Ken and I headed to Westport last night along with Laurel Parshall and Lisa to go on today’s Westport Pelagic and a 2-day extension ABC trip to the coast Sunday and Monday. Kay is joining us tomorrow for the coast trip component. Today was the pelagic trip, and it went well. In brief weather and Read More…
Category: Pelagic
Westport Seabirds Pelagic Today
Ken and I headed for the coast yesterday and after traffic and detour delays arrived at the Hoquiam Sewer Ponds about 5:45 PM There we sorted through a moderate number of peeps without finding a Baird’s sandpiper but did find 3 adult Pectoral sandpipers. This was a FOY WA bird for me. From there we Read More…
Pelagic Cancelled so A Day at the Coast
Last night Ken and I headed for Westport to stay the night and head out on the winter Westport Seabirds trip. It was sketchy re weather, but yesterday Phil thought we could get out. Well on arrival this AM we learned that the seas had gotten rough overnight and the trip was cancelled. That said Read More…
Five Days at Sea: Fall Pelagic on the Searcher
I signed up for the Searcher’s 5-day pelagic birding expedition out of San Diego about 18 months ago when I learned last year’s trip was already full, and have been excited about yet in a way havemdreaded the trip ever since. Excited about 5 days of potential rare sea birds, meeting some of the great Read More…