Subject: Re: Shorebirding
Date: Aug 29 13:06:04 1994
From: Russell Rogers - rrogers


>From Russell Rogers, rrogers at halcyon.com


Burt,

The lake at Swantown on Whidbey Island was very good last weekend. We had
3 Stilt Sandpipers, 5 Baird's Sandpipers and 9 Ameican Avocets as
highlights. Penn Cove was pretty good at low tide.

Gook luck,

Russell


On Mon, 29 Aug 1994, Burton Guttman wrote:

> A friend I met at the ABA convention wants to go birding, primarily
> shorebirding, this weekend. I'd like advice on the most likely areas now.
> On Saturday, Ocean Shores, Bowerman Basin, and Westport were
> terrible--only the expected godwits and curlews at Tokeland made the trip
> halfway rewarding. I believe a couple of weeks ago someone reported that
> the usually good lake and mudflat on Whidbey Island was drying up; is it
> any good now? Has anyone found goodly numbers of shorebirds, or
> especially interesting species, lately? All advice greatly appreciated.
> :-)
>
> Burt Guttman guttmanb at elwha.evergreen.edu
> The Evergreen State College Voice: 206-866-6000, x. 6755
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