Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit Birds
Date: Apr 11 19:20:07 2012
From: Joan Bird - jbird202 at hotmail.com



A fairly rainy day in Skagit County produced the following, along with most of the usuals.

Deception Pass Park beach:
2 Marbled Murrelets in breeding plumage
Red-throated Loons

Rosario Head:
California Quail (heard)
Black Oystercatchers

Green Point/Washington Park:
Rhinoceros Auklets
Black Oystercatchers

Sullivan Road:
38 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (second field on the left)
1 Ring-necked Pheasant survivor

West 90:
Rough-legged Hawk (probably the one Marv Breece saw yesterday?)

East 90:
1 Peregrine sharing the "eagle tree", just west of the Samish River, with 2 Bald Eagles (I've never seen that before). It dropped
out of the tree as I set up my scope, turned, and then flew very low right over my head - sweet!
1 Wilson's Snipe sitting in full view in the field, calling, and then flying

Bow-Edison:
3 Dowitchers (long/short billed? - I'm not sure) behind the Longhorn Saloon

Estes Road:
12 Greater Yellowlegs
3 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Dunlin in breeding plumage
3 Killdeer
Green and Violet-Green Swallows - lots

Joan Bird