Today I met Ken and Bruce and we headed north to meet Blair Bernson in Marysville and go see the Blue Jay that has been hanging out at a feeder in Bow. The fellow who owns and stocks the feeders was very obliging and welcoming, and pointed out the jay under one set of his Read More…
Category: Skagit County
Painted Bunting!
This morning Bryan Hansen and I headed north leaving the Poodle Dog at 5:15 and got to the La Connor Boy’s and Girl’s Club at about 7:20, just as it was getting light. We easily found the tennis courts, and thanks to the PABU-> sign easily found the two Redwood or Sequoia trees to look Read More…
WOS Field Trip
Ken and I led a field trip today to the Skagit Flats, primarily on Fir Island as that’s where we saw most birds on Thursday. There were 8 of us in 3 cars as I needed to head home after we end the trip at 4 PM. We were fortunate to have Kim Thornburn from Read More…
A Rare Skagit Winter Day
Today was a rare winter day on the Skagit/Samish Flats. Clear skies, minimal wind, and almost no traffic made for a wonderful day to get out on the flats. First though was the primary excuse for the trip, going to Rosario Head to see if we could find the reported Yellow-billed loon and Rock Sandpiper Read More…
Sammish Flats Less the Usual Falcons
Kay, Linda, Ron and I headed out from LaConnor after a less wonderful than usual night at the Channel Lodge, upstairs guests stomping around half the night and no hot water for showers in the whole place this morning, but a nice breakfast and we were off by 10 AM to bird the Sammish Flats Read More…
Happy New Year
Kay and I are enjoying one of our nearly annual traditions, spending a night in La Connor, WA Skagit County, with Ron and Linda Bahr. We come up one day, meet up and get out birding for a few hours. Then we go to the Channel Lodge, go out to dinner in La Connor, and Read More…