hi tom,
what a great day i had.start late in the afternoon. i had the cattle egret
immediatly when i got to wenzel slough rd. also when i birdet at
schouweiler WRA,i had not only 5 GREEN HERRON but 9.I had my rubberboots so
i worked all the way on the road where the water is deep what a great place
to bird. but the BEST part came on the end, i took great photos of the most
gorgeous dragonflie i ever encounter. cause, itook photos also from the
cattle egret and the green herrons I had my BEST fielday in a long time.

GODWIT at worldnet.att.net

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> From: Tom Schooley <dunlin at mail.tss.net>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Cc: Bill&Lucy Winter Tweit <sebnabgill at aol.com>
> Subject: September in Gray's Harbor County
> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 1997 9:24 PM
>
> Sept. 17: Bill Tweit and I worked our way through Gray's Harbor County
> today. The weather was cooperative in the morning and blustery in the
> afternoon. It felt and looked like November. The highlights of the day
> were:
>
> 1 Cattle Egret along Wenzel Slough Rd. - perhaps the earliest ever in
> Washington.
> 2 Black Terns at the Hoquiam sewage pond - very unusual for the county
> 1 Eurasian Wigeon (female) at Westport - also very early.
>
> Other interesting findings included 5 Green Herons, an American Bittern,
> and 6 Virginia Rails at Schouweiler WRA. There were 300-400 Violet-green
> Swallows inland along the Chehalis River, but only 10 or so Barn
Swallows.
> In the coastal areas the ratio and the numbers were just the opposite.
We
> found 22 shorebird species, but no snipe nor Whimbrel. Also none of the
> rare or casual shorebirds (such as Stilt or Ruff) were around.
Red-necked
> Phalaropes were in many places with 80 at Hoquiam, and many more at Ocean
> Shores and Westport.
>
> Good birding, Tweets.
>
> Tom Schooley, Olympia WA , dunlin at mail.tss.net