Hi Tweets,
Sunday, Jacque and I spent over 5 hours working Damon Point and a
bit of time at Bill's Point, but alas, no Dotterel! We went back
Monday morning, spent another 2 hours working Damon Point area,
finding nothing, well everything we found there Sunday was there
Monday.
We did find one single shorebird we believe was a Semi-palmated
Sandpiper. About 10:45 another birder(Bill Hicks) told us he had
found the bird at 10:00 north of Bill's Point near 615 Chinook. We
spent an hour and a half or so looking at every bird on the mud but
couldn't find one that we were willing to call a Dotterel, the tide
kept going out and the bird further away.
If anyone finds the bird this week, we would like to know as we
may try again next week.
A question: for those of you who saw the bird, does it really
stand out or do you really have to check it out to differentiate it
from a plover?
A point of interest:Sunday the wind was on shore and the bay was
full of Brown Pelicans, 200+ I would say. On Monday, the wind had
changed 180 degrees and we saw not one Pelican while we were on the
bay. Did they all migrate on Sunday?

Larry and Jacque Goodhew from Walla Walla