Russell & Burt,

I walked all the way around Swantown Lake Sunday, August 28 and found no
Stilt Sandpipers, no Avocets, and no Baird's Sandpipers, just one Red
Knot, one {probable} Semipalmated Sandpiper and numbers of Westerns,
Semipalmated Plovers, Lesser Yellowlegs, Short-billed (and one
Long-billed) Dowitchers, one Common Snipe, one Black-bellied Plover, 2
Ruddy Turnstones, a few Least Sandpipers, several hundred Sanderlings,
and a few Red-necked Phalaropes. It changes from day to day.

Gene Hunn.

On Mon, 29 Aug 1994, Russell Rogers wrote:

> >From Russell Rogers, rrogers at halcyon.com
>
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> 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:
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> > 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
> > Olympia, WA 98505 FAX: 206-866-6794
> >
> >
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