>On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:
>> Some anomalous birds turn up, like a Semipalmated Plover in full breeding
>> plumage I saw on 10 June near Omak, WA. Why hadn't if departed for the
>> north? We'll never know.
>
>In semi-related news, I have heard that a pair of Semipalmated Plovers is
>nesting on the central Oregon coast this summer. A southernmost record?
>
>Scott Richardson
>Olympia
>richasar at dfw.wa.gov

Depends on whether it's south of Stinking Lake and Harney Lake, where the
species has nested once each. It used to nest at Ocean Shores but hasn't
been found there for more than a decade. This species seems more prone
than most shorebirds to nest well south of its usual range.

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