Hello Tweets,

In response to the SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at the Montlake Fill, which are
mainly a late summer-early fall migrant in WA, with extremely very few
records in spring, I question the sighting, unless a quality photograph was
taken for exceptional spring record. SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, as well as,
BAIRD'S and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS are also both mainly fall migrants, but
also do occur very sparingly in the spring, BUT I believe the SEMIPALMATED
to be even more rare, as they migration is more inland through the Great
Plains in spring, and further west in late summer and early fall, being
mostly juveniles.

Patrick
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> From: Brendan McGarry <bird_boy13 at hotmail.com>
> To: TWEETERS at u.washington.edu
> Subject: 400 for the life list
> Date: Sunday, May 09, 1999 6:13 PM
>
>
>
> Hey Tweeters,
>
> Today at the center for urban horticulture I saw a
> semitpalmated sandpiper which also happened to be a life bird. This is a

> particually special one becuase it brought my life list up to 40. This
is
> really exciting for me because i have only been birding for around three
> years and mainly in this area, with a trip to Texas and Arizona. But in
my
> oppinion this is a big acomplishment. Those of you out there with big
life
> lists may sneer at this number but I don't care.
>
>
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