Kitsap Audubon Field Trips

John Finkbeiner (360) 895-0374

Intrepid Kitsap Audubon birders on a field trip

Call if you have suggestions for a field trip and/or if you would like to lead one.

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Trip Guidelines

The following are guidelines designed to make these trips enjoyable for everyone (note new guidelines marked in green).

1. Trips are limited to 12 participants unless otherwise specified. 

2. Children 12 and under are welcome only on designated family
   trips or with permission of the trip leader.

3. Call the leader as soon as possible to reserve a spot and get details.

4. If the weather is questionable, or you must cancel, call the leader the morning of the trip.

5. Dress for the weather. Please refrain from wearing white or bright colored clothing.

6. Bring binoculars, cash for ride-sharing (see below) and remember a lunch for all day trips. 

7. Visitors are always welcome!

Field Trip Transportation -  Car-pooling is desirable to reduce costs and limit the parking space required. Passengers are asked to share expenses with the driver. A contribution of $5 for shorter trips and $10 for overnight trips is suggested, with any Ferry fares being divided equally between the driver and passengers.

Input from members on any aspect of field trips is welcomed.
See some special advice on Field Trips from Pete Dunne! ~ Click Here

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UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS

Washington Narrows in Bremerton, Saturday, February 20th—Leaders: Gene and Sandy Bullock (360-394-5635 or genebullock@comcast.net). We’ll bird the Port Washington Narrows, home to a well known Pelagic Cormorant colony and a Peregrine Falcon nesting site. Also we’ll visit the Bremerton waterfront where we expect to see a good variety of wintering grebes, scoters, goldeneyes, wigeons (maybe a Eurasian Wigeon) and Long-tailed Ducks. Meet near the bathrooms and concession stand at Lion’s Park on Lebo Road in East Bremerton at 9:30 a.m. We’ll finish around Noon and lunch at the Boatshed.

 

Winter Birds of Liberty Bay, a Field Trip for Novice Birders. Saturday, February 27th. Leader: Fay Linger (360-297-3855). 9:30 am to about noon. We will bird Poulsbo’s waterfront including the boardwalk and American Legion Park with emphasis on the wintering waterbirds. Meet at the Kvelsted Pavilion. We have field guides and some binoculars available if you do not have your own. There will be at least one scope available to the group. Space will be limited so call Fay to reserve your spot on this walk.

 

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Sat., March 6. Leaders: Hans and Dawn Hansen (360-830-5222). We’ll make stops on Fir Island, the Skagit Wildlife Area and Samish Flats to look for flocks of Snow Geese and wintering swans. We’ll also check out overlooks along Padilla Bay and stop at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Visitors Center. A lunch stop at a café is planned for early afternoon, but bring a snack and drinks. We will meet at 7 a.m. in the Park & Ride behind Albertson’s on Hansville Road in Kingston to form carpools. If you have an Access Parking Pass please bring it. We will catch the 7:50 ferry from Kingston, and be gone all day.

 

Birding cruise around Bainbridge Island with noted birding guide George Gerdts, Sunday, March 21. March is one of the best times to see the flocks of Western Grebes, Pacific Loons, Long-tailed Ducks and other marine birds that winter around Bainbridge Island. The boat will leave the public waterfront dock in Winslow at 10 a.m. and return about 1:30 p.m. The cost is $65 per person. Contact George for reservations. Call 206-842-8138 or email geopandion@aol.com.
 

 

 

Field Trip Chair

John Finkbeiner

(360) 895-0374

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 "THE TRIP REPORT"

 Information on previously held field trips -  "A preview of trips to come!"

12/12/09 - Birding at Sinclair Inlet, Waterman Point and Yukon Harbor- ----John Finkbeiner, Leader. On a cold, windless day 12 birders met at the Port Orchard Waterfront. At least 1,000 to 2,000 American Wigeons were right in front of us. We counted at least four Eurasian Wigeons. There were enough species here to spend the day, but we moved on to Retsil for more Wigeons and better looks at the Eurasian’s. The best bird here, found by Nancy Ladenberger, was a Western Gull with very dark back, black tail and clear white head. Right in front of me was a Herring Gull. Don Willott got a clear picture of the head with the yellow eye. At Waterman Point we found two Harlequin Ducks and eight or more Brandt’s Cormorants. At Little Clam Bay were a few Lesser Scaup and a Pied-billed Grebe. We saw five Grebe species that day. Yukon Harbor held thousands of American Wigeons and at least 100 Mew Gulls. We also saw Northern Shovelers and a Green-winged Teal at Harper. All told, I counted 41 species. We ended our trip at the Clubhouse Grill Restaurant.

 

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