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
To download the Audubon Bird Guide, go to: www.audubon.org/apps
WATERFOWL
Wood Duck 5 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); 9 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 and 5-13 (MS); 4 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
Cinnamon Teal 7 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-24 (NOH); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 and 5-13 (MS); 5 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
Northern Shoveler 4 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-13 (MS)
Gadwall 1 male hybrid Gadwall x American Wigeon at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-12 (GB)
Surf Scoter 1 at Tommy Thompson Trail, Anacortes on 4-18 (RWJ)
Long-tailed Duck 3 at March Point on 4-28 (GB)
Bufflehead 7 at Tommy Thompson Trail, Anacortes on 4-18 (RWJ)
Common Goldeneye 1 at Bay View SP on 5-5 (GB)
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe 1 at Northern State Recreation Area on 4-22 (NOH)
PIGEONS and DOVES
Band-tailed Pigeon 6 at east Stanwood home on 5-12 and continuing (MS)
RAILS and COOTS
Virginia Rail 3 at Northern State Recreation Area on 4-22 (NOH)
Sora 1 on Butler Flats on 4-15 (GB); 2 at Northern State Recreation Area on 4-22 (NOH)
STILTS and AVOCETS
American Avocet 1 at Hayton Reserve on 4-28 and 5-12 (GB) RARE
OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher 2 at Kukutali Reserve on 5-12 (NOH)
PLOVERS
Semipalmated Plover 8 at Hayton Reserve on 4-28 (GB)
Killdeer 2 adults on nest with 4 eggs at Hayton Reserve on 5-13 (MS)
SANDPIPERS and ALLIES
Whimbrel 8 AT Hayton Reserve on 4-28 (GB); 92 on Rekdal Road farm field, Camano Island on 5-6 (AT); 12 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (MS); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-13 (MS); 250 on Camano Island farm field at junction Highway 532/Heichel Road on 5-18 (PP); 80 at junction of Rekdal/Utsalady Road, Camano Island on 5-19 (SP)
Marbled Godwit 7 at March Point on 4-13 (GB)
Dunlin 16 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-24 (NOH); 12 at Hayton Reserve on 5-14 (NOH)
Least Sandpiper 12 at Hayton Reserve on 5-5 (MS)
Western Sandpiper 18 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-24 (NOH)
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-24 (NOH)
Greater Yellowlegs 9 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough)on 5-6 (MS); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-13 (MS)
GULLS and TERNS
Caspian Tern 25 at Hayton Reserve on 5-6 and 6 on 5-13 (MS); 7at Hayton Reserve on 5-14 (NOH)
LOONS
Common Loon 2 at Tommy Thomson Trail, Anacortes on 4-18 (RWJ)
CORMORANTS
Brandt's Cormorant 40 off Cypress Island on 4-20 (GB)
PELICANS
American White Pelican 7 at South March Point on 4-27 (NOH); 2 at March Point on 4-28 (GB)
HERONS and ALLIES
American Bittern 1 at Northern State Recreation Area on 5-12 (GB)
Great Egret 3 just east of Whitney-LA Conner Road/SR 20 junction on 5-13 (GB)
VULTURES
Turkey Vulture 1 at Northern State Recreation Area on 4-22 (NOH); 2 at Kukutali Reserve on 5-12 (NOH)
OSPREYS
Osprey 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
HAWKS, EAGLES and ALLIES
Northern Harrier 1 at east Stanwood home on 5-13 (MS); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 at the East 90, Samish Flats on 5-1 (AW)
Northern Goshawk 1 adult at Ilabot Creek Road on 5-12 (GB) RARE
Rough-legged Hawk 1 at the East 90, Samish Flats on 5-1 (AW)
WOODPECKERS
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 at east Stanwood home on 5-16 (MS)
FALCONS
Peregrine Falcon 1 at Ship Harbor Interpretive Center, Anacortes on 5-5 (NOH)
FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 calling at Camano Island home on 5-15 and 16 (PP)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2 at Kukutali Reserve on 5-12 (NOH)
Black Phoebe 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
Say's Phoebe 1 on Sauk Prairie on 4-14 (GB)
VIREOS
Hutton's Vireo 1 at the Padilla Bay Upland Trail on 5-1 (AW); 1 at Camano Island home on 5-16 (PP)
SWALLOWS
Purple Martin about 20 at English Boom, Camano Island on 4-29 (AT)
Cliff Swallow 1 in flooded field along Bay View-Edison Road on 5-1 (AW)
BUSHTITS
Bushtit 1 at Ship Harbor Interpretive Center, Anacortes on 5-5 (NOH)
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 at east Stanwood home on 5-12 and 5-15 (MS)
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper 1 at east Stanwood home on 5-11 and 5-13 (MS)
WRENS
House Wren 1 near Cockreham Island on 5-6 and 5-7 (GB)
Pacific Wren 1 at Padilla Bay Upland Trail on 4-27 (NOH); 2 at east Stanwood home on 5-11 (MS)
Bewick's Wren 1 at Padilla Bay Upland Trail on 4-27 (NOH)
THRUSHES
Swainson's Thrush 1 at Camano Island home on 5-13 and continuing (PP); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
WAXWINGS
Cedar Waxwing 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
FINCHES and ALLIES
Evening Grosbeak 12 at east Stanwood home on 5-13 and continuing (MS)
Cassin's Finch pair at feeder at east Fidalgo home on 5-5 to 5-7 (RW)
American Goldfinch 17 at east Stanwood home on 5-8 and continuing (MS); several feeding on dandelion fluff at Bow home on 5-17 (KR)
SPARROWS and ALLIES
Grasshopper Sparrow 1 at Marblemount on 4-29 (GB) RARE
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 at Tommy Thompson trail, Anacortes on 4-18 (RWJ)
BLACKBIRDS and ORIOLES
Bullock's Oriole 4 at Bow home on 5-11 (KR)
WARBLERS
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 at Kukutali Reserve on 5-12 (NOH)
Common Yellowthroat 2 at Northern State Recreation Area on 4-22 (NOH); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-24 (NOH); 1 at Padilla Bay Upland Trail on 4-27 (NOH); 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
Yellow Warbler 1 male at La Conner home on 4-21 (RWJ); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); 1 at Ship Harbor Interpretive Center, Anacortes on 5-13 (NOH); 5 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 “Audubon’s” at Northern State Recreation Area on 4-22; 3 “Audubon’s” at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 4-24 (NOH); 1 “Audubon’s” at Padilla Bay Upland Trail on 4-27 (NOH); 1 at Ship Harbor Interpretive Center, Anacortes on 5-5 (NOH); several at Burlington home on 4-28 (LE); 11 “Audubon’s” at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH)
Townsend's Warbler 1 on the Padilla Bay Upland Trail on 5-1 (AW)
Wilson's Warbler 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); 1 at Kukutali Reserve on 5-12 (NOH); 1 at Camano Island home 5-16 and continuing (PP)
TANAGERS and ALLIES
Western Tanager 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); several at Bow home on 5-11 (KR)
Black-headed Grosbeak 1 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-6 (NOH); 8 at east Stanwood home on 5-13 and continuing (MS); 2 at Skagit Wildlife Area (Wylie Slough) on 5-14 (NOH)
MAMMALS
Bobcat 1 at Martin Ranch Road on 4-21 and 5-5 (GB)
(GB) Gary Bletsch; (LE) Larry Edwards; (NOH) Neil O’Hara; (RWJ) Rosi & Wes Jansen; (KR) Kerry Rye; (PP) Pam Pritzl; (SP) Sheila Pera; (MS) Mary Sinker; (AT) Alice Turner; (AW) Andrea Warner; (RW) Regan Weeks