Sunday and Monday, Oct. 9-10 Ken Brown and I went to Neah Bay hoping for rarities and to add to our state year lists. There had been a strong on-shore wind the Friday before we arrived, pushing a large number of 3 species of shearwater into view from the jetty, and we were hoping that Read More…
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Arizona Second Spring Trip Summary
This was a long-awaited trip for my longtime friend and birding mentor Ken Brown and me. Although I’ve had more opportunity for travel than Ken, and therefore have a few more ABA life list birds, I make no pretense at being at Ken’s level as a birder. Still we always seem to bring out the Read More…
Snowy Egret in Pierce Today
Thanks to a call from Bruce Labar I dashed off to see the Snowy Egret he located at the industrial pond on 43rd St in Fife. It was a county first and a WA second bird for me. Nice! Ken dashed over from Green Mountain where he was watching Gray Jays, Diane Y-Q came over Read More…
Kitsap Today
Ken and I met to bird some shorebird areas in Kitasp today, and had a nice day though no FOY shorebirds for Ken, did manage to hear and see a pair of Red Crossbills near Kitsap Lake. Best shorebirding of the day was at the mouth of Chico Creek where we got nice looks at Read More…
Coast Trip Sunday
Ken, Ryan and I had plans to lead an ABC trip to the coast this weekend, but the only date we could get together on was one I couldn’t go on Saturday, so Ken and Ryan led the group down to Ocean Shores on Saturday, and Kay and I joined on Sunday. We met Chazz Read More…
Great Day, Great Birds, Bad Photos at Lake Eleanor Trail
JBLM Today for NOBO with Ken
Today Ken and I got out in Pierce to look for Northern Bobwhite at the site it has been seen last month. We initially tried to use Google Maps which took us through Roy to a blocked entry onto JBLM, then circled around going in the Roy Gate, past Chamber’s Lake, Left onto East Gate Read More…
Friday at Paradise
Today Ken and I headed to Mt. Rainier. On the way we stopped at Kreger Lake to see if the Sora and American Bittern I heard yesterday were still calling. It was yes on the AMBI and no on the Sora. On the way through Elbe we stopped to add American dipper to Ken’s Pierce Read More…
Wrap Up Day of GGOW Trip
Today our ABC group birded Oak Creek Canyon, seeing many Lewis’s Woodpeckers Rock wrens on the basalt columns, White-throated swifts, MacGilvery’s warblers, Western kingbirds, and a good variety of east side birds. It was a sunny and wonderful morning in a very pretty spot. I left before the last stop of the day planned to Read More…
Day 3 of ABC Trip: Walla Walla Area
Today our ABC trip took us to Walla Walla County. We stayed in Pendleton, OR because of graduations in Walla Walla made it no room at the inns, so drove an hour or so to start the day at Biscuit Ridge just East of Walla Walla where Green-tailed Towhee was the target bird. We managed Read More…