Skagit Audubon Field Notes
By Howard Armstrong
Tundra Swan 350 at Dodge Valley on 3/20 (TAv) & 200 on 3/22 (GB HA)
Wood Duck 3 m & 1 f on 3/24 near Devil’s Mt. (JO); 3 E of Lyman on 3/28 (GB); 5 at SWA & 2 at Sharpe Park, Anacortes on 4/1 (JBP); 1 pr at Cocreham Is. on 4/4 (KB)
Gadwall 2 at West 90 on 4/12 (GB)
Eurasian Wigeon 25 at Samish Flats on 3/15 (RM)
American Wigeon 12,000 at Samish Is. on 3/15 (RM)
Cinnamon Teal 2 at PSB on 3/20 (TAv)
Northern Shoveler 40 at west 90 on 4/12 (GB)
Green-winged Teal 1 “Eurasian” at Indian slough south of Bayview on 3/15 (RM) & on 3/22 (H&TA); 2 at PSB on 3/20 (TAv)
Canvasback 20+ at Dugualla ponds on 4/2 (JD)
Lesser Scaup 5 at Higgin’s Airport Ponds on 3/22 (GB)
Barrow's Goldeneye 2 at Cocreham Is. on 4/12 (GB)
Ruffed Grouse 1 near Devil’s Mountain on 3/17 (JO)
Western Grebe 200 at Samish Is. on 3/15 (RM)
Turkey Vulture 2 at Lyman on 3/28 (KB)
Osprey 1 at nest E of Ferry Term. In Anacortes on 3/30 (J&BW)
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 remains near La Conner on 3/15 (RM) & on 3/22 (GB HA)
Rough-legged Hawk 1 at Samish flats on 4/12 (K&KK GB)Golden Eagle
Golden Eagle 1 first year bird killed a Snow Goose on Fir Is. on 4/11 but was chased off its kill by 6 Bald Eagles (TAv)
Merlin 1 at Sedro-Woolley on 3/15 (GB)
Greater Yellowlegs 5 at SWA on 4/11(JD); 18 at Samish Flats on 4/13 (T&HA)
Lesser Yellowlegs 2 at Port Susan Bay on 3/15 (RM)
Long-billed Curlew 2 at Samish Flats on 4/12 (GB) (K&KK), still there on 4/13 (JBP) (RM) (H&TA)
Surfbird 3 at Williamson’s Rocks on 3/22 (SAS)
Sanderling 1 at Williamson’s Rocks on 3/22 (SAS)
Wilson's Snipe 4 at SWA on 4/1 (JBP); 2 at Bay Ridge Drive pond on 4/12 (GB)
Herring Gull 1 at Dodge Valley Rd. on 3/20 (TAv)
Western Gull 1 remains at Samish Is. on 3/15 (RM) & on 3/19 (SIBW)
Glaucous Gull 1 first cycle near La Conner on 3/15 (RM)
Caspian Tern 1 at Bayview dike tr. On 3/18 (LM) first report of the year
Mourning Dove 17 in Edison on 3/15 (RM)
Barred Owl 1 near Devil’s Mt. on 3/23 (JO)
Say's Phoebe 1 at Skagit R at Lyman on 3/28 & 1 E of Lyman on 4/4 (GB); 1 heard at Lyman on 3/30 (JBP)
Northern Shrike 1 at Samish Flats on 3/22 (GB)
Hutton's Vireo 1 at Airport Prop. on 3/19 (HA)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 at SWA on 4/1 (JBP)
Northern Waterthrush 1 at SWA on 4/12 (SM)
White-throated Sparrow 2 at SWA on 3/15 (RM) & 1 on 4/1 (JBP)
Western Meadowlark up to 11 from 3/28 through 4/3 (GB)
Brown-headed Cowbird 75 at Butler Flats on 3/15 (RM)
Evening Grosbeak 18 at golf course in Sedro-Woolley on 4/5 (GB); 2 at feeders in Mt. Vernon on 4/10 (JD)Bob Cat 1 near Devil’s Mountain on 3/10 (JO)
Flying Squirrel 4 near Devil’s Mountain on 3/14 (JO)
(PSB) Port Susan Bay Reserve (SWA) Skagit Wildlife Area, Wylie Slough (HA) Howard Armstrong (TA) Thais Armstrong (TAv) Tom Aversa (GB) Gary Bletsch (KB) Kalie Brown (JD) John Douglass (RH) Ramona Hamerly (K&KK) Kraig & Kathy Kemper (SM) Steve Mlodinow (RM) Ryan Merrill (LM) Libby Mills (JO) Jim Owens (JBP) Joel Brady-Power (SIBW) Samish Is Bird Walk (SAS) Skagit Audubon Society Field Trip (J&BW) Jim & Betsy Walker
