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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)Observer
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Saw 1 female with a small fish in bill. Another female diving.
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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)Observer
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18 males, 20 females loafing
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Tolype distinctaObserver
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Found dead in trail under Douglas-fir on path to top of Lopez Hill. Not positive of identification; seeking confirmation.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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Dry cap, shaggy, white stipe, growing in moss under Douglas-fir on north-facing slope.
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Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)Observer
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Six observed in partial breeding plumage, foraging in a brackish lagoon on a calm, sunny evening.
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Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)Observer
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Twenty observed close to the cliff shore, diving and preening. A few were molting into their red necks and gold ear tufts.
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Grasswidow (Olsynium douglasii)Observer
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Many flowering plants observed on rocky bald habitat, north-facing slope in association with grasses, mosses, and reindeer lichen.
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Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)Observer
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One male cat-calling continuously in front yard. Habitat is open with one large Western red-cedar, a few salmonberry and salal plants.
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Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)Observer
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One perched on the yard fence.
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Townsend's Chipmunk (Neotamias townsendii)Observer
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One observed running along the edge of the road in conifer forest.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
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One observed briefly as it ran into the salal near the end of the Sunset Trail in Odlin County Park, near the junction with Long Lane.
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Satyr Comma (Polygonia satyrus)Observer
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One observed flying and resting in the campground opening surrounded by conifer forest. Many nettles (larval host plant) nearby.
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)Observer
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Several flying over marsh north of Hummel Lake with Violet-green Swallows. Approximate arrival date.
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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)Observer
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Eight observed foraging on pebbly beach north of Otis Perkins Day Park; two flew across the road to Fisherman's Bay. Approximate arrival date.
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Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)Observer
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One male and one female observed perched. This is close to the arrival date for this species on Lopez Island.
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Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)Observer
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Several flying over meadow along Airport Rd. This is close to the arrival date for this species on Lopez Island.
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Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)Observer
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Several heard and seen singing from fences along roads bordered by pastures. This is close to their arrival date for Lopez Island.
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Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)Observer
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A flock of 35 in winter plumage loafing on the river northwest of the Brewster bridge.
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)Observer
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Two males flushed, then flying low over the river. Both in between breeding and winter plumage; pinkish bills, white faces and butts.
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)Observer
cbchickadeeDescription
One adult standing in a shallow marsh pond about noon. When flushed, flew to perch in a cottonwood one tree over from a Great Blue Heron. Saw a single individual in the same area at about the same time last year. Great Egrets are uncommon in Wenatchee.
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Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)Observer
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3 observed in a hedgerow backed by farm pastures.
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Gooseneck Barnacle (Pollicipes polymerus)Observer
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Above water at -1.2 low tide.
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Tidepool Sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus)Observer
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Amidst barnacles in lower center of photo; observed in tidepool.
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Black Leather Chiton (Katharina tunicata)Observer
cbchickadeeDescription
In upper right corner of photo; observed in tide pool.
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Crown Brodiaea (Brodiaea coronaria)Observer
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Flowering in the grass prairie.
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Vesicled Rockweeds (Genus Fucus)Observer
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Rockweed exposed at -1.2 foot low tide.
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Aggregating Anemone (Anthopleura elegantissima)Observer
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In tide pools at -1.2 foot low tide; all with pink tentacles withdrawn.
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Six-rayed Star (Leptasterias hexactis)Observer
cbchickadeeDescription
Found under rock in tide pool at -1.2 low tide.
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Blackclaw Crestleg Crab (Lophopanopeus bellus)Observer
cbchickadeeDescription
Found under tide pool rock at -1.2 low tide.
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Flattop Crab (Petrolisthes eriomerus)Observer
cbchickadeeDescription
Found beneath a rock in tidepool at -1.2 foot tide.