The Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch is a winter bird of the inland western parts of the U.S. and Canada. The species has been seen in Edmonds twice, both events at Brackett’s...
The Sabine’s Gull is a common migrant off the West Coast but is rare inland. When seen in Puget Sound, it is usually September and early October. There have...
A new bird, a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, arrived in Edmonds on June 18 and stayed at the Willow Creek Hatchery long enough to be noticed by two birders. This...
The Wandering Tattler is an uncommon shorebird due to a small global population, remote breeding grounds and a geographically expansive wintering range (Pacific Ocean islands). This shorebird breeds in...
Birds put their feathers through a lot of wear and tear in a year’s time. Depending on the species, they can undergo a shedding and replacement of their worn...
A colorful bird of migration, the Lazuli Bunting has only been reported twice in Edmonds, most recently at Puget Drive feeders May 1, 2023. It was seen once previously...
The American Bittern can be difficult to see. It is a large but secretive bird of fresh water wetlands. It is an uncommon but widespread northern breeder that has...
A Black-necked Stilt appeared in the Edmonds Marsh in May 2007. This species is regularly seen in summer on Eastern Washington ponds. While it is rare in Western Washington,...
One fine spring day Joan Poor glanced into her yard and spotted an unusual Edmonds visitor, a Red-naped Sapsucker (adult female). With her April 16, 2021, sighting, Red-naped Sapsucker...
A birder found a White-rumped Sandpiper in Edmonds Marsh on June 1. It is a shorebird that had never been reported in Edmonds in the 30-plus years of modern...
There is a genus of drab flycatchers called Empidonax, a word that means king of the gnats. The genus has eleven species that spend time in the United States....
Hutton’s Vireo, a resident of Western Washington, is not an in-your-face kind of bird. In this region it occupies the understory of Douglas fir forests and thickets along lowland...
There are over 90 species in the swift family on six continents. There are two species that summer and breed in Washington, Black Swift and Vaux’s Swift. The latter...
The Common Nighthawk was a fairly common summer sight in Western Washington decades ago. It is now spotted irregularly in Puget Trough cities during migration, which is from late...
Owls come in all sizes. The largest North American owl, the Great Gray Owl, is 27 inches in length. The Northern Saw-whet Owl is only eight inches in length....
On the morning of Dec. 14, 2015, an unlikely visitor appeared in Edmonds offshore waters -- a Laysan Albatross. This albatross, a West Coast species, is rare but regular...
The American Dipper is gray and plump, an aquatic songbird that inhabits western rivers and streams from Alaska to Central America. This is a bird that can’t stand still....
The Sandhill Crane is an elegant bird, long of leg and neck with a crimson forehead. There have been several sightings in Edmonds over the years, most recently in...
