Today we had the morning to play around before meeting good friends Ann and John at Yolo Bypass NWR for a visit and birding. Since I’ll be spending most of Feb and March in California, I plan to see how many new CA life birds I can find in the state. Today Kay and I Read More…
Rocklin
Kay and I had a nice overnight visit with Scott, Erin, Halley, and last night and this morning I took a half hour walk with binos. I discovered a nice wet field with a utility road just off Lonetree Blvd at the jct of Sandhill Dr. I walked in and had a bit of exercise Read More…
Last Day of WA Birding for a While
Yesterday Kay and I broke free of our rental home reconditioning work and headed for SoCal to visit Kay’s family and get some sunshine for much of Feb-March. Just 2 hours after finally got on the road at 11:30 AM I convinced Kay that we couldn’t pass Ridgefield NWR and a chance to add some Read More…
Day at the WA Coast
Today I met Bill Tweit and Ken Brown and headed to Westport on a double agenda trip. The primary reason for the trip was so that I could meet with Bill and Phil Anderson of Westport Seabirds to discuss how they might make some improvements to their site. The secondary reason was to get to Read More…
Black Scoter and Greater White-fronted Goose
Today I broke free from working on our rental for long enough to dash to Ruston Way to look for Black Scoter that he had seen there yesterday afternoon. They had been seen last weekend also. I first went to the Thea’s Park lookout over the waterway where they were seen yesterday, but none there. Read More…
Kitsap Day with Ken
Today I took a day off from the work on the rental in Tacoma and went to bird Kitsap County with my birding buddy, Ken Brown. We got up early to try for a Western Screech Owl that had been heard on the recent CBC at a local park, only to find that access was Read More…
Finishing Strong: Day 3 Winter E WA Trip
MLK Day in the North Central WA was a great way for Ken to lead the last day of his last field trip as leader the Tahoma Audubon Advanced Birding Class. We started by driving around Omak looking for waxwings and raptors in the city without much success. It seems like the whole area has Read More…
Day 2: Okanagan Highlands.
Today we took pretty much our usual routes for Day 2 of the 3-day MLK weekend North Central WA winter specialty trip, and had a spectacular day. We started by rallying for a potty stop in Tonasket after leaving the Omak Inn at 7 AM. We headed straight for Fancher Road and got the expected Read More…
Day 1 Okanogan Trip
Today Susan Pendleton and Susan Boynton met at our my house and we headed for Snoqualmie pass where we met up with Ken’s birding class and headed east. Part way up the west side of the Cascades on I-90 we encountered snow and drove in snow to the pass and for about an hour further Read More…
A Brief Stop at Ruston Way in the Rain
Today after leaving our rental place in Tacoma Kay and I made two quick stops on the Ruston Way waterfront and before we turned in to park in the public lot beside the Lobster Shop had sighted the immature Snow Goose feeding on the lawn with a flock of Canada geese, and one stubby-billed smaller Read More…