Pearrygin Lake Bird Walk

Yesterday's Methow Valley Bird Walk went to Pearrygin Lake State Park. Seven of us quite lucked on the weather with a sunny calm morning. The water was perfectly smooth as we walked from the main campground south to the group camp area along an old road that gives views into the brush and trees below it and the lake beyond. Highlights included a calling Virginia Rail and some people saw an Osprey catch a fish while we all got to see it and another Osprey practice evasive manuevers when a Bald Eagle arrived to try to steal it. There was also a pretty good variety of waterfowl although they stayed quite a ways away and we wished we had a scope with us.

Observed species:

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Ring-necked Duck

Unknown Scaup

Common Goldeneye

Common Loon

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Red-tailed Hawk

Virginia Rail

American Coot

Red-naped Sapsucker

Northern Flicker

Say's Phoebe

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

American Goldfinch

Total number of species seen: 34

Next scheduled Bird Walk is May 9th.