Tweeters,

I am forwarding this birding report from Tokeland by Jeff Gilligan of
Portland, OR, which was sent to OBOL yesterday.

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops, BC
contopus at home.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgill at TELEPORT.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list OBOL <OBOL at BOBO.NWS.ORST.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:39 PM
Subject: 2 Bar-tailed Godwits (Willapa Bay, WA)


> I made a non-birding trip to Tokeland, Washington (on Willapa Bay)
on
> October 23.
>
> There was a flock of 67 Marbled Godwits next to Hwy. 101 about 4.7
miles
> south of the turn off to Tokeland. There was one winter plumaged
Bar-tailed
> Godwit in the flock.
>
> I drove directly to the docks in Tokeland. A flock of 93 Marbled
Godwits
> were roosting on the dock. With them was another Bar-tailed Godwit.
It was
> asleep when I first saw it, but put its bill out for a while. (Also
there
> were 6 Willets, 3 Whimbrels, 24 Long-billed Dowitcher, and 2 Least
> Sandpipers.)
>
> The tide was nearing high tide when I arrived.
>
> A few hours later, I started at the docks in Tokeland. The
Bar-tailed
> Godwit was still there, and was asleep.
>
> I drove then to where the first Bar-tailed Godwit had been, and it
was still
> there. So - I am quite convinced that there were two birds.
>
> Both birds were in full winter plumage, and really stood out in
contrast to
> the richly buffy-colored Marbled Godwits.
>
> (Some Oregon birders may not be aware of how regular Bar-tailed
Godwits are
> at Tokeland, where they are seen as individuals or in small numbers
> annually. I highly recomend an occasional trip up there. It isn't
far from
> Oregon, and it has a very different feel since it is more wild
generally,
> and the bay is so huge. )
>