Last year about a dozen Black Turnstones were found at the Everett
Waterfront. Although they did not make it on the Christmas Bird Count
last year, I remember them being there around the holidays. I was at
the waterfront last week and did not see any. There were lots of Dunlin
though and one Peregrine Falcon sitting on pilings.

Yvonne Bombardier
Everett, Wa
ravenn at premier1.net
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AJBIRDS at aol.com wrote:
>
> I would have posted this sighting much sooner, but, did not immediately
> realize the possible significance. I spent Christmas with friends in
> Mukilteo and, on Christmas day, mid morning, went to the Marine View boat
> park and the North and South view parks. As you may remember, it was a cold
> day with some fog and low clouds. While there, I saw the following (a treat
> for those of us from Yakima) :
>
> Northern Pintail - large flocks
> Dunlin ) large mixed flock of probably 200+ dunlin and
> Black Turnstone ) 100+ black turnstones
> Bufflehead
> Great BLue Heron - numerous, on the log rafts - quite a sight
> Barrow's Goldeneye - numerous
> Mallards
> Double Crested Cormorants
> Canada Goose
> American Crows
> Bald Eagle
> Western Grebes
> Horned Grebes
> American Coots
> American Wigeon
> Black Capped Chickadees
> Bushtits
> It was not until sometime after I returned home that I looked at "Birding in
> Snohomish County" published by the Pilchuck Audubon Society in 1997 to see if
> I had missed anything. To my surprise, I saw that Black Turnstone was
> considered to be accidental in Snohomish county, with only a single bird
> sighted at the Everett waterfront in the past. While this may have changed
> in the past two years, I thought that my sighting might be of interest to
> those keeping track of Snohomish county birds.
> I noted that Ruddy Turnstone was regular to the area, though not listed for
> this time of the year. The birds that we saw were definitely Black
> Turnstone, with no hint of brown color anywhere and with dark legs..We saw
> them close to shore in the rocky beach area and also saw them in flight.
>
> Joyce Lucas
> Yakima, Wa.
> ajbirds at aol.com