Yesterday and today I birded Skagit County. Here are some highlights:

August 27, 2012

Jensen Access (Fir Island)
Franklin's Gull - walking on mud flats among Ring-billed Gulls

Skagit Game Range
Black Merlin - eating a dragonfly - photo - http://www.pbase.com/marvbreece/image/145696197
Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

Channel Drive (off of Downey Road)
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope - 1

August 28, 2012

Jensen Access (Fir Island)
Black-bellied Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Whimbrel - 1
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

Hayton Preserve
Peregrine Flacon - 2 very dark juv
Short-billed Sandpiper
Whimbrel - 1 (same bird as seen at Jensen?)
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1



Marv Breece
Seattle, WA
marvbreece at q.com