Skagit Audubon Field Notes
- Details
- Last Updated: October 20, 2022
compiled by Ann Skinner
This column reports a summary of selected sightings. Rare sightings should be submitted with detailed written documentation and if possible, a photograph. A second person to verify rare sightings is encouraged. Do not hesitate to contact any observer to help document unusual sightings.
Please submit your sightings to birdsightings@skagitaudubon.org. For recent updates on bird sightings, check out ABA Tweeters and Skagit County Ebird List on the SAS website (Birding menu, Bird Sightings submenu).
PIGEONS and DOVES
Mourning Doves (10) EFBA, 9/16 (RW)
NIGHTWAWKS/SWIFTS
Common Nighthawk (1) EFBA, 9/26 (RW)
HERONS, EGRETS
Great Egret,(1) Alice Bay, 9/14 & 9/26 (HAT)
HAWKS, EAGLES and ALLIES
Cooper’s Hawk, (1) EFBA 9/23 (RW); Stanwood home, 10/3 (JS)
OWLS
Barred Owls (2) Stanwood home 9/26 (MS/JS)
WOODPECKERS
Hairy Woodpecker (1) EFBA, 9/16 (RW)
Pileated Woodpecker (1) W Anacortes yard, 10/21 (JB)
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher (1) Stanwood home, 9/24 &10/2 (MS)
CORVIDS
Western Scrub Jay (1) Samish Island home 9/10 (HAT), Anacortes Skyline area, 10/25 (JB)
BUSHTIT/KINGLETS
Ruby & Golden-crowned Kinglets, EFBA, 9/27 (RW)
NUTHATCHES/CREEPERS
Brown Creeper (2) Stanwood home 10/1 (MS)
Red Breasted Nuthatch (2) Stanwood home, 10/1 (MS/JS)
WRENS
Pacific Wren, (1) EFBA, 9/30 (RW)
THRUSHES
Townsend’s Solitaire (2) EFBA, 9/23 (RW)
Townsend’s Solitaire (2) W Anacortes yard 10/29 (JB)
Hermit Thrushes (3 together!), Cap Sante 9/16 (JH)
Varied Thrush (1) EFBA, 10/1 (RW)
FINCHES & SPARROWS
Fox Sparrow, EFBA, 9/13 (RW)
Golden crowned Sparrows, W Anacortes yard, 10/22 (JB)
Leucistic Song Sparrow, (1) WA Park, 10/3 (JH)
WARBLERS
Yellow-rumped Warbler, EFBA, 9/26 (RW)
(EFBA) East Fidalgo Bay Area; (FIFR) Fir Island Farm Reserve aka Hayton Reserve; (LM) Libby Mills; (JS) Jeff Sinker; (MS) Mary Sinker; (SAS) Skagit Audubon Society Field Trip; (RW) Regan Weeks; (RM) Ryan Merrill (JB) Jane Brandt; (HAT) Howard & Thais Armstrong; (JH) Joe Halton