Field Trip Reports: Audubon Members Hit the Road This Summer!
Thank you to trip leader Dave Parent for sharing reports from expeditions to Malheur Wildlife Refuge and Westport, WA.
Birding in Neighborhoods - South
September Birding in Neighborhoods South meetups were spent at Deer Lagoon–the shifting seasons bring on something interesting everywhere we turn.
We observed a little of everything–at least 40 species during one morning early in the month–about eight different shorebirds, including…
Birding in Neighborhoods - North
Thick fog greeted eleven birders as we gathered at the West Beach/Swan Lake Overlook on September 10. Only the birds closest to shore were visible. Among Ring-billed and California Gulls, we spotted Heerman’s Gulls in a full range of plumage, from juveniles to adults. The most dramatic sighting was…
Birding in Neighborhoods South - Summer Sightings
Throughout summer we visited a half dozen locations - from Possession Point at the far tip of the Island and the Glendale (aka, Possession Sound Preserve) Pigeon Guillemot colony where we watched a PIGU deliver a fish to its burrow and saw a lone and early southbound Swan, up to Greenbank Farm where we spied….
Birding in Neighborhoods North–Summer Sightings
BIN-North birders met three times this summer, including in a trip with BIN-South in August. Highlights included watching the antics of a family of California Quail, being buzzed by a territorial Red-breasted Nuthatch, and seeing a mother river otter and her pup catching fish among the tide pools. Find out else delighted and surprised the group in Nancy’s BIN-North report.
Birding in Neighborhoods - South
On the first of the month, between wandering the Greenbank Farm grounds and our stroll to the Wonn beach access, we identified at least 36 species. There was a little of everything, including the most exciting, a closeup look at a gorgeous pair of Blue-winged Teal right there in the pond…
Birding in Neighborhoods - North
On another cool gray morning, eleven birders met at the Pacific Rim Institute on May 14 to look for birds and wildflowers. Hearing that Barn Owls are nesting in the 1910 pole barn, we walked in the direction of the forest….
Reifel Island Bird Sanctuary, Delta B.C., April 8
I had the pleasure of leading the first official Whidbey Audubon trip to Reifel in many years. Twelve enthusiastic participants and I met at the Reifel entrance station…
Field Trip Report: Hoypus Point, April 5
Five enthusiastic participants met me and the state park employee at the locked gate to the Hoypus Point Road.
Birding in Neighborhoods - North Report
On April 9, ten birders met at Joseph Whidbey State Park on a cool gray morning. We walked into a forest full of spring green leaves and birdsong. Among the species we identified were Dark-eyed Junco, Pine Siskin, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Golden-crowned Kinglet.…