Hello Tweets,

Atkins Lake is great shorebird location, especially in mid-summer to late
fall, which is where we had 1 juv.BAIRD'S SANDPIPER on June 27th, which I
believe to be *very* early. So the birds coming in now are right on
schedule for the interior, with higher numbers to be expected in later
weeks. BAIRD'S SANDPIPER is generally an interior migrant, with higher
numbers than on the coast, probably one of the most common interior
shorebird migrants. I have also encountered SEMIPALMATED, SOLITARY, and
STILT SANDPIPERS to be in much greater numbers in E WA, mostly by the 2nd
week of August, than on the coast at good shorebird locations such as
Atkins Lake, with Stilts being the most uncommon.

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net

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> From: S. Downes <sdownes at u.washington.edu>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Early Shorebird Migrants
> Date: Sunday, July 19, 1998 4:47 PM
>
> Tweets,
> Yeserday evening on my way over to the TRicolored BB spot, which I was
> able get some views of this morning I stopped at Atkins Lk. and there was
> a small yet *very* diverse group of shorebirds along the road which
> divides the lake. In this group was 2 Bairds Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated
> Sandpiper, 1 Alternate plumaged Black-bellied PLover, 4 Greater
> Yellowlegs.
> This morning in the mudflat area at the base of the cliff where the
> Tricolored BB's were first seen was a Solitary Sandpiper, which stayed
for
> about 20 minutes.
>
> Scott Downes
> sdownes at u.washington.edu
> Seattle WA
>
>