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.
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Ebird for Skagit County : Ebird List
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WATERFOWL
Wood Duck 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-30 (MS); 4 pair observed in field since the first week of April near the Cascade Trail at Minkler and Harrison (DW)
Ring-necked Duck 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-25 (NOH); 5 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-30 (MS); 6 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-31 (NOH); 7 at Skagit Wildlife Area on 4-6 (NOH)
Harlequin Duck 7 at Rosario Beach on 4-2 (NOH)
Hooded Merganser 2 at Hayton Access on 3-25 (NOH); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-31 (NOH)
Common Merganser large flock at Milepost 4 on south Skagit River on 4-6 (JL)
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-31 (NOH)
Horned Grebe 1 at Rosario Beach on 4-2 (NOH)
RAILS and COOTS
Virginia Rail 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-31 (NOH)
OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher 3 at Rosario Beach on 4-2 (NOH)
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover 27 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Hayton Access) on 3-25 (NOH)
SANDPIPERS and ALLIES
Marbled Godwit 7 on north spoils island from E. March Point road on 4-9 (RW, SP)
Western Sandpiper 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-8 (GB)
Greater Yellowlegs 36 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-25 (NOH)
LOONS
Red-throated Loon 1 at Rosario Beach on 4-2 (NOH)
Pacific Loon 1 at Rosario Head on 4-5 (GB)
Common Loon 1 at Rosario Beach on 4-2 (NOH)
HERONS and ALLIES
American Bittern 1 flying from the Helmick Road wetlands on 4-15 (DW)
VULTURES
Turkey Vulture 2 at Rosario Beach on 4-2 (NOH)
OSPREYS
Osprey back at Ship Harbor, Anacortes on 4-10 (LT)
HAWKS, EAGLES and ALLIES
Cooper's Hawk 1 juvenile at east Fidalgo home on 3-28 (RW); 1 male at east Fidalgo home on 4-1 (RW)
Northern Goshawk 1 at Concrete Airport on 4-1 (GB)
Rough-legged Hawk 1 “dark-morph” at east 90, Samish Flats on 3-22 (AW); 2 on the Samish Flats on 3-24 (NOH)
Golden Eagle 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Big Ditch) on 4-6 (LT)
WOODPECKERS
Downy Woodpecker 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-6 (NOH)
FALCONS
Peregrine Falcon 1 adult at Corkindale Creek on 3-21 (AW); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-25 (NOH); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-31 (NOH)
FLYCATCHERS
Say's Phoebe 1 near Lutheran Church on Church Road on 3-22 (AW); 1 at Bryson Road on 4-3 (GB)
SHRIKES
Northern Shrike 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-31 (NOH); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Hayton Access) on 4-6 (JH)
SWALLOWS
Cliff Swallow 10 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-8 (GB)
WRENS
Bewick's Wren 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-6 (NOH)
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 3-31 (NOH); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-6 (NOH)
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird 1 at Darrington on 3-18 (RM)
Mountain Bluebird 10 at Rockport on 3-31 (RM)
LONGSPURS and BUNTINGS
Snow Bunting 1 at Rockport on 3-18 (RM)
SPARROWS and ALLIES
White-crowned Sparrow 3 in Camano Island yard on 4-2 (SRP)
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 in alternate plumage (breeding) at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-6 (NOH); 2 in Burlington yard on 4-12 (LE)
Dark-eyed Junco 1 wintering “slate-colored”, last seen at east Fidalgo home on 4-2 (RW); 2 “slate-colored at Cap Sante, Anacortes home on 4-10 (JH); 1 “slate-colored” on Pleasant Ridge on 4-6 (JH)
WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 in Bay View on 4-10 (LM)
Yellow Warbler 1 singing at east Fidalgo home on 4-2 (RW)
CRITTERS
Northern Alligator Lizard first of year at east Fidalgo home on 4-2 (RW)
(GB) Gary Bletsch; (LE) Larry Edwards; (JH) Joe Halton; (LM) Libby Mills; (NOH) Neil O’Hara; (JL) Jean Leib; (RM) Ryan Merrill; (SRP) Sheila and Ron Pera; (SP) Scott Petersen; (MS) Mary Sinker; (LT) Linda Talman; (AW) Andrea Warner; (DW) Daria Wheatley; (RW) Regan Weeks