Bird Outing Report: Four Beaches, Jan. 16, 2014

 
An overcast sky and a calm ocean made for a good morning for birding. 9 birders went to  Williams Beach, Miracle Beach, Saratoga Beach, and Salmon Point.
The highlight of the day were 3 Barn Swallows at the Salmon Point Marina……this is a very early sighting. 
 
Williams Beach:   Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Pelagic Cormorant,  Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Black Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Bald Eagle, Dunlin, Mew Gull, Glaucous-wing Gull, Common Murre, Common Raven, Pacific Wren, Song Sparrow.
 
Miracle Beach:   Common Loon, Pacific Loon, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Harlequin Duck, Brant, Mallard, American Wigeon, Long-tailed Duck, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Black Turnstone, Dunlin, Mew Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pigeon Guillemot, Pileated Woodpecker, Belted Kingfisher, Northwestern Crow, Pacific Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet.
 
Saratoga Beach:  Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great-blue Heron, Canada Goose, Bufflehead, Brant, Mallard, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser,  Common Merganser, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Mew Gull, Thayer’s Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pigeon Guillemot, Northern Flicker, Common Raven, Barn Swallow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Song Sparrow.