This is a place to stay connected with your birding friends, talk birding, and let the rest of us know you are still birding and doing well. Post the “best” bird you saw in the last week, tell us why you chose this bird, and tell a story if you like.
For me the best bird of the week was not the Franklin’s Gull that somehow Charlie Wright saw way out on Commencement Bay from the gravel lot up on top of the Dune’s Peninsula area. It was the Parasitic Jaeger that I found myself from Iverson Beach on Camano Island. Marian and I went up Sunday to visit her sister, have a socially distant visit on their deck, and before meeting them birded the Iverson Beach area. When I got there several Caspian Terns were squawking and flying around, so I thought, why not a jaeger? Very few birds were out on the water, and one of the first floating birds I saw had the jaeger profile. I zoomed up the scope and sure enough, an adult Parasitic Jaeger. It subsequently did its tail-chase thing with the terns, even more diagnostic of it’s ID with the white wing flashes, pointy wings, and behavior. No photo, way too far away. The location is really cool though, with a dike walk, a forest trail, and a walk back through a marsh with a “Hobbit Trail” that was unexpected. I now don’t have to wait for a possibly “not-happening” pelagic trip or the fall migration for my PAJA this year. Good birding. Leave your best bird notes in the comment section. Thanks.
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Good birding.
