Subject: Re: Kent "mudflats" Shorebirding
Date: Jul 20 13:17:25 1995
From: Wes Jansen - wjansen at u.washington.edu


Are you sure it wasn't 34,678 American bittern? They're very easily
mixed up with killdeer you know.
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On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, Laura Saavedra wrote:

> Bob Sundstrom and I spent a couple of hours at the Kent Ponds, which have
> been drained and are quickly drying up. The shorebirding has been pretty
> good for the last few weeks, but it seems that the two main pond areas
> will be dry within a short time, so go soon if you want to see shorebirds
> there.
> Seen this a.m.:
> 1 adult Pectoral Sandpiper
> 3 Semipalmated Plovers
> ~12 Greater Yellowlegs
> 30-35 Long-billed Dowitchers
> ~6 Spotted Sandpipers, 2 in juvenal plumage
> ~100 mixed Least & Western Sandpipers
> 34,678 Killdeer(s)
> likely Solitary Sandpiper (heard and fleeting glimpse)
> 4 Green Herons
> Eastern Kingbird was not observed today
>
> David Buckley----------------------------------------------------------------
> lsdb at u.washington.edu
> West Seattle, USA
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