Hello Tweets,

Would anyone care to comment on the recent record of a dozen Pectoral
Sandpipers in Whitman Co.?

Sincerely,

Patrick Sullivan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas L Weber" <tweber at wsu.edu>
To: <inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Sunday birds


> Birders:
> Diane and I travelled into NW Whitman County on Sunday to check out some
> of the seep lakes.
> Texas Lake has recovered some of its water but is still below levels of a
> year ago. It was nearly dry last Fall. There were lots of Northern
> Shovelers, Common Goldeneye, and American Wigeons on the lake. Also a few
> Northern Pintail, Redheads, Lesser Scaups, Mallards, and Buffleheads.
Also
> in the area were Tree and Violet-green Swallows, Red-winged Blackbirds,
> Vesper Sparrows and Savannah Sparrows.
> Crooked Knee Lake and Sheep Lake adjacent to the highway north of Lamont
> had much of the same. Gadwalls, Green-winged and Cinnamon Teals,
> Canvasback, and Ruddy Ducks were also found. There was a single Trumpeter
> Swan on Crooked Knee.
> To our joy and greatest surprise however was the return of water to the
> seasonal pond just west of the Lamont city limits. Two years ago this was
> the best area for shorebirds and waterfoul in the County. Last year it
> contained absolutely no water. This year the pond is back but about half
> the size of two years ago. It was full of birds. Most notably: two dozen
> Dunlin; two dozen Greater Yellow-legs; three dozen Black-necked Stilts; a
> dozen Pectoral Sandpipers; and a dozen Western Sandpipers. Better
birders
> probably would have found others. Also included were a lot of Northern
> Shovelers and Green-winged Teals. Access to the lake is best along the
> abandoned railroad tracks north of the elevators in Lamont or from the
> pasture land to the west of the lake.
>
> Tom Weber, Pullman
> tweber at wsu.edu
>
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