>What are other peoples'
>experiences here: are there good traps hidden out there ( and if so, where
>are they), or are we wasting our time looking? Will we never have a
>Northwest version of Pt. Reyes?
> Rob Thorn, Tacoma/Seattle (rthorn at ups.edu)
>

I think there are migrant traps aplenty, but what you're looking for are
accessible migrant traps.

Here on the north coast of Oregon we have the south jetty of the Columbia.
About half of the coastal vagrants records from Oregon are from here, mostly
because it's accessible to birder's from Portland. Even so, we do not get
the numbers one hears about from Points Reyes, I think in part, because jillions
of birders go there looking.
If I were looking for the perfect Washington vagrant trap, I'd hike out to the
end of Leadbetter Point and sit in the willows. It's not a very convenient trap
however. I've got SJCR which is 20 mins from my house, when I go to Leadbetter
it's for shorebirds, but without really trying I have seen Mockingbird and
Sage Thrasher there.
And then there are all those interesting islands out in the Sound...



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