Scott: I see a Tattler on Ediz Hook at or near that location about every
year during my weekly strolls along road, typically in earlier part of
summer; saw one this year a while back. Also noticed a gull flying over
road recently with strikingly, black-tipped wings & wondered if it might
not be a BL Kittiwake, but not certain enough.

Bruce Moorhead
Port Angeles, WA
(bruceb at olypen.com)

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> From: S. Downes <sdownes at u.washington.edu>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Ediz Hook
> Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 3:36 PM
>
> Tweets,
> Yesterday morning I saw a Wandering Tattler in among other shorebirds at
> the usual shorebird spot near the coast guard gate at Ediz Hook. While
its
> not that uncommon for the county, this is the first Tattler I've seen on
> the hook so my question is how often are they reported from there? Also
> present was a BL Kittiwake. In light of hearing a couple of glacous gull
> reports recently I thought I'd mention an observation from yesterday. I
> encountered 3 second year GW Gulls that had primaries worn enough so that
> they were pure white, giving a superficial impression of Glacous Gull.
The
> rest of the bird was GW, it is my experience that these birds can show up
> with some regularity if looked for hard enough during this time period.
> Glacous is very rare if not unheard of during this period and these worn
> GW are probably the likely culprit. Also at the hook I saw my first
> Sanderling of the fall migration.
>
> Scott Downes
> sdownes at u.washington.edu
> Seattle WA
>
> "Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
> are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood
>
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>