I birded my way around Whidbey Island today under gorgeous blue skies and found my nemesis the Swamp Sparrow on the dike along Dugualla Bay.? There was a very large sparrow flock there with lots of white and golden-crowns, Fox, Song, Lincoln's, a Savanah and the Swamp.? I ended the day with 93 species.? Other highlights were 4 Ancient Murrelets at Fort Ebbey State Park, a Thayer's Gull at the Keystone ferry Terminal, and a flock of about 25 Bonaparte's Gull in Penn Cove.?


Joel Brady-Power
fvnerka at hotmail.com
Bellingham, Wa

Swamp Sparrow pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelbp/


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