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Date: 3/18/25 8:44 pm
From: Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Skagit Survey |
Hi all,
I did a 'survey trip' to most of my favorite haunts today. A 'fairly
birdy day'. Some
notables:
I saw Bald Eagles pretty much everywhere. Something occurred to me
about that -
I've seen Balds sitting on nests, even seen fledgling heads sticking up
over the nest
once or twice ... but what I haven't seen are "newly fledged young".
Either they
get really big very quickly - or they leave and go somewhere else almost
as soon as
they fledge. Curious detail! I may have gotten a usable pic of a
juvenile at Cap
Sante (haven't done the edit yet). Two Balds on the piling at the ferry
dock at
Ship.
There were some Trumpeters - but not very many. Including both less
numbers
and less number of groups. They are clearly leaving (and moving North).
I got to see the first group of Snow Geese since we got back from
NZ. There
were 4 to 5 thousand in one group on the Skagit Flats ... but no where else.
They were "agitated" and probably were a large group that was already in
migration. Quite possible my last time to see them this year.
A normal amount of Red-tailed Hawks ... meaning somewhere between 10
and 30 thru the day. No other hawks. One Kestrel at the East 90. I've
discovered that I don't have a truly good shot of a Kestrel - turns out I've
never caught one really close to me and so the images are blown up far
too much for what I want.
Yesterday evening there were some Dunlin dancing out near the actual
mouth of the Samish River - seen in the distance for over 15 minutes
near to sunset (visible/seen from the East and West 90s).
A lot of Harlequin Ducks at Ship Harbor. Also saw them at Rosario. And
Oystercatchers at both places as well. No Great Blue Herons at either
location which isn't particularly surprising - but 6 or more on the Samish
Flats (E-90 and environs) - and in the mud flats near the rookery on
Marches Point (that's how we spelled it when I was growing up and I
haven't changed yet - *G*).
No Osprey today, nor recently. They'll show up soon.
Heard but didn't see a Kingfisher at Rosario. And same for a Bald Eagle
"somewhere up high in the trees above the parking lot".
One Short-eared Owl at the East 90.
Two places I did not visit were Hayton and Wylie - but I did drive by
both.
- Jim
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