[Tweeters] Love finding Black Oystercatchers

[Daoud Miller]

Thank you Hank & Karen for sharing your report birding Skagit County last week.  I especially loved hearing about your sighting of Black Oystercatchers at Rosario Head.

I get excited seeing and hearing oystercatchers every time.  Favorite locations where I’ve enjoyed them include Washington Park in Anacortes, Shark Reef on Lopez Island, and Yaquina Head on the Oregon coast.

If any of our readers have other favorite places to see these funny birds, please let me (us) know!

Daoud Miller
Kenmore, WA



> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 08:14:47 -0800

> From: Hank Heiberg <hank.heiberg at gmail.com>

> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit County Trip

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> Last week we had an enjoyable birding trip to Skagit County with nearly perfect weather for December.  Our favorite birding hot spot was Rosario Head both because of the incredible scenery and because of the birds including a Black Scoter, Black Oystercatchers and Harlequin Ducks .  East 90 in the Samish flats came in a close second with Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers.  We love seeing owls!  Here is a link to the eBird trip report.

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> https://ebird.org/tripreport/183921

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> Click on ?show all of the details? in blue in the trip report to see where the listed species were seen.

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> Our favorite photos:

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> Reflection of a Great Blue Heron in a pond at Jennings Memorial Park in Marysville

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53421497913/in/

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> Pacific Wren that perched close to us at Rosario Beach

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/53417440078/in/

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> Here is a link to the photo album for the trip.

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720313598836/

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> Hank & Karen Heiberg

> Issaquah, WA

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