Hello Wilson and Tweeters,
Since Patrick already wrote such detailed description of our trip to see the
Upland Sandpiper,i must also ad to this spetacular sighting.First we decided
on a last minute to go and try for this bird.The reports what got posted was
not to encouraging,since no one realy saw the bird either to good ,to far
away or this to little time.As we comming at 5.20,already Marv Breece was on
the scene.We was talking about spreading out since this bird cover quite bit
area.As i was standing with Marv,Patrick already left start looking on the
North side.Marv and i heared a loud call over the hill where the race track
is.I said Curlew?Marv said "i dont think it sound like a Curlew.Than Patrick
yelled The bird is in the air.We both looked north,and there was the Upland
Sandpiper high in the air comming our way,steady calling.Than he circled
for a while and than dropped lower and lower,to he landed on the fence.The
whole think was over in 15 minutes,but i managed to get few photos,before
the bird flew of.Now this is all early in the morning,and every think is so
quite standing there in the fields where you can see for miles with only
grasses.In a way this moment reminded me in the pot holes in eastern
Wahington where you can hear the loons calling so early in the morning,what
wakes you up when you sleeping in you tent ,and you feel goose pimples
running all over you skin.We than did not realize how fortune we all three
where to see this bird so good so long,and in such behavier and loudly
calling,all this i will remember for so long to come.
I almost think there maybe be two birds,since Marv and i heared the first
call came from a different direction,but we maybe will not finding this out
to maybe next year,if this or other Upland Sandpiper will appear in to this
area,what is perfect habitat for this species.


Ruth Sullivan
godwit at worldnet.att.net
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilson Cady" <gorgebirds at juno.com>
To: <GODWIT at worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 7:37 PM
Subject: NO Upland Sandpiper 7/28/02


> My wife and I tried for the UPLAND SANDPIPER on the evening of
> July 28th and for four hours on the 29th with no luck. Both Jim Acton and
> Tyler Davis were there and said that the bird had not been seen since the
> morning of July 27. This bird was of special interest to us as the land
> on the south side of Deno Road is leased by my wife's father and ten
> acres of the property on the North side of the road at about mile point
> .3 on Deno road is my son's. Most of the property without homes north of
> Deno Road to Newkirk Road is my father-in-law's ranch although the home
> on the corner of Deno and Hayford Road is my brother-in-law's. Obviously
> I need to do more birding and less visiting when we visit the family
> ranch. Besides the MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS feeding on coyote berries (a local
> name for wild currants) there was a family group of GRAY PARTRIDGE at the
> Deno Road site.
> We also stopped at Ames Lake on 7/29 and found one BLACK-CROWNED
> NIGHT-HERON, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.
>
> Wilson Cady
> gorgebirds at juno.com
>