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5 Loons 24 hours 1/3/2025
1/3-4/2025 There had been an Arctic Loon (ABA code 3) in Port Angeles regularly since the Christmas Bird Count. I decided to get up and take the Coupeville – Port Townsend Ferry at 8:45 AM. Coupeville was nice and rainy and so was the ferry ride, I went up top to go look at some birds during the trip to see if I could get some seabirds. There were White-winged Scoters and Murres and Murrelets, nothing really list worthy. But I did run into my friend I hadn’t seen in a while! She was headed to Port Angeles also took like at a tiny house to potentially move to some…
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Christmas Bird Count 12/15/2024
12/15/2024 I had a fellow birder reach out to me by e-mail and ask if Ross and I wanted to participate in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count of Whatcom County. I really appreciated the thought; I do want to work on being more involved in the birding world here. I like to bird with other people, more eyes are better than two! But I also do like my alone time birding. Anyways, I reached out to the Whatcom County coordinator, and he got back to us and added us to a part of zone 6. We didn’t really know how to do this thing, we asked some questions and read…
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Guatemala Birding 11/6-8/2024
Guatemala Birding 11/6-8/2024 Day 1 We landed in Guatemala City at 6 AM and our bird guide was there waiting! We had talked to the guide Josue over WhatsApp about a month prior to our arrival and he told us he would get us an itinerary over the weekend and he did not until about the weekend before we left. I was worried about it the whole time but Ross kept telling me, everyone is not as uptight as us American’s, and he was right. Over our conversation we told Josue we wanted to see the Pink-headed Warbler and possibly a Quetzal and as many birds as we could see…
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Stiletto Peak Lookout 10/25/2024
10/25/2024 10.2 miles 3900 ft We were looking for a hike that was about 3500-4000 feet of gain. I really wanted to try and find some larches if they were still larching around. Ross had suggested Stiletto Peak earlier in the week and I got my heart set on it, as I do. There was the idea of possibly trying to scramble the peak but we were going to have to see how it looked when we got up there, I had not read too many reports some saying class 3. Luckily, he was agreeable and we set off about 6:45 AM and got to the Bridge Creek Trailhead off…
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Driveway Butte 9/13/2024 9.0 miles 3100 ft Picked this one to do on our way to Winthrop for a Hart’s Pass birding weekend. Hart’s Pass area has a tiny bit of Whatcom County still on the eastern side of the Cascades so it still counts for my Whatcom County list! This trail was nice because it was right off HWY 20 starting by the Klipchuck Campground, we were the only ones in the parking lot. Starting off on trail 481 and then take a right on the Driveway Butte Trail, there is a sign that says 4 miles to the top. Right away we were excited about the new birds…
