Steve Nord and I made a run to Foster RD at the Brady Loop and then to
Bottle Beach this morning. We only had about an hour at Bottle Beach, since
we timed the rising tide wrong (I blame the newspaper for poor tide
forecast). There were tremendous numbers of shorebirds at both locations,
most numerous at Bottle Beach were the Short-billed Dowitchers (thousands, I
was surprised they outnumbered the Westerns).

Hwy 12 west (field near Elma):
Saw over 50 Whimbrel as we drove past.

Foster RD:
6+ N. Pintail
1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (drake)
20+ Black-bellied Plover
2 GOLDEN-PLOVER SP.(primaries extend past tail, rump was not white in
flight, mantle/scapulars were brown/golden. We are leaning towards PACIFIC,
hard to tell since the birds were not completely in alt. plumage; undertail
coverts were white, tertials seemed to extend almost to tip of tail, one
bird had white down the sides-the other was not as far along in molt)
6+ Lesser Yellowlegs
33 Greater Yellowlegs
2 Whimbrel
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher (couldn't get a count, they were hiding in the tall
grass)

Ocosta 3rd St:
4 Wood Duck
1 Cinnamon Teal (drake)
Virginia Rail
Sora
7 Semipalmated Plover
Gr. Yellowlegs
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Short-billed Dowitcher

Bottle Beach:
30 Brant
6 Red-breasted Mergansers
14 Brown Pelican (seen from B. Beach flying near Westport marina)
30+ Black-bellied Plover
10+ Semipalmated Plover
13+ Red Knot (alt. plumage)
2 Sanderlings (basic plumage)
Western Sandpiper
Dunlin (quite a few were still in basic plumage)
7 Ruddy Turnstone
Short-billed Dowitcher (most numerous shorebird)
R/B Gulls

Jason Paulios
JPaulios at hotmail.com
Olympia, WA


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