Hi Tweets. The Kent Ponds (er, perhaps they should now be renamed the
Kent Mud) were pretty productive this morning, yielding 39 species in
about 1.5 hours. There is a good pile of shorebirds there (BTW, that's
the scientific term for 'big bunch of'), though of low diversity. Much
construction going on there, putting in some new pipes.

Western Sandpiper about 150, most in complete alternate plumage, though a
minority (10-20%) still molting.
Least Sandpiper about 20, alternate plumage
Dunlin - 4 alt. plumage
Greater Yellowlegs - 7

Although I tried very hard, I couldn't turn any of the calidrines into
anything rare.

Other species there (in order of appearance!):

Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
Crow
Robin
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
Mallard (with 2 young)
Bufflehead - 8 (1m 7f)
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Bewick's Wren
Hermit Thrush
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Marsh Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Killdeer
Bushtit
Red-tailed Hawk
Cliff Swallow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
California Quail
Great Blue Heron
Violet-Green Swallow
Red-winged Blackbird
Coot
Belted Kingfisher
Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Starling
House Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html