Tweeters!

Judy and I just got back from a two day trip through the Gray's Harbor/
Ocean Shores/Westport/Tokeland area. The highlight, amidst the plethoras
of Pelicans and Plovers, and the myriads (over 500) of Marbled Godwits
(but no Bar-tailed), not to mention the Surfbirds, Turnstones, Wandering
Tattlers, Whimbrels, Long-billed Curlews and numerous assorted peeps,
was the single STILT SANDPIPER seen and photographed at the freshwater
pond on Damon Point on Thrusday, Aug. 31 - alone and in the company of
a Greater Yellowlegs.

Nineteen shorebird species, whales spouting off Westport on Thursday
evening, topped off with the Ruff at Montlake Fill this morning, and the
weekend is just beginning!

Gary DuVall
322-3848
Seattle
gduvall at eskimo.com


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