Today with an assist to Michael C. I finally found the Black Phoebe at the area across the road from the Gog. Not a lot else happening at the main area today, but it was nice to walk the area with Michael, and hear about his recent birding travels.
Category: Pierce County
A Drive to the Snow Today
This midday I was able to get out birding, and since I needed to go to Puyallup anyway I kept going east to Ashford hoping for maybe a Pine grosbeak, N. Pygmy owl or Townsend’s solitaire. What I got was beautiful snowy scenery adn the dipper at the usual Elbe stop. One was singing under Read More…
Sparrows
Today on the way home from work I managed to get out in the sunshine for a few minutes on 134th Ave near the old Van Lierop’s Farm to look for sparrow flocks and hopefully a FOY Pierce goldfinch. No luck on the goldfinch, but I did manage a nice look at lots of sparrows. Read More…
Very Quiet at the Gog Today
About 10 AM I broke free for a quick stop at the 11th St Bridge gull spot where nothing unusual a all was happening. Then I spent an hour at Gog-li-hi-ti where the wind appeared to keep the birds down, and after birding the whole area I managed just a FOY YRWA for Pierce. The Read More…
No Common Redpoll Today for Me
Today Will Brooks found a male Common redpoll in a small flock of Pine siskin in a community on the Key Peninsula. I couldn’t race to the site, but at 2 PM was able to go, so I called Ken and we met and headed there. We easily found the location, and shortly after arriving Read More…
UPS Bird Walk with Will Brooks
This afternoon I joined Will Brooks at the UPS Slater Museum at 2 PM to join Will and about 5 other UPS students on a campus birding walk. My primary goal was to learn my way around the campus and see the better birding spots. My takeaway was that Will is an extraordinary young birder, Read More…
January Big Day for Pierce County
Today Bruce Labar and I undertook a January Pierce County big day. This is in response to a challenge from WA birder to fill out the various counties in WA with big days for each month. Per WA Birder at the end of 2016 only 3 WA counties have had a big day report submitted Read More…
Ruston Way Walk- Bushtit and Black Turnstone
This morning I took a walk from the condo down to Ruston way and out to Marine Park and back. On the way out I found a nice flock of sparrows, WCSP and SOSP in the little pond behind the old mill, and in the bushes with them was a small flock of feeding Bushtits Read More…
Students at Point Ruston Today
This afternoon I joined Art Wang and about 30 Tacoma high school students on a birding walk from the far end of Point Ruston, near the Yacht Club where we met, and slowly birded and talked our way around the point to just past the boat. Overall not very birdy, very talkative group with a Read More…
DeMolay Spit and Fox Island Bridge
This afternoon I broke free to get the winter specialties for Pierce at the Fox Island Bridge area, and managed all except for Common Murre, which should be pretty easy at other locations. A nice flock of WWSC was off to the left from the spit area. All three loons were present, 4 Long-tailed ducks Read More…