Larry and Tweeters;

I believe the sighting of the Baird's Sandpiper at Mt Rainier was mine. I
had supplied Diann with information about a sighting I had of 3 Baird's
Sandpipers feeding on the snow fields below Camp Muir between the 8,000 -
9,000 foot level. The sighting was back on August 12, 1994.

I too was surprised to see "shorebirds" way up there, but I did find
reference in Dennis Paulson's book, Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest,
that mentions that this species occasionally turns up in the mountains.

Hope that answers your question.
Good Birding

Steve Nord
Lacey, WA
birdersteve at home.com






----- Original Message -----
From: <barry.levine at bsd405.com>
To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 3:38 PM
Subject: Occurence of Baird's at Mt Ranier?


> Tweeters,
> Just finished reading Diann MacRae's article in this month's Birder's
> World. Always nice to see our state in the spotlight. Was wondering if
> Diann, or anyone could fill me in on the occurence of Baird's
> Sandpiper's at Mt. Rainier, which was stated in the article. I looked
> through the limited literature that I have at home and couldn't gather
> any information.
> As Diann stated toward the end of the article "no two birders will agree
> on a list of favorite sites". No disrepect to the sites included. I
> would have included Ocean Shores, Wenas Creek and Robinson Canyon.
> If the individual who spotted a female Williamson's Sapsucker at Reifle
> yesterday is reading this, could you post information on that bird?