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August 21, 2007
Rainy Pass Trailhead to Cutthroat Pass with Gary Bletsch
Gary Bletsch led a trip in Skagit County hiking from the Rainy Pass trailhead to Cutthroat Pass.
An excellent birding trip! Sorry about the weather, but at least it gave us something to talk about.
The birds we saw (and/or heard) from Cutthroat Pass Trailhead to the pass and back included:
Northern Flicker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Ryan only?), Winter Wren, Townsend's Solitaire, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Varied Thrush, Mountain Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Gray Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, Common Raven, Yellow-rumped ("Audubon's") Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, MacGillivray's Warbler, Wilson's Warbler (Ryan only?), Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed ("Oregon") Junco, Black-headed Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, Evening Grosbeak.
We also saw a Douglass's Squirrel, several Golden-mantled Ground-Squirrels, and a number of chipmunks.
Gary Bletsch
PS On the way back west, Ryan Merrill and I stopped at Corkindale Creek, where there were at least 5 Eastern Kingbirds, along with some other common species. At the Concrete Airport at dusk were at least 10 Common Nighthawks. |
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