[Tweeters] Skagit County Survey Trip

[jimbetz at jimbetz.com]

   Follow up observations ...

   I did not see any Great Blue Herons today - this is rare for having  
spent more
than 2 hours on the secondary roads of the County.  Tide was high.

   I was up river as far as Concrete last Thursday.  We saw a few Bald  
Eagles and
very few other birds.  Drove Hwy 20 going East and a variety of "river roads"
coming back on the North side of the Skagit.

   We are still seeing -lots- of passerines at our seed feeder.  One or
two Anna's at the nectar feeder (just a month ago it was as many as 6
at a time).  We'll have at least one Stellar's everyday - and a Flicker
or two about every two or three days.  Almost every afternoon there
will be 1 to 3 doves on the ground below the seed feeder.  "Lots" means
as many as 12 or more at a time.  Mostly Juncos and Chickadees now, the
sparrows and finches have dropped off.  Yeah, I know, this is just one
location ...

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   Additional interpretations:

   I would say that the swans are here "in force".  Mostly on the
Samish Flats.
   The lack of Snow Geese (today) may mean they are just somewhere I
wasn't.  Another would be that the numbers seen a week or so ago
were "in transit" to locations further South.
                                                      - Jim