Hi Tweets,

I'm not sure what, if any, relationship there is between the east- and west
coast migrant populations, but if there's anything noteworthy about the
northbound Pacific migration as well, such as numbers well below expected
'norms', you might want to pass it on to this researcher.

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
mprice at mindlink.net

>Can any one help with the following urgent request:
>
>Message:
>"Help! We expected to have 70,000 knot, very large numbers of turnstone
>and sanderling, to be staging in Delaware Bay, on the east coast of the
>USA. Currently there are only about half the numbers normally expected at
>this time of year, possibly due to birds being delayed further south. To
>help us understand what is going on this year we would like any
>information on sites where knot, sanderling or turnstone are currently
>present in concentrations of 100 or more on the east coast of North,
>Central or South America.
>
>If you have any information please reply to dbaywaders at aol.com
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Delaware Bay International Shorebird Team