Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Skagit County, Washington on October 12,
Date: Oct 12 19:28:45 2009
From: monika.wieland at gmail.com - monika.wieland at gmail.com
This report was mailed for Monika Wieland by http://birdnotes.net
Date: October 12, 2009
Location: Skagit County, Washington
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 80%
Precipitation: none
While on a visit to the mainland from San Juan Island, I had time for
a few hours of birding. This report is mostly from Fir Island, Samish
Island, and Bay View State Park, along with the country roads driving
to and from those locations. No short-eared owls at Rawlins Road, but
lots of other raptors about.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Snow Goose 3000 [1]
Canada Goose 15
Northern Pintail 500
Common Loon 8
Horned Grebe 20
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 15
Bald Eagle 7
Northern Harrier 6
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 2
Common Snipe 10
Bonaparte's Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 35
Glaucous-winged Gull 20
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Northern Flicker 2
Northern Shrike 1 [2]
Steller's Jay 2
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 30
European Starling 250
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Brewer's Blackbird 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
Footnotes:
[1] Off Fir Island Road
[2] At Rawlins Road
Total number of species seen: 32