Shorebirds at Ocean Shores on Sat, 19 Aug included

Point Brown Jetty & Ocean Beach:
500 Sanderling (incl 10 juv)
5 Black-bellied Plover
1 Surfbird (juv)
3 Black Turnstone
1 Ruddy Turnstone (juv)

Game Range:
1 Gr Yellowlegs (ad alt)
30 BB Plover
200 Western Sandpiper
2 dowitcher sp.
5 Semipalmated Plover (juv)
2 Red-necked Phalarope
2 Least Sandpiper
(2 Brant)

Spit N of Marina:
50 Long-billed Curlew
50 Marbled Godwit
80 Whimbrel (ad. + juv)
20 dowitcher sp.

Lots of Heerman's Gulls on the beaches, and Caspian Terns everywhere.
A pretty slow afternoon, except for the 50 LB Curlews (seemed like a
lot for Ocean Shores). Some birders we ran into reported seeing an
adult basic-plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit in the AM.

David Wright
dwright at u.washington.edu