Washington, late April
I found myself in Seattle for a conference about five weeks ago and worked in some birding around the lecture schedule. Time in the field was brief but productive! Here are some photos in no particular order. Golden-crowned Sparrow Leach's Storm-Petrel Laysan Albatross Laysan Albatross Laysan Albatross Pink-footed Shearwater four tubenose species here Black-footed Albatross Northern Fulmar Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel chum slick Pink-footed Shearwater migrant shorebirds migrant shorebirds Western Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Western Sandpiper migrant shorebirds migrant shorebirds Western Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Marbled Godwits Marble