Journal7 July 2026
Field Note

Arboretum, Foster Island, Union Bay

7new
20species
photographed
62frames

A cool morning under good weather, starting in the Arboretum. It is a wide, deep wood and hard to work: plenty to hear, much less to see, and the water's edge turned out more productive than the trees. Foster Island offered better lines again, and the day finished at Union Bay. Seven new species, and the Spotted Towhee proved as tame as everything else here.

Spotted Towhee, red eye, classic stump, and as tame as everything else here.
Spotted Towhee, red eye, classic stump, and as tame as everything else here.
American Robin with an earthworm.
American Robin with an earthworm.
The ship canal from the bridge.
The ship canal from the bridge.

New and photographed

Seen that day

Osprey 15Song Sparrow 5Spotted Towhee 4Violet-green Swallow 4American Goldfinch 4Bald Eagle 4Cooper's Hawk 4Dark-eyed Junco 3Brown-headed Cowbird 3American Bushtit 3American Robin 3American Crow 2Great Blue Heron 1Barn Swallow 1Muscovy Duck 1Western Gull 1Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1Black-capped Chickadee 1Cedar Waxwing 1Northern Flicker 1
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