Subject: Re: Southbound Shorebird Migration Kickoff
Date: Jun 20 13:17:25 1995
From: "David B. Wright" - wrightdb at pigsty.dental.washington.edu


We had a Greater Yellowlegs at False Bay on San Juan Island on 11 June;
was this more likely to be an early fall migrant or an oversummering bird?

David Wright
dwright at u.washington.edu

On Tue, 20 Jun 1995, Michael Price wrote:

> Tally-ho!
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> Looks like the southbound shorebird migration is underway in Vancouver BC.
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> Just got a report from John Dorsey who was at the Iona Settling Ponds
> yesterday, June 19, of an influx of:
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> 11 Western Sandpipers avg adult arr 6.25
> 7 Lesser Yellowlegs " " " 6.27
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> Also present were 4 Least Sandpipers and 4 Semipalmated Plovers, probably
> oversummering here or close by.
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> Michael Price
> Vancouver BC Canada
> michael_price at mindlink.bc.ca
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