Subject: Bowerman A Bust!
Date: Apr 29 21:29:23 1999
From: Ruth Sullivan - godwit at worldnet.att.net


Hello Carol,
When i read you message it reminded me much of my last Shore-birds
migration mabe 4 years ago. That particular year was verry few Shore
-birds sighted, not as it was in ealier years. There even was Shore-birds
on the landing strips Black-bellied Plovers in the hundred. We was spoiled
than to see so many Shore-birds.It was the year when i start taken bird
photos , there was not to many to take as body on body in the tousends. I
am glad you liked the loop its also good in the winter too. When i not
mistaken we had the first date of Golden Plovers.
Ruth Sullivan

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> From: L. & C. Schulz <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Bowerman A Bust!
> Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 9:12 PM
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> Hi Tweeters:
> I'm a newbie at shorebirding, but even I can tell when there aren't any
> shorebirds to see It was a gorgeous day at Bowerman Basin in Hoquiam w/
> the high tide of 8.9 ft coming in early afternoon. There were a good
> number of people there waiting and waiting. We saw a small group
(about15)
> of Semipalmated Plover, a small flock of Dunlin and 1 Western Sandpiper.
> That was all the shorebirds to be seen. I talked to a fellow who said
the
> birds didn't show up yesterday either. The Grays Harbor Shorebird
Festival
> starts tomorrow and it will run Fri-Sun. Sure hope they get some birds!
> The only thing that saved the day for me was finding the Chehalis
Wildlife
> Area which is west of Elma on Showeiler Road (south of the main highway
> going to Aberdeen and Hoquiam). The road turns south to the wetland just
> before mile marker 18. It's a huge wetland, well worth seeing. Lots of
> lakes, ponds, trees, trails, and fields. And plenty of birds. This area
> was mentioned by Patrick Sullivan in his message below. It saved the day
> for me.
> Carol Schulz
> DesMoines
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> 4/25/99 Spring shorebirding highlights
> ...only 4 TURKEY VULTURES were encountered between Elma and
> Satsop, with an OSPREY pair, 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and several calling
> V.RAILS at the Shouweiler Wetland, and N.ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were
> encountered in several of our stops, mainly around water or marshes.
> Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
> GODWIT at worldnett.att.net
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