It was kinda expected, I guess.

A lot better birders than I had struck out Friday and Saturday, but I just HAD to try! No sight of the Bean Goose today (Sunday) in a steady drizzle (yeck!) I'm just grateful there wasn't any wind. I tried the field off K Street from both sides, and walked the Sandpiper Trail boardwalk to the bitter end. I've never stared at so many Canadas before. Some of the views were... well, unflatering. I bumped into birders from Kirkland, Seattle, and even Newport, Oregon, but we all came up empty.

An excellent consulation prize was a life bird for me! The Red Phalaropes were right where they were supposed to be at the west end of the Hoquiam SP. A quick jaunt over to the Ocean Shores jetty netted a few more shorebirds but not much more. Impressive surf, though!

Good birding, and somebody, FIND THAT BEANER!

-Rolan


Rolan Nelson
Burley, WA
rnbuffle at yahoo.com


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