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Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: American Golden Plover
Location: A juvenile bird feeding with a juvenile Black-bellied Plover on the extensive mudflats well across from and to the northeast of the viewing platform at Crockett Lake
Confirmation: Compared to the Black-bellied Plover, the AMGP was smaller with a dark cap that set off a bold white supercillium. The golden plover also had a smaller, somewhat stubbier bill, a darker mantle and underparts, and primary tips that extended well beyond the tail.
Date and time: September 15, 2019 at approximately 2:45 p.m.
Comment submitted Sep 15, 2019
Reporter's name: Steve Ellis
Sighting Description: We found a Hermit Thrush along a path in Trillium Community Forest. While not rare, this is the 1st of the season and earlier than normal.
Location: Dragonfly Glade Trail, Trillium Community Forest
Date and time: 9/02/2019
Comment submitted Sep 2, 2019
Reporter's name: Linda Griesbach
Sighting Description: Great egret seen with great blue heron.
Location: Deer Lagoon, east of the eastern dike, south end.
Date and time: September 1; 8:45 a.m.
Photo Title: Great egret and great blue heron
Comment submitted Sep 1, 2019
Reporter's name: Linda Griesbach
Sighting Description: Great egret and great blue heron (sending with Photo #2)
Location: Deer Lagoon
Date and time: September 1 at 8:45 a.m.
Photo Title: Solo great egret
Comment submitted Sep 1, 2019
Reporter's name: darwin wile
Sighting Description: great egret; foraging near the flock of pelicans
Location: fresh water side of west dike of Deer Lagoon
Date and time: August 31, 2019, 3:00 pm
Comment submitted Aug 31, 2019
Reporter's name: Nancy Van Wormer
Sighting Description: A lone Great Egret was feeding in Deer Lagoon with gulls and Pelicans
Location: Deer Lagoon
Date and time: 8/31/19 7:30 A.M.
Comment submitted Aug 31, 2019
Reporter's name: Frances Wood
Sighting Description: Green Heron (juvenile or !st Summer) We clearly saw the bird in good lighting. It was standing at the water's edge at low tide. After watching it for several minutes it flew to the south along the shore.
Location: Langley Marina near boat launch
Confirmation: I am very familiar with this species. Bill Graves was with me and he confirmed the identification.
Date and time: 8/29/19 10:30am
Comment submitted Aug 29, 2019
Reporter's name: Mary Jo Adams
Sighting Description: I saw a black-throated gray warbler at our birdbath this morning.
Location: Near intersection of Hwy 20 and Fakkema Road.
Date and time: 8/28/19 10 am
Photo Title: Black-throated gray warbler
Comment submitted Aug 28, 2019
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: Marbled Godwit. Identified by its very long bi-colored bill, overall buffy upper parts and cinnamon-toned wing linings.
Location: Seen with six Whimbrel on the south shore of Crockett Lake in the area between the viewing platform and the long line of pilings. The birds flew east and out of sight as we watched.
Confirmation: According to eBird this is probably the sixth Marbled Godwit at Crockett Lake since 2009. The species is considered to be rare on both the Whidbey Audubon and the Washington Birder checklists.
Date and time: August 22, 2019 at approximately 9:30 a.m.
Comment submitted Aug 22, 2019
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: Yellow-headed Blackbird
Location: In and around the cattails at the eastern end of Crockett Lake.
Confirmation: Washington Birder lists this species as being rare in Island County. The WAS checklist lists the bird as occasional in spring, summer and fall. To my knowledge YHBL has been seen at various locations (Deer Lagoon, Lone Lake, Crockett Lake) during each of the last three years.
Date and time: August 18, 2019 at approximately 9:30. Note:the bird was seen but not reported by another birder on August 17.
Comment submitted Aug 19, 2019
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: Red Knot, feeding with two Western Sandpipers in shallow water.
Location: Southeast end of Crockett Lake, just west of the viewing platform.
Confirmation: Red Knot is listed as 'accidental" in the fall on the WAS checklist and as "rare" on the Washington Birder checklist for Island County. The bird was not relocated this morning.
Date and time: August 18, 2019 at approximately 10:00 a.m.
Comment submitted Aug 19, 2019
Reporter's name: Mary Hollen
Sighting Description: Possible Song Sparrow fledgling. Need help identifying, to
confirm nesting in this neighborhood. Please post here if you can ID.
Location: Steelhead Drive, Lagoon Point, Whidbey Island WA
Date and time: August 5, 2019 about 6:30pm
Photo Title: Song sparrow fledgling?
Comment submitted Aug 11, 2019
Response from Linda Bainbridge:
Unfortunately, Mary, it looks like a young Brown-headed Cowbird. Just two days ago I
saw a junco feeding one. They are large and noisy beggars.
Comment submitted Aug 12, 2019
Reporter's name: George Heleker
Sighting Description: Now that August has arrived, the warblers are arriving too,
especially within the chickadee flocks. Birding this morning in our yard, I had found
no warblers and the birding was slow. I checked our pond area which is in the woods
but near the edge of our field, and it was unusually quiet. When I checked again 15
minutes later, 12+ chickadees, mostly Chestnut-backed had arrived, which raised my
chances of warbler sightings considerably. Nearly every bird present took at least
one bath.
Within 30 minutes, I had seen 3 Townsend's warblers, 3 Orange-crowned Warblers (one
of them entirely gray-headed and the darkest Orange-crowned I have seen), 1 female
Black-throated Gray, 2 Wilson's, and 1 Yellow-rumped.
Other birds seen at the same time by the pond were Brown Creepers (three bathing
together) 2 Hutton's Vireos, 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets (they couldn't get enough of
the water), 2 Swainson's Thrushes, 4 Song Sparrows, 2 Spotted Towhees, 2 Robins, an
Anna's Hummingbird flycatching, 5 nuthatches, 1 Pacific slope Flycatcher, 2 Bewick's
Wrens, 1 Downy Woodpecker, and 2 flickers.
Location: Two miles southwest of Clinton
Date and time: August 9th. 11:00-11:30 a.m.
Comment submitted Aug 9, 2019
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: Green Heron. First seen in mid-afternoon by a friend. When we
got the news some four hours later we decided to check the location on the odd chance
the bird might still be around. Of course it wasn't, but then, it was. We were almost
back to the car when the bird flew in from the east and perched on a small piece of
wood in the channel. We photographed it there. After several minutes, the bird flew
off, only to return as we got in the car. We left it feeding along the channel's
eastern bank.
Location: Tide Gate Channel next to Callen's Restaurant, across from the Coupeville
Ferry terminal.
Confirmation: This is the second Green Heron seen on Whidbey in the past four days.
The earlier report was from Deer Lagoon.
Date and time: August 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Photo Title: Green Heron
Comment submitted Aug 7, 2019
Reporter's name: Patrick Kline
Sighting Description: Sizable flock of bushtits arrived at suet feeders today. First
time seeing them in these numbers, at least 8 seen at one time.
Location: Pennington Loop, Coupeville
Date and time: 4AUG19, 738 PM
Photo Title: Bushtits at feeder
Comment submitted Aug 4, 2019
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: Green Heron, perched in a snag off the trial from the end of
Deer Lagoon Road to the West Dike. Seen by Michael Sheldon and me. Michael's photo of
the bird is attached.
Location: Deer Lagoon
Confirmation: The Whidbey Audubon checklist lists this species as being accidental
here in the summer. Green Heron is a Code 4 (meaning rare) bird for Island County on
the Washington Birder checklist.
Date and time: August 4, 2019 at about 10:00 a.m.
Photo Title: Michael Sheldon Photo/Green Heron
Comment submitted Aug 4, 2019
Reporter's name: Dave Parent
Sighting Description: Hudsonian Godwit reported by Jay Adams still present at 7am at
the northeast corner of Crockett Lake associating with dowitchers.
Location: NE Corner of Crockett Lake
Date and time: 8/3/19 7am
Comment submitted Aug 3, 2019
Reporter's name: Albert Rose
Sighting Description: I was tucked away in the rushes at Deer Lagoon, watching
Pelicans and Bonaparte's Gulls, when out of the corner of my eye, near my feet I saw
some movement, it was a Virginia Rail checking things out.
Location: Deer Lagoon
Date and time: 7 31 19 about noon
Photo Title: Virginia Rail
Comment submitted Aug 1, 2019
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: Hudsonian Godwit feeding with Long-billed Dowitchers and
Western Sandpipers.
Location: Northeastern end of Crockett Lake
Confirmation: According to eBird, this may be just the second of HUGO on Whidbey. The
species is not included on the official Whidbey Audubon checklist. It is listed on
the Washington Birder site as a code 5 bird - fewer than 5 records for Island County.
Date and time: 8:00 a.m.
Photo Title: Hudsonian Godwit
Comment submitted Jul 31, 2019
Reporter's name: Ruth Scrivner
Sighting Description: We counted 204 Great Blue Herons on the mudflats at Dugualla
Bay.
Location: Dugualla Bay
Date and time: July 30 2019 10:45 am
Comment submitted Jul 31, 2019
Reporter's name: Patrick Kline
Sighting Description: Gray Catbird seen visiting ground level birdbath. Full view,
fully lighted viewing at 6-8 feet for about a full minute. Understand this is a
somewhat unusual find, but have extensive experience with this species in Illinois.
Will be looking for a return with camera in hand!
Location: Pennington Loop, Coupeville
Date and time: 25Jul19, 1720
Comment submitted Jul 25, 2019
Reporter's name: Patrick Kline
Sighting Description: Female immature Red Crossbill at platform feeder today. As with
most Crossbills it was most undisturbed by my presence.
Location: Pennington Loop, Coupeville
Date and time: 23Jul2019, 1446
Photo Title: Female Immature Red Crossbill
Comment submitted Jul 24, 2019
Reporter's name: Jay Adams
Sighting Description: Female Wislon's Phalarope
Location: Crockett Lake: First salt pool after crossing the road opposite the gravel
pond pull out at the east end of the lake.
Confirmation: This is only the second WIPH I have seen on Whidbey in the last five
years.
Date and time: July 23, 2019 at about 8:40
Comment submitted Jul 23, 2019
Reporter's name: Mary Jo Adams
Sighting Description: I got to Dugualla Bay about 7:30 this morning and saw a lot of
interesting birds. They included a sora which I have not seen at this location
before, four semipalmated plovers, a Virginia rail, and what I believe were four
juvenile spotted sandpipers. The juvenile spotted sandpipers were not quite half the
size of the adult they were with, had yellow legs, light bellies, and were doing
a lot of tail bobbing.
Location: Dugualla Bay
Confirmation: I'm not sure if the sighting of the juvenile spotted sandpipers would
be considered rare but on the Whidbey Audubon birdlist, it appears they are not known
to nest here.
Date and time: 7/20/19 7:30-930 am
Comment submitted Jul 20, 2019
Reporter's name: Patricia Duarte-Pocock
Sighting Description: A male Evening Grosbeak perched for several minutes on a
outdoor fireplace near my bird feeders.
Location: This is in the vicinity of Terra Bella Ln and Roseberry in Clinton
Date and time: July 5th about 1 pm
Photo Title: Evening Grosbeak
Comment submitted Jul 8, 2019
Reporter's name: Albert Rose
Sighting Description: This bird was perched high on a dead snag near the home of
Isabel Neddow and Phyllis Kind, off of Honeymoon Bay Road. I was just cruising the
area looking for birds and this is what I found.
Location: 7 Eagles Lane.
Confirmation: I don't think that this guy is rare, but I checked with Joe Sheldon,
and he wasn't sure. Merlin thinks that it is a Willow Flycatcher. I don't know what
it is.
Date and time: July 4, 2019 about 10:00 AM
Comment submitted Jul 6, 2019
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Public Meeting, South Whidbey: Dike trail access at the end of Deer Lagoon
Road
This notice comes from Connie Bowers, Assistant County Engineer:
__________________________________________________________
Public Meeting, South Whidbey: Dike trail access at the end of Deer Lagoon Road
Join us at a public meeting to learn about possible improvements to the end of Deer
Lagoon Road, and provide comments.
Thursday, September 12th at 5:30
Useless Bay Golf and Country Club: 5725 Country Club Drive
The focus of the discussion will be on the access to the trail on the dike at the end
of Deer Lagoon Road. Public Works needs to do some culvert work in the area and
relocate the current trail entrance onto public property. This work provides an
opportunity to look at potential access improvements to the dike.
Items being considered are;
> Replacing the chain link fence with bollards, providing an access on county
property instead of the existing route on private property.
> Various possible additional parking options from an ADA spot near the access
entrance to a few spots near the access entrance.
> Associated landscaping removal/installation.
Any improvements will maintain the emergency access function of the dike for
residents on Shore Drive / Double Bluff Road.
Conceptual Plan Options can be previewed through this link, although the file is
large:
http://links.govdelivery.com/track?
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achments/WACOISLAND/2019/08/28/file_attachments/1274471/Deer%20lagoon%20Conceptual%20
Plan%20Set.pdf
The meeting will include a comment activity, but for those not able to attend, here
is a link to a Deer Lagoon Comment Form:
http://links.govdelivery.com/track?
type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwOTA1Ljk4NTYyODEmbWVzc2FnZ
WlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTkwOTA1Ljk4NTYyODEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjc4MjcyNi
ZlbWFpbGlkPWNvbm5pZWJAY28uaXNsYW5kLndhLnVzJnVzZXJpZD1jb25uaWViQGNvLmlzbGFuZC53YS51cyZ
0YXJnZXRpZD0mZmw9Jm12aWQ9JmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&102&&&https://content.govdelivery.com/att
achments/WACOISLAND/2019/08/27/file_attachments/1274218/DEERLAGOONROADSOUTH%20END%20D
IKE%20ACCESS.pdf
Links to the power point presentation will be available after the meeting.
The conversation may touch on the Non-Motorized Trails Plan, but it is not the
subject of this meeting.
For more information contact Matthew Lander, Engineering Manager
m.lander@co.island.wa.us
(360) 240-5545
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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
Cathi Bower (email)
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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)
.
Monday, Sept. 23: Field Trip
FIR ISLAND
Jay Adams will lead a field trip to sites on Fir Island
including Wiley Sough, Hayton
Preserve and Channel Drive. The area is a shorebird haven with
many shorebirds and
other fall migrants. Leave Coupeville at 7:30 a.m. from the
parking lot behind the
Coupeville Library and pick up north Islanders at the north end
of the Home Depot
Store in Oak Harbor about 8:00 a.m. Bring a bag lunch. We will
be home late in the
afternoon. The trip is limited to 10 participants. Register by
emailing
Jay. Registration is first come, first served. No special
footwear is required.
Spotting scopes are recommended.
Tuesday, Oct. 15: Field Trip
DEER LAGOON
Darwin Wile will lead a field trip to Deer Lagoon, meeting at
the Bayview Park & Ride at 9:00 a.m. While Deer
Lagoon hosts multitudes of birds all year long, it doesn't get
much better than
October. There will be a profusion of ducks, shorebirds, terns,
and gulls. Not a bad
time for raptors either -- eagles, ospreys, harriers, and
perhaps a falcon or two and
maybe even a short-eared owl. Swallows and waxwings should
still be present as well
as sparrows and finches. Also, we should see numbers of loons,
grebes, and scoters
and probably brants and geese in Useless Bay, not to mention a
pelican or two still
hanging around. But the big numbers are likely to be shorebirds
-- yellowlegs,
western and least sandpipers, dunlins, dowitchers, and possibly
a phalarope or two.
All in all, October is a splendid time for birding! (email)
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Picture Gallery
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Great egret and great blue heron
-- Linda Griesbach |
Solo great egret
-- Linda Griesbach |
Black-throated gray warbler
-- Mary Jo Adams |
Song sparrow fledgling?
-- Mary Hollen |
Green Heron
-- Jay Adams |
Bushtits at feeder
-- Patrick Kline |
Michael Sheldon Photo/Green Heron
-- Jay Adams |
Virginia Rail
-- Albert Rose |
Hudsonian Godwit
-- Jay Adams |
Just hanging out
-- Lori Riter |
Female Immature Red Crossbill
--
Patrick Kline |
Baby spotted sandpiper with parent
--
Mary Jo Adams |
PGs horsing around at Coupeville Ferry
Terminal
-- Michael Sheldon |
Olive-sided Flycatcher
-- Michael
Sheldon |
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Evening Grosbeak
-- Patricia Duarte-
Pocock |
Shorebird rendezvous at Crockett Lake
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- Michael Sheldon |
-- Albert Rose |
Fledgling Cliff Swallow?
-- Albert
Rose |
Soggy Osprey
-- Mary Hollen |
Owl
-- Arthur J Fleming
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Bald Eagle in Mutiny
Bay
-- Marc
Schwieterman |
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