We are touring Washington's National Parks, including Mount Rainier NP, Olympic NP, and North Cascades NP. First night in Mount Rainier we hiked around Sunrise Point and saw a juvenile Townshend's Solitaire. What I noticed about it was that its feathers looked like an owl, it was the shape/size of an American Robin, and it had white stripes going down its outer tail feathers. I stopped a guy on the trail who had a big camera hanging around his neck. I asked if he was a birder and if he could help me ID a bird. Sure enough, he knew the name. I got lucky on that one. I also saw a Clark's Nutcracker and Horned Lark.
We went sea kayaking today in Freshwater Bay and saw Bald Eagles, Pigeon Guillemot (breeding colors with cute red feet), a couple specie of gulls, a Great Blue Heron, and (Common Merganser?).
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