We have not been seeing the expected numbers of April shorebirds here on
the Columbia River. We expect the peak for Western and Least Sandpipers
in the first week of May, but Yellowleg, Whimbrel and BBPlover numbers
seem a bit thin so far.
Last Weeks count was
1 BBPL
6 GRYE
1 LEYE
200 WESA
1 SBDO
Which is pretty sad for mid April


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>>Neil Fergusson's post earlier this week indicated a paucity of shorebirds
>>at Grays Harbor, and he suggested that the shorebird bolus might be a
>>week or so late this year. Any shorebird gurus out there care to comment
>>on this; is it likely that they will be here by next weekend (any news of
>>them from farther south)?
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>>David Wright
>>dwright at u.washington.edu
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>No news from either shorebirds or shorebird spotters, sorry. I can only
>add that in some years there are tens of thousands of shorebirds in the
>Grays Harbor area by mid April. The situation is rather surprising,
>coupled with the fair amount of good weather that we've been having and the
>apparent flood of relatively early passerine migrants.
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>Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
>Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
>University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
>Tacoma, WA 98416
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