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August 10, 4:58 PM - Hello, this is Craig Kemper (206) 789 9255 reporting
for Thursday, August 9, birding in Skagit County. At the West 90 first pond
a small mixed flock of WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPERS. In the second pond 2
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. North of the West 90 along Samish Island Road west of
an address 11758, 1 GREAT EGRET. On Bayview Edison Road north of Darcy,
looking west into a cut pea field, 2 AMERICAN PIPITS and 4 HORNED LARKS. On
Fir Island Moore Road Pond 1 LESSER YELLOWLEG with KILDEER, and at the
Jensen access, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 10 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS. 3 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS in a pea field north of the dike and east of the parking lot. 25
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER overhead and 2 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. Thank You.

August 11, 8:03 PM - This is Steven Mlodinow. Today Dennis Duffy and I
birded from Othello to the Walla Walla River Delta, mostly hitting shorebird
spots. There was a lot of shorebird movement today. The rarest was a
WHIMBREL at Lake Kahlotus. There was also 2 BAIRD'S and 4 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS there. At the Othello xxx ponds there were 4 SOLITARY and 7
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS. At the Washtucna Sewage Ponds there were 12
BAIRD'S, 2 SOLITARY, and 5 SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS. At Iowa Beef there were
50 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Our full day total was greater than 90. We also had a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Iowa Beef. At Washtucna there was a BEWICK'S WREN
which I believe is a bit of a range extension for this bird. We also had a
MERLIN at the Othello xxx ponds andf a RED-NECKED GREBE at the Walla Walla
River Delta. That's it. Good luck and good birding.

August 12, 4:38 PM - This is Steven Mlodinow. This morning Dennis Duffy and
I birded Lind Coulee, which is one of the eastern arms of Pot Holes
Reservoir. There we had 15 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. Also there was 1 PECTORAL
and 6 BAIRD'S. On the way home we also at some of the Russian Olive groves
along Frenchman Hills Road just east of Dodson Road. We had a BEWICK'S WREN
in one of these patches. That's it. Good luck and good birding.