Subject: Where are the shorebirds?
Date: Apr 26 17:08:10 2001
From: Doug Plummer - dplummer at dougplummer.com


I birded Bowerman Basin and Ocean Shores on 4/25, and was startled by the
absence of shorebirds at Bowerman. There was a maximum of, maybe, 300-400
Westerns and a handful of SB Dowitchers and a stray Semipal Plover here and
there. What gives? Is migration late this year, or is there another area of
Grays Harbor that is the preferred high hide roost now? I recall this week
20 years ago when bird numbers were 3 orders of magnitude greater at Bowerman.

Of note were great movements of Brant. Many flocks of 100-300 birds moving
north seen throughout the day. In one flock, that flew over the pond at
Paulson Road, were two Snow Geese.

Doug Plummer
Seattle, WA
mailto:dplummer at dougplummer.com