Sightings

Reporter's name: Madrone Ruggiero

Sighting Description: American avocet

Location: Duagualla Bay -in freshwster wetland onbthe inland side of the dike. Feeding in the shallow pool by the road.

Date and time: 09/20/3026 ~1315

Comment submitted Sep 20, 2026




Reporter's name: Steve Ellis

Sighting Description: 1st Varied Thrush and Fox Sparrow of the season in our yard yesterday. Fall is here!

Location: Parker Road in Coupeville

Date and time: 9/18/26

Comment submitted Sep 19, 2026



Reporter's name: Toni Piazzon

Sighting Description: a lone White pelican

Location: Crocket Lake east of center

Date and time: 9
September 17 2026 4:30PM

Comment submitted Sep 18, 2026



Reporter's name: Steve Ellis

Sighting Description: A Hammond's Flycatcher was in the Price Sculpture Forest. An empid with a small bill and a short tail that was dipping constantly. Confirmed by Merlin App.
Also Evening Grosbeaks and 2-3 Townsend's Warblers.

Location: Price Sculpture Forest east of Coupeville at the junction of the 2 trails.

Date and time: 9/17/26 4:00 pm

Comment submitted Sep 17, 2026



Reporter's name: Gary Piazzon

Sighting Description: Large flock (apron 40) Black Oystercatchers. Saw and videoed them from the water. There are lots of Black Turnstones now on the several rafts and we saw 2 Surf birds.

Location: on a mussel raft

Date and time: 9/16/2026 5PM

Comment submitted Sep 17, 2026



Reporter's name: Darcy Lien

Sighting Description: A beautiful Great Egret was seen flying from the marsh SE of Keystone Avenue toward Crockett Lake in Coupeville.

Location: Keystone Avenue at Hwy 20

Date and time: September 16, 2026 at 11 a.m.

Comment submitted Sep 17, 2026



Reporter's name: Madrone Ruggiero

Sighting Description: Great Egret preening near the old drainage ditch in the Crockett Lake marsh.

Location: Crockett Lake marsh east of intersection of SR20 and Keystone Ave

Date and time: 09/16/2026 ~1400

Comment submitted Sep 16, 2026



Reporter's name: Steve Ellis

Sighting Description: There are multiple flocks of Cackling Geese in the Crockett's Lake/Ebey's Prairie area. We're hearing them after dark from our home in Coupeville. Check the lake in the late afternoon.

Location: Crockett's Lake and Ebey's Prairie.

Date and time: 9/14/26 4:15pm

Comment submitted Sep 15, 2026



Reporter's name: Dave Parent

Sighting Description: Calliope Hummingbird female.

Location: Greenbrier Lane, Langley

Confirmation: Much smaller than adjacent female Rufous and Anna’s. Shorter bill. Streaked throat. Green back. Buffy underparts.

Date and time: 8 September 2:03pm

Comment submitted Sep 8, 2026



Reporter's name: Dave Parent

Sighting Description: Nashville Warbler

Location: Greenbrier Lane, Langley

Confirmation: Hovering around suet feeder. Prominent white eyering. Grey head and nape. Bright yellow ventral surface extending to throat and undertail coverts.
Adjacent to large flock of Red-breasted Nuthatches. At least 10 in one Douglas-fir. One poked a Steller’s Jay in the back. Jay fled. Nice work, Shorty!
At least 4 Swainson’s Thrushes calling in the understory.
Submitted to EBird.

Date and time: 8 September 9:25am

Comment submitted Sep 8, 2026



Reporter's name: Sego Jackson and Diane Eileen

Sighting Description: 5 tufted puffins flying low over water in tight formation, flying west to east past Shore Meadows (Mutiny Bay). Seen by 2 PGU shore meadows surveyors (Sego and Diane) at 8:15. I tried to report in real time from my phone but mistyped or it autocorrected to "rusted puffins" so the report was rejected. Having just been the day before on Sound Water Stewards' excellent Smith and Minor Islands trip to see puffins, etc., I was shocked to see them in Mutiny Bay area and wonder what they were doing there.

Location: Beach at end of Shore Meadow Road.

Date and time: August 31, 8:15 AM

Comment submitted Sep 1, 2026



Reporter's name: Gary Piazzon

Sighting Description: a solo soaring Turkey Vulture

Location: west of Coupeville just beyond the south shore of Penn Cove.

Date and time: 8/27/26 aprox.12 noon.

Comment submitted Aug 27, 2026



Reporter's name: Darcy Lien

Sighting Description: Casein’s Vireo was observed during pigeon guillemot survey on Penn Cove at Monroe Landing. This was confirmed with Merlin app. This is a rare bird sighting.

Location: Monroe Landing, Penn Cove

Date and time: 7/15/26 8:36 am

Comment submitted Jul 16, 2026



Reporter's name: Cathy Queeno-Wall

Sighting Description: 6 pelicans at Swan Lake off West Besch rd ner Swaatown rd side.

Location: Swan Lake

Date and time: July 9 2:30 pm

Comment submitted Jul 10, 2026



Reporter's name: Linda Rhodes

Sighting Description: Adult turkey vulture (no visible tags) feeding on rabbit roadkill, ~ 30 ft from car. It was cautious of the car, & flew away before capturing a photo.

Location: On Classic Road, ~250 ft west of intersection with SR 525

Date and time: July 7, 2026; !4:15 PDT

Comment submitted Jul 8, 2026




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Picture Gallery



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Female Hoody in Doug fir tree
-- Linda G.

A grove of wood ducks
-- Linda Griesbach

Babies at Clinton Ferry
-- Paul Kelly