To enjoy the nice weather this evening Kay and I drove over to Ft Steilacom Park to take a birding walk around the lake hoping for Bullock’s Oriole and to enjoy the newly arrived passerines. We did hear one Oriole chattering, and I saw a male fly away, but no good looks. Black-headed grosbeaks, Cedar Read More…
Author: Ed
Mason County
Today Ken and I decided to bird Mason County again, this time focusing on the birds found in the higher elevations and breeding passerines. It was a terrific day to be birding, warm, dry, partly sunny and just enough breeze to keep bugs down in wetter areas. We started at the Skokomish Delta Overlook off Read More…
Quick-three-birds
Last week I added Olive-sided flycatcher, the “quick-three-beers” bird. Today in just under 2 hours I added Green Heron in the creek across 156th just after leaving the storm water ponds, the at Wildwood Park I heard 3 Swainson’s thrushes calling and one singing just before I heard a calling bird high in the trees. Read More…
Blue-winged Teal Today
Today just around 11:30 AM Bruce located 4 male Blue-winged teal at the pond across Lincoln from the Gog, and moments later they flew out of sight across the river. I got his text whileI was headed for the dump to bring a trailer of yard waste, and we about to skip my first Tai Read More…
LBCU Persists Plus CITE and LABU
This morning at the 56th Street Ponds I arrived just after Bruce and although shorebirds were absent except for 5 Greater Yellowlegs a male Cinnamon teal cruised the far pond and just before leaving several Lazuli Buntings responded to a recording, and one perched for a brief look. Quick stops at Sha-Dax and Levee Pond Read More…
Dash for a Wandering Tattler
This afternoon our Pierce County text group notified me of a Wandering Tattler at the Point Defiance Marina. Hope Anderson initially located the bird, and posted to eBird at 12:30 PM. Michael Charest noted the eBird list and went to see and photograph the bird about 3:30 PM. He put out the group text and Read More…
Ft. Lewis Today
Today I got out to Ft. Lewis with Dan Anderson hoping for a good number of FOY Pierce birds and had excellent success. First stop was the dirt road to the right just after turning onto East Gate Rd. The dawn chorus was in full song, but we had a heck of a time seeing Read More…
Long-Billed Curlew
Thanks to Will Brooks who found the LBCU and Bruce Labar who called me while he was seeing the bird, I was able to make a frantic dash to the newly plowed field just off Hwy 162 near 80th Ave. to see my first Pierce County Long-billed Curlew about 12:50 today, get photos, and dash Read More…
Ft. Steilacom Park and Mountain View Cemetery
Today I chased the Redhead seen for the last 2 days at Waughop Lake and it was sitting with the same 6 Lesser Scaup as yesterday. Overall it was a sunny morning and the breeding birds were in good chorus. As has been typical for me I could not find the Bullock’s Orioles that have Read More…
Gray’s Harbor Shorebird Festival Bottle Beach to Tokeland Field Trip
Today Bruce Labar and I led the shorebird festival field trip visiting Gray’s Harbor from Bottle Beach to Westport plus stops in Tokeland and at Grayland Beach. We met at the festival HQ at 7 AM and enjoyed nice looks at a flock of Red-necked Phalaropes, Spotted Sandpipers, peeps, Dunlin, and Dowitcher flocks swirling around Read More…