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Are birds facing extinction? The Messenger is a 90-minute documentary by award-winning filmmaker Su Reynard (Dream Machine, Cardia) about the struggle of songbirds worldwide to survive in turbulent environmental conditions brought about by humans and argues that their demise could signify the crash of the ecosystems globally, akin to the disappearance of honey bees and the melting of the glaciers. A panel of Whidbey Audubon Society members will answer questions and discuss what can be done about the bird population decline afterwards. A suggested donation of $5 is requested. Date: October 1. Doors open to the theater at 12:30 p.m. The Clyde Theatre is located at 217 First Street in Langley at the south end of Whidbey Island. To learn more about this film visit the website http://www.songbirdsos.com
Reporter's name: Mike Wile
Sighting Description: My father, Darwin, and I found a very cooperative basic plumaged Lapland Longspur on the lower path of the west dike of Deer Lagoon.
Location: Lower path of west dike of Deer lagoon.
Date and time: 9/19/2016 16:00
Above comment submitted Sep 20, 2016
Reporter's name: Linda McFarlane
Sighting Description: Last few mornings a pair of common loons feeding close to shore.
Location: Baby Island, End of Saratoga Rod
Date and time: 9.20.16
Above comment submitted Sep 20, 2016
Reporter's name: Steve Ellis
Sighting Description: I heard a Northern Saw-whet Owl tooting loudly Friday morning and then today saw the 1st Hermit Thrush of the season, both in Ft Ebey State Park.
Location: Ft Ebey- Mainline Trail (owl) Bluff Trail (hermit Thrush
Date and time: 9/16 4:45 am 9/17 10:30am
Above comment submitted Sep 17, 2016
Reporter's name: Sara Gray
Sighting Description: Geese - hundreds of them flying over Coupeville at 7:38 PM. We were watching TV and heard a really loud ruckus outside. We ran to the door and there they were flying low and to the North toward Oak Harbor. Summer's over!
Location: Coupeville next to the Elementary School on South Main Street.
Date and time: 9/16/2016 at 7:38 pm
Above comment submitted Sep 16, 2016
Reporter's name: Sara Gray
Sighting Description: Getting ready for supper heard and unusual sound and looking out the door (we live in Coupeville near the elementary school) we saw about thirty swans flying overhead in a v formation. Their long, long necks gave them away1
Location: flying over football field in Coupeville
Date and time: 9/14/2016 around 6:15 pm
Above comment submitted Sep 14, 2016
Reporter's name: Darwin Wile
Sighting Description: great egret, off Sunlight Beach, foraging among the great blue herons and gulls
Location: Sunlight Beach, Useless Bay
Date and time: 9/14/16; 8:20am
Above comment submitted Sep 14, 2016
Reporter's name: Ruth Richards
Sighting Description: Horned Lark - flock of 8 on the lower road, West Dike. The 3 individuals we saw closer up were very pale, and in a molt that we have not often seen. From what we can find in the literature, these were juveniles going through preformative molt into basic adult plumage. None of the birds showed any yellow on the face.
Location: Deer Lagoon
Date and time: September 13, 5:30 pm
Above comment submitted Sep 14, 2016
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: South Polar Skua, seen from the Port Townsend to Coupeville Ferry.
Location: The bird suddenly appeared off the starboard side of the ferry as seen from the bow deck. It flew along side and and then ahead until it disappeared. Just after being seen the bird was approached from the rear by a Glaucous-winged Gull, which gave a good indication of the skua's noticeably smaller size. Barrel-chested, broad-winged, short-tailed and uniformly medium brown, the ID giveaway were the two wide white patches at the base of the primaries. The patches could be seen on both the upper and lower wing surfaces. The wing-beats were full and powerful. e-Bird records show four previous Puget Sound sightings between 1982 and this year, two of which were from Protection Island.
Date and time: September 12, 2016 at about 3:45 p.m.
Above comment submitted Sep 13, 2016
Reporter's name: Darwin Wile
Sighting Description: Great egret just returned to Deer Lagoon. Landed about 30 yards east of the west dike. Was being harassed by a gbh.
Location: Deer Lagoon
Date and time: 9/12/16, 10:30 am
Above comment submitted Sep 12, 2016
Reporter's name: Darwin Wile
Sighting Description: Pelicans: the "in trouble" bird seems to be fine. Early this morning all three pelicans were foraging off Sunlight Beach. About 9:00 am they returned to the fresh water side of the west dike. Near them was a solitary, non-breeding plumage red-necked phalarope.
Location: Deer Lagoon
Date and time: 9/12/16, 8:30 to 9:30 am
Above comment submitted Sep 12, 2016
Reporter's name: Darwin Wile
Sighting Description: Just after sunset (7:15-7:45), 3 pelicans near the West Dike of Deer Lagoon. Two of them foraging, the third crunched down, as earlier, on an islet. Probably alive since I could see an open eye. He does not look very lively, and I wonder if the bird needs help. Searched along Double Bluff Road and Useless Bay from Sunlight Road and saw no more pelicans.
Location: West of West Dike of Deer Lagoon
Date and time: 9/11/16, 7:15-7:45 pm
Above comment submitted Sep 11, 2016
Reporter's name: Darwin Wile
Sighting Description: About 9:00 this morning there were 50 or so pelicans foraging in Useless Bay off Sunlight beach. By 11:00 they were gone. I went down to the west dike where there were only two birds---one of them was immobile on the shore of an island, seemingly very ill or dead. The other bird seemed to be healthy and was attempting to tend to his pal or mate or whatever. I drove down Bluff Road, but there were no more birds behind the island. So the pelican count for the Deer Lagoon area around noon today was 2 birds. I'll go back down to the west dike later this afternoon.
Location: Deer Lagoon
Date and time: 9/11/16; 12:45 pm
Above comment submitted Sep 11, 2016
Reporter's name: Darwin Wile
Sighting Description: great egret
Location: near the east dike
Date and time: 9/10/16, about 11:00 am
Above comment submitted Sep 10, 2016
Reporter's name: Barbara Paul
Sighting Description: 2 american pipits
Location: Dike at Deer Lagoon
Date and time: 5 September abot 4:15 pm
Above comment submitted Sep 5, 2016
Reporter's name: Joe Sheldon
Sighting Description: Binocular and hat found on picnic table at Ebey's Landing State Park. Please call 360-678-9060 to confirm your loss and be re-united with the lost items.
Location: picnic area at Ebey's Landing State Park
Date and time: about August 19, 2016
Above comment submitted Sep 5, 2016
Reporter's name: Steven Rutherford
Sighting Description: We flushed a Great Egret out from the fresh water west of the southern part of the dyke.
Location: Deer Lagoon West Dyke
Confirmation: Already seen on past days.
Date and time: 9/4/2016 at 1:30
Above comment submitted Sep 4, 2016
Reporter's name: Laurie Sirotkin
Sighting Description: Black-throated Gray Warbler - near birdbath, near to vegetable garden bordering neighbor's woods.
Location: Teronda West
Date and time: 09.02.16 5:30 PM
Above comment submitted Sep 2, 2016.
Reporter's name: Cindy Willis
Sighting Description: Great Egret at Deer Lagoon, 12:30 pm 9/2/16. Another person saw it fly in about 12 pm. Actively feeding in lagoon. Seen from west dike.
Location: Deer Lagoon, west dike
Date and time: 12:30 pm, 9/2/16
Above comment submitted Sep 2, 2016
Reporter's name: Darwin Wile
Sighting Description: 200 white pelicans, low tide, foraging off Sunlight Beach Road. 75 of them were walking about on an ephemeral sand island. Good looks with a scope revealed no leg bands. The other 125 were foraging in shallow water near by. When they dipped their heads in the sea, their rear ends would go up and lift their legs out of the water. Fairly good looks at about a third of them revealed no leg bands.
Location: Useless Bay off Sunlight Beach Road
Date and time: 8/22/16; 3:30 pm
Above comment submitted Aug 22, 2016
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Birding In The Neighborhoods - Weekly Field Trips
South Whidbey
The trips are every other Thursday and the meeting time varies with the season. If you would like to be notified of the events, contact Phyllis Kind (email).
North Whidbey
The trips are on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. If you wish to be notified of the events, contact Marcia Lazoff (email).
Saturday, October 1: Special Event
The Messenger
Are birds facing extinction? The Messenger is a 90-minute documentary by award-winning filmmaker Su Reynard (Dream Machine, Cardia), about the struggle of songbirds worldwide to survive in turbulent environmental conditions brought about by humans and argues that their demise could signify the crash of the ecosystems globally, akin to the disappearance of honey bees and the melting of the glaciers. A panel of Whidbey Audubon Society members will answer questions and discuss what can be done about the bird population decline afterwards. A suggested donation of $5 is requested. Doors open to the theater at 12:30 p.m. The Clyde Theatre is located at 217 First Street in Langley at the south end of Whidbey Island. To learn more about this film visit the website songbirdsos.com.
Thursday, October 13: Meeting
The Salish Sea, Jewel of the Pacific Northwest
Joe Gaydos, lead scientist of the SeaDoc Society, describes its mission to protect the health of marine wildlife and their ecosystems through science and education. The organization conducts and sponsors scientific research in the inland waters of the Pacific Northwest. Gaydos will have copies of his recent book, The Salish Sea, Jewel of the Pacific Northwest, available for sale and signing. This is the regular monthly membership meeting, open to the public, at the Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 NW Alexander Street, doors open at 7 p.m. and the free program begins at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 15: Field Trip
Discover Fidalgo
Explore our neighboring island's shores, forests and lakes. Meet at Oak Harbor City Beach at 8:00am for this 1/2 day trip (note the early time). Carpools are a must and each vehicle will need a Discover Pass. Some walking. Fall migration should be in full swing so the birding should be excellent!
Steve Ellis
360-678-2264. Leave message if more info is wanted.
Saturday, October 22: Field Trip
BIRD THE WATERS OF ADMIRALTY INLET BY FERRY
Join Jay Adams for this unique
birding field trip across the waters of Admiralty Inlet from the
Coupeville ferry dock to Port Townsend. The group meets at
8:30 a.m. at the Keystone ferry parking lot (bring your Discover Pass) for some birding around the harbor and across the
street at Crockett Lake. We will ride the 9:30 a.m. ferry to
Port Townsend and return on the 10:15 a.m. ferry. The trip is
limited to 10 participants; please contact Jay Adams directly by email
to reserve your space.
Saturday Nov. 5, 2016: Field Trip
Welcome back the Ducks at Deer Lagoon
Join Ann Casey as we welcome back our waterfowl friends and check out other species at Deer Lagoon. Meet at the Bayview Park and Ride at 9am for this morning field trip to one of the Important Bird Areas on Whidbey Island. Please bring a birding scope if you have one
Saturday Nov 19, 2016: Field Trip
Birding Admiralty Inlet by Ferry
Join Jay Adams for this
birding field trip across the waters of Admiralty Inlet from the
Coupeville ferry dock to Port Townsend. The group meets at
8:30 a.m. at the Keystone ferry parking lot (bring your Discover Pass) for some birding around the harbor and across the
street at Crockett Lake. We will ride the 9:30 a.m. ferry to
Port Townsend and return on the 10:15 a.m. ferry. The trip is
limited to 10 participants; please contact Jay Adams directly by email
to reserve your space.
Saturday Dec. 17, 2016
Annual Christmas Bird Count North end
More details soon.
Saturday Dec. 31, 2016
Annual Christmas Bird Count South end
More details soon.
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