Hi Tweets,

Saturday at 12:30, there were 7 Surfbirds and 3 Black
Turnstones between Bonair Ave. and Duwamish head in
West Seattle.

Michael Dossett
Bothell
Phainopepla at yahoo.com


--- lavatera at w-link.net wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am relatively new to the list, been lurking for
> about a month or so.
> I walked most mornings in West Seattle beginning in
> December, and have
> been noticing the surfbirds and turnstones.
>
> I saw a mixed flock of turnstones and surfbirds,
> about 25 all together,
> hanging around Duwamish head a few times in December
> and almost daily in
> January. Occasionally at high tide they were
> resting west of the boat
> ramp where there is head-in angle parking on the
> water side of Alki Ave.
> I sometimes saw them foraging as far as down as
> Bonair Ave. In December
> I saw one surfbird on the cormorant rocks just south
> of the park with
> the constellations on the sidewalk (can't remember
> it's name) just past
> Alki lighthouse.
>
> In the last two weeks, I've been seeing smaller
> flocks of about 10
> birds, between Bonair Ave and Duwamish head,
> sometimes only surfbirds
> and sometimes both species, and some days none at
> all. I have no
> records.
>
> Maxine in West Seattle
>


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