Hi Tweets,

About 4 in the morning, in my sleep deprived delerium
while studying for a biochem exam, I resolved to go to
Ocean Shores after class today. I had to go to
Puyallup to pick some stuff up anyway, so why not?

Unfortunately the rain started not long after I left
at 12:00. After spending a little time looking
unsuccessfully for the reported Ruff near Elma I ran
into Jason Paulios who gave me directions on viewing
the pastures from Monte Elma road. While scanning the
pasture from the back of the cemetary I had a single
BARN SWALLOW fly overhead, but no Ruff.

I continued to Ocean Shores and birded a little bit
from the Jetty and also Damon Point. I think the
relentless wind had most things hunkered down although
I counted more than 20 Hooded Mergansers at the Sewage
Treatment Plant. I found a dead Red Phalarope at the
base of the Pt. Brown Jetty; it looked like the gulls
had been picking at it. The surf and wind made it too
difficult to really see anything out on the water.

Michael Dossett
Bothell, WA
phainopepla at yahoo.com

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