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| May, 2004 Herons Robin (Feb), your sighting reminds me of something that Natalie and I saw a couple of years ago during May, I think it was, off the shores of Bay View State Park on Padilla Bay. On that occasion we watched more than 150 Great Blue Herons in the shallow waters just off the shore from the park. It was an amazing sight to see so many of these huge birds in one place! Rob McNair-Huff Tacoma, WA http://www.whiterabbits.com ----------------------------------- Rob's memory triggered one of mine in the same general area about 6 years ago. On a cruise out to the San Juans, toward the end of May, that I was bird guide for we had almost 250 GB Herons along the west side of Padilla Bay with the tide fairly low and lots of mud showing. The number is only approximate, because they were so tightly clustered that it was very difficulet to get a completely accurate count. Impressive! Brian H. Bell Woodinville WA bellasoc@isomedia.com ----------------------------------- Similar to Brian, my wife and I had just under 100 Great Blue Herons along the west side of Padilla Bay about 3 years ago. Bruce Jones Shoreline, WA fremontinn2@comcast.net 5/1/04 Seattle area purple martins A check of the lower Duwamish area for purple martins this evening produced 2 pairs at the Terminal 105 public access, and 7 martins (at least 3 adult males) at Jack Block Park; none were observed at Herring's House Park/Kellogg Island. Ballard had a pair earlier in the week, and tonight Ed Domingus of Lynwood reported martin activity at Picnic Point in Snohomish County. Earlier in the day I took a boat to the south shore of Magnuson Park to make adjustments to the houses; no major swallow activity aside from one pair of tree swallows checking out one box. Kevin Li Ballard kdli@msn.com 5/2/04 Nisqually NWR to Tokeland Yesterday(May 1st)my mother and I led a TAS(Tahoma Audubon Society)birdathon field trip covering many familiar areas beginning at the Nisqually NWR to Tokeland with a total of 134 species observed in 13 hours. Nisqually NWR Our day began at the Nisqually NWR where we checked mainly areas along McAllister Creek trail to the Twin Barns from the main parking lot, where highlights included our first Solitary Sandpiper of the day in the flooded area south of the McAllister Creek trail, then next a visit made to Luhr Beach produced a single Eared Grebe along with 5 Horned Grebes, and several pairs of Purple Martins sitting on nestboxes as well as observed flying overhead.
On our way back to I-5 we checked a small area along Meridian Rd. near Lacey that began with a MacGillivray's Warbler followed soon after by a cooperative singing Olive-sided Flycatcher perched atop several Douglas Fir trees along with a single Chipping Sparrow,Western Tanager and ending with a single pair of House Wrens of which all species mentioned we encountered nowhere else during the entire day, so it made this fairly short visit very worthwhile. Madrona Beach Rd Next, a quick stop made along Madrona Beach Rd. produced a single Barrow's Goldeneye along with 4 species of shorebirds foraging on the exposed mudflats. Bottle Beach Continuing west our next main stop was made at Bottle Beach during incoming tide,where fairly good numbers of foraging shorebirds were noted of which highlights consisted of small numbers of Red Knots and 5 Ruddy Turnstones. North Cove On our way to Tokeland we stopped along S.R.105 at North Cove, where a roosting gull flock produced 4 Black-legged Kittiwakes along with 5 other gulls species. Tokeland We arrived at Tokeland at 10:15am,where tide conditions were not the most favorable due to shorebird numbers and diversity being highly scattered from the entrance of Tokeland at Graveyard Spit to the Tokeland Marina.
Next, a rather extensive walk made at Midway Beach proved successful beginning with excellent observations of a Common Teal foraging with Green-winged Teal and a pair each of Northern Pintail and Blue-winged Teal in the canal of water that separates the end of the road from the main beach. The entire flock eventually flew off with the pair of Blue-winged Teal eventually returning back to the canal, which is our first personal observation of this species at this coastal location. We continued walking to the south and eventually over the canal of shallow water and over onto the open, sandy beach which produced up to 4 Snowy Plovers and up to 6 "Streaked" Horned Larks followed by a single Merlin and adult Cooper's Hawk noted on our way back to our vehicle.
At Westport conditions were fairly slow within Grays Harbor as viewed from the Westport Jetty at Westhaven State Park, but two highlights included a single Brown Pelican foraging in Grays Harbor and a single Rock Sandpiper at the Westport Jetty.
Continuing east we stopped at the Johns River WRA, where a walk made along the paved trail to the flooded area produced up to 18 Greater White-fronted Geese and 1 of 2 Spotted Sandpipers noted from this location with the other bird being noted along the shores of the Johns River feeding loosely amongst a flock "peeps' and Semipalmated Plovers. Hoquiam STP A fairly short visit made to the Hoquiam STP was quite slow, but a recently established nesting pair of Ospreys was noted at the west end of Paulson Rd., hich may hopefully breed at this location.
On our way home we located our first of two Western Scrub Jays of the day in the town of Satsop along Monte-Elma Rd. followed by the second bird being along Keys Rd. at the intersection with Wenzel Slough Rd.
We continued east along Wenzel Slough Rd. to Vance Creek Co. Park, where 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallows and up to 3 Pacific-slope Flycatchers were noted bordering the Satsop River. Dunlap Rd Our last main but exceptional stop of the day was made near the end of Dunlap Rd., where up to 5 Solitary Sandpipers foraged in a drying canal along with good numbers of Least Sandpipers,5 Greater Yellowlegs and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs. Ruth and Patrick Sullivan Fircrest,WA godwit@worldnet.att.net 5/2/04 Semipalmated Plovers Keith Brady and I checked a few spots this morning for migrants. Best birds included: Tolmie State Park
5/2/04 Nisqually arrivals Brendan McGarry and I took a quick trip out to the Nisqually NWR this morning. The predicted storm front held off for the day, and it was very warm. The shorebird habitat has already dried considerably, and we saw far less birds than I had before. Still, a very nice morning. From the McAllister Creek trail we could hear a lot of birds had stopped in the growth on the other side of the creek. The area around the barns also had several birds.
5/2/04 Nisqually NWR My mother and I birded to the Nisqually NWR between 1pm-5:30pm and walked the McAllister Creek trail from the main parking lot north to the NW corner of the refuge during incoming tide. We were joined by Dave Hayden, then later by Jim Pruske as we checked most of the lingering shorebird habitat that is quickly drying up along McAllister Creek trail.Overall shorebird numbers seemed far less than our visit on the 25th of April,but Least Sandpiper remained the most abundant shorebird species with good numbers noted at almost all muddy,wet areas including several large pure flocks flying in from McAllister Creek during a return walk back to the parking lot. In addition to shorebirds we noted a few passerines,but overall conditions were quite slow. Another highlight during our visit to the Nisqually NWR was encountering up to 5 Am.Bittern with only one bird heard calling and 4 birds seen along the McAllister Creek trail west of the main parking lot. A list of our entire list of highlights noted included the following:
5/2/04 Nisqually day I had a nice day at Nisqually yesterday also, though with fewer warblers than I’d like to have seen. Mammals included a seal twice (same one?), the 2nd time at the river overlook where common mergansers frequent, a deer near the barns, and a muskrat. From the watchtower overlook out to the water we saw a couple hundred unidentified ducks, a couple terns also too small to identify, and 8 bald eagles fishing and harassing the ducks. Wow, if they built a spur trail out toward the water there it would be great! Additional highlights included a momma hooded merganser with 8 tiny chicks in tow, no bigger than tennis balls, a long clear look at a cinnamon teal pair from about 10 meters away, and a couple dozen goldfinches. Jerry Neufeld-Kaiser jerryne@microsoft.com 5/2/04 Carr Inlet birding I had a chance to do some boating with friends today in South Puget Sound. We traveled through Drayton and Pitt Passages and into Carr Inlet north to Cutts Island State Park, all of which are in western Pierce County. There wasn't much activity at this time of the year, but we did see the following:
5/3/04 Montlake Fill All manner of good things at the Fill this afternoon:
Stuart MacKay Seattle, WA stuart@blarg.net 5/3/04 Thurston County birding Keith Brady and I decided to see what was happening out at Weir Prarie and ended up birding at quite a few Thurston County locations today. Started at the two Weir Praries, then scoped East and West Bays in Olympia, then Nisqually (during the heat of the day, not much around. Only did the interior boardwalk and first stretch of the McAllister Trail) and Luhr Beach, then Mud Bay/Madrona Beach RD and finally ended at Black Lake Meadows. We were done by 4:30 PM and ended up with 106 species seen during the day. We didn't see many common birds such as: Winter Wren, Bushtit, both Yellowlegs, Bittern (which has been a gimme at Nisqually lately), Vir. Rail, etc... Best birds were: WEIR PRAIRIE
5/4/04 Fort Steilacoom/Kent; 4 May 2004 I bopped around a few places in the Puget Sound interior today with Carol Schulz and others on a mid-week field trip. We met in Fife and birded the nearby wetlands there for a while. Then we stopped and checked some woods and the estuary at Chambers Creek. Most of the day was spent at Fort Steilacoom State Park where there was lots of migrant activity especially in the immediate area of the lake. Afterwards we made a couple stops and found a couple highlights in the Kent Valley. MILGARD WETLANDS, PIERCE COUNTY (7:30-9:00)
5/5-6/04 Bottle Beach & Elma - Red Knots, Ruddy Turnstone & Whimbrels On May 5, 2004 I stopped at Bottle Beach in Gray's Harbor Co. on the falling tide at 2:30 pm and had good numbers and variety of shorebirds.
On May 6, I birded Bowerman Basin at the incoming tide (1:00 - 2:30pm), until the birds left shortly after high tide (1:40pm). The sun was perfect and it was a 10' tide, so the birds were right up against the boardwalk - always a thrill. I've put numbers down, but I quickly realized that counting 1000s of moving birds is downright difficult and subject to lots of error. Take the big numbers as a guestimate.
Marcus Roening Tacoma, WA marcus.d.roening@gsk.com 5/6/04 Ospreys nesting at Shoreline Stadium I was told there are a pair of Ospreys nesting in the towers on the east side of Shoreline Stadium, sometimes visible from I-5. This is just north of the intersection of NE 185th St and 5th Ave NE. Dana Greeley Seattle, WA danagreeley@yahoo.com 5/6/04 Nisqually Tracey Norris and I spent a couple hours at Nisqually NWR this afternoon.
5/6/04 Ocean Shores Migration on a grand scale off the jetty at Ocean Shores this morning.
Bowerman Basin was jumping with birds. Just after high tide at 5pm there were around 20-30,000 birds spread out along the edge of the basin and out on the nearest sandbank. Stuart MacKay Seattle, WA stuart@blarg.net 5/6/04 South Okanagan White Lake at 6 AM.
5/7/04 Brady Loop Road, W of Elma I made a swing through Brady Loop Road at lunchtime and found some nice migrants - what I didn't find were the flock of whimbrels I had seen on Tuesday. However, the two pair of Black-bellied Plovers were still present in the field on the west side of the Foster Road - Brady Loop intersection. Definitely worth looking at in their dazzling breeding plumage. Sightings of interest for Brady Loop road, 3/10 of a mile east of Foster road at the curve in the willow thickets:
5/8/04 Nisqually NWR (some single birdes omitted byu Sunny) Today my mother and I checked a few locations from the Nisqually NWR to Brady Loop Rd. despite very slow birding conditions overall along with scattered rain showers and wind at times. Our main highlight of the day was a single Common Teal (Eurasian Green-winged Teal) amongst a group of 4 Blue-winged Teal and 3 Cinnamon Teal along the north-south McAllister Creek trail. Overall shorebird numbers were far less notable compared to our previous visits last week,but a few species were noted during today's "Migration Day". Nisqually NWR
Conditions remained quite slow along the entire Brady Loop Rd., but a few shorebird species and other highlights were noted. Brady Loop Rd
5/8/04 Brady Loop and Beyond Susan and I did a little birding and nursery hopping in the Elma area today. We didn’t see a lot but had a great time over-all.
5/8/04 Pierce County At the Riverside Disc Golf course the cottonwoods bordering the Puyallup River were stuffed with birds.
Charlie Wright Sumner charlie@birdwright.com 5/8/04 Yakima Canyon White Pelicans Today at 1400 we had a flock of approx. 75 White Pelicans loafing in a tight group in the shallows of the Yakima River near the south end of Yakima Canyon, right at the Kittitas-Yakima County sign. Most of the adults had their breeding season "horn" on the tops of their bills. Be very careful stopping and crossing the highway here. Also just south of this spot we had a herd of 13 bighorn sheep, incl. one with a satellite collar. Ed Deal Seattle, WA dealgen@aol.com 5/8/04 Skagit At Rosario Head, there were about 125 COMMON TERNS. This is a rare species in the county; I have never seen more than a few dozen at a time here. They were way out. With them were a few dozen Bonaparte's Gulls, and many of the more usual seabirds. Gary Bletsch near Lyman (Skagit County) garybletsch@yahoo.com 5/9/04 Rock Creek, Klickitat Co. Birding and Herping Eight of us from Walla Walla blitzed down to Rock Creek and found the following highlights.
Great trip and outstanding company. Fun area to explore! Mike & MerryLynn Denny College Place, WA 509.529.0080 (h) m.denny@charter.net 5/9/04 Ridgefield N.W.R Regarding the difficulty in seeing rails. I led a walk on the Kiwa Trail on the Ridgefield N.W.R.'s River "S" Unit on May 8 for Migratory Bird Day. We saw at least ten individual VIRGINIA RAILS including several newly hatched chicks. I find them very responsive to a little clicking with your mouth and a squeaky kissing of the back of the hand in the right rhythm. May 9, there was one WESTERN KINGBIRD at the Steigerwald Lake N.W.R. near Washougal. Wilson Cady Washougal, Skamania County, WA gorgebirds@juno.com 5/8-9/04 Outer Coast Netta Smith and I spent parts of Saturday and Sunday at the outer coast. Just about all of our shorebirding was on Saturday, 8 May, and it was generally disappointing, with small numbers of all species but Sanderlings, of which there were probably 1000 along the beach at Ocean Shores. With them we saw about 40 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Western Sandpipers, and 2 Dunlins. There were a lot of gulls, most interesting of which was a second-winter GLAUCOUS GULL. Very white with scattered buffy flecks, yellow eye, and classic two-toned bill. There were also many white first-year Glaucous-winged Gulls; this is the time of year to see them! We watched a Parasitic Jaeger harass a kittiwake off the beach. Ocean Shores jetty and mouth of Grays Harbor -- 2 Black Oystercatchers, ca 2000 Sooty Shearwaters, ca 300 Common Terns, ca 50 Black-legged Kittiwakes, and a miscellany of other species in small numbers. A few loons were heading north offshore, both Pacific and Red-throated (and one Common), many too far away to identify. There were also at least 3 Gray Whales there, probably feeding and surfacing just south of the end of the jetty. Tokeland -- ~50 Whimbrels and 40 dowitchers (distant, probably Short-billed) out on the beach, nothing at the marina, even though high tide approached. Other than a few scattered Killdeers, 4 Greater Yellowlegs at Julia Butler Hansen NWR, and 20 Dunlins heading south licketysplit at Long Beach (all on Sunday), that was it for shorebirds. North Jetty of the Columbia on both days -- dozens, perhaps hundreds, of Common Murres flying past, most heading north; but very little other sign of migration. One flock of 4 White-winged Scoters and one of 10 Surf Scoters (Sat) and another of 20 Greater Scaups (Sun) flew north past that jetty. Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center at Cape Disappointment in Cape Disappointment (formerly Fort Canby State Park) -- check out the cormorants. You can stand at the interpretive center and look down at a mixed colony of Brandt's and Pelagic, and with a scope, you can see wonderful behavior, including the courtship displays of Brandt's. They were all gathering nesting material today, and it was fascinating to watch them dive underwater and come up from below to grab plant material floating on the surface. They would get a beakful, take off into the wind, and spiral up to their nesting ledge. One bird that had picked up too much couldn't get more than a foot off the water and finally landed far along its takeoff path. Also visible from there is the South Jetty in Oregon, where there were about a dozen Brown Pelicans on Saturday (didn't see any in Washington). There is a huge haul-out of sealions at the tip, at least 200 Steller's (blonds) and perhaps a dozen California (brunettes). One of the dark individuals really looked like a No. Fur Seal in silhouette, but I guess that's very unlikely. The Steller's are concentrated in the somewhat isolated stretch at the tip, but a few were present long along the sides well to the east, then there was a gap, then the Californias right on the top. One Steller's was rather near the Californias, but otherwise the species were quite separated. I wonder if biologists in Oregon are keeping track of these animals, which you may not be able to see well from the Oregon side. We stopped at Chinook, on the Columbia River, to look out at the huge Caspian Tern colony on East Sand Island. Quite an impressive sight. Netta Smith and Dennis Paulsen nettasmith@comcast.net 5/8/04 Ocean Shores to Nisqually NWR (most singles removed by Sunny) Today my mother and I spent Mother's Day birding from Ocean Shores to the Nisqually NWR. The weather remained fairly good throughout the entire day with just a few scattered rain showers at a few locations and steady winds. Shorebird highlights at Ocean Shores included up to 12 Red-necked Phalaropes observed during our early morning visit off the Ocean Shores Jetty followed by a single adult male Snowy Plover at the Oyhut Wildlife Area (feeding outside the posted Snowy Plover nesting area), and 2 Long-billed Curlews at the base of Damon Point. Our day began with a fairly productive morning visit to the Ocean Shores Jetty between 9am-10:15am during outgoing tide with the main highlight being up to 2 Arctic Terns observed approximately 40 yards offshore with very good numbers of Common Terns noted nearby and 25+ Parasitic Jaegers noted. In addition good numbers of Sooty Shearwaters were noted from this location with most birds being observed swirling around along the horizon, but a few birds were noted closer to shore. Large numbers of migrating Pacific Loons and Surf Scoters were also observed followed by lesser numbers of Red-throated Loons and White-winged Scoters. It does seem shorebird migration is decreasing, as far as individual numbers. Ocean Shores Jetty
. We made a brief to the Hoquiam STP,as well as along the western portion of the Brady Loop Rd. complex. As mentioned our day ended at the Nisqually NWR between 3:30pm-4:30pm,where in addition to the pair of Wilson's Phalaropes we were able to locate up to 10 Am. Bitterns with most birds observed. Up to 3 Virginia Rail were also observed along the McAllister Creek trail. Brady Loop Rd
Ruth and Patrick Sullivan Fircrest,WA godwit@worldnet.att.net 5/8/04 Ridgefield NWR (most singles removed by Sunny) Sherry Thiel and I spent the day at Ridgefield NWR River 'S' unit. Here were a few of our highlights.
5/9/04 Carnation marsh wetland sanctuary does anyone know if there are legal trails within the sanctuary itself, along the edges, or is birding done just along the main road? my friend and i attempted to bird from the road this afternoon and, while it was fun for the specie count, it wasn't fun for the photographic (the birds were just too far away in most cases)... among the more interesting:
5/9/04 Yakima Canyon, et al. I just returned from the east side of the Cascades. Driving south on Canyon Road, at MP 5 along the Yakima River there were 65 WHITE PELICANS resting in the river at about 9 a.m. "The Birds of Yakima County" (1999) indicates that they are rare visitors on the river upstream of Yakima. I would be interested in knowing if this is still considered rare or whether there has been more movement into the Yakima Canyon since publication five years ago. Nile area -- we drove the loop, heading up FR 1501 along Little Rattlesnake Creek, and cut across FR 1503 to FR 1500, or the Bethel Ridge Road.
a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, and a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. Carol Riddell Edmonds cariddell@mac.com 15/9/04 Leavenworth We took a trip over to Leavenworth this weekend and really enjoyed the Birdfest activities. The Balsamroot and lupine are in bloom along with many other wildflowers. The place is swallow central as well. The swallows are nesting everywhere. The best place to see them was walking along in the grounds of Sleeping Lady which is a beautiful resort. We saw TREE SWALLOWS, VIOLET GREENS, and NORTHERN ROUGH WINGED SWALLOWS along the banks of the Wenatchee River. The swallows are so tame, they swoop within inches of us. It was fun to see them picking up Ponderosa needles for their nests. There are many in town as well. We took a night owl prowl and saw a BARRED OWL sitting on a limb. He turned his face to us as we shined a flashlight towards him, and then spread his huge wings and flew away totally silently. Another highlight was along the Icicle Creek where we camped. The woods were filled with WESTERN TANAGERS. I saw one there but heard many many calling. We saw another one down on Blackbird Island. We also saw quite a few HARLEQUIN DUCKS flying upsteam. A DIPPER and a MALLARD PAIR flew upstream as well. List of other sightings and hearings: (singles removed by Sunny)
We took a river raft down the Icicle canyon into the Wenatchee and saw Bald Eagles mating in flight and a nest
5/8/04 Trout Lake I helped with Klickitat County on their NAMC bird county.
360-574-2590 washingtonbirder@hotmail.com 5/8/04 Spencer Island I finally got to Spencer Island near the Everett water treatment area. Lovely spot. [The bridge is out on the lower loop so it's two spur trails instead.] Highlights include:
5/10/04 Montlake Fill At 7pm there was a female lazuli bunting in the bushes at the south end of shovelor pond. It sat out in the open on some woody vegetation for a few minutes, calling, before disappearing into the line of small dogwoods that fringe the west side of the pond. Other notable things were:
5/6/04 Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert (selected reports) Sightings for Thursday, May 6th
5/11/04 Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert Sightings for May 11
c_charlesworth@avocettours.com 5/12/04 Vancouver Natural History Society's Rare Bird Alert (selected reports) Sightings for Sunday, May 9th
5/13/04 Seattle purple martins A brief stop at the Ballard public access beach at 645 this morning gave me a chance to see 9 purple martins, including 5 adult males. I think I was also seeing about 5 rhino auklets diving a few hundred yards out. Recent visits at mid day have been fruitless for martins. Yesterday I got a report of martins flying around the gourds in the park at the Utah Ave wetland; these gourds were installed just weeks ago. This site is not far from the Ballard colony. At Jack Block Park I'm seeing up to a dozen martins at dusk. I've gotten reports of lots of activity at Picnic Point, but have yet to hear of activity at Interbay, Edmonds, Kellogg Island, or Deer Creek. Terminal 105 Public Access has had up to a couple of pairs. Kevin Li Ballard kdli@msn.com 5/12/04 Marymoor Park Report (Redmond, King Co., WA) The 4th Annual Marymoor Big Morning was a success yesterday. There were eleven birders, and we split into 4 groups and really birded the park. We managed a total of 71 species for the day, even though the day wasn't particularly "birdy". My thanks to all those who came out! Highlights: Common Loon 1 alt. plumage bird flew N over 520 Green Heron Several sightings - maybe 3 birds Wood Duck Ollie found F with ducklings at RC pond Northern Harrier Female seen over East Meadow Red-tailed Hawk 2 fluffy young visible on odd-snag nest California Quail 7 along East Lake Samm. Trail Virginia Rail 1 heard Mourning Dove Houston spotted one N. R-wing Swallow 4 at mouth of Bear Creek Swainson's Thrush 1 heard "whit"ing Cedar Waxwing Many back Western Tanager A few seen, males & females Western Meadowlark 1 in East Meadow Bullock's Oriole 1-2 near mansion Purple Finch Seen/heard by several groups The bird list for the morning was rather odd, with several "winter" birds seen for the first time in weeks (Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Hooded Merganser, Ring-billed Gull), but with almost no new migrants or summer birds (except Cedar Waxwing). We had only 4 warbler species (Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Wilson's, and Common Yellowthroat), and NO FLYCATCHERS (ok, ok - a couple of "maybes"), after a 3-flycatcher week last week. We did add 2 species to the year list: California Quail and Northern Rough-winged Swallow, for a total of 118 species for the year. Michael Hobbs Kirkland, WA hummer@isomedia.com http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm 5/13/04 Nisqually NWR Another great & at times frustrating day at Nisqually. The weather was great and the birds (most) cooperated to make this a good day.
Phil Kelley Lacey, WA 360-459-1499 scrbjay@aol.com 5/13/04 Pierce/King County; 13 May 2004 This afternoon I went around with Carol Schulz hoping for an interesting migrant. The trail along South Pioneer Way near South Prairie was quite slow with nothing too special. We walked from the intersection just north of Crocker towards South Prairie to the big clearing, about 2 miles. We then moved northward and hit a few spots in the Kent Valley, ending the day with two Pectoral Sandpipers and a Yellow-headed Blackbird. FOOTHILLS TRAIL, SOUTH PRAIRIE (3:00-6:00)
5/14/04 Downtown Seattle Peregrines' Eggs Hatch Speaking of raptors breeding in cities, at least three of the downtown Seattle Peregrines' four eggs have hatched -- I haven't been able to tell yet if there are three or four bundles of fluff. Congratulations to Bud Anderson and the rest of the FRG! Below is a link to the webcam. You can also watch them on a live monitor in the Washington Mutual Tower's lobby, at the SW corner of 3rd Avenue and University Street. http://www.frg.org/frg/index.html Andrea Grad Alki/Shoreline agrad@helsell.com 5/15/04 Nisqually NWR We began our day along the Brady Loop Rd. complex, where we encountered up to 11 species of shorebirds including 12 Pectoral Sandpipers and a single Solitary Sandpiper being the main noteworthy species, but few other species were noted. Highlights:
5/16/04 Skagit Big Day Jim McCoy and I went for a Skagit-County-only century day on May 15. I found 112 species, and Jim 113 species, on this excellent day. Some of the highlights included:
5/16/04 Nisqually NWR A list of noteworthy species observed at the Nisqually NWR during our visit include the following:
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