Our brief trip to the Long Beach Peninsula took place on December 21, in
bright sunshine, and coincided with a 9+ foot high tide. The highlights
were: 4 WHITE-TAILED KITES along US 101 west of South Bend, and 1
LESSER YELLOWLEGS with two Greater Yellowlegs in a bayside marsh on Bay
Center Road.

SPECIES SEEN: 48
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser - 1 male and 5 females in I St slough n of Ocean Park
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Blue Heron
White-tailed Kite - 4 along US 101 west of South Bend
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 in bayside marsh on Bay Center Rd
Black Turnstone
Sanderling - about 200 on beach near Ocean Park
Dunlin - about 200 on beach near Ocean Park
Black-bellied Plover - 12 on beach near Ocean Park
Mew Gull
Western Gull
Common Loon
Rock Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker - 3 together in yard near Ocean Park
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
European Starling
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
House Sparrow
House Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird

Paul Webster
Seattle
paul.webster at attbi.com