Gene and Tweeters,

There are three records that I know of for Baird's Sandpiper in Chelan
County before this nice one. These three previous are from the Wenatchee
area, all in the month of August.

Dave Beaudette
Wenatchee,WA
drtbrdr at earthlink.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Hunn <enhunn at attbi.com>
To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Cc: Geopandion at aol.com <Geopandion at aol.com>
Date: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:34 PM
Subject: Baird's Sandpipers in Chelan County


>Tweets,
>
>George Gerdts and I climbed Mt. Maude Tuesday and at 7800 feet on the south
>shoulder, along with horned larks and rosy finches, watched a flock of five
>Baird's Sandpipers -- calling -- fly over, either up from Ice Lake or off a
>snow bank. This may be a first county record.
>
>Gene Hunn.
>