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August 22, 2007
The Nature Conservancy's Port Susan Bay Preserve with Marv Breece
Marv Breece led a trip to The Nature Conservancy’s Port Susan Bay Preserve in Snohomish County.
The day started very slowly at Channel Drive in Skagit County, between La Conner and Hwy 20. The water was too high for shorebirds and the fog too thick to see the birds anyway. We did see a few BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS and several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. The OC Warblers were lutescens with a probable orestera.
Our focus was on shorebirds, so after a few stops where we saw few or none, we arrived at the Stanwood STP in Snohomish County. Here we observed a single juv STILT SANDPIPER, a few LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS (adults w/ 1 juv), LEAST SANDPIPERS and a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.
On the large pond to the SW were several species of ducks, a HORNED GREBE, 1 or 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and a 1st year FRANKLIN'S GULL.
At The Nature Conservancy's Port Susan Bay Preserve we found limited numbers of shorebirds, but a fine diversity. Highlights include:
Baird's Sandpiper - 15 or more Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 juv Stilt Sandpiper - 1 juv Least Sandpiper - a few Western Sandpiper - 50 or more juv Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 or 2 Long-billed Dowitcher - a few adults with 2 or 3 juv Short-billed Dowitcher - 2 juv Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Killdeer Red-necked Phalarope - about 20 Also at Port Susan we observed 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 1 SORA and an adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. Also a very large IMMATURE female COOPER'S HAWK and a PEREGRINE FALCON which was feasting on prey while on the wing.
For information about the Port Susan Bay Preserve, please click here.
It was a good day.
Marv Breece, Seattle WA |
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Washington Ornithological Society. 12345 Lake City Way NE, #215. Seattle, WA 98125. Information@WOS.org
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