Kelly McAllister wrote:
> Boat folks on the Olympia count (Pruske, McNett, Kluh,???) laid claim
> to seeing Red-necked Phalaropes out on the Sound. Haven't there been
> some posts of Red Phalaropes lately? Who saw them? Where?

Our single Red Phalarope in Area 1 of the Grays Harbor CBC circle was sitting
in the parking lot at the Point Brown jetty, Ocean Shores. Without an alert
driver, we could have run over the bird, which took flight only at the last
moment; probably not the healthiest phalarope on the planet.

>From my passenger-seat vantage I had the best view, realizing quickly it was a
phalarope, then catching its "heavy" beak to confirm the identity before it
disappeared.
--
Scott Richardson
northeast Seattle
salix at halcyon.com
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