Ruth,

If your count of black-bellied plovers is accurate at 700, that
would certainly represent a migratory concentration, as
opposed to wintering birds. 200-300 or so winter at that site.
Did you count by ones, tens? With a group that size,
counting out ten birds by one and then carefully extrapolating
additional groups of ten works well, except if the birds fly
before you're done! which they often do. Counting shorebirds
well takes great patience.

Chris Chappell
Olympia

>>> "Ruth Sullivan" <GODWIT at worldnet.att.net> 04/07/98
04:46pm >>>
Hello Tweeters,
I this found out North Percival Creek got renaimed by the
City of Olympia.
The new Name:Black Lake Meadows.
I took a trip again today, and was certainly rewarded.I added
4 more
species;
2 Gadwall
Male + female Wood Duck
12 Snip
1 Hairy Woodpecker
I am expecial exited to see the Wood Ducks {there bred
there last year}
Our survey last year from May to August showed 98
Species.

I also visit East BAY again, with very few Bird's there, but i
also added 3
more species:
1 all dark Western Gull
3 Caspian Tern
4 Black -bellied Plover

The masses of Shorebirds continue today on Kennedy
Creek.{counted the
Black-bellied Plovers 700}
New was the 30 Boneparte Gulls which was flying in, half of
them in
breeding Plumage and an Ospey
carry a Fish high into the tree.

Ruth Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
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