On Friday, 8/5, I set off for a little birthday birding. It was actually really convenient, because we were catching a ferry from New London to Block Island the next morning, and we were staying with my Grandparents in Niantic that night. So on our way up I stopped for 2 birds that had eluded [...]
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8/5 – 8/6: Better Luck, plus a trip to Block Island
Posted in CT Summer, Rarities, Summer Excursions on August 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Birding Northwest Washington- Day 5- Up to Cape Flattery
Posted in Summer Excursions on August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Now I can finally finish this trip report! It was our last day on the Olympic Peninsula, and we had a very ambitious plan for the day. We left Lacey early and drove north to our first stop- Hurricane Ridge, a spot up in the Olympic range outside of Port Angeles. After a long drive [...]
Birding Northwest Washington- Day 4- Mt. St. Helens
Posted in Summer Excursions on July 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Day 4, though birding was of course present, produced more scenery then it did birds. Amazingly, I didn’t see any life birds. The highlights were- White-crowned Sparrow, Common Nighthawk, Black-headed Grosbeak, and American Kestrel. But what St. Helens lacked in avian life in made up for in scenery. The volcano still showed obvious signs of [...]
Birding Northwest Washington- Day 3- The Pacific!
Posted in Summer Excursions on July 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
You have gotta love the pacific. Great expanses, GREAT BIRDS, and great beauty make this ocean one of the most compelling to explore. For the JS, this was the first time the group had reached the Pacific through all their annual trips, so the combination of this and the birds made it one of the [...]
Birding Northwest Washington- Day 2- Mt. Rainier!
Posted in Summer Excursions on July 11, 2011 | 5 Comments »
After exploring some neat habitats the day before, we were all very excited for Mt. Rainier, where we would get a taste of classic alpine habitat. We set off south from Lacey and took a gorgeous drive as we climbed gradually upward into the cascades. We entered the national park and pulled off into the [...]
