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January 19, 2021
Skagit County, PacificNorthwest
Yesterday we went off island early for a medical appointment that required leaving before daybreak. That’s the ferry run we call the redeye aka O:dark-thirty. One upside is seeing the sunrise, which I rarely do, not being a morning person. In this case the sunrise was still colorful when we docked so we went up to Cap Sante to get a good look. The peak colors had already faded but it was still beautiful.
We still had several hours before the appointment, so we drove around the flats between Anacortes and Mount Vernon. There were a lot of raptors, flying and perched in trees. When birding on the flats usually most of the birds are where you can’t park, and it’s quiet where you can, so I don’t have many pictures. But I can report gazillions of Bald eagles. Winter is peak raptor season on the Samish River and Skagit River flats, and eagles are especially numerous as many migrate into western Washington from Canada for the winter. This is also the time eagle pairs are fixing up their nests. Many nests on the flats.
There was one hawk I got a fairly decent look at up on the Samish flats, who was conveniently near a parking area. At first glance I figured Redtail but somehow it looks different. Any thoughts about who this hawk is? Edit: (I suspected this was a Roughlegged but had never seen one before — thanks nook for confirmation!)
That’s it for a late bucket today. Your turn for observations!
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Grey overcast but calm and pretty balmy for January. Temp 40s today.
WHAT’S UP IN NATURE IN YOUR AREA TODAY?
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