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Reporter's name: Joe Sheldon 
 
Sighting Description: Pair of Black Scoters, pair of White-winged Scoters, large number of 
Surf Scoters, along with a number of Barrows Goldeneyes 
 
Location: End of Snakelum Point 
 
Date and time: 2 January, 2023; 11 AM. 
 
Comment submitted Jan 2, 2023

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Sighting Description: Single adult turkey vulture soaring just over the tree tops. Cruised 
southwest out of soght before I could get a photo.

Location: Driveway on west side of the highway with the white painted rock at the end just 
south of intersection of Ledgewood Beach and the highway.

Confirmation: Wings held in diherdral while soaring. Large raptor with bald red head. 
Looked all dark when first seen and then as it turned and was well lit I could clearly see 
the underside of the primaries and secondaries were gray with test of wong dark. Live in 
southern oregon where TUVI are very common in the summer and I am very familiar with the 
species. Gray in wings was the entire trailing edge of wing, tail extending well beyond 
legs and red head all eliminate possibility of it being an even rarer black vulture. There 
have been some sporadic winter sightings of TUVI in the PNW over the last couple winters 
so this is not extremely unexpected.

Date and time: January 2, 2023 09:25am

Comment submitted January 2, 2023

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Reporter's name: Deb Stewart<a href="https://www.was-
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Sighting Description: The last time I saw a White-throated Sparrow on Whidbey was at my 
place in Clinton Jan 2, 2018 amongst a mixed flock of White-crowned, Golden-crowned and 
House Sparrows. Today I found one at a friend's house in Freeland amongst Juncos - no 
other sparrows to be found. It was a great "last bird" of 2022. The list starts again 
tomorrow! 
 
Location: Freeland off of Fish Rd 
 
Date and time: 12/31/2022 11:00 AM 
 
Photo Title: White-throated Sparrow 
 
Comment submitted Dec 31, 2022

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Reporter's name: Steve Ellis 
 
Sighting Description: At least 1 Snow Bunting remains on Keystone Spit.
 
2 Short-eared Owls were flying along Crockett's Lake. 
 
Location: Near the birding platform at Keystone Spit. 
 
Date and time: 12/28/2022 3:00pm 
 
Comment submitted Dec 28, 2022

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Reporter's name: Steve Ellis 
 
Sighting Description: An immature Glaucous Gull was with an assortment of hybrids, 
California, and Short-billed Gulls at Grasser's Lagoon. This large concentration of 
hundreds of gulls appear to be feeding on Pacific sand lance along with cormorants, harbor 
seals, and sea lions. The Glaucous Gull is almost pure white with dark on the bill tip, a 
spectacular bird! 
 
Location: Grasser's Lagoon, Penn Cove. I saw it both from Madrona and the pullout from Hwy 
20. 
 
Date and time: 12/28/22 9:00am 
 
Comment submitted Dec 28, 2022

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Reporter's name: Dave Parent 
 
Sighting Description: At least one PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER in a tightly packed flock of 100+ 
resting BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. 
 
Location: Crockett Lake, west end. Look roughly northeast to a narrow, low island about 
200 yards offshore. 
 
Confirmation: Obvious golden speckling really stood out in the setting sun and smaller 
than surrounding plovers. 
 
Date and time: 12/12/2022 3:55 pm 
 
Comment submitted Dec 12, 2022

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Reporter's name: Lee Kanning

Sighting Description: Townsend's Warbler, by bird bath with juncos and a chickadee

Location: Zig Zag Lane, Langley

Date and time: 12/5/22, about 8:30am
 
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Reporter's name: Linda Griesbach<a href="https://www.was-
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Sighting Description: Two (apparent) trumpeter swans, one adult, one juvenile, seen 
foraging along the perimeter of Lone Lake. 
 
Location: Lone Lake, south end 
 
Date and time: 12/5/22 4:00 p.m.; 12/6/22 8:30 a.m. 
 
Photo Title: Trumpeter Swans 
 
Comment submitted Dec 6, 2022

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Reporter's name: Steve Ellis 
 
Sighting Description: Several hundred Cackling Canada Geese flew over Engel Road at dusk, 
probably headed to Crockett's Lake. 
 
Location: Prairie Wayside, Engel Road, south of Coupeville. 
 
Date and time: 11/26/22 4:20pm 
 
Comment submitted Nov 26, 2022

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