Hello Tweets,

Today my mother and I birded portions of Jefferson Co.,mainly in the
Ft.Flagler-Pt.Townsend region and encountered a few highlights with 10
species of shorebirds for the day among other notables. The weather was very
rewarding with NO wind and clear birding conditions,despite having a fairly
slow day of birding overall. Oak Bay County Park(accessed from Oak Bay Rd.
and S.R.116)was probably the most productive for birding overall with 6
species of shorebirds noted during outgoing tide conditions. The remainder
of the day was quite slow as mentioned,but we made the best of the day and
species in general seemed quite low in numbers within some species that we
normally encounter in higher numbers later in the season. Another highlight
of the day was a pair of adult Peregrine Falcons observed from the Hudson
Marina at Port Townsend that both pursued a flock of Sanderlings without any
luck before continuing on. We also observed a group of 5 Sea Otters at this
same location,as they caught fish and readily at them at close range. A list
of highlights noted at selected locations and times follows:

Oak Bay County Park 10am-11am

28 Black-bellied Plovers
1 Black Oystercatcher
3 Greater Yellowlegs
10 Black Turnstones
46 Dunlin
4 Least Sandpipers
1 Long-billed Dowitcher

Nordlund(along S.R.116) 11:15am

1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Greater Yellowlegs

Mystery Bay S.P. 11:30am-11:45am

5 Eared Grebes
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Greater Yellowlegs

Ft.Flagler S.P.(including Marrowstone Point Lighthouse) 12pm-1:15pm

47 Pacific Loons
3 Eared Grebes
20 Long-tailed Ducks(Oldsquaw)
1 Bonaparte's Gull
6 Marbled Murrelets
8 Varied Thrushes
2 Hutton's Vireos
2 Savannah Sparrows

Kah-Tai Lagoon Nature Park(accessed from Hwy.20 in Pt.Townsend)
2:15pm-2:50pm

1 Am.X Eurasian Wigeon(with 78 Am.Wigeon)
1 Lesser Scaup
6 Hooded Mergansers
11 Ruddy Ducks
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Virginia Rail(heard only)
4 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Wilson's Snipe
2 Lincoln's Sparrows

Hudson Marina at Port Townsend 3pm-3:30pm

2 adult Peregrine Falcons
105 Sanderlings


Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net