A single BLACK SWIFT made a pass over the shorebird flats/dune area
next to the SJCR at 1210hr today.

We finally managed to catch 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS today, but the on the
ground shorebird numbers are still below the curve. A flock of 200
Westerns flew high overhead at about 1300hr.

Today's shorebird count
Semipalmated Plover 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Western Sandpiper 215
Least Sandpiper 4
Baird's Sandpiper 1


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Mike Patterson, Astoria, OR _Birds and other Wildlife of the
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