Subject: [Tweeters] Clallam highlights
Date: Jun 1 19:53:31 2013
From: Ryan Shaw - rtshaw80 at hotmail.com
Birded the NW part of Clallam County today with Charlie Wright. Highlights are as follows:
Lake Ozette:
Eastern Kingbird - flycatching from the tops of the alders in the parking lot.
Neah Bay: Wa'atch River Valley:
Swainson's Hawk - intermediate morph bird flying over the valley riding the thermals with many other raptors which included all 3 accipiters, dozens of Bald Eagles and ~80 Turkey Vultures.
Western Kingbird - 6 birds flycatching along the old road to Hobuck Beach. Not unusual here.
Brewer's Sparrow - on the old gravel road towards Hobuck Beach, Makah Passage rd I believe, about halfway between the bridge over the Wa'atch closest to town and the intersection with the road to Hobuck.
Cheers,
Ryan Shaw - from Hobuck Beach