Hello All,

Cold morning out in Port Angeles, but well worth the trek for myself, and
Mason to catch this BRAMBLING! (MY 600th ABA lifer!!!) It was fairly dark
all morning and overcast, but the bird offered great looks in the front
yard at 1110 3rd. Initially, I caught it at the top of the tree behind the
house next door (on the right) from the back alley, at around 9:30, then
roughly an hour later, Mason and some others were able to view it
underneath the feeders. The bird seems fairly comfortable hanging out with
the mixed flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, GOLDEN CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE
CROWNED SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, and DARK EYED JUNCO.

Additionally there were at least 2 COOPERS HAWKS soaring overhead, at least
1 VARIED THRUSH, Mason recorded a RED CROSSBILL, and FOX SPARROW.

On our drive back towards Seattle, we stopped at Port Gamble to scope the
cove and had a few more highlights including: LONG TAILED DUCK, BLACK
SCOTER, GREATER SCAUP, and at least 1 THAYERS GULL.

All in all, a solid morning out along the Northern part of the Peninsula!

Cheers,

Steven Dammer

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 3:42 PM Richard Schneider <rchrdschndr at gmail.com>
wrote:


> I missed the morning sighting by a few minutes. Made another pass about 2

> pm, and there it was, with other ground feeders, nice long look. This was

> at 1110 E 3rd also.

>

> Richard Schneider

> Port Angeles WA

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