>>For a first time visitor, its a little tough finding the good birding spots
>>at Ocean Shores. We recommend getting Robert Morse's book "A Birder's Guide
>>to Ocean Shores".

>Where can one get this? SAS?

We know of 3 places to get this book: 1) ABA 2) Directly from Robert
Morse, 1515 Lakemore Loop, Olympia, WA 98512 3) the Interpretive Center at
Ocean Shores near the end of Point Brown Road/Marine View Drive, near the
marina. This location also has copies of Glen and Wanda Hoge's book on the
Birds of Ocean Shores. Their book has species accounts, records, and
seasonal occurances. (This book may also be available from Black Hills
Audubon.) We do not know if these books are available at SAS.

>Do you happen to know the relationship between tides at Ocean Shores
>and at Tokeland?

The tide tables indicate the following corrections for Ocean Shores and Toke
Point:

Ocean Shores: -0:13 high tide -0:13 low tide
Toke Point: +0:23 high tide +0:31 low tide

Therefore, Toke Point lags behind Ocean Shores by about 36 minutes at high
tide and 44 at low tide.

>>A Bar-tailed Godwit has been there for over a month along with a
>>large number of Marbled Godwits, Whimbrel, and Willets.

>When was this last seen? I didn't see it last tuesday but then again
>I hit the tides wrong and the godwit were off feeding. Others missed
>it days earlier, though. I'm curious because I'd like to get more
>photographs if it's still around. I'm certain if any tweet sees
>it we'll hear about it (hint).
>
Late Sunday afternoon, we saw only a single Marbled Godwit at the Tokeland
marina. However, there was a large flock just east of the North River on
the north side of Willapa Bay along Route 105 (Delorme page 44). We did not
locate the Bar-tailed in this flock (see our post regarding this trip).

Bill and Nancy LaFramboise
Richland, WA
wlafra at oneworld.owt.com