They started today; here's summaries from a couple . . .
Dungeness Village at dawn
- Golden crowned sparo x9
- Spotted towhee x3
- Pine siskin x40+
- Song sparo x5
- Dark eyed [Oregon] junco x6
- Dark eyed [Shufeldt's] junco x8
- Sooty fox sparo x4
- Sharp shinned hawk x1
- Downy woodpecker x2
- Red breasted sapsucker x1
- Red tailed hawk x2
- Beagle x2
- Killdeer flyover x5
- House sparo x14
- Stellar's jay x3
- House finch x5
- Red winged blackbird x15
- Sturnus vulgaris / Starling x20+
- Collard dove x18
- Mourning dove x2
- Varied thrush x1
- BC chickadee x5
- CB chickadee x9
- a bunch of Bubble gum gulls
- and others . . .
- Barn owl x1
- Trumpeter swan x31
- Black crowned night heron x1
- Great blue heron x2
- Cooper's hawk x1
- Red tailed hawk x2
- Beagle x2
- Great horned owl x1
- Marsh wren x5
- and an assortment of ducks of varying hues . . .
Also today
- Merlin in tree top along Priest road in NW Sequim.
- Merlin in vicinity of Carrie Blake Park.
- Kestrel on wire along Old Olympic hiway in vicinity of Agnew store.