Dennis:
>My field trip lists indicate common through August, but then I was amazed
>to find I have almost no trip records for eastern WA in early September (I
>guess I'm always at the ocean when shorebird migration gets the most
>interesting). No kingbirds in late September.

And contrarywise, I intentionally delayed my departure to the
raptor banding site until the very end of August last year so I could
hang around and enjoy a bit more of the local shorebird migration in
Oregon for a change!

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>