Last night at our ABC Birding Club meeting I presented along with Ryan Weise and with the expert help of Bruce Labar a slide show on Washington Seabirds. Here is a link to a PDF of the power point presentation I used. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CkekblylR_ufUXRB-FS-DCNJgRiXBOs2
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Black Phoebe (finally)
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.
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…
Lakes Today
Today I had to go to Dupont to pick up some bookcases, and borrowed Kathy McG’s pickup, so on returning the truck I took a few minutes to check out what on Gravelly Lake. Turns out pretty much what is expected, but she has nice habitat in her back yard, big trees and plantings so Read More…
Another Marbled Bird
Yesterday I added Marbled godwit to my 2018 Pierce list, and today after several unsuccessful tries I got a single Marbled murrelet on the south side of the Dash Point pier. No Black scoter with the mixed flock of WWSC and SUSC though. Then, as it seems to happen, at Brown’s Point Lighthouse there were Read More…
McNeil Trail Lookout Pays Off
Today Will Brooks texted us to tell us he had a Marbled murrelet on the Pierce side of the delta, and I got Bruce to chase it with me immediately. This morning I had walked the Chamber’s Bay beach access without finding much new, but this afternoon was more rewarding. Immediately on getting to the Read More…
Ft Lewis Pariries and a Look from the Front Windows
This morning Bruce and I headed to E Pierce County to try for some of the winter specialties. We both needed N. shrike, W. bluebird, and I needed Wood duck and W. meadowlark for my Pierce year list. We started with a very quick peek at the runway area off JBLM but neither GYRF nor Read More…
Whatcom Outing with Kay and the Bahrs
Today Ron and Linda Bahr joined Kay and me for a trip to Wiser Lake and Birch Bay. It was windy, fairly cold, and this was in addition to a birding outing, a time to talk, be together as friends and just have fun. At Wiser Lake we struggled with access to see the large Read More…
Dash Around S. Pierce in the Rain Today
Today I managed to get out of the condo by about 2:30 in what looked like a break in the weather, but the rain picked up almost before I left. Target birds in general were obliging: Saw-whet Owl (Thurston) remained behind the taped off area at the Nisqually NWR parking lot. Crowned sparrows were present Read More…
Quick Outing for Glaucous Gull and Peregrine Falcon
Abut noon, also low tide, I dashed over to the 11th St. Bridge to look for the Glaucous gull, but it was not with thei 60-70 bathing gulls. While there I did manage a distant look at the Tacoma resident Peregrine falcon high on a brown building to the right of where it is often Read More…