Hello Tweets,

Today Jim Pruske, Dave Hayden, and my mother, and I birded mainly Pacific
Co., with a minor stop in Lewis Co., with weather conditions starting out
with moderate rain to improving conditions, after11am, but remaining mostly
cloudy throughout the day. We started out near the east end of Menlo along
Hwy.6, in Pacific County along with other birders, where the subadult WHITE
IBIS was observed and photographed from 8am-10:45am, with the best
conditions occuring at 10am. The bird was present foraging, and preening in
the listed previous location on private property, as seen from a parking lot
in a wet field. The bird remained throughout the day, as a later visit at
2:30pm produced the bird at the same location.

After viewing the White Ibis in the morning we headed towards Tokeland, with
a few minor stops along the way including the Raymond Airport and vicinity
along S.R.105, where the following highlights were noted:

5 TRUMPETER SWANS
1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
1 MERLIN
1 AM.KESTREL
3 COMMON SNIPE
3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS
24 WESTERN MEADOWLARKS

At Tokeland the winds were calm, with partial clearing at incoming high
tide, along with Ken and Laurie Knittle, as we birded the general marina
area, and outer coastline, near the Bayshore RV Park with the following
highlights:

7 RED-NECKED GREBES
8 BRANT
2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS(Oldsquaw)
2 WHIMBREL
125 MARBLED GODWITS
12 WILLETS
1 NORTHERN SHRIKE
4 BARN SWALLOWS

On the way back towards Menlo, we stopped along Hwy.105 at the mouth of the
Cedar River, just east of Tokeland, where highlights included:

1 RED-THROATED LOON
11 TRUMPETER SWANS
1 Hairy Woodpecker

Mammals:

1 COYOTE

Further east at the North River were approximately 340 DUNLIN, and 28
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were noted in seperate flocks along Hwy.105, at high
tide, as the birds searched for any available land or structures(driftwood),
with probably more present.

Back at Menlo, we observed 2 WESTERN SCRUB JAY in town, and a herd of 25
Roosevelt Elk in a extensive field, west of town, before arriving at the
White Ibis location, where we were accompanied by several other birders, as
we watched the bird as it foraged in the wet pasture, being still present as
we departed towards home. Other notable species at this location during one
or both visits included:

2 MERLINS
1 AM.KESTREL
1 pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS

On the way home we birded along McCormick Rd., loacted just west of PeEll in
Lewis County, off of Hwy.6, along Rock Creek, at 4pm, where we encountered 7
WILD TURKEYS foraging along a forested edge, as it began to get dark.

Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net