cold (34F), and as we drove up toward the Samish Flats we
>kept running thru fog patches. By the time we were in Burlington we
>had moved out of the fog into clear sunshine. It stayed that way all day.
>