Today I joined Ken, Heather, Richard and Mary for the Kitsap area of the Vashon CBC. I skipped owling, and met the group at 8:00 AM at the Burley church. Overall a sunny, at times breezy day without unexpected birds, but a pretty good variety of the expected species and numbers. Waterfowl disappointed with no Read More…
Category: Kitsap County
Bainbridge Island with Ken and Heather
Today I finally had a Monday without a commitment and was able to get out with Ken in Kitsap. Heather Voboril and Ken had already planned to go to Bainbridge so Heather could see the Townsend’s solitaire and White-throated sparrow that have been being seen there, and I had a chance at 3 new FOY Read More…
Jaegers
Yesterday Kay and I took the 9:15 ferry from Pt. Defiance to Vaschon Island in hopes of something good on the short ferry ride across but it was nearly devoid of any birds in that part of the sound. We spent a couple of hours looking around the island, at Quartermaster harbor, Tramp Harbor and 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…
Back in Kitsap
I got home from our California trip yesterday and was excited to get back out birding in #WA and especially looking forward to getting out with Ken again. We met at his house at 7 AM and headed out for Green Mountian, really the only place in Kitsap County to get birds of higher elevation. Read More…
Tables of # WA Species by Abundance Code Categories
For fun I’ve compiled a series of tables comparing the species of birds seen in various Washington counties sorted by various criteria. Abundance codes are assigned to species of birds based on likelihood of being seen, code 1 birds common, code 2 uncommon, code 3 usually seen every year, code 4 seen several times over the Read More…
Birding with the Kitsap County Birding Gurus
Today I was lucky enough to have the chance to bird a restricted area on Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, WA with the four 2015 top e-Birders. Brad Waggoner #1, Ken Brown #2, George Gerdts #3, and Mary Ann Rossing #4 allowed me to accompany them on a monthly bird survey of the private community on Restoration Read More…