Hello Tweets,

Today my mother and I checked on the continuing shorebird migration at Ocean
Shores and vicinity,which greatly appears to be very minimal currently
compared to recent and past visits with very low numbers of shorebirds noted
at several keys areas,including the beach shoreline between Driftwood Drive
and Marine View Drive. It appears shorebird migration has slowed down at all
the areas we visited throughout the general Ocean Shores area,but small
numbers do remain and at other locations too. Overall we encountered low
numbers of shorebirds at Ocean Shores,but diversity and numbers remained
good at the Hoquim STP during two visits during the day,which included a
remaining flock of 25 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS with a single Whimbrel, of the 54
noted on the 15th(on the exposed shoreline bordering Grays Harbor
immediately south of the main sewage pond), 4 remaining juvenile
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 remaining Pectoral Sandpiper,and our first 2 Mew
Gulls of the season with 2 adult birds noted within the active sewage
settling ponds. A list of our general highlights for the day include:

Red-throated Loon
1 at the Ocean Shores Game Range

Pacific Loon
3 off of Driftwood Drive beach access

Common Loon
1 at the Ocean Shores Game Range

Sooty Shearwater
400+ off the Driftwood Drive beach access

Green-winged Teal
9 at the Hoquim STP
1 at the Ocean Shores STP
1 at the Damon Point"pond"

Northern Shoveler
8 at the Ocean Shores STP

Surf Scoter
72+ off the Driftwood Drive beach access
28 at the Ocean Shores Game Range

White-winged Scoter
12 off the Driftwood Drive beach access
7 at the Ocean Shores Game Range

Red-breasted Merganser
2 at the Ocean Shores Game Range

Northern Harrier
1 at the Hoquim STP
1 at Damon Point
2 at the Ocean Shores Game Range

Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 along Marine View Drive at Tonquin Ave.(Ocean Shores)

Cooper's Hawk
2 along S.R.109 west of S.R.115(north of Ocean Shores)

Peregrine Falcon
1 adult and 1 immature at the Ocean Shores Game Range
1 immature along Point Brown Ave. at Tonquin Ave.

Ring-necked Pheasant
1 male along Fairwood Drive(Ocean Shores)

Black-bellied Plover
52 at the Driftwood Drive beach access

Semipalmated Plover
15 at the Hoquim STP
23 at the Driftwood Drive beach access
14 at Damon Point
7 at the Ocean Shores Game Range

Lesser Yellowlegs
3 at the Hoquim STP

Whimbrel
1 at the Hoquim STP

Long-billed Curlew
25 at the Hoquim STP

Black Turnstone
5 at Damon Point

Red Knot
1 at the Driftwood Drive beach access

Sanderling
310+ at the Driftwood Drive beach access

SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
4 at the Hoquim STP

Western Sandpiper
38+ at the Hoquim STP
1 at the Ocean Shores Game Range
12 at Damon Point

Least Sandpiper
70+ at the Hoquim STP
4 at the Ocean Shores STP
7 at the Ocean Shores Game Range
20 at Damon Point

Baird's Sandpiper
3 at the Hoquim STP

Pectoral Sandpiper
1 at the Hoquim STP

Short-billed Dowitcher
12 at the Driftwood Drive beach access

Red-necked Phalarope
7 at the Ocean Shores STP
1 at the Hoquim STP

Bonaparte's Gull
10 at the Hoquim STP

MEW GULL
2 adults at the Hoquim STP

Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1 at the Ocean Shores STP

Horned Lark
3 at Damon Point



Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net