Skagit Audubon Field Notes
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- Last Updated: September 21, 2023
Compiled by Ann Skinner
8/20/23 – 9/19/23
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).
SHOREBIRDS
Stilt sandpiper (2) Channel Dr., 9/4 (MS/JS)
Wandering tattler (1) RS, 8/24 (DH)
Spotted sandpiper (2) CI Secret Harbor, 8/25 (TM)
RAPTORS/VULTURES
Osprey (4) EFI- in flight, 8/20 (RW)
Cooper’s hawk (1) EFI, 9/7 (RW)
OWLS
Great-horned owl (2) EFI, 8/25 (RW)
Northern pygmy owl (1) SA, 9/5 (MS)
Barred owl, (2) PTF, 8/27 (MS/JS)
NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS
Red-breasted nuthatch (2) EFI, daily (AS)
White-breasted nuthatch (1) Cap Sante, 9/19 (JH)
WOODPECKERS
Red-breasted sapsucker (3) SA, 9/9 (MS)
Pileated woodpecker (3) EFI, 8/29 (RW)
FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided flycatcher (1) EFI, 9/4 (RW)
CORVIDS
California scrub-jay (1) 9/10, MV (DH), daily (TM)
Steller’s jay (2) 8/26, EFI (RW)
CHICKADEES
Chestnut-backed chickadee (2) EFI, daily (AS)
Black-capped chickadee (3-4) EFI, daily (AS)
LARKS, SWALLOWS
Purple martins (6) EFI- in flight, 9/3 (RW)
THRUSHES
Varied thrush (song) EFI, 9/5 (RW)
FINCHES, SPARROWS
Spotted towhee (2) EFI, daily (AS)
Black-headed grosbeak (2) EFI, 8/26 (RW)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (3) CI Secret Harbor, 8/25 (TM)
WARBLERS
Yellow-rumped warbler (1) CI, 9/8 (AS)
Orange-crowned warbler (1) EFI, 8/26 (RW)
Wilson’s warbler (2) EFI, 8/25 (RW)
Black-throated grey warbler (1) EFI, 9/12 (RW)
Yellow warbler (2) EFI, 8/20 (RW)
Townsend’s warbler (1) EFI, 8/25 (RW)
TANAGERS/GROSBEAKS/BUNTINGS
Western Tanager (2) EFI, 9/12 (RW)
(SHIP) Ship Harbor; (SF) Samish Flats; (CL) Cranberry Lake; (EFI) East Fidalgo Island; (CISP) Camano Island State Park; (CS) Cap Sante; (PB) Padilla Bay; (RS) Rosario Strait (MV) Mount Vernon; (PTF) Pilchuck Tree Farm, Stanwood; (GV) Guemes Valley; (BUR) Burlington; (BLCA) Barney Lake Conservation Area (CI) Cypress Island ; (SA) Stanwood Area; (JS) Jeff Sinker; (MS) Mary Sinker; (AS) Ann Skinner; (RW) Regan Weeks (DH) Diana Hoffman (JH) Joe Halton