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…
White Wagtail Today
Today during Kay’s all-girls birthday party at our condo I picked up Bruce and dashed up to try for the White wagtail again in Fall City. Over the last few days birders have learned that the farmer is OK with birders on the road into his dairy, as long as we stay off his property. 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…
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…
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…
Central Washington ABC Trip 2018
Saturday the ABC group of 19 birders and 5 vehicles met at 7:30 at the Snoqualmie Pass rest stop and headed east. First stop was Confluence park in Wenatchee where the warmed rest room was used and we briefly scoped the river, yielding a few ducks and grebes, but really less than usual. From there 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…
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…