Neah Bay. 12:45

Orchard oriole just seen at the corner of Makah Passage Rd and Holden Creek
ave.

Working blackberry bushes by an old white trailer house.

Sherry Hagen
Vancouver, WA
littlebirder at gmail.com
On Nov 13, 2012 10:16 AM, "Ryan Merrill" <rjm284 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brad Waggoner and I had a great time yesterday spending the holiday
> looking for passerines in and around Neah Bay. Here are the highlights:
>
> GOLDEN EAGLE - 1 adult/subadult seen a couple times near the mouth of the
> Wa'atch River. It seems likely, based on both plumage and the unlikelihood
> of a Golden Eagle in the general area, that this is the same bird
> photographed by Nigel Ball in the same area back on 7 October
>
> TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1 adult male foraging with a flock of Golden-crowned
> Sparrows just south of Makah Mini Mart (same place as several other recent
> rarities including the Cassin's Finch seen by Ryan Shaw & Co. on Saturday)
>
> www.flickr.com/photos/rjm284/8182747062/
>
> SWAMP SPARROW - 1 called non-stop for several minutes before hopping up
> and giving nice views. Along the Wa'atch Valley in the cattails just east
> of the Makah Transfer Station
>
> ORCHARD ORIOLE - 1 hatch-year male just starting to get a few red feathers
> on the breast and black feathers on the head. This is the same individual
> found by Brad and Dan Waggoner back on 21 October and was at the same
> location - the west end of town where the road starts out toward the outer
> breakwater
>
> www.flickr.com/photos/rjm284/8182714751/
>
> We also had a Wilson's Snipe, 2 Anna's Hummingbirds, at least 3 Northern
> Shrikes, 2 Hutton's Vireos, 3 Hermit Thrush, a Snow Bunting, 2
> Orange-crowned Warblers, 2 Western Palm Warblers, 2 Myrtle Warblers, 4
> Townsend's Warblers, 140+ Fox Sparrows, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, hundreds of
> Red Crossbills, and 700+ Pine Siskins.
>
> Good birding,
> Ryan Merrill
> Kirkland
>
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