Hi Tweeters,
Anne Kahle and I birded Lopez Island today (4/13/10) And had a great time
with some interesting highlights starting with a flyby COMMON TERN on the
ferry over. Bayshore Road was alive with numerous species of passerines and
the causeway helped get our waterfowl and shorebird numbers up ,but nothing
was really unusual. Next at the extensive wetland across the road to the
north of Hummel Lake we had a couple birds respond to playback of VIRGINIA
RAIL. Also at this spot there was a flyover TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. On
Fisherman's Bay Road south of the village were two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE mixed in with a flock of Canadas. At a gravel field entrance across
the road from 5608 Center Road was a male RING-NECKED PHEASANT. The biggest
spectacle of the day was ten displaying male WILD TURKEYS with five females
present on Aleck Bay Road about 0.5 miles south of Mud Bay Rd. At Spencer
Spit we found one WHIMBREL hanging out with a group of gulls. Also presnt
here were two KILLDEER giving Anne records of this species in all 39
Washington counties.
Russ Koppendrayer
Longview, Wa.
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