By Pam Pritzl
This column reports submitted sightings. Any rare sightings should be accompanied by detailed written documentation and if possible a photograph. A second person to verify rare sightings is extremely helpful. Do not hesitate to call any observer to help document unusual sightings. Also do not hesitate to call if you need clarification on locations.
Please submit your sightings to Pam Pritzl birdsightings@skagitaudubon.org or 360-387-7024.
Here is the ABA Tweeters : WEB Site
Ebird for Skagit County : Ebird List
WATERFOWL
Canvasback 2 on Lake Erie on 4-1 (GB); 1 on Lake Erie on 4-18 (PP)
Barrow's Goldeneye 2, a pair, on Minkler Flats on 4-9 and 4-11 (GB)
VULTURES
Turkey Vulture 1 at Diosbud Creek Road on 3-25 (GB)
OSPREYS
Osprey 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area on 4-9 (GB)
HAWKS, EAGLES and ALLIES
Rough-legged Hawk 7 at Samish Flats on 3-25 (NOH)
RAILS
Sora 1 on Minkler Flats on 4-17 (GB)
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover 15 at Samish Flats on 3-25 (NOH)
SANDPIPERS. PHALAROPES and ALLIES
Lesser Yellowlegs 2 at Skagit wildlife Area on 4-6 (GB)
Long-billed Curlew 1at Butler Flats on 4-9 (NOH); 2 at the West 90, Samish Island, on 4-16 (GB)
Least Sandpiper 30 at Bingo Hall Lagoon on 4-18 (PP)
Western Sandpiper 2 at Samish Flats on 3-25 (NOH); 2 at Bingo Hall Lagoon on 4-18 (PP)
GULLS and TERNS
Bonaparte's Gull 17 at Jensen Access on 3-16 (GB)
Glaucous Gull 1 on Samish Flats on 4-1 (GB)
Caspian Tern 1 at March Point on 4-9 (GB)
OWLS
Great Horned Owl 1 heard near the SHIP trail by the Anacortes ferry terminal on 4-12 (NOH)
Barred Owl 1 heard near the SHIP trail by the Anacortes ferry terminal on 4-12 (NOH)
Short-eared Owl 4 at Samish Flats on 3-25 (NOH)
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1at Harry Osborne State Forest on 3-18 (GB)
SWIFTS
Vaux's Swift 10 at Campbell Lake on 4-18 (PP)
FLYCATCHERS
Say's Phoebe 10 in Marblemount on 4-1 (RM); 1 at Marblemount Boat Launch on 4-15 (GB)
SWALLOWS
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 on Minkler Flats on 3-27 (GB)
Cliff Swallow 1 at the Skagit Wildlife Area on 4-6 (GB)
WRENS
Marsh Wren 1 at Samish Flats on 3-25 (NOH)
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird 2 in Marblemount on 4-1 (RM)
Mountain Bluebird 2 on Minkler Flats on 3-27 (GB); 19 in Rockport on 4-1 (RM); 11 in the Sauk Valley on 4-1 (RM)
Townsend's Solitaire 1 at corner of 9th and G in Anacortes on 4-5 (JOC); 1 in Alice Bay yard, Samish Island 4-9 to 4-14 (THA); 1 in Concrete on 4-15 (GB)
WARBLERS
Common Yellowthroat 1 in Lyman on 4-6 (GB); I at mile 2 Centennial Trail on 4-9 (PP)
SPARROWS and ALLIES
Chipping Sparrow 1 in Burlington on 4-17 (GB)
Dark-eyed Junco 1 slate-colored in Camano Island yard on 4-2 (PP)
FINCHES and ALLIES
Evening Grosbeak 2 at Bryson Road on 3-25 (GB)
MAMMALS
River Otter 2 off the Guemes Channel Trail on 4-12 (NOH)
Beaver 2 at Lake Erie on 4-12 (NOH)
Mink 4 at Lake Erie on 4-12 (NOH)
Coyote heard in Anacortes neighborhood and another on the SHIP trail on 4-12 (NOH)
(THA) Thais & Howard Armstrong; (GB) Gary Bletsch; (RM) Ryan Merrill; (JOC) John O’Connell; (NOH) Neil O’Hara; (PP) Pam Pritzl