Saturday 22 April there were 21 Dunlins at the Winchester wasteway on
Dodson Road. Maybe these were a tad early (or do any overwinter on the
eastside)? No stilts or avocets there, though.

David Wright
dwright at u.washington.edu

On Fri, 21 Apr 1995 STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com wrote:
> My experience from interior WASH on the spring passage of shorebirds is that it
> occurs in the first 10 days of May except for early birds like snipe, stilt,
> avocet and LB Curlew as Scott Ray mentioned. Stragglers are stll occurring into
> mid-May. There is no doubt its a speedy migration in spring in my mind, in
> contrast to the protracted and seemingly leisurely movements of fall.
> Andy Stepniewski
> Wapato, Wa
>