Birding 

Birding signage helps visitors identify birds that may be spotted in the wetlands.

With or without binoculars, if you look while you’re here you WILL see birds!

If you’re interested in what you might see, take a look these lists, generated monthly by the Whidbey Audubon Society (lists coming soon).

Whidbey Audubon meets at the Farm once a month to walk and count birds found on site. The public is welcome to join in the walk. For more information, or to join in the walk, contact Phyllis Kind at phizhawk@whidbey.com

Interested in birding? Perhaps you already are one. Either way, it’s a great time to brush up on the American Birding Association’s (ABA) Code of Birding Ethics.

Be sure to read below for Audubon updates regarding what they saw.

March 8, 2012

                We had a lovely morning at Greenbank Farm where we spotted 31 species.    A Red-winged Blackbird sang and displayed his brilliant epaulets.  We heard a Purple Finch and our first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the year.  We were entertained by a conflict between what was probably the resident Red-tailed Hawk and an interloping Bald Eagle.  The hawk flew above the eagle and chased him around the farm.  The eagle landed on telephone pole near Hancock Lake but this was not far enough away for the hawk .  The hawk circled and circled and circled and finally imitated a falcon’s stoop which chased eagle away.  As we were returning to our cars, about 30 Great Blue Herons flew out of the nesting site at the intersection of 525 and Wonn Rd.  A beautiful finish to a satisfying morning.