Destinations: Van Doren's Landing Park and Green River Natural Resources Area
Meet at the store at 8:15AM and the group will depart at 8:20AM
We return around Noon.
Please call 206-241-3201 and reserve a spot.
Highlights from our March 8th Bird Walk
The weather was good at both destinations for the birders. The first destination was Brown's Point Lighthouse Park and the group observed 21 (!) saltwater species including Pelagic Cormorants, two grebe species and a passing Rhino Auklet. A passing Short-billed Gull dropped a fish it was carrying and it was realized that it had been challenged by a young Bald Eagle that was perched behind them. The eagle plucked the fish out of the water, transferred it from talons to bill, and carried it into a tree. Snack Time!
At Dumas Bay Park, 40 species were identified at the duck pond, down the trail and at the beach. They were gifted with another Bald Eagle sighting as one made two flybys. A huge raft of White-winged and Surf Scoters drifted and preened offshore. Also nearby were a male Varied Thrush, three Common Loons, Western Grebes, a male Belted Kingfisher, a Pigeon Guillemot and a male Townsend's Warbler foraging above the trail.
