On Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2000, ten of us drove down to the Willapa Bay, Tokeland,
Raymond and Ledbetter area. The trip leader was Darryl Thompson from
Pilchuck Audubon Society. Our specialty birds of the day were three SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS in winter plumage chasing each other about in the Willapa River
just west of the Hwy 101 bridge. They would fly around and land on the broken
pilings in the river.

Birds seen/heard:

Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Brant
Tundra Swan
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Greater yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous-winged x Western mix
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow

Total species: 71

(*v*)Donna Ferrill
nightwings406 at aol.com
Mukilteo/Cle Elum, WA