Hello Tweets,

Today my mother and I birded portions of eastern Grays Harbor Co. with a
small stop made along Madrona Beach Rd. at the mouth of Perry Creek, and at
Eld Inlet(Mud Bay)in Thurston Co. Weather conditions for the day consisted
of improving conditions early with partly to mostly sunny skies, then
increasing clouds by 3pm and scattered showers in the Brady area. We covered
our normal route covering areas from Dunlap Rd.(SE of Elma)to Brady Loop
Rd., then a short drive along Middle Satsop Rd. north of Brady at 2:40pm. We
encountered NO siskin flocks or large House Finch flocks as in past weeks in
search of possible Common Redpolls, but they could still be around. A list
of our highlights follows at selected locations and times:

Eld Inlet(Mud Bay),Thurston Co. 10:50am-11:05am(incoming tide)

2 Barrow's Goldeneyes
11 Greater Yellowlegs
260+ Dunlin

Dunlap Rd.,Grays Harbor Co.(GH) 11:40-12:18pm

11 Tundra Swans
6 Trumpeter Swans
2 Greater Scaup
54 Lesser Scaup
1 Common Goldeneye
1 female Am.Kestrel
11 Lincoln's Sparrows
1 tan-striped WHITE-THROATED SPARROW

Vance Creek/Wenzel Slough Rd.,GH 12:30pm-1:10pm

1 RED-THROATED LOON
47 Tundra Swans
26 Ring-necked Ducks
38 Lesser Scaup
2 Common Goldeneyes
13 Black-bellied Plovers
37 Western Sandpipers
387 Dunlin
22 Mourning Doves
5 Varied Thrushes
6 Western Meadowlarks

Brady Loop Rd.,GH 1:20pm-2:30pm

1 Rough-legged Hawk
22 Black-bellied Plovers
13 Dunlin
6 Mourning Doves
56 Western Meadowlarks

Middle Satsop Rd.,GH 2:40pm-3pm

32 "Sooty"Fox Sparrows(including 1 singing individual, with all birds
observed in a extensive bramble patch, amongst other songbirds including
Oregon Juncos, both species of kinglets, and several Song and Golden-crowned
Sparrows)


Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net