>Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:40:13 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Bill Smith <pwsmith at dc.seflin.org>
>Sender: Bill Smith <pwsmith at dc.seflin.org>
>Reply-To: Bill Smith <pwsmith at dc.seflin.org>
>Subject: (Another?) Bristle-thighed Curlew near Ocean Shores
>To: Dennis Paulson <dpaulson at ups.edu>
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>
>Dennis,
>
> I'm not signed onto any of the local networks yet and won't be
>until we return from a forthcoming trip and things are more settled here.
>Feel free to forward this if you wish.
>
> Since we learned of the recent spate of Bristle-thighed Curlew
>reports, my wife and I have searched places where large shorebirds tend to
>hang out in this area. This afternoon we scored about 2.5 mi. north along
>the beach from the Ocean Shores Best Western. This is actually nearer to
>the Ocean City beach access. The time was 14:50, right about high tide.
>
> This particular bird was by itself on the upper beach and probably
>was a yearling. It had brightly buff-spangled upperparts, buffy
>underparts, and of course the bright cinnamon-buff rump and base-color to
>the upper tail. The bill seemed relatively short and looked all black.
>This bird was much more confiding than the dozen-or-so Whimbrels we noted
>farther north along the beach. This was our 4th trip along here in the
>past 2-3 days, but the first time we've seen this bird.
>
>----------------
>P W (Bill) Smith
>Grays Harbor, Washington USA
>pwsmith at dc.seflin.org

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 253-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 253-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/museum.html