Hello Tweeters
Spending more than 10 years in Wenas over the Memorial weekend. finding
such jewels as Gray-Catbird and Northern-Waterthrush, i decided to be a
TWITCHER!!!!!
I started out on friday the 5-22 at 3.00PM at Ocean Shores looking for the
Bristle-thighed Curlew to about 8.00PM. No Curlew.
The next morning at 7.10AM i found 1BTCU on the right side of the beach
close to the Jetty. This bird flew north on the beach. i exit the beach
fromTaurus BLVD going south where i locate this bird again.From there he
flew over the road calling loudly.Presumingly it looked as he would fly
direction Game Range, little I know, the bird was sighted by other birders,
i left Ocean Shores right after i called my son Patrick to report this
sighting again.
I left to Oregon taken 101 all the way what took me 7 hours, slow driving
because of the 3 day holidays. I forgot how beautiful the scenery is on the
Oregon Coastline. I had one think in mind, to get to Eugene to see the
ARCTIC-LOON.Having the direction from Harry Nehls helped me finding this
place easyl, Thank you Harry.When i got there there where birders already
what spotted this bird further away. So we all left the LNG Plant, and
drove further down to Yaquina Bay RD. where we had excelent few of this
ARTIC-LOON.
Later in the evening Skip Russell came, he is the Birder who found this
rare LOON (first Record for Oregon) on THE BIG DAY 5-16. We both tried to
go down to the beach to get closer, but the wind picked up, we had trouble
holding our cameras steady. Also we was sinking in to the wet beach sand.
It certainly was dangerous to persue. The next morning the weather turned
bad there thick fog and hard rain, it looked like it would stay this way.
So i decided to drive back to Ocean Shores.
I got to Ocean Shores around 2.00PM on sunday afternoon.I run in to Rick
Romeo and his friend, there both try to find the BTCU and had no luck.I
stayed to monday11.00AM and had not found the Bristle-thighed Curlew back.
Where is this bird hiding when one can find ?
Ruth Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net