Birding in Neighborhoods North–Summer Sightings
Field Trip Reports Nancy Luenn Field Trip Reports Nancy Luenn

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.

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Birding in Neighborhoods - North Report
Field Trip Reports Nancy Luenn Field Trip Reports Nancy Luenn

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.…

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Birding in Neighborhoods - North Report
Field Trip Reports Denise Marion Field Trip Reports Denise Marion

Birding in Neighborhoods - North Report

In spite of the cold and windy weather, eight birders joined the BINN outing on March 12. We visited three marine environments and were rewarded by seeing 29 species.

Our first stop was Mueller Beach Access on Madrona Way to see what birds were sheltering in Penn Cove. There we found numerous Common Goldeneye and a few Barrow’s Goldeneye, Scaup and Bufflehead….

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Birding in Neighborhoods - North Report
Field Trip Reports Denise Marion Field Trip Reports Denise Marion

Birding in Neighborhoods - North Report

On February 12, five hardy birders donned appropriate clothing and braved the cold to walk the Windjammer Park shoreline to Flintstone Park. We were rewarded with a gorgeous blue sky and more than 1,000 American Wigeons (by Denise’s count) grazing on the lawn and swimming in the lagoon and in the harbor. It was the most thrilling sight and sound (!) when the Wigeons took flight all around us. ….

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