Subject: [Tweeters] Harlan's Hawk @ West 90
Date: Mar 8 18:35:01 2010
From: michaelfleming01 - michaelfleming01 at gmail.com


Saturday Larry Moss and I birded some areas in northwest Whatcom
county including Semiahmoo Spit where at 9:00 am we had a Short-eared
Owl hunting throughout the area. We watched it for about 10 minutes
as it cruised back and forth over the road allowing crippling looks.
Later we birded Blane Marine Park, Terrelll Lake, Point Whitehorn
Marine Reserve, Sandy Point, and the Lummi Flats, adding several
species to our year lists.
Sunday I decided to bird a little in the Samish Flats including the
West 90 where I had a cooperative Halan's Hawk perched up. Later I
made a quick stop Rosario Beach State Park before heading to Mount
Vernon for a family visit. All in all some good birds, no rarities,
but good birding all the same. I had a total of 85 species with some
of the highlights being:

Canvasback - Terrell Lake
Redhead - Terrell Lake
Harlequin Duck - Semiahmoo Spit, Point Whitehorn Marine Reserve, and
Rosario Beach State Park
Black Scoter - Excellent close up looks along the shoreline at Semiahmoo Spit
Harlan's Hawk - West 90 - Samish Flats
Black Oystercatcher - a pair at Rosario Beach State Park
Eurasian Collared Dove - Edison and Mount Vernon
Short-eared Owl - Semiahmoo Spit
Tree Swallow - several at Terrell Lake Wildlife Area
Western Meadowlark - Lummi Flats and West 90 - Samish Flats
Yellow-headed Blackbird - at least 3 in a large mixed flock at the Lummi Flats

Cheers and Good Birding;

Michael Fleming
Ballard, Washington
michaelfleming01 AT gmail.com