montemerrick
Member
hi gang
yesterday the 26th of march, between conway and laconner, at the skagit wildlife area, laura and i had the fantastic fortune to see two flocks, each numbering betwixt 5 and 7 thousand by my rough survey, of honking and chatting and opining snow geese. they flew right over us, two nonplussed bald eagles and a group of green-winged teals who were washing and eating along the slough to the sound. the two groups flew toward stanwood and there we could see another flock of 7 thousand or so that we had earlier passed - they'd been contentedly grazing one of the few farm fields not flooded - the skagit river, all rivers here, the snohomish, the nooksack, the stillaguamish, are high - we could see these geese lift in a great white cloud and join the many, many vees that had just covered half the sky - now they were nearing 20,000 strong and thinking about doing something really grand and soon - but first lets sit down to eat and they did.
also seen
red-tailed hawk (more than 10)
green winged teal (18)
mallard (hundreds and hundreds)
american wigeon (at least 100)
northern pintail (scores)
glaucous winged gull (o plenty)
tree swallow(2)
northern shrike (1)
bald eagle (5)
great blue heron (5)
american robin (scores)
european starling (scores)
rock pigeon (scores)
surf scoter (20 + or -)
pigeon guillemot (about 10)
bufflehead (5)
common goldeneye (8-10)
ring billed gull (many)
lots more beyond the range of binoculars - need a scope for these large
groups of ducks, a scope and no ferry to catch.
take care
yesterday the 26th of march, between conway and laconner, at the skagit wildlife area, laura and i had the fantastic fortune to see two flocks, each numbering betwixt 5 and 7 thousand by my rough survey, of honking and chatting and opining snow geese. they flew right over us, two nonplussed bald eagles and a group of green-winged teals who were washing and eating along the slough to the sound. the two groups flew toward stanwood and there we could see another flock of 7 thousand or so that we had earlier passed - they'd been contentedly grazing one of the few farm fields not flooded - the skagit river, all rivers here, the snohomish, the nooksack, the stillaguamish, are high - we could see these geese lift in a great white cloud and join the many, many vees that had just covered half the sky - now they were nearing 20,000 strong and thinking about doing something really grand and soon - but first lets sit down to eat and they did.
also seen
red-tailed hawk (more than 10)
green winged teal (18)
mallard (hundreds and hundreds)
american wigeon (at least 100)
northern pintail (scores)
glaucous winged gull (o plenty)
tree swallow(2)
northern shrike (1)
bald eagle (5)
great blue heron (5)
american robin (scores)
european starling (scores)
rock pigeon (scores)
surf scoter (20 + or -)
pigeon guillemot (about 10)
bufflehead (5)
common goldeneye (8-10)
ring billed gull (many)
lots more beyond the range of binoculars - need a scope for these large
groups of ducks, a scope and no ferry to catch.
take care
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