Winter waterfowl at Padilla Bay.
1) Green-winged Teal
2) Hooded Merganser
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@brownsbay Heading up that way soon, goal is to get short-eared owl pics.
@GPJohnston We drove through Samish Flats on our way to Edison for beer and pizza at Terramar Brewstillery. There were a ton of birders parked along the road at East 90, all sporting their big ass lenses. I'm guessing they were looking for SE Owls. We saw none along the Padilla Bay trail, but a few Northern Harriers made up for it.
@brownsbay We're going to snoop around the Silvana and Stanwood areas first, we've seen them near Stanwood before.
@GPJohnston Norman Road! We drove through there last Wednesday on our way back from Padilla Bay, you know, the slow way home. I didn't notice any SE Owls and no swans, either. I used to see SE Owls at Eide Road before they broke the dike and let it revert back to a tidal mudflat.