Joan, a Black-billed Magpie was being seen on Fidalgo last year. I heard
about it and went to find it on Oct. 1st when it was at the Skyline Marina,
which isn't far from Rosario Beach. I wonder if it's the same bird. I don't
see a local sighting after Oct 2nd but maybe I'm missing something, or
maybe it wasn't reported for a few months.
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On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 6:34 PM Joan Bird <
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Joanne Weldon and I included Rosario Head on our Skagit County birding
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route today in the hope that the Yellow-billed Loon might make an
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appearance. As we stepped out into the open at the bay (just past the
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parking lot and lawn area) we were startled by a very loud bird
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vocalization. We immediately looked up "when what to my wondering eyes
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should appear" but a Black-billed Magpie flying about 50' up and 50' out, a
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large and vivid black and white bird with a very long tail, flying
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southward. It proceeded across the bay and then up and over Rosario Head,
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vocalizing as it disappeared from sight. A quick trip up to the top of
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Rosario Head did not give us another sighting. No Yellow-billed Loon for
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us today, but the Magpie at a beach in Western Wash. on a brilliantly
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clear and sunny day put a big smile on our faces and was certainly our bird
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of the day. Perhaps it was blown off course by the recent storms?
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Joan Bird
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